New and Simple Test for Active Tuberculosis Now Possible September 14, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one cause of death by infection in the world today killing about two million people. Yet most deaths from TB are easily preventable by early diagnosis and treatment. | |
Type 2 diabetes may be caused by intestinal dysfunction March 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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Growing evidence shows that surgery may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes -- an approach that not only may change the way the disease is treated, but that introduces a new way of thinking about diabetes. | |
Larger belly in mid-life increases risk of dementia March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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People with larger stomachs in their 40s are more likely to have dementia when they reach their 70s, according to a study published in the March 26, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American ... | |
Researchers explore the emerging role of infection in Alzheimer's disease May 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The realization that pathogens can produce slowly progressive chronic diseases has opened new lines of research into Alzheimer's disease. In a special issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease published May 2008, ... | |
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. | |
Safer and more effective way to treat Crohn's disease February 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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An international research study, published in The Lancet, has thrown into question the current method of treating Crohn’s disease – opening the door to a safer and more effective treatment option for sufferers of the ... | |
Turning on hormone tap could aid osteoporosis fight July 16, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A potential new drug that 'opens the taps' for the release of useful hormones could stimulate new bone growth – and may eventually bring relief to osteoporosis sufferers. | |
Study links vitamin D, type 1 diabetes June 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Sun exposure and vitamin D levels may play a strong role in risk of type 1 diabetes in children, according to new findings by researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Department ... | |
 Medics solve an ancient riddle -- and offer new tool for diagnosis May 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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A puzzling medical condition, identified more than 2,000 years ago by Hippocrates, has finally been explained by researchers at the University of Leeds. | |
A trial of removing food additives should be considered for hyperactive children May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A properly supervised trial eliminating colours and preservatives from the diet of hyperactive children should considered a part of the standard treatment, says an editorial in this week’s BMJ. | |
Scientists find key to avian flu in humans January 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and aid in the development of vaccines ... | |
Cold sore virus might play role in Alzheimer's January 03, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A gene known to be a major risk factor for Alzheimer's disease puts out the welcome mat for the virus that causes cold sores, allowing the virus to be more active in the brain compared to other forms of the gene. The new ... | |
Scientists discover how common vaccine booster works May 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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In an online paper in the journal Nature, Yale University researchers funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, explain how a common ingredient ... | |
Study raises questions about diagnosis, medical treatment of ADHD January 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A new UCLA study shows that only about half of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, exhibit the cognitive defects commonly associated with the condition. | |
Genital arousal disorder adversely impacts women's lives November 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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New research shows that women suffering from Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder (PGAD), a condition marked by unprovoked, intrusive and persistent sensations of genital arousal that are unrelieved by one or several orgasms, ... | |
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