Radiation for health
Public release date: 19-Jun-2008 Could exposure to low doses of radiation cure our ills? For decades, we have been told that exposure to radiation is dangerous. In high doses…
Should doctors be ‘selling’ drugs for the pharmaceutical industry?
Public release date: 19-Jun-2008 Feature: Key opinion leaders -- independent experts or drug representatives in disguise? Are senior doctors who help drug companies sell their drugs independent experts or…
Same drug, different results: MUHC researcher on the path to personalized medicine
Public release date: 19-Jun-2008 Montreal, June 18, 2008 – Medicine has moved a little bit closer to the era of tailor-made treatments, based on the unique genetic profiles…
Mayo researchers discover how measles virus spreads (in its host)
Public release date: 20-Jun-2008 ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Measles, one of the most common contagious diseases, has been thought to enter the body through the surface of airways and lungs,…
Common cooking spice shows promise in combating diabetes and obesity – Turmeric
Public release date: 20-Jun-2008 SAN FRANCISCO (June 20, 2008) – Turmeric, an Asian spice found in many curries, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation, healing…
Drug reverses mental retardation caused by genetic disorder
Public release date: 22-Jun-2008 UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Because half of TSC…
Prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
Public release date: 23-Jun-2008 Scientists in Wisconsin are reporting in a paper scheduled for the July 1 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology that typical wastewater treatment processes…
Low vitamin D levels associated with death from cardiovascular, all causes
Public release date: 23-Jun-2008 Individuals with lower blood levels of vitamin D appear to have an increased risk of death overall and from cardiovascular causes, according to a…
Childhood lead exposure associated with criminal behavior in adulthood
Public release date: 27-May-2008 CINCINNATI—New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) reports the first evidence of a direct link between prenatal and early-childhood lead exposure an increased risk for…
US reporters often do a poor job of reporting about new medical treatments
Public release date: 27-May-2008 Most medical news stories about health interventions fail to adequately address costs, harms, benefits, the quality of evidence, and the existence of other treatment options, finds…
People with ADHD do 1 month’s less work per year
Public release date: 27-May-2008 Workers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do 22 days less work per year than people who do not have the disorder, finds research published…
Combining exercise with hormone could prevent weight gain – Leptin
Public release date: 27-May-2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Once heralded as a promising obesity treatment, the hormone leptin lost its fat-fighting luster when scientists discovered overweight patients were resistant…
Estrogen Helps Drive Distinct, Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
Public Release: 27-May-2008 NEW YORK (May 27, 2008) — Using a breakthrough technology, researchers led by a Weill Cornell Medical College scientist have pinpointed the hormone estrogen as a…
New breathing exercises help manage asthma
Public release date: 27-May-2008 A presentation that demonstrates breathing exercises designed to help reduce the use of asthma inhalers is today available to the general public for free…
Intestinal bacteria promote — and prevent — inflammatory bowel disease
Public release date: 28-May-2008 BOSTON, Mass. (May 28, 2008)—Scientists search for drug candidates in some very unlikely places. Not only do they churn out synthetic compounds in industrial-scale laboratories, but…
Pycnogenol improved diabetes control and reduced antihypertensive medications / 58.3 percent of patients at the end of the 12 weeks with 50 percent reduction in prescription medications
Public release date: 28-May-2008 A new study published in the May 2008 (volume 8, issue 25) edition of the journal of Nutrition Research shows Pycnogenol (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant…
Dehydrated tomatoes show promise for preventing prostate cancer
Public release date: 29-May-2008 PHILADELPHIA – New research suggests that the form of tomato product one eats could be the key to unlocking its prostate cancer-fighting potential, according to…
Exercise cuts cancer death in men
Public release date: 29-May-2008 [PRESS RELEASE, 29 May 2008] Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who don’t exercise, according to a new…
US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives / at times a 95% false positive rate pseudoepidemic
Public release date: 30-May-2008 U.S. Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis (TB) is rampant, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military…
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