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Exercise Minimizes Weight Regain By Reducing Appetite And Burning Fat First, Carbs Later
Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and by burning fat before burning carbohydrates. Burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the day may...
Vitamin C Deficiency Impairs Early Brain Development, Guinea Pig Study Finds
New research from Denmark shows that guinea pigs subjected to vitamin C deficiency have 30 percent less hippocampal neurones and markedly worse memory than guinea-pigs given a normal diet. Like...
YouTube videos yield clues to brain injury symptom
Brain injury researchers at the University of Kentucky have spent hundreds of hours watching YouTube videos of people getting smacked, punched and knocked in the head during sporting events and...
Deaths From Unintentional Injuries Increase For Many Groups
While the total mortality rate from unintentional injury increased in the US by 11 percent from 1999-2005, far larger increases were seen in some subgroups analyzed by researchers. Their analysis...
Inexperience a key factor in youth crashes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide (Australia) study has found that young drivers are twice as likely to have an accident during their first few months of driving on a...
A breath of fresh air could improve drug toxicity screening
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed an innovative way to culture liver cells for drug toxicity screening. In a report to be published in...
AMP president updates CDC committee on H1N1 testing
Atlanta, GA -- September 2-3, 2009 -- Dr. Jan Nowak, President of the Association for Molecular Pathology presented public comments today at the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Advisory Committee meeting.
Breakthrough in bubble research at Bath
A researcher from the University of Bath has found a new approach to an old geometric problem of modelling the most efficient way of packing shapes to form a foam. The...
Diesel exhaust is linked to cancer development via new blood vessel growth
Scientists here are the first to demonstrate that the link between diesel fume exposure and cancer lies in the ability of diesel exhaust to induce the growth of new blood...
Early, Aggressive Treatment Recommended For Critically Ill Patients With Hematological Malignancy
A study of 7,689 admissions from 178 adult intensive care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has revealed the factors associated with a higher mortality rate in hematological malignancy....
India's monsoon at risk from Greenland's melting ice
A warning about the risk that freshwater in the Atlantic poses to the monsoon comes with a call for better modelling of unpredictable weather patterns.
Hospital infections cost $1 billion in lost bed days
Infections caught in hospital are costing the Australian healthcare system more than 850,000 lost bed days, according to a new study by Queensland University of Technology.
New Call for Cell Phone Safety Research
Group In Washington to Present Findings on Radiation Risks and Lobby Government Officials for Funding
What Really Happens When Your Blood Boils?
When someone says, "that makes my blood boil," does that mean their blood pressure goes up, too?
Building a Better Flu Vaccine--And Giving Chickens a Rest
As vaccine-makers gear up for the winter flu season, one biotech company is reporting success with an alternative method of developing a flu preventative that it says could work more effectively and be...
South Asia News in brief: 20 August–2 September 2009
Maldives turns to biochar, Nepal begins anti-rabies vaccine trials, Afghanistan and Pakistan team up to fight wheat rust, and more.
Pharmacists to join swine flu fight
The New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Society says it will soon have new rules in place allowing its members to vaccinate people against swine flu despite a series of internal delays.
N.L. health cuts may cause doctor's departure
Opposition is growing to the province's announcement it is cutting x-ray and lab services in two Newfoundland communities, including from one family doctor who is thinking of leaving Lewisporte because...
Internet luring accused takes stand
The trial continued Tuesday of a 33-year-old man accused of luring a 12-year old girl over the internet.
Minimally invasive treatment found effective for oesophageal cancer
Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the oesophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared to more complex surgical removal of the oesophagus,...
New in-vitro screen raises birth chances
NOTTINGHAM, England, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A new screening test for in-vitro fertilization is improving the chances of successful pregnancies, British scientists say.
Medical home gives patients better primary care at no more cost
A one-year evaluation at Group Health Cooperative is the first to demonstrate the measurable benefit to both patients and staff when a primary care practice adopts a "patient-centered medical home"...
Economic Scene: Changing Health Care by Steps
Years passed before America accepted the concept of Medicare, and any health reform approved today will be only an incremental step toward change.
This Time, City Says It’s Ready for Swine Flu
Girding for a second wave of the swine flu pandemic that has already killed more than 50 people in New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg outlined a strategy that...
Experts Seek Ways to Fight Spread of Dengue Fever in Asia
The beginning of the transmission season for many countries in Southeast Asia has prompted heightened concern among health officials.
Clinic Fills a Need but Faces Failure
In inner-city Milwaukee, a nonprofit clinic helps those needing immediate care avoid the hospital. But it is nearly bankrupt, and Washington proposals could leave it behind.
Increase government spending on youngest children: OECD
The United States is among the industrialized world's worst victims of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty even though it spends more per child than better-performing countries, a report...
John F. Kennedy's Addison's likely caused by rare autoimmune disease
A Navy doctor's report sheds new light on the former president's medical records. ...