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Sodium channel therapy may fight migraines
NASHVILLE, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. medical scientists say they may have found clues to the biological basis of migraine headaches suffered by 15 percent to 20 percent...
A Simple Therapy For Brain Injury
Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood...
NYC seeks HIV-testing of all Bronx adults
NEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- The New York City Health Department launched a plan Thursday to have all Bronx residents tested for HIV during the next three...
Disclosure Of Organ Transplant Risks: A Question Of When, Not If
Physicians and bioethicists are calling for a new, more standardized way for patients in need of organ transplants to be informed of the risks they face. If adopted, their policy...
Toxic Key To Alzheimer’s Disease Memory Loss Identified
Using new scientific techniques, scientists have unlocked the cascade of molecular events that lead to Alzheimer's disease. The scientific findings published in Nature Medicine suggest a potential new target for...
Drug Treatment For Marfan Syndrome Looks Promising
A small study in 18 patients assessing the effectiveness of the drug losartan for treating Marfan syndrome in children has yielded encouraging results. Reporting in the New England Journal of...
US advisory panel OK's 2 new combination vaccines
(AP) -- A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the...
Nanotubes could help study retrovirus transmission between human cells
Recent findings by medical researchers indicate that naturally occurring nanotubes may serve as tunnels that protect retroviruses and bacteria in transit from diseased to healthy cells — a fact that...
Morbid Thoughts Whet The Appetite
Can watching TV news or crime shows trigger overeating? According to new research, people who are thinking about their own deaths want to consume more.
Pregnancy May Help Protect Against Bladder Cancer
Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. Female mice that had never become pregnant had approximately 15 times as much cancer in their...
The high cost of low status
Feeling powerless can trigger strong desires to purchase products that convey high status, according to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Safer, more effective gene therapy
Athens, Ga. - The potential of gene therapy has long been hampered by the risks associated with using viruses as vectors to deliver healthy genes, but a new University...
NYC: Many 9/11 injury plaintiffs not seriously ill
(AP) -- Many of the thousands of people who have gone to court claiming ground zero-related illnesses don't have serious health problems, lawyers for the city claim in court...
Senate reaches an agreement on global AIDS bill
(AP) -- Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion...
Skin Deep: Coming Soon to YouTube: My Face-Lift
Doctors have long recruited patients to help advertise but is it ethical for a doctor to reward a patient for posting a promo?
Television Review: Hospital’s True Traumas, for Patients and Doctors
“Hopkins” provides an extraordinarily intimate look at doctors and desperately ill patients that is gripping but not groundbreaking.
Health centers report reusing lancets
TOKYO, June 25 (UPI) -- A Japanese report reveals more than 180,000 people in Japan have had blood taken with reused lancets.
A Prickly Problem: Hedgehog Signaling In Heart's Blood Vessels
New data, generated by David Ornitz and colleagues, at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, have indicated a crucial role for signaling pathways that involve the protein sonic hedgehog...
Cuba approves first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer
CimaVax EGF extends life with few side effects, and is another step in biotechnology expertise
Gene test gives early alert for breast cancer
Mouth swab could have huge effect on NHS screening programme
The question: Are obesity pills a good idea?
Sarah Boseley: A pill to shed pounds would be a miracle. Unfortunately, diet drugs have a chequered history
Education, Income Affect Heart Attack Survival Rates
More schooling, more money linked to improved outcomes, study concludes
Diabetes vaccine shows promise in mice: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A novel experimental vaccine targeting key immune system cells prevents and reverses "new-onset" diabetes in a mouse model, researchers report.
Home-based cognitive behavioral therapy relieves IBS symptoms
Persons with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can relieve their symptoms as effectively by following a self-administered, at-home cognitive behavioral program as they can by undergoing a 10-week in-office program administered...
Researchers Invent Helmet that Significantly Reduces Direct Impact to Neck During Head-first Impact
University of British Columbia researchers have invented a sports helmet that reduces direct impact to the neck by up to 56 per cent, according to preliminary tests.
Kinder Lab Tests
Awww, how could anyone test experimental pharmaceuticals on that little face? A few new technologies -- substitute tissues, for instance -- aim to take the rat out of the equation,...
Prescribed Meds is Still Best Path to Alcoholism Recovery
Some drugs can reduce withdrawal symptoms and the urge to drink alcohol, but they will not work if patients stop taking them. A study by Columbia researchers found that while...
Canadians get more careful with their e-mail addresses: survey
Canadians are more likely to give out their e-mail address than their phone number as primary contact information, two separate studies indicated Wednesday.