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New vaccine strategy might offer protection against pandemic influenza strains
A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health authorities...
Women With Hard To Diagnose Chest Pain Symptoms At Higher Risk For Cardiovascular Events
Women with chest pain but without coronary artery disease are at an elevated risk for cardiovascular events such as heart attack or stroke, new research shows.
Low And High Levels Of Hormone In Men With Heart Failure Associated With Increased Risk Of Death
Men with systolic chronic heart failure who have low or high levels of estradiol, a form of the hormone estrogen, have an increased risk of death compared with men with...
Diet And Exercise Intervention Helps Older, Overweight Cancer Survivors Reduce Functional Decline
A home-based diet and exercise program reduced the rate of functional decline among older, overweight long-term survivors of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer, according to a new study.
Implantable Device Offers Continuous Cancer Monitoring
Surgical removal of a tissue sample is now the standard for diagnosing cancer. Such procedures, known as biopsies, are accurate but only offer a snapshot of the tumor at a...
Women With Previous Abnormal Cervical Cells At Higher Risk For Recurrence And Invasive Cancer
New research has found that women who have been treated for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (abnormal cervical cell growth) are at higher risk for a recurrence of the disease or invasive...
Mexico equipped to diagnose AH1N1 virus
With the arrival of 15 diagnostic kits, Mexico will be able to detect AH1N1 cases more accurately.
Formaldehyde Exposure Associated With Risk Of Blood And Lymph System Malignancies
Individuals exposed to relatively higher amounts of formaldehyde had a higher rate of death due to blood and lymph system malignancies than those exposed to lower levels of formaldehyde in...
Improving education may cut smoking in youth
Although low socio-economic status is associated with an increased liability to smoke, performing well at school can mitigate this effect. A new study, published in BioMed Central's open access International...
Enriched environment improves wound healing in rats
Improving the environment in which rats are reared can significantly strengthen the physiological process of wound healing, according to a report in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE.
Sodium bicarbonate reduces incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy
A meta-analysis of 17 randomised controlled trials has shown that pre-procedural treatment with sodium bicarbonate based hydration is the optimal treatment strategy to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The research, published...
Two Glasses Of Wine A Day Helps To Reduce Quantity Of Fat In Liver
Scientists have studied the effect of reservatrol — a molecule of plant origin present in wine and several fruits — in rats with non-alcoholic hepatic esteatosis, an accumulation of fat...
Simple hygiene, focus on children could contain flu spread
Although many have touted strategies from travel avoidance to Tamiflu to halt the spread of H1N1 flu or swine flu, a large body of evidence from the Cochrane Library suggests...
Two glasses of wine a day helps to reduce quantity of fat in liver
The author of the thesis is Ms Elizabeth Hijona Muruamendiaraz, a graduate in Biochemistry specialising in Dietetics and Nutrition, and has entitled her PhD, Effect of resveratrol on simple, non-alcoholic...
In retinal disease, sight may depend on second sites
If two people have the same genetic disease, why would one person go blind in childhood but the other later in life or not at all? For a group of...
Monitoring water through a snake's eyes
Although most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, that ordinary tap water could become deadly within minutes, says Prof. Abraham Katzir of Tel Aviv University's School...
Policies on organ donation after cardiac death vary considerably among hospitals
Although a large number of children's hospitals have developed or are developing policies regarding organ donation after cardiac death, there is considerable variation among policies, including the criteria for declaring...
Quest Diagnostics introduces test for H1N1 virus
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Quest Diagnostics Inc has developed the first commercially available test to identify U.S. patients infected with the new H1N1 flu virus, the medical testing provider said on...
Anti-aging effects studied in yeast
LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- University of Southern California scientists say they have discovered glucose to glycerol conversion in long-lived yeast provides anti-aging effects.
Flu strains developing resistance to key antiviral drug: WHO
Development of a swine flu vaccine was partly triggered by evidence that seasonal influenza strains are developing resistance to antiviral drug Tamiflu, a World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday.
Jury Acquits W.R. Grace In Asbestos Case
After a three-month trial, firm and executives are cleared on all 10 counts
U.S. probes heparin link in deaths
DEERFIELD, Ill., May 12 (UPI) -- U.S. health officials are investigating whether the blood thinner heparin is linked to two patient deaths, the product's maker says.
Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination
(AP) -- The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday she has taken steps locally to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment...
‘Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine’
What happens when a Buddhist monk visiting the United States is hospitalized, terminally ill with liver cancer? Does religion interfere with his medical care? What about his Buddhist brethren, unable to join him...
Many Swine Flu Cases Have No Fever
Infectious disease experts consider fever an important sign of influenza, so the swine flu could be harder to track.
Nonstick chemical pollutes water at notable levels
Concentrations approach those shown to have adverse effects in laboratory animals
New research on the 'guardian of the genome'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Protein p53 protects the body against cancer and is knocked out in many cancer tumours. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified two molecules that can restore p53's cancer-killing...
Study shows that girls in sports develop conflict-resolution skills
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most parents understand the importance of keeping their kids active in a time when childhood obesity is becoming a serious problem. But one University of Alberta researcher wants...