Flu shot does not reduce risk of death 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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The widely-held perception that the influenza vaccination reduces overall mortality risk in the elderly does not withstand careful scrutiny, according to researchers in Alberta. The vaccine does confer protection against ... | |
Health of Afghan children jeopardized by family behaviors, not just war 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Family values and ongoing conflict within the country are dramatically affecting the health of young children in Afghanistan. A study published in the open access journal BMC Public Health suggests that poor child ... | |
Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes 7 hours ago | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While jams and other consumer products are strictly regulated and are required to pass stringent tests before they can be sold, tobacco has no restrictions and manufacturers can, and do, add anything they ... | |
Study confirms vCJD could be transmitted by blood transfusion 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980. | |
All types of antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of stroke 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
All drugs used to treat psychosis are linked to an increased risk of stroke, and dementia sufferers are at double the risk, according to a study published on bmj.com today. | |
Heavy breathing -- an obscure link in asthma and obesity 7 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two. But one ... | |
Researchers discover atomic bomb effect results in adult-onset thyroid cancer 15 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Radiation from the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, likely rearranged chromosomes in some survivors who later developed papillary thyroid cancer as adults, according to Japanese researchers. | |
Will screening for cardiovascular problems be effective? 15 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Last week the government in England closed its consultation on the effectiveness of vascular checks for high-risk individuals aged 40-74, to be rolled out in 2009-10, but will this strategy be worthwhile? Experts debate the ... | |
Physical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only ... | |
Location, location, location important for genes, too 9 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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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 ... | |
Growth factor predicts poor outcome in breast cancer 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to treatment, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ... | |
Sex differences seen in response to common antidepressant 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Women with depression may be much more likely than men to get relief from a commonly used, inexpensive antidepressant drug, a new national study finds. But many members of both sexes may find that it helps ease their depression ... | |
World first: Lasers used in keyhole surgery for brain cancer 6 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In a ground-breaking advance, French neurosurgeons on Friday said they had successfully treated brain tumours through ultra-keyhole surgery, using a tiny fibre-optic laser to destroy cancerous cells. | |
Americans show little tolerance for mental illness despite growing belief in genetic cause 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 4
A new study by University of Pennsylvania sociology professor Jason Schnittker shows that, while more Americans believe that mental illness has genetic causes, the nation is no more tolerant of the mentally ill than it was ... | |
Blood vessel cells are instructed to form tube-like structures 8 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
How do blood vessel cells understand that they should organise themselves in tubes and not in layers? A research group from Uppsala University shows for the first time that a special type of "instructor" molecule is needed ... | |
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