- Folic acid in dietary supplements could increase risk of breast cancer, Swedish research suggests
- Identifying smokers at highest risk for developing lung cancer: Researchers find new approach
- Genetic factor shown to regulate both heart failure and aneurysm disease
- Does smoking compound other multiple sclerosis risk factors?
- Human enzyme that breaks down potentially toxic nanomaterials identified
- Getting heavier, younger: generational shift in obesity found
- Mindfulness meditation effective in Marriage and Family Therapy curriculum
- Carbon dioxide may explain 'near death experiences'
- Supplement your stem cells
- Vitamin C and E supplements do not reduce risk for blood pressure disorders of pregnancy, study suggests
- Retreating patients with hepatitis C: Telaprevir boosts cure rate
- FDNY rescue workers show lasting lung damage from 9/11 World Trade Center dust
- CT and MRI scans associated with shorter hospital stays and decreased costs
- Scans of brain networks may help predict injury's effects
- What insulin (and leptin) say to the brain
- Sleep apnea tied to increased risk of stroke; Even mild sleep apnea puts men in danger, study finds
- An explanation for the so-called 'broken-heart syndrome'
- New medications faster: Harvesting biomolecules more quickly and reliably
- How dangerous are air pollutants really?
- Study: Better understanding of abnormalities that lead to chronic kidney disease in children
- Music therapy fails dyslexics: No link between dyslexia and a lack of musical ability, study finds
- Autism study reveals a 'DNA tag' (methylation) amenable to treatment
- Novel nanoparticle vaccine cures type 1 diabetes in mice
- Powerful new method allows scientists to probe gene activation
- Privacy risks from geographic information
- New method to study key targets in Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer
- New treatment for social problems in autism? Oxytocin improves emotion recognition
- New evidence on co-prescribing for heart and stroke patients
- Variations on the genetic theme: Researchers present global map of human gene expression
- A tumor suppressor in the gastrointestinal tract
- Migraine sufferers: More difficulty tuning out visual stimuli?
- Social influence plays role in surging autism diagnoses, study finds
- Ventricular assist device gives man chance to resume an active life
- Children of combat-deployed parents show increased worries, even after parent returns
- Chemical compound effective in destroying antibiotic-resistant biofilms
- Scientific breakthrough in combating HIV-1 virus
- Fragile X protein loss alters brain pathways responsible for learning and memory
- New way HIV infects women discovered
- Magnetic attraction of stem cells creates more potent treatment for heart attack
- New model tracks the immune response to a T
- Cold fronts linked to European H5N1 outbreaks
- Cancer drug effectiveness substantially advanced: Co-administered peptide directs medicines deep into tumor tissue
- Gauging an alcohol addict's engagement in Alcoholics Anonymous
- Tissue-engineered grafts composed of adult stem cells could one day replace synthetic vascular bypass grafts
- DNA nanotechnology: 'Magic Bullets' breakthrough offers promising applications in medicine
- Bacterial spray can help children with glue ear
- Understanding night blindness and calcium
- Soccer reduces risk of falls and bone fractures, study finds
- Battling a biceps injury
- Delaying post-surgical radiation increases risk of breast cancer recurrence in older women, study finds
- Critically ill patients: Sedation cut back so patients can exercise, which speeds recovery
- Significant findings about protein architecture may aid in drug design, generation of nanomaterials
- Traffic-related pollution near schools linked to development of asthma in pupils, study suggests
- Annual chlamydia screening may not protect women from pelvic inflammatory disease
- Endoscopic resection of a large ileal lipoma
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis causes dysphagia in older patients
- A new endoscopic technique for gastrointestinal perforations: the over-the-scope-clip
- Perioperative chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
- Leukemia-related protein 16 and colorectal carcinoma
- Therapeutic effect of fermented milk on chronic gastritis
- One in 20 adolescents with a serious respiratory condition has used potentially deadly inhalants in the past year
- Tainted produce more likely for shoppers in low-income neighborhoods, study suggests
- Better way to predict prognosis in pediatric leukemia patients
- Developing countries devote more funding to health, except many in sub-Saharan Africa
- Primary care physicians nationwide face clinical ethical conflicts with religious hospitals
- Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections affected by stress
- Poor Sleep for Obese Adolescents
- Harm caused by nicotine withdrawal during intensive care
- Rheumatoid arthritis linked to vitamin D deficiency, study suggests
- 'Start/stop switch' for retroviruses found
- New agent chokes off energy supply, kills cancer cells
- Gene that changes the brain’s response to stress identified
- Scientists track variant of gene-regulating protein in embryonic stem cells
- Source of recurrent yeast infections in autoimmune syndrome pinpointed
- Temperature-dependent drug may prevent blood clots during therapeutic hypothermia
- Simple test can detect signs of suicidal thoughts in people taking antidepressants
- Hepatitis C infection doubles risk for kidney cancer, study finds
- Biological link between stress, anxiety and depression identified
- Lifeline for 'antibiotic of last resort': Mechanism that triggers resistance to vancomycin identified
- Hormone sensitivity of breast stem cells presents drug target
- Key protein aids in DNA repair
- Bionic eye in sight: Wide-view neurostimulator concept unveiled
- Promising strategy for treatment of lung cancer
- Faulty clean-up process may be key event in Huntington's disease
- New cell measurement system
- Assembly of protein strands into fibrils
- Pediatricians find link between cumulative hardships and health in low-income young children
- Terminal cancer patients do not receive appropriate radiation therapy, analysis finds
- Hispanics live in areas with limited capacity for colorectal cancer screening, study finds
- Eating disorder cutoffs miss some of sickest patients, study finds
- Targeting the blood-brain barrier may delay progression of Alzheimer's disease
- Prevalence of HIV in Africa is leading to new strains of Salmonella, say scientists
- Healing a broken heart with stem cells?
