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Mental-Health Patients at Greater Risk for Becoming Homicide Victims
People with mental illness are more likely to become the victims of a homicide than people without mental illness, a new study finds.
Counterterrorism, ethics, and global health
The surge in murders of polio vaccination workers in Pakistan has made headlines this year, but little attention has been devoted to the ethical issues surrounding the global health impact...
New Test Identifies Heart Transplant Rejection - Without A Biopsy
Researchers have created a noninvasive way to detect heart-transplant rejection weeks or months earlier than previously possible. The test relies on the detection of increasing amounts of the donor's DNA...
Inflammation Can Be Good: In Fat Tissue. It Helps Prevent Metabolic Disease
Chronic tissue inflammation is typically associated with obesity and metabolic disease, but new research finds that a level of "healthy" inflammation is necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, such as fatty...
Scientists say weakness in 'superbug' bacteria could herald new treatments
Barrier around infectious cells can be defeated, say British researchers, potentially overcoming their resistance to antibiotics Continue reading...
Cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation counseling during hospitalization shown in study
The cost-effectiveness of the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation, an intervention that includes in-hospital counseling, pharmacotherapy and post-hospital follow-up, has been demonstrated compared to usual care among smokers hospitalized with...
MERS-related abnormality distribution on CT identifed, clarified
Key defining characteristics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in CT imaging of patients confirmed as having the disease have been identified by researchers. The study found that the most...
Ban on pavement sealant lowered levels of potentially harmful compounds in lake
In 2006, Austin, Texas, became the first city in the country to ban a commonly used pavement sealant over concerns that it was a major source of cancer-causing compounds in...
Nanoparticles from dietary supplement drinks likely to reach environment: Potentially harmful substances
Nanoparticles are becoming ubiquitous in food packaging, personal care products and are even being added to food directly. But the health and environmental effects of these tiny additives have remained...
Blocking brain's 'internal marijuana' may trigger early Alzheimer's deficits, study shows
A new study has implicated the blocking of endocannabinoids -- signaling substances that are the brain's internal versions of the psychoactive chemicals in marijuana and hashish -- in the early...
When it comes to numbers, culture counts
A new study finds that in a Bolivian rainforest society, children learn to count just like in the US, but on a delayed timetable.
Molecular 'Yin-Yang' of Blood Vessel Growth revealed
A crucial process that regulates development of blood vessels has been discovered by scientists. SerRS (seryl tRNA synthetase) belongs to a family of enzymes that have fundamental, evolutionarily ancient roles...
Unlocking therapeutic potential of SLC13 transporters
The first functional analysis of a member of a family of transporter proteins implicated in diabetes, obesity, and lifespan, has been completed, potentially providing the key that will enable researchers...
Breathalyzer test may detect deadliest cancer
Lung cancer causes more deaths in the US than the next three most common cancers combined. Now a new breathalyzer test, embedded with a 'NaNose' nanotech chip to literally 'sniff...
False negative results found in prognostic testing for breast cancer
Researchers retested tumor samples from a large group of women and found that 22 out of 530 women had their tumor type incorrectly classified, which precluded them from effective treatment...
Placental marker of prenatal stress linked to brain mitochondrial dysfunction
An enzyme found in the placenta is likely playing an important role in translating stress experienced by a mother early in pregnancy into a reprogramming of her developing baby's brain,...
We're Going To Need More Endocrinologists
More and more people are being diagnosed with diabetes and other hormone conditions and that is making a problem become obvious; there aren't going to be enough endocrinologists. Endocrinologists are specially...
Netherlands push past Australia
The Netherlands grabbed a comfortable lead in Group B by taking three points from an entertaining 3-2 victory over Australia at the Estadio Beira-Rio on Wednesday.
Seven die from Ebola outbreak in Monrovia
Brooks HaysMONROVIA, Liberia, June 18 (UPI) -- The World Health Organization confirmed the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has risen to 337.
Migraines affect Canadians' sleep, driving and work
Migraines have been diagnosed in about eight cent of Canadians, a quarter or more of whom say the severe headaches impact day-to-day life such as getting a good night’s sleep...
Proteins in urine could play important role in stress incontinence
Incontinence is the world's most common chronic condition. However the problem continues to be a taboo subject: two out of three sufferers do not talk about it, preventing access to...
Animals conceal sickness symptoms in certain social situations
Animals have the ability to conceal their sickness in certain social situations. According to a new review, when given the opportunity to mate or in the presence of their young,...
Yoga exercise program tailored for pulmonary hypertension patients
A first-of-its-kind yoga exercise program has been developed for patients living with pulmonary hypertension, a chronic lung disease that afflicts women at least two times more than men. Called Yoga...
Race a factor in mortality in heart attack patients on anti-clotting drug
The first genetic variations linked to race have been identified that begin to explain a higher risk of death among some African American and Caucasian patients taking the anti-clotting drug...
Electrical switch during labour could be faulty in overweight women
Researchers have identified an electrical switch in the muscle of the uterus that plays a key role in the progression into labor. Crucially, the discovery shows that women who are...
Palestine’s female physicists offer lessons for the West
In this podcast, researcher Kate Shaw uncovers why physics in Palestine is not just for men
Texas Marine fighting to convince Department of Veterans Affairs that he's not dead
Evan BleierHOUSTON, June 18 (UPI) -- Texas veteran Joe Morris is fighting to convince the Department of Veterans Affairs that he's not dead after being wrongly classified as deceased on...
Dr. Oz's diet claims scolded by U.S. Senate panel
A U.S. Senate panel probing bogus diet product ads took celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to task for touting weight-loss products on his syndicated television show.