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Physical education key to improving health in low-income adolescents
School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of...
Study suggests dentists can identify patients at risk for fatal cardiovascular event
A new study indicates dentists can play a potentially life-saving role in health care by identifying patients at risk of fatal heart attacks and referring them to physicians for further...
Race Is Strong Predictor For Restless Legs Syndrome, Study Finds
New research shows that Caucasian women may suffer from restless legs syndrome, a sleep disorder characterized by the strong urge to move the legs, up to four times more than...
Spinal Cord Regeneration Enabled By Stabilizing, Improving Delivery Of Scar-degrading Enzyme
Researchers have improved an enzyme that degrades dense scar tissue that forms when the central nervous system is damaged -- and developed a new system to deliver it, ultimately enabling...
Early Results Of Nitric Oxide Therapy For Preemies Not Sustained, Study Finds
Inhaled nitric oxide, a therapy used in the treatment of premature newborns with respiratory failure that had shown promising results in short-term studies, does not significantly improve long-term outcomes, according...
NASA technology might treat breast cancer
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they're trying to determine if a NASA imaging technique can predict radiation therapy tissue damage experienced by breast cancer patients.
GOP Threat Shows Climate Bill Partisanship
Republican Senate Environment Committee Members Say They'll Boycott Meeting; Dems Claim Delay Tactic
Study reveals second pathway to feeling your heartbeat
A new study suggests that the inner sense of our cardiovascular state, our 'interoceptive awareness' of the heart pounding, relies on two independent pathways, contrary to what had been asserted...
Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure
A new study compares neighbourhoods' walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighbourhoods might be good for walking, but have poor...
Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease
The immune system's T cells have the unique responsibilities of being both jury and executioner. They examine other cells for signs of disease, including cancers or infections, and, if such...
Immune therapy can protect against or treat later lymphoma
Specially developed immune system cells that target the common Epstein-Barr virus can protect immune-suppressed bone marrow transplant recipients against lymph system disease and cancers that arise from the viral infection,...
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Gamma Knife Treatment For Glioblastomas Shows Promising Results
Researchers report promising results from a cutting-edge research study that treated the aggressive brain tumors glioblastoma multiforme using a novel type of imaging called MR spectroscopy coupled with high dose...
Pancreatic Cancer: Discovery Offers Potential New Treatment
Tiny particles that can carry drugs and target cancer cells may offer treatment hope for those suffering with pancreatic cancer. New research reveals that tumor-penetrating microparticles (TPM) have been specifically...
Mending Meniscals In Children, Improving Diagnosis And Recovery
A new study shows an increase in meniscal tears in children, especially those that play sports.
Stigma part of breast cancer's grip on poor
(AP) -- Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public...
FDA won't accept Merck's application for new drug
(AP) -- U.S. regulators have refused to accept drugmaker Merck & Co.'s application for a new, combination cholesterol pill that includes rival Pfizer's Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug.
Researchers to perform sex change operation on papaya
The complicated sex life of the papaya is about to get even more interesting, thanks to a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will fund basic...
Researchers Have Immune Cells Running in Circles
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have identified the important role a protein plays in the body's first line of defense in directing immune cells...
Researchers assessing health impacts of one of the nation's largest environmental disasters
Over nearly a century, thousands of residents and workers in Libby, MT, have been exposed to asbestos-contaminated vermiculite ore, leading to markedly higher rates of lung disease and autoimmune disorders,...
Unraveling the Mechanisms Behind Organ Regeneration in Zebrafish
The search for the holy grail of regenerative medicine-the ability to "grow back" a perfect body part when one is lost to injury or disease-has been under way for years,...
Teeth grinding linked to sleep apnea
There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly in Caucasians. New research presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual...
Study: Man-eating lions consumed 35 people in 1898
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nightly attacks by two man-eating lions terrified railway workers and brought construction to a halt in one of east Africa's most notorious...
ACC/AHA revised guidelines for the perioperative use of beta blockers to minimize cardiac risk
Cardiac complications around the time of noncardiac surgery are relatively common and can be serious. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) today release a...
Urban Hospitals May Get Extra Look in Health Overhaul
A provision in a House bill would order a group to conduct a study of regional variations in Medicare spending, pitting hospitals in more rural states against those in areas...
Stereotactic radiosurgery as effective in eliminating Parkinson's disease tremors as other treatments but less invasive
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) offers a less invasive way to eliminate tremors caused by Parkinson's disease and essential tremor than deep brain stimulation (DBS) and radiofrequency (RF) treatments, and is as...
My Quest To Analyze Every Man-Made Chemical In My Body
Every day we're exposed to thousands of man-made chemicals, some of which seep into our bodies and remain there for decades. What that means for our health, we don't fully understand--but I...
"Webnosis" the Wave of the Future?
Patients Are Seeking 1st, 2nd Opinions on Internet, But Some Doctors Are Leary of Misinformation with Self-Diagnosis