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Childhood Kidney Disorder Has Lasting Effects
A kidney condition that can arise in children and was until recently believed to disappear after puberty may persist into adulthood and cause significant long-term complications, according to a new...
Major Disasters Tax Surgical Staff But May Reduce Costs For Routine Operations
New research offers important insights into the long-term impact of a major disaster on routine surgical services in a hospital. In the study, researchers showed that although Hurricane Katrina resulted...
Pregnancy And Birth: Safe For Women With Kidney Transplants
Women who have had a kidney transplant and have good kidney function can get pregnant and give birth without jeopardizing their health or the health of their transplant. Having children...
Environmental chemicals found in breast milk and high incidence of testicular cancer
A comparison of breast milk samples from Denmark and Finland revealed a significant difference in environmental chemicals which have previously been implicated in testicular cancer or in adversely affecting development...
Young adults visit doctors least at an age when risky behaviour peaks
When adolescents graduate to young adulthood, their preventive care tends to fall by the wayside. A recent study has found that young adults are much less likely to use ambulatory...
Diabetes most prevalent in Southern US
Diabetes prevalence is highest in the Southern and Appalachian states and lowest in the Midwest and the Northeast of America. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Population Health...
Coronary Imaging Techniques Helps To Identify Plaques Likely To Cause Heart Attacks
Late-breaking results from the PROSPECT clinical trial shed new light on the types of vulnerable plaque that are most likely to cause sudden, unexpected adverse cardiac events, and on the...
Does Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy prevent gastric cancer?
Although it has been demonstrated that Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer, it is still controversial that whether H. pylori eradication therapy is effective in primary prevention of gastric cancer. This...
Body's immune system response to dental plaque varies by gender and race
Will neglecting to brush your teeth damage more than just your smile? Can failing to attack dental plaque increase your risk of heart damage?
Researchers Find Group Therapy Benefits Homeless Veterans Prone to Violence
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study examines the rates of violence among homeless veterans and their partners and the significant results of group therapy.
HIV vaccine feat leaves more questions than answers
A combination of vaccines is found to provide modest protection against infection. Now scientists have to find out how that happened. Only hours after HIV vaccine researchers announced the achievement of a milestone that...
EU drug agency: License 2 swine flu vaccines
(AP) -- The European Union's drug regulator recommended Friday that two swine flu vaccines be licensed in the 27-nation bloc to ensure their availability before the start of the...
Scientists determine dynamics of HIV transmission in UK heterosexuals
Among heterosexuals in the United Kingdom (UK), HIV transmission can occur within networks of as many as 30 people, according to a new study by researchers at the University of...
Research needed to learn which DCIS patients may be candidates for less invasive therapy
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the most common non-invasive lesion of the breast, presents unique challenges for patients and providers largely because the natural course of the untreated disease is...
School nurse shortage hampers swine flu response
(AP) -- As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to...
School drinking water contains toxins
(AP) -- Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of...
Children who are spanked have lower IQs, new research finds
Children who are spanked have lower IQs worldwide, including in the United States, according to new groundbreaking research by University of New Hampshire professor Murray Straus. The research results will...
Ethics bypassed in drug trials
Medical progress must not involve dumping risk on to vulnerable people in developing countries
UNESCO must reclaim science leadership
Will UNESCO's new head have the vision to deliver much-needed change in the organisation — especially in its science programmes?
Senate Panel Rejects Bid to Add Drug Discount
The Finance Committee will not require pharmaceutical companies to give bigger discounts to Medicare on drugs for older Americans with low incomes.
Alcohol's benefits 'exaggerated'
In a new paper, New Zealand scientists argue there is no conclusive proof that drinking alcohol benefits the heart.
Viagra Relatives May Shrink Abnormally Large Hearts
Compounds related to Viagra, which is already in clinical trials to prevent heart failure, may also counter the disease in a different way, according to a new study. The results...
Cogent trial shows lack of adverse interaction between clopidogrel and stomach medicine
Results from a late breaking clinical trial called COGENT demonstrate that the combination of giving patients clopidogrel, a blood thinner commonly prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease, and stomach medicines...
Video: HIV Vaccine on the Horizon?
After decades of failure, new research offers hope that it is possible to develop a vaccine to protect against HIV. Dr. Jennifer Ashton reports.
The beginning of the end for HIV/AIDS? The RV144 HIV Vaccine trial in Thailand reports success
When HIV was discovered as the causative agent of AIDS in 1984 (and has since been repeatedly proven, despite denialists claims - see Ben's post) scientists were relieved: "It's a virus! Phew, viruses...
Precancer? Earliest cancer? Milk-duct cells vexing
(AP) -- Some doctors tell patients they have "stage zero" breast cancer. Others call it a precancer.
Fertilizers may not help poorest African farmers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new Cornell studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help...
Study: Only a Third of Americans Aware of Exercise Recommendations (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a third of Americans could identify national recommendations for minimum daily physical activity of 30 minutes, despite more than a decade of publicity campaigns, according to research...