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Fried Food Linked To Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer
Regular consumption of deep-fried foods like chicken, french fries and doughnuts has been associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer by investigators at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Previous studies...
Antidepressants Overuse Debated
Antidepressant prescriptions in the UK increased by 9.6% in 2011, to 46 million prescriptions. Since that is for a total of only 63 million people in the last census, a...
Miramichi hospital under fire for dropping physio patients
Miramichi Regional Hospital is coming under fire from an expert who has studied wait list problems across Canada for its decision to drop 500 patients from the physiotherapy wait list.
Type 1 Diabetes in Urban Children Skyrockets
Over the past two decades, the incidence of type 1 diabetes in very young children under age 5 has increased [...]
Black patients with hypertension not prescribed diuretics enough, study suggests
A research study of more than 600 black patients with uncontrolled hypertension found that less than half were prescribed a diuretic drug with proven benefit that costs just pennies a...
Helping healthy cells could be key to fighting leukemia, research suggests
Instead of focusing on the elimination of cancer cells, maintaining a stable population of healthy blood cells in the bone marrow could be the most effective way to fight against...
Eczema in infants linked to gut bacteria
Children with eczema have a more diverse set of bacteria in their guts than non affected children, finds a new study. The types of bacteria present were also more typical...
Oxygen-free energy designed to fuel brain development spurs on growth of cancer
The metabolic process which fuels the growth of many cancers has its origins in normal brain growth finds a new study. Using knock-out mice the study shows that interfering with...
Postpartum hemorrhage during a first pregnancy does not affect future fertility, study suggests
First pregnancies complicated by postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) have no detrimental effect on future fertility, but women who have caesarean sections at the time of PPH are less likely to conceive...
Eight Technologies Keeping A Carcinogen Out Of Your Food
Safe, Tasty, Nutritious Almonds We Shouldn't Take For GrantedSometimes we need to hear about things that are working well in our food system. I'd like to describe a case where...
Lower drinking ages can have an impact on later drinking patterns
Lower minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws have been associated with short-term effects such as more traffic fatalities and teen suicides. A new study has investigated the long-term and persistent...
Binge drinking can dramatically amplify damage to the liver
A new review examines studies addressing the effects of binge drinking on the liver. Binge consumption of alcohol is implicated in the pathophysiology of ALD. Binge drinking alters the levels...
The ability to 'hold one's liquor' indicates risk of developing alcohol problems
The ability to "hold one's liquor" is a known risk factor for alcohol use disorders. New findings suggest a low subjective response (SR) to alcohol is associated with fewer acute...
Less tau reduces seizures and sudden death in severe epilepsy
Deleting or reducing expression of a gene that carries the code for tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease, can prevent seizures in a severe type of epilepsy linked to...
A call to prevent unsafe high-risk medical devices from reaching the marketplace
Technological advancements in medicine have allowed patients suffering from musculoskeletal conditions such as hip and knee pain to regain mobility and live relatively pain-free. But some “high risk” surgical devices...
Beta carotene may protect people with common genetic risk factor for type-2 diabetes
Researchers have found that for people harboring a genetic predisposition that is prevalent among Americans, beta carotene, which the body converts to a close cousin of vitamin A, may lower...
Readmissions frequent in month after hospital discharge
Following hospitalization for heart attacks, heart failure, or pneumonia, patients are at high risk of being readmitted for a broad spectrum of medical conditions in the month following hospital discharge,...
BPA substitute could spell trouble: Experiments show bisphenol S also disrupts hormone activity
Researchers found that like BPA, BPS disrupts cellular responses to the hormone estrogen, changing patterns of cell growth and death and hormone release. Also like BPA, it does so at...
FDA approves clinical trial of auditory brainstem implant procedure for children in U.S.
The House Research Institute and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to begin a clinical trial of an...
Struggling schools should focus on single goal, research suggests
When schools are failing, new research suggests, administrators should focus on a single, annual goal if they want to obtain higher graduation rates.
Viral reactivation a likely link between stress and heart disease
A new study could provide the link that scientists have been looking for to confirm that reactivation of a latent herpes virus is a cause of some heart problems.
Disease outbreaks trackable with Twitter, study says
This flu season you’ve probably seen a number of friends on social media talking about symptoms. New research from Brigham [...]
Simple policy change could solve U. S. physician shortages in 25 states
According to a new study, half of the 50 states could end their primary care physician shortages, and save billions annually in health care costs, by a simple policy change:...
Circadian rhythms can be modified for potential treatment of disorders
Studies have revealed the cellular mechanism by which circadian rhythms -- also known as the body clock -- modify energy metabolism and also have identified novel compounds that control this...
Fukushima Radiation Fears Still Haunt Japan
But nuclear contamination worries may be exaggerated, some say.
Patient Wait Times for Appointments Cut by More Than 80 Percent
Process changes have been shown to cut times to appointment from 11 to 2 weeks.
Bacterial supplement could help young pigs fight disease
A common type of bacteria may help pigs stay healthy during weaning.
Doctors' pay growing more slowly
Payments to doctors increased to more than $20 billion in 2010-2011, up six per cent from the previous year, according to a new Canadian report. That's a slower rate of...