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Monday, 22 October 2007 05:42
Flu spreads faster at cold temps and dry humidity
Seasonal flu has been long blamed on such things as being indoors in cold weather, low immune system, humidity, temperature, and ultraviolet radiation. For the first time, researchers directly tested the hypothesis that weather conditions, specifically low temperatures and relative humidity, spreads flu faster than at high temperatures and relative humidity.
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Friday, 19 October 2007 20:32
Chinese herbs may do more to ease menstrual cramps
Australian researchers have found that it is better to take Chinese herbs than drugs, acupuncture, or heat compression for the relief of dysmenorrhea that includes menstrual cramps.
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 17:47
New blood test for Alzheimer's reported 80% accurate
According to Stanford University researchers, a new blood test can differentiate between the blood of people who will get Alzheimer’s disease in the future and those who will not.
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 05:58
Sugars, not proteins, gives structure to bones
According to British and German researchers, the structure of human bones is different than once thought. The primary growth mechanism for bones and the way to keep bones healthy is with sugars, not proteins.
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 23:38
Flu shots for the elderly: Does it help?
U.S. physician and epidemiologist Kristin L. Nichol and her associates have produced a comprehensive study of thousands of people age 65 years and older to find out if it is better for them to have a flu vaccination or not.
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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 06:01
Relatives of Parkinson's disease patients more likely for dementia
According to research published in ‘Archives of Neurology,’ relatives of patients with Parkinson’s disease are more at risk of declining function of the central nervous system such as dementia.
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Monday, 08 October 2007 18:42
2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine: Capecchi, Evans, Smithies
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for 2007, is awarded to Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans, and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".
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Biology
Saturday, 06 October 2007 19:53
Polluted air, exercise, and heart disease do not mix
Researchers from Edinburg University find that people with heart disease should not exercise outside in polluted air because heart attacks are more likely.
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Saturday, 06 October 2007 19:15
Duke researchers say appendix is 'œsafe house for bacteria'
Duke scientist Dr. Bill Parker and fellow researchers contend that the appendix is a storehouse and manufacturing facility for useful bacteria—and not useless as scientists have thought in the past.
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Thursday, 04 October 2007 19:34
Researchers study hot peppers as anesthesia in surgery
Chemicals in hot peppers have been found to deaden only pain-sensing nerve cells, making for a better way to provide local anesthetics that do not numb muscles, and make the patient unconscious during surgery and drowsy afterwards.
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Tuesday, 02 October 2007 20:49
Study shows hard-working, reliable people less likely to develop Alzheimer's
U.S. neuropsychologist Robert Wilson and psychologist Brent Roberts found that people who score high on conscientious traits (dependability, hard working, reliable, goal-oriented, etc.) are much less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
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Monday, 01 October 2007 18:56
Allergies, NIH study says, is likely due to cats
According to the National Institute of Health study that was published in September 2007 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, over 50% of asthma in the United States is due to allergies, and just under 30% of those cases is due to cat allergies.
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 02:07
Australian surgeons claim 1st high-tech brain surgery with patient conscious
At Canberra Hospital, surgeons performed brain surgery, on April 26, 2007, on retired bus driver John James who had a life-threatening aneurysm on a blood vessel in his brain that caused him impaired vision and dizzy spells.
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:17
Study says annual physical checkup may not be necessary
According to U.S. physicians, preventive health examinations have only modest benefit to people because most preventative tests are performed at other times during the year.
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 20:20
Study of space-mutated bacteria helps astronauts and earthlings
Dr. Cheryl Nickerson headed a study onboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis that found disease-causing bacteria become worse in space, which can help scientists learn more about how to control bacteria on Earth.
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Monday, 17 September 2007 18:34
American Cancer Society: Cancer mortality more likely when educated less
According to a study performed by the American Cancer Society, black and white men and women are much more likely to die from cancer if they have a high school education or less when compared to those with a college education.
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 20:18
Chronic fatigue syndrome may link to stomach virus
According to a U.S. research study published in the "Journal of Clinical Pathology," a majority of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome tested positive for viruses in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 20:48
Live long in the U.S., even longer in Andorra, according to CDC
According to the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live to be 77.9 years old—the highest rate ever recorded in the United States.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 18:46
Alzheimer's and smoking linked by Dutch study
Dutch scientists found that people who smoked were 50% more likely to suffer Alzheimer’s disease or dementia that nonsmokers or smokers who had quit.
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Wednesday, 12 September 2007 02:58
U.S. free of canine-rabies, according to CDC
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on September 7, 2007, that the United States has eliminated rabies transmitted from dog-to-dog. The CDC states it is “one of the major public health success stories in the last 50 years”.
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