- Type 2 diabetes medication rosiglitazone associated with increased cardiovascular risks and death, study finds
- Making virtopsies a reality: New research project to develop reliable and cost-effective virtual autopsies
- End-of-life care in teaching hospitals is generally of good quality, but more family communication is needed, study finds
- Fewer than half of breast cancer patients adhere to hormonal therapy regimen, study finds
- Nitrate in beetroot juice lowers blood pressure, study finds
- Aggressive control of cardiac risk factors might not benefit all patients with diabetes
- Report examines whether statins prevent death in high-risk individuals without heart disease
- Death rates from type 1 diabetes steadily improving, research finds
- Bicycling, brisk walking help women control weight; Researchers call for more bike-friendly environments to combat obesity
- Pacemaker for your brain: Brain-to-computer chip revolutionizes neurological therapy
- Underwater sponges and worms may hold key to cure for malaria
- North America's first peoples more genetically diverse than thought, mitochondrial genome analysis reveals
- Lower back pain and surgery: Literature review discusses herniated disks, treatment options for pain-free living
- New formula gives first accurate peak heart rate for women
- Public transit systems contribute to weight loss and improved health, study finds
- Surprising find may yield new avenue of treatment for painful herniated discs
- Beating doctor burnout and protecting patients
- A community approach to kicking the habit
- Earplug lets the message through
- Ovarian transplantation restores fertility to old mice and also lengthens their lives
- Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may damage semen quality in sons
- Cheap, simple, noninvasive blood test may replace invasive diagnostic techniques in early pregnancy
- Study finds why some women are sub-fertile with a poor response to ovarian stimulating hormones
- Surgical repair of knee injuries does not decrease risk of osteoarthritis
- Use of less invasive, imaging-guided biopsies on the rise
- Despite countless changes, original HIV infection lurks within
- No link between diabetes drug rosiglitazone and increased rate of heart attack, study finds
- Teeth of cadavers reveal their identity
- WIC program might prevent mothers from feeding cow's milk too early
- Public health systems compared: Germans more dissatisfied than the rest
- Embryonic cell and adult pig islet transplants cure diabetes in rats
- Sensor and insulin pump results in better blood-sugar control in all age groups with diabetes
- Experts analyze benefits, opportunities and challenges of Medicare Part D
- Hyperoxia may slow formation of wrinkles; Excess oxygen lessens impact of UVB radiation, study shows
- Lead poisoning highly prevalent among school-aged children in Uganda
- Turning back the cellular clock: Method developed for tracking adult stem cells as they regress
- Near-normal blood sugar target did not delay risk of organ damage in people with diabetes
- ACCORD eye study finds 2 therapies slow diabetic eye disease progression
- How dietary supplement may block cancer cells
- Internists outline comprehensive federal strategy to control tobacco use
- Bars, restaurants see no significant employment change under smoking bans in two cities
- Counseling increased mammography use among low-income women with health insurance
- Depressed mice could aid research on drug-resistant depression in humans
- Is your left hand more motivated than your right hand?
- Deaths in the family cause bacteria to flee
- Smoking-related colorectal cancer in older women is associated with molecularly-defined DNA changes
- Interventions to promote repeat breast cancer screening with mammography
- Venetian blinds can cause accidental strangulation
- Olympic gold? A new effect of caffeine boosts performance
- Community-based education strengthens campaign for elimination of lymphatic filariasis
- New temperature table may help reduce heat-related deaths of children in closed cars
- Brain's energy restored during sleep, suggests animal study
- Impulsive, weak-willed or just too much dopamine? Brain study highlights role of dopamine in impulsive behavior
- Mystery unraveled: How asbestos causes cancer
- Smarter lunchrooms lead kids to eat more salad
- Engineered antibodies directed against a promising therapeutic target on ovarian cancer cells
- New drug restores hearing after noise-induced hearing loss in rats
- Shaken baby syndrome: New theories proposed
- In vitro maturation: Do eggs matured in the laboratory result in babies with large offspring syndrome?
