Health Medicine Posted November 5, 2013: Cl

Posted November 5, 2013:

• Clues to How Existing Heart Drugs Work


• Intestinal Bacteria Linked to Rheumatoid Arthritis


• New Research on Little-Understood Brain Disease


• 'Pocket' Project Aims to Develop TB Sensor That Fits in Pocket


• Exercise Program in Senior Centers Helps Decrease Pain, Improve Mobility of Participants


• Experts Recommend Universal Diabetes Testing for Pregnant Women at First Prenatal Visit


• Tool to Help GIs Manage Hep C Patients


• New Findings Could Overcome Stumbling Blocks to Tissue Cryopreservation


• Scientists Use Light to Uncover the Cause of Sickle Cell Disease


• Transgender Patients Have Special Needs in the ER


• Chemists Develop New Way to Kill Cancer Cells Resistant to Chemotherapy Drug


• New Cancer Targeting Technique to Improve Cancer Drugs


• Holograms Offer Hope in Fight Against Malaria


• Drug Combination Therapy Causes Cancer Cells to 'Eat Themselves'


• Play Promotes Emotional Healing in Children Battling Serious Illnesses


• Machines Learn to Detect Breast Cancer


• Aortic Valve Replacement That Doesn’t Require Open Heart Surgery


• Higher Rates of Diabetes, Hypertension, Heart Disease, Stroke in 'Food Desert'


• Access to Health Care Increases Prescription Opioids, Associated Abuse


• Microbes in the Gut Help Determine Risk of Tumors


• Pleasure, Pain Brain Signals Disrupted in Fibromyalgia Patients


• The Prevalence of Colds and Pneumonia in Cows Can Be Controlled


• Hypersensitivity to Pain Produced by Early Life Stress Worsened by Later Stress Exposure


• New Ligament Discovered? In the Human Knee


• New Discovery Could Dramatically Reduce Leishmaniasis Treatment Doses, Side Effects


• Interaction Between Two Leukemia Drugs Explained


• iPhone App Offers Individual Hearing Support


• Intelligent Training With a Fitness Shirt and an E-Bike


• U. S. Citizenship Linked to Whether Foreign-Born Non-Citizens Receive Mammograms, Cancer Tests


• Increased Public Health Funding Works Best in Low-Resource Communities


• Massachusetts Health Reform Law Improved Racial, Ethnic Health, Yet Disparities Persist


• Endometriosis Risk Linked to Two Pesticides


• Non-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: Is It an Allergy?

Posted November 4, 2013:

• Closer to Vaccine Against C. Difficile


• New Strep Throat Risk Score Brings Data Together to Improve Care


• Reduce Unnecessary Lab Tests, Decrease Costs by Modifying Software


• Foreign-Educated Health Workers Play Vital Role in US Health System


• Eating Disorders More Common in Males Than Realized


• Researchers Offer Solutions to Looming Healthcare Provider Shortage


• Physician Shortage Could Be Cut by New Primary Care Models


• Solving Pediatric Obesity Problem in Rural Communities


• 20 Percent of Nation's Medical Education Funds Go to NY, 29 States Get Less Than One Percent


• Hot-Air Balloon Rides Researchers Advise 'Proceed With Caution'


• 'Smarter' Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Prevent Heart Attacks, Strokes


• Electronic, Internet Health Tools May Decrease in-Person Physician Visits


• Women, African-Americans at Higher Risk of Heart Attack from Atrial Fibrillation


• A Better Way to Track Your Every Move: Algorithm Accurately Tracks Physical Activity No Matter Where You Carry Your Phone


• Wives Matter More When It Comes to Calming Down Marital Conflicts


• New Insights Into Brain Neuronal Networks


• Imaging Studies May Predict Tumor Response to Anti-Angiogenic Drugs