Evolution is driven by gene regulation
• Genetics • Aug 10 07
It is not just what’s in your genes, it’s how you turn them on that accounts for the difference between species — at least…
Alcohol, Tobacco and Genetics
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 10 07
Alcohol and smoking can be harmful, if not deadly. While the desire for these substances can be due to environmental cues, genomic factors also…
What Is Teddy Smoking?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 09 07
Last week the Senate began hearings on a bipartisan bill to give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory control over cigarettes and other tobacco…
Smokeless Tobacco More Effective than Cigarettes for Delivering Dangerous Carcinogens into the Body
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 09 07
It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes. In the…
High Prevalence of Smoking Among Physicians in China
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 08 07
New UCLA/China Center for Disease Control Research Finds High Prevalence of Smoking Among Physicians in China
Study prompts China CDC to initiate antismoking campaign…
New Mechanism Links Smoking to Lung Damage
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 08 07
In the August 7, 2007, issue of PLoS One, researchers show how a poorly understood and previously unsuspected mechanism may be the key to…
Stress may leave your mouth a mess
• Dental Health • • Neurology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Aug 08 07
A literature review published in the August issue of the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) saw a strong relationship between stress and periodontal diseases;…
Preventing Another Stroke: What You Should Know
• Neurology • • Stroke • Aug 07 07
What is a stroke?
A stroke happens when an area of the brain is damaged, this usually happens when blood does not reach…
Promoting Child Safety with Computers
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Aug 06 07
Computer technology that provides parents with customized safety information can be an effective way to help their children avoid injury, according to a study…
Research team enlightens the reasons for severe blindness
• Eye / Vision Problems • Aug 06 07
People suffering from a severe retinal disease will sooner or later lose their eyesight considerably or even become completely blind. Those affected, family members,…
Restless legs syndrome can affect kids too
• Children's Health • Aug 06 07
Restless legs syndrome is fairly common in children and teenagers, occurring more often than diabetes or epilepsy, new research indicates.
Restless legs syndrome…
In Women, Caffeine May Protect Memory
• Brain • • Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Aug 06 07
Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical…
Why Women Get More Migraines Than Men
• Gender: Female • • Headaches • • Migraine • Aug 05 07
For every man with a migraine, three women are struck by the severe headaches that often come with nausea, sensitivity to light and sound,…
Does This Child Have Appendicitis? Watch Out for Key Signs
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Aug 03 07
A 5-year-old with abdominal pain, nausea and fever may have appendicitis or any of a number of other problems. But how does the child’s…
Screening Improves Detection of Major Stroke Risk Factor
• Stroke • Aug 03 07
Actively screening people aged 65 or over in the community improves the detection of atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rhythm), a major risk factor for…
Drug Effective In Treatment of Heavy Psoriasis Patients
• Dermatology • • Skin Care • Aug 02 07
A meta-analysis of four randomized Phase III placebo-controlled trials confirms that the injectable drug Efalizumab, a humanized therapeutic antibody designed to selectively and reversibly…
Music moves brain to pay attention, Stanford study finds
• Brain • Aug 01 07
Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies by an obscure 18th-century composer, a research team from the Stanford University School of Medicine…
Study Shows Cigarette Additives Could Be Making It
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 01 07
A new UCLA study shows that at least 100 of the 599 documented cigarette additives have “pharmacological” actions, many of which enhance or maintain…
Coated Aspirin Has Same Effect on Stomach as Plain Aspirin
• Bowel Problems • • Drug News • Jul 31 07
Some people take aspirin without ever having a problem with their stomach. Others develop low-grade stomach pain or get an ulcer. A few develop…
Impact on Lungs of One Cannabis Joint Equal to Up to Five Cigarettes
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 31 07
A single cannabis joint has the same effect on the lungs as smoking up to five cigarettes in one go, indicates research published ahead…
Etoricoxib and naproxen effective for arthritis
• Arthritis • • Drug News • Jul 30 07
The COX-2 inhibitor etoricoxib and the older agent naproxen are both safe and effective for the treatment of arthritis, according to a report in…
Multiple Sclerosis Gene Uncovered After 30-year Search
• Genetics • • Neurology • Jul 30 07
For the first time in more than three decades, a multi-center team of researchers has uncovered a gene linked to multiple sclerosis (MS) that…
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 07
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of…
More Fish Oil, Less Vegetable Oil, Better for Your Health
• Dieting • Jul 26 07
Scientists have provided new evidence that using more fish oil than vegetable oil in the diet decreases the formation of chemicals called prostanoids, which,…
Infant Hearing Test Results May Predict Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Children's Health • Jul 26 07
One of the greatest medical mysteries of our time has taken a leap forward in medical understanding with new study results announced by Dr.…