- Stress of an enriched environment might curb cancer growth; Effect linked to a brain-fat-hormone pathway
- A healthy mind makes a healthy body in teens
- DNA discovery opens new door to develop tools, therapies for hereditary cancers
- Endoscopic ultrasound evaluation is associated with improved outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients
- HPV DNA testing over 50 percent more sensitive than cytology testing
- Electronic health records prime clinicians to provide progressive care to older adults
- Canada's Chalk River Reactor coming back online will not solve long-term isotope shortage in hospitals, researchers say
- Simple diagnostic tool predicts Type 2 diabetes in Southeast Asians
- Alternative evolution: Why change your own genes when you can borrow someone else's?
- Antibodies found that prevent most HIV strains from infecting human cells
- Scientists reprogram triple-negative breast cancer cells to respond to tamoxifen
- Baseline PSA predicts risk of death from prostate cancer
- Drug delivery system uses nanoparticles triggered by electromagnetic field
- New way diseases can develop: Previously unknown mechanism directs gene expression in cells
- Protein that predicts prognosis of leukemia patients may also be a therapeutic target
- Luteolin stars in study of healthful plant compounds
- Vitamin B3 as a novel approach to treat fungal infections
- A fateful pause: Genetic mechanism once thought rare may allow rapid cell production
- Perfusion CT may be used as a noninvasive tool in detection of hepatic toxicity
- Functional MRI may predict response of hepatocellular carcinoma to chemoembolization
- Intoxicating fragrance: Jasmine as valium substitute
- Is biopsy avoidable on diagnosis of celiac disease?
- Study suggests link between scleroderma, cancer in certain patients
- Sweet way to detect prediabetes
- Antibody may help treat and prevent influenza outbreaks
- Hereditary kidney disease linked to genetic location
- Heart beat may provide clues to kidney health
- Biologists find a way to lower tumor risk in stem cell therapies
- HPV infection linked to increased risk of skin cancer
- Teen moms more likely to have premature babies, study finds
- Wrist fractures have an important public health impact
- Combining sex and drugs reduces rock and roll
- Drug study shows improvement in major orthopedic surgery care
- Extremely obese children have 40 percent higher risk of reflux disease of esophagus, study finds
- New way to expand donor pool for transplant organs?
- Borne on the wing: Avian influenza risk in US wild songbirds mapped
- Medicare policy may account for growing length of hospice stays in nursing homes
- New spin on drug delivery: Chemical engineers discover an enhanced delivery method of DNA payloads into cells
- Scientists use computer algorithms to develop seasonal flu vaccines
- Early Alzheimer's identification method discovered
- Honey bee venom may help design new treatments to alleviate muscular dystrophy, depression and dementia
- Moms' favoritism tied to depression in adulthood
- Marijuana derivative could be useful for pain treatment
- Plant extract may be effective against inflammatory bowel disease
- Nanoparticles shrink tumors in mice
- Novel protein being tested as potential target in Alzheimer's treatment
- New retrieval method makes studying cancer proteins easier
- Sirtuin1 may boost memory and learning ability; Discovery could lead to new drugs to fight Alzheimer's, other neurological diseases
- Talking touchscreens aid patients
- Universal HIV testing and immediate treatment could reduce but not eliminate HIV/AIDS epidemic
- An HPV vaccine cheap enough for the developing world? Could be
- Mathematical models for breast cancer detection with microwave tomography are cheaper and less risky, research finds
- Dogs may help collar Chagas disease: Researchers propose new ways to combat prevalent public health challenge
- Fibers that can hear and sing: Fibers created that detect and produce sound
- Making the invisible visible: Verbal but not visual, cues enhance visual detection
- New method helps nerves grow after trauma or injury
- One in four not covering coughs, sneezes
- Computerized monitoring systems enable hospitals to more aggressively combat infections
- Antisense therapy for spinal muscular atrophy shows promise
- Asthma warning for pregnant women
- Stem cell transplantation successfully treats therapy-resistant chronic leukemia, German study finds
- Mouse stem cell study offers new insights into body fat distribution
