Genes in rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Genetics • Sep 18 07
A paper published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine provides strong evidence that one specific part of the genome is associated…
How Nutrition Affects the Breakdown of Fats
• Fat, Dietary • • Food & Nutrition • Sep 18 07
Scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Lipid Research that when either lean or obese individuals exercise after eating a high…
It Is Easy to Purchase Prescription Drugs and Controlled Substances Through Spam Messages
• Drug Abuse • • Public Health • Sep 18 07
It Is Easy to Purchase Prescription Drugs and Controlled Substances Through Spam Messages on the Internet
A new study in PLoS Medicine has…
The importance of gene regulation for common human disease
• Genetics • Sep 17 07
A new study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday 16 September 2007 show that common, complex diseases are more likely to be due to…
Genetic variant linked to odor perception
• Genetics • Sep 17 07
Why the same sweaty man smells pleasant to one person and repellant to another comes down to the smeller’s genes.
Duke University Medical Center…
New way to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease promises earlier treatment
• Brain • • Neurology • Sep 17 07
Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive…
Rating your pain from 0 to 10 might not help your doctor
• Pain • Sep 17 07
The most commonly used measure for pain screening may only be modestly accurate, according to researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and…
Male and Female Urethral Reconstruction: From Simple to Complex
• Urine Problems • Sep 17 07
The instructional course on urethral stricture disease was held September 3, 2007 at the centennial congress of the Societe Internationale Urologie in Paris. It…
Healthy Lunches, Key to School Success
• Children's Health • • Dieting • Sep 15 07
School cafeterias have an indistinguishable smell… no matter what’s on the menu. The sectioned off Styrofoam or cardboard plates usually hold some kind of…
CT scan benefits outweigh risks for kids
• Children's Health • Sep 15 07
The increased risk of cancer from the radiation used in a CT scan is negligible compared with the benefits for children who need a…
Yam bean a nearly forgotten crop
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 15 07
The Yam bean originated where the Andes meet the Amazon and is locally grown in South and Central America, South Asia, East Asia and…
Governance, strategy and innovation in mental health
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Public Health • Sep 14 07
There is a contemporary move in the National Health Service (NHS) to adopt commercial-style governance for provider trusts. Clinical governance has been developing toward…
Finding Better Ways to Treat Tropical Disease Caused by Parasitic Worm
• Infections • • Parasitic diseases • Sep 13 07
Researchers have provided new details about the inner workings of a parasitic worm that causes a tropical disease called schistosomiasis, which leads to itchy…
New report on mobile phone research published
• Public Health • Sep 12 07
Mobile phones have not been found to be associated with any biological or adverse health effects, according to the UK’s largest investigation into the…
Methadone and systematic follow-up: the best solution for managing chronic pain
• Pain • Sep 12 07
Approximately 30% of Canadians suffer daily from chronic pain. Patients may be affected differently depending on the intensity, but all chronic pain is debilitating…
Nicotine May Accelerate Atherosclerosis, May Be as Dangerous as Tar
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Sep 12 07
It’s well known that smoking cigarettes increases risk for a host of serious health problems from cancer to heart disease. Now a new study…
United States Continues to Have Highest Level of Health Spending
• Public Health • Sep 12 07
The United States continues to spend the most on health care when compared to other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Health…
Nice but naughty—our addiction to chocolate
• Food & Nutrition • Sep 11 07
Chocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being ‘addicted to chocolate’ or willingly label themselves as ‘chocoholics’. A…
A Child’s I.Q. Could be Affected by Maternal Epilepsy
• Children's Health • • Epilepsy • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 11 07
A history of maternal epilepsy and its associated treatment may be linked to impaired intelligence later in life, says a new study published in…
Mediterranean diet may help Alzheimer’s patients live longer
• Dieting • • Neurology • Sep 11 07
A Mediterranean diet may help people with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than patients who eat a more traditional Western diet. The study is published…
Early abuse may lead to migraine, depression
• Headaches • • Migraine • • Neurology • Sep 06 07
Stressful early life events such as child abuse may make women more susceptible to migraine and depression as adults, survey findings suggest.
“This study…
Researcher Developing New Method for Hearing Loss Assessment
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Sep 06 07
A Purdue University researcher is working on a new technique to diagnose hearing loss in a way that more accurately reflects real-world situations.
“The…
Children stressed six months before starting school
• Children's Health • • Neurology • Sep 05 07
The first few days at school can be an anxious time as children face the challenge of a new environment and making new friends…
Selection on genes underlying schizophrenia during human evolution
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Sep 05 07
Several genes with strong associations to schizophrenia have evolved rapidly due to selection during human evolution, according to new research in the Proceedings of…
Migraines—Options to Prevent and Treat the Pounding Pain
• Headaches • • Migraine • Sep 04 07
Migraines are more than a bad headache. As nearly 30 million Americans can attest, the throbbing pain of a migraine can be debilitating, lasting…