Low cholesterol associated with cancer in diabetics August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study published in CMAJ. | |
Women may stop anticoagulants after blood clots August 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Women may safely discontinue oral anticoagulants (blood thinners) after 6 months of treatment following a first unprovoked venous blood clot (thromboembolism) if they have no or one risk factor, concludes a study of 646 participants ... | |
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. | |
'Nutraceuticals' could prevent diabetes August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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People at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes might be able to delay or prevent the disease by taking certain food supplements and making lifestyle changes, according to a new book by Dr. James W. Anderson, an internationally ... | |
Rapid test for pathogens developed by K-State researchers August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours. | |
 Malaria researchers identify new mosquito virus August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Malaria Research Institute have identified a previously unknown virus that is infectious to Anopheles gambiae—the mosquito primarily ... | |
MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming. | |
Drugs to inhibit blood vessel growth show promise in rat model of deadly brain tumor August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced new blood vessel growth and tumor ... | |
Accumulated bits of a cell's own DNA can trigger autoimmune disease August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A security system wired within every cell to detect the presence of rogue viral DNA can sometimes go awry, triggering an autoimmune response to single-stranded bits of the cell's own DNA, according to a report in the August ... | |
To protect against liver disease, body puts cells 'under arrest' August 21, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A stable form of cell-cycle arrest known to offer potent protection against cancer also limits liver fibrosis, a condition characterized by an excess of fibrous tissue, according to a new report in the August 22nd Cell, ... | |
Severe, acute maternal stress linked to the development of schizophrenia August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Pregnant women who endure the psychological stress of being in a war zone are more likely to give birth to a child who develops schizophrenia. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry supports ... | |
China sees spike in rabies cases August 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new Chinese study has reported a dramatic spike in rabies infections. The research, published today in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases, shows that in some provinces of China the number of human rabies ... | |
Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Researchers are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight later in life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis ... | |
New research suggests diabetes transmitted from parents to children August 20, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new study in the September issue of the Journal of Lipid Research suggests an unusual form of inheritance may have a role in the rising rate of diabetes, especially in children and young adults, in the United States. | |
Tracking a crop disease could save millions of lives August 20, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists have discovered why one of the world's most important agricultural diseases emerged, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of General Virology. Maize streak virus (MSV) causes ... | |
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