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Gene mutation causes severe epilepsy, febrile seizures in thousands of infants worldwide
University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome in some of...
Once-daily Pill Effective As Multiple Dosings For Oral Yeast Infection In HIV/AIDS Patients
A once-daily medication option for treating the most common mouth infection in HIV/AIDS patients has shown to be just as effective and safe as taking an anti-fungal pill five times...
New Marker For Alzheimer's Discovered
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown substance in spinal fluid that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease.
Nanoparticle Treatment For Burns Curbs Infection, Reduces Inflammation
Treating second-degree burns with a nanoemulsion lotion sharply curbs bacterial growth and reduces inflammation that otherwise can jeopardize recovery, scientists have shown in initial laboratory studies.
Exercise Better Than Shockwave Treatment For Chronic Shoulder Pain, Study Finds
Supervised exercises are more effective than shockwave treatment to relieve chronic shoulder pain, a new study finds.
'Alert Status' Area In Brain Discoved: New Understanding Of Anesthesia
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such...
Diabetes Drug Kills Cancer Stem Cells In Combination Treatment In Mice
In tumors formed by human breast cancer cells in mice, a diabetes drug was more effective than chemotherapy alone in prolonging remission. Mice appeared tumor-free for the two months after...
Popular Stomach Acid Reducer Triples Risk Of Developing Pneumonia, Study Suggests
A popular stomach-acid reducer used to prevent stress ulcers in critically ill patients needing breathing machine support increases the risk of those patients contracting pneumonia threefold, according to researchers.
Swine flu may increase school cleaning staff
The Eastern School District says it will consider hiring more staff if its janitors can't do all the work that's required to control swine flu. Monday, Union president Carol Furlong...
Daily bathroom showers may deliver face full of pathogens
While daily bathroom showers provide invigorating relief and a good cleansing for millions of Americans, they also can deliver a face full of potentially pathogenic bacteria, according to a surprising...
Athletes with smaller ACLs may be more susceptible to injury
A study comparing images of the knees in people who did and didn't have previous injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament suggests that people who tore their ACLs are more...
Iraq Troops' PTSD Rate As High As 35 Percent, Analysis Finds
The Veterans' Administration should expect a high volume of Iraq veterans seeking treatment of post traumatic stress disorder, with researchers anticipating that the rate among armed forces will be as...
Asthma: Epidemiology, etiology and risk factors
An article http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj080612.pdf on the epidemiology, cause and risk factors of asthma is the first in a special report on asthma in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) designed for clinical...
Showerheads may harbor bacteria dangerous to some
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," a study says showerheads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying...
1 in 20 patients experience critical event during urgent air-medical transport
During air-medical transport of acutely-ill patients, 1 in 20 experience a critical event such as death, major resuscitation or blood pressure deterioration according to a new study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/cmaj080886.pdf in CMAJ...
Figuring out the heads or tails decision in regeneration
Wounds trigger regeneration in planaria, a flatworm studied for its regenerative capabilities. Until now, no molecular connection between wounding and the onset of regeneration of an entire head or tail...
MD faces misconduct hearing in patient death
A Toronto doctor accused of incompetence after performing cosmetic surgery on a patient who later died is the subject of a professional misconduct hearing at the Ontario College of Physicians...
Bomber fans use Facebook to call for coach's head
Blue Bombers coach Mike Kelly has become the target of a Facebook group that emerged in the aftermath of Sunday's blowout loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Winnipeg Stadium.
Prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases
Li et al. explain how prolonged stress sparks the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release its calcium stores, inducing cells to undergo apoptosis in several aging-related diseases.The study will appear in...
Strategies To Counteract Side Effects Of New MS Therapies
The drawback of new immunotherapies in multiple sclerosis (MS) include severe infections that can be fatal. For example, treatment with natalizumab, which reduces the immune surveillance of the brain, can...
Communication problems in dementia care cause physical strain
Excessive physical strain in dementia care is not so much related to equipment or the resident's body weight as it is due to communication problems and misunderstandings. This is shown...
Allergy: Solving The Mystery Of IgE
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is the main actor in the drama of allergy. Researchers are looking at the biological role of IgE in the immune response of an organism and how...
The Many Causes Of Immune Deficiency
Defects of the immune system lead to increased susceptibility to infection, autoimmune diseases (e.g. inflammatory rheumatism), allergies and sometimes even cancer. An intact immune system, on the other hand, ensures...
Seal of quality for hygienic equipment
Before entering the cleanroom, the researcher dons special protective clothing to avoid carrying germs or other impurities into the highly sensitive environment. But it's not only people who have to...
Pool chlorine raises kids' asthma risk
Swimming in chlorinated swimming pools may increase the risk a child will develop symptoms of asthma, a new European study suggests.
Three genes liked to Lou Gehrig's disease
HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Michigan Technological University researchers say they have linked three genes to the most common type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Super bedsheet
Astrid Skreosen has worked for many years as an auxiliary nurse in the maternity ward in Skien Hospital. She became fed up with the little mats which were supposed to...
Afghan woman gives birth to headless conjoined twin: doctor
An Afghan woman has given birth to a baby boy attached at the chest to a headless conjoined twin, a doctor at a hospital in northern Afghanistan said Monday.