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Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online Medicine & Health / Health August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Boston, MA--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic. ...

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, ...

Findings challenge common practice regarding glucose control for critically ill patients Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An analysis of randomized trials indicates that for critically ill adults, tight glucose control is not associated with a significantly reduced risk of death in the hospital, but is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia, ...

Research examines variations of rare lung disease Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, is a rare but serious lung disease that may cause severe respiratory symptoms in patients. The often-fatal disease has no cure.

ABC-transporters expressed on endothelial cell membranes efflux anti-HIV drugs Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Researchers at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans (USA) have discovered that drug-efflux pumps, belonging to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family, are constitutively expressed on vascular endothelial ...

Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease.

Why do eyelids sag with age? New study answers mystery Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Many theories have sought to explain what causes the baggy lower eyelids that come with aging, but UCLA researchers have now found that fat expansion in the eye socket is the primary culprit. As a result, ...

Scientist unveils secret of newborn's first words Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words – the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns.

Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why Medicine & Health / Psychology August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit "cold turkey" often fizzle out within days or even hours.

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

Study points to potential new use for Viagra Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A "basic science" breakthrough by Queen's University researchers into regulating a single enzyme may lead to new drug therapies that will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Cell removal technique could lead to cheaper drugs Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses.

Newer cardiac imaging machines effective in detecting coronary artery stenosis Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The first multicenter study of the accuracy of some of the latest cardiac imaging technology found it was 99 percent as effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery stenosis - or narrowing of these arteries – as the ...

Stick with simple antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid super bugs, says researcher Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a University of Melbourne study.

Satisfaction and regret after radical prostatectomy procedures studied Medicine & Health / Cancer August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Studies have shown that approximately 16% of patients with localised prostate cancer regret their treatment choice. European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, will be publishing ...

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Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online Medicine & Health / Health August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Boston, MA--Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that one fifth of both U.S.-manufactured and Indian-manufactured Ayurvedic medicines purchased via the Internet contain lead, mercury or arsenic. ...

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Reducing levels of uric acid in blood lowered blood pressure to normal in most teens in a study designed to investigate a possible link between blood pressure and the chemical, a waste product of the body's normal metabolism, ...

Findings challenge common practice regarding glucose control for critically ill patients Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet An analysis of randomized trials indicates that for critically ill adults, tight glucose control is not associated with a significantly reduced risk of death in the hospital, but is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycemia, ...

Research examines variations of rare lung disease Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, is a rare but serious lung disease that may cause severe respiratory symptoms in patients. The often-fatal disease has no cure.

ABC-transporters expressed on endothelial cell membranes efflux anti-HIV drugs Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet Researchers at Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans (USA) have discovered that drug-efflux pumps, belonging to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter family, are constitutively expressed on vascular endothelial ...

Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease.

Why do eyelids sag with age? New study answers mystery Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Many theories have sought to explain what causes the baggy lower eyelids that come with aging, but UCLA researchers have now found that fat expansion in the eye socket is the primary culprit. As a result, ...

Scientist unveils secret of newborn's first words Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words – the human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns.

Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why Medicine & Health / Psychology August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 A new study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University sheds light on why smokers' intentions to quit "cold turkey" often fizzle out within days or even hours.

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...

Study points to potential new use for Viagra Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A "basic science" breakthrough by Queen's University researchers into regulating a single enzyme may lead to new drug therapies that will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Cell removal technique could lead to cheaper drugs Medicine & Health / Research August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have pioneered a simple way to remove dead cells from cell cultures used to make protein-based drugs, which are increasingly prescribed to treat a range of illnesses.

Newer cardiac imaging machines effective in detecting coronary artery stenosis Medicine & Health / Other August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet The first multicenter study of the accuracy of some of the latest cardiac imaging technology found it was 99 percent as effective in ruling out obstructive coronary artery stenosis - or narrowing of these arteries – as the ...

Stick with simple antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid super bugs, says researcher Medicine & Health / Diseases August 26, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Australian hospitals should avoid prescribing expensive broad-spectrum antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid the development of more drug-resistant super bugs, according to a University of Melbourne study.

Satisfaction and regret after radical prostatectomy procedures studied Medicine & Health / Cancer August 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Studies have shown that approximately 16% of patients with localised prostate cancer regret their treatment choice. European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, will be publishing ...

Researchers find high levels of toxic metals in herbal medicine products sold online

High levels of uric acid may be associated with high blood pressure

Findings challenge common practice regarding glucose control for critically ill patients

Research examines variations of rare lung disease

ABC-transporters expressed on endothelial cell membranes efflux anti-HIV drugs

Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease

Why do eyelids sag with age? New study answers mystery

Scientist unveils secret of newborn's first words

Trouble quitting?: New smoking study may reveal why

Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too

Study points to potential new use for Viagra

Cell removal technique could lead to cheaper drugs

Newer cardiac imaging machines effective in detecting coronary artery stenosis

Stick with simple antibiotics for pneumonia to avoid super bugs, says researcher

Satisfaction and regret after radical prostatectomy procedures studied

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