People with ADHD do 1 month's less work per year May 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Workers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do 22 days less work per year than people who do not have the disorder, finds research published online ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. | |
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. | |
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, ... | |
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 reveals link among childhood allergies, asthma symptoms, and early life exposure to cats May 20, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A study released by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, shows that cat ownership may have a protective effect against the ... | |
Researchers make West Nile vaccine breakthrough May 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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University of Queensland researchers have made a giant leap forward in the race to develop a vaccine for the potentially debilitating West Nile virus. | |
Men at increased risk of death from pneumonia compared to women May 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Men who come to the hospital with pneumonia generally are sicker than women and have a higher risk of dying over the next year, despite aggressive medical care, according to a study being presented Tuesday, May 20, at the ... | |
 How small molecule can take apart Alzheimer's disease protein fibers May 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have shown, in unprecedented detail, how a small molecule is able to selectively take apart abnormally folded protein fibers connected to ... | |
Researchers find first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like brain tangles in nonhuman primates May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered the first conclusive evidence of Alzheimer's-like neurofibrillary brain tangles in an aged nonhuman primate. The unprecedented ... | |
Women who breastfeed for more than a year halve their risk of rheumatoid arthritis May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Women who breast feed for longer have a smaller chance of getting rheumatoid arthritis, suggests a study published online ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. | |
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. | |
Researchers discover new link to schizophrenia May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered that mice lacking an enzyme that contributes to Alzheimer disease exhibit a number of schizophrenia-like behaviors. The finding raises the possibility that this enzyme may ... | |
Drug-resistant tuberculosis on the increase in the UK May 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A changing population structure and ongoing migration have increased cases of drug resistant tuberculosis, according to a study published onbmj.com today. | |
Researchers explore altruism's unexpected ally -- selfishness May 01, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Just as religions dwell upon the eternal battle between good and evil, angels and devils, evolutionary theorists dwell upon the eternal battle between altruistic and selfish behaviors in the Darwinian struggle for existence. ... | |
Scientists discover compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs May 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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University of Florida researchers have identified a drug compound that dramatically lowers blood pressure, improves heart function and — in a remarkable finding — prevents damage to the heart and kidneys in rats with persistent ... | |
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