- Alzheimer's rat created for human research
- New clinical prediction index to help patients considering kidney transplant
- Antiepileptic drug phenytoin as a mood stabilizer?
- Inequities exists in disease burden, health care and access for minority children
- Scorpion venom provides clues to cause, treatment of pancreatitis
- New soybean aphid biotype identified
- Potential new target for treating hepatitis C
- Clues to pregnancy-associated breast cancer found
- Orange corn holds promise for reducing blindness, child death
- Iraq war stunts children’s growth, researchers find
- Mutations in one gene can cause many cancers, study shows
- Dangerous plaques in blood vessels rupture by overproducing protein-busting enzymes
- Children's sense of threat from parental fighting determines trauma symptoms
- Having plenty of supportive relatives increases fear of dying
- Acupuncture calms highly anxious dental patients, study suggests
- Scientists reverse Alzheimer's-like memory loss in fruit flies
- Fibromyalgia symptoms improved by lifestyle adjustments
- How immune cells 'sniff out' bacteria
- Personalizing medicine to prevent pandemics
- Possible 'superbug' status for gonorrhea
- Can animal models of disease reliably inform human studies?
- Preventing road deaths: New research focuses on worldwide problem
- Business affiliation could increase potential risk of farm-to-farm transmission of avian influenza
- Radiation after mastectomy underused, study finds
- Protein linked to problems with executive thinking skills
- Molecular middle managers make more decisions than bosses
- Flaxseed lowers high cholesterol in men, study suggests
- C. difficile: Intervention drops hospital infection rate by a third
- Women with radial scars should undergo a surgical excision to rule out an underlying malignancy
- Dual-energy CT accurately diagnoses gout in acute, emergency settings
- Tuberculosis good and bad news: Blood pressure drug shows promise, but TB bacterium might be more resistant than thought
- Doctors report alarming increase in mumps-related testicle problems among young males
- Chocolate reduces blood pressure and risk of heart disease
- Why people forget to take their medicine, and what can be done about it
- Chinese wolfberries may improve vision imperfections caused by type-2 diabetes
- Targeted agent blocked growth of deadly brain cancer in preclinical studies
- Meta-cognitive therapy more effective for adult ADHD patients
- Promising drug for inflammation
- Promoting healing by keeping skeletal stem cells 'young'
- Words easily trigger painful memories
- Weight training-related injuries increasing
- Jaw bone grown from adult stem cells
- Flavonoids in orange juice suppress oxidative stress from high-fat, high-carb meal
- St. John's wort collection mined for its medicinal value
- How ducks host influenza unharmed: Could findings shield humans from bird flu viruses?
- Radon in residential buildings: A risk factor for lung cancer
- A push makes neuron longer
- Bacon or bagels? Higher fat at breakfast may be healthier than you think
- Power of plants harnessed to fight hemophilia
- Misinformation about antibiotics can travel to large audience via Twitter
- Minority women least likely to gain access to a doctor, study says
- Toads' earthquake exodus
- Brain estrogen shows promise as schizophrenia treatment
- Hormone replacement in joint fluid has potential regenerative effect
- Will genetics ever have the promised impact on medical practice?
- Experts call to end secrecy surrounding approval of new drugs
- Essential oils to fight superbugs
- Bile sends mixed signals to E. coli
- X-rays often inaccurate in the diagnosis of hip and pelvic fractures
- Conventional infection control measures found effective in reducing MRSA rates
- New 'mouse models' give insight to gene mutation that is potential cause of Parkinson's disease
- Non-physician surgeons can save lives in low-income countries, researcher says
- New brain nerve cells key to stress resilience
- Policy unveiled to combat diarrheal disease, a killer of Kenyan children
- Tattletale pills: Engineers design pill that signals it has been swallowed
- Making the blind see: Gene therapy restores vision in mice
- Disruption in brain connection linked to genetic defect in schizophrenia
- Improved device provides more rapid, comprehensive analysis of circulating tumor cells
- Songbird's genome to provide clues on language learning -- and relearning
- Drug breakthrough in fight against african sleeping sickness
- New study questions earlier conclusions about the kinetics of T cell receptors
- Common copy number variations unlikely to contribute significantly toward common diseases
- Impaired brain connections traced to schizophrenia mutation; Like patients, engineered mice falter at working memory tasks
- Unequal leg length tied to osteoarthritis, study finds
- A genomic achievement that's for the birds -- and for humans
- Songbird genome to aid understanding of learning, memory and more
- Obesity, hypertension, alcohol and diuretic use: Gout risk factors for women
- Chymase inhibitors could enhance treatment for damaged hearts, study suggests
- Pacemaker in stomach helps against vomiting
- Stem cell therapy to tackle HIV
- Drug reduces risk of prostate cancer diagnosis in high-risk men
- Chemical exposure before mid-30s may be critical in breast cancer development
- Half of UK patients needing emergency gut exam still face 'serious' delays
- Flu jab for bacteria
- Small molecules have big impact for TB bacteria
- More than one-quarter of elderly patients lack decision-making capacity at death, study finds
- How breast cancer cells evade therapeutic attacks
- The early detection of age-related memory deficits in mice
- The 'blues' can surprise even adoptive parents
- Carbon nanostructures: Elixir or poison?
