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US scientists looking for a treatment for the hepatitis liver virus have found new ways to study it in the laboratory.
Smoke exposure during pregnancy damages a baby's blood pressure control, which may explain why their risk of cot death is higher, say experts.
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Microsoft founder Bill Gates tells the BBC that a partially effective vaccine for malaria could be just three years away.
Why should victims of mesothelioma or their families call the Mesothelioma Victims Center first? According to the group, "it's pretty simple -- we will tell them the truth about treatment options, will make sure the victims or their families find the most capable lawyers, we will help with Social Security or VA benefits, and everything else they need to know; and our service is free." The Mesothelioma Victims Center was created to assist all US victims of mesothelioma after a loss of a family member. The group has initiated this very complete free service because there is literally nothing close to this type of service in the United States, and because this type of service is sorely needed by mesothelioma victims and their families.
February is Heart Health Month. Self-care expert BJ Gallagher offers five simple ways to enhance women’s heart health … while having fun, too. (PRWeb Jan 25, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/BJ_Gallagher/women_heart_health/prweb3504354.htm
Liz Henry / CC BY-ND 2.0 When medical providers become patients, we often have similar issues. We complain if we have to wait, moan about filling out forms, especially forms that are asking for private information that you don't think anyone should know, like your social security number, birthday, and of course, your weight. I purposely put the wrong social security number or none at all. No one has ever called me up to tell me that it was incorrect, so I know it is not needed. I can handle identity theft, but I am not going to be honest about my weight. The only time that I was honest about my weight was when I was teaching with the University of California - Davis. One of my jobs was to evaluate medical students at their rural clinical teaching sites. A pilot would fly us in to some scary-looking dirt runways, so it was important that he balance the plane properly - equal weight on each side. I did not want to be responsible for a crash simply because I put on some pounds over the holidays.
Mind and Men's Health Forum are running a conference on how to meet the mental health needs of men. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in this issue. Tell us your views on how men's mental health needs can be met. Mind Week 2009 focused on men and mental health...
Mind and Men's Health Forum are running a conference on how to meet the mental health needs of men. The event is free and open to anyone with an interest in this issue. Tell us your views on how men's mental health needs can be met. Mind Week 2009 focused on men and mental health...
Filed under: Cancer Caregivers Cancer patients often have a hard time coping with hair loss. Remember, not all chemotherapy medicines cause hair loss , and doctors can tell you what to expect. Although hair loss doesn't occur right away -- and hair grows back after treatment -- losing one's hair can be an emotional experience, especially because hair loss occurs on all parts of the body -- facial hair, arm and leg hair, underarm hair and pubic hair.
In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations...
In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations...
A group of researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have identified a gene associated with moderate-to-severe, childhood-onset asthma according to an article published online in the New England Journal of Medicine The research team examined North American, European, and African American children with persistent asthma and compared them to children without asthma. Changes in the DENND1B gene were associated with more poorly controlled asthma. The DENND1B gene plays a roles in the release of cytokines. Lead author and director of the Center for Applied Genomics Hakon Hakonarson, M.D., Ph.D., stated in a press release "many of these particles are well-known triggers of asthma. In asthma, patients have an inappropriate immune response in which they develop airway inflammation and overreaction of the airway muscle cells, referred to as airway hyperresponsiveness. The gene mutations in DENND1B appear to lead to overproduction of cytokines that subsequently drive this oversensitive response in asthma patients."
Four new studies published in a leading journal this week link exercise with healthy aging, either through reduced risk or slower progression of several age-related conditions or through improvements in overall health in older age, and detail associations between physical activity and cognitive function, bone density and overall health...
A Nebraska bill (LB 1103) that would ban abortion after 20 weeks' gestation in nearly all cases could prompt a legal battle regarding its constitutionality, the Omaha World-Herald reports...
The Wall Street Journal: "The White House, with its health-care initiative in doubt, on Sunday zeroed in on several elements it hoped would survive, including measures to extend the life of Medicare, lower prescription drug costs for seniors and cap consumers' out-of-pocket medical expenses...
Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year, Swedish researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...