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Diabetes Doubles Liver Cancer Risk For Patients With Advanced Hepatitis C
Patients who have chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis have twice the risk of developing liver cancer if they also have diabetes. Recent studies have suggested that diabetes increases one’s...
C-sections A Critical Factor In Preterm Birth Increase
C-sections account for nearly all of the increase in US singleton preterm births. Between 1996 and 2004 there was an increase of nearly 60,000 singleton preterm births and 92 percent...
U.S. Reporters Often Do A Poor Job Of Reporting About New Medical Treatments, Analysis Finds
Most medical news stories about health interventions fail to adequately address costs, harms, benefits, the quality of evidence and the existence of other treatment options, finds a new analysis in...
Has Decreased Infection Load Of Infants Led To Increased Allergic And Autoimmune Diseases?
The starting point of the hygiene hypothesis is that the decreasing infection load of infants in the developed countries leads to an increase in allergic and autoimmune diseases. Such development...
Tourists To Caribbean Urged To Pay One Dollar Each To Help Fight Tropical Diseases Of Poverty
In an editorial in this month's PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the journal's Editor in Chief, Professor Peter Hotez (George Washington University and Sabin Vaccine Institute) proposes that a modest $1...
Skin Defects Set Off Alarm With Widespread And Potentially Harmful Effects
When patches of red, flaky and itchy skin on newborn mice led rapidly to their deaths, researchers looked for the reason why. What they found was a molecular alarm system...
Regulatory B Cells Exist -- And Pack A Punch
Researchers have uncovered definitive evidence that a small but potent subset of immune system B cells is able to regulate inflammation. Using a new set of scientific tools to identify...
Estrogen Helps Drive Distinct, Aggressive Form Of Prostate Cancer
Using a breakthrough technology, researchers led by a Weill Cornell Medical College scientist have pinpointed the hormone estrogen as a key player in about half of all prostate cancers.
Incident shows Taser may have affected heart
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A quick shock from a Taser may have zapped a man's fluttering heart back into a healthy rhythm, doctors reported on Tuesday.
Childhood Lead Exposure Linked To Criminal Behavior In Adulthood
Researchers have found the first evidence of a direct link between prenatal and early-childhood lead exposure an increased risk for criminal behavior later in life. Based on long-term data from...
Antioxidant Supplements May Lessen Benefit Of Radiation And Chemotherapy
Cancer patients should avoid the routine use of antioxidant supplements during radiation and chemotherapy because the supplements may reduce the anticancer benefits of therapy, researchers have concluded.
Combining Exercise With Hormone Could Prevent Weight Gain
Pairing leptin with just a minor amount of exercise seems to revive the hormone's ability to fight fat, researchers discovered. The combination of leptin and a modest dose of wheel...
Gut superbug causing more illnesses, deaths
(AP) -- The number of people hospitalized with a dangerous intestinal superbug has been growing by more than 10,000 cases a year, according to a new study.
Kennedy has major cancer bill in Senate
(AP) -- Sen. Edward Kennedy's battle with a malignant brain tumor is likely to put a dramatic personal stamp on a health care cause he first championed nearly 40...
Key to Angelina-like cheeks? Add volume to deep fat compartment
Not only are cheeks central to your face - they are central to the American concept of beauty. A study in June`s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official...
High throughput microscopy quantifies regulation of estrogen receptor
High throughput microscopy that uses robots and special microscopes and techniques to generate thousands of images of a cell in a short time enabled researchers at Baylor College of Medicine...
'Pixie dust' used to regrow finger
SAN ANTONIO, May 28 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are testing a regeneration powder that could help injured soldiers regrow fingers and other body parts lost in battle.
New bird flu dangers investigated
ATLANTA, May 28 (UPI) -- A study led by U.S. researchers suggests H5N1 is not the only strain of bird flu that could cause a pandemic.
Hint of Hope as Child Obesity Rate Hits Plateau
Childhood obesity, on the rise for more than two decades, appears to be holding steady, a new study indicates.
Antibiotics Accompanying Surgery Prevent Some Infections But Increasingly Cause Another
The risk of contracting a Clostridium difficile infection following operations for which a "prophylactic" antibiotic is given to prevent infection is 21 times greater now than it was just a...
New Cancer Stem Cell Driving Metastatic Tumors Identified
The molecular profile of cancer stem cells that initiate metastatic colon tumors is significantly different from those responsible for primary tumors, according to new research. New data, generated by analysis...
Remote pools cut childhood infections
Swimming pools in remote Aboriginal communities are associated with huge redections in skin, ear and chest infections in children, according to a study.
Children in Katrina trailers may face lifelong ailments
(AP) -- The anguish of Hurricane Katrina should have ended for Gina Bouffanie and her daughter when they left their FEMA trailer. But with each hospital visit and each...
Study suggests antidepressants for stroke victims
(AP) -- Doctors may want to give stroke victims antidepressants right away instead of waiting until they develop depression, a common complication, new research suggests.
Neglected diseases 'neglected by the mass media'
According to a study, the mass media also fail to pay attention to neglected diseases, which affect one in each six people worldwide.
Migraine and left-handedness do not appear linked
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Contrary to earlier findings, there is no apparent link between migraine and left-handedness, German researchers have shown.
Obesity battle among US children may have peaked
CHICAGO (AP) -- The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new figures that offer a glimmer...
China Tries to Halt Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease [News]
SHANGHAI--Chinese authorities have launched a nationwide public hygiene campaign in an effort to combat the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which has killed 42 children and infected...