New approach to cancer: Find most tightly controlled genes July 18, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Scientists at a Duke University medical school in Singapore have found a new way to study cancer that could be very useful for developing targeted therapies against cancer and possibly many other diseases. | |
Researchers discover primary sensor that detects stomach viruses July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified the primary immune sensor that detects the presence of stomach viruses in the body. They show that the sensor – a protein called MDA-5 – ... | |
Study on government's controversial choice of HPV vaccine July 18, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The UK government may save up to £18.6 million a year by deciding to use the HPV vaccine Cervarix, given that it is equally effective as the more expensive Gardasil in preventing cervical abnormalities, according to a study ... | |
Heart attack not a death sentence July 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Survivors of cardiac arrest who received intensive care can expect long-term quality of life at reasonable expense to the health care system. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care ... | |
Early study reveals promising Alzheimer's disease treatment July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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A drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia improved thinking processes and ability to function in patients with Alzheimer's disease in a study conducted there, said an expert at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. ... | |
Elderly falls cut by 11 percent with education and intervention July 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Commonly viewed as an inevitable consequence of aging and often ignored in clinical practice, falls among the elderly were cut by 11 percent when researchers at Yale School of Medicine used a combination of fall prevention ... | |
Bullying-suicide link explored in new study July 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries published in the International ... | |
Study shows cost-effectiveness of 64-slice CT scanner in emergency department chest pain patients July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A recent study led by Rahul Khare, MD, emergency department physician and assistant director of operations at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, sought to determine the cost-effectiveness of utilizing a CT scanner to evaluate ... | |
Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk in postmenopausal women July 17, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. | |
Obsessive compulsive disorder linked to brain activity July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that measuring activity in a region of the brain could help to identify people at risk of developing obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). | |
Discovery of a new signaling mechanism may lead to novel anti-inflammatory therapy July 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered a new signaling mechanism used to activate protein kinases that are critical for the body's inflammatory response. Their work ... | |
Heading circulatory disease off at the pass July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have devised an ultrasound imaging technique that picks up subtle early evidence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) that current conventional tests miss. | |
EPA releases report on climate change and health July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that discusses the potential impacts of climate change on human health, human welfare, and communities in the U.S. The report, entitled "Analyses of the Effects ... | |
Doctors' orders lost in translation July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When patients are discharged from the emergency department, their recovery depends on carefully following the doctors' instructions for their post care at home. Yet a vast majority of patients don't fully understand what ... | |
How cells die determines whether immune system mounts response July 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Every moment we live, cells in our bodies are dying. One type of cell death activates an immune response while another type doesn't. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and St. Jude's ... | |
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