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Klotho: neuroprotective against Alzheimer's disease
Researchers may have found a way to delay or even prevent Alzheimer's disease. They discovered that pre-treatment of neurons with the anti-aging protein Klotho can prevent neuron death in the...
Trail of Medical Missteps in a Peace Corps Death
The death of Nick Castle, a 23-year-old volunteer in China, raises serious questions about Peace Corps medical care.
Incisionless transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery associated with shorter hospital stays
Incisionless transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery cuts length of hospital stay by 30 percent and has no impact on post-operative vascular complication rates when compared with conventional transfemoral TAVR,...
Antioxidant biomaterial promotes healing
The first-ever inherently antioxidant biomaterial has been created by researcher. It has the potential to prevent failure in medical devices and surgical implants. The lead researcher said the new biomaterial...
Lawyer: Claims of botched circumcision are untrue
(AP)—Two doctors are denying claims by an Alabama man who says his penis was amputated during what was supposed to be a routine circumcision.
Losing Your Job Could Kill You, But Recessions Could Be Good For Your Health
Being unemployed increases your risk of death, but recessions decrease […]
Link Between Ritual Circumcision Procedure and Herpes
A rare procedure occasionally performed during Jewish circumcisions that involves […]
Methoxychlor Pesticide Linked Linked To Ovarian Disease And Obesity 3 Generations Later
The pesticide methoxychlor has been linked to adult onset kidney disease, ovarian disease and obesity - generations after rats were exposed. Methoxychlor, also known as Chemform, Methoxo, Metox or Moxie,...
Surgeons remove 232 teeth from the mouth of a teenager
After seven hours of surgery, doctors removed 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old Indian boy.
Mechanism that clears excess of protein linked with Type 2 diabetes
In people who do not have Type 2 diabetes, autophagy prevents the accumulation of toxic forms of IAPP, researchers have found. In people with Type 2 diabetes, the process appears...
Seeing same GP at every visit will reduce emergency department attendance
Attendances at emergency departments can be reduced by enabling patients to see the same GP every time they visit their doctor's surgery. This is just one of several recommendations made...
Annual financial cost of COPD $36 billion in U.S.: CDC report
A new report outlines the total and state-specific medical and absenteeism costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults in the United States, and lays out some projections to 2020....
Cancer: Treatment that prevents tumor metastasis identified in animal study
Metastasis, the strategy adopted by tumor cells to transform into an aggressive form of cancer, are often associated with a gloomy prognosis. Managing to block the metastasis or, even better,...
Linking microbial, immune environment in semen to HIV viral load, transmission
HIV infection re-shapes the relationship between semen bacteria and immune factors which in turn affects viral load, suggesting that the semen microbiome plays a role in sexual transmission of HIV,...
Company seeks regulatory approval for first-ever malaria vaccine
Brooks HaysLONDON, July 24 (UPI) -- The drug company GlaxoSmithKline has submitted an application to the European Medicines Agency for approval of its malaria vaccine, RTS,S.
HPV vaccination rates 'unacceptably low,' says CDC
Brooks HaysWASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- A CDC report found that HPV vaccination rates among adolescent boys and girls are up slightly but remain "unacceptably low."
Well: Seeing the Child, Not the Disability
“People in health care, they don’t stare at my son like he’s some kind of freak, you know? They see him for who he is,” a patient’s mother said at...
New Imaging Agent Provides Better Picture of the Gut
A multi-institutional team of researchers has developed a new nanoscale agent for imaging the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This safe, noninvasive method for assessing the function and properties of the GI...
Christiane Farazli's endoscopy work called abusive, unconscionable
Ottawa doctor Christiane Farazli will never practise medicine again as a disciplinary panel accused her of more than a decade of putting her patients at risk of "significant harm".
Fighting bacteria—with viruses
Research published today in PLOS Pathogens reveals how viruses called bacteriophages destroy the bacterium Clostridium difficile (C. diff), which is becoming a serious problem in hospitals and healthcare institutes, due...
Lou Gehrig's disease is rare, 1st US count finds
NEW YORK (AP) -- The government has issued its first national estimate for Lou Gehrig's disease, confirming the devastating disease is rare....
Joslin Scientists Create the First IPS Cells to Offer Human Model of Insulin Resistance
Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have created the first iPSCs that offer a human model of insulin resistance, a key driver of type 2 diabetes.
Insecticides similar to nicotine widespread in Midwest
Insecticides similar to nicotine, known as neonicotinoids, were found commonly in streams throughout the Midwest, according to a new USGS study. This is the first broad-scale investigation of neonicotinoid insecticides...
Opinion: It's Time to Stop Thinking That All Non-Native Species Are Evil
Have we been obsessing too much about invasive species? Is it time to stop hating them and focus on more important things—like preventing extinction?
Global deaths by terrorism up 30 percent in past 12 months
Ed AdamczykBATH , England, July 24 (UPI) -- Terrorist-related deaths around the world have increased by 30 percent in the past 12 months, a British report says.
Kelsey Grammer, Kayte Walsh welcome new son Gabriel
Annie MartinLOS ANGELES, July 24 (UPI) -- Kelsey Grammer became a father again at age 59 when wife Kayte Walsh gave birth to their son Kelsey Gabriel Elias on Tuesday.
Natural products from plants protect skin during cancer radiotherapy
Plant-derived natural product chemicals could offer protection to the skin from the harmful effects of gamma radiation during cancer radiotherapy, suggests research.
Pub in Ireland bans 'loud' Americans
Evan BleierWATERVILLE, Ireland, July 24 (UPI) -- A pub in Ireland, Peter's Place Café, has drawn criticism after it put up a sign banning "loud" Americans.