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Many heart bypass patients don't take needed meds
HealthDay News Many heart bypass patients are skipping medications meant to maintain smooth blood flow in their repaired veins, a new study finds.
What Science Says--and Doesn't--about Spanking
Are kids being spanked for acting out, or acting out because they’re spanked? -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fat-fighting nanoparticles
Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed nanoparticles that can deliver antiobesity drugs directly to fat tissue. Overweight mice treated with these nanoparticles lost 10 percent of...
Cardiovascular risk tool overestimates actual chance of cardiovascular events
A widely recommended risk calculator for predicting a person's chance of experiencing a cardiovascular disease event -- such as heart attack, ischemic stroke or dying from coronary artery disease --...
Diagnosing mononucleosis: Researchers work to expedite proper treatment
One researcher wasn't impressed with research on infectious mononucleosis when he wrote his first published review on it back in the 1990s, and he still isn't. Early diagnosis of mono...
Preventing low-oxygen response stops flare-ups in bone disorder
Stephen FellerPHILADELPHIA, May 2 (UPI) -- Researchers found oxygen starvation of cells in patients with a rare bone condition is responsible for bone growth in muscles, which may lead to...
Chemo combination kills breast cancer stem cells
Stephen FellerAUGUSTA, Ga., May 2 (UPI) -- Two drugs that are ineffective on their own killed breast cancer stem cells when combined to treat rodent and human cancer cells, researchers...
Less body fat for toddlers taking vitamin D
A healthy intake of vitamin D in the first year of life appears to set children up to have more muscle mass and less body fat as toddlers, according to...
UK Health Check has only modest impact on risk factors for cardiovascular disease
The largest risk assessment and management program for cardiovascular disease in the world, England's National Health Service Health Check, had only a modest impact on risk factors for heart disease...
Maryland climate and health report identifies state's vulnerabilities to climate change
A new report details the impacts of climate change on the health of Marylanders now and in the future. Health impacts include increased risk of food and waterborne illnesses (caused...
Cognitive-behavioral therapy may help reduce memory problems in cancer survivors who have received chemotherapy
A new analysis indicates that a type of psychotherapy delivered by videoconference may help prevent some of the long-term memory issues caused by chemotherapy.
Veterans more likely to delay seeking health care
Military veterans are more likely to report delays in seeking necessary healthcare, compared to the US general population, reports a new study. Delays in seeking care are an important issue...
First structural views of the NMDA receptor in action will aid drug development
Researchers have obtained images of the NMDA receptor in active, non-active, and inhibited states. Understanding how NMDA receptors activate is critical in designing novel therapeutic compounds for schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's...
Kerry Washington pregnant with second child
Wade SheridanLOS ANGELES, May 2 (UPI) -- Kerry Washington is expecting her second child according to reports.
Does supplemental donor milk instead of formula reduce infections in preterm infants?
The combined incidence of serious infection, the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis and death was similar in very low-birth-weight infants who received either pasteurized donor milk or preterm formula supplementation during...
Current cancer drug discovery method flawed, study suggests
The primary method used to test compounds for anti-cancer activity in cells is flawed, researchers report. The findings cast doubt on methods used by the entire scientific enterprise and pharmaceutical...
Control of fertility: New player identified
Individual small RNAs are responsible for controlling the expression of gonadoliberin or GnRH (Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone), a neurohormone that controls sexual maturation, the appearance of puberty, and fertility in adults, new...
Children with ADHD may benefit from following healthy behaviors, new study suggests
Children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder follow fewer healthy lifestyle behaviors than non-ADHD youth. ADHD youth may benefit from improving lifestyle choices such as increasing water consumption, decreasing screen...
National study shows new ways to stop weight gain cut young adults' obesity risk by half
A new study has identified two self-regulation strategies effective in preventing weight gain among young adults. At the end of the three-year study, researchers showed that young adults taught self-regulation...
Benefit of mepolizumab for asthma not proven in trials
Stephen FellerWASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- The drug safety agency in Germany has questioned the efficacy of mepolizumab, a drug for severe asthma, after finding clinical trials for its use...
Breast cancer genetic discovery hailed
Scientists say they now have a near-perfect picture of the genetic events that cause breast cancer, which they hope will unlock new ways of treating the disease.
Even non-obese report better mood, sex drive after dieting
Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News Dieting might help improve your health, mood, sex drive and stress levels even if you're not obese, a new clinical trial reports.
Ibrutinib: Indication of added benefit in one of three therapeutic indications
No added benefit has been proven for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and Waldenström macroglobulinaemia. Certain patients with relapsed or refractory mantle cell lymphoma benefit from the drug.
Neuroscientists discover previously unknown function of cannabinoid receptor
In the brain, there is a delicate interplay of signaling substances and cellular activity. Scientists have now identified another key player within this ensemble. In a laboratory study they found...
Skeletal marker of physiological stress might indicate good, rather than poor, health
One of the skeletal markers that anthropologists use to decipher the past, linear enamel hypoplasia, might need to be looked at in a new light. Scientists show that LEH, a...
Radiotherapy for lung cancer linked to non-cancer deaths, study says
Stephen FellerTURIN, Italy, May 2 (UPI) -- Patients treated for non-small cell lung cancer with radiation therapy have a higher risk of death from non-cancer causes, according to researchers.
Dolphin jumps into boat full of tourists in Mexico
Ben HooperTULUM, Mexico, May 2 (UPI) -- A group of tourists watching dolphins swim in Mexico captured the moment a particularly enthusiastic dolphin jumped onto their boat.
Englerin analogues with anti-cancer activity
The research group of Prof. Antonio M. Echavarren at ICIQ has designed and synthetized a series of analogues of (-)-Englerin A that are highly selective and effective in the growth-inhibition...