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Health

Autistic Kids Display Common Genetic Variations

Autistic Kids Display Common Genetic Variations

Researchers have long blamed genetics for autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) but no study...
» read full story April 29th, 2009 - 13:33
Do You Know What Diet To Follow?

Do You Know What Diet To Follow?

Following a diet is not easy, especially if you choose it on your own. Why? Simply: because people...
» read full story April 14th, 2009 - 14:25
Women Fertility May One Day Be Restored through Stem Cell Treatment

Women Fertility May One Day Be Restored through Stem Cell Treatment

Reporting in the journal Nature Cell Biology, Chinese scientists suggest that women may one day be...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 13:42

Acid Reflux Drugs Do Not Improve Asthma

A new study in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine suggests that treating...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 14:33
Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular Reconstruction No Better Than Bypass Alone in Heart Failure

Ventricular reconstruction to improve symptoms in people with heart failure, a procedure often...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 20:07

Viral infections carry lingering heart risks

 Exercise usually helps strengthen the heart but after a bout of flu or another viral...
» read full story March 30th, 2009 - 09:33
Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Might Kill Them

Lowering Blood Glucose Levels in Critically Ill Patients Might Kill Them

A new study reported online March 24 in the New England Journal of Medicine reveals that lowering...
» read full story March 25th, 2009 - 16:30
Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows

Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows

Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 18:48
Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eat Less Red or Processed Meat! Live Longer!

Eating too much red meat might put you at risk of dying early from cancer, heart disease and...
» read full story March 24th, 2009 - 15:14
Pediatrician Agrees to Stop Practicing Following Abuse Charges

Pediatrician Agrees to Stop Practicing Following Abuse Charges

A former Children’s Hospital Boston pediatrician accused last year of sexually abusing as...
» read full story March 21st, 2009 - 14:31
Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Is PSA Test Really Important for Prostate Cancer Prevention?

Many studies have tried to find an answer to this question, but the majority of them ended in...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 16:14
It’s All About Calories

It’s All About Calories

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Pennington Biomedical Research Center...
» read full story February 28th, 2009 - 23:18
Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Combination of Two-Already Approved Drugs May Cure Resistant TB

Two FDA-approved drugs show promise in treating extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB),...
» read full story February 27th, 2009 - 14:01
Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 01:15
Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

Calcium May Lower Digestive Cancer Risk

People with the highest levels of calcium intake had significantly fewer cancers of the digestive...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 14:09
Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Scientists Make Astonishing Breakthrough in the Flight against Flu

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in...
» read full story February 23rd, 2009 - 14:00
Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Discovery May Offer New Targets for Drug Development to Slow Alzheimer’s

Researchers at Genentech of South San Francisco and the Salk Institute of La Jolla have...
» read full story February 19th, 2009 - 15:57
Court Finds That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

Court Finds That Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism

A special court ruling that there is no connection between autism and some specific childhood...
» read full story February 15th, 2009 - 20:25
Most Advertised Cigarette Brands Also On Top of Teenagers’ Preferences

Most Advertised Cigarette Brands Also On Top of Teenagers’ Preferences

The most heavily advertized brands of cigarettes, Marlboro, Newport and Camel also seem to be on...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:54
The Excessive Presence of B-Cell Clones Signals an Increased Risk of Common Leukemia

The Excessive Presence of B-Cell Clones Signals an Increased Risk of Common Leukemia

A new study conducted by Maryland’s National Cancer Institute finds a connection between the...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 15:30
Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

Breast Cancer Risk Drops after the End of Hormone Replacement Therapy

According to a new study, women that follow HRT, or hormone-replacing therapy, have an increased...
» read full story February 06th, 2009 - 20:32
Hormone Therapy – Breast Cancer Link Once Again Confirmed

Hormone Therapy – Breast Cancer Link Once Again Confirmed

A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms once again the link between hormone...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:00
$100 million Gift for AIDS Institute

$100 million Gift for AIDS Institute

AIDS researchers hailed a $100 million gift from a Cambridge technology magnate that will create an...
» read full story February 04th, 2009 - 22:45
Stem Cells Are Offered New Grants, Despite Their Being Delayed

Stem Cells Are Offered New Grants, Despite Their Being Delayed

San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, UCSF, Stanford University, the J. David Gladstone...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 22:29
Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Weight Loss Improves Urinary Incontinence In Women

Doctors often advise patients to lose weight if they’re at risk of developing certain...
» read full story January 30th, 2009 - 15:42
Moms’ C-section Complications On The Rise

Moms’ C-section Complications On The Rise

C-section has long been thought to have consequences on newborns’ health, especially those...
» read full story January 22nd, 2009 - 14:40
Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Wyeth Vaccine Helped Slash Pneumococcal Meningitis Rates

Pneumococcal meningitis rates have declined substantially since a new vaccine was introduced in...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 13:30
Nation’s Largest Lab Company Admits Error in Vitamin D Tests

Nation’s Largest Lab Company Admits Error in Vitamin D Tests

Quest Diagnostics Inc. of Madison, N.J., the nations’ largest lab company, provided...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 13:41
An Early C-Section Is Definitely Not The Best Choice

An Early C-Section Is Definitely Not The Best Choice

According to a new study, early elective cesarean sections pose serious risks to newborns. The...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 23:40
C-Sections Increases Risks For Babies If Done Before Term

C-Sections Increases Risks For Babies If Done Before Term

 Cesarean delivery appears to increase the risk of an adverse neonatal outcome by 50 percent...
» read full story January 08th, 2009 - 13:36
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World

Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

Three European Scientists Won The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine

One German and two French scientists won the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 09:41

20th Century Medicine Giant Michael DeBakey Dies At 99

Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, whose revolutionary heart transplants and coronary bypass surgical...
» read full story July 13th, 2008 - 13:50
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Movies

Spike Lee Gets Taste of Own Medicine

Spike Lee Gets Taste of Own Medicine

Spike Lee has recently been very outspoken against Clint Eastwood regarding the lack of...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 10:48
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Specials

Epilepsy Drug Could Impair Your Baby’s Cognitive Function

Epilepsy Drug Could Impair Your Baby’s Cognitive Function

The use of anti-seizure drug valproate while pregnant may cause your baby harm, US researchers said...
» read full story April 17th, 2009 - 13:49

Male Circumcision May Prevent Two Common STDs

Male circumcision appears to offer more protection to men than previously estimated, according to...
» read full story March 27th, 2009 - 14:30
Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

Want to Lose Weight? It’s All about Calories!

When it comes to losing weight everyone is an expert. Everyone, and here I mean women, knows at...
» read full story March 02nd, 2009 - 14:58
Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Study: Women Should Drink Milk, Not Alcohol

Women who have just one alcoholic drink each day increase their risk of cancer, according to a new...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 09:55

New Flu Vaccine Based on Human Antibodies May Come in Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 24th, 2009 - 15:00
Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Willem J. Kolff, ‘Father Of The Artificial Organ’ Dies

Dr. Willem J. Kolff, the man behind the first artificial kidney and several other devices that...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 15:00
Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

Mass. Man Donates $100 M for AIDS Institute

On Wednesday, the Massachusetts General Hospital was donated $100 million to create an...
» read full story February 05th, 2009 - 14:13
Vitamins Unable To Lower Cancer Risk

Vitamins Unable To Lower Cancer Risk

Beta carotene and vitamin C and E supplements failed in preventing cancer in women, the authors of...
» read full story January 01st, 2009 - 19:53
Vitamins C, E And Beta Carotene Don’t Prevent Cancer

Vitamins C, E And Beta Carotene Don’t Prevent Cancer

New research shows that vitamin C and E supplements and beta carotene don't prevent cancer in...
» read full story December 31st, 2008 - 14:44
Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors

Medical Residents Should Sleep More to Prevent Deadly Errors

A series of reports done on the medical field have revealed serious medical errors....
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 22:14
Medical Residents Need a Sleep-Break after 16 Hours of Work

Medical Residents Need a Sleep-Break after 16 Hours of Work

Medical residents should work no longer than 16 hours in a row without a five-hour break for sleep...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 14:10
Experts Recommend More Sleep for Medical Residents

Experts Recommend More Sleep for Medical Residents

A panel of experts at the Institute of Medicine issued a recommendation to medical residents...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 17:22
Vitamin D Protects Your Heart

Vitamin D Protects Your Heart

Scientists are in a continuous researching process, in order to aid mankind in its fight against...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 11:43
Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity

Chemical In Our Stomach Might Help Us Fight Obesity

As more and more people suffer from obesity and, consequently, obesity-related diseases,...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 14:26

Families Resolve Conflicts On Therapist's Couch

Berlin - Families grow from one generation to the next and frequently pass some problems along in...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 12:39

Blame Your Boss For Your Heart Attack!

