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Depression And Inflammation Linked To Pain In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes inflammation of the joints and surrounding tissues. More than 1.3 million adults in the US suffer from RA with 75 percent...
Protein handlers should be effective treatment target for cancer and Alzheimer's
Cancer and Alzheimer's have excess protein in common and scientists say learning more about how proteins are made and eliminated will lead to better treatment for both.
Cooling Therapy For Cardiac Arrest Survivors Is As Cost-effective As Accepted Treatments
The cost effectiveness of post-resuscitation therapeutic hypothermia is comparable to widely accepted treatments for other medical conditions. Lowering the body temperature of cardiac arrest patients can reduce death and disability...
Older Adults Subjected To Abuse Or Self-neglect At Greater Risk Of Mortality
Older adults who are subjected to abuse or self-neglect face a greater risk of premature death than other seniors, according to a study published in the Aug. 5 issue of...
Intense, Prolonged Exposure To World Trade Center Attack Linked To New Health Problems Years Later
Large number of individuals, such as recovery and rescue workers, nearby residents and office workers, who experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new...
Khmer Rouge trials offer baseline study for mental health impact to a society of war crimes tribunal
CHAPEL HILL -- As leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime testify in a human rights tribunal, in harrowing detail, for the killing of more than a million Cambodians...
Wyeth ghostwriters pushed hormone therapy
MADISON, N.J., Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Ghostwriters paid by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Wyeth worked on dozens of articles published in medical journals under doctors' names, court documents indicate.
Social Stress Linked To Harmful Fat Deposits, Heart Disease
A new study shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful...
Emergency physician judgment on chest pain patients syncs with their outcomes
Emergency physicians should trust their judgment when evaluating patients who report with chest pain symptoms, said a group of researchers led by Abhinav Chandra, M.D., at Duke University Medical Centre...
Abnormal brain circuits may prevent movement disorder
Specific changes in brain pathways may counteract genetic mutations for the movement disorder dystonia, according to new research in the August 5 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Few people...
Federal judge upholds 'bubble ordinance' for abortion protesters
The Oakland ordinance prohibits protesters from coming within 8 feet of patients entering abortion clinics. A Baptist minister had challenged the law after being convicted of violating it last year. A clash in Oakland...
The Work-Up: For Health Insurers’ Lobbyist, Good Will Is Tested
The work of the industry’s chief lobbyist, Karen Ignagni, over the last three years to reach agreements among insurers may be undercut.
Warning From F.D.A. on Arthritis Drugs for Young Patients
Patients who take drugs to treat some inflammatory diseases will find a warning on the box that the medicines may increase in the risk of cancer in young people.
Twin Study Examines Associations Between Depression And Coronary Artery Disease
Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual's lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex...
Nerve-block Anesthesia Can Improve Surgical Recovery, Even Outcomes
When planning for surgery, patients too often don't consider the kind of anesthesia they will receive. In fact, the choice of anesthesia can improve recovery, even outcomes.
Lead-based Consumer Paint Remains A Global Public Health Threat
Although lead content in paint has been restricted in the United States since 1978, environmental health researchers say in major countries from three continents there is still widespread failure to...
Yamaha's Rhino: For Some A Deadly Ride
Exclusive CBS News Investigation Finds 59 Deaths, Hundreds Of Injuries Linked To Yamaha's Off-Road Vehicle
Mass. warns of toxins in baby bottles
BOSTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Massachusetts told parents of babies to avoid plastic milk bottles reinforced with bisphenol A, a controversial chemical tied to developmental problems.
Swine Flu Vaccinations Should Begin This Fall, Say Experts
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Case studies: Dietary supplements with steroids pose health danger
Three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements have been reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.
Twin towers fallout lingers
People near the World Trade Center during the 9/11 attacks show higher-than-normal rates of asthma, stress several years afterward
Why Certain Cancer Treatments Cause High Blood Pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs that block the formation of new blood vessels that feed tumor growth are helping some cancer patients enjoy longer lives.
Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive
(AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.
Preventing child injuries
Injuries are the most significant threat to the health of Canadian children, but research shows training exercises to improve balance, agility and strength can help reduce injury rates for adolescents...
Researchers tackle influenza by studying human behavior
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin will participate in a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fight influenza and other diseases by...
More D.C. kids had high lead levels
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- More than twice as many District of Columbia children as previously reported had dangerously high lead levels in their blood, congressional investigators said.
Aussies dodge cancer test
A researcher has found that fear and embarrassment may explain why bowel cancer screening is so unpopular – despite being effective.
Critical Link In Cell Death Pathway Revealed
The role of a protein called XIAP in the regulation of cell death has been identified by researchers and has led them to recommend caution when drugs called IAP inhibitors...