The new 2.0 Atmospheric Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber allows patients to experience 80% more oxygen at up to double the atmospheric pressure we feel at sea level. This treatment not only enhances the... (PRWeb July 12, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/DrJohnSalerno/SuzanneSomers-Knockout/prweb3135464.htm

ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP (ENTA), the largest group of board certified Ear, Nose and Throat surgeons and Allergists in the tri-state area, announced today that it has successfully completed a... (PRWeb July 12, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4247464.htm

In a Discovery That Made Headline News Around the World, Dr. Zheng Cui, of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Developed a Colony of Mice with Super-charged Granulocytes That Successfully... (PRWeb July 13, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4239704.htm

For the fifth consecutive year, the official charity of the American Century Championship is LIVESTRONG® – the organization founded by cancer survivor and champion cyclist Lance Armstrong to... (PRWeb July 13, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4255764.htm

Disruption of two genes that control circadian rhythms can lead to diabetes, a researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found in an animal study. Mice with defective copies of the genes, called CLOCK and BMAL1, develop abnormalities in pancreatic cells that eventually render the cells unable to release sufficient amounts of insulin...

Drinking tart cherry juice daily could help reduce the severity of insomnia and time spent awake after going to sleep, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food1. A team of University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester and VA Center of Canandaigua researchers conducted a pilot study on the sleep habits of 15 older adults...

Drinking tart cherry juice daily could help reduce the severity of insomnia and time spent awake after going to sleep, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food1. A team of University of Pennsylvania, University of Rochester and VA Center of Canandaigua researchers conducted a pilot study on the sleep habits of 15 older adults...

Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds marked differences between obese and lean men in how they respond to the taste of fat...

A subtle mutation affecting the epigenome - a set of dynamic factors that influence gene activity - may lead to an inherited form of mental retardation that affects boys, find researchers at Children's Hospital Boston. The disorder, which also involves cleft lip or cleft palate, appears to hinge on an enzyme working in a biological pathway that may offer several potential drug targets...

Older patients who need kidney dialysis are less likely to receive home treatment that could substantially improve their quality of life compared with hospital dialysis, according to the findings of a UK study1...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) have found that exposure to cigarette smoke can alter gene expression the process by which a gene's information is converted into the structures and functions of a cell...

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Neurim Pharmaceuticals confirmed that the European Commission (EC) has approved a change in treatment duration with Circadin from 3 to 13 weeks (3 months). Circadin is indicated for the treatment of primary insomnia in patients who are aged 55 or over...

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP) announced results from a clinical trial comparing the pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of LEVADEX™ orally inhaled migraine therapy with intravenous dihydroergotamine mesylate (DHE) in smokers and non-smokers. The trial was designed to measure whether systemic absorption and exposure in smokers is greater than in non-smokers...

The decision regarding treatment following breast-conserving surgery for patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) has long been an area of discussion and confusion for patients and physicians alike. While the mortality rates for DCIS remain low, the risk of local recurrence in the breast is high. Standard treatments following surgery include radiation therapy and hormone treatment...

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The type and intensity of treatment older Americans receive for kidney failure depends on the region where they receive care rather than on evidence-based practice guidelines and patient preferences, according to a study to be published in the July 14 Journal of the American Medical Association...

Foreign homestay students who come to Canada to attend high school without their parents are exposed to major health risks such as smoking, drug use and early sexual intercourse, according to University of British Columbia research. In the first study of its kind, lead author Assoc. Prof...

The following summarizes selected women's health-related blog entries. ~ "The Coming Birth Control Battle," Dana Goldstein, Daily Beast's "Blogs and Stories": Although polls indicate that a majority of U.S. citizens would support a policy that offered no-cost birth control to women, "many conservative activists ...

Drugs commonly taken for a variety of common medical conditions including insomnia, allergies, or incontinence negatively affect the brain causing long term cognitive impairment in older African-Americans, according to a study appearing in the July 13, 2010 print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology...