Who should MDs let die in a pandemic? Report offers answers May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 49 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won't get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. | |
Secondhand smoke exposure can cause cell damage in 30 minutes May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found. | |
Medical marijuana user who was denied liver transplant dies May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 5
(AP) -- A man who was denied a liver transplant largely because he used marijuana with medical approval to ease the symptoms of hepatitis C has died. | |
Too much, too little sleep tied to ill health in CDC study May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- People who sleep fewer than six hours a night - or more than nine - are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies. ... | |
Major shift in HIV prevention priorities needed 18 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 3
According to a new policy analysis led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the University of California, Berkeley, the most common HIV prevention strategies—condom promotion, HIV testing, treatment ... | |
Doctors to reassess antibiotics for 'chronic Lyme' disease May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- Patients who believe they suffer long-term problems from Lyme disease are claiming victory over a national doctors group. The Infectious Diseases Society of America has agreed to review its guidelines, which say ... | |
 24 Chinese children die of virus; other countries affected May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(AP) -- A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in neighboring countries. | |
 Part I: Hunting for a miracle, grasping at a chance May 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(AP) -- It was only a chair, but it had become his purgatory. Each day that John Pou spent in the wheelchair, his spirit seemed to die a little more. It was a perpetual reminder of the calamity that had brought ... | |
Gene sequence that can make half of us fatter is discovered May 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A gene sequence linked to an expanding waist line, weight gain and a tendency to develop type 2 diabetes has been discovered as part of a study published today in the journal Nature Genetics. | |
Cell's 'power plant' genes raise vision disorder risk May 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Genetic variation in the DNA of mitochondria – the “power plants” of cells – contributes to a person’s risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), Vanderbilt investigators report May 7 in the journal PLoS ... | |
New cancer gene found 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears in Nature’s cancer journal Oncogene. | |
Researchers report the cloning of a key group of human genes, the protein kinases May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Although the human genome has been sequenced, research into mechanism of action of genes has been hampered by the fact that most human genes have not been isolated. This is true for even the most common class of cancer-associated ... | |
EGFR protects cancer cells from starvation via a kinase-independent mechanism May 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Scientists have uncovered a previously unrealized mechanism by which the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a tyrosine kinase, promotes survival of cancer cells through a kinase-independent mechanism. The research, ... | |
Working makes for a happier retirement May 05, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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People over 65 but still working feel better than those who have retired, new research shows. | |
Study assesses TV viewing and verbal interactions among low-income parents and infants May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Mothers in low-income families seldom speak to their infants while the children are watching television or videos, which most do on a daily basis, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent ... | |
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