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Lipid involved with gene regulation uncovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have discovered a new role for the bioactive lipid messenger, sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P, that is abundant in our blood - a...
New Study Compares After-hours And Daytime Surgery Success Rates
Patients who have after-hour orthopaedic surgeries risk a slightly higher rate of necessary follow-up surgeries, according to a new study.
New Mouse Model Of Severe Kidney Disease Leads To Potential New Therapy
X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (XNDI) is a severe congenital kidney disease for which there is no specific, effective drug treatment, mainly because there are no good animal models of the...
Study Evaluates Use Of Corticosteroids And Antiviral Agents For Treatment Of Bell Palsy
Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of...
Protein Modifier SUMO Helps Set Apart Females And Males
One way in which men and women differ is in their expression of liver proteins that control energy generation and lipid and steroid hormone production and turnover. Researchers have identified...
Twitter opens a door to Iowa operating room
(AP) -- From anesthesia to the recovery room, 70-year-old Monna Cleary's children followed her surgery - 140 characters or less at a time.
Some Discrepancies Exist Between Outcomes Indicated In Trial Registration And Later Publications
Comparison of the primary outcomes of registered clinical trials with their subsequent publication appears to show some discrepancies, according to a new study.
PET/CT Scans May Help Detect Recurring Prostate Cancer Earlier
A new study shows that positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) scans with the imaging agent choline could detect recurring prostate cancer sooner than conventional imaging technologies in some patients...
Study examines effectiveness of laparoscopic surgical treatments to alleviate chronic pelvic pain
A surgical procedure known as LUNA (laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation) did not result in improvements in chronic pelvic pain, painful menstruation, painful sexual intercourse or quality of life when compared...
Immediate intervention for patients with ACS not always more beneficial
For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical centre does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention...
Getting better visualisation of joint cartilage through cationic CT contrast agents
In its quest to find new strategies to treat osteoarthritis and other diseases, a Boston University-led research team has reported finding a new computer tomography contrast agent for visualising the...
Distribution of antibiotic for eye disease linked to low death risk among Ethiopian children
Children in Ethiopia who received the antibiotic azithromycin as a method for controlling the contagious eye disease trachoma had a lower odds of death compared to children who did not...
World's first baby born from new egg-screening technique
Meet Oliver, the first baby in the world born using a new egg-screening technique that could double the odds of an implanted embryo taking hold in the womb, unveiled by...
New report describes types of research conducted at academic medical centres
A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Health Policy gives the first detailed look at the types of research currently being conducted within U.S. academic medical centres...
Mayo researchers find gene that contributes to 2 different, common neurological movement disorders
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that a single gene promotes development of essential tremor in some patients and Parkinson's disease in...
Cheap drinks at college bars can escalate drinking among college students
Cheap drinks can lead to higher intoxication levels and a host of related health and safety problems.
Cardiac Surgeons Implant World's First New DeBakey Heart Assist Device
At the end of July 2009, a team of cardiac surgeons in Germany was the first in the world to implant the HeartAssist 5 ventricular assist device, the modern version...
Fine-tuning An Anti-cancer Drug
Biochemists have illuminated a reaction pathway that blocks the action of proteasomes, vital intracellular waste-processing plants. They report insights that could potentially lead to development of custom-tailored anti-cancer drugs with...
'S' Is For Anticoagulant Protein
Protein S, a well-known anticoagulant protein, also contributes to the formation and function of healthy blood vessels, say researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. They found that...
Video: Treating Brain Cancer
A 24-year-old med student having mild seizures ended up being diagnosed with malignant brain cancer. As Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports, the prognosis is better than most because of his young...
NYC schools to offer free swine flu vaccinations
(AP) -- The nation's largest school district said Tuesday it will offer free swine flu vaccinations to its 1 million-plus schoolchildren as New York City takes bold steps to...
Europe to stop counting swine flu cases
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Europe stands at over 46,000 and the European Union will no longer publish weekly figures on the numbers infected, a health chief...
Caring for the whole person -- using systems medicine
At a time when medicine tends to focus on patients as a "collection of visceral organs and a nervous system," systems medicine provides a new approach to medical practice that...
Fire fears in N.S. spark sanitizer ban
There won't be hand sanitizer at dozens of Nova Scotia schools this fall because of fears it could be used to start fires.
Swine flu won't keep pregnant teachers from class
The New Brunswick government is not considering a policy to keep pregnant teachers out of the classroom over risks they may contract swine flu.
New treatment for the chronically depressed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide study has found that mild and repeated doses of magnetic brain stimulation can be an effective treatment for chronic depression.
Alberta health committee to focus on access
A new committee has been appointed to reform provincial health care legislation that Alberta Health Minister Ron Liepert says interferes with patients' access to care.
16 First Nations clinics under construction
Construction of 16 nursing stations and health clinics in First Nations communities is underway across Canada, thanks to $135 million in funding, Health Minister Leona Aglukkak said Tuesday.