- Mexican salamander helps uncover mysteries of stem cells and evolution
- No evidence that popular slimming supplements facilitate weight loss, new research finds
- Sexual abuse survivors have increased of psychiatric disorders
- Preventable bloodstream infections still a problem in hospitals, infection prevention group finds
- Progress made in elucidating the mechanisms of bortezomib in lymphoma
- Mechanism that determines prostate cancer aggressiveness uncovered
- Salsa and guacamole increasingly important causes of foodborne disease
- Colorectal cancer screening in Canada is cost-effective, study finds
- Modulator of fetal hemoglobin switch may target sickle cell disease
- Apathy and depression predict progression from mild cognitive impairment
- New epigenetic player implicated in mental retardation and facial birth defects
- Pain, dry mouth may play role in sleep quality of head and neck cancer patients
- Early predictors of metabolic syndrome in healthy 7-9 year-olds identified
- Pediatric clinical studies appear prone to bias, review shows
- Doctors can influence when parents wean children from bottle, study finds
- Experimental obesity drug avoids brain effects that troubled predecessors
- Simple tools help parents understand a child's risk of obesity, make positive changes
- For speediest athletes, it's all in the center of gravity
- Women with gestational diabetes have increased risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies, study finds
- Mice essentially 'cured' of mild diabetes with enzyme
- Gene mutation that causes rare form of deafness identified
- Canada needs a policy for rare disease treatment
- Why Parkinson's disease patients aren't walking tall
- The hormone IGF-1: A trigger of puberty
- 'TIMely' intervention for asthma
- Vitamin D levels associated with Parkinson's disease risk
- Low vitamin D levels associated with cognitive decline
- Radiation device allows for targeted breast radiation to control cancer, study finds
- Combined behavioral interventions best way to reduce heart disease risk, study finds
- Prostate cancer risk variant found to be in a functional DNA sequence linked with disease
- Larger head size may protect against Alzheimer's symptoms
- Scientists create army of tumor-fighting immune cells and watch as they attack cancer
- Arsenic shows promise as cancer treatment, study finds
- Surgeons find new way to shield vision during radiation for eye cancer: Silicon oil
- Adolescent vision screenings may miss farsightedness and astigmatism
- Eating foods rich in vitamin E associated with lower dementia risk
- Weight loss may be associated with improvements in hot flushes in overweight and obese women
- Couple-focused intervention appears effective in reducing HIV risk behaviors among African-Americans
- New guideline: MRI better than CT scans at diagnosing stroke
- Antibiotics improve survival but not comfort for terminal dementia patients with pneumonia, study finds
- Children and teens with Tourette syndrome find relief with self-hypnosis
- Obstructive sleep apnea linked with later risk of heart disease
- Ethical, scientific issues related to 'post-market' clinical trials
- Engineering could give reconstructive surgery a facelift
- Baby brain growth mirrors changes from apes to humans
- Diversity of grieving among Alzheimer's caregivers
- Healthy made up over half of UK swine flu admissions and inpatient deaths in first wave
- Anti-cancer effects of broccoli ingredient explained
- New preimplantation genetic screening method can predict chromosomal abnormalities, study shows
- Finding may pave way for new treatments for muscle wasting diseases
- High-risk prostate cancer associated with significantly lower bone mineral content loss
- Depressed men with ED at risk for cardiovascular problems
- Are teen binge drinkers risking future osteoporosis?
- Prompt actions halt alarming infection outbreak at Dallas hospital
- A high-fat diet alters crucial aspects of brain dopamine signaling
- Adiposity hormone, leptin, regulates food intake by influencing learning and memory
- Brain responses of obese individuals are more weakly linked to feelings of hunger
- Greater obesity in offspring of nursing mothers consuming a high-fat diet
- Obesity is associated with reduced sensitivity to fat
- New intervention program promotes healthy dietary choices during infancy
- The meal as medicine: Anti-obesity effects of soy in a rat model of menopause
- Could our minds be tricked into satisfying our stomachs?