- Scientists find therapeutic target to stop cancer metastases
- Anti-counterfeit drugs with help of RFID
- Biofeedback more effective than EGS and massage for chronic rectal pain, study finds
- Scientists identify genes involved in cell division in humans
- Drug breakthrough in fight against African sleeping sickness
- Fabled 'vegetable lamb' plant contains potential treatment for osteoporosis
- Warning over wave of child eye injuries from liquid detergent capsules
- Census data aid disease simulation studies
- Study of popular anemia drug supports new guidelines for its use in dialysis patients
- Crack and cocaine use a significant HIV risk factor for teens
- Living donor exchange poses new option for liver transplantation
- Stone Age Scandinavians unable to digest milk, study shows
- Treatment resistance in some cancer cells may be reversible
- Direct patient access to imaging test results could result in increased patient anxiety and physician overload
- Slimming soybeans are on the horizon
- Marathon runners should pick cherries for speedy recovery
- Paintable electronics? NIST studies spray-on manufacturing of transistors
- Depressed? Fearful? It might help to worry, too
- Nanoscale 'stealth' probe slides into cell walls seamlessly, say engineers
- Researchers explain repeated infection by some viruses
- All for one and one for all: Computer model reveals neurons coordinating their messaging, yielding clues to how the brain works
- Researchers quantify benefits of minimally invasive removal of hard-to-reach tumors
- Weak link in Alzheimer's drug candidates: Some may cause further neural degeneration
- Mapping heart disease: Researchers uncover genes that may dramatically affect heart health
- Drug that extends life span prevents Alzheimer's deficits
- Anti-HIV drugs inhibit emerging virus linked to prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome
- Imaging life as it happens: researchers capture video of embryonic heart before it begins to beat
- Brain development: Floor plate tissue derived from embryonic stem cells
- Electronic medical records may accelerate genome-driven diagnoses and treatments
- Aging gene found to govern lifespan, immunity and resilience
- Scientists find bacterium can halt dengue virus transmission
- Next decade offers promise for treatment of spinal cord injuries
- Breast cancer screening program should give higher importance to younger women, UK researchers urge
- Genetic form of anemia defined molecularly
- Combinatorial therapy allows viruses to destroy tumors
- Cardiology: Switching energy source in stressed hearts under the control of the protein myc
- Lymphatic system: Regulator of lymph vessel growth uncovered
- Gastroenterology: Enteroendocrine cells in the gut needed for optimal postnatal survival
- Metabolic disease: Differential drug response in lean and obese patients explained
- Vaccines: CD4+ immune cells control vaccinia virus, the smallpox vaccine
- Bacteriology: Staph infections in the skin controlled by the immune molecule IL-17
- Cardiology: Protecting heart muscle cells from death
- Treatment checklists may cut hospital deaths
- Acupuncture may be an effective treatment for post-viral infection loss of smell
- Synergy between two types of de-worming drugs found promising in a lab test
- Smoking is dumb: Young men who smoke have lower IQs, study finds
- Sleep apnea linked to hard-to-diagnose eye disorders
- Neuroscientists show how brain stores memories of specific fears
- Most women unaware of risk for debilitating fractures
- Attitude toward everyday activity important for healthy lifestyle
- Regional use of minimally invasive repair of aneurysms examined
- Structure of key protein in common HIV subgroup uncovered
- Out of this world: New study investigates infection of human cells in space
- Thyroid condition increases stroke risk in young adults
- New method for producing proteins critical to medical research
- Behavioral incentives mimic effects of medication on brain systems in ADHD
- Matters of the heart: FDG PET may hold answers for patients with heart failure
- Maintaining regular daily routines is associated with better sleep quality in older adults
- New genetic risk factors for brain aneurysms identified
- Discovery of new group of molecules could help fight spread of cancer and other diseases
- Sense of home important is in residential care for the elderly
- Premature birth and brain damage: Inflammation may play a role
- Medicine residues may threaten fish reproduction, Swedish study finds
- You’re born a copy but die an original
- Keeping the weight off after a very-low-energy diet
- Novel genetic pathway responsible for triggering vascular growth
- Prostate cancer: How two key proteins interact at the molecular level
- Researchers design self-test for memory disorders
- Short-term program for binge eaters has long-term benefits, study finds
- Only women with Western Swedish breast cancer gene run higher risk of ovarian cancer, study finds
- High rates of drug-resistant TB among UK prisoners
- Pneumococcal vaccine offers protection to HIV-infected African adults in clinical trial
- Considering diabetes treatment, experts say one size does not fit all
- Exercise in pregnancy reduces size of offspring, study suggests
- Belief that intentional weight loss is harmful to seniors is unfounded, study suggests
- New study on carbon nanotubes gives hope for medical applications
- Scientists identify how a novel class of antibodies inhibits HIV infection
- Aging motorcyclists hit the road, but at greater risk of injury, death, study finds
- Correlation between XMRV and prostate cancer: Novel retrovirus diagnostic test developed
- Diabetic tests must be regulated, experts urge
