- Vaccine-delivery patch with dissolving microneedles eliminates 'sharps,' boosts protection
- HIV/AIDS treatment curbs spread of HIV among drug users, study finds
- Cash rewards with counseling could help prevent STIs
- Discovery suggests possible treatment strategy for aggressive leukemias
- Routine emergency department HIV screenings find only small increase in newly diagnosed HIV patients
- Many HIV-exposed infants in African countries not receiving medication to help prevent HIV
- HIV vaccines may induce HIV antibodies in trial participants, can cause false-positive test result
- New HIV treatment guidelines indicate importance of early, individualized antiretroviral treatment
- Scientists identify key molecular regulator of cardiac hypertrophy
- What protects farm children from hay fever? Protective substance may slumber in cowshed dust
- Cerebral bioelectricity analysis detects epilepsy
- New findings on troubling side effects of Parkinson’s medication
- Melting DNA into a barcode
- New genomics-based approach to understand origin of cancer subgroups
- Unearthing King Tet: Key protein influences stem cell fate
- Bioinformatics used to detect rogue use of synthetic biology
- When climate change becomes a health issue, are people more likely to listen?
- MDMA (Ecstasy)-assisted psychotherapy relieves treatment-resistant PTSD, study suggests
- Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows
- How technology may improve treatment for children with brain cancer
- Battlefield psychologists investigate stress in combat and after
- Microbicide gel: Reduced risk of HIV and herpes infections in women, study shows
- Reprogrammed cells 'remember,' retain characteristics of their cells of origin
- New study challenges stereotypes of adolescent sex offenders
- L-methionine in patients with neurogenic bladder disorders: Neither benefit nor harm proven, report finds
- Health impacts of Deepwater Horizon disaster on coastal Louisiana residents surveyed
- Foreign accents make speakers seem less truthful to listeners
- Socioeconomic status not associated with access to cochlear implants, study finds
- Nasal zinc gels may be associated with loss of sense of smell, study finds
- Obesity in early adulthood associated with increased risk of psoriatic arthritis
- Melanoma rates among minorities in Florida differ from national trends
- Sepsis and septic shock more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots after general surgery, study finds
- Trauma patients undergoing emergency operations may receive transfusions of their own blood
- Nanoparticles in English ivy may hold the key to making sunscreen safer and more effective
- Stem cells made by reprogramming hold onto their past
- Cells' grouping tactic points to new cancer treatments
- Seasonal influenza immunization rates among health-care workers
- Sirt3 helps protect preimplantation mouse embryos against stress conditions during in vitro fertilization
- Impaired activity of the protein MTOR a strain on the heart
- Tuning cocaine addiction
- Increased waistline and high triglyceride levels indicate risk of coronary heart disease, study finds
- Of bugs and brains: Gut bacteria affect multiple sclerosis
- New test to predict success of IVF treatment
- Physicians can perform poorly when patients need special care, study suggests
- 'Runaway' development implicated in loss of function of the aging brain
- Transparency through open notes: Risks and rewards of inviting patients to review their medical records
- Treatment outcomes for infantile hemangiomas compared
- Bridging the gender gap: Combined technologies offer promise for detecting colon cancer in women
- Breast cancer cells regulate multiple genes in response to estrogen-like compounds
- New way to target viruses could make antiviral drugs more effective
- Autism has unique vocal signature, new technology reveals
- Computer program predicts MRSA bacteria's next move
- Test could predict which children with T-cell ALL are best candidates for clinical trials
- Soldiers with brain injuries at higher risk of epilepsy decades later, study finds
- Natural substance NT-020 aids aging brains in rats, study finds
- Image-processing algorithm reduces CT radiation dose by as much as 95 percent
- Brain training reverses age-related cognitive decline
- Nanoparticles plus adult stem cells demolish plaque, study finds
- Work-related deaths in England and Wales have almost halved in 20 years, study finds
- Prolonged mobile phone use may be linked to tinnitus
- Painters at significantly increased risk of bladder cancer, study finds
- Air travel no 'significant threat' to cardiovascular health, says new guidance
- Probiotics use in mothers limits eczema in their babies
- Antibiotics for the prevention of malaria
- FDA Accepts Historical Controls for Epilepsy Monotherapy Studies
- Dangers of Untreated Erectile Dysfunction
- Why does everything look gray when you feel blue?
