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New Model Predicts Whether Patients Will Be Free Of Renal Cancer 12 Years After Initial Treatment
Physicians and other researchers have developed a unique statistical model that predicts the probability of a patient being cancer free 12 years after initial surgical treatment.
Improved Foster Care Reduces Risk Of Adult Mental And Physical Illness, Study Finds
In the first controlled follow-up study ever to examine the long-term health effects of foster care programs, researchers from Harvard Medical School showed that the extremely high rates of mental...
Obesity And Depression May Be Linked
New research indicates people who are obese may be more likely to become depressed, and people who are depressed may be more likely to become obese. People who are obese...
Exposure Therapy May Help Prevent Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Exposure-based therapy, in which recent trauma survivors are instructed to relive the troubling event, may be effective in preventing the progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stress disorder, according...
Children's Consumption Of Sugar-sweetened Beverages
A new study found that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are an increasingly large part of children and teens' diets. Teens who consume these SSBs drink an average of 356 calories per...
Little response after breast cancer test warning: MD
A physician who flagged serious problems at a St. John's pathology lab in 2003 was not consulted two years later, when Eastern Health realized its breast cancer testing was flawed.
Drinking Tap Water Disinfected With Chlorine May Harm Fetus, Study Suggests
Drinking water disinfected by chlorine while pregnant may increase the risk of having children with heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a new study.
Healthy bacteria found inside chicken eggs
ATHENS, Ga., June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found chickens don't get the intestinal bacteria necessary for good health from the environment, but are born with...
Marijuana can causes brain damage
Long-term cannabis use causes brain abnormalities and psychotic problems equivalent to that of mild trauma in all patients, not just high risk ones, research has found.
Kennedy’s Surgery for Tumor Called Success
Senator Edward M. Kennedy successfully underwent surgery in Durham, N.C., for a malignant brain tumor, his surgeon said.
Earlier diagnosis giving Alzheimer's a new voice
(AP) -- Don Hayen has a handy way of deflecting the instant pity that comes when he reveals his Alzheimer's disease: "But I haven't lost my keys all day,"...
Vital Signs: Hazards: Bunk Beds Are Often Bump Beds
Researchers report that on average, more than 35,000 children and young adults a year are hurt on bunk beds.
Toad Research Could Leapfrog To New Muscle Model
The deceptively simple, remarkably fast feeding action of toads and chameleons offers a new look at how muscles work. This fresh perspective could lead to designing more efficient electric motors,...
Globalization Exposes Food Supply To Unsanitary Practices
As the United States continues to import increasingly more of its food from developing nations, we are putting ourselves at greater risk of foodborne disease because many of these countries...
Vaccine May Double Survival In Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors
A vaccine aimed at inducing immunity to the most common and deadly type of brain tumor may stave off recurrence and more than double survival in patients, according to a...
Treatment Improves Walking Ability Of Parkinson's Patients
The use of electrical impulses to stimulate weak or paralyzed muscles, called functional electrical stimulation, is often used to help stroke or multiple sclerosis patients to walk.
New Approach To Treating Autoimmune Disease Developed
Scientists have developed a new approach to treating such autoimmune diseases as irritable bowel syndrome using genetically-engineered regulatory T cells. This approach may be adapted to a number of autoimmune...
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...
Genes may determine which smoking cessation treatment works best
Kicking the habit may soon become easier for the nation`s 45 million smokers. For the first time, researchers have identified patterns of genes that appear to influence how well individuals...
New method of managing risk in pregnancy leads to healthier newborns, better outcomes for moms
An alternative method for obstetric care has led to lower neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission rates, higher uncomplicated vaginal birth (UVB) rates, and a lower mean Adverse Outcome Index...
Doctor who led SARS fight in Toronto dies
Dr. Sheela Basrur, who became a trusted source of information through the SARS crisis in Toronto in 2003 as the medical officer of health for the City of Toronto, has...
Next-Gen Heart Stents May Feature Toothlike Coating [News]
When arteries carrying blood to the heart muscles become blocked, doctors often clear them by performing an angioplasty (inserting a balloon to open the narrowing passageways) and then inserting a...
Gene therapy slows progression of Batten Disease
Gene therapy that helps defective brain cells get rid of "garbage" appears both safe and effective at slowing down Batten disease, according to promising findings from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical...
Bush weighs in against Senate climate bill
(AP) -- President Bush weighed in Monday against a Senate bill that would require dramatic cuts in climate-changing greenhouse pollution, cautioning senators "to be very careful about running up...
Bill C-51: Targeting natural health products?
Health Minister Tony Clement says Bill C-51 is about far more than natural health products. It's about prescription drugs, therapeutic devices and about making sure the food supply is safe...
Waiting room gadget may prove to be a life-saver
Injury risk, depressive symptoms and drug and alcohol use are the leading causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality; yet pediatricians often lack the time to screen for these behavioral concerns....
Poor housing worsens epidemic
Poor housing conditions in remote Aboriginal communities are contributing to an epidemic of Staphyloccus aureus, a bacterial infection.
Devil immunised for tumour disease
A Tasmanian devil named Cedric may have been successfully immunised against Devil Facial Tumour Disease, providing hope for a vaccine to the deadly condition.