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Flies reveal kidney stones in-the-making
Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital in excruciating pain. New research identifies an important role zinc plays in the disease process.
Horses can race at two
Despite controversy, starting to race at two years old doesn't damage a horse's long-term career, a new study has found.
Epigenetic Studies Claim Benefits To Drinking Milk Throughout Lifetime
Animal and dairy scientists presenting at the Lactation Biology Symposium in Phoenix, Arizona have discovered that drinking milk at an early age can help mammals throughout their lives. The presentations focused...
Famine forecasting systems still failing to spur action
A report examines why early warning systems are good at predicting crises but bad at triggering preventive action.
Reducing salt and increasing potassium will have major global health benefits
Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to new studies.
How do we solve a problem like trachoma?
To eliminate blinding trachoma by 2020, programmes must be integrated into local health services and capacity developed in the communities worst hitTrachoma is the world's leading cause of infectious preventable blindness, and it...
Overweight starting in early adulthood linked with kidney disease in older age
Individuals who are overweight starting in early adulthood are twice as likely to have chronic kidney disease at age 60 to 64 years than those who are not overweight. Larger...
Findings from most in-depth study into UK parents who kill their children
Experts have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide. The...
New frontiers in breast cancer screening
Researchers predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a "one strategy fits all" technology.
AUDIO: Can scientists read dreams?
Dr Sue Wilson, a senior research fellow in brain sciences at Imperial College London, explains that Japanese scientists are claiming they have found a way to read dreams.
Fewer vole outbreaks across Europe risking other species
(Phys.org) —A dramatic change in the fluctuations of vole numbers is being seen across Europe, according to a major international study.
Brisk walk healthier than running – scientists
Both produce benefits but walking cuts risk of heart trouble by a greater amount when the same energy is expendedBrisk walking reduces the risk of heart disease more effectively than running when the...
How to minimize the side effects of cancer treatment
New research from MIT may allow scientists to develop a test that can predict the severity of side effects of some common chemotherapy agents in individual patients, allowing doctors to tailor treatments to...
Doctor and Patient: Rethinking Centers of Excellence (and Other Well-Laid Plans)
The much-heralded policy of funneling patients undergoing weight loss surgery to so-called centers of excellence has had little effect on how patients do, a new study reveals.
Living With Cancer: Truthiness
I look and feel fine, yet the rising blood markers and the scan prove me to be ill. These antithetical perspectives split me in two.
Well: Childhood: Varicella Vaccine Prevents Chickenpox
Chickenpox, which once led to thousands of hospitalizations and about 100 deaths a year, is on the wane, thanks to the effectiveness of the varicella vaccine.
Broken Leg Renews Focus on College Athletes’ Health Insurance
The televised image of Louisville’s Kevin Ware breaking his leg has heightened interest in one of the many issues confronting college athletics: health insurance coverage.
Commission Gives Insight on Expected Health Increases
As regulators look to protect consumers, a paper by a panel of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners analyzes steps that states can take to mitigate expected rises.
Ban pesticides to save bees, say MPs
The government should introduce a moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides linked to the deaths of bees, a report by MPs says.
Exploring the origin of dental fear
Researchers analysed YouTube videos to understand why some people have developed Dental Fear and Anxiety (DFA).
Refugee health clinic opens in Kitchener
A new health clinic designed to help refugees navigate Ontario's health care system opens today in Kitchener.
Manitoba gets mixed reviews in national home care report
Manitoba's home care program got mixed reviews in a national report by the Canadian Home Care Association.
Assessing insulin resistance can inform about breast cancer risk
The link between obesity and cancer seems now well established although the molecular mechanisms underlying this connection are still largely unexplored. Scientists have ow studied the correlation between breast cancer...
Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering
One of the major obstacles to growing new organs -- replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys -- is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive,...
FYI: Do Lobotomies Work?
Side Effects bobbieo/Getty ImagesSurprisingly, yes. The modern lobotomy originated in the 1930s, when doctors realized that by severing fiber tracts connected to the frontal lobe, they could help patients overcome certain psychiatric problems,...
German Researchers to Probe Camel Link to New Coronavirus
An interivew with Clemens Wendtner, who treated the 17th nCoV patient at a Munich hospital
Brain scans can 'read our dreams'
Scientists have found a way to read people's dreams using brain scans, a new study suggests.
Jeffrey Bethony, Ph.D., Invited to Speak at Global Convening of Experts on Schistosomiasis
Jeffrey Bethony, Ph.D., associate professor in the department of microbiology, immunology, and tropical medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was invited to speak on...