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Consuming vegetables linked to decreased breast cancer risk in African-American women

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Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Centre at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that African American women who consume more vegetables are less likely to develop oestrogen receptor-negative...

Transfusion rates vary extremely in cardiac bypass surgery

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Transfusion rates for blood products used in a common heart surgery range from no patients to nearly all patients, and vary by hospital, according to findings from a group of...

Diabetes gene linked to degeneration of enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease onset and progression

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Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that a gene associated with the onset of Type 2 diabetes also is found at lower-than-normal levels in people with Alzheimer's disease....

Promising drug candidate reverses age-related memory loss in mice

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Researchers at the University of Edinburgh today report a new experimental compound that can improve memory and cognitive function in ageing mice. The compound is being investigated with a view...

Drug implant treats opioid addiction

12 years ago from CBC: Health

An implantable form of a medication used to treat opioid addiction appears to reduce illicit drug use and avoids the problem of patients failing to take their prescription or selling...

Fox Chase researchers uncover Achilles' heel in aggressive breast tumours

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In an unexpected twist, Fox Chase Cancer Centre researchers find that the loss of a single protein, Nedd9, initially slows cancer formation but then makes the tumours that do arise...

No quick fix for peripheral artery disease - repeat hospitalisations

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Even after initial procedures to clear blockages in leg arteries, hospitalisations and associated costs in patients with peripheral artery disease increase as the condition progresses, according to research reported in...

Video: How Important are Multivitamins?

12 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Katie Couric speaks with Jean Carper, author of "100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer's," about the potential role multivitamins plays in the battle against the onset of...

Considerable proportion of patients with advanced cancer continue to undergo common cancer screening

12 years ago from Physorg

A sizeable proportion of patients with advanced cancer and a life expectancy of only a few years continue to undergo common cancer screening tests that are unlikely to provide meaningful...

National committee releases findings on transforming and improving the nursing profession

12 years ago from Science Daily

Still hampered by workforce shortages and barriers that impede their ranks from delivering health care to the full extent of their education and training, nurses may have gotten the much-needed...

Blocking an oncogene in liver cancer could be potential therapy option

12 years ago from Physorg

Scientists have found that a synthetic molecule they designed can block activation of a gene in liver cancer cells, halting a process that allows some of those cancer cells to...

Metabolic status before pregnancy predicts subsequent gestational diabetes

12 years ago from Physorg

Cardio-metabolic risk factors such as high blood sugar and insulin, and low high density lipoprotein cholesterol that are present before pregnancy, predict whether a woman will develop diabetes during a...

No jail for fetal alcohol sufferers: lawyers

12 years ago from CBC: Health

People who suffer from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder should not go to jail for crimes they commit, according to the head of the Canadian Bar Association.

Study: Overtesting in late-stage cancer patients

12 years ago from AP Health

By CARLA K. JOHNSON 2010-10-12T20:30:27Z CHICAGO (AP) -- If you knew you had one year to live, would you...

Why genes are leftwing | Oliver James

12 years ago from The Guardian - Science

The right loves genetic explanations for poverty or mental illness. But science fingers societyWhen the map of the human genome was presented to the world in 2001, psychiatrists had high hopes for it....

Islamist group linked to Nigerian attacks

12 years ago from UPI

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- The Islamist Boko Haram sect in Nigeria is to blame for an attack in the north of the country that destroyed a police...

Bogus Science, Health Quackery to be Exposed at McGill Symposium

12 years ago from Newswise - Scinews

Four world-famous science communicators will discuss various aspects of pseudoscience and will provide guidance for separating sense from nonsense at the Sixth Annual Trottier Symposium, which takes place Oct. 18...

Nurses critical in assuring health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersexed, and queer youth

12 years ago from Science Daily

Five American teenagers, all bullied because they were gay, have committed suicide over the past few weeks. The deaths have caused a media storm and raised a critical question: Did...

Genetic defect found to cause severe epilepsy and mental retardation

12 years ago from Science Daily

Israel has detected a genetic mutation resulting in a progressive disease of severe mental retardation and epilepsy beginning at infancy. Researchers determined that the defect is associated with the production...

Second-generation device more effective in capturing circulating tumor cells

12 years ago from Science Daily

A redesigned version of the CTC-Chip -- a microchip-based device for capturing rare circulating tumor cells -- appears to be more effective and should be easier to manufacture than the...

Links between XMRV and human disease studied

12 years ago from Science Daily

New evidence supports a possible link between Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus and prostate cancer but not other links involving chronic fatigue syndrome, HIV infection, or hepatitis C virus infection.

Addicts helped by implanted devices: study

12 years ago from Physorg

Persons addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers can get help kicking their habit by using an implanted device under the skin that delivers small doses of medication, researchers reported...

Tuberculosis protects itself against toxic agents sent to destroy it

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuberculosis fights off the toxic agents, acidity and oxidants, that our immune system sends to destroy it, which is why the maddeningly drug-resistant bacterium can survive in harsh...

Predictive health shows promise for changing U.S. health care delivery

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results of a study reported today show promise for changing the way U.S. health care may one day be delivered. This new way of delivering health care would...

B.C. university battles bedbugs in dorms

12 years ago from CBC: Health

Officials at Simon Fraser University say they are pulling out all the stops to eradicate a bedbug outbreak in campus dorms after the pests were found in at least 12...

Reducing health costs through lower food prices

12 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Lehigh researcher finds that lowering the cost of low-carbohydrate foods can reduce medical costs for diabetic patients.

Hermaphrodite dog gets female op

12 years ago from BBC News: Science & Nature

A hermaphrodite dog undergoes surgery to become female and boost the chances of being re-homed.

ACP says subspecialist 'neighbors' vital part of patient centered medical home

12 years ago from Physorg

(Washington) In order to realize the full potential of the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of patient care to improve coordination and integration, the cooperation of subspecialist physicians...