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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.
Study shows green tea heart benefits
ATHENS, Greece, July 3 (UPI) -- A Greek study said green tea appears to have a short-term beneficial effect on the large arteries of the heart.
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.
Controlling Bone Disease Improves Survival Of Hemodialysis Patients
Consistently maintaining certain blood levels of markers of bone metabolism and disease can prolong the lives of patients on hemodialysis, according to a new study. The findings indicate that keeping...
Glaucoma surgery studied in medicare patients, new hope for people
Ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.s) continue to develop treatments to help the more than three million Americans with glaucoma. The July issue of Ophthalmology includes a large, national study of outcomes of...
Rev up muscles after workout with java jolt, researchers say
Drinking lots of coffee after a strenuous workout while consuming fuel-replenishing carbohydrates can help accelerate muscular recovery, according to a new study.
Suit filed in Duke hospital contamination
RALEIGH, N.C., July 2 (UPI) -- A lawsuit filed in North Carolina alleges Duke University Health System was negligent when it mistakenly cleaned surgical instruments with hydraulic fluid.
Healthy Or Diseased? Analysis Of Body's Metabolism Sheds New Light On The Question
Scientists have shown that biological indicators for diseases caused or influenced by environmental factors can be detected by the systemic analysis of the body's metabolism (metabolomics). The procedure presented here...
Improving Diagnosis Of Osteoporosis: Computer Simulations Help Predict 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...
Erectile Dysfunction Lower In Men Who Have Intercourse More Often
Having intercourse more often may help prevent the development of erectile dysfunction. Researchers have found that men who had intercourse more often were less likely to develop ED.
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.
Fortified Military Foods: Probiotics Aim to Promote a Healthy Gut
With today's scientific advancements in nutrition, soldiers will soon be plied with candy, cookies and cakes, except these will contain probiotics, the beneficial bacteria already found in the human gut. Because...
Milwaukee Conference to Cover Extending Quenchant Life and Improving Heat Treat Quality
Extending quenchant life and improving heat treating quality will be the focus of a two-day conference on Quenching and Control of Distortion in Heat Treated Gears. Sponsored by the...
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...
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....