- Autism: Lack of evidence for antidepressants, study concludes
- Health care using telephone and telemonitoring technology benefits heart failure patients
- New 'dentist' test to detect oral cancer will save lives
- Competing for a mate can shorten lifespan
- Better understanding of mapmaking in the brain
- Latino children with asthma less accurate in determining their lung function
- Schools, communities share responsibility for child nutrition
- Corporal punishment of children remains common worldwide, studies find
- Familial link found in rare childhood leukemia
- Inhibiting prostate cancer without disturbing regular body processes
- On-the-job injuries hurt home health care industry
- Alcohol taxes can reduce death rates among chronic heavy drinkers
- Biochemist proposes worldwide policy change to step up daily vitamin D intake
- Brain pathways linking social stress and inflammation identified
- Scientists map all mammalian gene interactions
- What makes a good egg and healthy embryo? Zinc discovery may help in future fertility treatments
- Brain rhythm predicts ability to sleep through a noisy night
- 'Magnetic' solution to identify and kill tumors
- New strategy to fix a broken heart: Scaffold supports stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells
- Brain's wiring: More like the Internet than a pyramid?
- Telemedicine for maintaining health of oil rig workers
- Not all kidney patients treated equal: Differences in care for patients beginning on dialysis
- Demographic disparities found among children with frequent ear infections
- Brain responds same to acute and chronic sleep loss, research finds
- Factors associated with rate of visual field change in patients with glaucoma identified
- Plasma beta-amyloid levels associated with cognitive decline
- Three biomarkers in spinal fluid appear helpful to classify patients with Alzheimer's disease
- One in four stroke patients stop taking medication within three months
- Improved drug coverage under Medicare associated with increases in antibiotic use
- Larger waist associated with greater risk of death
- Certain vena cava filters may fracture, causing potentially life-threatening complications
- Physicians failing to follow recommended heart-failure treatment guidelines, study finds
- Computerized warning system alerts doctors to medications that could harm elderly patients
- More cancer-fighting power: Mouse with highly effective components of the human immune system
- Proton pump inhibitors are a risk factor for C. difficile reinfection, study finds
- New approaches could help defeat HIV
- New insights into how antibodies are made suggests new approach for anti-cancer drug targets
- Neurochip technology developed: Advances to further brain research of diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
- Clues to gut immunity evolution: Research reveals similarities between fish and humans
- Regional protocols improve quality of care for aortic dissection patients
- Distinguishing 'senior moments' from Alzheimer's
- Human cells can copy not only DNA, but also RNA
- For infant sleep, receptiveness more important than routine
- Brain fitness programs may help frail elderly walk faster, study suggests
- Walking to school could reduce stress reactivity in children, may curb risk of heart disease
- Motion-tracking technology reduces injuries for older adults
- New findings further clarify breast cancer risk with hormone therapy
- Physicians reluctant to use chemoprevention for prostate cancer, study shows
- Innovation could bring super-accurate sensors, crime forensics
- Molecular imaging identifies high-risk patients with heart disease
- Breast cancer risk varies among different progestins used in hormone replacement therapy, study finds
- Clinical trials abroad: Making non-English language consent forms readable
- Clinical trials: Comprehension unaffected by simplified consent forms or payment, study finds
- Heart's sounds can help diagnose heart failure, study finds
- Researchers assess severity of prostate cancers using magnetic resonance imaging
- Prevalence of eye disorder high among older US adults with diabetes
- Drugs used to treat osteoporosis not linked with higher risk of esophageal cancer
- Visits to emergency departments in US has increased in recent years, study finds
- Rate of health care associated MRSA infections decreasing, study finds
- Drugs to treat cocaine abuse? Effectiveness may depend on how one uses cocaine
- Stereotyping has a lasting negative impact, new research finds
- New way of classifying rheumatoid arthritis aimed at identifying the disease earlier
- Chemical system in brain behaves differently in cocaine addicts, scientists find
- Scientists identify new drug strategy against fragile X syndrome
- Adult autism diagnosis by brain scan
- Dying of cold: More heart attacks in cooler weather
- Optical imaging technique for angioplasty
- Proteins linked with Alzheimer's, other neurodegenerative diseases found to clump in normal aging
- Study finds similar personality types in male and female domestic violence perpetrators
- High malaria transmission areas remain a problem for elimination
- Menstrual cramps may alter brain structure
- Does cosmetic surgery help body dysmorphic disorder?
- Initial trials on new ovarian cancer tests exhibit extremely high accuracy
- Focusing on immediate health effects may improve weight loss success
- Spinal muscular atrophy may also affect the heart, study finds
- New diabetes risk assessment available online
- Cancer therapy: New laser technology for future radiation therapy
- Advance toward earlier detection of melanoma
- Fixing technical problems for a good night's sleep as kids start a new school year
- Deathstalker scorpion venom could improve gene therapy for brain cancer
- 'New' human adenovirus may not make for good vaccines, after all
- Potential treatment for pulmonary hypertension discovered
- Inherited brain activity predicts childhood risk for anxiety, research finds
- Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights
- Research links huntingtin to neurogenesis
- Using bone marrow stem cells to treat critically ill patients on verge of respiratory failure
- Lithium shows no benefit for people with ALS
- UK breast cancer mortality rates have fallen faster than in other European countries, study finds
- Stem cells used to treat children with life-threatening, blistering skin disease
- Delay in surgery not likely to worsen tumors in men with low-risk prostate cancer, study finds
- Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say
- Heat shock protein can restore nerve damage in diabetic mice
- Researchers outline 'best practice' in analysis of gene expression data
- One type of stem cell creates a niche for another type in bone marrow
- New drug reduces tumor size in women with advanced hereditary ovarian or breast cancer
- Athletes undergoing tissue transplant surgery for knee damage have bright future
- Immune responses during pregnancy linked to schizophrenia among offspring
- Implantable silk metamaterials could advance biomedicine, biosensing
- Elevated heart rate over time linked to significant risk of death
- Single neurons can detect sequences
- Citizen scientists discover rotating pulsar
- Immune system overreaction may enable recurrent urinary tract infections
- New rheumatoid arthritis criteria to stave off disabling disease for thousands of people
- Teaching robot helps children to use wheelchair
- Mutant mouse reveals potential genetic pathway for alcoholism
- Poor kidney function common among HIV-infected injection drug users
- Culture matters in suicidal behavior patterns and prevention, psychologist says
- Scientists clarify structural basis for biosynthesis of mysterious 21st amino acid
- Researchers use pyrosequencing to study canine intestinal bacteria
- Merlin protein found to control liver stem cells, prevent tumor development
- Childhood memories of father have lasting impact on men's ability to handle stress
- Scientists identify DNA that may contribute to each person's uniqueness
- College students exhibiting more severe mental illness, study finds
- Youth exposure to alcohol ads in magazines declining
- The cancer biomarker conundrum: Too many false discoveries
- Acetaminophen use in adolescents linked to doubled risk of asthma
- Magnetic molecular machines deliver drugs to unhealthy cells
- Selected cells from blood or bone marrow may provide a route to healing blood vessels
- Expensive new blood pressure meds no better than generics, according to long-term data
- New sporadic prion protein disease: Variably protease-sensitive prionopathy shares genotype characteristics with Creutzfeldt-Jakob
- Speed electronic medical record adoption via key medical centers, experts say
- New approach which can help to predict neurodegenerative diseases
- SUMO works with replication protein A complex to repair DNA
- Primary care doctors get little information about chronic sinusitis
- Lethal brain tumor's strength may be a weakness as well
- Childhood abuse, adversity may shorten life, weaken immune response among the elderly
- Adversity in childhood can increase risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood, research shows
- Technique to preserve fertility in young women may be unsafe for patients with leukemia
- Promising results of gene therapy to treat diseases of the eye
- Estrogen not associated with lung cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women, study finds
- Discovered gene causes Kabuki syndrome: Researchers streamline DNA sequencing strategies to find rare disease genes quickly
- Probing the nanoparticle: Predicting how nanoparticles will react in the human body
- Preclinical inquiry into one mutation sheds light on addiction and a birth defect
- Drugs encased in nanoparticles travel to tumors on the surface of immune-system cells
- Possible cocaine addiction trigger uncovered: Protein linked to mental retardation may be controlling factor in drug's effect in the brain
- Embryonic heart paced with laser
- Green tea extract appears to keep cancer in check in majority of CLL patients
- Genetic link discovered between immune system, Parkinson's disease
- Scientists closer to finding what causes the birth of a fat cell
- Amphetamine use increases risk of aortic tears in young adults, study suggests
- Diabetes risk in children increases risk for weak bones
- Newly identified RNA sequence is key in microRNA processing
- Gene that causes barnacles to avoid ship hulls identified
- Breakthrough gene therapy prevents retinal degeneration
- Scientists successfully use human induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's in rodents
- Ozone and nicotine a bad combination for asthma
- MRSA-killing paint created
- Health impact of Gulf Coast oil spill hazardous but improving
- Birth control pill equally effective for women regardless of their weight
- UV-B treatment may improve psoriasis and vitamin D levels
- Repairing spinal cord injury with manipulated neural stem cells
- New link found between inflammation and cancer
- SSRIs may pack more punch at the cellular level than believed
- Difficulty swallowing a sign of poor prognosis among hospitalized patients
- Women who drink beer more likely to develop psoriasis
- Skin condition associated with depression, anxiety and suicidal feelings
- Hair color, socioeconomic status among risk factors for recurring basal cell carcinoma
- Surgery can be safely performed in settings with limited resources
- Patients with diabetes may need fewer medications after bariatric surgery
- Antagonistic people may increase heart attack, stroke risk
- Choosing healthier protein-rich foods instead of red and processed meats may reduce heart disease
- Antidepressant can help treat major depression during perimenopause, menopause, study shows
- Integrative body-mind training (IBMT) meditation found to boost brain connectivity
- Blood stem cell, leukemia link illuminated in new study
- How badly does it hurt? Research examines the biomedical diagnosis of pain
- Vitamin D may treat or prevent allergy to common mold
- New drug treatment for malaria?