- Consumers love underdogs
- Afraid of a broken heart? Feeling insecure in relationships may predispose people to later cardiovascular problems, says research
- Replacing hydrogen in fluorescent dyes improves detection ability, stability and shelf life
- Widely used chemicals linked to ADHD in children
- Asthma and eczema sufferers have a lower risk of developing a cancer, study finds
- Next generation surgical robots: Where's the doctor?
- Depression overlooked in patients with hepatitis C; compromising HCV therapy
- High doses of ursodeoxycholic acid ineffective for NASH patients, study suggests
- Key pathway in end-stage prostate cancer tumor progression blocked
- Drinking trends increase for whites, blacks and Hispanics
- Genders of alcohol-dependent parents and children influence psychopathology in the children
- Men and women respond equally to naltrexone as treatment for alcohol dependence
- Children of older women appear vulnerable to the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure
- New genetic marker of ovarian cancer risk discovered
- Healthy families, religious involvement buffer youth against risk factors related to drug abuse
- Guided Care improves physician satisfaction with patient/family communications, study finds
- Bone cells' branches sense stimulation, when to make new bone
- Children have a negative impact on physical activity among individuals with heart disease, study finds
- HPV vaccine gives prolonged protection against genital warts and low-grade pre-cancerous growths
- Preterm births higher among overweight and obese mothers, study finds
- Women in their 50s more prone to PTSD than men
- Combatting maternal HIV transmission in Eastern Rwanda collaboratively
- HIV testing for children must be improved
- Model for roll-out of comprehensive adult male circumcision services in South Africa
- Need for protection against ticks that carry Lyme disease confirmed by new research
- New links between cholesterol and depression in the elderly
- Identification of a gene essential to newborn babies' first breath
- Childhood sexual abuse and social shaming linked to health issues later
- First stages of tissue production in human embryonic stem cells isolated
- Engineered stem cells may limit heart attack damage, improve function
- Do cleaning products cause breast cancer?
- Protein important in diabetes may also play a key role in heart disease, other disorders
- Students design early labor detector aimed to prevent premature births
- Medicine from moss: Bioreactor technique may offer hope to people with age-related blindness
- Most men in long-term study of HIV report low use of illicit drugs
- Toxic trio identified as the basis of celiac disease
- Novel anti-diabetes mechanism uncovered: Findings could lead to next generation of improved therapies
- Can chaos theory help predict heart attacks?
- Toronto homeless report barriers to health care
- Lack of insurance coverage remains obstacle to wider colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography
- New antibacterial material for bandages, food packaging, shoes
- Gulf oil dispersants unlikely to be endocrine disruptors and have relatively low cell toxicity, tests find
- Recreational pool disinfectants linked to health problems
- Stem cells for eating and sex pinpointed
- Every action has a beginning and an end (and it's all in you brain)
- Cancer-metabolism link runs deep in humans, novel network algorithm suggests
- Salmonella contaminated pork may pose health risk for humans
- Microbicide containing engineered bacteria may inhibit HIV-1
- Quitting smoking may minimize harmful bacteria and replenish healthy bacteria
- Valproic acid shown to halt vision loss in patients with retinitis pigmentosa
- Muscular heart failure patients may have a better chance at survival, study suggests
- HIV in people who use drugs: Need to focus on conditions of health delivery that create treatment interruptions
- Nanoparticles as destructive beacons to zap tumors
- Subtle thyroid problem triples the risk of placental separation in birth, study finds
- Video game processors help lower CT scan radiation
- Smog might trigger cell death in the heart, study finds
- Studies gauge techniques for measuring breast density -- a predictor of cancer
- Circumcising gay men would have limited impact on preventing HIV, study suggests
- Malicious use of pharmaceuticals: An under-recognized form of child abuse
- Intelligent earplug adapted for offshore use
- A blood test for depression?
- Early HAART during TB treatment boosts survival rate in people co-infected with HIV and TB, study finds
- Success of large-scale total joint replacement registry demonstrated
- More time spent sitting linked to higher risk of death; Risk found to be independent of physical activity level
- Link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease
- More than half of all ACL reconstructions could be avoided, Swedish study finds
- Important clue to understanding the pathogenesis of ciliary disorders
- Cannibinoids offer novel treatment for pain in sickle cell disease, study suggests
- Could diabetes be in your bones? Link between metabolic disease, bone mass; Breakdown of bone keeps blood sugar in check
- Vitamins needed to help celiacs stave off bone disease, researchers find
- African ancestry linked to high-risk breast cancer, study finds
- Cutting fat and calories can lower cancer risk in dogs and people
- Missing link in cell mitosis discovered: The role of protein in controlling cell division unveiled
- Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer's
- Genetic link to children’s emotional problems precipitated by bullying
- Scientists confirm role for mysterious cell component -- the nucleolinus
- SIRT1 gene important for memory
- How do cells die? Biophotonic tools reveal real-time dynamics in living color
- Misuse of anesthesia could cause hepatitis virus transmission
- Structural brain alterations in patients with irritable bowel syndrome discovered
- Can I buy you a drink? Genetics may determine sensitivity to other people's drinking behavior
- Scientists discover how deadly fungal microbes enter host cells
- Abnormal cells in blood tied to lung cancer: Circulating aberrant cells increase as non-small cell lung cancer progresses
- Kids could get more whole grains from after-school snacks, study finds
- Study describes health effects of occupational exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers
- Inequalities in mortality in Britain today greater than those during 1930s economic depression, study finds
- Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate falling, but more can be done
- Math model of colon inflammation singles out dangerous immune cells
- Novel therapeutic target for the treatment of Huntington’s disease
- Hijacked supplies for pathogens: Legionnaire’s disease bacteria tap into the material transport in immune cells
- Eye study finds two therapies slow diabetic eye disease progression
- Starve a cancer: Calorie restriction as an anti-invasive therapy for malignant brain cancer
- Light and moderate physical activity reduces the risk of early death, study finds
- 'Needle-free' intervention as natural vaccine against malaria
- Two countries divided by a common language: health systems in the UK and USA
- Huntington's disease greatly underestimated in the UK, experts say
- Parents and physicians should share decisions in sex development disorder surgery, study suggests
- HIV's sugar coating offers new vaccine approach
- No firm conclusions about HDL cholesterol can be drawn from JUPITER sub-analysis
- Noninvasive MR imaging of blood vessel growth in tumors using nanosized contrast agents
- Diabetes monitoring device benefits not just people but dogs and other animals, too
- Gene may hold key to reducing spread of oral cancers
- The healing effects of forests
- Inhibiting fatty acids in immune cells decreases atherosclerosis risk
- Stem cells from surgery leftovers could repair damaged hearts
- Disease genes that followed the Silk Road identified
- Diagnostic 'guidelines' a barrier to prompt relief for some back pain, study suggests
- RNA offers a safer way to reprogram cells
- How key enzyme repairs sun-damaged DNA
- Non-human sugar in biotech drugs causes inflammation
- Rare and common genetic variations responsible for high triglyceride levels in blood
- Why more education lowers dementia risk
- Irradiating stem cell niche doubles survival in brain cancer patients
- ICHEP 2010 conference highlights first results from the LHC
- New guidelines for care of heart transplant recipients
- Scientists tap into Antarctic octopus venom
- Exposure to early evening sunlight in spring creates teenage night owls
- Children with brain injuries have problems with story-telling, study suggests
- First step toward electronic DNA sequencing: Translocation through graphene nanopores
- One-size-fits-all approach to child custody can endanger moms and kids
- Our children aren't sleeping and we're medicating them
- Higher risk of infection and death in First Nations people on peritoneal dialysis
- New compound improves obesity-related health complications
- Elder Care Puts Strain on Adult Parent-Child Relationship
- Even in good communities, roaming teens a recipe for violence
- Predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients
- Infectious prions can arise spontaneously in normal brain tissue, study shows
- Childhood cancer survivors may have abnormal long-term cardiac function
- Treatments for blocked carotid arteries vary by US region
- Most men with low-risk prostate cancer receive aggressive treatment
- Heart failure care improved by performance intervention at outpatient cardiology practices
- Certain epilepsy drugs may increase risk of suicide, study suggests
- Many knee and hip replacement patients experience weight decrease after surgery
- Biological rationale for why intensive lupus treatment works
- Invention enables people with disabilities communicate and steer a wheelchair by sniffing
- Disparities remain a challenge in U.S. health care system, say experts
- Preventing heart problems while keeping a cool head: Cause of flushing effect arising from cholesterol treatment with nicotinic acid
- Millions of microorganisms reach Spain from the Sahara Desert and the Sahel region -- 'by flying'
- Doctors don't 'get' their patients
- Plentiful maternal affection in early infancy boosts adult coping skills, study finds
- Seeing the forest and the trees reveals heart problems
- Heart bypass for uncomplicated heart surgery does not reduce neurocognitive function in children, study finds
- Excessive intake of omega 6 and deficiencies in omega 3 induce obesity down the generations
- Study finds 63% of women report sexual problems, with orgasm proving biggest issue in teens and 20s
- Body mass index at age 17 within the normal range can predict future risk for hypertension in later life
- Protein identified that can result in fragile bones
- Adherence to recommended exercise improves physical function, reduces pain for osteoarthritis patients
- The more frequently you log on, the more weight you can keep off, study finds
- Obesity rise linked to disability increase among elderly in Latin America and the Caribbean
- Few people are doing it, so why should I? Motivating men to seek cancer screening
- In the 'neck' of time: Scientists unravel another key evolutionary trait
- Multifunctional nanoparticle enables new type of biological imaging
- Background music can impair performance, cites new study
- ADHD, conduct disorder and smoking most strongly related to dropping out of high school
- Use of decision-aid program increases safety for women experiencing abuse, researchers find
- Calcium connections: Basic pathway for maintaining cell's fuel stores
- Abusive mothers improve parenting after in-home training, emotional support of therapists
- Key milestone towards the development of a new clinically useful antibiotic
- Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for localized prostate cancer
- Smaller hospitals can provide safe and high-quality surgical care comparable to larger counterparts, study finds
- Genetic risk score associated with breast cancer risk; predictive of type of disease
- Relationships improve your odds of survival by 50 percent, research finds
- Delirium in older patients associated with greater risk of death, dementia and institutionalization
- Study examines hospital complication rates of bariatric surgery
- Late preterm births associated with increased risk of respiratory illnesses
- Women in their 40s have lower mammographic tumor detectability, study finds
- CTC screening for colorectal cancer not cost-effective when reimbursed at same rate as colonoscopy, study finds
- Reform of primary care could reduce diagnostic errors
- Alcohol reduces the severity of rheumatoid arthritis, study finds
- New drug delivery technique: Nanoblasts from laser-activated nanoparticles move molecules, proteins and DNA into cells
- Biomarkers found for postmenopausal cardiovascular disease
- Where do the drugs go?
- Early repolarization pattern is associated with cardiac risk among the middle aged
- Specific oncogene plays a role in lung squamous cell carcinoma
- Mapping of neglected tropical diseases critical to control and elimination efforts
- Morphine blocks tumor growth, study suggests
- Psychologists develop two potent new predictors of suicide risk
- Swimmers at sub-tropical beaches show increased risk of illness, study suggests
- New transplantation criteria for liver cancer patients
- Multiple sclerosis: Antihypertensive drug ameliorates inflammation in the brain
- Penalty points system driver's license reduces accidents on a temporary basis, Spanish study finds
- Huntington's disease discovery provides new hope for treatment
- One molecule, many more insulin-producing cells to treat diabetes