Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 14:11 - 0 Comments

Fatty acids give pythons big, strong hearts

U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Fatty acids in the blood of feeding pythons promote heart growth, a finding that may have implications for human heart disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 11:34 - 1 Comment

Web calculator flags cancer risks early

U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) — A computer-based tool could help speed early diagnosis of patients suffering from two of the most common forms of cancer, saving up to 5,000 lives a year. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 8:38 - 3 Comments

Take a pill (not IV). Save a bundle

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Switching hospitalized patients from intravenous to pill forms of the same drugs could safely save millions of dollars a year. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 3, 2011 7:15 - 0 Comments

Black teens likely to drink if friends do

USC (US) — Black middle school students whose close friends drink alcohol are more likely to drink alcohol in high school than their white classmates, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 2, 2011 11:17 - 5 Comments

Addicts may have glitch in frontal brain

UC BERKELEY (US) — Neuroscientists have pinpointed the exact locations in the brain where calculations are made that can result in addictive behaviors, like those linked to drugs, overeating, and gambling. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 11:34 - 0 Comments

Single test for many cancer mutations

U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — More patients with ovarian cancer carry mutations predisposed to cancer—and in more genes—than previously thought. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 10:59 - 2 Comments

Mind-body reconnect in schizophrenia

VANDERBILT (US) — People with schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership, a finding that suggests movement therapy may be useful in treating those suffering from the mental disorder. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 9:33 - 2 Comments

Build a better antibody to neutralize HIV

CALTECH (US) — Biologists have built a better antibody in an effort to neutralize the many subtypes of HIV. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 31, 2011 8:58 - 2 Comments

New route to remove skull tumors

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Surgeons have found a new route to tumors buried at the base of the skull: through the natural hole behind the molars. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 31, 2011 6:00 - 7 Comments

Lose weight. Regain it. Blame hormones?

U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — Obese people may regain weight after dieting due to hormonal changes, a new study shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 30, 2011 20:35 - 2 Comments

Drugs via nipple treat breast cancer

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — A better route for delivering drugs to fight early breast cancer may be the most direct: through the nipple. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 28, 2011 10:50 - 1 Comment

Halloween lenses: More trick than treat

WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Don’t get tricked into hurting eyes with unsafe contact lenses this Halloween, says visual scientist Mary Migneco. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 26, 2011 10:32 - 1 Comment

Mom’s antibody attack linked to autism

UC DAVIS (US) — Pregnant women with a particular gene variation are more likely to produce antibodies that may injure the brains of developing fetuses—increasing the risk their children will develop autism. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 11:51 - 4 Comments

DNA ‘remembers’ early living conditions

MCGILL (CAN) — Family living conditions in childhood are associated with significant effects in DNA that persist well into middle age, new research shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 11:34 - 3 Comments

Hybrid grapefruit safe for prescription meds

U. FLORIDA (US) — A new citrus hybrid may make it possible for people taking certain medications to add the taste of grapefruit back into their diets without the risk of complications. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 9:37 - 9 Comments

Left-right brain ‘talk’ despite broken link

CALTECH (US) — People who are born without a link between the brain’s left and right hemispheres still show surprisingly normal communication across the gap. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 24, 2011 10:56 - 0 Comments

White youth more likely to get CT scans

UC DAVIS (US) — White children are far more likely to receive CT scans in an emergency room after minor head trauma than African-American or Hispanic children, a new study shows. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 24, 2011 10:52 - 2 Comments

Imaging scope may lead to fewer biopsies

CORNELL (US) — A new imaging scope that can be inserted safely into a patient’s body could minimize the need for unnecessary biopsies. (more…)

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