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Fat mass and obesity assoicated genes increased risk of disease in Mexican-Americans
A study from the University of Southern California suggests people of Mexican-American descent who have genetic variants of fat gene FTO and Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO) had higher triglyceride and...
FDA orders boxed warning for Regranex
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the addition of a boxed warning for Regranex (becaplermin) because of an increased risk of cancer...
New Yorkers uneasy over organ-harvesting ambulance project
An ambulance rushes to the scene of an accident and the paramedics prepare to assist the victim. Behind them another ambulance rolls up, its paramedics ready to intervene if the...
Protein Found To Promote Antibiotic Resistance In A Common Food-borne Pathogen
Researchers have identified a novel factor that promotes the development of antibiotic resistance in a bacterial pathogen. The study explains that Mfd, a protein involved in DNA transcription and repair,...
Cardiac devices and advanced heart failure: Are we selecting the wrong patients?
Patients with advanced heart failure may be receiving implantable cardiac devices that do not help them because they are too ill to benefit from the treatment, a Saint Louis University...
Higher co-payments reduce use of antidepressants
As they struggle to contain skyrocketing medication costs, health plans across the U.S. have responded by implementing multi-tiered formularies requiring higher copayments for 'non-preferred' medications. New research from Brandeis University...
Scottish island cleared of rats
EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 7 (UPI) -- Clearing a small island in the Scottish Hebrides of rats took three years and cost 50 pounds ($100) per rat.
Lead Leaching And Faucet Corrosion In PVC Home Plumbing
Scientists in Virginia are reporting that home plumbing systems constructed with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic pipes may be more susceptible to leaching of lead and copper into drinking water than...
Keeping Beer Fresher
Scientists in Venezuela are reporting an advance in the centuries-old effort to preserve the fresh taste that beer drinkers value more than any other characteristic of that popular beverage. Their...
Vigorous Exercise Can Help Seniors Avoid Disability
Healthy seniors who are physically active and exercise for more than 60 minutes each week can lessen their chances of disability as they age, finds a new long-term study. "This...
WHO target met on providing HIV drugs in developing world - two years late
Target to get 3 million people on treatment finally achieved, although much work still to be done
Public health guide wrong to say parents can sleep with babies: Quebec coroner
Young parents are being misled about the dangers of sleeping with their infants, said the Quebec coroner's office in a new report on the deaths of two babies in 2007.
Beneficial Bacteria Help Control Produce Pathogen
A new food safety treatment could increase the effectiveness of conventional produce sanitization methods. Microbiologists developed and tested the method, which pits beneficial bacteria against potentially harmful ones. The beneficial...
Ontario's smog causes 9,500 deaths per year, medical association says
Data from the Ontario Medical Association says that smog causes a worsening in respiratory and cardiac illnesses and contributes to earlier mortality as a result.
Effects of meningitis C jab may wear off
One in five 11 -13 year olds appear to have low antibodies against meningitis C after being immunised as young children, suggests an Oxford University study published in the British...
New drug to stop tuberculosis epidemic
Researchers at the University of Manchester are developing a new drug against tuberculosis (TB), one of the oldest human infectious diseases, which is now threatening to reach epidemic proportions once...
Modified Surgical Technique Further Reduces Lung Surgery Pain
A simple variation in a surgical technique to reduce acute and chronic pain following lung surgery further reduces pain and helps return patients to normal activity quicker than the previous...
New guidelines for treating resistant hypertension
Resistant hypertension, blood pressure that remains above goal despite taking three antihypertensive medications or high blood pressure that is controlled but requires four or more medications to do so, may...
Clinical trials in Africa receive funding boost
A new funding announcement means that African scientists will be able to mastermind their own medical research projects.
Should medical researchers share their results with the volunteers in their studies?
Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans volunteer to take part in medical research studies, from simple health surveys to detailed analyses of their DNA or tests of experimental medicines.
Adult Stem Cell Findings Offer New Hope For Parkinson's Cure
New research provides evidence that a cure for Parkinson's disease could lie just inside the nose of patients themselves. Adult stem cells harvested from the noses of Parkinson's patients gave...
Vitamins Help Prevent Vision Loss From AMD -- If Used Correctly
A study of individuals with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) found that nearly 40 percent of those likely to benefit from specific vitamin/mineral supplements were either not taking the supplements or...
New technology enhances therapeutic potential of cord blood stem cells
A CD26 Inhibitor increases the efficiency and responsiveness of umbilical cord blood for bone marrow transplants and may improve care for blood cancer patients according to research from Rush University...
Eagle wounded by poacher gets new beak
More than three years after a poacher shot off her upper beak, a bald eagle named Beauty can finally live up to her name — with the help of volunteers.
New guidance on patient consent lacks substance, says expert
Proposals to overhaul the approach to obtaining patient consent lack detail, contain advice that is non-specific, and might prevent doctors from making major changes to their practice warns an editorial...
Cycling saves health costs
According to a recent report, Australian cyclists help the government save $227 million each year, by avoiding the health costs of not getting enough exercise.
New Treatment Combination Safe For Pancreatic Cancer Patients
Treating pancreatic cancer with a combination of chemotherapy, biotherapy and radiotherapy prior to surgery is safe and may be beneficial for patients, according to a new study. In the preliminary...
New nightclub guidelines to reduce drug deaths
10-point checklist designed to decide whether person needs to be taken to hospital immediately