| Title |
Date |
| High levels of glutamate in brain linked to depression, low cognitive function |
08/04/09 |
| Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and several other institutions have for the first time linked high levels of glutamate – a neurotransmitter in the brain produced from glucose – in people with type 1 diabetes to symptoms of depression |
| Links between major depression and coronary artery disease studied |
08/04/09 |
| Major depression and coronary artery disease are only modestly related throughout an individual’s lifetime, but studying how the two interact over time and in twin pairs paints a more complex picture of the associations between the conditions, accor |
| New method selectively kills metastatic melanoma |
08/04/09 |
| An international team of researchers has identified a new method for selectively killing metastatic melanoma cells, which may lead to new areas for drug development in melanoma – a cancer that is highly resistant to current treatment strategies. |
| Whooping cough epidemic on North Coast of New South Wales |
07/10/09 |
| Health officials on the North Coast of New South Wales say there is now an epidemic of whooping cough in the region and they are advising young children and those who have close contact with them to be vaccinated. |
| Administration officials take health reform reins in Obama's absence |
07/10/09 |
| White House staff and administration officials are trying to maintain their visibility on health care reform this week with public events and meetings as President Obama travels, Roll Call reports. |
| Democrats divided as Congressional health overhaul efforts stall |
07/10/09 |
| Senators working feverishly to pass health reform ahead of Congress' August recess raised doubts Wednesday on whether they will be able to pass reform on schedule, The Boston Globe reports. |
| Dialysis treatments OK for patients who have had a heart attack |
07/10/09 |
| Dialysis treatments do not affect the heart health of kidney disease patients who have had a heart attack, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). Since cardiovascular disease |
| Elevated insulin levels linked to increased breast cancer risk |
07/10/09 |
| Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings are published in the online version of the Intern |
| Healthcare reform gets boost from hospital groups |
07/10/09 |
| "In the face of mounting Republican opposition to its healthcare agenda, the Obama administration received a boost Wednesday, winning a preliminary agreement with leading hospital groups to cut federal payments to the industry over the next decade,&q |
| Humans may give swine flu to pigs |
07/10/09 |
| The strain of influenza, A/H1N1, that is currently pandemic in humans has been shown to be infectious to pigs and to spread rapidly in a trial pig population. |
| Oral bacteria may contribute to the development of obesity |
07/10/09 |
| The world-wide explosion of overweight people has been called an epidemic. The inflammatory nature of obesity is widely recognized. Could it really be an epidemic involving an infectious agent? In this climate of concern over the increasing prevalence of |
