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FDA proposes sweeping new food safety rules
The proposed rules come in response to a string of deadly outbreaks of illness from contaminated spinach, eggs, peanut butter and imported produce.The Food and Drug Administration has proposed sweeping...
Poll: Few Americans know all the risks of obesity
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?...
Gene therapy reprograms scar tissue in damaged hearts into healthy heart muscle
A cocktail of three specific genes can reprogram cells in the scars caused by heart attacks into functioning muscle cells, [...]
Two medical pioneers aim to trial a cancer-killing virus. I aim to help out | Alexander Masters
A pair of researchers in Sweden may have a revolutionary cancer treatment on their hands. But a separate revolution will be needed to get it to marketJust north of Stockholm, among the...
Induction of adult cortical neurogenesis by an antidepressant
The production of new neurons in the adult normal cortex in response to the antidepressant, fluoxetine, is reported in a new study.
How prostate cancer therapies compare by cost and effectiveness
The most comprehensive retrospective study ever conducted comparing how the major types of prostate cancer treatments stack up to each other in terms of saving lives and cost effectiveness have...
Consumers judge their risk of catching an illness by the cost of the cure
Consumers make irrational inferences about their health risks based on the price of their medicine.
When will genomic research translate into clinical care - and at what cost? New study applies quantitative modeling to genomics
Researchers find that the same tools that can successfully predict hurricanes and election outcomes can be applied to pharmacogenomics and clinical outcomes.
Outsourced radiologists perform better reading for fewer hospitals
Experience working for a particular hospital matters when it comes to the performance of radiologists who work for outsourcing teleradiology companies, according to a team of researchers, whose finding could...
Rain Cycles Tied to Baby Brain Infections in Africa
Right before and after the rain seasons peak in Uganda, cases of infection-caused hydrocephalus in infants spike.
Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School Ophthalmologist Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Senior Scientific Investigator Award
Reza Dana, M.D., M.P.H., M.Sc. of Mass. Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School, was awarded the Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Senior Scientific Investigator Award in the amount of $150,000 to...
Shifting the balance between good fat and bad fat
In many cases, obesity is caused by more than just overeating and a lack of exercise. Something in the body [...]
Long-term consequences for those suffering traumatic brain injury
Researchers studying the long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) using rat models, have found that, overtime, TBI results in progressive brain deterioration characterized by elevated inflammation and suppressed cell...
Why good resolutions about taking up a physical activity can be hard to keep
Physical inactivity is a major public health problem that has both social and neurobiological causes. According to the results of a new survey the French have put "taking up a...
New York to host Tesla conference
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A memorial conference this weekend in New York will mark 70 years since the death of Serbian-American scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla, organizers...
Virus outbreak his two Canadian hospitals
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- An outbreak of norovirus among patients and staffs at two hospitals in British Columbia has led to closures of some treatment units,...
Britain's first hand transplant a success
LEEDS, England, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A British grandfather receiving the country's first hand transplant says he has already gained movement of his fingers following the operation.
Work or Home? Americans Reveal Their Priority
Most workers say they know how to strike a balance between their personal and professional lives.
Pesticides and Parkinson's: Further proof of a link uncovered
Researchers have found a link between Parkinson's disease and the pesticide Benomyl, whose toxicological effects still linger in the environment, 10 years after it was banned by the EPA. More...
Cooking up clean air in Africa: Reducing air pollution and meningitis risk in Ghana
They're little more than a pile of burning sticks with a stewpot atop them. But these open fires or basic cookstoves have been linked to the premature deaths of 4...
Biogen Idec Gives Up on Drug for Lou Gehrig’s Disease
The closely watched experimental drug, dexpramipexole, failed to work in a late-stage clinical trial, disappointing medical experts.
In Chile, Abortion Hot Line Is in Legal Gray Area
In a country where abortion is entirely illegal, volunteers who answer calls at a hot line that tries to help women face possible prison sentences.
Flu outbreak crowding Canadian emergency rooms
Thousands of Canadians celebrated the holiday season feeling a bit feverish, knocked off their feet by a strain of influenza that's hurried across the country earlier than in years past.
Faster help for stroke patients
Researchers created a new vision test that assesses how much and which part of the brain of a stroke victim has been damaged.
Why Older Women Gain Weight More Easily Than Men
An increase in the activity of a particular enzyme after menopause may make older women more vulnerable to weight gain.
New molecule to target in pancreatic cancer treatment
Researchers have identified a new target to improve treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cancer, which accounts for more than 95 percent of pancreatic cancer cases.
IVF should use only single embryos, report recommends
Study shows that transfer of one embryo is just as effective as transfer of multiples, and with fewer health risksReplacing one embryo after fertility treatment is just as likely to lead to...
Inactivated virus shows promise against HIV
Some patients' immune systems respond to experimental vaccine therapy