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New government statistics confirm that the decades-long rise in the United States preterm birth rate continues, putting more infants than ever at increased risk of death and disability.
Source: March of Dimes Foundation Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 5:13pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 37 | Comments: 0
In relationships built on trust, a bad first impression can be harder to overcome than a betrayal that occurs after ties are established, a new study suggests.
Source: Ohio State University Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 4:20pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 18 | Comments: 0
Consumers are often told that if they break an item, they buy it. But a new study suggests that if they just touch an item for more than a few seconds, they may also end up buying it.
Source: Ohio State University Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 1:58pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 19 | Comments: 0
Mice exposed to low temperatures develop more blood vessels in their adipose tissue and metabolise body fat more quickly, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet. Scientists now hope to learn how to control blood vessel development in humans in order to combat obesity and diabetes.
Source: Karolinska Institutet Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 11:13am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 75 | Comments: 0
Looking at yourself in the mirror every morning, you never think to question whether the person you see is actually you. You feel familiar—at home with your own unique self image. New research challenges this notion about our own self image. The study shows for the first time that the image we hold of our own face can actually change through shared experiences with other people's faces
Source: Public Library of Science Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 11:13am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 27 | Comments: 0
While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo's Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages.
Source: Kansas State University Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 9:39am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 45 | Comments: 0
University of Utah researchers dusted wild deer mice with fluorescent pink, blue, green, yellow and orange talcum powders to show which rodents most often fought or mated with others and thus were most likely to spread deadly hantavirus. The study identified bigger, older mice as the culprits.
Source: University of Utah Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 9:39am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 31 | Comments: 0
Nicotine gum has been in use for over 20 years to help smokers quit abruptly yet close to two-thirds of smokers report that they would prefer to quit gradually.
Source: Elsevier Health Sciences Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009, 12:36pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 46 | Comments: 0
If videogames like “Madden NFL” didn’t exist, 12-year-old Tom might go outside and toss around a real football — and he’d have a better chance of sprinting for a touchdown without getting winded.
Source: Newswise Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009, 9:21am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 38 | Comments: 0
Females of all ages are less active than their male peers. Two studies, presented today (Tuesday 6 January) at a major academic conference, reveal the gender difference in activity levels among school children and the over 70s. Both studies show males to be more physically active than females.
Source: University of Exeter Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009, 9:21am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 26 | Comments: 0
Just seeing someone smoke can trigger smokers to abandon their nascent efforts to kick the habit, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center.
Source: Duke University Medical Center Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 5:11pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 79 | Comments: 0
Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:29pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 39 | Comments: 0
A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease, resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading to death.
Source: Princeton University Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 2:16pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 35 | Comments: 0
One of the current handicaps of cancer treatments is the difficulty of aiming these treatments at destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But a new study by McMaster University researchers has provided insight into how scientists might develop therapies and drugs that more carefully target cancer, while sparing normal healthy cells
Source: McMaster University Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 12:16pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 42 | Comments: 0
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed a versatile mouse model of glioblastoma—the most common and deadly brain cancer in humans—that closely resembles the development and progression of human brain tumors that arise naturally.
Source: Salk Institute Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 9:11am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 35 | Comments: 0
A single tumor-suppressing gene is a key to understanding, and perhaps killing, dormant ovarian cancer cells that persist after initial treatment only to reawaken years later, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Source: University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Posted on: Friday, Jan 02, 2009, 1:39pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 62 | Comments: 0
The hormone deprivation therapy that prostate cancer patients often take gives them only a temporary fix, with tumors usually regaining their hold within a couple of years. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered critical differences in the hormone receptors on prostate cancer cells in patients who no longer respond to this therapy.
Source: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008, 12:57pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 68 | Comments: 0
An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells had died after being exposed to the extract.
Source: American Association for Cancer Research Posted on: Wednesday, Dec 31, 2008, 12:56pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 87 | Comments: 0
Disease Invades a Body, and Endorphins Kick In Many who are faced with a chronic condition or a terminal diagnosis find a new purpose in exercise, developing regimens that leave them in the best shape of their lives.
Source: NYT Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 1:58pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 13 | Comments: 0
Beijing woman dies from bird flu, China says A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital, the government reported , but the World Health Organization said the case did not signal a new public health threat.
Source: MSNBC Posted on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009, 11:13am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 10 | Comments: 0
More bedbugs are biting in Cincinnati The biting insects, which can live in mattresses and wall cracks, led to hundreds of complaints in the city last year. It's hard to determine the national scope of the problem.
Source: LA Times Posted on: Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009, 9:21am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 12 | Comments: 0
WHO confirms 3 Ebola deaths in Congo The World Health Organization confirmed the Ebola virus had killed three people in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said more deaths were being investigated.
Source: MSNBC Posted on: Monday, Jan 05, 2009, 11:52am Rating: Not Rated | Views: 14 | Comments: 0
Mexican Hospitals Aim To Attract More Americans As many Americans struggle to pay for health care or health insurance, hospitals in Mexico are expanding in hopes of wooing more patients from north of the border. Costs for procedures are often significantly cheaper due to lower overhead in Mexico.
Source: NPR Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 2:06pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 31 | Comments: 0
‘Superbug’ may be common in ER workers Health care workers in emergency departments are often carriers of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or (MRSA), potentially putting patients at risk, according to two reports in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Source: MSNBC Posted on: Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008, 12:14pm Rating: Not Rated | Views: 36 | Comments: 0