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Severe Sleep Apnea Tied To Increased Risk Of Death
Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk of death from any cause in middle-aged adults, especially men, according to new results from a landmark study....
'Regulatory' Genetic Sequences May Predict Risk For Prostate Cancer
Researchers have identified a novel genetic mechanism that may govern an individual's risk of developing prostate cancer.
Keep your kids smiling with these dental services
Current recommendations are for kids to start seeing a dentist as soon as the first tooth erupts, which can be as young as 6 months.
Clots stopped without needles
Blood clots that kill thousands of people each year after joint replacement surgery could soon be stopped without needles, research has found.
Testing for genetic mutations within ethnic groups
In screening Persian Jews, Cedars-Sinai offers a model for fighting some diseases where they start -- in genes. Sean Delshad, 19, probably could have found more enjoyable things to do on a breezy...
Cognitive behavioral therapy improves sleep and pain in people with osteoarthritis
A study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) is an effective treatment for...
Statewide program to improve emergency care for children
An initiative is underway to improve emergency medical care for Illinois' youngest patients. Loyola University Health System (LUHS), in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Public Health and other area...
Scientists take early steps toward mapping epigenetic variability
Brown University and other scientists have taken the first steps toward mapping epigenetic variability in cells and tissues. Mapping the human epigenome, similar to the human genome project in the...
Parents Can Help Stop The Obesity Epidemic, Says Psychologist; Healthy Body Image Is First Step
Childhood obesity has quadrupled in the last 40 years, which may mean today's children become the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents, a leading obesity expert...
Dental care on a budget
Dodging the dentist over cost can be pound-foolish. There are ways to save. ...
Battling inflammation, disease through food
Though it's an emerging field, proponents of anti-inflammatory diets point to growing evidence that foods like vegetables and fish can ease an overactive immune system. If you want to live longer -- avoid...
Drugs aren't the only treatment for hypertension
Losing weight and performing breathing exercises can also help lower blood pressure ...
Gene therapy found to help patients with Parkinson's
Jichi Medical University has succeeded in restoring the motor function of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease by injecting their brains with a virus with a built-in gene that has an...
Canada's swine-flu vaccine maker starts testing on Germans
The manufacturer of Canada's swine flu vaccine has started human testing, the company announced Friday.
Gene Therapy Treatment for Blindness Proves Safe--and Effective--One Year In
Gene therapy has been rhapsodized and vilified in its nearly two decades of human testing, helping some and making others sicker. But a new 12-month clinical trial has shown that, at least...
Mirror mirror (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Women are attracted to men who look like a masculine version of them, according to a new study.
Costly cancer drugs are worth it, study finds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cost for chemotherapy medications to treat colorectal cancer for six months has jumped 2,600 percent from 1993 to 2005. But such rising costs are worth the price,...
Baltimore doctor to 'Twitter' surgery
BALTIMORE, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The social networking site Twitter is to keep parties updated as surgeons in Baltimore perform a gastrectomy on a morbidly obese man, doctors said.
Pharmaceuticals Look to Adaptive Trials
(PhysOrg.com) -- For years, trials of pharmaceuticals have revolved around the double-blind test, controlled with a placebo, in which not even those conducting the investigation knew who was receiving what...
A positive outlook can speed whiplash healing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Positive expectations can often lead patients to better recovery in a number of health conditions. Very little is known about expectations to recover from injury, such as whiplash....
Vital Signs: Patterns: Do Real Men Go to the Doctor?
Men who endorsed old-school notions of masculinity were far less likely to seek preventive health services than other men.
Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Offers Large Social, Fiscal Benefits
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.
Isotope crisis threatens medical care
Global production of the feedstock for the leading medical-imaging isotope is low and erratic, putting health care in jeopardy.
CAMH fined for failing to protect nurses
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has been fined $70,000 for two incidents in which patients attacked nursing staff at its Queen Street West facility in Toronto.
Saphris OK'd for schizophrenia
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Schering-Plough Corp.'s asenapine has been cleared for sale as a treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in adults, U.S. authorities said.
Pork farmers concerned about H1N1
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. pork producers say they'll seek vaccinations for farm workers to prevent the H1N1 swine flu virus from infecting their hogs.
Patient Money: The Expense of Eating With Celiac Disease
An intolerance to gluten requires a special wheat-free diet that can be costly. But some patients are finding less expensive ways to stay healthy.
New mom with swine flu dies in Montreal hospital
A 23-year-old Montreal woman who contracted swine flu in June, and had to have her baby by caesarean section, died Thursday night without ever seeing her new son.