Health & Medicine

Posted January 23, 2014:

• Scientists Identify Key to Body's Use of Free Calcium


• Potential Drug Targets for Early Onset Glaucoma


• New Genes Spring, Spread from Non-Coding DNA


• Genome of Longest-Living Cancer: 11,000-Year-Old Living Dog Cancer Reveals Its Origin, Evolution


• Researchers Discover Origin of Unusual Glands in the Body


• More Benefits Emerging for One Type of Omega-3 Fatty Acid: DHA


• Scientists Map Gene Changes Driving Tumors in Common Pediatric Soft-Tissue Cancer


• Detecting Sickness by Smell


• Insulin-Producing Beta Cells from Stem Cells


• Female Students Anticipate Lower Salaries Than Male Counterparts

Posted January 22, 2014:

• Texting Changes the Way We Walk: Walkers Swerve and Slow Down While Texting


• Computer Simulation of Blood Vessel Growth


• Scientists Offer New Insight Into Neuron Changes Brought About by Aging


• Live Feed Device Monitors Drugs in Bloodstream in Real Time


• New Avenue to Treat Diabetes-Related Vision Problems


• Unprecedented Structural Insights: NMDA Receptors Can Be Blocked to Limit Neurotoxicity


• Toward Fixing Damaged Hearts Through Tissue Engineering


• Number of Cancer Stem Cells Might Not Predict Outcome in HPV-Related Oral Cancers


• Holographic Diagnostics in Medicine


• Drug Alternatives to Antibiotics May Not Be Perfect, Study Shows


• New Gene for Severe Childhood Epilepsy Identified


• Many Rare Mutations Contribute to Schizophrenia Risk, New Study Concludes


• Exposure to Cold Temperatures Can Help Boost Weight Loss


• Last-Resort Therapy Saving Lives During Flu Epidemic


• Health Disparities Among African-American, Hispanic Men Cost Economy More Than $450 Billion Over Four Years in U.S.


• Researchers Develop Risk Calculator to Predict Survival in Heart Failure Patients


• New Study Examines Patterns of Cancer Screening in Appalachian Women


• Scientific First Allows Doctors to 'See' Radiation Treatment in Body


• Hearing Loss Linked to Accelerated Brain Tissue Loss


• Scientists Find Estrogen Promotes Blood-Forming Stem Cell Function


• Research Backs More Strategies for Children With Autism


• New Test Targets Salmonella


• Nothing to Declare: Researchers Find Disclosure Leads to Avoiding Conflicts of Interest


• 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin Carries Unexpected Side Effect


• Asthma: Disease Management Program Is Largely Consistent With Guidelines


• Long-Term Follow-Up Shows Need for New Chemotherapy Strategies for Rectal Cancer


• Who’s to Blame for Obesity? Policy Makers, the Food Industry, or Individuals?


• Half of Hospitalized Adults Over 65 Need Surrogate Decision-Makers


• Injectable Material Could Enable Targeted Drug Delivery, Biosensors


• Olive Oil Component Investigated for Breast Cancer Prevention


• New Poll Finds Diabetes Top Health Concern for Latino Families


• Reducing Liver Protein SIRT1 Levels


• Best Techniques for Intracellular Particle Tracking


• Online Comments Can Undermine Anti-Smoking PSAs


• Research Presents New Hope of Early Diagnosis of Major Cause of Blindness


• Guys: Get Married for the Sake of Your Bones, but Wait Until You're 25


• Epidemiologist Uncovers New Genes Linked to Abdominal Fat


• Parental Exposure to Marijuana Linked to Drug Addiction, Compulsive Behavior in Unexposed Progeny, Rodent Sudy Finds


• Probing Changes to Infant Milk Formulations


• Obese Children More Susceptible to Asthma from Air Pollution