Method to estimate LDL-C may provide more accurate risk classification
Seth S. Martin, M.D., of the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease, Baltimore, and colleagues developed a method for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)...
View ArticleHeart disease no. 1 cause of pregnancy-related deaths in California (w/ Video)
Heart disease is the leading cause of women's pregnancy-related deaths in California—but nearly one-third could be prevented, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's...
View ArticleDrug shows early promise in treating seizures
A study out today in the journal Nature Medicine suggests a potential new treatment for the seizures that often plague children with genetic metabolic disorders and individuals undergoing liver...
View ArticleResearchers identify main genes responsible for asthma attacks in children
An international team spearheaded by researchers from the University of Copenhagen has identified the genes that put some children at particularly high risk of serious asthma attacks, including one not...
View ArticleEffect of reducing blood pressure with medications immediately following...
Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., of the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, and colleagues examined whether moderate lowering of blood pressure within the first 48 hours...
View ArticleInfluence of pro-smoking media messages lasts 7 days, study finds
Exposure to a single pro-smoking media message increases college-aged students' risk of using tobacco for seven days, providing new clues about the influence of media on smoking, according to a new...
View ArticleStudy explains why drug may help more cancer patients
(Medical Xpress)—Recently some intriguing data has suggested that breast cancer patients whose tumors appear insensitive to a class of drugs known as anti-HER2 medications (the drug trastuzumab,...
View ArticleGenetic signature identified for RSV, the leading cause of infant...
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified the genetic signature of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the leading cause of infant hospitalizations around the world. The work is a key step toward a...
View ArticleLong-term oral contraceptive users are twice as likely to have serious eye...
Research presented today, at the 117th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in New Orleans, has found that women who have taken oral contraceptives for three or more years are twice...
View ArticleBody's natural defence carries early warning system for recurring cancers
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the University of Leeds have found that the immune system's behaviour can act as an early warning alarm that detects cancer recurrence, and this could offer a chance for...
View ArticleResearchers capture structure of key part of deadly Nipah virus
What began as a summer internship project designed for an undergraduate student evolved into a one-year study of one of the deadliest, but little known viruses. Researchers at The Scripps Research...
View ArticleScientists fingerprint single cancer cells to map cancer's family tree
A new method to take the DNA fingerprint of individual cancer cells is uncovering the true extent of cancer's genetic diversity, new research reveals.
View ArticleMitochondrial mystery: Investigating cells' power packs fuels understanding...
(Medical Xpress)—Mitochondria, the powerhouses of our cells, would have been good models for the "Got Milk?" campaign; they have an insatiable thirst for calcium.
View ArticleManipulation of protein could help stop spread of cancer cells
Understanding how and why cancer cells move away from their original location is important to find ways to stop the spread of the disease. New findings, published in the Nature journal Oncogene, reveal...
View ArticleControl malaria by segmenting sleeping arrangements, study says
Better malaria control might come from segregating household sleeping arrangements, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Guelph professor.
View ArticleConsumers order a less unhealthy meal when the menu has nutritional labeling
An evaluation team led by the Drexel University School of Public Health has published a new study demonstrating that customers of full-service restaurants use nutritional labeling on menus to make...
View ArticleLargest study widens rice, arsenic link in Bangladesh
An unprecedented probe into high levels of arsenic in Bangladesh's groundwater strengthens suspicions that eating rice boosts exposure to the poison, scientists said on Monday.
View ArticleBreast milk with solid foods might stave off allergies
(HealthDay)—Giving babies solid food while still breast-feeding, and waiting until 17 weeks to do so, might protect the infants from food allergies, British researchers say.
View ArticleGene plays major role in suppressing cancer
Adelaide researchers have found that a specific gene plays an important role in suppressing lymphoma, a type of blood cell cancer.
View ArticleReading the pancreas through the eye: Researchers describe innovative way to...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an innovative way to study glucose regulation in the body: by transferring the vital insulin-producing cells from the pancreas to the eye, the...
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