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Stem cells may prevent post-injury arthritis
Researchers may have found a promising stem cell therapy for preventing osteoarthritis after a joint injury.
Daily aspirin usage linked to lower cancer mortality
A new study provides additional support for a potential benefit of daily aspirin use for cancer mortality, but the authors say important questions remain about the size of the potential...
New swine flu strain infecting people
ATLANTA, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- A new type of swine flu has infected at least 145 people, mostly children, since July 12, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Experimental stroke therapy helps Illinois senator
CHICAGO (AP) -- Good luck and experimental therapy may have helped U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk recover more extensively than he would have with standard care after...
Spending More On Trauma Care Doesn’t Translate to Higher Survival Rates
A large-scale review of national patient records reveals that although survival rates are the same, the cost of treating trauma [...]
Migraines hurt your head but not your brain
Migraines currently affect about 20 percent of the female population, and while these headaches are common, there are many unanswered [...]
New view of body's infection response
A new 3-D view of the body's response to infection – and the ability to identify proteins involved in the response – could point to novel biomarkers and therapeutic agents...
New approach of resistant tuberculosis
Scientists have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and so succeeded in detecting resistant tuberculosis in circumstances where so far this was hardly feasible. Tuberculosis bacilli that have become...
O’Callahan a new director at HUHS
Patrick O’Callahan has been named the new director of after-hours urgent care and the Stillman Infirmary at Harvard University Health Services. A graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and...
May 1941: Eat Ice Cream Before Exercising or Replace it With Shopping
How Much Exercise Do We Need? Popular ScienceAnd plenty more dated exercise tips from the PopSci archive This article originally appeared in the May 1941 issue of Popular Science. You...
FDA OKS Lucentis for diabetes-related eye disorder
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Roche's injectable eye drug Lucentis for a new use in treating a diabetes-related condition that...
Weekend hospital stays prove more deadly than other times for older people with head trauma
A review of more than 38,000 patient records finds that older adults who sustain substantial head trauma over a weekend are significantly more likely to die from their injuries than...
Protein found to be vital in immune response to bacteria
Research led by Rockefeller University scientists found that a protein once thought to be mainly involved in antiviral immunity is instead vital to fighting a type of bacteria that cause...
Cheese Microbes: A Primer
It's easy to criticize microbes for all of the inconveniences they cause in our lives, but we also have the little guys to thank for some of our most beloved...
New program to reduce number of doctorless patients
New Brunswick's health minister is hoping a new program will help ease physicians into retirement and ensure patients aren't left without a family doctor.
The athlete who drank too much Coca-Cola | Vanessa Heggie
In 1913 a Kansas athlete claimed he'd paid a high price for being an experimental subjectOr, as I could title this: Lady Boffin 'Blinds' Champ with Coke!In 1917 the American Journal of...
Bob Hoskins's diagnosis is a reminder of how little we know about Parkinson's | Jane Hill
My dad had Parkinson's too, and though Hoskins has raised the profile of the disease, we need to improve our understanding of itLike many others, I was saddened to hear that the...
Columbia Program Merges Therapy and Spirituality
A concentration at the university brings concepts like love and connection to the healing process for therapy clients.
Health Insurance Refunds May Stall in Employers’ Hands
Under the health care law, insurers must issue refunds if less than 85 percent of premiums pay for care. But people on employer plans may have to wait for the...
Amgen, Citing Weak Results, Halts Study of Pancreatic Cancer Drug
Similar drugs targeting the hormone known as insulinlike growth factor 1 had earlier proved disappointing.
The New Old Age Blog: How Successful Is CPR in Older Patients?
Television gives us the idea that CPR is always lifesaving. But the for the elderly, it's not often not so.
Doctor and Patient: Doctor and Patient: The Bullying Culture of Medical School
Insults, threats, and even physical abuse are a part of life for many medical students, but a campaign led by one medical school aims to change the culture of mistreatment...
Psychotherapy is effective but underutilized, review shows
Psychotherapy is effective, helps reduce the overall need for health services and produces long-term health improvements, according to a new review.
Copper facilitates prion disease, scientists show
Many of us are familiar with prion disease from its most startling and unusual incarnations —- the outbreaks of “mad cow” disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) that created a crisis in...
Blood test for Alzheimer's gaining ground
The possibility of an inexpensive, convenient test for Alzheimer's disease has been on the horizon for several years, but previous research leads have been hard to duplicate. Now in a...
15 Current Technologies We’ll Still Be Using in 2030
An infant born today will still be using USB ports, Wi-Fi and Microsoft Office when he goes to college.
Varsity status for women’s rugby
Harvard announced today that it will create a varsity women’s rugby team, to begin play in the 2013-14 season. The squad will be the 21st varsity sport for women and...
Antibodies that protect against large variety of flu viruses described
Scientists have described three human antibodies that provide broad protection against Influenza B virus strains. The same team had previously reported finding broadly neutralizing antibodies against Influenza A strains.