- Cancer drug shows promise for treating a wide range of inflammatory diseases
- New non-surgical treatment for uterine fibroids can improve quality of life
- Ongoing pregnancy rates from vitrified eggs as good as those from fresh, study shows
- Teenage physical activity reduces risk of cognitive impairment in later life
- New insights into link between anti-cholesterol statin drugs and depression
- Differences between women and men with a primary psychotic episode analyzed
- Key mechanism links virgin olive oil to protection against breast cancer
- Exposure to secondhand smoke in the womb has lifelong impact, study finds
- US plan to pay hospitals for performance could hurt those in less-advantaged areas, study says
- Pathologists call for new training program to support personalized medicine
- New cochlear implant could improve outcomes for patients
- New allocation formula could prevent waste and transplant delays
- Honey as an antibiotic: Scientists identify a secret ingredient in honey that kills bacteria
- Virgin olive oil and a Mediterranean diet fight heart disease by changing how our genes function
- Molecular signatures may aid fight against pediatric liver disease
- Cognition and memory improve dramatically in mice when brain compound levels were decreased
- Key enzyme in fetal heart development also involved in adult heart disease, study shows
- Genetic basis of alopecia areata -- one of most common causes of hair loss
- Best tests for predicting Alzheimer's disease identified
- Nano-sized advance toward next big treatment era in dentistry
- Beverages leave 'geographic signatures' that can track people's movements
- Melanoma-initiating cell identified
- When food intake stops, enzyme turns off production of fats, cholesterol
- More than 2 billion people worldwide lack access to surgical services
- Doctors to treat septic patients with hypothermia
- Researchers identify what makes MRSA lethal
- Linguistics professor examines manufacturers' prescription drug websites
- Stem-cell therapy may provide new approach to fight infection
- Environmental toxins affect the body's hormone systems
- Authoritative parenting style influences family eating behavior and better nutrition in adolescents
- Planned home births associated with tripling of neonatal mortality rate vs. planned hospital births
- Experimental nonsteroidal treatment of asthma shows promise
- Higher testosterone may raise risk of heart disease in elderly men
- New research model of human prostate cancer shows cancer development
- Low vitamin D linked to the metabolic syndrome in elderly people
- Top down approach helps academic medical center reduce unnecessary emergency department X-rays
- New key to corneal transplant success
- Consensus statement on diagnosis and management of nasal valve compromise
- UVA radiation damages DNA in human melanocyte skin cells and can lead to melanoma
- Visually impaired people get insulin pen dosages right, study finds
- Acupuncture improves exercise tolerance in heart patients, German study finds
- Killer whales and the mystery of human menopause
- Gene regulating human brain development identified
- Cancer stem cells are not 'one size fits all,' lung cancer models show
- Childhood malnutrition could weaken brain function in elderly
- Ultrafine particles in air pollution may heighten allergic inflammation in asthma
- Reprogrammed human blood cells show promise for disease research
- Work-life balance: Brain stem cells need their rest, too
- Simple two-question survey can better identify hungry children
- Genetic signatures of human exceptional longevity discovered
- Tibetan adaptation to high altitude occurred in less than 3,000 years
- DNA mutation rates raise curtain on cause of cancer
- Muscular problems in children with neonatal diabetes are neurological, study finds
- Increasing fertility threefold with DHEA?