- Harnessing the Web and supercomputers to track pathogens as they evolve
- Factors increasing the risk of atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia
- Diabetic factors associated with gastrointestinal symptoms
- Artificial light at night disrupts cell division
- Registered dietitians play essential role in management of gastric bypass patients
- Childhood obesity linked to stiff arteries
- Panic disorder and depression can be treated over the Internet, study suggests
- Maternal deaths fall worldwide from a half-million annually to less that 350,000
- Mutations directly identifiable in active genes
- Adolescent drinking adds to risk of breast disease, breast cancer
- Measuring the suicidal mind
- Exposure to nitrogen dioxide lowers in vitro fertilization success
- New form of endoscopic scanning improves detection of precancerous condition, Barrett's esophagus
- Cortical response to biliary sensation
- Hepatitis C virus interference via hepcidin synthesis
- Elastography: A useful method in depicting liver hardness
- One Molecule Opens the Door to New Treatments for Depression
- Nine-country study shows wide variations in how women with early breast cancer are treated
- When social fear is missing, so are racial stereotypes, shows study of children with Williams syndrome
- Small molecule targets B cell lymphoma
- First direct recording made of mirror neurons in human brain
- Second-hand smoke toxicity in cars: Myth into fact
- People with no health insurance get substandard migraine care, study finds
- Early treatment associated with benefits for some children with retinopathy of prematurity
- Guidelines issued on when people with Alzheimer's disease should stop driving
- HPV vaccination more likely if mothers approve, study finds
- 'Smart' insulin molecule: Zinc-stapled insulin reduces insulin-related cancer risk
- Lack of omega-3 fatty acid linked to male infertility, study suggests
- Laser hair removal: No training required?
- Hospital admissions dropped after anti-smoking legislation in place
- Scientists solve mystery of fragile stem cells; New findings to speed research on potential therapies
- Ultrasensitive imaging method uses gold-silver 'nanocages' to enable detecting and treating disease
- Scientists find key to gene that promotes cancer metastasis
- Experimental immune-boosting drug worsens tuberculosis in mice
- Fight-or-flight hormones help tumor cells escape to spread
- First clinical evidence of anti-cancer drug triggering viral infection
- Work pressures lower nicotine dependence, study finds
- Patients with amnesia still feel emotions, despite memory loss
- Food combination associated with reduced Alzheimer's disease risk identified in new study
- Many adults unaware they may be suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Over half of women in abusive relationships still saw their male partners as dependable
- Antidepressants as treatment immediately following a stroke?
- Why the Japanese can easily digest sushi
- Smoking may counteract benefit of moderate drinking on stroke risk
- Brain cancer: Study focuses on forgotten cells
- Individuals with Alzheimer's disease may lose muscle mass
- Acquired childhood glaucoma more common than congenital types
- New adult malnutrition strategies could improve diagnosis and treatment
- Health care reform 'important' even to those who want new law repealed
- Human working memory is based on dynamic interaction networks in the brain
- New pathway involved in rheumatoid arthritis identified
- New understanding of protein's role in brain
- Depression affects how women with PMDD respond to stress, pain
- Anti-aging hormones: Little or no benefit and the risks are high, according to experts
- Hepatitis A virus: Recent advances for improving treatment strategies
- People living in communities near oil sands can breathe easy, study finds
- Toothpaste with triclosan/copolymer kills harmful germs, study finds
- Bypass surgery compared to angioplasty
- Drinking tap water may help you avoid dentist's drill, study says
- Dying: Millions of women in childbirth, newborns and young children
- How a tumor suppressor induces senescence and staves off cancer
- Mother-infant psychoanalysis may create a beneficial circle in the event of poor bonding
- A lab rat -- created in the lab: Bioengineering tissues as an alternative to animal testing
- 'Vicious circle' offers new acute leukemia treatment target
- Is cleanliness to blame for increasing allergies?
- Fear of getting fat seen in healthy women's brain scans
- New treatment helps control involuntary crying and laughing -- common in MS, ALS patients
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases low after 2009 H1N1 vaccine
- Scientists find new genes for cancer, other diseases in plants, yeast and worms
- Dual approach gives a more accurate picture of the autistic brain
- Investigational immune intervention slows brain shrinkage in Alzheimer's patients
- Multiple sclerosis: Teriflunomide appears safe and effective as part of combination therapy, study suggests
- Diet alone will not likely lead to significant weight loss, study suggests
- New drug design technique could dramatically speed discovery process
- Use of certain anticonvulsant medications may be associated with increased risk of suicide
- Wide variation found in those infected by H1N1
- Traditional 'heel stick' test is not an effective screening tool for CMV in newborns
- Patients without health insurance more likely to delay seeking care for heart attack
- Gene identified for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
- Sequence is scaffold to study sleeping sickness
- What causes seizure in focal epilepsy?
