Latest science news in Health & Medicine
Little Lifesavers: Kids Capable Of CPR
Nine-year-olds can and should learn CPR. A study of 147 schoolchildren has shown that, although the smallest may lack the requisite strength, the knowledge of how to perform basic life...
Scientists Program Blood Stem Cells To Become Vision Cells
Researchers were able to program bone marrow stem cells to repair damaged retinas in mice, suggesting a potential treatment for one of the most common causes of vision loss in...
New Hope For Migraine Sufferers: Forehead Lifts Can Erase Years And Headaches
Migraine headaches are a drain -- not only on the estimated 30 million Americans who suffer from them, but on the economy, too. But according to a new study there...
World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Abortion Drug Ru-486 Receives Approval
Italy approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486 late Thursday, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican.
Americans Spent $33.9 Billion Out-of-pocket On Complementary And Alternative Medicine In One Year
Americans spent $33.9 billion out-of-pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) over the previous 12 months, according to a 2007 government survey. CAM is a group of diverse medical and...
Food Additive May One Day Help Control Blood Lipids And Reduce Disease Risk
Scientists have identified a substance in the liver that helps process fat and glucose. That substance is a component of the common food additive lecithin, and researchers speculate it may...
Mutation Responsible For Cystic Fibrosis Also Involved In Muscle Atrophy
Patients with cystic fibrosis usually experience significant muscle loss, a symptom traditionally considered to be a secondary complication of the devastating genetic disease. However, a recent study reverses the equation:...
Nasal vaccine developed for swine flu
NEW YORK, July 31 (UPI) -- Maryland-based Medimmune pharmaceuticals expects to produce nearly five times the amount of H1N1 vaccine originally anticipated, its executives said.
Researchers uncover genetic link to age-related cataracts
Bing-Cheng Wang, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor of pharmacology and senior staff scientist at MetroHealth Medical Center, and Sudha K. Iyengar, Ph.D. professor of genetic and...
Anti-medicare ad an exaggeration: experts
A U.S. ad featuring an Ontario woman who spoke out against the Canadian health care system may be exaggerating the severity of her condition, say medical experts.
Chronic kidney disease profoundly impacts quality of life
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can significantly lessen patients' quality of life, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN)....
New statistical method shows importance of dialysis dose
A new approach to statistical analysis may be better suited to study the relationship between higher "dose" of dialysis and survival time for patients with advanced kidney disease, according to...
Skeptics' Circle #116
Ladies and Gentlemen! Head on over to Beyond The Short Coat for the Skeptics' Circle: your fortnightly romp through skeptical posts, be they about the Obama birth certificate conspiracy, the...
Blood transfusions associated with infection
A study of almost 25,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients has shown that receiving blood from another person is associated with a two-fold increase in post-operative infection rates. The...
Communication breakdown: New strategy may be valid alternative to traditional antibiotics
Certainly there is strength in numbers, but only if those numbers can effectively communicate with one another. Now, a new study finds that administration of a novel small molecule which...
Unexpected reservoir of monocytes discovered in the spleen
It takes a spleen to mend a broken heart - that's the conclusion of a surprising new report from researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Centre for Systems Biology,...
Two Studies On Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Shed Light On Its Causes And Its Effect On Brothers Of Women With The Condition
Researchers have found evidence that chronic disease in either a mother or father can create unfavorable conditions in the womb that are associated with the development of polycystic ovarian syndrome...
Pregnancy: Summer Heat Increases Risk Of Amniotic Fluid Level Deficiency, Study Reveals
Pregnant women have a higher incidence of insufficient amniotic fluid levels (oligohydramnios) in the summer months due to dehydration, according to a new study. During the study period, there were...
New Approach To Screening For Serious Kidney Disease
The combination of two common medical tests can improve a doctor’s ability to predict which patients will develop serious kidney disease.
Post-transplant Combo Can Replace Toxic Immune-suppressing Drugs In Monkeys
A combination of costimulation blockers and alefacept can replace calcineurin inhibitors, the mainstay drugs given to transplant patients, in preventing graft rejection after kidney transplants in monkeys. The finding opens...
Man who died in U.S. abandoned by Man. health system: family
A 21-year-old Winnipeg man who fell ill in the United States died in a Colorado hospital because there was no room for him in Manitoba, his family said.
13 million abortions a year reported in China
About 13 million abortions are performed in China each year, involving mostly young, single women who weren't using contraception, state media reported on Thursday.
Mayo researchers find race has role in incidence, survival of rare brain tumor
The incidence of a rare and deadly tumor called primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is two times higher in black Americans, ages 20 to 49, than in white Americans,...
Minn. health officials warn of tick bites
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 30 (UPI) -- Two tick-borne diseases are emerging in Minnesota, prompting state health officials to urge caution when vacationing in the state's outdoors.
Doctor and Patient: Treating Patients as Partners, by Way of Informed Consent
The medical consent process can be a way to strengthen the bond between patients and physicians.
What makes a hero?
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research at Newcastle University shows that it's not enough to be noble and do a courageous act to be considered a hero.Studying the reactions of the public...
Janet Rowley to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom for cancer chromosome studies
Janet Davison Rowley, MD, a pioneer in demonstrating that cancer is a genetic disease, will receive the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom the White House announced Thursday. President Barack Obama...
Cancer society wants N.B. tanning age ban explained
The Canadian Cancer Society says it wants the New Brunswick government to explain how it enforces a ban on people under 18 using tanning beds