- Disturbances in certain genes play a role in autism
- 'Smart' adult stem cells repair hearts
- SPF on your plate: Researcher connects the Mediterranean diet with skin cancer prevention
- Presidential election outcomes directly influence suicide rates, study finds
- Gallbladder cancer may be linked to estrogens, study finds
- Reminding health-care staff to remove catheters reduces infections by half
- Studies pinpoint key targets for MRSA vaccine
- Scientists map epigenetic changes during blood cell differentiation; Potential application for stem cell therapies
- Obesity rates decline for many adolescents, but disparities worsen
- Genes associated with aggressive breast cancer
- Novel role: EZH2 boosts creation of ovarian cancer blood vessels
- Disadvantaged adolescents prone to adult crime and substance abuse problems, study finds
- New targets for anti-angiogenesis drugs revealed
- Efforts to encourage disclosure of medical errors decreased claims
- Nearly one million children in U.S. potentially misdiagnosed with ADHD, study finds
- Marriage and committed romance reduce stress-related hormone production
- Special yoga classes aimed at breast cancer survivors improves recovery
- Trauma center care cost-effective
- Pharmaceuticals: A market for producing 'lemons' and serious harm
- High stress levels may delay women getting pregnant, study suggests
- Passing in the night: Examining work schedules, gender and marital quality
- Developmental problems: Some exist in the genes
- New drugs to treat chronic pain without numbing may be possible
- Black patients, women miss out on strongest medications for chronic pain
- Birth dates, school enrollment dates affect ADHD diagnosis rates, study shows
- New screen offers hope for copper deficiency sufferers
- Lung stem cells vital to lung repair associated with poor cancer prognosis when found in tumor
- New mechanisms of tumor resistance to targeted therapy in lung cancer are discovered
- Saving the brain's white matter with mutated mice
- Building a bridge with cross-cultural cancer education
- Sports brain trauma may cause disease mimicking ALS, researchers find
- Two types of bone marrow stem cells could work together to advance regenerative medicine
- Acupuncture not superior to sham acupuncture in knee osteoarthritis, study finds
- MRSA policies differ among hospitals, study shows
- Studying yeast to better understand male infertility
- Genetic link to advanced fatty liver disease confirmed by new studies
- Long-term entecavir therapy reverses fibrosis and cirrhosis in chronic hepatitis B patients
- B vitamins and the aging brain examined
- Accomplice in breast cancer discovered
- Why drunk drivers may get behind the wheel
- Moderate chocolate consumption linked to lower risks of heart failure, study finds
- Novel diabetes hope comes from Chinese herbs
- Astronaut muscles waste in space
- Evolution may have pushed humans toward greater risk for type 1 diabetes
- Postnatal depression can be prevented by health visitors, study finds
- Cause of immune system avoidance of certain pathogens discovered
- Substantial costs associated with scientific misconduct should prioritize prevention efforts, experts argue
- Combined data for estimating insecticide-treated bed net coverage in Africa
- Probabilistic modeling of verbal autopsy data is best for public health decision making, study finds
- Health care system delay may increase risk of death for heart patients receiving reperfusion therapy
- Prediction model may help determine risk of critical illness after out-of-hospital emergency care
- Use of surgically implanted antibiotic sponge does not reduce rate of sternal wound infections
- Prevalence of hearing loss among US adolescents has increased significantly
- Smokers trying to give up: Don't stop thinking about cigarettes
- Paving 'slabs' that clean the air
- Women with osteoporosis suffer more if they have previously broken a bone, say scientists
- Moderate drinking, especially wine, associated with better cognitive function
- Thymus cells transform into skin cells in Swiss laboratory
- Innovative imaging system may boost speed and accuracy in treatment of heart rhythm disorder
- Overweight American children and adolescents becoming fatter
- Pediatric urologist performs innovative procedure for girls with rare vaginal defects
- New twist on drug screening to treat common childhood cancer
- Drug-eluting stents confirmed safe, effective for long-term use, study suggests
- Even modest weight gain can harm blood vessels, researchers find
- Warning system inadequate to prevent swimmers from getting sick at inland lakes
- Early life influences risk for psychiatric disorders
- Meningitis research breakthrough could save children’s lives
- Discovery may aid search for anti-aging drugs: Gene's action may help explain why restricting diet lengthens life in animals
- Brain connections break down as we age, study suggests
- Headaches in teens tied to overweight, smoking and lack of exercise
- Workplace wellness plan saves money over the long-term, new study shows
- Potential HIV drug keeps virus out of cells
- Why Alzheimer's drug is both safe and effective, study explains
- Gender bender: Do gender knee implants provide better outcomes?
- Titanium coating with protein 'flower bouquet' nanoclusters strengthens implant attachment
- Ancient Chinese medicine may help chemotherapy patients
- Chronic health conditions common for stem cell transplant survivors
- New mechanism behind cellular energy conversion discovered
- Surprise in genome structure linked to developmental diseases
- Molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of asthma illuminated
- Consumers need protection from unrealistic claims of home genetic tests, new report states
- Lung cancer patients receiving palliative care have improved quality of life, extended survival, study finds
- Targeting hit-and-run cancer viruses