- Researchers envision better disease surveillance to improve public health
- Improving clinical use of stem cells to repair heart damage
- Lifelong doubling in death risk for men who are obese at age 20, study finds
- Progress made in addressing food marketing to children, but challenges remain
- Success of community interventions for childhood obesity varies depending on the target age group
- Researchers fighting bacterial infections zero in on microorganism's soft spots
- Medications found to cause long term cognitive impairment of aging brain, study finds
- Locker room talk: How male athletes portray female athletic trainers
- Scientists take high resolution photo of a K+ channel
- Interferon might help asthma patients breathe easier, study suggests
- Smoking mind over smoking matter: Surprising new study shows cigarette cravings result from habit, not addiction
- Foreign homestay students exposed to major health risks; need better safety net, study finds
- Whisker stimulation prevents strokes in rats; Stimulating fingers, lips and face may also work in humans
- Problematic blood clotting contributes to Alzheimer’s disease
- Dental researchers discover human beta defensin-3 ignites in oral cancer growth
- Prolonged training at altitude could decrease athletes’ performance
- Gene therapy breakthrough heralds treatment for beta-thalassemia
- Smoking influences gene function, scientists say
- New vitamin D guidelines: Physicians say Canadians should be taking more supplements
- Nearly 5 percent exposed to dengue virus in Florida's Key West, report suggests
- Divide and conquer: Genes decide who wins in the body's battle against cancer
- Scientists identify molecular predictor of prognosis for pancreatic cancer patients
- Prediction tool helps estimate local recurrence in patients with noninvasive breast cancer
- How sexual agreements affect HIV risk, relationship satisfaction
- Help is on the phone: Reducing pain and depression of cancer
- Regional variations in kidney care raise questions about spending, says Stanford nephrologist
- Lessons from efforts to reduce hospital-acquired infections
- Childhood cancer survivors face higher death risk 25 years later, from cancer, circulatory diseases
- Many physicians do not accept responsibility to report incompetent, impaired colleagues
- Supportive community programs can prevent women from gaining weight
- Criminalization of drugs and drug users fuels HIV; laws should be reviewed, say experts
- New generation of biological scaffolds
- 'Cool' imagery lower hot flashes through hypnotherapy
- Parkinson’s patients more likely to stick with certain ‘add-on’ drugs
- Hormonal contraceptives have mixed success among overweight women
- Cashew seed extract an effective anti-diabetic, study shows
- Tea may contain more fluoride than once thought, research shows
- Supercharged proteins enter biology's forbidden zone
- How psychiatric risk gene disrupts brain development
- Toward making 'extended blood group typing' more widely available
- Using domestic spoons to give children medicine increases overdose risk, doctors warn
- New treatment for crippling diabetic Charcot foot
- Obesity harms women's memory and brain function
- Major Alzheimer's risk gene causes alterations in shapes of brain protein deposits
- Jargon-busting software bridges the knowledge gap
- Future HIV vaccines: If we build it, will they come?
- Scientists urge global investment and action plan to avert impending aging crisis
- Does the existing standard of care supply energy sources to brain tumor cells?
