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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...
How Low Blood Flow Promotes Vascular Disease: Better Understanding To Lead To New Therapies
Researchers have found the first direct proof that a key protein drives the clogging of arteries in two ways, and that lowering levels of it opens them up, according to...
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...
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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...
Alcohol Abuse Can Damage The Brain By Decreasing Insulin And Insulin-like Growth Factor Receptors
Too much alcohol can cause permanent brain damage, such as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which is largely related to thiamine deficiency. Previous animal studies have shown that alcohol can also cause brain...
Cheaper cholera vaccine passes pilot trial
A more affordable cholera vaccine, based on a Vietnamese formulation, shows promising results in an Indian study.
Release of Generic Lipitor Is Delayed
The settlement of a patent dispute over the blockbuster cholesterol drug will delay the release of generic versions in the United States until 2011.
J. Ward Kennedy Is Dead at 74; Studied Heart Pumping
Dr. Kennedy, a cardiologist, made novel studies of the heart’s pumping power and helped evaluate streptokinase, a clot-busting drug widely used to prevent heart attacks.
Self-Representation by the Mentally Ill Is Curbed
A mentally ill defendant who is nonetheless competent to stand trial is not necessarily competent to dispense with a lawyer and represent himself, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
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...
Low Socioeconomic Status Increases Risk Of Death After Cancer Diagnosis
Cancer patients with low socioeconomic status (SES) have more advanced cancers at diagnosis, receive less aggressive treatment, and have a higher risk of dying in the five years following cancer...
Prions Are Not Degraded By Conventional Sewage Treatment Processes
Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting that typical wastewater treatment processes do not degrade prions.
New Test For More Reliable Product Expiration Labels
Beer gets a "skunky" taste. Wine develops an unpleasant flavor termed "light-struck." And exposure to light causes off flavors, colors, and aromas in hundreds of other foods and beverages and...
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"...