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Worldwide mission to solve iron deficiency
A University of Adelaide researcher will lead an Australian project to help address the world's biggest nutritional deficiency - lack of iron.
Traits Of Aggressive Form Of Prostate Cancer Identified
Researchers have identified traits of an aggressive type of prostate cancer that occurs in about 10 percent of men who have the disease. They hope the discovery could lead, possibly...
Good Dental Hygiene May Help Prevent Heart Infection
Avoiding dental disease is important for patients at risk of infective endocarditis. While bacteria can get into the bloodstream during tooth brushing, the risk is much lower when the teeth...
Video game technology may help surgeons operate on beating hearts
Surgery has been done inside some adults' hearts while the heart is still beating, avoiding the need to open the chest, stop the heart and put patients on cardiopulmonary bypass....
Ethex-brand morphine tablets are recalled
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the voluntary recall of Ethex-brand morphine sulfate tablets because of a health risk.
New Type Of Glass Can Dissolve And Release Calcium Into The Body
British scientists are developing a new type of glass that can dissolve and release calcium into the body. This will enable patients to regrow bones and could signal a move...
Solid Tumor Cells Not Killed By Radiation And Chemotherapy Become Stronger
Because of the way solid tumors adapt the body's machinery to bring themselves more oxygen, chemotherapy and radiation may actually make these tumors stronger.
World's oldest woman had normal brain
A 115-year-old woman who remained mentally alert throughout her life had an essentially normal brain, with little or no evidence of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study in the August...
Promising advances in islet cell transplants for diabetes
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have modified the procedure for islet cell transplantation and achieved insulin independence in diabetes patients with fewer but better-functioning pancreatic islet cells.
ATV study to improve fit, safety among kids
The University of Kentucky is conducting a first-ever study of its kind to analyze all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety, particularly in children. UK trauma surgeon Dr. Andrew Bernard is the primary...
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Antibiotics can prevent wound complications of childbirth
A single dose of antibiotics can significantly aid healing of the severe tearing that occurs in vaginal tissues during many births, according to researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at...
Outing the outliers: Strategy matches oncogene with subtype of prostate cancer
A new study reveals a previously unidentified candidate oncogene that appears to play a significant role in a subset of prostate cancers. The research, published by Cell Press in the...
TB Treatment For The Elderly Likely Requires A Boost To Immune Response
Manipulating the immune system in elderly people appears to be the most likely way to help older patients wage an effective battle against tuberculosis, a new study suggests. Mathematical modeling...
Microenvironment a main driver of aggressive multi-lineage leukemia disease type
Research led by scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center has revealed new clues into what causes different types of a particularly aggressive group of blood cancers known as mixed...
Little relief in sight for arthritis waiting lists
The five-year waiting time that many Newfoundland and Labrador arthritis patients endure for treatment is unacceptable, a patient says.
Can exercise help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sure, exercise is good for your waistline, your heart, your bones - but might it also help prevent addiction to drugs or alcohol?...
Study: 1 in 4 adults in NYC have herpes virus
(AP) -- A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes.
Lucy Chesire: Efforts to combat HIV/Aids must also address tuberculosis
Lucy Chesire: The re-emergence of tuberculosis could reverse a decade of advances in the fight against HIV/Aids
Teens may be more susceptible to some cancers
LONDON (AP) -- Teenagers may be more susceptible than adults to certain types of cancer, including cervical, testicular and skin cancer, British scientists said Monday....
Mechanism may explain aspects of brain impairment seen in Fragile X Syndrome
Scientists report that a protein associated with a common form of mental retardation plays an important role in intracellular trafficking within neurons. The research, published by Cell Press in the...
Inhalable form of gene-therapy takes aim at lung cancer and inflammatory lung disease
A new inhalable form of gene therapy — based on technology recognized in the 2006 Nobel medicine prize, shows increasing promise for treating lung cancer, infectious diseases and inflammatory lung...
Prejudice or perception?
Expecting to be treated with prejudice may be part of a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to new research led by a University of Toronto psychologist.
AP-AOL poll: Debt stress tears at your body, too
(AP) -- The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck - and the back and the head and the stomach - for millions of...
Children of Women Who Gain Excessive Weight During Pregnancy More Likely to Be Overweight
Children of mothers who gain more than the recommended amount of weight during pregnancy are more likely to be overweight at age seven. Children of mothers who are obese prior...
Specialist Nurses Can Play A Key Role In Supporting Patients Having Radiotherapy
Nurse specialists can play a key role in supporting cancer patients having radiotherapy and ease pressure on consultants without reducing the level of care provided. Researchers found that patients who...
How Drug That Blocks Cholesterol Absorption From The Diet Works
A new study sheds light on the action of the drug ezetimibe (trade name Zetia), which is used to treat high cholesterol. Ezetimibe is unique among cholesterol-lowering drugs in that...
Australian surgeons save unborn baby's leg
Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in utero surgery of its...