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Farming At Young Age May Lead To Bone Disease In Adulthood
Although farm chores are likely to keep young boys in shape and out of trouble, environmental health experts caution that it could be harmful to overall bone health if done...
How Cells Die Determines Whether Immune System Mounts Response
Every moment we live, cells in our bodies are dying. One type of cell death activates an immune response while another type doesn't. Now researchers have figured out how some...
Detecting Coronary Disease Early: Nuclear Stress Test Can Detect More Than Blockages
A less invasive test commonly used to diagnose coronary disease also may be used to detect one of the leading causes of heart failure. By using a nuclear stress test...
Researchers link Huntington's disease to overactive immune response in the brain
(PhysOrg.com) -- The damage to brain tissue seen in Huntington's disease may be caused by an overactive immune response in the bloodstream and the brain, according to new findings from...
Myths About Postmenopausal Pain During Sex Shattered
Using hormone replacement therapy to alleviate painful sexual intercourse in post-menopausal women is not effective for a significant proportion of sufferers, according to a review study. "This often-prescribed hormone replacement...
Mitochondrial Cholesterol Makes Response To Chemotherapy Difficult In Hepatic Cancer
Researchers have demonstrated that the increase of cholesterol concentration in the mitochondrial membrane makes the action of chemotherapy difficult in cellular hepatocarcinoma. According to these results, drugs such as statins...
89 Percent Of Children's Food Products Provide Poor Nutritional Quality, Study Finds
Most kids' foods provide poor nutritional quality, but packaging claims and healthy images could be misleading parents, according to a new study. Researchers used US guidelines to review 367 products....
Study: Properly used biosolids not risky
CHICAGO, July 14 (UPI) -- Using treated municipal sewage sludge for fertilizer could lead to dioxin buildup in soils but probably doesn't pose a risk to humans, U.S....
Insulin Suppresses Receptors that Cause Cascade of Inflammation, Study Shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo -- the first to identify the anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective properties of insulin -- now have discovered one pathway through which the hormone...
Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing
(AP) -- A trio of experimental drugs has doctors hopeful that for the first time in decades, millions of people at risk of lethal blood clots may soon get...
Infrared device may help dementia victims
EASINGTON, England, July 14 (UPI) -- A British dementia patient's progress using an infrared device in an experimental helmet could be "hugely significant," the device's developer says.
New finding in rare eye disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have made a finding which could pave the way for new treatments for sufferers of a rare eye disease which can lead to blindness.
Nicotine Linked to Enhanced Memory
The effects of smoking have been well documented. Heart disease and emphysema, lung cancer and yellow teeth; the list seems to go on forever. Well, add one more to that...
Potential to prevent loss of insulin in type 2 diabetes
There are two completely different diseases known as diabetes. Type 1 is an autoimmune condition that often starts in childhood or adolescence. Type 2 is a metabolic disorder sometimes associated...
It's a long road to a H5N1 vaccine stockpile
Tadataka Yamada, Alice Dautry and Mark Walport want to see better coordination and financing for a global H5N1 virus vaccine stockpile.
Drug prevents bone loss in prostate cancer: Amgen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Amgen Inc on Monday said that a trial of its experimental drug denosumab showed that it can prevent osteoporosis in men being treated with prostate cancer drugs...
A quarter of Ontarians with diabetes aren't admitting it, study says
Many Ontarians who have been diagnosed with diabetes fail to admit they have the disease, suggesting they may not be managing their condition properly, a new study has found.
Fatal brain fever a 'double hit' say Indian scientists
Scientists have found that Japanese encephalitis poses a double threat to the brain, which could explain its severe symptoms in children.
Discovery first step to new therapies
In an Australian first, scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute have mapped the anatomy of a membrane protein. This exciting discovery has the potential to turn the way we discover new...
Heart death risk cut by early warning drugs tests
The likelihood of people dying because their medication has a side effect that affects the electrical activity of the heart is being reduced - thanks to a better understanding...
Detecting flu viruses in remote areas of the world
Researchers in Ohio and New Mexico are reporting an advance in the quest for a fast, sensitive test to detect flu viruses — one that requires no refrigeration and can...
Positive thinking is prescription for the heart
Optimism is good for heart health, at least among men, a new study shows. University of Rochester Medical Center researcher Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., found that men who believed they...
Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Still Too Low
Although colorectal cancer screening tests are proven to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, only about half of US men and women 50 and older receive the recommended tests, according to a...
Mobilizing White Blood Cells To The Lung: New Discovery Could Lead To An Improved Influenza Vaccine
New findings shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting cells to the lung airways during an infection. Although researchers have...
Computer Simulations Help Predict Bone Fracture Risk
Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists have demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of actual human bone structure. This achievement may lead to better clinical tools to improve the diagnosis...
Low health insurance caps leave patients stranded
(AP) -- Mary Wusterbarth thought her toddler was struggling with an ear infection when she seemed sluggish. Instead, a virus had attacked the little girl's heart, damaging it beyond repair....
Salt warning needed on sausages
Research has found that only 2 per cent of sausages sold in Australian supermarkets meet acceptable salt levels, and many contain double a child's daily intake.
Siamese twins from Morocco separated in Saudi
Siamese twins from Morocco, connected since birth at the chest and stomach, were separated in a successful operation at a Riyadh hospital on Saturday, the state news agency SPA reported.