Heavy breathing -- an obscure link in asthma and obesity 6 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
There is a strong link between obesity and asthma and as the prevalence of both conditions has been increasing steadily, epidemiologists have speculated that there is an underlying condition that connects the two. But one ... | |
Sandwich meats kill 15 in Canada August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The death toll from contaminated deli meats in Canada has risen to 15, health officials said Wednesday, including an elderly woman who is said to have suffered terribly. | |
New hope for stroke patients August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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If a stroke patient doesn't get treatment within approximately the first three hours of symptoms, there's not much doctors can do to limit damage to the brain. | |
Young type-2 diabetic men suffer low testosterone levels, study shows August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Young men with type 2 diabetes have significantly low levels of testosterone, endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have found -- a condition that could have a critical effect on their quality of life and on their ... | |
Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease. | |
Physical and sexual abuse linked to asthma in Puerto Rican kids 12 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only ... | |
CDC: Salmonella outbreak appears to be over August 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the nation's food safety ... | |
UC team studies link between Parkinson's disease and depression August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A patient who receives a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease might become depressed, and understandably so. But does the depression then exacerbate the progression of Parkinson's? | |
Not all fat is created equal August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A Temple University study finds fat in obese patients is "sick" when compared to fat in lean patients. | |
 More aortic chest aneurysms being treated with less-invasive stents August 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms. At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, causing massive internal bleeding ... | |
Variant of mad cow disease may be transmitted by blood transfusions, according to animal study August 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain ... | |
Common treatment to delay labor decreases preterm infants' risk for cerebral palsy August 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Intravenous magnesium sulfate supplementation before preterm delivery cuts the risk for handicapping cerebral palsy in half, according to research led by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) obstetrician Dwight Rouse, ... | |
Source of Canadian listeria outbreak confirmed August 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canadian authorities have confirmed a link between a listeria food poisoning outbreak that killed four people and products from Toronto food processor Maple Leaf Foods. | |
Low levels of brain chemical may lead to obesity August 27, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A brain chemical that plays a role in long term memory also appears to be involved in regulating how much people eat and their likelihood of becoming obese, according to a National Institutes of Health study of a rare genetic ... | |
Infections linked to premature births more common than thought August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Previously unrecognized and unidentified infections of amniotic fluid may be a significant cause of premature birth, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. | |
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