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Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods
Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes
is not significantly better...
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No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
The results of genetic testing for Type 2
diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
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US Chronically Ill Patients Complain More about Health Care
US
chronically ill patients often skip medical care due to high costs or medical
errors compared...
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Michael Crichton Passed Away
Michael Crichton passed away Tuesday, at the age of 66, after a long struggle with cancer. Michael...
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Michael Crichton Leaves Behind a World Covered in Science
Michael Crichton, a best-selling author and filmmaker whose
widely acclaimed and compelling novels...
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B Vitamins Don’t Fight Cancer
New research published in Tuesday’s Journal of the American
Medical Association comes to...
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Many U.S. Patients Dissatisfied with Their Pain Care
According to a national survey of patients’
experiences, patients in many U.S.
hospitals are not...
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Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers
Those who are hesitant about publicly
sharing any part of their genome data, including medical...
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The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects
Harvard Medical School genetics professor
George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
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Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online
Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
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Harvard's Personal Genome Project Set To Begin Soon
Harvard University’s Medical School is in preparations to
begin a research called the Personal...
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Coffee and Breast Cancer, Risks and Benefits
Moderate caffeine consumption, found in
coffee and other caffeinated beverages, was not...
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Drug-Coated Stent Safer For Heart Attack Patients
A news study in the Sept. 25 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine
gives more hope to heart...
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Fish-Oil Can Reduce Heart-Failure Mortality Rate
A study conducted by a team of 357 Italian cardiology
centers has found that omega-3...
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Boys More Likely than Girls to Beat Asthma by Adolescence
A study looking at the differences in the disease in both sexes revealed that boys are more likely...
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New Discovery Marks a Step Forward in Stem Cell Research
The team of scientists from Harvard Medical School, Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts...
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Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism
U.S. researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these...
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Red Wine Compound Could Delay Aging
Drinking a glass of wine on daily basis will do you no harm.
Oppositely, it will protect you...
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Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes
People appear to choose non-cigarette tobacco products over
cigarettes, according to a report...
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Vitamin D Deficiency May Boost Heart Attack Risk
Men suffering from Vitamin D deficiency appear to be more
predisposed to heart attack, new...
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Social Factor Plays a Significant Role in Quitting Smoking
Quitting smoking appears to be contagious, according to a
study published May 22 in the New...
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Quitting Smoking – A Group Thing, Study Says
New research on quitting smoking shows that people willing
to do it are more likely to give up the...
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Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk
A series of studies have lately shown that vitamins don’t reduce
cancer risk. Just two weeks ago,...
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Research Shows No Benefit from Vitamin D in Breast Cancer Prevention
A new study in the online edition of the Journal of the
National Cancer Institute adds to the...
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A Simple Blood Test Can Spot People Who Are At Risk Of Heart Attack
According to the findings of a new study
presented at the meeting of the American Heart...
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Statins Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes, May Benefit Healthy People Too
Heart attacks and strokes may be cut by
roughly 50 percent among patients who receive preventive...
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Study Concludes: Vitamin B Does Not Reduce Cancer Risk
A study that
was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association
revealed...
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Folic Acid, Vitamin B Supplements: No Benefit In Cancer Prevention
Contrary to other studies, a new study
shows that daily supplements of folic acid, vitamin B6, and...
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Folic Acid, B Vitamins Don’t Lower Cancer Risk
Taking folic acid and other B vitamins on regular basis
doesn’t prevent breast cancer or cancer in...
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Many U.S. Patient Aren’t Satisfied With Their Care
A good number of patients are contended with the care they receive when hospitalized but many are...
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Study: 40 Percent of Women Suffer from Sexual Dysfunctions
And many of
them don’t even care.
A survey
performed by a Harvard University
researcher has...
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Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk
Researchers have detected more genes
associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
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Sharing Your Genes With The World
As part of their project on http://www.personalgenomes.org, a
group of enthusiastic scientists and...
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Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers
The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the
Harvard Medical School’s
Personal Genome Project,...
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Drinking Coffee Does Not Raise Overall Breast Cancer Risk
Coffee isn’t harmful to your health, a new
study confirms that theory. Is it true that long term,...
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Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells
The search for viable alternatives to replace
the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
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Free Drug Samples May Threaten Children’s Health
Free drug samples may pose serious risks to children, according to a study conducted by doctors...
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The Debate Over Presidential Rivals’ Health Care Plans Continues
Polls show voters favor Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential contest, with health care as one of...
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Confusion around Health Care Plans Offered by McCain and Obama
Both presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John McCain agree that Americans are spending too...
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Birth Size Increases Breast Cancer Risk
British
researchers have recently revealed that women who are both longer and heavier at
birth...
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New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique
The results of a study conducted by researchers
at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
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New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists have found a new and safer way to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which...
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Drug-Coated Stents Are Risk-Free For Heart Attack Victims
According to the largest study to date on the link between drug-coated stents and people who have...
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Drug-Coated Stents Safe for All Heart Attack Patients
Drug-coated stents are safe to use and
effective for all heart attack patients and they can cut...
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American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have found a...
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Drug-Coated Stents Are Official Life Savers
Taxus Express2 Atom Stent System and Taxus Express2 Stent System received approval from the U.S....
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Clot-Busting Stroke Drug To Help Patients
If you are a stroke sufferer you can take advantage of a clot-busting drug even if you take it...
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Shorter Radiation Time Effective In Breast Cancer
Results of
a study performed by Canadian researchers have been revealed to the
public on Monday,...
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Jimmy Fund Walkers Hope To Fight Against Cancer
A large number of people took to the streets yesterday, Sept. 21, to fight against cancer. The...
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Virtual Colonoscopy Versus Traditional Colonoscopy
A new study showed that virtual colonoscopy
was able to detect 90% of precancerous polyps larger...
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Five Prominent Scientists Win U.S. Medical Awards
Akira Endo, a 74-year-old Japanese of Biopharm Research Laboratories in Tokyo, won the clinical...
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Exposure To Air Pollution Can Obstruct Heart’s Electrical Function
Exposure to small particles in air pollution can have negative effects on individuals with coronary...
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