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Scientists film immune system at work
SYDNEY, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Australian scientists say they have filmed an immune cell as it becomes infected by a parasite and followed the infection as it spread...
Researchers Identify Cell Group Key To Lyme Disease Arthritis
A research team has illuminated the important role of natural killer T cells in Lyme disease, demonstrating that the once little understood white blood cells are central to clearing the...
Cutting The Cord To Determine Babies' Health Risk From Toxic Exposure
Despite the well-known dangers of first- and secondhand smoke, an estimated ten percent of pregnant women in the US are smokers. Now, in the first study of its kind, a...
Study sheds light on breast cancer drug failure
The most commonly used breast cancer drug, tamoxifen, may cause tumours to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together....
Fertility Patients Concerned About Embryo Disposition, But Resist Giving Embryos To Anyone Else
Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone...
Angled Gantry Technique Reduced Breast Radiation Exposure By 50 Percent
A novel angled gantry approach to coronary CT angiography reduced radiation exposure to the breast by more than 50 percent, according to researchers.
Mayo Clinic identifies best treatments for long-term survival in brain tumour patients
A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumour. If safely removing the entire tumour...
Neurologist outlines drug treatment for Parkinson's disease in NEJM
Levodopa has long been proven to provide the greatest relief of all available medications in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It also is the most cost-effective drug for managing the...
LSUHSC's England leads development of new testing guidelines for common nerve disorder
John D. England, MD, Professor and Chairman of Neurology at LSU Health Sciences Centre New Orleans School of Medicine, is the principal investigator of two studies recommending new testing guidelines...
Study sheds light on causes of HIV dementia
A new study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has clarified how two major variants of HIV differ in their ability to cause neurologic...
Kidney disease patients with poor health literacy less likely to receive transplants
Kidney disease patients' ability to understand basic health information may have a significant impact on whether or not they will receive an organ transplant, according to a study appearing in...
Texas time warp? State criticized for mental care
(AP) -- For more than a century, thousands of mentally disabled Americans were isolated from society, sometimes for life, by being confined to huge state institutions. In at least...
Researchers discover new enzyme in cancer growth
While studying the mechanics of blood clots, researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Centre discovered a new enzyme that not only affects the blood, but seems to play...
Genetic Screening No Better Than Traditional Risk Factors For Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
Screening for a panel of gene variants associated with the risk for type 2 diabetes can identify adults at risk for the disorder but is not significantly better than assessment...
Stem cell society urges action on bogus clinics
Regulators should protect patients by closing centres offering dubious therapies.
Canadians eating less lunch meat after listeriosis outbreak: study
Last summer's listeriosis outbreak has caused Canadians to re-examine their eating habits, a University of Guelph survey suggests.
"Stem Cell Tourists" Go Abroad for Unproven Treatments
Increasing number of Americans are heading overseas for expensive, unregulated stem cell treatments. U.S. doctors today issued new warnings against such procedures, but for the desperate, hope is worth the...
Treatment for advanced hepatitis C doesn't work, researchers find
An NIH funded multi-center clinical trial found no benefit from "maintenance therapy," low-dose peginterferon used for hepatitis C patients who have not responded to an initial round of treatment. In...
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End of P.E.I. needle exchange worries health officer
The planned shutdown of P.E.I.'s needle exchange has the province's deputy chief health officer worried about the spread of hepatitis C and AIDS.
Public Health Survival Subject of Web Broadcast
A panel of experts will tackle the topic of how to stave off the impact of the economic crisis on public health programs in an online broadcast this month.
'Eli Stone' wrongly paints pot as potential cure for multiple sclerosis
The show also errs in its portrayal of one type of the disease as disabling and likely fatal. ...
'Smart' fabric glows in response to allergens
A cotton shirt that could warn its wearer of allergens or instantly tell where a soldier is bleeding is being developed by scientists at the University of Michigan.
Diet May Regulate Obesity Health Risks, But Genes Decide, Says New Research
The risk of obese people developing the metabolic syndrome that leads to diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease, can not be solved by a one-size-fits-all diet program, according to new scientific...
Crohn's Disease Surgeries Make Steady Advances
Thousands of Americans suffering from the chronic inflammatory bowel condition known as Crohn's disease are leading longer, healthier lives due to innovative new surgeries, according to experts.
Canada risks being 'dumping ground' for dangerous toys: critics
Canada risks becoming a dumping ground for plastic toys that have been banned in the U.S. and Europe because they contain a toxic substance that can be dangerous to babies...
Health care often inaccessible to Inuit: report
Inuit have far less contact with doctors than the average Canadian, particularly in the northern communities where few have hospitals, a new Statistics Canada report says.
Melanoma in mice casts doubt on scarcity of cancer stem cells
Tumour treatments may need a rethink.