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Stem Cells from Fat Used to Grow Teen's Missing Facial Bones
Stem cells so far have been used to mend tissues ranging from damaged hearts to collapsed tracheas . Now the multifaceted cells have proved successful at regrowing bone in humans. In the...
Earlier Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity To Current H1N1 Influenza, Study Shows
Researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal...
FOR KIDS: Flu river
Rivers polluted with Tamiflu could help a resistant flu strain develop in birds
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Genetic blood variations in diseases ID'd
CAMBRIDGE, England, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- U.K. and German scientists say they have conducted a genome-wide study into the impact genetic variations eight blood measurements have on human diseases.
Stranger Homicide By People With Schizophrenia Is Rare -- And Unpredictable
Homicide of strangers by people with schizophrenia is so rare that is impossible to predict who might offend or when it might happen, say researchers. More than half of offenders...
Ironing out the genetic cause of haemoglobin problems
A gene with a significant effect on regulating haemoglobin in the body has been identified as part of a genome-wide association study, which looked at the link between genes and...
Heart Study Shows Many Suffer Poor Quality Of Life
The world's largest quality of life study of chronic angina patients has revealed that almost one in three experience frequent chest pain, which affects their daily life.
Enzyme May Be A Key To Alzheimer's-related Cell Death
A researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have applications...
Continuing Racial Differences In HIV Prevalence In U.S.
HIV prevalence among African Americans is ten times greater than the prevalence among whites. This racial disparity in HIV prevalence has persisted in the face of both governmental and private...
Birth Rates Rise in Wealthiest Nations
Study still finds a negative correlation between national fertility rates and the United Nations' development index.
Scientists Identify Common HPV Genotypes In Northern India, Encourage Vaccination
Although a wide spectrum of human papillomavirus is seen across the population of India, HPV-16 and HPV-18 are the most common types and a vaccination targeting these types could eliminate...
Seniors struggle to find help
Many seniors struggle to sift through information and find out about services and programs that could help them, a study has revealed.
Stomach cancers reclassified
Scientists have developed a way to classify stomach cancers that may lead to more effective treatments and better survival rates.
Lunenburg ER closed by nursing shortage
The emergency room at Fishermen's Memorial Hospital in Lunenburg, N.S., will be closed until Monday morning due to a shortage of nurses.
Vision Influences Adults' Success And Health; Prenatal Factors May Be Crucial
Impaired vision is associated with unemployment, low socioeconomic status, and general and mental health problems, says a long-term study. Poor vision was also associated with low birth weight, intrauterine growth...
Identifying Cows That Gain More While Eating Less
Cows might be able to gain more weight while consuming less, potentially saving farmers up to 40 percent of feed costs.
Frozen Assets: Decades-old Frozen Infant Stool Samples Provide Clues To Norovirus Evolution
A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists. They have customized a laboratory technique to screen thousands of samples for norovirus, a major cause...
Success of AIDS Vaccine Trial Is at Issue
Data released last month showing an AIDS vaccine’s promise are weaker than believed, reports find.
The Haggler: A Cruise, a Terminal Illness and a Technicality
A travel insurance company refused to refund $7,000 to a terminally ill man who canceled a trip without seeing a doctor.
The Gift of Life, and Its Price
While IVF creates thousands of new families a year, an increasing number of the newborns are twins, and they carry special risks often overlooked in the desire to produce babies.
Halifax centre for troubled teens expands
The Adolescent Centre for Treatment, a secure residential facility in Halifax that treats teenagers with severe behavioural problems and mental illness, has expanded by 50 per cent.
B-Cell Lymphoma Protected By SPAK Silencing
Scientists have demonstrated that misregulation of the protein SPAK may contribute to B-cell lymphoma development.
Immune Cells Key To Abdominal Drainage
Researchers have discovered that macrophages, a type of immune cell, impair fluid drainage during peritoneal inflammation. Lymphatic vessels in the diaphragm are responsible for draining excess peritoneal fluid, which lubricates...
Prostate Cancer: Dissecting Out Metastasis
Researchers have found that urokine plasminogen activator (uPA) may be instrumental in the early stages of metastasis. Prostate cancer, which develops most frequently in men over fifty, is the most...
Lobbyists Fight Efforts to Save on Health Care
Most of the serious proposals to fulfill President Obama’s vow to curb health care costs have fallen victim to organized interests and parochial politics.
Smoking During Pregnancy A Cause Of Social Inequality In Stillbirths
Tackling smoking during pregnancy may help to reduce socio-economic inequalities in stillbirths and infant deaths by as much as 30 to 40 per cent, according to a new study. Smoking...
Today's Type 1 Diabetes Patients Enjoy Better Vision Than Those In Decades Past
People diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in recent years are less likely to develop diabetes-related vision loss than those diagnosed in earlier years, says a new study. Forecasts of...