- Simplified heart-risk guideline may miscalculate risk for millions
- Limiting harmful acrylamide: Lactic acid bacteria to lower risk of cancer
- Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems
- Use of medication for insomnia or anxiety may increase mortality risk, study suggests
- Appetite hormones may predict weight regain after dieting
- High stress hormone levels linked to increased cardiovascular mortality
- Liver defect likely cause of DHA deficiency in Alzheimer's patients, UCI study finds
- These dendritic cells are fishy, but that's a good thing
- Joint replacement: New clinical guidelines for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections of the hip and knee
- Music on prescription could help treat emotional and physical pain
- Romantic partner may play role in reducing vulvovaginal pain
- Opioid use to relieve pain and suffering at end of life is safe in hospital-at-home setting, study finds
- Research and insights on severe asthma in children
- Keeping stem cells from changing fates
- Overweight and obese make up majority in Ontario, study finds
- Effects of population aging have been exaggerate: Better retirement ages?
- Mental maturity scan tracks brain development
- Improvement in prediction of blood clots in cancer patients
- New dual recognition mechanism discovered in tuberculosis
- Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer's-associated traffic jams in the brain
- How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
- Promising treatment for metastatic melanoma 'fast tracked' by FDA
- Basic physical capability can predict mortality in later life
- Diagnostic errors 'greatest threat to patient safety in hospitals,' claims senior UK doctor
- Pediatric vaccine stockpile policies need to be revisited, researcher says
- European Union could create incentive for new drug treatments, experts propose
- Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
- IV drips can be left in place, study shows
- Structural details of a key protein for cellular signal transduction
- New neurological deficit behind lazy eye identified
- World's first transcontinental anesthesia: Researchers pioneer anesthetics via videoconferencing
- A smart use for wisdom teeth: Making stem cells
- Misfolded neural proteins linked to autism disorders
- Research shows unemployment programs lacking for people with disabilities
- Drug holds promise to halt debilitating condition of diabetes
- Program to improve palliative care falls short of hopes, study finds
- Researchers analyze impact of chemical BPA in dental sealants used in children
- Function found for Alzheimer's protein
- Rebuilding immunoreceptors reveals their mode of activation
- Perceived life-threat affects mental health, Swedish research finds finds
- Lack of trust in hospitals a major deterrent for blood donation among African-Americans, survey finds
- Mental health leaves most costly disability to Canadian employers, study finds
- Cost of over-triage on the nation's health system: US researchers find potential area of cost savings
- Fruit fly gene study leads to new method for understanding brain function
- Harmful amyloid interferes with trash pickup for cells in Alzheimer's disease
- Gene discovery could yield treatments for nearsightedness
- Bone-anchored leg prostheses improve quality of life, Swedish study finds
- MRSA infection with heteroresistance (hVISA) linked to high mortality, study finds
- Long-standing mystery of protein 'quality control' mechanism solved
- New treatment options target underlying causes of childhood obsessive-compulsive and Tourette's disorders
- Therapeutic targets found for rare cancer in children
- Cancer deaths fall in European Union, but prevention still lags behind
- B vitamins slow brain atrophy in people with memory problems
- Scientists 'clone' human virus responsible for congenital malformations and other life-threatening diseases
- New insights provide promise for development of tools to protect damaged tissues
- Brain stimulation can help partially paralysed stroke patients regain use of their muscles, research finds
- Public handwashing: More adults than ever (85 percent) observed washing hands in public restrooms
- Antibiotic appears safe for stroke patients and good companion for tPA, study suggests
- Breakthrough in drug trial offers hope for heart attack patients
- Good long-term results for fusion surgery for high-grade spondylolisthesis
- National study finds 70 percent increase in basketball-related traumatic brain injuries
- Early prostate cancer detection, screening: No benefit for men with low baseline PSA value, study finds
- New target in polycystic kidney disease: Experimental drug decreases size and number of cysts in animal model
- Selective inhibition of BMK1 suppresses tumor growth
- Supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs, study shows
- New insight into 'accelerated aging' disease
- Liquid nitrogen most effective at removing warts, study finds
- Lung cancer culprit could offer target for therapy, researchers report
- Key pathway implicated in progression of childhood cancer identified
- Exosomal release of beta-catenin may explain why CD82 and CD9 suppress tumor metastasis
- 'Hi-JAK-ing' cancer by inhibiting Jak2
