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Blood Test For Brain Injuries Gains Momentum
A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two...
Researchers find current drug can treat rare heart disorder
New research has found that the answer to treating a rare inherited heart disorder could lie with a drug already on the market. Associate Professor Derek Laver from the University...
Enzyme acts as molecular depression switch
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say they've identified, for the first time, an enzyme that is essential to the onset of depressive symptoms caused by...
Eye exercises help patients work out vision problems, UH optometrist says
You've probably been there. In a doctor's office, being advised to do what you dread - exercise. You get that feeling in your gut, acknowledging that, indeed, you should exercise...
People will make healthier choices if restaurants provide nutritional data
As more and more Americans eat meals outside the home, the country also faces an epidemic of obesity. An association between eating out and weight-related diseases has led to demands...
Rigorous visual training teaches the brain to see again after stroke
By doing a set of vigourous visual exercises on a computer every day for several months, patients who had gone partially blind as a result of suffering a stroke were...
Coronary angiography may improve outcomes for cardiac arrest patients
People who suffer cardiac arrests and then receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don't have the procedure, according to...
By shutting down inflammation, agent reverses damage from spinal cord injury
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Centre (GUMC) have been able to speed recovery and substantially reduce damage resulting from spinal cord injury in preclinical studies...
Many of medical professionals are subject to insults and threats
Researchers from the University of Zaragoza have studied violence suffered by medical professionals whilst carrying out their profession. The data show that 11% of doctors have been victims of physical...
Winners of 'Baby Nobels' announced
The 2009 winners of Canada's Gairdner Awards for medical research, also known as the "Baby Nobels," include a pioneering epidemiologist who guides doctors toward making better treatment decisions and a...
Pesky bedbugs not dangerous, researchers say
Bedbugs pose an itchy nuisance by feeding on human blood, but there's little chance that the insects will transmit disease, say researchers who reviewed the evidence.
HHS pick backs public health care plan
(AP) -- Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Health and Human Services Department, said Tuesday she backs his call for giving Americans the option...
Patients feeling abandoned, AIDS committee says
Patients with HIV/AIDS are not getting the special care they require, the Newfoundland and Labrador AIDS Committee says.
FOR KIDS: Treating peanut allergy bit by bit
New study offers a little hope in reducing an allergy to peanuts, but don’t try this at home
Men are the weaker sex
Nurses in the maternity ward often say that a difficult labor is a sign of a baby boy. Now, a Tel Aviv University study provides scientific proof that a male...
Learning curve: Tricks to resist temptation
Here's good news for dieters who face food challenges in the break room every day: A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that our resistance gets a...
Wheat Scientists, Educators Eyeing Worldwide 'Stem Rust Concern'
Yield losses from stem rust in Africa and Middle East have been significant since Ug99 was reported, but the greater concern is that this race will spread to the major...
Formerly conjoined twins 'sail through'
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 31 (UPI) -- Two conjoined sisters separated 10 weeks ago are thriving, doctors at The Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City said.
Focus on the future: Long-term goals help us resist unhealthy urges
Imagine a delicious pile of French fries next to a low-fat green salad. After resisting the fries, can you really be expected to go to the gym instead of watching...
Modified tobacco plant may block HIV
OWENSBORO, Ky., March 31 (UPI) -- A gel derived from a close relative to the tobacco plant is being tested as an affordable preventative measure for HIV, U.S....
Combating Weight Gain Caused By Antipsychotic Treatments
Antipsychotic drugs, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), risperidone (Risperdal) and quetiapine (Seroquel), are commonly used to treat psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, but also bipolar disorder and even behavioral problems related to...
New Discovery Raises Doubts About Current Bladder Treatment
Researchers have found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the growth and spread of some types of cancers is in fact beneficial in bladder cancer -- a...
Fighting childhood obesity: Is phys-ed enough?
The combination of a car-friendly culture and popular sedentary activities like watching TV or playing video games make it unsurprising that at least 25 per cent of Canadians between the...
Classroom exercise doesn't keep children trim: study
In-class exercise programs may not be helping children to shed excess pounds but the activities still carry health benefits, say researchers who weighed the evidence.
FDA acts against unapproved narcotics
WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning nine companies to stop manufacturing 14 unapproved narcotic drugs that are widely used to treat...
Predicting Mosquito Outbreaks For Disease Control
Researchers in Australia have shown they can predict the biggest population peaks of disease-carrying mosquitoes up to two months ahead.
Herbal Medicines For Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Disease
Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy. In a new study, researchers reviewed data on Japanese herbal medicines...
Biologists Discover A Protein Link To Wound Healing
Diabetes and eczema may appear to be two completely unrelated diseases. But biologists have uncovered what appears to be a crucial biochemical link between the two.