How good are we at judging what's risky to our health? Some of our perceptions of risks in our diet fly in the face of science, according to a new survey by the Food Standards Agency. The survey investigated how consumers perceive the risks associated with various food issues in comparison to the scientific evidence. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Researchers have made what they say is the first experimental demonstration that a primate other than humans conveys meaning by combining distinct alarm calls in particular ways. The study appears in the March 11th issue of Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Stowers Institute's Workman Lab has shed new light on a novel histone acetyltransferase protein complex called ATAC. Acetyltransferases are enzymes that introduce a new acetyl functional group into histone proteins, a process by which all chromosome functions are controlled. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Scientists have established a mouse model for human malignant mesothelioma (MM) that will provide valuable insight into cancer development and progression along with new directions for design of therapeutic strategies. The research, published by Cell Press in the March issue of Cancer Cell, may eventually lead to a substantially improved outlook for patients with this devastating disease. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center say they may have figured out why poor sleep does more harm to cardiovascular health in women than in men. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The March of Dimes Foundation awarded $3.5 million to 10 scientists who are trying to stem the growing pace of preterm birth by studying the role genes and heredity play in premature births and how the rate of fetal lung development, infection and other factors may trigger labor. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Responding to President Bush's call for governments around the world to accelerate the development of renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced USDA's wide-ranging initiative at the Washington International Energy Conference. "Renewable energy presents a promising opportunity for the farm economy," said Schafer. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Women who do not comply with treatment instructions for osteoporosis or who do not respond to treatment are more likely to suffer further fractures, which seriously affects their quality of life. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to consider a draft bill (S 2731) to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, CQ Today reports. The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved its version of the bill late last month, and the bill is expected to reach the full House in April. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Joseph Biden (D-Del. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Using a virtual pendulum and its real-world counterpart, scientists at the University of Illinois have created the first mixed reality state in a physical system. Through bidirectional instantaneous coupling, each pendulum "sensed" the other, their motions became correlated, and the two began swinging as one. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
A tiny chemical brain which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines is demonstrated. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
HIV can survive the onslaught of antiviral drugs for years by hiding away in the body's cells, research shows. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 8:03 am
A simple discussion of lung capacity appears to double the rate patients follow a doctor’s advice to quit smoking. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:20 am
When researchers set out to see if they could prove any of the claims about aromatherapy in the lab, most did not pan out. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:20 am
A new study suggests that fewer injuries would occur if high school athletes were better at following the rules of the games. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:19 am
What you are about to read is not an endorsement of any particular diet as a therapy for multiple sclerosis. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:18 am
Children in their early teens are more likely to be killed in a car accident than younger children are, a new study finds. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:16 am
How true is the basic tenet of human biology that because identical twins come from the same fertilized egg, they share identical genetic profiles? Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:14 am
In our health care system, if you have a slew of physicians and a willing patient, almost any sort of terrible excess can occur. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:13 am
A new program in Goa, India, trains laypeople to identify and treat depression and anxiety and send them to community health clinics. Source: NYT > Health | 11 Mar 2008 | 3:50 am
US research links health problems suffered by Gulf War veterans to exposure to a particular group of chemicals. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 1:06 am
Exposure to exhaust fumes appears to affect the way our brains function, Dutch research suggests. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:54 am
The public are being warned by leading health experts about the boom in tests and scans for the "worried well". Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:40 am
The American Cancer Society has issued guidelines for the screening and surveillance for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
Older men with abnormally low free testosterone levels were on average 271% more likely to display clinically significant signs of depression vs men with higher testosterone levels. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
Gabapentin is safe and effective for the prevention of severe high-altitude headache, according to findings published in the March issue of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:44 pm
Intermittent injections of recombinant thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) may help reduce the bone loss that accompanies menopause, the results of an animal study suggest. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:39 pm
The outcome of cardiac transplantation in patients with end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is favorable over the long term, and is as effective in this setting as heart transplantation for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, according to Italian investigators. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:27 pm
Dependence in basic activities of daily living (ADLs), cancer, and other factors increase the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in older patients in postacute care facilities, according to a report from France in the February Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:17 pm
A study involving more than 45,000 Dutch women indicates that the peak prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types occurs in women in their early 20s. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:15 pm
Engineers in New York have devised a technique based on shifts in the resonant frequency of a silicon chip that can detect prion protein (PrP) in fluids at concentrations as low as 2 ng/mL. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:13 pm
Vaccinating refugees before rather than after arrival in the US would save millions of dollars, prevent importation of disease, and reduce human suffering, according to the results of a cost analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:02 pm
The US Preventive Services Task Force has issued recommendations reviewing the evidence for spirometry as a screening tool for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:00 pm
Jaundice is a common condition that affects six out of 10 newborns, according to the March of Dimes. CNN learned more about infant jaundice from Dr. Anne Hansen, a neonatologist at Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
Vets in India begin culling tens of thousands of chickens to combat a fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 1:57 pm
Bolivia plans to ask a UN agency to remove the coca plant from its list of dangerous illegal drugs. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:58 pm
