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Obesity linked to dangerous sleep apnea in truck drivers
Truck crashes are a significant public health hazard, causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes. A new study has confirmed previous...
Staying up late increases diabetes risk
BUFFALO, N.Y., March 13 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say people who regularly get less than six hours of sleep are at a higher risk of developing diabetes.
New List Of HIV Mutations Vital To Tracking AIDS Epidemic
Scientists have compiled a list of 93 common mutations of the AIDS virus associated with drug resistance that will be used to track future resistance trends throughout the world.
Ozone's Health Impact
Long-term exposure to ground-level ozone heightens risk of death from lung disease
Feeling Tired? Study Finds Prevalence Of Anergia In People With Failing Hearts
A noninvasive method of monitoring human activity is helping doctors and researchers shed new light on a syndrome affecting nearly 40 percent of older adults with heart failure: anergia. Anergia,...
Iron Induces Death In Tumor Cells
Tumor cells and healthy cells differ considerably in metabolism intensity. Scientists have now taken advantage of this difference; by releasing cellular iron, they were able to induce death selectively in...
Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents
Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.
Migraine Mice Exhibit Enhanced Excitatory Transmission At Cortical Synapses
New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study reveals that perturbation of the delicate balance between excitation and inhibition may make the brain...
Anesthesia Or Hypothermia: Warning For Alzheimer's Patients
Scientists have shown that a protein associated with Alzheimer's (called "tau") builds up in brain cells at an increased rate when temperatures fall, such as when a patient is anesthetized...
Student-designed device provides new way to track calorie burning
Counting calories that burn through activity is a constant quandary. One can only run on a treadmill so long, watching intently as the pedometer reads out the number of calories...
Researchers discover a new pathway that regulates inflammation
Inflammation, the body's earliest response to damage or infection, can aid the healing process and trigger an immune response against invading pathogens. But inflammation gone awry can also undermine health,...
Explaining trends in heart attack
A report in Circulation from the Framingham Heart Study, which compared acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence in 9824 men and women over four decades, has proposed an explanation for the...
Cannabis Use, Dangerous Driving Behaviors Interrelated
Thrill-seeking young men are more likely to drive under the influence of cannabis and engage in reckless driving, according to a new study. Men who are sensation-seekers, an average age...
Blood Test For Alzheimer's Possible, Study Suggests
Researchers have revealed a direct relationship between two specific antibodies and the severity of Alzheimer's disease symptoms, raising hopes that a diagnostic blood test for the devastating disorder is within...
Model forecasts 'substantial' health benefits from small cut in salt intake
For every gram of salt that Americans cut from their daily diets, there would be 200,000 fewer deaths over a decade, researchers said Wednesday.
Lack of vitamin D linked to teen health problems
DALLAS (AP) -- New research in teenagers links low levels of vitamin D to high blood pressure and high blood sugar, which can lead to ominous...
Researcher tags genes linked to disc degeneration
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems.
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Less costly, more accessible and as effective: Simplified treatment for sleep apnea
Diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea may soon become much less expensive and arduous, thanks to new research showing that a simplified program using experienced nurses, home ambulatory diagnosis and...
Researchers find that single question can identify unhealthy alcohol use in patients
(Boston) Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that a single-screening question recommended by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) accurately identifies unhealthy alcohol use in...
Personalized cancer therapy gets closer
Genetic testing allows doctors to select best treatment.
Crucial childhood diarrhoea research needs ignored
Diarrhoea will continue to kill millions of children without research into why treatments aren't reaching the victims, experts have warned.
New tool for the study of air quality presented
Impact of an industrial contamination source displaying the increments and reductions on the concentration...
Wireless-only U.S. phone use increasing
ATLANTA, March 11 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says wireless-only telephone use continues to increase across the United States.
Housewife Remedy for Scurvy Preceded Medical Discovery
(PhysOrg.com) -- A 100-page handwritten book by Mrs. Ebot Mitchell written in 1707 on household remedies contains among other things a recipe to treat scurvy. The recipe containing extracts...
New Soldier In War On Cancer: The Blind Mole Rat
If someone ever calls you a "dirty rat," consider it a compliment. A new discovery shows that cellular mechanisms used by the blind mole rat to survive the very low...
Thumbs Down For New Testosterone Patch To Boost Women's Sex Drive
A new testosterone patch, designed to pep up a woman's flagging sex drive after womb and ovary removal, may not work, and its long term safety is not proven, says...
Feature: Preparing to fight dengue fever in the warmer future
Predicting how climate change will affect dengue fever-carrying mosquitoes could help researchers limit its spread. Nerissa Hannink reports.