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FDA backs off fight against against wood-aged cheese
Aileen GraefWASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- The FDA announced Wednesday that it will scale down its fight against wood-aged cheese after angering artisanal cheese enthusiasts.
One Shot Could Reduce Heart Attacks By Up To 90 Percent
Heart attack is the leading natural killer worldwide, with up to one in two men and one in three women past the age of 40 having heart attacks in their...
Paraplegic to Kick Off Soccer World Cup After Medical Miracle
A young Brazilian, paralyzed from the waist down, will rise from his wheelchair, walk a few steps and kick the tournament's first ball.
MRI Brain Scans Detect People With Early Parkinson's
Oxford University researchers funded by Parkinson's UK have developed a simple and quick MRI technique that offers promise for early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. The team demonstrated that their new MRI...
Refugees and internally displaced persons should have equitable access to HIV treatment
In a new article, researchers argue that available evidence suggests that refugees and internally displaced persons in stable settings can sustain high levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy and viral...
Oh great: Mayo Clinic researchers discover new form of cancer
This is the story of two perfectly harmless genes. By […]
Fetal-cell revival for Parkinson’s
Moratorium on controversial therapy lifted as stem cells emerge as alternative source of treatment.Nature 510 195 doi: 10.1038/510195a
Married Men More Likely to Get Health Screenings
Married men are more likely to visit the doctor and get recommended health screenings than unmarried men who live with their significant others, according to a new report.
World Briefing: Algeria: MERS Death Reported
A 66-year-old man died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, the first deadly case of the virus in Algeria, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Your Money Adviser: A Health Insurer Calls, With Questions
Insurers are calling people new to the Affordable Care Act asking health questions. The companies say the calls are beneficial to consumers, but some experts aren’t so sure.
Intellectual disability may be caused by prenatal gene mutation
Australian researchers who made the discovery will now look at repairing the fault, which occurs during pregnancy Continue reading...
Prosecutor: Seattle campus shooter went off meds
SEATTLE (AP) -- The man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a small Seattle college last week had stopped taking his medications...
Salivary Biomarkers Highlight Metabolic Disease Risk In Children
Scientists have announced results from a large-scale study that uses saliva as a tool for identifying children who are at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. This team of investigators...
New diabetes statistics show rising tide of disease
Driven by surging obesity, an aging population and doubly high risks among blacks and Latinos, the American epidemic of diabetes has leaped to historic heights in the United States, the...
What, Me Fat? Most Americans Don't Think They're Overweight, Poll Finds
More than half of adults (55 percent) don't think they are overweight and aren't making an effort to shed pounds, according to a new Gallup poll. In contrast, recent studies...
Lead abatement a wise economic, public health investment
Childhood lead exposure costs Michigan residents an estimated $330 million annually, and a statewide remediation program to eliminate the source of most lead poisoning would pay for itself in three...
Towards new cancer therapies
In 2012, about 8.2 million people died of cancer making the disease a major cause of death worldwide. According to the WHO World Cancer Report 2014, this figure is expected to...
Vibrating Clothes Could Help Blind People Navigate
Today's prosthetic limbs restore many of the functions of missing limbs, but technology for overcoming blindness remains limited. Now, a team of researchers hopes to change that, by developing high-tech...
NYU and UCSF Researchers Develop a Framework for Monitoring Oral Cancer
The team's findings, "Changes in abundance of oral microbiota associated with oral cancer," published on-line in the journal PLOS ONE (June 2, 2014), begin to develop a framework for exploiting...
Boston twin boys delivered 24 days apart
Brooks HaysBOSTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Premature twins born 24 days apart in Boston are now bigger and stronger, almost healthy enough to leave the hospital.
Trial of South Korean ferry crew begins
Ed AdamczykGWANGJU, South Korea, June 10 (UPI) -- The captain and crew members of a ferry that sank in April, leading to the deaths nearly 300 people, went on trial...
New biometric watches use light to non-invasively monitor glucose, dehydration, pulse
Monitoring a patient's vital signs and other physiological parameters is a standard part of medical care, but, increasingly, health and fitness-minded individuals are looking for ways to easily keep their...
US law has helped limit 'conflict minerals', study says
A US law, and efforts by technology firms, have helped limit the use of "conflict minerals" from Africa for consumer electronics, according to a report released Tuesday.
Drastic New England Lobster Decline May Be Linked to Warmer Waters
Despite booming adult populations, young lobster numbers are nearly half of what they were in 2007.
Insomnia: Sleep loss causes brain vulnerability to toxic elements
In search of the answer to why do we sleep, researcher have now revealed that chronic sleep loss can cause certain neurotoxic molecules, which normally circulate in the blood, to...
Malaria: Blood cells behaving badly
New insight into how malaria parasites perturb flow, turning infected cells into sticky capillary cloggers, may lead to new and better treatments. All the billions of flat, biconcave disks in...
Mammography has led to fewer late-stage breast cancers
In the last 30 years, since mammography was introduced, late-stage breast cancer incidence has decreased by 37 percent, a new study finds. The analysis takes into account an observed underlying...
Federal views diverge on proper use of painkillers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- How do you have a conversation about prescription drugs that provide critical pain relief to millions of Americans yet also cause more fatal...