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Treatment For Epilepsy Is Possible Culprit For Development Of Schizophrenia
Researchers say antiepilectic drug treatments administered when the brain is developing appear to trigger schizophrenia-like behavior in animal models. In humans, having a history of seizures in infancy is a...
Electricity sparks better HIV vaccine response
Scientists have used a 'gun' that delivers a vaccine and an electrical impulse to improve the effectiveness of a DNA vaccine for HIV.
Manipulating Brain Inflammation May Help Clear Brain Of Amyloid Plaques, Researchers Say
In a surprising reversal of long-standing scientific belief, researchers have discovered that inflammation in the brain is not the trigger that leads to buildup of amyloid deposits and development of...
Getting homeless to H1N1 clinics a challenge
Service providers for the homeless in Winnipeg say getting those individuals to H1N1 vaccination clinics will be difficult.
Sexual problems rarely addressed by internists caring for cancer survivors
Few internists who care for cancer survivors address issues of sexual dysfunction with their patients, according to a study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers. In their article appearing...
American Dietetic Association supports IOM recommendations on school meal programs
CHICAGO -- The American Dietetic Association welcomes a report issued Wednesday, October 21, by the Institute of Medicine encouraging federal school meal programs to adopt standards that increase the...
Hepatitis deaths will triple
A report has found that hepatitis B infections are likely to rise in Australia – so more liver cancers and deaths can be expected.
USA and Europe different in aldosterone antagonists use in heart failure
A study published today, in JAMA (October 21) by Nancy M. Albert and colleagues, exploring aldosterone antagonist usage among US patients hospitalised with heart failure, found that only one-third of...
Major economies meeting struggles with climate
Many hurdles remain on the road to Copenhagen summit in December.
Melanoma treatment options 1 step closer
A targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of skin cancer is one step closer, after a team of University of Alberta researchers successfully synthesised a natural substance that shows exceptional potential...
Better blood screening process needed to prevent babesiosis transmission
Babesiosis is a potentially dangerous parasitic disease transmitted by ticks and is common in the Northeast and the upper Midwest. Babesia lives inside of red blood cells, meaning it can...
MIT: Muscle 'synergies' may be key to stroke treatment
Researchers at MIT and San Camillo Hospital in Venice, Italy, have shown that motor impairments in stroke patients can be understood as impairments in specific combinations of muscle activity, known...
Radiologists develop scale to help clinicians predict disease severity in infants with NEC
Radiologists at Duke University Medical Centre have developed a scale called the Duke Abdominal Assessment Scale (DAAS) to assist clinicians in determining the severity of disease and the need for...
Widespread use of teleradiology services could be declining
Researchers have found recent evidence that shows the growth of external, off-hours teleradiology services (EOTSs) has slowed in recent years, despite a significant increase in the number of radiology practices...
Muscular Dystrophy: Exon Skipping Shows Dramatic Effects In Preventing, Treating Muscle-wasting Disease In Mice
Researchers have released details of a breakthrough which holds promise of a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), an incurable muscle-wasting disease. The research has...
Med school enrollment edges up; 11th year in a row
(AP) -- U.S. medical school enrollment is up for the 11th consecutive year as colleges seek to meet a growing demand for physicians.
Health information exchange conquers new frontier: Emergency medical services
INDIANAPOLIS - Emergency medical responders typically know very little about the patients they treat at mass disasters, accident scenes, or other sites where an ambulance is dispatched for rapid response....
Flying and pregnant? Follow doctor's orders
The Boston woman was in her 38th week of pregnancy when a close family member died in New York City. She asked her obstetrician, Dr. William Barth Jr. of Massachusetts...
Heart Disease: B-vitamin Pills Have No Effect, Review Finds
B-vitamin supplements should not be recommended for prevention of heart disease, say scientists. A new review has shown these supplements do not reduce the risk of developing or dying from...
Swine flu fears prompting California hospitals to bar children, limit visitors
Alarmed by the spread of the H1N1 flu, local hospitals restricted visitors this week, barring children and capping the number of visitors a patient can see at once.
FDA warns about H1N1 product claims
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned a Web site about selling supplements that claim to prevent the spread of the 2009 H1N1...
NASA technology key component of new diagnostic aid from DynaDx
NASA technology will now be available to the medical community to help in the diagnosis and prediction of syndromes that affect the brain, such as stroke, dementia, and traumatic brain...
Flu focus: NIH project aims for better drugs
Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral...
Atom bomb testing blamed for more cancers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Radioactive fallout from U.S. atom bomb testing decades ago is responsible for more fatal cancer in Americans than previously estimated, a research group says.
Some Plum Organics baby food recalled
EMERYVILLE, Calif., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Baby food manufacturer Plum Organics says it is recalling one lot of its apple and carrot portable pouch baby food due to possible...
Not all is lost on the Sidekick: contacts recouped
(AP) -- T-Mobile Sidekick phones that lost the information stored on them now can at least get the contact lists back.
Scientists develop novel method to generate functional hepatocytes for drug testing
Scientists have for the first time produced liver cells from adult skin cells using the induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology. The study, led by the University of Edinburgh's MRC Centre...
Highest cannabis users are Australians
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Lancet paper co-authored by a UQ researcher states that Australians are the highest cannabis users in the world, only matched by USA and New Zealand.