The editors of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) have selected six outstanding PNAS papers for the 2007 Cozzarelli Prize, an award for papers that reflect the highest standards of scientific excellence and originality. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:00 pm
When it comes to romantic attraction men primarily are motivated by good looks and women by earning power. At least that's what men and women have been saying for a long time. Based on research that dates back several decades, the widely accepted notion permeates popular culture today. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:00 pm
When confronted with emergencies or natural disasters, such as the wildfires that raged through San Diego and Los Angeles counties last October or the tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. last week, residents often dial 9-1-1 as their first course of action. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Mr. Amte, a follower of Gandhi, gave up an early life of privilege to work for the poor, his direction irrevocably determined by an encounter with a destitute leper. Source: NYT > Health | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
Microbilogy - A gut feeling . . .Bacteria cells outnumber human cells in the average healthy human body by a factor of almost ten. Now researchers are asking if those resident microorganisms play a larger role in who we are than previously thought. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society, has named a pioneering climate scientist from the United Kingdom as winner of the 2007 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Over time, consumers develop a set of cues that we then use to make inferences about products, such as "all French restaurants have great service" or "more expensive candles smell better. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
UroToday.com - Dr. Sanda reported on the PROSTQA, which assesses the QOL outcomes for patients treated with RP, XRT and brachytherapy. Sexual, urinary, bowel, and vitality data were collected and analyzed. The study was not randomized and the HRQOL was assessed within groups. Sexual function dropped most for RP patients, but was better for nerve sparing patients. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
UroToday.com - Dr. Sandler reported on a secondary analysis of RTOG 85-31, in which the patients who got longer duration of ADT had better survival. In RTOG 9202, 1,554 men with T3 disease had either ADT for a mean of 28 months vs. short term ADT and there was a PCSM benefit to long term therapy. The benefit is seen most in high-risk patients. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
UroToday.com - High-powered holmium lasers are used for ablation, resection and enucleation of the prostate, as this laser has excellent incisional, ablative and haemostatic properties.Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is a recent step in enabling a true anatomical enucleation of prostatic tissue of any size. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
UroToday.com - Dr. Freedland discussed the metabolic syndrome that is a combination of medical disorders that increases one's risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease. It is defined by 3 of 5 criteria; waist circumference 102cm, high triglycerides or HDL, glucose intolerance or high BP. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A draft loyalty pledge has plunged South Africa into a new identity crisis as it mulls its common values 14 years after discarding apartheid to forge a united society under a single flag. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 17 Feb 2008 | 7:13 am
Scientists believe they are close to a significant breakthrough in the treatment of spinal injuries. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A three-year-old Indonesian boy has died of bird flu, a health official said Saturday, announcing the country's second death from the illness in one day. The two... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:40 pm
take the whole breast. Chemo? Radiation? Everyone seemed to have an opinion. "I just shut everyone down around me," said Bernie Brann, a newly diagnosed cancer patient from upstate New Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:16 pm
British office workers were warned off making declarations of love and roses were banned at a Swedish school in a series of warnings that took the romance out of Valentine's Day. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
A memo at the World Health Organization expressed concern that the growing dominance of malaria research by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could stifle a diversity of views among scientists. Source: NYT > Health | 16 Feb 2008 | 1:50 pm
