Latest science news in Health & Medicine
The trouble with mammograms
The exams lead to overdiagnosis, causing women to go through treatment for breast cancers that wouldn't kill them. For years, breast cancer awareness campaigns have urged women over 40 to get a yearly...
Healthy habits to help prevent Alzheimer's
Lifestyle factors -- specifically, good diet and exercise -- can lower one's risk of developing the disease. People may be able to reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to two recently...
New superbug is even harder to treat than MRSA
Hospitals have been put on alert about a group of new superbugs brought into the UK by patients returning home after surgery
Study Identifies Risk Factors For Transformation Of Eye Growths Into Melanoma
Eight factors may predict whether a choroidal nevus -- a benign, flat, pigmented growth inside the eye and beneath the retina -- may develop into melanoma, according to a new...
Seizures During Pregnancy Associated With Risk Of Pre-term And Small Babies
Women with epilepsy who have seizures during pregnancy appear more likely to give birth to pre-term, small or low-birth-weight babies than women without epilepsy, according to a new report.
Urine Samples Could Be Used To Predict Responses To Drugs, Say Researchers
Researchers may be able to predict how people will respond to particular drugs by analyzing their urine samples, suggest scientists. Researchers showed that it was possible to predict how different...
Potential metastatic cancer targets found
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found cancer metastasis appears to rely on help from macrophages, potent immune system cells that usually defend against disease.
Genes aid in hereditary lung disease
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've had success in a genetic therapy trial in spurring production of a protective protein in hereditary lung disease patients.
Always look on the bright side of life ...
You won't only feel better, you might get to live longer too, if the latest research is to be believed
New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumour imaging
A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumours....
Bone-cell control of energy generation is regulated by the protein Atf4
Bone cells known as osteoblasts were recently shown to have a role in controlling the biochemical reactions that generate energy via secretion of the molecule osteocalcin. Gerard Karsenty and colleagues,...
Avian influenza strain primes brain for Parkinson's disease
At least one strain of the H5N1 avian influenza virus leaves survivors at significantly increased risk for Parkinson's disease and possibly other neurological problems later in life, according to new...
Radiation therapy may increase diabetes risk in childhood cancer survivors
Childhood cancer survivors treated with total body or abdominal radiation may have an increased risk of diabetes, according to a report in the 10/24 August issue of Archives of Internal...
Traffic Jam In Brain Causes Schizophrenia Symptoms; First Mouse To Develop Disease As Teenager, Just Like Humans
Northwestern researchers have discovered that schizophrenia symptoms -- which begin to develop in adolescents -- are caused by a low level of a brain protein necessary to build pathways between...
Middle-aged 'Macho Men' Are Less Likely To Obtain Preventative Care, Sociologists Find
Middle-aged men who strongly idealize masculinity are almost 50 percent less likely than other men to seek preventative health care services, according to a study -- the first population-based analysis...
Insufficient Sleep May Be Linked To Increased Diabetes Risk
Short sleep times, experienced by many individuals in Westernized societies, may contribute to the development of insulin resistance and reduced glucose tolerance, which in turn may increase the long-term risk...
Tumours feel the deadly sting of nanobees
When bees sting, they pump poison into their victims. Now the toxin in bee venom has been harnessed to kill tumour cells by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine...
Brain damage seen on brain scans may predict memory loss in old age
Areas of brain damage seen on brain scans and originally thought to be related to stroke may help doctors predict a person's risk of memory problems in old age, according...
MRI simulation of blood flow helps plan child's delicate heart surgery
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric cardiologists and surgeons at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for virtual surgery that allows heart surgeons...
Personal Health: Taking Steps to Cope With Chemo Brain
When cancer treatment delivers a knockout punch to cognitive abilities, patients often face major challenges trying to get their lives back on track.
Online Treatment May Help Insomniacs
Two studies suggest that online applications based on cognitive behavioral therapy can be effective in treating insomnia.
The Doctor's World: Seeking Lessons in Swine Flu Fight
An influenza pandemic reveals weaknesses in the world’s ability to respond to the sudden emergence of a widespread illness.
8 cities in US line up for swine flu vaccine test
(AP) -- Hundreds of Americans in eight cities are lining up for experimental swine flu shots in a race to get a vaccine out before the new flu virus...
Study: Machismo Cuts Men's Lives Short
Macho men dodge the doctor's office.
Sick Animals Treated with Stem Cells
Costly Procedure Lacks Studies Supporting Supposed Benefits
Preventing The Sudden Death of Young Athletes From Hidden Heart Disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Few things stun a community more than when a seemingly healthy high school or collegiate athlete suddenly dies during practice or in competition from a hidden heart disorder.
Canadian Blood Services hits the road
Facing cancellations from donors at their Charlottetown office, Canadian Blood Services is holding two mobile blood donor clinics in Miscouche and Montague.
New class of compounds discovered for potential Alzheimer's disease drug
PHILADELPHIA -- A new class of molecules capable of blocking the formation of specific protein clumps that are believed to contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology has been discovered by...