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Get flu shot now for maximum protection over holidays, docs say
If you want the flu shot to protect you while you're shaking hands, sharing food and kissing family over the holidays, you better be vaccinated by Monday.
Well: Weight Gain Carries Risks, No Matter Your Weight
Even in young adults of normal weight, increases in body mass index also lead to increased risk of heart disease and other problems.
Dad decorates his baby's face
Nick Dietz compiles some of the week's best viral videos, including watching a puppy grow up, YouTube's year in rewind and a magician tricking his way out of a speeding...
Method to assess UTI risk in women after pelvic-floor surgery
Researchers may have devised a way to assess who is at risk for developing a urinary tract infection following pelvic-floor surgery. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common type...
Daclatasvir for hepatitis C: Added benefit not proven
The data is unsuitable for virus genotype 4 patients and for untreated genotype 1 patients without cirrhosis; there is no data for genotype 3 patients and three other genotype 1...
Revolutionary new procedure for epilepsy diagnosis unlocked by research
Pioneering new research could revolutionize global diagnostic procedures for one of the most common forms of epilepsy, scientists say. The ground-breaking research has revealed differences in the way that distant...
Better substances for treating dengue virus proposed
Potential new active substances for treating the dengue virus are being proposed by European scientists. In the quest for medication to treat the dengue virus, the scientific community is focusing...
Biomarker discovery sheds new light on heart attack risk of arthritis drugs
A class of drug for treating arthritis - all but shelved over fears about side effects - may be given a new lease of life, following the discovery of a...
Honeybee hive sealant promotes hair growth in mice
Hair loss can be devastating for the millions of men and women who experience it. Now scientists are reporting that a substance from honeybee hives might contain clues for developing...
Better biomonitor for children with asthma
A diagnostic technique tested on Ground Zero firefighters to assess the effects of pollution is now being used on urban asthmatic children. The study has revealed that environmental sampling stations...
Patients given less blood during transfusions do well
It's a simple premise -- now backed up by more evidence than ever: 'Why give more blood to anyone if you can't show it benefits them?' Research has found that...
Testosterone may contribute to colon cancer tumor growth
Evidence suggesting that the male hormone testosterone may actually be a contributing factor in the formation of colon cancer tumors has been discovered. "Previously, scientists believed that female hormones may...
Healthcare Spending And Maternal Mortality Rates Linked In EU
Reductions in government healthcare spending in the European Union (EU) increase maternal mortality rates, suggests a new paper in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG). Maternal mortality...
Discovery Links Shift in Metabolism to Stem Cell Renewal
Stem cells in early embryos have unlimited potential; they can become any type of cell, and researchers hope to one day harness this rejuvenating power to heal disease and injury....
The Key To Vitamin A Metabolism Is Lecithin Retinol Acyltransferase
The discovery of the mechanism that enables the enzyme Lecithin: retinol acyltransferase (LRAT) to store vitamin A, a process that is indispensable for vision, may provide a boost for designing small...
Child protection programmes require cross-sector links
Vulnerable children’s needs cut across different issues and research areas, calling for more dialogue between these.
Aniston, Cumberbatch, Ruffalo earn Screen Actors Guild Award nominations
Karen ButlerLOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Jennifer Aniston, Benedict Cumberbatch and Mark Ruffalo were among the artists nominated for Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles Wednesday.
Blood grown from stem cells could transform transfusions
Stem-cell technology is being used to grow fresh human blood in the laboratory – but don’t hand in your donor card just yet■ See more from the 20 innovations for 2015 seriesIn...
Emily Deschanel shows off baby bump at 'Bones' 200th episode
Annie MartinBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Emily Deschanel made her first red carpet appearance since announcing she's pregnant with her second child at the "Bones" 200th episode celebration...
Bed Bugs, Kissing Bugs Linked To Deadly Chagas Disease in U.S.
Risk may still be low, but findings lead scientists to call for better studies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Immune cells boost cancer survival from months to years
Firms embrace costly immunotherapy to fight intractable leukaemias and lymphomas.Nature 516 156 doi: 10.1038/516156a
Quick and cheap test to detect horse meat
Scientists develop test for meat authentification using a benchtop NMR machine
Why Scientists Are Blaming Cilia for Human Disease
Hairlike structures on cells may play a role in a host of genetic disorders, including kidney degeneration, vision impairment and even some cancers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Neutron diffraction shows how myelin gets on your nerves
New research has shed light on the way in which our nerves conduct electrical signals around our bodies. The structure of myelin, the layer of insulating fat surrounding nerve cells...
Diagnosing Disease Before Symptoms Strike
In October 2014, nurse Kaci Hickox returned to her home in Maine after treating Ebola patients in Sierra Leone with the group Doctors Without Borders. State officials ordered her to...
Rare canine open-heart surgery succeeds
Last April, Dylan Raskin's Japanese Chin, Esme, was diagnosed with mitral valve regurgitation, a fatal condition that causes backflow of blood in the heart's chambers. Though veterinarians initially treated the...
Debt and hunger at birthplace of Ebola in Guinea
MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) -- When 2-year-old Emile Ouamouno caught a fever, started vomiting, passed blood in his stool and died two days later, nobody knew why....
Veterinary researchers deliver pain medicine to piglets through sow's milk
Veterinary researchers at Iowa State University have devised a novel means of delivering pain medication to piglets through the milk of the mother sow as the piglets nurse.