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Most vaccine-allergic children can still be safely vaccinated, experts say Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's ...

Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists and musicians have learned that looking at the brain on music can yield valuable insights into how the mind works. Yet, University of Arkansas music theorist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis cautions ...

With over-weight kids the norm, parents are asking how much a toddler should eat Medicine & Health / Health September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Where does the American tendency to become overweight begin? With 20 percent of Montana high school students being overweight and 10 percent of those qualifying as obese, the question is as relevant in Montana ...

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Feeling connected to others is vital to a person's mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows.

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...

New genes found for inflammatory bowel disease in children Medicine & Health / Genetics August 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers have discovered two new genes that increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood.

Scientists find second site for prostate cancer gene Medicine & Health / Cancer September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues who are studying a prostate cancer gene called HNF1B have found a second independent site within the HNF1B gene on chromosome 17 (17q12) – increasing ...

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

Survey: 'Tanorexia' common among university students Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively, the study ...

Scientists uncover Ebola cell-invasion strategy Medicine & Health / Diseases September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered a key biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells — a critical step to finding a way to treat the deadly disease ...

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. ...

A sharper look at malaria Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite ...

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Think back to when you slipped on the ice or in the shower: the ground rushing up, your feet shooting out, terror building even as your mind is working a mile a second to plot a soft landing.

The first autism disease genes Medicine & Health / Genetics September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. ...

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported ...

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Most vaccine-allergic children can still be safely vaccinated, experts say Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet With close monitoring and a few standard precautions, nearly all children with known or suspected vaccine allergies can be safely immunized, according to a team of vaccine safety experts led by the Johns Hopkins Children's ...

Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- Neuroscientists and musicians have learned that looking at the brain on music can yield valuable insights into how the mind works. Yet, University of Arkansas music theorist Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis cautions ...

With over-weight kids the norm, parents are asking how much a toddler should eat Medicine & Health / Health September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Where does the American tendency to become overweight begin? With 20 percent of Montana high school students being overweight and 10 percent of those qualifying as obese, the question is as relevant in Montana ...

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being Medicine & Health / Psychology September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s) \| No comments yet Feeling connected to others is vital to a person's mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows.

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases Medicine & Health / Research September 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 In a collaborative study at the University of California, San Diego, investigators from neurosciences, chemistry and medicine, as well as the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have investigated how proteins ...

New genes found for inflammatory bowel disease in children Medicine & Health / Genetics August 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Researchers have discovered two new genes that increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in childhood.

Scientists find second site for prostate cancer gene Medicine & Health / Cancer September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues who are studying a prostate cancer gene called HNF1B have found a second independent site within the HNF1B gene on chromosome 17 (17q12) – increasing ...

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200 Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday.

Survey: 'Tanorexia' common among university students Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study conducted at a large university finds more than 25 percent of those surveyed reported symptoms of tanning dependence, including symptoms similar to alcohol and drug-addicted individuals. Suggestively, the study ...

Scientists uncover Ebola cell-invasion strategy Medicine & Health / Diseases September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have discovered a key biochemical link in the process by which the Ebola Zaire virus infects cells — a critical step to finding a way to treat the deadly disease ...

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 There may be a very good reason why coffee and cigarettes often seem to go hand in hand. A Kansas State University psychology professor's research suggests that nicotine's power may be in how it enhances other experiences. ...

A sharper look at malaria Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite ...

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Think back to when you slipped on the ice or in the shower: the ground rushing up, your feet shooting out, terror building even as your mind is working a mile a second to plot a soft landing.

The first autism disease genes Medicine & Health / Genetics September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), who created the new label 'early infantile autism'. At the same time an Austrian scientist, Dr. ...

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms, doctors reported ...

Most vaccine-allergic children can still be safely vaccinated, experts say

Is There a 'Mozart Effect'? Ask a Neuroscientist and a Musicologist

With over-weight kids the norm, parents are asking how much a toddler should eat

Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being

Fatal protein interactions may explain neurological diseases

New genes found for inflammatory bowel disease in children

Scientists find second site for prostate cancer gene

E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma kills 1, sickens 200

Survey: 'Tanorexia' common among university students

Scientists uncover Ebola cell-invasion strategy

Research suggests that cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself

A sharper look at malaria

Researchers use virtual reality to study complexities of dizziness

The first autism disease genes

Study: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise

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