- Brain atrophy responsible for depression in people battling multiple sclerosis
- Genetic regulator opens new avenues to AIDS, immune system research
- Nutrition's potential to save sight
- Vast majority of physicians practice 'defensive medicine,' according to physician survey
- Treating tongue tie could help more babies breastfeed
- Discovery of a hepatitis C-related virus in bats may reduce outbreaks in humans
- Stroke complications may subtract additional two years of healthy life
- Scientists uncover novel role for DNA repair protein linked to cancer
- Cellular and molecular events that restrict HIV transmission identified
- Why are blacks more likely to die from cancer diagnosis? Patient, doctor, hospital factors all contribute to worse survival, review finds
- High fructose diet may contribute to high blood pressure, study finds
- High potassium? Check your antibiotic
- How loss of key protein promotes aggressive form of leukemia
- Chromosomal abnormality found for inherited clubfoot
- Stem cell scientist leads effort to prevent fraudulent treatment
- Histone H1 regulates gene activity throughout the cell cycle
- Short-term kidney failure in heart patients may not be as detrimental, study shows
- How T cells make a commitment
- Subtle mutations in immune gene may increase risk for asthma
- Cell phone microscope poised to begin trials in Africa
- Molecular prosthesis against gout
- Much Internet-based sports medicine information is incorrect or incomplete
- Personalized approach to smoking cessation may be reality in 3-5 years
- Cell signaling classification system gives researchers new tool
- High BMI linked to proximity to convenience stores
- Air pollution doesn't increase risk of preeclampsia, early delivery, study finds
- Nanomachines in the powerhouse of the cell: Architecture of the largest protein complex of cellular respiration elucidated
- Simpler and cheaper antibiotic prophylaxis with insertion of nutrition catheter in the stomach
- Women live longer but experience a lower quality of life during old age
- Virtual food causes stress in patients affected by eating disorders
- First step to new therapy for chronic bowel disease
- Difficult childhoods can lead to teenage drinking, African study finds
- Fetal X-ray exposure interferes with memory in adulthood, monkey study finds
- Antagonizing atherosclerosis
- New tool to rule out coronary heart disease in primary care
- Novel molecular pathway regulates invasive growth and metastasis in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
- Antioxidants do help arteries stay healthy
- Revolutionary therapy slows tumor growth in advanced breast cancer, research reports
- Adolescent cyberbullies and their victims may have physical, mental health problems
- Optical imaging could create pathway for radiotracers, study finds
- Abused children appear likely to have mental disorders as young adults
- Kids now see fewer television ads for sweets and beverages, but more for fast food
- Heart patients with anxiety disorder experience more cardiovascular events, deaths
- Plasma protein appears to be associated with development and severity of Alzheimer's disease
- Delayed school start time associated with improvements in adolescent behaviors
- Depression is a risk factor and not an early sign of alzheimer's disease, study suggests
- Higher STD rates among users of erectile dysfunction drugs
- Searching For Causes of Neural Disconnection in Schizophrenia
- Rhythm of life: Music shows potential in stroke rehabilitation
- Protein inhibitor revives chemotherapy for ovarian patients
- Diagnostic blood test can identify rare lung disease
- Wet breathing system filters transmit harmful bacteria and yeast, hospitals warned
- Scientists reveal the mystery of sudden cardiac death
- Cocoa flavanols improve vascular and blood pressure measures for coronary artery disease patients
- Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development
- Neural stem cells attack glioblastoma cells
- Majority of Ontarians suffering from rheumatoid arthritis not receiving needed speciality care, study finds
- Robots preclude neck incision for thyroid surgery
- Map of herpes virus protein suggests a new drug therapy
- Hips don't lie: Researchers find more accurate technique to determine sex of skeletal remains
- Head and spine trauma from ATV accidents cost $3.24 billion annually, study finds
- Bacterial communication encourages chronic, resistant ear infections
- Protein must exist in specific brain cells to prevent diet-induced obesity
- Brain chemical boosts body heat, aids in calorie burn, UT Southwestern research suggests
- Fat cells play key role in development of type 2 diabetes
- Big picture: Lipid ordering visualized in a living vertebrate organism
- Negative perceptions of menopause contradicted by new study
- Researchers discover trigger to early, effective antibody response
- Water's unexpected role in blood pressure control
- Multicolor quantum dots aid in cancer biopsy diagnosis
- Researchers identify factors behind blood-making stem cells
- Want to slow aging? New research suggests it takes more than antioxidants
- New technology reduces storage needs and costs for genomic data
- Therapist competence matters -- and more for some patients than others
- Scientists design new delivery device for gene therapy
- The Framingham Heart Study -- global impact, ongoing influence
- Extended use of anti-clotting drug helps some bedridden patients
- Tight blood pressure control for patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease not associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes
- Length of biological marker associated with risk of cancer
- Study finds wide variation in 5-year patient survival rates for lung transplantation centers
- Glucosamine appears to provide little benefit for chronic low-back pain
- Should specialist medical training be more flexible?
