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Recipes for Health: Walnut Fougasse or Focaccia — Recipes for Health
A Mediterranean flatbread where walnuts and their oil stand in for olives.
'Seeing' the Flavor of Foods
The eyes sometimes have it, beating out the tongue, nose and brain in the emotional and biochemical balloting that determines the taste and allure of food, a scientist said here...
New option for booze dependence: Less drinking, not abstinence
A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene is effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals, says a new study published this week in Biological...
Recipes for Health: Mache and Endive Salad With Clementines — Recipes for Health
A salad with two high-omega 3 ingredients.
Posture Provides Clue for Future Disability
The shape of an individual’s spinal column may predict his or her risk for nursing home admission or need of home assistance in old age, according to a new article...
First genetic factor in prostate cancer prognosis identified
Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with the disease.
Month of birth impacts on immune system development
Newborn babies' immune system development and levels of vitamin D have been found to vary according to their month of birth, according to new research.
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy linked to increased incidence of specific pediatric cancers
Increased exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy was associated with a higher incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and two rare childhood cancers, according to a new study.
Google searches about mental illness follow seasonal patterns
A new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds that Google searches for information across all major mental illnesses and problems followed seasonal...
Short daily walk might help teen smokers quit
Teenagers who increased the days on which they got just 20 minutes of exercise were able to cut down on their smoking habit. And teenage smokers were more likely to...
HIV drug resistance test to slash costs by 80 per cent
The cost and time of analysing drug resistance in HIV positive people could be radically reduced by a tool being tested in South Africa.
Baby Lake doing fine 5 months after exit procedure
DENVER (AP) -- Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn't be alive today if doctors at Children's Hospital of Colorado hadn't operated on a cyst on her left lung...
Robot hot among surgeons but FDA taking a new look
The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four...
National Briefing | Mid-Atlantic: Maryland: Marijuana Measure Sent to Governor
The State Legislature approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes on Monday, and Gov. Martin O’Malley has said he would sign the measure.
Breakthrough could protect koalas
The gene that controls koalas' disease defence has been discovered, and could be used to protect the marsupials from dangerous outbreaks.
Diabetes screening tests made easier
Canadian doctors have another option when testing people for Type 2 diabetes.
Anesthetic linked to brain cell death in newborn mice
Exposure to the anesthetic agent isoflurane increases "programmed cell death" of specific types of cells in the newborn mouse brain, a new study reports.
IUDs Safe for Teens, Study Says
IUDs are just as safe for teens as they are for adults, a new study suggests.
Chinese Bird Flu Continues to Spread
With 24 cases and 7 deaths in the past week, Chinese officials said they were tracking people who had been in contact with those who have been ill.
Observatory: Protein in Alzheimer’s Linked to Down Syndrome
Scientists investigating Alzheimer’s found that mice lacking the protein SNX27 had the same learning and memory defects as mice with Down syndrome.
18 and Under: Advice Shifts on Feeding Baby
Pediatricians now recommend breast-feeding exclusively to start and a more relaxed approach after that, but guidelines have changed over the years.
Well: Better Sex After Hip Surgery
Many patients whose sex life had suffered because of arthritis report an increase in libido and stamina and in their ability to climax after joint surgery.
Ovarian cancer drug candidate passes early clinical test
Experimental medicine uses seek-and-destroy technique against tumor cells
2013's First 80-Degree Day for Atlanta, Raleigh, DC
The year's first 80-degree day is coming to many communities across the South and northward to the Mason-Dixon line by Wednesday.
Goodbye drafty backside, hello comfort, style in newly designed patient gown
The drafty backside is finally gone, replaced with comfort, warmth and dignity in a newly designed hospital gown that blends style for the patient with clinical function for the health...
Health Board says Northern Quebec Module is 'safe and secure'
The Executive Director of the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services, Minnie Grey, says the reorganization of the Northern Quebec Module, a residence for Inuits receiving health care...
Clinic for pregnant women in poverty expands
A Calgary pre- and postnatal service that caters to women in need is set to expand to meet a growing demand.
How Gay Duck Necrophilia Was Discovered
With all the interest in duck sex these days, a lecture by the discoverer of gay mallard necrophilia seems timely.