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Renegade RNA: Clues To Cancer And Normal Growth (January 6, 2007) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a tiny piece of genetic code apparently goes where no bit of it has gone before, and it gets there under its own internal ... > full story
The Shape Of Health To Come: Customized Fitness Program Helps Endometrial Cancer Survivors (January 6, 2007) -- While millions of Americans place fitness as one of their top New Year's resolutions to improve shape, muscle tone and overall appearance, cancer survivors have another priority -- life. Researchers ... > full story Invention Detects Hidden Dried Plum Pits (January 6, 2007) -- Festive gift trays of sweet, sun-ripened fruits often include delicious dried plums--also known as prunes. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in California have invented an inexpensive ... > full story Should Smokers Be Refused Surgery? (January 6, 2007) -- Last year a primary care trust announced it would take smokers off waiting lists for surgery in an attempt to contain costs. In this week's British Medical Journal, two experts go head to head over ... > full story
How Appetite-stimulating Brain Cells Work Overtime During Fasting (January 5, 2007) -- During periods of fasting, brain cells responsible for stimulating the appetite make sure that you stay hungry. Now, a new study of mice reported in the January issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, ... > full story
Glucose Levels Trigger Compensation For Type 2 Diabetics (January 5, 2007) -- Many individuals with type 2 diabetes are diabetic because their body no longer responds to the hormone insulin. Before they become clinically diabetic their body tries to compensate for the lack of ... > full story
Change In Guidelines Could Help Eliminate Tuberculosis In United States (January 5, 2007) -- To eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States, current guidelines should be changed to reclassify all foreign-born residents from high incidence countries as "high-risk" regardless of the ... > full story
Sugars In Liver Found To Clear Fats From The Bloodstream (January 5, 2007) -- In work with mice, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine discovered a factor that could be responsible for many unexplained cases of elevated triglyceride ... > full story
What Memories Are Made Of: Researcher Studies Plasticity Of Recall (January 5, 2007) -- Unraveling the differences between various kinds of memories depends on understanding changes that happen in the brain at the molecular level, says a professor at the University of ... > full story
European Union Outpaces United States On Chemical Safety (January 5, 2007) -- New stricter European environmental policies may force even U.S.-based electronics makers to change their ways, say policy analysts at Brown University and Boston University. Stacy D. VanDeveer, a ... > full story
FTC Reaches New Year's Resolutions With Four Major Weight-Control Pill Marketers (January 5, 2007) -- The FTC has filed complaints in four separate cases alleging that weight-loss and weight-control claims were not supported by competent and reliable scientific evidence. Marketers of the four ... > full story
Speeding Development Of Novel Tracer For Prostate Cancer (January 5, 2007) -- The collaborative work being performed by professionals across medical disciplines in the promising area of molecular imaging -- from research scientists to nuclear medicine physicians, urologists, ... > full story A Bumpy Shift From Ice House To Greenhouse (January 5, 2007) -- The transition from an ice age to an ice-free planet 300 million years ago was highly unstable, marked by dips and rises in carbon dioxide, extreme swings in climate and drastic effects on tropical ... > full story Interviewing Technique Reduces Risk For Binge Drinking, Unplanned Pregnancies (January 5, 2007) -- A University of Virginia Health System researcher and colleagues have just published findings showing that just a few targeted counseling sessions had a notably positive impact on women at high risk ... > full story |