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Video: Study: More young adults suffering strokes
Research shows strokes are affecting Americans at younger ages than ever. CBS News' Dr. Holly Phillips reports.
FYI: If I Did A Bag Of Lance Armstrong's Blood, Could I Bike Up A Mountain?
Lance Armstrong Wikimedia CommonsNo surprise: performance enhancers enhance performance. But they might not give me the instant mountain-scaling boost I want. Hundreds of pages of fairly damning evidence came out against Lance Armstrong...
Sports head injuries need definitions
In recent years it has become clear that athletes who experience repeated impacts to the head may be at risk of potentially serious neurological and psychiatric problems. But a study of sports programs at...
Netflix pledges to caption all content by 2014
Netflix will offer closed captions as part of a settlement with a deaf Massachusetts viewer who sued the company
Glaxo Opens Door to Data on Its Research
The drug company GlaxoSmithKline hopes that making its research available to scientists will lead to safer, more effective drugs.
How the body uses vitamin B to recognize bacterial infection
An Australian research team has discovered how specialized immune cells recognize products of vitamin B synthesis that are unique to bacteria and yeast, triggering the body to fight infection.
High Levels of Blood-Based Protein Specific to Mesothelioma
Researchers have discovered the protein product of a little-known gene may one day prove useful in identifying and monitoring the development of mesothelioma in early stages, when aggressive treatment can...
Likely voters rank health care second most important issue
A new analysis of 37 national opinion polls conducted by 17 survey organizations finds that health care is the second [...]
Nerve and muscle activity vary across menstrual cycle
Nerve fibers, and the muscles they control, behave differently at different points along the menstrual cycle, potentially making women more vulnerable to knee injuries.
Single spider dads caring for eggs suffer no disadvantages despite parenting costs
Exclusive paternal care associated with mating benefits and lower mortality risk in harvestman spiders.
Human neural stem cells study offers new hope for children with fatal brain diseases
A. This is a high-field MRI scan of the entire brain of a mouse that received the transplant of human stem cells Physician-scientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher...
Not-So-Sweet Treat: Candy in Checkout Aisle Raises Obesity Risk
Candy at the checkout is a risk factor for obesity, researchers say.
Video: Why are stroke victims getting younger?
Doctors are noticing an alarming trend in the patients they treat for strokes...they're getting younger. CBS News' Vinita Nair reports on why this may be happening.
Squeezing ovarian cancer cells to predict metastatic potential: Cell stiffness as possible biomarker
New research shows that cell stiffness could be a valuable clue for doctors as they search for and treat cancerous cells before they're able to spread. The findings found that...
Daddy Longlegs Day Care Pays Off in Longer Life, More Sex
Caring for spider-like babies has its advantages.
5 Tips For Scientists On How to Not Write Like Scientists
Dusty Academic Journals Mace Ojala via FlickrA Stanford professor is trying to teach doctors and scientists how to write manuscripts that aren't dusty and jargony. Reading through scientific papers can be a terrifying...
Cancer patient refuses to pay for hospital parking
A cancer patient in St. John's refused to pay his parking bill at the Health Sciences Centre today, and while he didn't get a ticket, he is hoping that he...
Loss of protective heart failure protein linked to critical limb ischemia
Restoring diminished levels of a protein shown to prevent and reverse heart failure damage could also have therapeutic applications for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI), suggests a new preclinical...
Older age marker may be more appropriate in predicting papillary thyroid cancer prognosis
Researchers have shown that age 45 is no longer a useful predictor of negative outcomes in the staging of papillary thyroid cancer patients.
Melanoma: The wolf in sheep’s clothing
Melanoma is so dangerous because it tends to metastasize early on. New treatment approaches utilize, among other things, the ability of the immune defense to search out and destroy malignant...
Neuroimaging technique captures cocaine's devastating effect on brain blood flow
Researchers have developed a high-resolution, 3D optical Doppler imaging tomography technique that captures the effects of cocaine restricting the blood supply in vessels of the brain.
Scientists pinpoint gene variations linked to higher risk of bipolar disorder
Scientists have identified small variations in a number of genes that are closely linked to an increased risk of bipolar disorder, a mental illness that affects nearly six million Americans.
Cold cases heat up through new approach to identifying remains
In an effort to identify the thousands of John/Jane Doe cold cases in the United States, scientists have found a multidisciplinary approach to identifying the remains of missing persons. Using...
Living near livestock may increase risk of acquiring MRSA
New study finds regional density of livestock is an important risk factor for nasal carriage of livestock-associated MRSA for persons with and without direct contact with livestock.
RNA-based therapy brings new hope for an incurable blood cancer
A new class of drugs that interfere with the aggressive over-production of a protein related to Mantle Cell Lymphoma is being developed. The drugs have the ability to kill off...
Boise State University Researcher Wins Innovation Award for Vaccine for the Prevention of Staph, MRSA Infection
Boise State University researcher Juliette Tinker, associate professor of biological sciences, was named the winner of an Idaho Innovation Award for her research on a vaccine for the prevention of...
Quebec police investigate cyber-sex extortion cases
A Quebec businessman has been caught in an extortion scheme that targets men who engage in online sex, one of seven similar cases under investigation by provincial police.
Penguins die in malaria outbreak
Six penguins die following an outbreak of malaria at London Zoo.