- Improving data collection and estimation methods for child and adult mortality
- Weight-loss surgery significantly reduces risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy
- Towards treating female sexual dysfunction: Research reveals secrets of female sexual arousal
- Malaria: Poor data on key mosquito control tool a threat to effective malaria prevention
- Tobacco policies: Smoking bans reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and reduce heart attacks, review finds
- Migraine: Aspirin and an antiemetic is a reasonable option, review finds
- Lack of omega-6 fatty acid linked to severe dermatitis
- Advancing age associated with increased risk of complications, death after implantation of cardiac devices
- Aluminum adjuvants in vaccinations: How do they really work?
- New gene associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
- New procedure aims to save vision of children with eye cancer
- Antibiotic used on drug-eluting stents may lead to advances in heart disease and cancer treatment
- To sleep or not to sleep? Math software to help plan astronaut, shift worker schedules
- Hurts so good: Chronic pain changes brain response to acute pain
- Greater access to cell phones than toilets in India
- Newly discovered RNA steers brain development
- New marker identifies severe breast cancer cases
- New gene in hair loss identified by Columbia-led research team
- Decoding tumor genomes reveals clues to spread of deadly breast cancer
- Patents block competition, slow innovation in gene testing, researchers argue
- Primary cilia formation provides insight into genetic diseases
- Potential target for treatment of obesity-related diseases identified
- Personalized medicine for cancer patients in a new technology era
- Little melamine appears in eggs from chickens on highly contaminated feed
- Novel artificial pancreas successfully controls blood sugar more than 24 hours
- Statins may slow progression of multiple sclerosis, new study suggests
- Sizing up the competition: Researchers compare body composition measurement techniques
- Scientists put proteins right where they want them
- Scientists devise way to link complex traits with underlying genes
- Changes in fetal epigenetics found throughout pregnancy
- Treat acne with coconut oil and nano-bombs
- New targeted therapy effective in treating advanced prostate cancer
- Childhood obesity interventions must begin early, experts say
- Two-drug combo twice as effective for Crohn's disease remission, study suggests
- The new T. rex: A leech with an affinity for noses
- Childhood body size affects future breast cancer chances
- 'Communicative fathers' help reduce teenage smoking
- Silver dressings: Do they work for treating chlamydia infections?
- Slumber aids could improve intensive care outcomes
- How resistance to cisplatin arises: Platinum-based cancer drugs destroy tumor cells by binding to DNA strands
- Tapeworm brain infection 'serious health concern'
- 'Love handles' repurposed for breast reconstruction in women without enough belly fat
- Immune sensors suppress colitis-associated cancer
- Sexually transmitted infections, HIV counseling inadequate in male teens, study finds
- Slobbery kisses from 'man's best friend' aid cancer research
- Trying to eradicate a disease is a waste of money, expert says
- Better patient safety linked to fewer medical malpractice claims in California
- Association between sleep disturbances and reduced quality of life varies by race, study finds
- Gene that regulates hair growth identified
- Cataloguing cancer codes: International Cancer Genome Consortium plans to sequence 25,000 cancer genomes
- Gene responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can be repaired, research shows
- Minorities hit hardest by arthritis
- Potential benefit of dark chocolate for liver disease patients
- Aerosols: New tool against tuberculosis?
- Oral bacteria linked to intrauterine infections and pre-term birth
- Bacteria in household dust may help or hinder childhood asthma
- Driving ban for epileptics? Assessing patients' abilities
- Routine lifting may not be as bad for your back as thought, research suggests
- Cellular channel may open doors to skin conditions, hair growth
- Growth curve analyses of Finnish population shed light on the genetic regulation of growth in height
- Mitochondria: New functions of mitochondrial fusion uncovered
- New molecular subtype of brain cancer discovered
- Study IDs first molecules that protect cells against deadly ricin poison
- High-altitude metabolism lets mice stay slim and healthy on a high-fat diet
- Rare gene variants linked to high risk of broad range of seizure disorders
- Calorie restriction leads scientists to molecular pathways that slow aging, improve health
- Low vitamin D levels associated with more asthma symptoms and medication use
- Visualization of geographic patterns may predict spread of disease
- Diet high in B vitamins lowers heart risks in Japanese study
- Many patients don't know they had minor stroke, need emergency care
- Novel strategy for generating induced pluripotent stem cells for clinical use is safe and efficient, study finds
- Routine screening for pediatric chronic kidney disease is not effective, study finds
- Susceptibility for caries, gum disease found in genes
- Older drivers often involved in daytime crashes more severe than younger drivers' crashes, study finds
- Human development index linked to stem cell transplant rates and success in leukemia patients
- Scientists isolate portion of virus that causes pink eye