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Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop ...

Mom's mood, baby's sleep: what's the connection? Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet If there's one thing that everyone knows about newborn babies, it's that they don't sleep through the night, and neither do their parents. But in fact, those first six months of life are crucial to developing the regular ...

Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than 130 label changes since its inception nearly six years ago, according ...

How gastric bypass rapidly reverses diabetes symptoms Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A report in the September Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, offers new evidence to explain why those who undergo gastric bypass surgery often show greater control of their diabetes symptoms within days. ...

Acupuncture may hold promise for women with hormone disorder Medicine & Health / Health September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she ...

Location, location, location important for genes, too Medicine & Health / Genetics August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Cells become cancerous mainly because they lose control of their growth. To better understand how this happens, a new study at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center looks at four genes that help regulate cell ...

Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color, their knobby knees or their big feet to their children through their genes. But they don't expect to pass on viruses through those same genes.

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic ...

Blood 'fingerprints' for cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as biomarkers for the detection of diseases including cancer and diabetes, according to research published online this week in Cell Research. The findings pave the way for a revolutionary ...

Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have demonstrated that a drug called ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admissions in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Value of direct-to-consumer drug advertising oversold, study finds Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Direct-to-consumer advertising may not be giving big pharma such a big bang for their buck after all. Despite the billions spent on bringing drug marketing campaigns straight into patients' living rooms, such strategies have ...

Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin.

Children with TVs in their room sleep less Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't – reveals joint research conducted ...

1 in 2 adults at risk for painful knee arthritis Medicine & Health / Diseases September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A landmark government study suggests nearly one in two people (46%) will develop painful knee osteoarthritis over their lifetime, with the highest risk among those who are obese. According to the Arthritis Foundation, the ...

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Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells Medicine & Health / Research September 01, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ...

At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better Medicine & Health / Other September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Ten million Americans have peripheral arterial disease (PAD), and research shows that the highest risk populations include African-Americans (twice as likely to develop clogged leg arteries), seniors (12-20 percent develop ...

Mom's mood, baby's sleep: what's the connection? Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet If there's one thing that everyone knows about newborn babies, it's that they don't sleep through the night, and neither do their parents. But in fact, those first six months of life are crucial to developing the regular ...

Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act (FDAMA, 1997), designed to stimulate more drug safety studies in children, has resulted in more than 130 label changes since its inception nearly six years ago, according ...

How gastric bypass rapidly reverses diabetes symptoms Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A report in the September Cell Metabolism, a publication of Cell Press, offers new evidence to explain why those who undergo gastric bypass surgery often show greater control of their diabetes symptoms within days. ...

Acupuncture may hold promise for women with hormone disorder Medicine & Health / Health September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she ...

Location, location, location important for genes, too Medicine & Health / Genetics August 29, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Cells become cancerous mainly because they lose control of their growth. To better understand how this happens, a new study at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center looks at four genes that help regulate cell ...

Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Parents expect to pass on their eye or hair color, their knobby knees or their big feet to their children through their genes. But they don't expect to pass on viruses through those same genes.

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells Medicine & Health / Research September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic ...

Blood 'fingerprints' for cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as biomarkers for the detection of diseases including cancer and diabetes, according to research published online this week in Cell Research. The findings pave the way for a revolutionary ...

Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have demonstrated that a drug called ondansetron helps reduce vomiting, the need for intravenous fluids and hospital admissions in children with acute gastroenteritis.

Value of direct-to-consumer drug advertising oversold, study finds Medicine & Health / Medications September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet Direct-to-consumer advertising may not be giving big pharma such a big bang for their buck after all. Despite the billions spent on bringing drug marketing campaigns straight into patients' living rooms, such strategies have ...

Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer Medicine & Health / Cancer September 03, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin.

Children with TVs in their room sleep less Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 Middle school children who have a television or computer in their room sleep less during the school year, watch more TV, play more computer games and surf the net more than their peers who don't – reveals joint research conducted ...

1 in 2 adults at risk for painful knee arthritis Medicine & Health / Diseases September 03, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A landmark government study suggests nearly one in two people (46%) will develop painful knee osteoarthritis over their lifetime, with the highest risk among those who are obese. According to the Arthritis Foundation, the ...

Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells

At risk for peripheral arterial disease? Simple quiz provides key so you can circulate better

Mom's mood, baby's sleep: what's the connection?

Post-marketing studies finding adverse events in drugs used in children

How gastric bypass rapidly reverses diabetes symptoms

Acupuncture may hold promise for women with hormone disorder

Location, location, location important for genes, too

Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies

Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells

Blood 'fingerprints' for cancer

Ondansetron reduces vomiting, hospital admissions in children with gastroenteritis

Value of direct-to-consumer drug advertising oversold, study finds

Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer

Children with TVs in their room sleep less

1 in 2 adults at risk for painful knee arthritis

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