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Political Memo: Rockefeller Stands Up for Liberals on Health Care
Squabbling on the Senate Finance Committee about health care has provided an opportunity for a liberal Democrat from West Virginia to weigh in.
Genetic Hint For Ridding The Body Of Hepatitis C
More than seventy percent of people who contract Hepatitis C will live with the virus that causes it for the rest of their lives and some will develop serious liver...
What Happens When Immune Cells Just Won't Die?
X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is a rare inherited immunodeficiency most commonly caused by deficiency in the protein SAP. New research now provides an explanation as to how SAP deficiency causes...
Supplementing Babies' Formula With DHA Boosts Cognitive Development, Study Finds
A study of 229 infants shows that babies fed formula supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid -- an essential fatty acid found in breast milk -- have higher cognitive skills than babies...
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News
Scientists study a Saturn thunderstorm … Muscle loss in elderly can be reversed … NASA gets ready for STS-129 … Therapy cures colorblindness in monkeys ... Health/Science news from UPI.
Alzheimer’s Disease Results In Greater Language Impairments In More Highly-educated Than Less Learned Patients, New Study Suggests
Alzheimer’s Disease results in greater language impairments in more highly-educated than less learned patients, according to a new study. The research also revealed that women with the disease fare worse...
Comprehensive Cardiac CT Scan May Give Clearer Picture Of Significant Heart Disease
Researchers have developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia -- restricted blood flow to heart muscle tissue -- giving a better...
Unique Cancer Profile Of Hispanic/Latino Americans
Report finds Hispanic/Latino Americans are less likely than non-Hispanic whites to develop and die from all cancers combined as well as the four most common cancers, but have higher rates...
Space-related Radiation Research Could Help Reduce Fractures In Cancer Survivors
A research project looking for ways to reduce bone loss in astronauts may yield methods of improving the bone health of cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment. The scientists are seeking...
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...
Quality of early child care plays role in later reading, math achievement
As children head back to school and attention turns to strategies for boosting reading and math achievement for low-income youth, a new study says the quality of early child care...
Analysis of TB treatment studies identifies gaps in guidelines
International guidelines for treating tuberculosis are due for specific improvements, according to two research papers published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine...
Cancer risk raised after northern Italian industrial accident
People living in the Seveso area of Italy, which was exposed to dioxin after an industrial accident in 1976, have experienced an increased risk of developing cancer. Researchers writing in...
Antioxidant ingredient proven to relieve stress
A dietary ingredient derived from a melon rich in antioxidant superoxide dismutase enzymes has been shown to relieve stress. In a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial, published in BioMed Central's open...
Figures of speech - understanding idioms requires both sides of the brain
Is it better to treat someone with kid gloves or to treat them carefully? Researchers in Italy have investigated how the brain recognises that the first phrase means the same...
Tuberculosis patients can reduce transmissability by inhaling interferon through a nebulizer
A new study published in the September 15, 2009, issue of PLoS ONE found that patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis receiving anti-TB medications supplemented with nebulized interferon-gamma have fewer bacilli...
The need for HIV patent pools is urgent
Unitaid welcomes GlaxoSmithKline's renewed interest in the Unitaid patent pool initiative for HIV/Aids medicines and its openness to taking a flexible approach to managing intellectual property (
What to do if you have the flu
The flu tends to come on suddenly -- you're fine in the morning and aching and shivering that night -- while a cold usually develops gradually over the course of...
Coffee on the brain, spatial memory impairment, and how the immune system may help
I'm constantly on the lookout for new research findings further substantiating sleep's significant effects on memory...perhaps in an attempt to finally convince myself that continuously misplacing my keys is NOT...
New York Eyes ‘No Smoking’ Outdoors, Too
New York City’s health commissioner announced that he would seek to ban smoking at public parks and beaches as part of a plan to further curb smoking rates.
New Objections to Baucus Health Care Proposal
Two Republican senators have requested numerous major changes in a Finance Committee proposal on health care, reducing the chances that they will support the measure.
For Speech-Impaired, Insurance Fights Remedy
Despite their usefulness and lower cost, devices like iPhones and netbook PCs that can help the speech-impaired are not covered by Medicare or insurers.
September/October 2009 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Universal Health Insurance Reduces Some Socioeconomic Disparities in Care The experience of Ontario, Canada
Immediate Intervention For Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Not Always More Beneficial
For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical center does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention...
Electronic Pharmacy May Protect War Veterans from Medication Errors
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thousands of men and women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained life-threatening injuries but were fortunate enough to return home alive.
Researchers discover the first-ever link between intelligence and curiosity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from University of Toronto and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital have discovered a molecular link between intelligence and curiosity, which may lead to...
Vital Signs: Needless Suffering After Tonsil Surgery
Children might not receive adequate pain relief once they are sent home after having their tonsils removed, research indicates.
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