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Koala chlamydia vaccine
A vaccine has been developed to protect koalas from chlamydia, a disease devastating the wild koala population, and has been preliminarily successful.
Vital Signs: Risks: High PCB Levels, Fewer Births of Boys
Women exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyl are significantly less likely to give birth to boys, according to a new study.
Protein Found To Identify Malignant Melanoma
Researchers found a new protein produced excessively in malignant melanoma, a discovery that is particularly relevant as skin cancer rates climb dramatically among young women. The protein, IMP-3, is not...
NIAID will not move forward with the PAVE 100 HIV Vaccine Trial
After soliciting and considering broad input from the scientific and HIV advocacy communities, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
Trial for Vaccine Against H.I.V. Is Canceled
A trial of a vaccine against the AIDS virus was canceled because officials said it was unlikely to prove effective.
Sleeping too much or too little increases post-menopausal stroke risk
The amount of sleep postmenopausal women get - either too little or too much - could affect their risk of having a stroke, suggests new research.
Obesity creeps up in US: report
Obesity continued to creep up in the United States last year and now affects more than one in four US adults, a US government report showed Friday.
Cancer researchers call for ethnicity to be taken into account
Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in today's Lancet (18 July) by...
Study identifies cells for spinal-cord repair
A researcher at MIT`s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring...
Record number of babies born last year
(AP) -- More babies were born in the United States last year than ever before, according to preliminary data, but it's not another baby boom just yet.
Could arthritis wonder drugs provide clues for all disease?
Drugs that have helped treat millions of rheumatoid arthritis sufferers may hold the key to many more medical conditions, including atherosclerosis - a leading cause of heart disease ...
Loss Of Stability Of The AHI1-HAP1 Complex An Issue In Joubert Syndrome
Joubert syndrome is an inherited brain disorder characterized by loss of muscle tone, developmental delay, and mental retardation. New research has provided insight into how mutations in one of the...
Elderly Falls Cut By 11 Percent With Education And Intervention
Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine...
A Gene for Baby Makin’
Birth control may have revolutionized women’s lives, but it’s still a nuisance to take. The pill is 98 percent effective only if you (or your lady friend) takes it every...
U.S.: Warming worsens health 'disparities'
Global warming will affect the health and welfare of every American, but the poor, elderly, and children will suffer the most, according to a new White House science report released...
Study shows cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients
A recent study led by Rahul Khare, MD, emergency department physician and assistant director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing a CT scanner...
Researchers offer to bring N.W.T. stomach bacteria study to Yukon
Scientists who identified a possible link to high incidences of stomach cancer in Aklavik, N.W.T., say they would be willing to take their research to the remote Yukon community of...
Iqaluit undertaker calls for new morgue outside hospital
A growing population in Iqaluit means that morgue facilities need to be expanded outside the hospital, local undertaker Bryan Pearson says.
Heading circulatory disease off at the pass
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have devised an ultrasound imaging technique that picks up subtle early evidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) that current conventional tests miss.
BWH Asthma Research Center Awarded $2 Million Grant for Gene-based Clinical Trial; participants sought from Partners’ Network
The Brigham and Women’s Hospital Asthma Research Center (ARC) has received a $2 million Genetics Enters Medicine (GEM) grant from Partners to study the influence of one’s genetic profile on...
Old Eyes Can Learn New Tricks; Findings Offer Hope For Adults With 'Lazy Eye'
New evidence that the brain regions responsible for vision are capable of adapting in adults offers new hope for those with an untreated condition commonly known as lazy eye. Also...
New test for deadly toxin
A new assay for a lethal toxin could help scientists develop better inhibitors of the poison
Instant insight: Beryllium: friend or foe?
Brian Scott and colleagues examine the molecular basis of chronic beryllium disease
Doctors' orders lost in translation
When patients are discharged from the emergency department, their recovery depends on carefully following the doctors' instructions for their post care at home. Yet a vast majority of patients don't...
Highest radon levels found in 3 P.E.I. schools
Recent testing for radon gas in P.E.I. public buildings found the highest levels were in three schools.
Fiber intake linked to preeclampsia risk
SEATTLE, July 17 (UPI) -- Women who increase their daily intake of diary fiber during the first trimester of pregnancy could reduce their risk of preeclampsia, U.S. researchers...
Liver Unit Reports High Success Rate For Children Receiving Living Donor Transplants
Ninety-six percent of children who received liver transplants from living relatives were still alive five years after surgery. And the 98 percent year one survival rates recorded by the UK...
Using Genetics To Improve Traditional Psychiatric Diagnoses
Psychiatry has begun the laborious effort of preparing the DSM-V, the new iteration of its diagnostic manual. In so doing, it once again wrestles with the task set by Carl...