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New Kidney Protein Speeds, Improves Diagnosis Of Failing Kidneys
To tackle the gap between damage, diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury, a unique team of scientists, physicians, and medical students is focusing on a small protein found in...
Salt content needs clearer labelling
Many Australians understand that too much salt is bad for them, but most don't understand how to work out the salt content of food from nutrition labels, a study has...
Microsurgery On Fruit Fly Brain Leads To New Insights Into Irreparable Nerve Injuries
Every year, millions of people are confronted with potentially irreparable brain or spinal cord injuries resulting from traffic accidents. Because the nerves in a damaged spinal cord cannot, or cannot...
Pollen vaccine hope for hay fever sufferers
Immune system is trained to tolerate pollen reducing symptoms such as sneezing, itchy eyes and a runny nose
Circumcision Safe In Both HIV-infected And HIV-uninfected Men, Study Finds
Adult circumcision is safe in HIV-infected men without advanced HIV disease, according to research in PLoS Medicine. Analyzing results of two clinical trials of circumcision in the rural Rakai district...
More than sunblock required to protect kids while mowing lawns
Protecting children during summer activities conjures up thoughts of bike helmets, knee pads, and sun block. However, during the summer months, mowing the lawn can be as routine for...
The breathing lifeline that comes at a price
The ventilators on an intensive care ward of a hospital offer a vital lifeline to the sickest and most vulnerable patients, providing the oxygen that keeps them alive when they...
Possible new approach to purifying drinking water
A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water.
Despite vaccine, public should not get complacent about pneumococcal disease
Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not get complacent, as non-vaccine...
Computer Modeling Of Lungs Aim To Improve Ventilator Practices
Computer modeling of lungs based on information collected from real patients will provide insight into the best way of using ventilators to treat patients while minimizing the risk of injury.
Eastern Health still has 'a ways to go' to restore trust: advocate
Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority still has much work to do to restore the public's confidence, a leading advocate for cancer patients says.
Surgical conditions in Africa are given low priority despite causing death and disability
Two surgeons are calling on the international health community to recognize that surgical conditions account for a huge burden of disease in the developing world, and that the human right...
Gene therapy involving antibiotics may help patients with Usher syndrome
A new approach to treating vision loss caused by Type 1 Usher syndrome (USH1), the most common condition affecting both sight and hearing, will be unveiled by a scientist...
Sleep disorders cost NZ millions
Research has found that untreated sleep disorders are costing New Zealand up to $419 million, and are becoming more common as obesity rates increase.
Really?: The Claim: Drinking Flat Soda Can Ease an Upset Stomach
Many people view a cup of flat soda as just what the doctor ordered for an upset stomach. Does it work?
Personal Health: 3 Years Later, Knees Made for Dancing
Artificial knees, while certainly an improvement over severely arthritic ones, are not like normal, healthy knees.
Global Update: Noninfectious Illnesses Are Expected to Become Top Killers
A report from the World Health Organization shows that noncommunicable diseases will become bigger killers than infectious ones over the next 20 years.
Vital Signs: Nostrums: After Taser Jolt, a Regular Heartbeat Again
Researchers said this was the first report of a Taser’s possibly correcting an irregular heartbeat.
With a Tiny Bit of Cancer, Debate on How to Proceed
As biopsies grow more sophisticated and sensitive, doctors worry that some women may be given test results that lead to more medical attention than necessary.
Statistical Tool Could Explain Gene Study Variations
A biostatistician is using statistics to explain variations in genome-wide association studies. Scientists use genome-wide association studies to compare the genes of people with health conditions to the genes of...
Stretching Exercises May Reduce Risk Of Pre-eclampsia During Pregnancy
Stretching exercises may be more effective at reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia than walking is for pregnant women who have already experienced the condition and who do not follow a...
Link Between Inflammation, Cancer Confirmed
Chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach can damage DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, MIT scientists have confirmed. Chronic inflammation accelerated tumor formation in mice lacking the ability to...
Lucy Atkins: How worried should we be about a link between gum disease and cancer?
Researchers have found a link between gum disease and cancer. How worried should we be, asks Lucy Atkins
Animal research and second division Nobel prizes
Letters: Calls for Nobel prize for advancing medical knowledge without experimentation on animals
Brain tumor patient recalls surgery like Kennedy's
BOSTON (AP) -- As she lay on her side listening to the whine of a drill boring into her skull, Mindy Wanatick took comfort in a vision still within her...
Fewer than 1 in 5 patients receive treatment to prevent life-threatening blood clots
Fewer than 1 in 5 patients received post-discharge therapy to prevent life-threatening blood clots — venous thrombosis — after hip- or knee-replacement surgery, report Rahme and colleagues in a retrospective...
Molecular changes in brain fluid give insight into brain-damaging disease
Soon after an individual becomes infected with HIV the virus infects cells in the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system [CNS]). Although this causes no immediate problems, during...
HK experts use new cocktail to fight H5N1 in mice
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Hong Kong have used a cocktail of three drugs which appeared to raise the survival rates of mice infected with lethal doses of the...