 With over-weight kids the norm, parents are asking how much a toddler should eat September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Where does the American tendency to become overweight begin? With 20 percent of Montana high school students being overweight and 10 percent of those qualifying as obese, the question is as relevant in Montana ... | |
New methods identify and manipulate 'newborn' cells in animal model of Parkinson's disease September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When cells in the brain are lost through disease or injury, neighboring cells begin to divide and multiply, but only a few areas in the brain are able to produce new neurons. Patients with Parkinson's disease suffer degeneration ... | |
Researchers Observe Asymptomatic Carotid Plaque Healing Mechanisms September 03, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have observed by non-invasive MR imaging (MRI), a healing mechanism for plaque rupture, a potentially life-threatening event in the cardiovascular system that can ... | |
Yerkes researchers create animal model of chronic stress September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created ... | |
Acupuncture may hold promise for women with hormone disorder September 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Getting pregnant with her first child was difficult, but when Rebecca Killmeyer of Charlottesville, Va. experienced a miscarriage during her second pregnancy, she wasn't sure if she would ever have another baby. When she ... | |
 Poor mental health found among young offenders September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls in young offender institutions are particularly vulnerable to depression, a large-scale study led by Oxford University has shown. The researchers have found incidences of ... | |
Blood 'fingerprints' for cancer September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as biomarkers for the detection of diseases including cancer and diabetes, according to research published online this week in Cell Research. The findings pave the way for a revolutionary ... | |
Loneliness undermines health as well as mental well-being September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Feeling connected to others is vital to a person's mental well-being, as well as physical health, research at the University of Chicago shows. | |
Link between nationality and cervical cancer September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Gynaecological screening tests for cervical cancer have been available to all women in Sweden for almost four decades. Despite this, many immigrant women have a higher risk of developing the disease than Swedish-born women, ... | |
Arteries from distinct regions of the body have unique immune functions September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Human arteries play distinct roles in the immune system depending on their anatomical location, researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered. | |
What a sleep study can reveal about fibromyalgia September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have joined technical and clinical hands to put innovative quantitative analysis, signal-processing technology and computer algorithms to work ... | |
Monitoring immune responses in disease September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A recent study (doi:10.1016/j.clim.2008.06.009) published in Clinical Immunology, the official journal of the Clinical Immunology Society (CIS), describes a new method enabling the detection of multiple parameters ... | |
New study reveals higher protein breakfast may help dieters stay on track September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A new study published online today in the British Journal of Nutrition found that timing of dietary protein intake affects feelings of fullness throughout the day. The study concluded that when people ate high-quality ... | |
Spending time in the intensive care unit can traumatize kids September 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Children who spend time in the intensive care unit of a hospital can be traumatized by the experience even months after returning home. Dr. Janet Rennick from the Research Institute of The Montreal Children's Hospital of ... | |
Hearing restoration may be possible with cochlear repair after transplant of human cord blood cells September 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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According to an Italian research team publishing their findings in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (17:6), hearing loss due to cochlear damage may be repaired by transplantation of human umbilical cord hematopoietic ... | |
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