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Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics recover from dependence, small study suggests Medicine & Health / Medications August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 It's a Catch-22 of the highest order. People with alcohol problems often use alcohol to get to sleep -- but it actually keeps them from getting good-quality sleep all night long.

Researchers say too many children see extreme violence in movies Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 In a paper published in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics, Dartmouth researchers document the alarming numbers of young adolescents age 10-14 who are exposed to graphic violence in movies rated R for violence. ...

Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional ...

CDC underestimated new HIV cases by 40 percent Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS August 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated ...

2 years old -- a childhood obesity tipping point? Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Over the last decade, childhood obesity has grown into an epidemic, reflected in soaring rates of type 2 diabetes and recommendations that pediatricians check toddlers for elevated cholesterol. What hasn't been as clear is ...

Study: To sleep better, perchance to live longer Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (AP) -- Shakespeare once called sleep the "balm of hurt minds." Bodies, too, apparently. People with the severe form of apnea, which interferes with sleep, are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks ...

Probing Question: How do antioxidants work? Medicine & Health / Health August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Blueberries, pomegranates, green tea and dark chocolate -- these are just some of the antioxidant-rich "superfoods" found in almost any supermarket today. As well as improving our general health, there is growing evidence ...

Unravelling breast cancer susceptibility Medicine & Health / Cancer August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at St Andrews University's Bute Medical School are investigating a vital link between radiation sensitivity and breast cancer susceptibility.

Cutting the brakes on the immune system Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ...

Researchers find a new role for a 'Foxy Old Gene' Medicine & Health / Research August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver. FOXA2 may become the focus for ...

When our protective armor shows weakness Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ...

World's first transplant of two full arms: German team (Update) Medicine & Health / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A German medical team said Friday it had performed what it called the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had lost both his limbs in an accident.

US anthrax suspect commits suicide (Update) Medicine & Health / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A US government scientist has committed suicide just as he was about to be charged in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that sparked widespread panic in the United States, US media reported Friday.

Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops' Medicine & Health / Diseases August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (AP) -- The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato ...

How 'hidden mutations' contribute to HIV drug resistance Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS July 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet One of the major reasons that treatment for HIV/AIDS often doesn't work as well as it should is resistance to the drugs involved. Now, scientists at McGill University have revealed how mutations hidden in previously ignored ...

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Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics recover from dependence, small study suggests Medicine & Health / Medications August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 It's a Catch-22 of the highest order. People with alcohol problems often use alcohol to get to sleep -- but it actually keeps them from getting good-quality sleep all night long.

Researchers say too many children see extreme violence in movies Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 In a paper published in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics, Dartmouth researchers document the alarming numbers of young adolescents age 10-14 who are exposed to graphic violence in movies rated R for violence. ...

Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars Medicine & Health / Health August 04, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet (AP) -- The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fictitious sellers of wheelchairs, prosthetics and other medical supplies to submit reimbursement claims with only limited review, congressional ...

CDC underestimated new HIV cases by 40 percent Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS August 03, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- The number of Americans infected by the AIDS virus each year is much higher than the government has been estimating, U.S. health officials reported, acknowledging that their numbers have understated ...

2 years old -- a childhood obesity tipping point? Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Over the last decade, childhood obesity has grown into an epidemic, reflected in soaring rates of type 2 diabetes and recommendations that pediatricians check toddlers for elevated cholesterol. What hasn't been as clear is ...

Study: To sleep better, perchance to live longer Medicine & Health / Health August 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (AP) -- Shakespeare once called sleep the "balm of hurt minds." Bodies, too, apparently. People with the severe form of apnea, which interferes with sleep, are several times more likely to die from any cause than are folks ...

Probing Question: How do antioxidants work? Medicine & Health / Health August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 24 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Blueberries, pomegranates, green tea and dark chocolate -- these are just some of the antioxidant-rich "superfoods" found in almost any supermarket today. As well as improving our general health, there is growing evidence ...

Unravelling breast cancer susceptibility Medicine & Health / Cancer August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at St Andrews University's Bute Medical School are investigating a vital link between radiation sensitivity and breast cancer susceptibility.

Cutting the brakes on the immune system Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 Your immune system may have more in common with a Corvette than you thought. When a virus or bacteria enters a human body, the immune system revs up to fight and expel the invader. Once the invader is gone, the body puts ...

Researchers find a new role for a 'Foxy Old Gene' Medicine & Health / Research August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver. FOXA2 may become the focus for ...

When our protective armor shows weakness Medicine & Health / Genetics August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet New knowledge points to the fact that a genetically induced lack of filaggrin, a key protein of the skin barrier, plays a decisive role in the origin of allergies. In a large study on more than 3000 school-children scientists ...

World's first transplant of two full arms: German team (Update) Medicine & Health / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 4 A German medical team said Friday it had performed what it called the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had lost both his limbs in an accident.

US anthrax suspect commits suicide (Update) Medicine & Health / Other August 01, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 A US government scientist has committed suicide just as he was about to be charged in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that sparked widespread panic in the United States, US media reported Friday.

Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops' Medicine & Health / Diseases August 01, 2008 \| User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 2 (AP) -- The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said Thursday, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato ...

How 'hidden mutations' contribute to HIV drug resistance Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS July 31, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet One of the major reasons that treatment for HIV/AIDS often doesn't work as well as it should is resistance to the drugs involved. Now, scientists at McGill University have revealed how mutations hidden in previously ignored ...

Epilepsy drug may help alcoholics recover from dependence, small study suggests

Researchers say too many children see extreme violence in movies

Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars

CDC underestimated new HIV cases by 40 percent

2 years old -- a childhood obesity tipping point?

Study: To sleep better, perchance to live longer

Probing Question: How do antioxidants work?

Unravelling breast cancer susceptibility

Cutting the brakes on the immune system

Researchers find a new role for a 'Foxy Old Gene'

When our protective armor shows weakness

World's first transplant of two full arms: German team (Update)

US anthrax suspect commits suicide (Update)

Salmonella probe likened to 'Keystone Kops'

How 'hidden mutations' contribute to HIV drug resistance

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