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Antibiotic Multi-resistance: Why Bacteria Are So Effective

14 years ago from Science Daily

Scientists have deciphered for the first time the molecular mechanism that enables bacteria to acquire multi-resistance to antibiotics, and that even allows them to adapt this resistance to their environment....

Illinois Senate approves medical marijuana bill

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- The push to legalize medical marijuana in Illinois has taken a big step forward.

Treatment helps diabetic pets

14 years ago from Science Alert

A researcher has come up with a treatment to help diabetic cats and dogs, greatly reducing the number that need lifelong insulin.

Statins may help prevent stroke recurrence

14 years ago from UPI

IOANNINA, Greece, May 26 (UPI) -- Greek scientists say they've discovered people who take statins after a stroke might be less likely to experience another stroke later.

Healthy, wealthy in Ontario gained family doctors: study

14 years ago from CBC: Health

Doctors in Ontario who opted to be paid a flat rate to care for patients over a year rather than billing each time they provided a service had fewer sicker...

Bodies of military dead help the living

14 years ago from UPI

DOVER, Del., May 26 (UPI) -- Information gathered from the bodies of men and women killed while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan is being...

Survey suggests higher risk of falls due to dizziness in middle-aged and older Americans

14 years ago from

A full third of American adults, 69 million men and women over age 40, are up to 12 times more likely to have a serious fall because they have some...

Retail clinics less likely to be located in underserved communities

14 years ago from

Despite reports indicating that placement of retail clinics are determined by physician shortages and higher uninsured populations, these clinics appear to be located in more advantaged neighbourhoods, according to a...

Hospice care under-used by many terminally ill patients, study finds

14 years ago from

Hospice, a well-established approach to palliative care, has enabled countless people worldwide to die with dignity. Through focusing on the patient rather than the disease, individuals can spend the last...

Nervous system may be culprit in deadly muscle disease

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Brain may win out over brawn as the primary cause of breathing problems in children with a severe form of muscular dystrophy known as Pompe disease...

Some neural tube defects in mice linked to enzyme deficiency

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Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However,...

Basics: Fungi, From Killer to Dinner Companion

14 years ago from NY Times Health

A plague to bats, but a friend of humans in their bread and wine.

Elderly Women With 'Dowager's Hump' May Be At Higher Risk Of Earlier Death

14 years ago from Science Daily

Hyperkyphosis, or "dowager's hump" -- the exaggerated forward curvature of the upper spine seen commonly in elderly women -- may predict earlier death in women whether or not they have...

'Atypical' Toronto swine flu victim had other medical condition: official

14 years ago from CBC: Health

A man from Toronto is the second Canadian to die after contracting swine flu, health officials in Ontario said Monday.

Personal Health: A Brain Disorder Easily Missed

14 years ago from NY Times Science

No one knows how often normal pressure hydrocephalus occurs because it is so often missed or misdiagnosed.

Vital Signs: Childhood: Food Allergies May Be Linked to Obesity

14 years ago from NY Times Science

Reducing childhood obesity may have yet another benefit: lowering the incidence of food allergies.

Global Update: Parasites: Giving a Deworming Drug to Girls Could Cut H.I.V. Transmission in Africa

14 years ago from NY Times Science

An inexpensive deworming drug could substantially reduce H.I.V. transmission in rural Africa, researchers say.

In a Time of Quotas, a Quiet Pose in Defiance

14 years ago from NY Times Science

In the years before World War II, informal quotas limited the numbers of Jewish medical students and physicians.

Essay: Referral System Turns Patients Into Commodities

14 years ago from NY Times Science

Referrals are the currency of day-to-day transactions in medicine.

Scientists identify gene that may explain hair loss

14 years ago from Reuters:Science

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have identified a gene that appears to determine cyclical hair loss in mice and believe it may also be responsible for hair loss,...

Guidelines needed for informing patients of medical errors

14 years ago from Science Blog

National guidelines are needed for timely disclosure of medical errors and informing patients, write Toronto-based researchers in a review http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg1125.pdf in CMAJ (www.cmaj.ca).

Sheriff: Boy who fled chemo returns to Minnesota

14 years ago from Physorg

(AP) -- A sheriff's office in Minnesota says a 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who fled the state to avoid chemotherapy have returned.

Mexico to erect statue to swine flu 'patient zero'

14 years ago from Physorg

A state in eastern Mexico is to erect a statue to a small boy suspected as being the first patient of swine flu here, to be modeled on the famous...

Blood Tests And Better Communication Skills Could Cut Over-prescribing Of Antibiotics

14 years ago from Science Daily

Improving communications skills and the use of a simple blood test could help cut the growing number of inappropriate prescriptions of antibiotics, researchers have discovered.

Mock CPR Drills In Kids Show Many Hospital Residents Fail In Key Skills

14 years ago from Science Daily

New research exposes alarming gaps in training hospital residents in "first response" emergency treatment of staged cardiorespiratory arrests in children, while at the same time offering a potent recipe for...

Maxum brand prenatal supplements recalled

14 years ago from CBC: Health

Pregnant and breastfeeding women should not take Maxum Matragen vitamin supplements, Health Canada advised Monday.

EarthTalk: What is 'nanotechnology'?

14 years ago from Physorg

Dear EarthTalk: What is "nanotechnology"? I've heard that nanoparticles are already in consumer products, yet we haven't really studied their potential health impacts. (Dan Zeff, San Francisco)

Meningitis suspected in death of Clarenville toddler

14 years ago from CBC: Health

The family of a toddler who died at an eastern Newfoundland hospital last Friday in a case that involved meningitis is questioning whether medical staff, who initially had sent the...