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Very Important Invention: Hot Pizza And Coffee Will No Longer Burn Your Mouth
Piping Hot Pizza Pain WikimediaUniversity of Texas at Austin researchers have designed an oral strip that relieves burns from hot foods and liquids. Burn yourself on your favorite hot refreshments no longer! University...
Tissue-engineered kidneys: Researchers make important strides
With a worldwide shortage of kidneys for patients who need kidney transplants, researchers are diligently working to find ways to engineer new kidney tissue from a patient's own cells or...
Green tea reduced inflammation, may inhibit prostate cancer tumor growth, research finds
Men with prostate cancer who consumed green tea prior to undergoing prostatectomy had reductions in markers of inflammation, according to new data
Cognitive training helps adults with HIV
Cognitive training exercises can help improve mental processing speed and ability to complete daily tasks in middle-age and older adults with HIV, a population that is experiencing cognitive impairments at...
Less-invasive method of brain stimulation helps patients with Parkinson’s disease
Electrical stimulation using extradural electrodes—placed underneath the skull but not implanted in the brain—is a safe approach with meaningful benefits [...]
Study Strengthens Link Between Creativity and Mental Illness
A large scale study of the Swedish population helps confirm the link between mental illnesses and creativity.
New radiation treatment significantly increases survival rate, researchers find
A novel drug that mimics a naturally occurring molecule found in coffee and blueberries has been developed to treat radiation exposure. Researchers show that application of this drug, starting 24...
Novel discovery links anti-cancer drugs to muscle repair
Research shows that the IAP-targeting drugs that promote the death of cancer cells also induce the growth and repair of muscle.
Sickle cell disease: Physics explains how sickling cells make people sick
Researchers have identified the physical forces in red blood cells and blood vessels underlying the painful symptoms of sickle cell disease. Their experiment, the first to answer a scientific question...
For heart patients, medical disclosure can limit treatment
Heart attack patients are less likely to receive operations to unclog arteries if they live in states where providers must report the outcomes of the procedures, a study finds. Heart...
2 Americans, 1 at UCLA, win Nobel in economics
Work that has provided better solutions for organ transplants led to a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for a longtime professor at UCLA and an economist now at Stanford.For...
Home care workers to get standardized training
Changes are coming to the way home care is handled in New Brunswick, with a new province-wide training system for workers.
Noncancerous cells carry weight
In recent years investigators have discovered that breast tumors are influenced by more than just the cancer cells within them. A variety of noncancerous cells, which in many cases constitute the majority of...
The rise of medical tourism
Harvard Law School (HLS) Assistant Professor I. Glenn Cohen lay on a table in a South Korean hospital and tried to relax as a worker wearing a white shirt and black pants...
Drug firm to share raw trial data
Full disclosure could improve health care and restore trust.Nature 490 322 doi: 10.1038/490322a
Childhood adversity affects adult brain and body functions, researchers find
Poverty can impair working memory while physical abuse can raise risk of cardiovascular disease, scientists claimAdversity in early childhood – in the form of anything from poverty to physical abuse – has measurable...
Two-gene test predicts which patients with heart failure respond best to beta-blocker drug
A landmark paper identifying genetic signatures that predict which patients respond to a life-saving drug for congestive heart failure has just been published. Medical researchers discovered and characterized the two...
Menopause does not cause weight gain, but increases belly fat, major review finds
A comprehensive review by the International Menopause Society has found that going through the menopause does not cause a woman to gain weight. However, the hormonal changes at the menopause...
How 'cleaving' protein drives tumor growth in prostate, other cancers
Researchers have determined how a protein known as Trop2 drives the growth of tumor cells in prostate and other epithelial cancers. This discovery is important because it may prove essential...
Study suggests how expanding waistlines may contribute to cancer
Fat progenitor cells may contribute to cancer growth by fortifying the vessels that provide needed blood to tumors, according to [...]
Fathers Matter When It Comes To Their Teenager’s Sexual Behavior
A new study by New York University professor Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and colleagues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
Samsung M400 helps seniors and people with disabilities stay connected and independent
On Jan. 1, 2011, the oldest of America's baby boomers reached retirement age; from that day on, 10,000 people will turn 65 every single day for the next 19 years,...
India to enhance cybersecurity
NEW DELHI, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- An Indian working group has recommended a government-private sector initiative to enhance cybersecurity to protect India's defense and other government data.
E coli outbreak is major crisis, says Northern Ireland health authority
Warning follows 20 confirmed cases of E coli and 118 more of suspected food poisoning linked to Belfast restaurantAn E coli outbreak linked to a Belfast restaurant is being classified as a major...
Charity has anti-badger cull walk
A Somerset charity opposed to the cull of badgers in West Somerset is staging a protest walk.
Antibody stops stomach cancer spread
Researchers have discovered an antibody that can potentially block deadly stomach cancer from growing and spreading.
The New Old Age Blog: Growing Concerns About Reverse Mortgages
In The Times today, a cautionary tale about an increasingly popular income alternative for seniors.
Really?: The Claim: Tinted Contact Lenses Can Improve Athletic Performance
Some athletes have tried amber-colored contact lenses to reduce glare and enhance contrast, but studies point to no significant gain from tinted lenses.