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N.Y. governor: Insurance companies must cover sex reassignment surgery
Fred LambertNEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo penned a letter to insurance companies warning them to cover gender reassignment surgery due to existing state laws.
Breaking: NIH to end controversial children's study
Massive $1.5 billion study would have followed 100,000 children
Food ingredient created that will make you feel fuller
Scientists have developed an ingredient that can be added to foods to make them more filling. In its first tests in humans, researchers found that the ingredient is effective at...
Short sleep duration, sleep-related breathing problems increase obesity risk in kids
Sleep-related breathing problems and chronic lack of sleep may each double the risk of a child becoming obese by age 15, according to new research. The good news is that...
Nighttime gout attack risk more than two times higher than in the daytime
Novel research reveals that the risk of acute gout attacks is more than two times higher during the night or early morning hours than it is in the daytime. The...
Human exposure to metal cadmium may accelerate cellular aging
The metal cadmium has been the focus of new study that finds that higher human exposure can lead to significantly shorter telomeres, bits of DNA at the ends of chromosomes...
One in six Ontario adults say they've had a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime
Nearly 17 percent of adults surveyed in Ontario said they have suffered a traumatic brain injury that left them unconscious for five minutes or required them to be hospitalized overnight,...
Hacking threatens airline safety: aviation chiefs
Cyber crime is a serious threat to safety in the skies, aviation industry heavyweights said, vowing to fight the growing scourge before it causes a catastrophic incident.
Study of massive preprint archive hints at the geography of plagiarism
Researchers examine “text reuse” in arXiv
US Women's Use of Long-Term Birth Control Increases
The percentage of U.S. women who are using long-term methods of birth control has nearly doubled in recent years.
In New Mexico, Deliverer of a Town’s Children Faces Salacious Accusations
A doctor in Hobbs., N.M., Christopher S. Driskill, who was elected the state medical society’s president, now faces the loss of his license over accusations that include sexual relations with...
42.9 million Americans have unpaid medical bills
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers - 42.9 million people - have unpaid medical debts, according to a new report by the Consumer...
Op-Ed Contributor: Don’t Homogenize Health Care
Guidelines presume we doctors always know the best treatment. We don’t.
Prenatal Exposure to Common Chemicals Linked to Lower IQ in Kids
Chemicals called phthalates may disrupt brain development, researchers say.
New Food Compound Might Control Weight Gain
Sprinkling a supplement that contains a compound called propionate on your food could help you avoid weight gain, a new study suggests.
Protest over water charges stalls Dublin, Ireland
Ed AdamczykDUBLIN, Ireland, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- A demonstration against imposition of water charges drew 30,000 to 40,000 people to downtown Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, bringing the city to a standstill.
Genomics startup NextCode stakes claim in pediatric disease market
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Small startup NextCode Health will use gene-hunting tools pioneered by Iceland's Decode Genetics to help a leading U.S. pediatric hospital identify causes of rare diseases in children,...
NOAA, partners reveal first images of historic San Francisco shipwreck, SS City of Rio de Janeiro
NOAA and its partners today released three-dimensional sonar maps and images of an immigrant steamship lost more than 100 years ago in what many consider the worst maritime disaster in...
Why young people with diabetes develop heart damage
Magnetic resonance imaging has been used by researchers to reveal why young people with Type-2 diabetes develop heart damage. The study will randomly allocate patients to different treatment arms. The...
Female smokeless tobacco use is largely unknown by physicians
Medical professionals should be more aware and inquire more specifically about smokeless tobacco use by their rural female patients, according to new research among a population of rural women in...
First implant of patient-specific rod for spinal deformities in U.S.
In early November, a New York hospital became the first in the U.S. to implant a patient with a new customized osteosynthesis rod precisely designed and manufactured preoperatively to properly...
Late Nights And The Rise Of The Teenage 'Vamper'
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MDH2: Mitochondrial Enzyme Targeting May Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects
Two compounds appear to block the cardiac damage caused by the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin, according to a report in Science Translational Medicine which indicates that inhibiting the action of the...
Phthalates risk damaging children’s IQs in the womb, US researchers suggest
Additives found in plastics and scented products could affect brain development and lower IQ Continue reading...
Crowdfunding 101: Researchers use #SciFund Challenge to determine key factors in successful Internet fundraising
Everything you know about crowdfunding is wrong, at least according to researchers at UC Santa Barbara. And that, they add, is good news for scientists. Crowdfunding is the practice of...
New technology tracks carcinogens as they move through the body
Researchers for the first time have developed a method to track through the human body the movement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, as extraordinarily tiny amounts of these potential...
Infant Born in Water Dies of Legionella Infection
An infant in Texas died from Legionnaires' disease few weeks after being born in a heated birthing pool at home, highlighting the risk of waterborne pathogens to babies born in...
Spending bill protects medical marijuana, blocks D.C. pot decriminalization
Gabrielle LevyWASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The massive $1.1 trillion spending deal, revealed late Tuesday night, contains news both good and bad for proponents of legalized marijuana.