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Potential Key To Curing Tuberculosis
Researchers have identified an enzyme that helps make tuberculosis resistant to a human's natural defense system. They have also found a method to possibly neutralize that enzyme, which may someday...
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Tears Common And Additional Surgery Likely In Teens
Patients who have their anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed are more likely to have subsequent knee surgery if they are women or are treated by a surgeon who does a low...
Longer-lived, Healthier Mice Offer Promise Of Drug Treatments For Age-related Diseases
Scientists have managed to extend the lifespan of mice by up to a fifth and reduce the number of age-related diseases the animals suffer. The research, which involved blocking a...
Blood diagnosis - chip-based and mobile
If a person loses a large amount of blood the consequences can be critical. That's why adequate quantities of donated blood have to be kept available in hospitals and blood...
Studies find few risks to newborn offspring of parents who are childhood cancer survivors
Whether they can have children is one of the major concerns for adult survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer because fertility can be compromised by cancer treatment. For cancer survivors...
Pelvic floor muscle exercises can help manage urinary incontinence in older women
Researchers at Rush University Medical Centre have found that a program of pelvic floor muscle exercises, combined with pelvic health education, can be an effective way to manage urinary incontinence...
Frozen assets: NIAID researchers turn to unique resource for clues to norovirus evolution
A search through decades-old frozen infant stool samples has yielded rich dividends for scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of...
Surgical masks and N95 respirators provide similar protection against influenza
A McMaster University study has found that surgical masks appear to be as good as N95 respirators in protecting health-care workers against influenza...
How to reduce hospital stays and increase patient satisfaction
A Loyola University Health System study has found that high-risk surgery patients experienced significantly shorter hospital stays when they were seen by general internists trained in managing medical complications in...
Retinal rescue: Cells derived from human embryonic stem cells reverse retinal degeneration
A new study reports that transplanted pigment-containing visual cells derived from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) successfully preserved structure and function of the specialised light-sensitive lining of the eye (known...
It's in the bank: Human cord blood reprogrammed into embryonic-like stem cells
Human umbilical cord blood cells may be far more versatile than previous research has indicated. Two independent studies, published by Cell Press in the October 2nd issue of the journal...
Severe stress can cause stroke
Many patients urgently admitted to hospital with cerebral infarction state that they were under great stress over a prolonged period prior to suffering their stroke, is shown in a unique...
From foe to friend: Mosquitoes that transmit malaria may help fight the disease
For many years, the mosquitoes that transmit malaria to humans were seen as public enemies, and campaigns to eradicate the disease focused on eliminating the mosquitoes. But, as a study...
'Natural Killer' Cells Keep Immune System In Balance
Researchers have discovered that the natural killer, or NK cells, help prevent T cells from over-responding when a virus hits. This balance helps prevent T cells, which ordinarily serve the...
Clinical study to probe genetic link to Salmonella diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- Depending on your genes, Salmonella can mean a lot more than food poisoning. In a new clinical study, researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital are narrowing in on...
FDA tells doctors new heparin formula less potent
(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that a widely used blood thinner has been reformulated to improve its safety, though the change could open the...
Australia's largest clinical trial to test benefits of aspirin
Researchers at Monash University and the United States-based Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health...
Report questions value of handwashing to fight flu
The usefulness of handwashing to prevent the spread of flu has come under question.
The making of the male brain (estrogen required)
It's often said that overly macho males suffer from "too much testosterone." But a new study in mice reveals how estrogen might share in that blame.
Research shows fish oil may protect against stroke from ruptured carotid artery plaques
Research led by Hernan A. Bazan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, has found that unstable carotid...
FDA questions safety of Glaxo kidney cancer drug
(AP) -- Federal regulators said Thursday an experimental kidney cancer drug from GlaxoSmithKline may cause liver problems, potentially outweighing its ability to slow the disease.
University of Louisville neuroscientists hope to get people walking again
Neuroscience researchers at the University of Louisville will be the only team collaborating with an international group of scientists that last week announced they had enabled paralyzed rats to walk...
Positive trend for diabetic eye health; AMD may predict heart disease; vision impacts life success
SAN FRANCISCO, CA?Highlights of October's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, include good news on preserving vision in people with type 1 diabetes, a warning from the...
Blood Makes Lamp Glow
CAUTION: Potentially disturbing content: The blood lamp uses the chemical luminol to light up when mixed with blood, as demonstrated here.
Report: Flu might fill up hospitals in 15 states
(AP) -- If a third of people wind up catching swine flu, 15 states could run out of hospital beds around the time the outbreak peaks, a new report...
Vitamin D's role in preventing asthma studied in pregnant women
A group of pregnant women who have asthma or allergies will get extra vitamin D as part of a study to determine if the vitamin can prevent their children from...
B.C. hands out free Tamiflu from stockpile
The British Columbia government started delivering an antiviral drug from its stockpile on Thursday to those who need it at no cost.
Recession Effect: Dead Bodies Pile Up
Bodies are piled up, unclaimed, in the morgue freezer in Detroit.