- Early surgery after hip fractures reduces death, study finds
- New study reconciles conflicting data on mental aging
- Making cookies that are good for your heart
- Male maturity shaped by early nutrition; Differences between the sexes affected by environment during first six months of life
- Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows
- New pathway identified in Parkinson's through brain imaging
- Link between arthritis pain reliever and cardiovascular events discovered
- Protein-based biomarkers in blood serum could classify individuals with Alzheimer's disease
- Chemicals in indoor swimming pools may increase cancer risk
- Scientists glimpse 'dance of skeletons' inside neurons: Insight into developmental disorders, including Williams syndrome
- Information patients use to pick physicians not always good predictor of quality, study finds
- Antiviral therapy associated with fewer recurring eye problems from herpes simplex virus
- Pilot study demonstrates safety of diabetes medication for patients with Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma medication may benefit patients with multiple sclerosis
- Diet and exercise intervention for patients at risk for heart disease improves quality of life
- New metabolic markers may predict preeclampsia in early pregnancy
- Enlarged hearts in women shrink faster than those in men after aortic valve replacement
- Smokeless tobacco products not a safe option, won't help smokers quit, analysis finds
- White Americans living longer with muscular dystrophy than African-Americans
- Consumption of 'good salt' can reduce population blood pressure levels, research finds
- Targeted agent shows promise for chronic lymphoid leukemia
- Childhood cancer survivors show sustained benefit from common ADHD medication
- Success of IVF varies with season of the year, study suggests
- 'Artificial ovary' develops oocytes into mature human eggs
- Possible risk gene for schizophrenia uncovered
- Molecule identified that increases survival of stomach cancer patients
- Long-Term Stenting of Aortic Coarctation Yields 77% Success Rate
- Tranquil scenes have positive impact on brain
- New treatment for rabies advances after successful Phase 1 trial in India
- Watercress may 'turn off' breast cancer signal
- Research will help ID bodies left behind by Chilean earthquake, Pinochet regime
- Outsmarting killer bacteria
- New focus on 'sudden death' heart disorder
- First US trial of bone-marrow stem cells for heart attack patients appears safe
- Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
- Underlying dysfunction of seemingly non-critical heart condition identified
- New task force report on bisphosphonate use and atypical femur fractures in osteoporosis patients
- Implant blood test: Shape memory alloys are biocompatible, new research shows
- Type D personality associated with higher future heart risk
- Neuroimaging identifies patients with REM sleep disturbances who will suffer Parkinson's disease
- No support for routine prostate screening, but one-off test at 60 may be beneficial
- Informatics = essential MD competency
- Benefits of healthy lifestyle factors stronger in combination
- Mechanism behind cleft palate development identified
- Study identifies students at risk for difficulties in medical school
- Experts call for incorporating economic reality into medical education
- How doctors rationalize acceptance of industry gifts
- Educational intervention may help medical students adapt care for patients needing nonstandard care
- Depressed medical students more likely to associate stigma with depression, study finds
- Burnout associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct among medical students
- Present imperfect: Doctors in training work even when ill, study finds
- Key mechanism behind sleep discovered: Finding holds promise for treatment of fatigue and sleep disorders
- Discrimination hurts, but how much? A lot, if you're a teen, study finds
- Overprotective parents may impact heart anxiety in adults with congenital heart conditions
- Eating broccoli could guard against arthritis
- Promising techniques for extending the life of an organ transplant developed
- Successful periodontal therapy may reduce the risk of preterm birth, according to dental study
- Only 5% of Americans engage in vigorous physical activity on any given day
- Novel anti-inflammatory functions for interferons
- Fountain of youth in bile? Longevity molecule identified
- Children under four and children with autism don't yawn contagiously
- Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
- Gene for high cholesterol in blood found
- Fuzzy thinking could spot heart disease risk
- Gene network reveals link between fats and heart disease signs
- Robotic catheter could improve treatment of heart condition
- Database to help accelerate drug discovery developed
- Mental illness stigma entrenched in American culture; new strategies needed, study finds
- Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training
- Cognitive skills in children with autism vary and improve, study finds
- Molecule involved in heart failure now implicated in heart attack damage
- Does your insurance company know who the good doctors/surgeons are?
