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Genomic screening for improved public health
In 10 years' time, routine preventive health care for adults may include genetic testing. As genomic testing prepares to enter the realm of general medical care, an interdisciplinary team of...
New drug shows promise in fighting inflammatory breast cancer
Researchers are investigating a new drug that has shown positive results in early tests of its ability to fight a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer.
Scientists eradicate lung tumors in a pre-clinical mouse model
Scientists report that they have eradicated lung tumors in a pre-clinical mouse model. The study demonstrated the elimination of mouse lung tumours by inhibiting Myc, a protein that plays a...
Risk of brain damage in college football players, even among those without concussions
Researchers have found that football players may suffer long-term brain changes even in the absence of concussion. In a study of 67 college football players, researchers found that the more...
Chance of dying in 10 years estimated with tool
Want to know your chances of dying in the next 10 years? Here are some bad signs: getting winded walking several blocks, smoking, and having trouble pushing a chair across...
Defluoridating Drinking Water Using Medicinal Herbs
Fluoride is good but too much of anything can be bad. However, a filter system developed in India using a medicinal herb is very, very good. The technology uses parts...
Deadly Drug-Resistant Infections Rise in Hospitals, Report Warns
Health officials say there is only a “limited window of opportunity” to halt the spread of deadly hospital infections that resist even the strongest antibiotics.
Is it a stroke or benign dizziness? A simple bedside test can tell
A bedside electronic device that measures eye movements can successfully determine whether the cause of severe, continuous, disabling dizziness is a stroke or something benign, according to new results.
Use of certain therapies for inflammatory diseases does not appear to increase risk of shingles
Although patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a disproportionately higher incidence of herpes zoster (shingles), an analysis that included nearly 60,000 patients with RA and other inflammatory diseases found that...
Scarring of heart muscle linked with increased risk of death in patients with type of cardiomyopathy
Detection of midwall fibrosis (the presence of scar tissue in the middle of the heart muscle wall) via magnetic resonance imaging among patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (a condition affecting...
New clinical tool assesses health risks for older adults
Medical researchers have developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens’ 10-year survivability rates.
Safe, long-term opioid therapy is possible
Medical researchers say that prescription opioid abuse can be minimized by monitoring patients closely for harm by using urine drug testing, pill counts, and reviewing prescription drug monitoring program data...
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks - Improving Speed And Accuracy When It Happens
Each year more than 40 million Americans become sick with foodborne infections. Among those who become ill, 128,000 will be hospitalized and 3,000 will die. Foodborne illness also takes a...
Super Metabolism? Disabling Plin2 Gene Prevents Obesity In Mice
Deleting a specific gene in mice prevents them from becoming obese - even on a high fat diet, according to a two-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health...
Yes, a Child Has Been Pronounced Cured of HIV but Can It Be Duplicated?
A child born to an HIV-infected mother in Mississippi may be cured after a swiftly administered course of drugs. A number of factors make the child’s case unique, however, and...
Walking away from back pain
A new study says a low-cost program of aerobic walking is just as effective as expensive clinical therapy in the treatment of lower back pain.
First single gene mutation shown to result in type 1 diabetes
A new study has shown that a single gene called SIRT1 may be involved in the development of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and other autoimmune diseases. The study represents the...
Well: Back Pain Unrelieved by Steroid Shots
Epidural steroid injections for spinal stenosis may do more harm than good, a small study suggests.
Colonoscopy Isn't Just for High-Risk People
Using colonoscopy to check for cancer in average-risk people saves lives.
Infant's vanquished HIV leaves doctors puzzled
Clinical trials are planned to test whether very early therapy can control infection in others.Nature News doi: 10.1038/nature.2013.12531
Emerging Superbug Requires Urgent Action, CDC Says
An emerging superbug is infecting an increasing number of people in the United States.
Failing vaccine strategies need to be revamped
New approaches are needed to reverse the trend of disappointing vaccines against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, argues biotech expert Thomas Egwang.
Fermilab Researchers Could Face Furloughs
U.S. DOE science chief tells Congress how sequestration will squeeze science
Diet tops disease risks for Canadians
Eating a poor quality diet is the leading risk factor for diseases and injuries that cause Canadians to die prematurely and become disabled, according to a new report.
Comparison investing: Why are consumers more willing to take risks when they can compare products?
Consumers are more willing to take risks and accept delays in exchange for greater benefits when they are able to compare products, according to a new study in the Journal...
Daniel Ribera: Turning food-soiled packaging into safe compost
Composting instead of incinerating or landfilling is a promising way that has until now been hampered by the presence of chemicals in packaging.
Disease and death around the world visualised
How has the burden of different diseases, injuries, and risk factors moved up or down over time - and how does it vary from country to country?Ami Sedghi
Will Science Let Pregnant Women Do ANYTHING?
That Better Not Be A Store-Bought Salad DreamstimeNo caffeine? Say it ain't so, science! As cute as babies are, most aspects of pregnancy seem like the worst kind of torture you could...