- Some cells in pancreas can spontaneously change into insulin-producing cells, diabetes researchers show
- Defective protein is a double hit for ataxia
- Donor kidneys from Hepatitis C patients needlessly denied to patients with that infection
- Endocrine disruptors: Babies absorb the most bisphenol A
- When the dinner bell rings for seafloor scavengers, larger animals get first dibs
- New, inexpensive way to predict Alzheimer's disease
- Exposure to three classes of common chemicals may affect female development
- Mental health providers should prescribe exercise more often for depression, anxiety, research suggests
- This is your brain on Cryptococcus: Pathogenic fungus loves your brain sugar
- Fatal injuries increase in older Americans
- Quick nano-bio-chip checks for oral cancer
- Smart orthopedic implants and self-fitting tissue scaffolding
- Clue to cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revealed in new genetic study
- Ultrasensitive detector pinpoints big problem in tiny fetal heart
- Foster care associated with improved growth, intelligence compared to orphanage care
- Breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations four times more likely to get cancer in opposite breast
- New arrhythmia drug provides only modest efficacy and no clear safety benefits, say researchers
- Childhood sleep problems and alcohol/drug problems in young adulthood
- Oral naltrexone can reduce health care costs, study finds
- Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder linked to high prevalence of epilepsy
- Simplifying measures of genetic risk for alcohol dependence
- For stem cells, practice makes perfect
- Your social network may affect your drinking habits
- Child sexual abuse: A risk factor for pregnancy, study finds
- Soccer improves health, fitness and social abilities
- Device to revolutionize preventive blood clot care after joint replacement surgery
- New test could identify smokers at risk of emphysema
- Electronic health record alone may have limited ability to improve quality, costs of care
- New pyrimidine compounds may lead to improved treatments for childhood brain cancer
- Immune system's guard against cancer: How immuno-messenger substances can inhibit tumour growth
- Synergy between behavioral and pharmacologic interventions for ADHD
- Mouth breathing can cause major health problems
- Early steps in Parkinson's pathology revealed
- The skinny on brown fat
- New tool developed for DNA research
- Brain tumors: Tissue stem cell turning into tumor stem cell
- Middle-aged Americans report more mobility-related disabilities
- Clinical trial to test whether vaccine can effectively treat melanoma
- Doctor warns against St. John's wort for anxiety
- Roll-out of proven HIV/STD risk-reduction intervention with teens by community groups successful
- Disparities persist in outcomes for African-American women with advanced breast cancer
- Sand fly barcoding in Panama reveals Leishmania strain and its potential control
- New survey finds grandparents play key role in lives of children with autism
- Depression associated with sustained brain signals: Genetic mutation in mice elevates their risk of stress-induced depression
- Poisoning by prescription drugs on the rise
- Link between acid reflux and sleep apnea challenged
- Oral Vaccine May Reduce Exacerbations in Patients with COPD
- Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Asthma
- Omega-3: Healthy no matter what?
- Cancer protective effect of fruits and vegetables may be modest at best
- Sensitive nerve cells: Research sheds light on what triggers Parkinson's disease
- Ontario's universal influenza program reduces influenza attacks and deaths and is economically attractive, analysis finds
- Building a better flu vaccine: Add second strain of influenza B
- Women with preeclampsia have fewer blood vessel precursor cells
- Identifying molecular targets for diabetes-related erectile dysfunction
- Did seasonal flu vaccination increase the risk of infection with pandemic H1N1 flu?
- Preterm birth rate drops 3 percent
- New study implicates health care utilization, over biology, in colorectal cancer disparities
- People at lower socioeconomic levels have higher death rates within 5-10 years after heart surgery, regardless of race, gender
- Walking associated with lower stroke risk in women
- Gene variation among kidney donors associated with graft failure
- Longer treatment for juvenile arthritis during remission does not reduce relapse rate
- Genetic variants associated with a risk of Crohn's disease
- Obesity in infants can be diagnosed at 6 months, study shows
- Common test for detecting liver problems in children is often interpreted incorrectly, study shows
- Scientific risk-taking by young students fades with age, research suggests
- Childhood cancer survivors may face shortened lifespan, study reveals
- Leber congenital amaurosis: Gene therapy for blindness works only when specific mutation present
- Girls at risk for depression may not process reward and loss properly
- Symptoms of depression increase during medical internship
- Worsening memory associated with later Alzheimer's disease
- Advice, mothers' beliefs associated with infant sleep position
- Intervention appears cost-effective for preventing repeated teenage births
- Exercise associated with reduced effects of obesity gene in teens
- Ninety percent of children with intermittent exotropia will become nearsighted by 20 years of age
- Why living things are the size they are -- and none other
- For osteoporosis patients, exercise pill one step closer to reality
- Evidence that nanoparticles in sunscreens could be toxic if accidentally eaten
- Toward a better dining experience: The emerging science of molecular gastronomy
- Gene provides a link between lower birth weight and type 2 diabetes