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News Bytes of the Week--Tomatoes get thumbs-up; but peppers still hot [News]
Salmonella watch: Tomatoes in the clear, but watch out for hot peppers
Gene Variations May Predict Antidepressant Response
Finding could help advance individualized medicine for psychiatric patients
For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling
The House speaker is not budging in her opposition to offshore oil drilling, despite increasing pressure from Republicans and anxiety among her own Democratic colleagues.
Coronary Heart Disease Patients Live Longer, But Not Always Happier, Lives
People with coronary heart disease report a worse "quality of life" than people free of heart disease. Heart patients who were younger than 50, female, black or Hispanic were all...
Young Adults With Prehypertension Are More Likely To Have Atherosclerosis Later In Life
Prehypertension during young adulthood is common and is associated with coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study. The findings suggest that young adults should try to keep their blood pressure...
Smoking Cessation Therapies More Effective Than Placebos
Six treatments for smoking cessation perform better than placebos -- including varenicline, recently approved for use in Canada.
'Healthy' Sterols May Pose Health Risk
Plant sterols have been touted as an effective way to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. However, a research study has uncovered that these compounds do have...
Joint Replacement May Improve Osteoarthritis Symptoms In Older Adults
Older adults who have hip or knee replacement surgery for severe osteoarthritis may take several weeks to recover but appear to have excellent long-term outcomes.
D-cycloserine may improve behavioral therapy treatment for anxiety
Anxiety is a normal human response to stress, but in some, it can develop into a disabling disorder of excessive and irrational fears, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or...
Rx For Time-crunched Physicians
Certain communication skills can help physicians increase the efficiency of their time with patients during office visits.
Administering Heparin Soon After Stroke Can Increase Risk Of Serious Bleeding
The common practice of administering heparin soon after cardioembolic stroke is associated with an increased risk for serious bleeding, according to an article in the Archives of Neurology. However, it...
Incorrectly Cleaved Protein Leads To Schizophrenia
The causes of schizophrenia are not yet clear. But now, researchers have discovered that a disturbed cleavage of the Nrg-1 protein lies at the basis of the development of the...
Could Global Warming Cause More Kidney Stones? [News]
Add kidney stones to the growing list of possible consequences of global warming. A new study warns that as many as 2.3 million more people may develop these mineral deposits...
Weeding Out The Highs Of Medical Marijuana
Research exploring new ways of exploiting the full medicinal uses of cannabis while avoiding unwanted side-effects. Cannabis is a source of compounds known as cannabinoids, one of which, THC --...
Diabetes makes people more vulnerable to TB: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Diabetes makes a person about three times as likely to develop tuberculosis, and it may be to blame for more than 10 percent of TB cases in...
Stomach Bug Appears To Protect Kids From Asthma, Says New Study
A long-time microbial inhabitant of the human stomach may protect children from developing asthma, according to a new study among more than 7,000 subjects. Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that has...
Apert's Syndrome: Why Kids Of Older Dads Are More Likely To Have Some Genetic Disorders
In a cruel irony, testis cells carrying the mutation that causes Apert's syndrome are fitter than normal cells, even though children born from sperm derived from those cells are weakened...
Visual Impairment May Be Associated With Higher Suicide Risk
Visual impairment may be associated with an increased risk of suicide through its indirect negative effect on health, according to a new article. Eye conditions that lead to visual impairment...
Researchers Hone Technique To KO Pediatric Brain Tumors
Scientists are a step closer to delivering cancer-killing drugs to pediatric brain tumors, similar to the tumor that Senator Ted Kennedy is suffering from. They developed polymeric nanoparticles that can...
Exercise May Prevent Brain Shrinkage In Early Alzheimer's Disease
Mild Alzheimer's disease patients with higher physical fitness had larger brains compared to mild Alzheimer's patients with lower physical fitness, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.
Doctors reveal case of Alberta woman who died after stepping on venomous caterpillars
An Alberta woman who died of caterpillar-induced bleeding is at the centre of a teaching case published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by the team of Edmonton doctors...
Study: Higher education, lower cancer risk
WASHINGTON, July 14 (UPI) -- Higher education is good for the mind, and new research by the American Cancer Society says it good for the body as well.
Gene produces hormones that lead to obesity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Obesity and common weight gain share a genetic basis. Professor Philippe Froguel, from Imperial College in Great Britain, and his team from the laboratoire Génomique et physiologie moléculaire...
'Snapshots' of eyes could serve as early warning of diabetes
A new vision screening device, already shown to give an early warning of eye disease, could give doctors and patients a head start on treating diabetes and its vision complications,...
All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Complications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to...
Benefits of closing coal plants on childhood neurodevelopment
Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health. read more
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Juicing 3.0
The history of sports is really the history of drugs in sports. From Roman gladiators hopped up on herbal stimulants to distance runners downing brandy-and-strychnine cocktails (a combination that helped...