Gift cards key to new AIDS prevention strategy 60 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Could the AIDS virus be stopped with gift cards? Desperate for a way to stop the escalating spread of HIV among young gay men, public health officials are looking to novel strategies, such as enlisting local gay ... | |
Distinguishing between 2 birds of a feather 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The bird enthusiast who chronicled the adventures of a flock of red-headed conures in his book "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" knows most of the parrots by name, yet most of us would be hard pressed to tell one bird ... | |
If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz." | |
Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive ... | |
Report say flu is bigger risk than terror in UK 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Pandemic flu, not terrorism, is the most serious risk to the U.K. public, says Britain's first ever national threat assessment, published on Friday. | |
First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia 6 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Australian scientists have identified a way to 'switch off' a molecule, a key player in the molecular processes that trigger breast cancer and certain forms of leukaemia. | |
PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And ... | |
Common infertility treatments are unlikely to improve fertility 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2
Long established medical interventions to help couples with infertility problems do not seem to improve fertility, according to a study published on bmj.com today. These findings challenge current practice in the UK and national ... | |
No-nose bicycle saddles improve penile sensation and erectile function in bicycling police officers 12 hours ago | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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An innovative study appearing in the August issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine examined, for the first time, if noseless bicycle saddles would be an effective intervention for alleviating deleterious health effects, ... | |
Why dopamine freezes parkinson patients and drives drug addicts 58 minutes ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Parkinson's disease and drug addiction are polar opposite diseases, but both depend upon dopamine in the brain. Parkinson's patients don't have enough of it; drug addicts get too much of it. Although the importance of dopamine ... | |
FDA: Some cholesterol and heart drugs don't mix 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Patients taking some common medications for high cholesterol and irregular heart beats can suffer severe muscle damage because of a problem in the way the drugs interact, the government warned on Friday. | |
Early treatment is key to combating hepatitis C virus 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Canadian researchers have shown that patients who receive early treatment for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) within the first months following an infection, develop a rapid poly-functional immune response against HCV similar to ... | |
S.African drug company recalls AIDS treatment medicines 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A major pharmaceutical company in South Africa, which has the world's highest HIV rate, on Friday issued a recall of generic anti-retroviral drugs due to a packaging error. | |
Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study ... | |
Coronary CTA costs less than standard of care for triaging women with acute chest pain 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Non-invasive coronary CT angiography (CTA) is more cost-effective than current tests for diagnosing women with low risk of a heart attack who come to the emergency room with acute chest pain, according to a recent study conducted ... | |
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