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Women And Heart Attack: Failure To Recognize Symptoms, Failure To Treat Appropriately, Study Finds
The gender gap is alive and well in heart disease, a new international study finds, with women differing from men on everything from symptoms to treatment in both heart attack...
Blocked Brain Enzyme Decreases Appetite and Promotes Weight Loss
Imagine being able to tone down appetite and promote weight loss, while improving the body's ability to handle blood sugar levels. That's just what Tony Means, PhD, and his team...
Passage of time reduces smoking mortality risk for women who quit
Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of death from coronary heart disease within 5 years and have about a 20 percent lower risk of death from smoking-related cancers...
Autism risk to linked distance from power plants, other mercury-releasing sources
A newly published study shows a statistically significant link between pounds of industrial release of mercury and increased autism rates. It also shows—for the first time in scientific literature—a statistically...
Folic Acid, B Vitamins Not Linked To Reduced Risk Of Cardiovascular Events In High-risk Women
Women at high-risk of cardiovascular disease who took a daily supplement of folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 for seven years did not have an overall reduced rate of...
Steroids Provide No Survival Benefit For Children With Bacterial Meningitis, Study Shows
Corticosteroids given to children who are hospitalized for bacterial meningitis do not provide a benefit in survival or in reduced hospital stays, according to a large multicenter study by pediatric...
Stem Cell Researchers Demonstrate Safety Of Gene Therapy Using Adult Stem Cells
A new study provides evidence that methods using human bone marrow-derived stem cells to deliver gene therapy to cure diseases of the blood, bone marrow and certain types of cancer...
Incidence Of Group B Strep Has Decreased Among Newborns, But Has Increased Among Adults
Group B streptococcus, a major cause of serious infections, declined about 25 percent among infants younger than 7 days from 1999 to 2005, but increased nearly 50 percent among persons...
Estimated 750,000 problem gamblers among America's youth
Gambling activity is widespread among U.S. adolescents and young adults ages 14 through 21, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo`s Research Institute on Addictions...
China accuses US of shoddy probe into tainted heparin
(AP) -- China's drug safety agency accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Beijing's inquiry into a blood thinner linked to 81 deaths by refusing to provide details...
Redefining Disease, Genes and All
A growing band of researchers is trying to redefine how diseases are classified — by looking at their genetic underpinnings.
Hunger hormone helps memory
Blocking a hunger-inducing hormone to help obesity might have unwanted effects.
Cell phones bring medicine to remote areas
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6 (UPI) -- U.S. and Brazilian researchers have developed an inexpensive system to provide advanced medical services to remote areas using ordinary cell-phone cameras.
OHSU psychiatrist to highlight warning signs for school shootings
Oregon Health & Science University psychiatrist Jerald Block, M.D., will present new research on the psychiatric factors that can lead to school shootings. Block`s presentation, which is part of a...
Gut hormone makes food look even yummier
A gut hormone that causes people to eat more does so by making food appear more desirable, suggests a new report in the May issue of Cell Metabolism, a publication...
Scientists find something good about a big bottom
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
Bone marrow treatments restore nerves, expert says
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - An experiment that went wrong may provide a new way to treat multiple sclerosis, a Canadian researcher said on Tuesday.
Asthma
You're wheezing, you find it a struggle to take in enough oxygen or to catch your breath. You may be one of the estimated 300 million people around the world...
HPV vaccination program raises concerns in B.C.
Girls as young as 11 in B.C. will now be offered a human papilloma virus vaccine for free, Health Minister George Abbott announced Monday.
Study 'proves' Chagas drug efficacy
Researchers say they have the first evidence that the main drug treatment for Chagas disease can completely clear the parasite from hosts.
Why are Broken Bones Lethal to Horses?
Second-place Derby winner was euthanized after bone injuries.
Opinion: Lungfish left high and dry
When partial compliance is as bad as none: the Paradise Dam in Queensland has a fishway for the Australian Lungfish that is all but useless, writes Roger Currie.
Mumps shots resume in Calgary
Calgary's young adults can once again get their mumps shots, the Calgary Health Region announced Monday.
Gatineau hospitals court retired workers to ease staffing shortages
Faced with chronic staffing shortages, hospitals and clinics in Gatineau are trying to lure retired health care professionals back to work for a few hours a week.
Smoke-free laws have no impact on employee turnover
Supporting the argument that smoke-free laws do not damage the hospitality industry, restaurants that ban cigarette smoking haven`t suffered from increased employee turnover, according to a new report published in...
Pandemic flu threat remains substantial, health experts say
GENEVA (AP) -- The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday....
MGH researchers report successful new laser treatment for vocal-cord cancer
An innovative laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), successfully restores patients` voices without radiotherapy or traditional surgery, which can permanently damage vocal quality. ...