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Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke Medicine & Health / Other September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping ...

Got Gout? Duke Leads Study of New Treatment Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A new drug designed to normalize levels of uric acid in the blood appears to be safe and tolerable and may help patients with the painful arthritic condition known as gout better cope with their disease, ...

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics ...

Age-related memory loss tied to slip in filtering information quickly Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have identified a way in which the brain's ability to process information diminishes with age, and shown that this break down contributes to the decreased ability to form memories that is associated with normal ...

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.

Early onset gene for inflammatory bowel diseases identified Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment. The findings of the ...

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 ...

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 piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three ...

Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks nearly 14 years earlier than women who don't smoke, Norwegian doctors ...

Study finds B-vitamin deficiency may cause vascular cognitive impairment Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A deficiency of B-vitamins may cause vascular cognitive impairment, according to a new study. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University used an experimental model ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers.

Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.

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Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke Medicine & Health / Other September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 A troubling study in the September 3rd Journal of the American Medical Association raises new concerns about kids committing suicide in this country. After a one year spike in the number of suicides, doctors were hoping ...

Got Gout? Duke Leads Study of New Treatment Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A new drug designed to normalize levels of uric acid in the blood appears to be safe and tolerable and may help patients with the painful arthritic condition known as gout better cope with their disease, ...

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction Medicine & Health / Diseases September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A new study shows that the innate immune system of humans is capable of killing a fungus linked to airway inflammation, chronic rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and the Virginia Bioinformatics ...

Age-related memory loss tied to slip in filtering information quickly Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have identified a way in which the brain's ability to process information diminishes with age, and shown that this break down contributes to the decreased ability to form memories that is associated with normal ...

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.

Early onset gene for inflammatory bowel diseases identified Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) \| No comments yet A study of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in children has identified a gene that influences whether children get these diseases early in life, and points to a potential new target for treatment. The findings of the ...

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 ...

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 piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia Medicine & Health / Genetics September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three ...

Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's Medicine & Health / Health September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not rated yet \| No comments yet (AP) -- Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, researchers said Tuesday. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks nearly 14 years earlier than women who don't smoke, Norwegian doctors ...

Study finds B-vitamin deficiency may cause vascular cognitive impairment Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A deficiency of B-vitamins may cause vascular cognitive impairment, according to a new study. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) at Tufts University used an experimental model ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males Medicine & Health / Research September 02, 2008 \| User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 Variation in the gene for one of the receptors for the hormone vasopressin appears to be associated with how human males bond with their partners, according to an international team of researchers.

Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS September 02, 2008 \| User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) \| User comments: 1 (AP) -- Solomon Henderson inherited just three things from his birth parents, who left him at an Ethiopian orphanage when he was 1 year old: a picture of Jesus, a plastic crucifix and HIV.

Study: Teen suicide spike was no fluke

Got Gout? Duke Leads Study of New Treatment

Innate immune system targets asthma-linked fungus for destruction

Age-related memory loss tied to slip in filtering information quickly

Virus weaves itself into the DNA transferred from parents to babies

Early onset gene for inflammatory bowel diseases identified

Scientists find second site for prostate cancer gene

A sharper look at malaria

Researchers piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia

Smoking riskier to women's hearts than men's

Study finds B-vitamin deficiency may cause vascular cognitive impairment

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

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

Gene associated with pair-bonding in animals has similar effects in human males

Americans adopting HIV-positive kids from Ethiopia

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