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A new hand-held device which emits a magnetic pulse could offer pain relief to people who suffer from serious migraines.
Voice recognition researchers discover computers find men harder to understand than women.
Frequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association...
Filed under: Thyroid Cancer , Celebrity news Roger Ebert appeared on " The Oprah Winfrey Show " to discuss his battle with cancer earlier this week. It has been almost four years since cancer surgery left the 67-year-old film critic unable to talk, eat or drink. These days, Ebert communicates almost complete via his laptop, which speaks words after he types them. He's fed four times a day through a gravity-drip bag connected to his stomach. Ebert, who began his journalism career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002. Eventually the disease spread, leading to multiple surgeries and the eventual removal of his jaw and the lower floor of his mouth. Throughout the interview, Ebert spoke about his commitment to reviewing films and struggled to recall his last words, which were spoken on July1, 2006. "I didn't realize they were going to be my last words. I probably spoke them to Chaz (Ebert's wife) as they wheeled me out to the operating room," he said. "They were probably, 'I love you.' At least I hope those were my last words."
In newborn mice, at least, mother's milk appears to have some rather immediate and potentially far-reaching metabolic consequences. The milk intake kick-starts the liver to produce a molecule that then turns on heat-generating brown fat...
Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, Pennsylvania researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 50th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. In a study of young children, researchers showed that insomnia symptoms were consistently associated with impaired heart variability measures...
A study of electronic patient records, funded by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that older women with suspected ovarian cancer may be referred by their GPs for investigation later than younger women...
A study of electronic patient records, funded by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that older women with suspected ovarian cancer may be referred by their GPs for investigation later than younger women...
An analysis of Medicare data indicates that elderly patients who are hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) and survive to be discharged from the hospital have a high rate of death in the following three years, and that, in particular, patients who receive mechanical ventilation have a substantially increased rate of death compared with both hospital and general populati...
Poor air quality apparently affects the running times of women in marathons, according to a study by Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineer Linsey Marr. Marr's findings come from a comprehensive study that evaluated marathon race results, weather data, and air pollutant concentrations in seven marathons over a period of eight to 28 years...
A recent study by San Francisco's Institute on Aging (IOA) documents that adult day health programs play a vital role in helping senior participants maintain their health and independence. Since the 1970s, adult day health care has been promoted as an alternative to nursing home care for seniors with chronic illness, disability, or dementia...
UC Irvine neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health - and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind...
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Researchers have launched a unique project to improve early diagnosis and management of dementia among Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL). The research, funded by Alzheimer's Society, will examine how to identify dementia in Deaf people and explore how they might best cope with their condition...
Women are saying they face roadblocks to care when they seek treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals, even as they return in record numbers from battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News reports...
California governors of the past two decades "deserve praise for funding a wide array of programs aimed at combating teen births," a Sacramento Bee editorial states. The editorial notes that California is "bucking a national trend" of rising teen births. The number of births to California teens ages 15 through 19 dropped to 35.2 per 1,000 teens in 2008, down from 37...
In a press conference Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) signaled that House Democrats might be willing to accept the Senate's language on abortion coverage and health insurance for immigrants, Roll Call reports...
In honor of March as National Colorectal Cancer Month, Independence-based preventive health screening provider offers discounted FDA-approved home tests kits for colorectal cancer. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/health-screening/colorectal-test-kits/prweb3681764.htm
The exhibit, entitled “Things That Sparkle,” is being commissioned through CancerCare of Connecticut, an organization which provides free, professional support services to anyone affected by cancer. (PRWeb Mar 4, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Melani_Lust_Photography/Cancer_Survivors_Exhibit/prweb3669454.htm