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A System for Health Care by Dr. Paul Nussbaum
The United States is engaged again in a debate on health care and the best system to provide and receive health care. Other nations across the planet have similar debates...
New Piece Found In Colorectal Cancer Puzzle
Prostasin, a relatively unknown protease enzyme expressed in most epithelial cells, may play a role in the genesis of colorectal cancer. Researchers have associated a reduction in the expression of...
Broad Therapy For Muscular Dystrophy
Scientists have demonstrated that the glycosyltransferase Galgt2 can lessen symptoms in multiple models of muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited muscular disorders that are characterized by progressive...
Gene Findings Revealing Reasons For Neuroblastoma Risk
Two new studies advance the search for genetic events that result in neuroblastoma, a puzzling, often-deadly type of childhood cancer. Scientists performed a genome-wide association study to discover that common...
Cancer researchers link DICER1 gene mutation to rare childhood cancer
Research published today in Science Express from the journal Science demonstrates the first definitive link between mutations in the gene DICER1 and cancer. By studying the patterns of DNA from...
Radiation not needed for common childhood leukemia, doctors say
Children with a type of leukemia can safely skip radiation to the brain in favour of chemotherapy alone, according to a new study.
Canada warns of using piroxicam for pain
OTTAWA, June 25 (UPI) -- Health Canada is warning consumers not to use the prescription drug piroxicam to treat short-term pain and inflammation because of safety risks.
Coffee Extract Fights Bad Breath
An extract from coffee can inhibit the bacteria that lead to bad breath.
New mechanism for amyloid beta protein's toxic impact on the Alzheimer's brain
Scientists have uncovered a novel mechanism linking soluble amyloid beta protein with the synaptic injury and memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The research, published by Cell Press in...
American elderly thrash English at 'brain training' test
American over-65s scored significantly better than their English counterparts at a memory and awareness test. The authors of the research, published in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics, suggest that...
Irritability should be considered when diagnosing bipolar disorder in children
A new study from Bradley Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, as well as two other institutions, adds to mounting evidence that clinicians consider irritability as...
Study shows US seniors 'smarter' than English seniors
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan have carried out the first international comparison of cognitive function in nationally representative samples of...
Older kidney transplant patients should more often consider live donors
Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings...
Anti-inflammatory drugs may defeat a treatment-resistant type of cancer
Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease...
Study finds people residing in poor communities not benefiting from recent drop in colorectal cancer
A new study suggests that a drop in colorectal cancer incidence seen nationwide has not occurred among people living in poorer communities, and suggests that barriers to health care may...
For the Gullible Man: A New Baldness Calculator
It preys, of course, on the nearly universal fear among men that they'll go bald.
Trapping Immune Cells In The Uterus Prevents Anti-fetal Immunity
Why the immune system of a pregnant woman does not attack her developing fetus is one of most remarkable features of pregnancy, and several underlying mechanisms have been described. Scientists...
Obesity linked to tuberculosis of 1800s
MANHASSET, N.Y., June 24 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says recent increases in obesity and inflammatory diseases result from the tuberculosis pandemic of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Manitoba's swine flu caseload hits 458
There are 163 new confirmed cases of swine flu in Manitoba, bringing the provincial total to 458, the provincial government announced Wednesday.
Does Mom's Drinking Harm Breastfed Babies?
A glass of wine every now and then won't harm a nursing infant.
Science journalism: Breaking the convention?
Blogs and Twitter are opening up meetings to those not actually there. Does that mean too much access to science in the raw, asks Geoff Brumfiel.
Disease prevention often costs more than it saves
(AP) -- When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at...
Environmental Health Perspectives Among Most Influential Environmental Health Journals
The 2008 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition shows that Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) increased its impact factor to 6.12 for 2008, an increase of 8.6% over the prior year's impact...
Educational Packet Could Help Those with Life-Threatening Food Allergies
About six percent of children and four percent of adults have food allergies. An article in the Journal of Food Science Education, published by the Institute of Food Technologists,...
Swine flu puts porpoise on brink
Mexico's twin crises, swine flu and the economy, may derail plans to save the world's most endangered cetacean, say campaigners.
Avoid contamination of reusable grocery bags, Health Canada advises
Canadians should wash their cloth grocery bags frequently, especially after carrying fresh produce or meat, Health Canada said Wednesday.
Sleep Apnea Occurring During REM Sleep Is Significantly Associated With Type 2 Diabetes
Scientists found a statistically significant relationship between obstructive sleep apnea episodes occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and type 2 diabetes.
HIV test needs just a spot of blood
A simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.