- Suicide barriers may fail to cut suicide rates as people go elsewhere
- Many mephedrone alternatives just as risky, warn experts
- Of moose and men: 50-year study into moose arthritis reveals link with early malnutrition
- Recommendations for treatment of inherited lung disease are unjustified, review finds
- Homicide and suicide rates among mentally ill on the decline, UK study finds
- New target for treatment of advanced prostate cancer
- Majority of fevers in African children are not caused by malaria, stud finds
- $30 billion 'price tag' for improving maternal, neonatal and child health is inadequate, experts say
- Uncapping the mystery behind the mechanism of cap removal from actin filaments
- Protein identified which helps cancer cells to survive stressful conditions
- Patients with treatment-resistant CLL respond positively to stem cell transplants
- Painkillers not linked with heart disease in elderly patients and may protect against death, study finds
- Early transfusion increases acute upper GI re-bleeding risk, UK hospital study suggests
- Suicide attempt method affects prognosis, study finds
- New method for identifying the causes of X-linked genetic disorders
- New proteins that regulate blood pressure, flow discovered
- Attitudes, beliefs and health literacy impact how patients manage chronic lower-back pain
- Genetically reprogrammed HSV given systemically shrinks distant sarcomas
- How active immune tolerance makes pregnancy possible
- Link between brain activity and Parkinson's disease symptoms: New strategy for treating movement disorders identified
- High blood levels of vitamin E reduces risk of Alzheimer's, Swedish study finds
- Cancer deaths continue to drop
- Autism-related study discovers how drug interferes with neuronal cell function
- First transoral and transvaginal gallbladder removals performed as part of US multicenter human trial
- HIV prevention strategy key to curbing epidemic and cutting long-term treatment costs
- Racism shapes African-American women's views on depression care
- New 3-D imaging techniques for improved lung cancer drug development
- Light shed on triglyceride metabolism
- Researchers demystifying complex cellular communications hubs found in sensory neurons
- New computer program accurately simulates protein folding dramatically faster than previous methods
- Cholesterol's other way out
- Pinpoint precision: Delivering a biochemical payload to one cell
- Ticking biological clock increases women's libido, new research shows
- Women with gestational diabetes: Common glucose test also accurately predicts adult-onset diabetes, study finds
- One in four Californian children have never seen a dentist, study finds
- Amid the murk of 'gut flora,' vitamin D receptor emerges as a key player
- Knee arthritis? Flexible options can help keep you active
- Biologists identify a new clue into cellular aging
- Previously unknown natural mechanism controls cocaine use
- Higher-protein diets support weight loss, but may lower bone density in postmenopausal women
- Teens drink more during summer before college, study finds
- Genetic ancestry data improve diagnosis in asthma and lung disease
- Hospital hyperglycemia may predict future diabetes
- Revolutionary medical dressing uses nanotechnology to fight infection
- Muted emotions misleading in Alzheimer's disease, study suggests
- Inactivity 'no contributor' to childhood obesity epidemic, new report suggests
- New surgery improves outcomes for severe flat foot deformity
- Simple massage relieves chronic tension headache, study finds
- Surgery linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, according to Spanish study
- Severe angina poses three times the coronary artery disease risk for women than men
- European Society for Medical Oncology publishes updated guidelines on cancer care
- Home care equivalent to hospital care for some patients with cystic fibrosis, study finds
- Fish oil may reduce risk of breast cancer
- New way to slow the growth of malignant melanoma
- Chemical makes brain cells grow, thwarts mental decline in aging rats