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1 in 5 breast cancer hormone tests wrong, Quebec study finds
Hundreds of women in Quebec with breast cancer may have been prescribed the wrong treatment because of faulty pathology tests, a CBC News investigation has found.
Risk Of Facial Fractures In Motor Vehicle Crashes Decreasing
Facial fractures from motor vehicle crashes appear to be decreasing, most likely due to design improvements in newer vehicles, according to a new article.
Weight Loss In Old Age May Signal Dementia
A new study shows that older people who are thinner or are losing weight quickly are at a higher risk of developing dementia, especially if they started out overweight or...
Fish Oil Cuts ADHD Symptoms by Nearly Half
A recent study by Dr Sven Ostlund at Goteborg University in Sweden found that children, ages 8 to 18, with ADHD had almost half the ADHD symptoms when taking fish...
Careful! Don’t mess with the mockingbirds
Mockingbirds may look pretty much alike to people, but they can tell us apart and are quick to react to folks they don't like.
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Stem Cell Transplant In Mouse Embryo Yields Heart Protection In Adulthood
Stem cells play a role in heart muscle rejuvenation by attracting cells from the body that develop into heart muscle cells. They have been successfully used to halt or reverse...
Discovery In Colon Cancer Prevention
A new study finds that individuals who have low expression of the "Celebrex gene," 15-PGDH, are actually resistant to Celebrex treatment when used to prevent colon cancer.
Tumors Trigger Cancer Blues
Biochemical signals from tumors cause anxiety and depression in rats
Web-based consultations may reduce referrals to dermatologists
A Web-based system allowing general practitioners to confer with specialists regarding patients with skin conditions may reduce referrals to dermatologists by approximately 20 percent, according to a report in the...
Surgery, oral devices associated with improvement in sleep breathing disorder
Treatment with surgery or an oral appliance that adjusts the jaw is associated with improvements in obstructive sleep apnea, a condition caused by blocked upper airways in which patients periodically...
Popular cancer drug linked to often fatal brain virus
The 57-year-old lawyer in New York had handily completed the New York Times' Saturday crossword puzzle - the hardest of the week - for years. But one Saturday morning, suddenly...
Thyroid and parathyroid surgery outcomes may be worse in pregnant women
Pregnant women appear to have worse clinical and economic outcomes after thyroid and parathyroid surgery compared with women who are not pregnant, according to a report in the May issue...
Study examines trends in gallbladder cancer over 4 decades
Overall prognosis for gallbladder cancer appears to be improving, although many patients still have incurable disease and poor survival rates, according to a report in the May issue of Archives...
Popular Cancer Drug Linked To Often Fatal Brain Virus
A new study links use of the popular cancer drug rituximab to a swiftly moving and often fatal viral brain infection called PML. Rituximab is the most important and widely...
Women more susceptible to harmful effects of smoking
Women may be more susceptible to the lung damaging effects of smoking than men, according to new research by Inga-Cecilie Soerheim, M.D., and her colleagues from Channing Laboratory, Brigham and...
New asthma treatment uses radiofrequency energy to improve patient quality of life
Chronic asthma sufferers may find new relief in a simple, minimally invasive outpatient procedure known as bronchial thermoplasty, which uses controlled radiofrequency-generated heat to treat the muscles of the airways,...
Asian-Americans increasingly adopting risky skin-care habits
A new survey from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a significant number of Asian Americans living in California adopt unhealthy sun-exposure behaviours as they become more westernised....
Disruption of immune-system pathway key step in cancer progression
Human immune cells communicate constantly with one another as they coordinate to fight off infection and other threats. Now researchers at Stanford University's School of Medicine have shown that muffling...
Triglycerides implicated in diabetes nerve loss
A common blood test for triglycerides - a well-known cardiovascular disease risk factor - may also for the first time allow doctors to predict which patients with diabetes are more...
New study may help understand how Alzheimer's robs sufferers of episodic memory
Memory loss is love's great thief. Those who suffer aren't just the ones who can't remember - family, friends and loved ones agonise over how to react when the disorder...
Yale team identifies key to potential new treatment for allergy-induced asthma
In research that could lead to new asthma drugs, scientists at Yale School of Medicine, Hydra Biosciences of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that...
Komodo Dragons Pack Venom, Too
The Komodo dragon, already sporting huge chompers, is now said to pack venom.
Health Outcomes Driving New Hospital Design
Single-patient rooms, with closer nurses’ stations are now viewed as an important element of high-quality health care.
A taste of help to keep cancer patients' pounds up
(AP) -- The statistic is shocking: Severe malnutrition and weight loss play a role in at least one in five cancer deaths. Yet nutrition too often is an afterthought...
Health Records Enter Into The Digital Age
Walk though a typical Kaiser Permanente doctor's office or hospital, and you won't find a paper chart lying around. Kaiser, with 450 hospitals and offices around the country, is almost...
New Breath Test Tells If You're Kissable
A pocket-size breath test can catch a whiff of bad-breath bacteria.
Pollution Can Change Your DNA in 3 Days, Study Suggests
Breathing in small bits of dust and soot may wreak havoc on our DNA, possibly causing increased rates of lung cancer and other diseases, a new study of steelworkers shows.