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Diagnosing autism with MRI is one step closer
Medical researchers have made an important step in diagnosing autism through using MRI, an advance that eventually could help health care providers identify the problem much earlier in children and...
Vital Signs: Aging: Longer Life Expectancy Seen for Hispanics
Despite high rates of poverty, obesity and diabetes and relatively low rates of health insurance, Hispanics in the United States tend to outlive African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
Veterans with Lou Gehrig's to get support
The federal government is expected to announce it will be boosting support for veterans who have Lou Gehrig's disease.
U.S. 'misinformed' on Megrahi
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers who said the form of cancer contracted by the convicted Lockerbie bomber was treatable don't have their facts straight, Scotland said.
Researchers reach consensus on use of deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is used for Parkinson's patients whose symptoms cannot be adequately controlled with medications. A meeting of experts has reached a consensus on what patient candidates benefit...
Prescriptions: Pfizer Accused of Lack of Disclosure
Published studies of 1,065 patients showed reboxetine worked. Unpublished studies of 3,033 showed it did not.
UMD neuroscientists discover nicotine could play role in Alzheimer's disease therapy
A team of neuroscientists has discovered important new information in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the debilitating neurological disorder that afflicts more than 5.3 million Americans...
National study shows 1 in 5 children meet criteria for a mental disorder across their lifetime
Mental disorders in children are often difficult to identify due to the myriad of changes that occur during the normal course of maturation. For the first time, researchers at the...
Web-based questionnaire can be cost-effective tool for survey responses
Investigators from the Slone Epidemiology Centre at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have reported that the use of a web-based questionnaire can be a cost-effective tool for obtaining survey...
Early role of mitochondria in AD may help explain limitations to current beta amyloid hypothesis
Before Alzheimer's patients experience memory loss, the brain's neurones have already suffered harm for years...
Hemostatic powder stops bleeding ulcers, study suggests
A new material similar to that used by the US military to treat traumatic injuries is showing promise as the next novel treatment for bleeding ulcers, a condition that commonly...
Nutrition rating enhancing front-of-package nutrition rating systems and symbols
Nutrition rating systems and symbols on the fronts of food packaging would be most useful to shoppers if they highlighted four nutrients of greatest concern -- calories, saturated fat, trans...
Genetic test claims go too far: researchers
Consumers should be cautious about genetic tests claiming to reveal susceptibility to disease, since they add little to what people already know, medical experts say.
Economic advantage to paediatric ondansetron administration in emergency departments
In research published this week in PLoS Medicine, Stephen Freedman (University of Toronto) and colleagues performed a cost analysis of the emergency department administration of oral ondansetron to children with...
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce the risk of brain damage
Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis with antibiotics might substantially reduce the proportion of infected foetuses that develop serious neurological sequelae (brain damage, epilepsy, deafness, blindness, or developmental problems) or die,...
South Africa to test all HIV patients for TB
(AP) -- Health officials in South Africa said Wednesday they recommend screening all HIV patients for tuberculosis and want automatic TB tests for HIV patients to become normal procedure...
Can Wii help control gestational diabetes?
Many women have trouble finding time to exercise in their busy lifestyles. That's especially true for pregnant women who live in northern climates such as Canada, where the weather can...
University Study Links Fetal Distress with Maternal Hurricane Exposure
Colorado State University finds adverse health effects in second/third trimesters.
Hospital readmission studies: Influencing factors identified
In two studies published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the risk factors for readmission to the hospital are examined based upon general medicine inpatients and those with at...
New book from the AGA helps patients achieve greater freedom from IBS
A new book from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) offers patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) a variety of strategies to lessen the burden that IBS puts on their everyday...
Could statins treat lung disease?
Researchers are investigating a potential new treatment for lung disease that could save many lives each year. They are studying how statins, drugs which are commonly used to treat high...
Loyola pediatrician provides Halloween tips for nut allergy sufferers
The scary reality is that food allergies are becoming more and more common in the United States. In the last 10 years there has been an 18 percent increase in...
Ottawa hospital's food in recovery
The Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa says more than half of surveyed patients dislike its victuals, so it's altering the way it prepares and delivers meals.
Twin fetuses learn how to be social in the womb
(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans have a deep-seated urge to be social, and new research on the interactions of twins in the womb suggests this begins even before babies are born.
Bacteria in mouth and gut also found in arteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- The same types of bacteria found in arterial plaque, which causes atherosclerosis, are also found in the mouth and gut, according to the first general survey of all...
'Western' diseases spread to developing world: experts
Chronic illnesses like obesity and diabetes, generally seen as "Western", are making worryingly rapid inroads in the developing world, health experts warned at a meeting in Berlin this week.
Promising HIV prevention microbicide tenofovir gel being tested for safety of rectal use
Tenofovir gel, a vaginal microbicide that has shown promise for preventing HIV through vaginal sex, is being tested in a new trial looking at its safety and acceptability when used...
Lending a hand
All spacesuit gloves stiffen and fill with gas during an astronaut spacewalk, also known as extravehicular activity, or EVA. This pressure production is required to keep astronauts alive in space, and current spacesuits...