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Thunderstorms Linked To Asthma Attacks
In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro Atlanta area...
'Tommy John' Surgery For Elbow Reconstruction Effective, But Number Of Baseball Players Requiring It Alarming
According to a new study, 83 percent of athletes who had "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery were able to return to the same or better level of play. While reassuring...
Side-effects study opens up new drug leads
Scientists have identified possible new targets for existing drugs by comparing their side-effects
Stem cells used to treat muscular dystrophy in mice
Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have for the first time demonstrated that transplanted muscle stem cells can both improve muscle function in mice with a...
Longer wait times expected for radiology reports
Wait times for some diagnostic imaging on P.E.I. will get longer this fall when a full-time radiologist leaves for Alberta, says the Department of Health.
Brain Cells Related To Fear Identified, Paving The Way For More Effective Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress And Other Anxiety Disorders
Potentially paving the way for more effective treatments of anxiety disorders, a recent Nature report has identified a critical component of the amygdala's neural network normally involved in the extinction,...
Mobilizing white blood cells to the lung: New discovery could lead to an improved influenza vaccine
Findings just published in the scientific journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific...
Melanoma Rates Soar Among Younger Women
But rates of the cancer in young men haven't changed, study says
Naturopaths want industry regulation
Research has found that naturopaths are strongly in favour of regulating their industry, as it would improve practitioner quality and patient safety.
Fewer nonsmokers breathe cigarette fumes, CDC says
(AP) -- Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since the early 1990s, according to a government study released...
Good News About $4 Gas? Fewer Traffic Deaths
As unwelcome as they are, higher gasoline prices do come with a plus side - fewer deaths from car accidents, says a researcher at the University of Alabama at...
Online courses boost infection control skills that could prove vital in a pandemic
Online courses are helping staff to develop the skills they need to tackle hospital-acquired infections, such as MRSA and C.difficile, and this expertise could also prove vital in a pandemic,...
Retina transplants show promise in patients with retinal degeneration
Preliminary research shows encouraging results with transplantation of retinal cells in patients with blindness caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD), according to a report in the...
Novel approach may protect against heart attack injury
Researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have manipulated cell activity that occurs during the interruption of blood flow to strongly protect heart tissue in animal studies. The finding has...
Single-nucleotide Polymorphisms Do Not Substantially Improve Risk Prediction For Breast Cancer
Recently identified genetic markers, called single nucleotide polymorphisms, that are associated with a small but statistically significant increase in the risk of breast cancer do not appear to substantially improve...
Nanomaterials could pose health risks, need more oversight, council says
Not enough is known about the health and environmental effects of nanomaterials and nanoproducts, says a new report, and more must be done to regulate items that contain them.
South Asia News in brief: 27 June–10 July 2008
Vitamin A saves babies, satellites help in Myanmar relief, Sri Lanka 'greenest in South Asia', and more.
Control switches found for immune cells that fight cancer, viral infection
Medical science may be a significant step closer to climbing into the driver's seat of an important class of immune cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St....
Integrated Tube Cap Design Simplifies Access To Medication
Many vitamin pills and tablets such as pain killers are packaged today in cylindrical tubes with a cork-like cap. This will often incorporate some form of desiccant to protect the...
Perfect Teeth: Polished To Perfection
Dentists use special polish to make teeth shiny white again. A new measuring technique determines the effect of dental care products and helps to optimize them so they polish the...
AMA apologizes for history of racism
CHICAGO, July 10 (UPI) -- The American Medical Association apologized for its history of racism against U.S. African-American doctors Thursday.
New Surgical Option For Treating Diabetic And Other Neuropathies Being Tested
Plastic surgeons and specialists in diabetes, neurology, pain management and rehabilitation are launching a cutting-edge study of peripheral nerve surgery to alleviate long-standing pain and numbness in patients with diabetic...
Families launch $50M proposed class action after C. difficile outbreak
Patients and their families have filed a proposed $50-million class-action lawsuit against an Ontario hospital where 177 patients contracted C. difficile, according to one of their lawyers.
Men And Women With History Of Concussion Mend Differently, Study Finds
Female soccer players and soccer players who have had a previous concussion recuperate differently from males or players without a history of concussion, new research shows. The study found that...
More suspects in frustrating salmonella probe
(AP) -- Think of your favorite recipe for salsa. Three common ingredients now are suspects in the salmonella poisonings that have become the nation's largest foodborne outbreak in at...
Practices add risk to SE Asian births
Poor practices in South East Asian hospitals are causing higher death rates from childbirth, suggesting intervention may save lives, according to research.
Faster superbug detection
Chip technology could cut the wait for test results on clinical samples, US scientists say
Paranormal Investigators: Hellboy vs. Isaac Asimov
Hellboy is a special agent in the ultra-classified Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.