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Recipes for Health: Mixed Red Fruit, Apricot and Hazelnut Galette — Recipes for Health
Use whatever stone fruits and berries you like for this delicious odds-and-ends pie.
Teen cannabis use linked to IQ loss
The multi-disciplinary study showed that people who started smoking cannabis as teenagers may suffer from IQ decline when they're in their thirties. Image: diego_cervo/iStockphoto Persistent cannabis users who started using the drug before...
Bill Nye: Don't raise creationist kids
Creationists: Please don't teach your kids to deny evolution, begs science educator and television personality Bill Nye, who hosted "Bill Nye the Science Guy" in the 1990s.
Type 2 Diabetes Linked to Common Virus
Infection with cytomegalovirus, a common virus may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes in older adults.
HIV combo pill of 4 drugs approved in U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new anti-HIV pill, Stribild, that combines four medicines to combat the virus that causes AIDS.
Teenage pot smoking tied to loss of IQ
Teens who smoke marijuana regularly may suffer long-term damage to their brains, new research suggests.
Cannabis 'more harmful to under-18s than adults' - video
New research covering nearly four decades shows that adolescents who regularly use cannabis are at risk of permanent damage to their intelligence, attention span and memory
Selective imprinting: how the wallaby controls growth of its young
Marsupial mothers regulate the composition of their milk so that it is optimal for the development stage of their young. New research shows that, similar to the human placenta, which...
Global Update: H.I.V. Stigma Is a Barrier to Prenatal Care, Study Finds
Fear of being stigmatized as an AIDS patient is still a major barrier to good care for pregnant young women in many countries, a new study and a literature review...
The Consumer: Many Bone Tests for Some, and Too Few for Others
Recent reports suggest that too many younger women are being evaluated and treated for bone loss when they should not be, while many at greater risk are overlooked.
Lifestyle changes could prevent 400 cardiac events and 200 deaths in Swedish PCI patients
Up to 400 cardiac events and 200 deaths in Swedish PCI patients could be avoided by following a heart healthy lifestyle, according to new research.
Japanese researchers develop WalkMate System for improving quality of life of Parkinson's patients
Researchers in Japan have developed an innovative, non-invasive therapeutic intervention that may improve the mobility, stability, and quality of life of Parkinson's disease patients.
Study questions technique to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
A new study raises a cautionary note about the increasing use of a minimally invasive procedure to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Fitness in Middle-Age Linked with Fewer Diseases Later in Life
People who are fit in middle age are more likely to live longer and more healthily.
FOR KIDS: Monkeys’ mistake detector
Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error
Infrared light offers promise of laser-sharp cancer therapy
Technique zaps tumors with reduced risk of side effects
Cell 150: 764-779 (August 17, 2012)
Cell 150: 764-779 The BMP inhibitor coco reactivates breast cancer cells at lung metastatic sites Hua Gao, Goutam Chakraborty, Ai Ping Lee-Lim, Qianxing Mo, Markus Decker, Alin Vonica, Ronglai Shen,...
Study questions recommendation to discontinue LABA therapy in asthma patients
An extensive literature review and analysis of five clinical trials suggests that discontinuing long-acting β2-agonist (LABA) therapy in adults and older children who have asthma that is controlled with a...
Midlife fitness staves off chronic disease at end of life
Being physically fit during your 30s, 40s, and 50s not only helps extend lifespan, but it also increases the chances of aging healthily, free from chronic illness, investigators have found.
Working moms spend less time daily on kids' diet, exercise
When it comes to cooking, grocery shopping and playing with children, American moms with full-time jobs spend roughly three-and-half fewer hours per day on these and other chores related to...
Science online: August 2, 2012
Science online: August 2, 2012 Mycobacterial Disease and Impaired IFN-γ Immunity in Humans with Inherited ISG15 Deficiency Dusan Bogunovic, Minji Byun, Larissa A. Durfee, Avinash Abhyankar, Ozden Sanal, Davood Mansouri,...
Big Pharma Setbacks
Pharmaceuticals: Bristol-Myers Squibb halts trials of hepatitis C drug candidate; Eli Lilly & Co. reports disappoint in Alzheimer’s drug trials
The New Old Age Blog: The Dirty Little Secret of Nursing Homes
In an era when fierce infections like MRSA and Clostridium difficile haunt nursing homes and hospitals, the percentage of nursing homes cited for deficiencies in "hand hygiene" has been rising.
Vital Signs: Risks: Weight Implications for Infant Antibiotics
Babies in a study who were exposed to antibiotics within six months of birth were 22 percent more likely than those given none to be overweight at age 3, researchers...
Well: Overtreatment Is Taking a Harmful Toll
An epidemic of overtreatment is costing the health care system at least $210 billion a year, and patients are paying the price in pain, emotional suffering, severe complications and even...
Personal Health: Changing Our Tune on Exercise
Decades of messages that regular physical activity is necessary for health have cast exercise as a pill to be swallowed. Now experts recommend a new approach that portrays exercise as...
The Journal of Clinical Investigation online: August 1, 2012
The Journal of Clinical Investigation online: August 1, 2012 Human RHOH deficiency causes T cell defects and susceptibility to EV-HPV infections Amandine Crequer, Anja Troeger, Etienne Patin, Cindy S. Ma,...
The Journal of Experimental Medicine online: August 7, 2012
The Journal of Experimental Medicine online: August 7, 2012 Heterozygous TBK1 mutations impair TLR3 immunity and underlie herpes simplex encephalitis of childhood Melina Herman, Michael Ciancanelli, Yi-Hung Ou, Lazaro Lorenzo,...