- Hungry cells, on a binge, know their own limits
- Risks of banned drug mephedrone revealed in new research
- Fast food chains have significantly decreased trans fats in cooking oils, study finds
- Waterborne diseases could cost over $500 million annually in US
- Blind mice can 'see' thanks to special retinal cells
- Early exposure to milk protein from cows increases allergy resistance later in life, study finds
- Severe vasculitis: After 40 years, researchers identify possible new treatment
- Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
- Plavix may be treatment for dogs at risk of thromboembolic disease
- Mechanism for link between high fat diet and risk of prostate cancer and disorders unveiled
- Dementia in diabetics differs from dementia in nondiabetics, research finds
- Those who exercise when young have stronger bones when they grow old
- Diabetes risk: Waist circumference gives better prediction than BMI
- Diabetes shouldn't deter young athletes, study suggests
- Role of RNA polymerase in gene transcription demonstrated
- Retrovirus replication process different than thought
- New arsenic nanoparticle blocks aggressive breast cancer
- Knowledge gaps for 20 suspected carcinogens outlined
- Probability of surviving nine types of cancer analyzed
- Health providers need to do more to understand and support lesbians who are overweight, experts urge
- Wood smoke exposure multiplies damage from smoking, increases risk of COPD
- New clues to inflammatory disease discovered
- How cranberry juice fights bacteria at the molecular level
- New role for master regulator in cell metabolism, response to stress: Clinical implications for obesity, diabetes and cancer research
- Database for personalised cancer treatment: Largest study of genomes and cancer treatments releases first results
- Bright stars of the brain regulate breathing
- Stroke risk temporarily increases for an hour after drinking alcohol, study finds
- Scientists develop new way to grow adult stem cells in culture
- Toxicity increases with combined chemo/radiation treatments for nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Gene associated with kidney disease in African-American population identified
- Inherited glycosylation disorder: Researchers find cause of metabolic disease -- and possible cure
- How cells keep their guards in check
- Device achieves 90 percent closure rate for atrial septal defect in children; Biodegradable implant avoids risks associated with metal devices
- Gene responsible for population disparity in kidney failure, study finds
- Rescuing fruit flies from Alzheimer's disease
- First malaria-proof mosquito: Genetic manipulation renders them completely immune to the parasite
- New method of tissue banking makes gene analysis more practical for lung cancer
- Researchers cut years from drug development with nanoscopic bead technology
- Human sperm gene is 600 million years old, scientists discover
- New radiation mechanism may ward off cancer, oil spills and terrorism
- Simple screening test reduces invasive examinations for suspected bowel disease
- When does obesity become a child protection issue?
- Risk of death higher for babies born outside normal working week in Scotland, study finds
- Why walking flat-footed hurts habitual high-heels wearers: The effects of wearing high heals on women's legs
- Insight into why low calorie diet can extend lifespan -- even if adopted later in life
- More than half the world's population gets insufficient vitamin D, says biochemist
- Shoulder arthritis? What patients need to know before treatment
- Mental health woes grow while spending declines, study finds
- Steroids help preserve kidney function in type of kidney disease
- Morning test helps doctors save kidneys
- How human immune response to virus is triggered at the atomic level
- Arthroscopic treatment of common hip problem allows athletes to return to play, study finds
- Skin cells could help discover cause of Parkinson's disease
- 'Tough love' no good for obesity interventions, study finds
- Sri Lankan children affected by war, tsunami, daily stressors
- Genetic ancestry data improve diagnosis in asthma and lung disease
- Young children especially vulnerable to effects of 9/11
- Redundant genetic instructions in 'junk DNA' support healthy development
- New discovery brings hope to treatment of incurable blood cancer
- Cancer drugs may help stop major parasite
- Studies explore effects of war on former child soldiers
- Mice cages can alter rodents’ brains and skew research results, study finds
- Less salt for everybody
- Concentration, timing and interactions are key when it comes to dietary compounds
- Researchers find way to make cancer cells more mortal
- Novel microfluidic HIV test is quick and cheap
- Nature's insect repellents discovered
- New toxin may be key to MRSA severity
- New recommendations issued for use of cetuximab in colon cancer therapy
- Insecurities plague electronic health care
- Vitamin deficiency after weight loss surgery can cause vision loss in newborns, case study shows
- More research needed to verify effectiveness of ACL and knee injury prevention programs, study says
- Long-sought ligand for receptors on precursor B cells discovered
- How memory is disrupted in those with disease linked to learning disabilities
- Universal flu vaccine moving closer
- Simple, accurate in-office tool predicts athletes at high-risk for ACL injury, study details
- Major league pitchers 34 percent more likely to be injured than fielders, new study finds
- Early ACL surgery in kids would save money and prevent secondary injuries, study says