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Depression and heart disease may be linked for women: StatsCan
Though depression in women is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, it's not the case with men, suggests new research from Statistics Canada.
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In Vitro Fertilization: New Method Predicts Which Women WIll Get Pregnant
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a method that can predict with 70 percent accuracy whether a woman undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment will become pregnant....
Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Balanced Nutrition Saves Lives
Clinician-scientists are suggesting an immediate and important change to guidelines used in the care of patients with traumatic brain injury. The researchers say that following traumatic brain injury, patients should...
Multi-target therapy helps lupus patients
NANJING, China, July 3 (UPI) -- Chinese scientists say a treatment using several drugs targeting various parts of the immune system helps patients with severe lupus involving the...
Scientists create possible footrot vaccine
CLAYTON, Australia, July 3 (UPI) -- Australian scientists say they have started three-year clinical trials to find a successful vaccine against footrot in sheep.
Since Introduction Of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Death Rate Has Decreased
In industrialized countries, persons infected sexually with HIV now appear to experience mortality rates similar to those of the general population in the first 5 years following infection, though a...
Pediatric Researchers Find Possible 'Master Switch' Gene In Juvenile Arthritis
Researchers have found that a gene region known to play a role in some varieties of adult rheumatoid arthritis is also present in all types of childhood arthritis. The researchers...
Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-related Genes
How could a single, non-pharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered...
New study shows how broccoli helps reduce cancer risk
A scientific study published here Wednesday sheds light on why men who eat a lot of broccoli are less likely to develop prostate cancer.
'Hibernation-on-demand' Drug Significantly Improves Survival After Extreme Blood Loss
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide -- the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench --...
Asthma Risk Increases In Children Treated For HIV
Children whose immune systems rebound after treatment with potent anti-viral drugs for HIV infection face an increased risk of developing asthma, according to a new report in the Journal of...
Clinicians Should Consider Economic Impact Of New Interventions, According To New Report
Cancer clinicians should understand and consider the economic impact of new interventions, which often have substantial costs, according to a new report.
Study says cut to junior doctors' hours does not compromise patients' safety
Research led by a team at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School has found that reducing the hours of junior doctors does not compromise patients' safety and could even...
Analysis of cancer incidence, mortality and survival combined reveals encouraging European trends
The first research to look at recent trends in European cancer incidence, mortality and survival together has shown that cancer prevention and management in Europe is moving in the right...
Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent
LONDON (Reuters) - Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation's...
Methadone price risks drug relapse
The price of methadone treatment is causing some recovering drug addicts to forgo food, commit crimes, or abandon treatment, according to research.
Researchers identify promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they describe as a "powerhouse" that drives...
Penn animal study identifies new DNA weapon against avian flu
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a potential new way to vaccinate against avian flu. By delivering vaccine via DNA constructed to build antigens against...
Best treatment for MS may depend on disease subtype
Animal studies by University of Michigan scientists suggest that people who experience the same clinical signs of multiple sclerosis (MS) may have different forms of the disease that require different...
Pregnant women get morning sickness to protect fetus
Morning sickness. It's the bane of many of a pregnancy. And many a future mother wonders at the apparently unnecessary suffering. But, it turns out, there's meaning to the misery....
Really?: The Claim: Mayonnaise Can Increase Risk of Food Poisoning
Food poisoning typically spikes this time of year, and mayonnaise always attracts suspicion.
Personal Health: For Botox Users, a Few Words of Caution
As the number of uses for Botox grows, it is no surprise that reports of unwanted effects are growing, too.
Medical Helicopter Crashes Stir Concern
The last two months have been one of the deadliest periods in the history of the fast-growing industry of medical helicopters.
Vital Signs: Prognosis: Low-Tech Clues to Future Illness
Minor neurological weaknesses may offer doctors an opportunity to see which older patients are at higher risk of illness and begin treatment, researchers have found.
Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer’s Drug
Flurizan, a drug developed by Myriad Genetics to treat Alzheimer’s disease, failed in a closely watched late-stage clinical trial, dealing another blow to efforts to combat the illness.
Well: Diabetes: Underrated, Insidious and Deadly
Vision, hearing, sexual function — you name it, diabetes harms it.
Can children have strokes?
Childhood stroke is at least as common as brain tumours in children and may be as common as all childhood cancer but the condition is under-recognised by both the public...