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After Loss, Fight to Label Modified Food Continues
Advocates of the labeling of genetically modified food vowed to carry their fight to other states and to the federal government after suffering a defeat in California.
Telecommuting Gets People Back to Work Post-Sandy
Stir-crazy, but otherwise safe and healthy workers laid up by Hurricane Sandy are turning to modern technology to get their work done.
N.Y.U.’s Lab Rats and Mice Die in Flooding
Thousands of painstakingly-bred rodents used in the study of heart disease, cancer and mental disorders drowned at a New York University research center in Kips Bay.
Well: What Is Your Hurricane Comfort Food?
As Hurricane Sandy bore down, many people found themselves turning to food for comfort.
Delaying radiation therapy after hysterectomy ups risk of uterine cancer recurrence, researchers find
Waiting too long after a hysterectomy to begin radiation therapy may increase the risk of uterine cancer recurrence, according to researchers.
Metabolic syndrome makes a difference in hormone therapy risk, analysis suggests
A new analysis of the Women's Health Initiative trials show that women who had metabolic syndrome before they started hormone therapy had a greatly increased risk of heart attack or...
Eating oily fish may cut stroke risk
Eating fish at least twice a week may help reduce the risk of stroke, but taking fish oil supplements doesn't have that health benefit, a new review finds.
Lethal Salmonella strain targets HIV positive Africans
A recent strain of Salmonella is targeting the weakened immunity of HIV positive people in Sub-Saharan Africa, says a study.
Novartis flu shots OK'd by Health Canada
Health Canada has lifted its hold on Novartis flu vaccines.
Women with lupus have a higher risk for preeclampsia
New research reports that women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a two-fold increase in risk of preeclampsia—a dangerous condition [...]
Drug offers new pain management therapy for diabetics
A study from the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute shows there is evidence to support a new drug therapy [...]
Many cancer survivors face health-related quality of life issues
Beating cancer is just the first step. More than one third of the 12.6 million cancer survivors in the United States have physical or mental problems that put their overall...
Finding triggers of birth defects in an embryo heart
Researchers have found a way to create three-dimensional maps of the stress that circulating blood places on the developing heart in an animal model – a key to understanding triggers...
Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth
Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a new study found.
Keep moving and have fun
Physical activity is extremely important– this applies equally to both young and old. People who exercise regularly are healthier, are rarely overweight and increase their power of concentration. Staying physically...
Roche urged to fulfil promise to release Tamiflu trial data
Pharmaceutical giant Roche has been urged to honor the promise it made almost three years ago and release key Tamiflu trial data for independent scrutiny, a new editorial states.
High levels of vitamin D in plasma protects against bladder cancer
High levels of vitamin D are associated with protection against bladder cancer, according to a study by molecular biologists and epidemiologists.
Working towards a better hearing aid
Twenty per cent of hearing aid users in Norway use the equipment for only an hour each day. The reason is often poor fitting and inadequate support. Now all this...
Children with obesity must be treated in time
Behavioral treatment for inducing weight-loss can be very effective for severely obese children. However, the treatment to change dietary and exercise habits must be given in time, as it showed...
New cholesterol skin test raises expert concerns
A new $20 test for cholesterol that some B.C. pharmacies are introducing is stirring up controversy in the medical community.
New running shoe aimed to prevent lesions and improve training management
From the 80 million European runners, more than 37 million have suffered a running injury during sport practice in the last year. Researchers are working on the design of a...
How silver turns people blue
Researchers have shown for the first time how ingesting too much silver can cause argyria, a rare condition in which patients' skin turns a striking shade of grayish blue.
New developments reveal a molecule with a promising function in terms of cancer treatment
One of the current challenges in terms of cancer treatment is how it can be best adapted to patients: today the emphasis is on personalized treatment (factoring in genetic and...
Transforming America by redirecting wasted health care dollars
It's estimated that $750 billion is lost each year to wasteful or excessive health care spending. If those wasteful costs could be corralled without sacrificing health care quality, say researchers,...
University returns to normal operations Tuesday
Harvard University will resume normal operations on Tuesday morning. Classes will be held and all employees are expected to report for work. Staff who have been directly affected by the storm and may have...
Breakthrough in understanding role of enzyme in disease
Researchers at the University of Dundee have uncovered the mechanism of an important human enzyme that plays a role in the development of debilitating diseases including cancer, dementia and diabetes.
Stress and Depression May Halt Contraception Use
Depression and stress may lead to lapses in proper use of contraception, a new study suggests.
HMS faculty member wins Young Leader Award
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced that Somava Stout of Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) is one of 10 winners of its first-ever RWJF Young...