| Title |
Date |
| Doctors' questions about end-of-life legalities may result in patient pain |
11/14/08 |
| When treatment options dwindle or are exhausted, terminally ill-patients often opt for pain management and comfort over life-extending therapies. However, a team of researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, University of Rochester Me |
| Rosuvastatin trial shows dramatic reduction in hidden heart disease |
11/14/08 |
| A Harvard-led study shows that the risk of heart attack and stroke among subjects with "silent heart disease" - and normal cholesterol levels - can be dramatically reduced by the use of an already widely prescribed class of drugs. |
| Breakthrough in cell-type analysis offers new ways to study development and disease |
11/14/08 |
| Like skilled assassins, many diseases seem to know exactly what types of cells to attack. While decimating one cadre of cells, diseases will inexplicably spare a seemingly identical group of neighbors. What makes cells vulnerable or not depends largely on |
| Hope for treating relapse to methamphetamine abuse |
11/14/08 |
| "Reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior after an extended period of abstinence is the number-one cause of drug-addiction relapse," said Brookhaven neuroanatomist Stephen Dewey, who led the research team. "This animal study suggests that vig |
| Specific features of childhood brain tumors may help guide prognosis |
11/14/08 |
| Specific histologic features of childhood medulloblastomas may provide insight into prognosis, according to an article in the new issue of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology. |
| Helping children and teens deal with stress in an uncertain times |
11/14/08 |
| As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support. |
| 100,000 saved from dying of tuberculosis |
11/14/08 |
| Asma Elsony led the tuberculosis programme in Sudan at the same time as she took her doctoral degree under the supervision of Professor Gunnar Bjune of the Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo in Norway. |
| Relationship between prostate inflammation and lower urinary tract symptoms evident |
11/14/08 |
| In the December issue of European Urology Dr. Curtis Nickel and associates report on the evidence of a relationship between prostate inflammation and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in men enrolled in the REDUCE trial. |
| Heart rate and sleep in boys affected by violent video games |
11/14/08 |
| An article published electronically in the scientific journal "Acta Paediatrica", describes how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games. Researchers from Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet |
| Alzheimer's gene slows brain's ability to export toxic protein |
11/14/08 |
| The only known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease slows down the brain's ability to export a toxic protein known as amyloid-beta that is central to the damage the disease causes, scientists have found. |
| A new method to control bleeding in hemophilia |
11/14/08 |
| Investigators at Children's Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin's Blood Research Institute and the Medical College of Wisconsin have discovered a new way to help the blood clot by having the missing clotting factor packaged in the patie |
