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Tai Chi Exercise Reduces Knee Osteoarthritis Pain In The Elderly, Research Shows
Researchers have determined that patients over 65 years of age with knee osteoarthritis who engage in regular Tai Chi exercise improve physical function and experience less pain. Tai Chi is...
Study finds stroke risk from anemia drug Aranesp
(AP) -- A new study raises fresh safety concerns about widely used anemia medicines, finding that the drug Aranesp nearly doubled the risk of stroke in people with diabetes and...
Genetic Links To Fungal Infection Risk Identified
Two genetic mutations that may put individuals at increased risk of fungal infections have been identified by scientists, increasing understanding about the genetic basis of these infections and potentially aiding...
Toronto H1N1 clinics overwhelmed
Toronto's H1N1 flu clinics are swamped again with hundreds lined up hours before they are scheduled to open.
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Controlled Release Formulations: Development and Regulatory Challenges
AAPS and CRS Co-Sponsored workshop to take place in conjunction with the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Decrease Mortality In Younger Postmenopausal Woman, Says Study
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had been used to treat menopausal estrogen deficiency for decades but the 2002 publication of a major study, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), indicated increased risk...
Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Treatment Does Not Increase Cancer Risk In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Study Finds
A recent study by Swedish researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first six years after starting anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.
Teriparatide Outperforms Alendronate In Treating Steroid-induced Osteoporosis
A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found patients with glucocorticoid-induced OP who were treated with...
Pain thresholds linked to inflammation and sleep problems in arthritis patients
Despite recent advances in anti-inflammatory therapy, many rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients continue to suffer from pain. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, Arthritis Research & Therapy found that...
MicroRNA-mediated metastasis suppression
Metastases are responsible for over 90% of cancer deaths. In the upcoming issue of G and D, Dr Robert Weinberg (MIT) and colleagues lend molecular insight into how microRNAs suppress...
FDA panel backs first non-drug asthma treatment
(AP) -- Federal health advisers on Wednesday said a novel technology from a small medical technology firm should be approved as the first non-drug treatment for asthma.
Size matters when it comes to AIDS defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect...
Bad driver? Blame your genes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you -- he cannot help it, U.S. researchers reported on...
Early Treatment Of Fibromyalgia More Effective, Research Suggests
People suffering from fibromyalgia have reduced activity in the parts of the brain that inhibit the experience of pain. Drugs that affect the CNS can be effective against the disease,...
Shortage of Vaccine Poses Political Test for Obama
Despite months of preparation by the Obama administration, a vaccine shortage is threatening to undermine public confidence in government.
Pelosi Backs Off Having Set Rates for Public Option
Bowing to pressure from some Democrats, Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to negotiate fees with doctors and hospitals.
Skin Deep: When Plastic Surgery Calls for a Do-Over
If the face in the mirror still isn't the face of their dreams, many patients try again.
B.C. plans to import surgery patients
The B.C. government is being accused of cutting surgeries while at the same time offering hip and knee operations to patients from other provinces.
Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close
(AP) -- The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big city emergency rooms, packed...
Breakthrough In Lab-on-chip For Fast Cancer Detection And Therapy
European researchers have achieved a major milestone in the development of a lab-on-chip for the detection and therapy evaluation of breast cancer. This is the first time that a lab-on-chip...
Grandma Plays Favorites
Older women may be genetically predisposed to take better care of certain grandchildren [Read more]
One embryo nearly as good a multiples for pregnancy
BOSTON (Reuters) - Women who initially receive just one embryo during in vitro fertilization are as likely to produce a child as women implanted with two, Swedish researchers reported on...
Researcher 'Shows the Voice' in Swallowing Disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using his background in aerospace engineering and signal processing, a UC researcher is finding new ways to help physicians listen to their patients: by teaching them to look...
H1N1 shouldn't scare away Halloween
The H1N1 virus is no reason to cancel Halloween plans for healthy children, Canada's chief public health officer said Wednesday.
Anti-psychotics linked to childhood obesity
More than a third of children and teenagers taking certain antipsychotic drugs became overweight or obese in the first three months of treatment, a new U.S. study has found.
'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration
(PhysOrg.com) -- Diabetes is the most prevalent metabolic disease in developed countries and one that engenders - in addition to its high fatality - enormous health care costs. The physiological...
Lead poisoning threatens a vulnerable albatross population
(PhysOrg.com) -- Populations of Laysan albatross face severe declines due to widespread lead poisoning of chicks unless comprehensive cleanup measures gain momentum, according to a recent study.