Ovarian symptoms check with blood test improves detection, study finds

Combining a woman's symptoms of abdominal bloating or discomfort with a blood test that detects cancer cells may improve the chances of detecting early-stage ovarian cancer, a new study says.

Existing Drug Reverses a Form of Mental Retardation in Mice [News]

A drug already on the market for a completely unrelated condition could be used to treat a form of mental retardation linked to autism--if the results of a study in...

New source of heart stem cells discovered

Harvard Stem Cell Institute(HSCI) researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston are continuing to document the heart’s earliest origins. Now, they have pinpointed a new, previously unrecognized group of stem cells that...

Refusal Of Suicide Order: Why Tumor Cells Become Resistant

Cells with irreparable DNA damage normally induce programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, this mechanism often fails in tumor cells so that transformed cells are able to multiply and spread...

Anti-inflammatory drug blocks brain plaques

Brain destruction in Alzheimer's disease is caused by the build-up of a protein called amyloid beta in the brain, which triggers damaging inflammation and the destruction of nerve cells. Scientists...

Leukemia pill may improve stroke treatment: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A highly effective leukemia pill may reduce complications and boost the effectiveness of a treatment for the most common type of stroke, an international team of researchers...

Increased cancer risk following the use of radioactive Radium-224 in the therapy

Ankylosing Spondylitis (Bechterew's Disease) is a painful chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease, associated with stiffening of the vertrebral column. Between 100,000 and 150,000 cases have already been diagnosed in Germany, but...

Professor Awarded $5.6 Million NIH Grant to Develop Therapeutics Against Deadly Viruses

Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of...

Chickens 'unlock allergy secrets'

Scientists turn to chickens to help them understand why some people are struck down by severe allergies.

Hypertension Treatment Effective In Reversing Vascular Damage, Study Suggests

A hypertension medication called olmesartan medoxomil is effective in reversing the narrowing of the arteries that occurs in patients with high blood pressure. One of the study's lead investigators and...

New Weight Loss Diet Recommends High-carb And Protein Big Breakfast

Researchers have found a possible way to overcome the common problem of dieters eventually abandoning their diet and regaining the weight they lost. Eat a big breakfast packed with carbohydrates...

New Discoveries Get To The Heart Of Cardiovascular Disease

Even if you eat right and exercise regularly, chances are high that you'll still die of a heart attack or stroke. But thanks to new findings the odds may finally...

Patients receive false positive HIV tests

NEW YORK, June 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health has confirmed hundreds of people were falsely informed they tested positive for HIV at New York clinics.

Poor Children More Likely To Develop Diabetes As Adults

Diabetes strikes harder at those who were poor as children, according to a new study that spans more than three decades. Participants who were disadvantaged in youth were more likely...

New Technology May Prevent Vitamin B12 Deficient Seniors And Vegetarians From Needing Injections

For those patients who receive the nearly 40 million intramuscular injections per year to treat their B12 deficiency, a new oral option may soon exist. According to the National Institutes...

Mom's High Fat Diet During Pregnancy May Be Key To Child's Weight Issues

The notion that you are what you eat may go back even farther -- to your mother, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher in a report that appears in...

He’s Pregnant. You’re Speechless.

Thomas Beatie is the first pregnant transman to go public, exposing a mass audience to alterations in the outlines of gender that may be outpacing our comprehension.

Indian girl-boy ratios at 'all-time low': British charity

The number of girls to boys in India has hit a record low, British charity ActionAid said Saturday as it urged the government in New Delhi to take "sustained action"...

Zoo Review: Critters of a Wondrous Isle, Meet Your Friend and Foe

After six years and $62 million, the Bronx Zoo has been completely refashioned into a prime example of the contemporary zoo’s altered vision.

US health official says flu threat high

(AP) -- A top U.S. health official says the threat of a flu pandemic remains high. And while the world has made great strides to prepare, it's not enough.

Smoking out the mediators of airway damage caused by pollutants

New insight into how pollution and cigarette smoke damage airways has been provided by Pierangelo Geppetti and colleagues, at the University of Florence, Italy, who studied the effects of such...

UC researchers find new ways to regulate genes, reduce heart damage

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) are looking for ways to reduce or prevent heart damage by starting where the problem often begins: in the genes.

Novel Compound May Treat Acute Diarrhea

In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists have discovered a novel compound that might lead to an inexpensive, easy-to-take treatment.

Wavelets Crunch Through Doctors' Day Long Struggle To Diagnose Brain Tumors

Today if doctors devote a full day to analysis and expert thought, they may be able to provide just half a dozen patients with a diagnosis of the precise type...

Stem Cells Correct Defect In Child’s Fatal Skin Disease

Researchers and clinicians have paved the way toward a cure for a young boy's genetic and fatal skin disease, recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), by using a cord blood and...

Stroke study in Corpus Christi, Texas, highlights risk for women and Mexican Americans

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Australia now fattest country, study says

MELBOURNE, June 20 (UPI) -- Australia is the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults classified as obese or overweight, a new study indicates.