- Mild memory loss is not a part of normal aging, new research finds
- Aerobic exercise relieves insomnia
- 'Friendship paradox' may help predict spread of infectious disease
- How molecules escape from cell's nucleus: Key advance in using microscopy to reveal secrets of living cells
- Link to autism in boys found in missing DNA
- Genes related to body mass discovered
- Discovery highlights promise of new immune system-based therapies
- What can health-care facilities do to help patients better understand medical information
- Scientists pave way for improved teamwork on collaborative research efforts
- New investigational compound targets pancreatic cancer cells
- Protein clamps tight to telomeres to help prevent aging and support cancer
- Death at home less distressing for cancer patients and families, study finds
- Urgent steps needed to tackle inadequate support for women with secondary breast cancer, experts say
- Children's brain development is linked to physical fitness, research finds
- Chronic diseases a global problem requiring global solutions, researchers say
- JAK inhibitor provides rapid, durable relief for patients of myelofibrosis -- life-threatening bone marrow malignancy
- Even very low dose of regular aspirin wards off bowel cancer, study finds
- Depression and heart disease combo more lethal than either one alone, study suggests
- Blood test accurately predicts death from prostate cancer up to 25 years in advance
- Intensive care diaries protect patients from PTSD, researchers find
- Why the craving for cocaine won’t go away
- Future of football: GPS and miniature accelerometers to better assess player's training load and fitness levels
- Placebo successful in treating women with sexual dysfunction
- Increased brain protein levels linked to Alzheimer's disease
- Asthma and cavities both common in kids but not linked, study finds
- Beating blood clots: Reducing your risk before hip replacement surgery
- Strictly high heels: Researchers look at impact of high-heeled Latin dancing
- Discovery of key pathway interaction may lead to therapies that aid brain growth and repair
- Cardiac imaging breakthrough developed
- Alzheimer's drug boosts perceptual learning in healthy adults
- Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in certain individuals
- Getting the news out: Disease transmission model says media coverage cuts infection rate and pandemic extent
- Imbalanced diet and inadequate exercise may underlie asthma in children
- Fat stem cells safe for breast reconstruction when cancer is dormant, study suggests
- Scientists develop test providing new pathway for identifying obesity, diabetes drugs
- How does Prozac act? By acting on the microRNA
- Cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors
- Researcher discovers new 'anti-pathogenic' drugs to treat MRSA
- Native Hawaiians: Vulnerability to early death at all ages, study finds
- Protein can regulate blood stem cells: New hope for future leukemia treatments
- Fast-track gene-ID method speeds rare disease search
- How Palestinian and Israeli children are psychologically scarred by exposure to war
- Significant weight-loss from surgery decreases risk for cardiovascular disease in women
- AIDS virus lineage much older than previously thought
- 'Nanosprings' offer improved performance in biomedicine, electronics
- Lack of access to healthy food may contribute to health disparities in kidney disease
- Healthy diet rocks when it comes to fighting kidney stones
- Researchers identify genetic marker of aggressive Alzheimer's disease
- Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
- Popular supplements to combat joint pain do not work, study finds
- Rising education levels among women save children's lives worldwide, research finds
- Development aid for maternal, newborn and child health doubled over five years
- Teenagers are more sedentary on weekends
- At the crossroads of chromosomes: Study reveals structure of cell division’s key molecule
- Research could improve detection of liver damage
- Spike mat does help -- a little, Swedish research shows
- Standardized violence-prevention programs may not prevent teen fighting, findings suggest
- Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
- Possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis found: Computer model finds probable genetic mechanism for TB dormancy
- Women with diabetes having more C-sections and fetal complications, study finds
- Channeling efforts to fight cystic fibrosis: Crosstalk between ion channels points to new therapeutic strategy
- Tick tock: Rods help set internal clocks, biologist says
- Gene limits learning and memory in mice
- Mechanism behind demethylation pinpointed in APC gene mutants
- Drug combination may treat traumatic brain injury
- Proposal by WHO to eliminate AIDS in South Africa is flawed, model shows
- Targeted therapy decreases progression rate in thyroid cancer
- Molecule 968 binds glutaminase and starves cancer cells
- Adolescents with fibromyalgia who are physically active report lower levels of pain and disability
- House-sharing with microbes
- Better marker for breast cancer may reduce need for second surgeries
- Possible alternate therapy for adults with poorly controlled asthma
- How HIV resists AZT: Virus hijacks a common molecule
- Two studies find new genetic links to ovarian cancer risk
- Genetic variants modifying breast cancer risk discovered
- Biologists discover biochemical link between biological clock and diabetes
- Novel target for existing drug may improve success of radiation therapy
- New drug a potential treatment for Type 2 diabetes
- Return troops face both physical and mental challenges: Women suffer from more conditions than men, study finds
- How best to prevent blood clots? Thigh-length surgical stockings, study suggests
- Protein behind development of immune system sentinels identified
- Boxing game to win health fight
- Childhood viral infection may be a cause of obesity
- Serious hockey injuries among young children skyrocketing, study finds
- New options for enteral nutrition in patients with severe acute pancreatitis
- How to control massive bleeding from the hepatic artery
- Effects of chemoradiation therapy by using capecitabine on gastric cancer patients
- Plague researchers race to beat bioterrorists
- Kids and diabetes risk: Do chromosomes hold new clues?
- Privacy key obstacle to adopting electronic health records, study finds
- Cholesterol drug may have role in treating prostate cancer
- Hyperkinetic disorders in children are on the rise, German study suggests
- No pain in the hospital: Wishful thinking or reality?
- Subarachnoid haemorrhage more commonly caused by environmental factors than genes, study finds
- Higher incidence of seizures seen in children with H1N1 virus compared to seasonal flu
- Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities
- End of microplates? Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate new era of personalized medicine
- Cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse
- Six3 gene essential for retinal development, scientists show
- Compound boosts marijuana-like chemical in the body to relieve pain at injury site
- Psychological pain of Holocaust still haunts survivors
- Elderly might not benefit from TB vaccines in development
- Too much TV, video and computer can make teens fatter
- Preserving nerve cells in motor neuron disease
- Pollution takes its toll on the heart
- Protein may advance Parkinson's by preventing neurons from clearing debris
- In pregnancy, a large waistline and high triglycerides: Early screen for gestational diabetes