Employees who say their bosses are inconsiderate and uncommunicative are more susceptible to heart...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 21:46

Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack

A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 23:53
Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Crestor Benefic for Healthy People As Well

Statins of cholesterol-lowering drugs have been known to reduce heart risk in people with...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:30
Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Scientists Finally Decode Cancer Genome

Using DNA mapping, researchers have finally traced cancer to its genetic roots, according to a...
» read full story November 06th, 2008 - 21:12
Daylight Saving Time Triggers Heart Attack

Daylight Saving Time Triggers Heart Attack

Heart attack rates appear to be increasing during the daylight saving time according to a study by...
» read full story November 02nd, 2008 - 14:38
Talk Therapy Plus Antidepressant - Best Treatment For Child Anxiety

Talk Therapy Plus Antidepressant - Best Treatment For Child Anxiety

Separation anxiety, social phobia and generalized anxiety in children can be effectively treated...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 14:05
Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack

Three studies scheduled to be presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology's annual...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 13:00
US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer

US researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who develop...
» read full story October 23rd, 2008 - 13:08
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells: Human Testes

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 09th, 2008 - 15:06
The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

The Nobel Prize Rekindles 25 Years Old Controversy

On Monday, the Nobel committee awarded the famous prize to Dr. Luc Montagnier, a...
» read full story October 07th, 2008 - 21:44

German, French Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize for Virus Discoveries

Stockholm - The finding of cervical cancer virus and the discovery of the human immunodeficiency...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 16:18
High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure

High Blood Pressure Conference: Learn To Deal With Your Blood Pressure

The American Heart Association’s Conference of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research held...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:20
Which Part Will McCain Play In Stem Cell Research?

Which Part Will McCain Play In Stem Cell Research?

Several Wisconsin top stem-cell researchers, advocates, as well as industry leaders, voiced concern...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:13
Update: A Healthy Lifestyle Delays Aging Process

Update: A Healthy Lifestyle Delays Aging Process

Researchers have long stressed the importance of living a healthy life based on daily exercise and...
» read full story September 17th, 2008 - 17:00
Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

Update: Study Questions Common Knee Surgery For Osteoarthritis

If people suffering from osteoarthritis were looking at arthroscopic knee surgery as their...
» read full story September 12th, 2008 - 08:40
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Technology

Study Warns: Heart Defibrillators Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks

Study Warns: Heart Defibrillators Vulnerable To Hacker Attacks

U.S. researchers unveiled on Wednesday that even humans can be vulnerable to hacker attacks. How...
» read full story March 12th, 2008 - 15:36
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Science

New Flu Vaccine Based On Human Antibodies May Come In Years

A new vaccine fighting several strains of the flu, including the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu,...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 10:20

Researchers Will Test Breast Cancer Vaccine

Good news for cancer fighters all around the world! Scientists at the University of Arkansas for...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 21:44
Study: Vitamin C, E Supplements Fail To Reduce Cancer Risk

Study: 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,...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 11:54
Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism

Heavy Rainfall Might Explain High Rates Of Autism

Children living in regions with higher levels of annual rainfall may be more predisposed to...
» read full story November 05th, 2008 - 11:38
Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Internet genome scans are both popular and controversial in US

Washington - Some people who want their genome scanned are only worried about what their hair will...
» read full story October 20th, 2008 - 07:44
European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European Scientists Find New Source Of Stem Cells

European researchers made a huge step in stem cell research by converting cells from human...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:11
Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To Three European Scientists

The 2008 Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded on Monday. Two French scientists who discovered...
» read full story October 06th, 2008 - 19:44
Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Men, Keep Cell Phones Away From Your Pants To Avoid Infertility!

Cell phone radiation has been linked to a series of health problems in recent years, from...
» read full story September 22nd, 2008 - 14:30
Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows

Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows

As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of physical activity starts declining...
» read full story July 16th, 2008 - 20:19
Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Melanoma Cases On The Rise Among Younger Women

Researchers browsing through the cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, found that...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 10:30
Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight

People writing down what they eat every day lose on average twice as much weight as those who...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 13:52
Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy

Study: Melanoma Cured 100% through Blood Cell Therapy

The results of a new study conducted by a research team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 11:36
California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California Awards $271M in Stem Cell Grants

California has approved funding worth $271 million in total to create twelve stem cell research...
» read full story May 08th, 2008 - 20:21
Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82

Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University Professor and president emeritus of the...
» read full story February 05th, 2008 - 12:14
Lab Announces Breakthrough In Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Lab Announces Breakthrough In Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Scientists at the Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced on Thursday that...
» read full story January 11th, 2008 - 14:45
Americans Warned Not to Vote a Leader Who Doubts Evolution

Americans Warned Not to Vote a Leader Who Doubts Evolution

Just a day after ordained Baptist minister Mike Huckabee won in Iowa in the first stage of choosing...
» read full story January 05th, 2008 - 18:22
Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Scientists Have Created First Primate Cloned Embryos

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University have created for the first time cloned...
» read full story November 14th, 2007 - 21:18
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