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Personality and exercise levels may be linked
There may be a fundamental link between aspects of an individual's personality and their capacity to exercise or generate energy, recent research suggests...
Preventive medication, behaviour management skills help combat frequent migraines
The combination of preventive medication and behavioural changes offered significant relief for 77 percent of the individuals enrolled in a study aimed at combating frequent, disabling migraine headaches, according to...
New discovery may help to identify the healthiest embryos in IVF treatment
Australian scientists have developed a potentially groundbreaking new measure of the health of an embryo and the likelihood of a successful pregnancy in IVF treatment...
Embryonic Stem Cell Test on Spinal Cord Injury
First U.S. Study of Stem Cell Drug on Human Paraplegic; Testing Will Help Determine Safety of Drug
Recipes for Health: Ellen’s Lemon Basil Salad Dressing
This basil dressing is excellent for chicken salad or drizzled over a cooked chicken breast.
Research aims to cut disparities in stroke care
(AP) -- When her stroke hit, Edna Wooten somehow stopped her car. Then her grown daughter ignored her slurred protests and raced her to the hospital - in time...
Is Chemo Brain Really Cancer Brain?
New research suggests the cognitive problems associated with chemotherapy may also be caused by other types of treatment or even the disease itself.
Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find
Family-based therapy, in which parents of adolescents with anorexia nervosa are enlisted to interrupt their children's disordered behaviors, is twice as effective as individual psychotherapy at producing full remission of...
Study links male Y chromosome variants with the risk of coronary heart disease
Scientists in the UK have shown that genetic variations in the Y chromosome affect a male's risk of coronary heart disease.
Depression, Incognito
Professionals and sufferers alike may fail to recognize depression when it is not accompanied by the sadness, as is sometimes the case in elderly patients.
Personal Health: Hormone Replacement for Men? Perhaps
Research on testosterone therapy for aging men is under way, but there has yet to be a comprehensive study of the treatment.
Vital Signs: Hazards: Codeine’s Safety Is Questioned
Two doctors argue in a commentary that morphine’s effects are more predictable than codeine’s.
Intriguing viral link to intestinal cancer in mice
More than 50 percent of adults in the United States test positive for human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infection. For most people, infection produces no symptoms and results in the virus persisting...
FDA's Sharfstein Asks School of Pharmacy to Help Agency Effectively Use New Regulatory Tools
FDA has approved 146 medications under REMS, and added flexibility helped FDA resolve complex, controversial cases, e.g. rosiglitazone.
Why do diseases love a good festival? | Riazat Butt
The Lancet is holding a conference on mass gatherings and how to prevent the globalisation of infection. Appropriately, says Riazat Butt, the venue is Jeddah, gateway to the hajjLater this month the Lancet...
Criteria For Diagnosing Alzheimer's Outdated, Experts Say
Many scientists say the criteria Alzheimer's are in need of an extreme makeover.
This Week's Health Industry News
Politicians are campaigning on their health care votes. The Brookings Institution is holding a public forum on ensuring patient access to effective information about prescription medicines.
Pink Ribbon Fatigue
The pink ribbon has been a spectacular success in terms of bringing recognition and funding to the breast cancer cause. But now there is a growing impatience about what some...
Public Health: Will Los Angeles Go The Way Of Paris?
Will Los Angeles go the way of Paris? The City of Angels can learn a lot about public health from the capital of croissants. Not long ago, I came across a...
Pain therapy for piglets
Piglets of different age groups have a unique ability to break down and excrete painkillers, according to new research. Painkilling and anti-inflammatory effect of medicines studied work to varying degrees...
Plane Exhaust Kills More People Than Plane Crashes, Study Says
Toxic pollutants in plane exhaust cause at least 10,000 premature deaths a year, a new study says.
Patients' views on electronic patient records
The digitisation of patient records needs much wider consultation if the NHS is to retain public confidence in patient confidentiality, says a new survey published today by the New Economics...
Researchers Create Experimental Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created an experimental vaccine against beta-amyloid, the small protein that forms plaques in the brain and is believed to contribute to the...
UT Southwestern study to determine whether leptin helps type 1 diabetes patients
DALLAS -- Oct. 11, 2010 -- A clinical trial at UT Southwestern Medical Center aims to determine whether adding the hormone leptin to standard insulin therapy might help...
Insurance and socioeconomic status do not explain racial disparities in breast cancer care
Racial disparities in the receipt of breast cancer care persist despite accounting for patients' insurance and social and economic status. That is the conclusion of a study published early online...
Controversy over measurement of Colombian research groups
The Colombian system for measuring the scientific output of research groups should be reviewed and updated, say scientists.
Newborns with jaundice more likely to develop autism: study
Infants born with jaundice are at much greater risk of developing autism, a study published Monday showed.
David Brennan of AstraZeneca says public sector crucial to drug research
AstraZeneca chief executive stresses need for co-operation in tackling problem of antibiotic resistanceAstraZeneca's chief executive will this week urge ministers to work with the pharmaceutical industry to share the risks and costs in...