US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the number of cases of autism may be related to changes in how it is diagnosed. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZFriday 6th June 2008, 10:00-16:30The conference programme includes: - The opportunity to share others' experience of Health Links- To hear about the context for the development of Health Links in the future Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Giving voice to the lessons of molecules and other props of science, as the lamentable state of science literacy in the United States attests, is no easy task. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Post traumatic stress disorder is commonly thought to effect victims of major trauma and those who witness violence, but a new University of Georgia study finds that it also can affect children who have lost a parent expectedly to diseases such as cancer. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
About 175 members of Parliament in the United Kingdom have signed a motion that calls on the Department for International Development to place women at the center of its HIV/AIDS strategies worldwide, the Herald Express reports. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
The Institute for Progressive Medicine (IPM), a medical clinic that focuses on safe, natural and alternative therapies in combination with traditional medical treatments, announced today the clinic's Preconception Care Program. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Marijuana is among the most frequently used illicit drugs by women during their childbearing years and there is growing concern that marijuana abuse during pregnancy, either alone or in combination with other drugs, may have serious effects on fetal brain development. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
The marriage of computer modeling, biophysics and immunology has landed a University of Central Florida scientist more than $1 million in funding for her work, which could have profound benefits in the search for cures to cancer and heart disease.UCF assistant professor Annette Khaled is conducting research into what triggers the "death protein. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
In mice, child neglect is a product of both nature and nurture, according to a new study.Writing in the journal PLoS ONE on April 9, researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison describe a strain of mice that exhibit unusually high rates of maternal neglect, with approximately one out of every five females failing to care for her offspring. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
Carbon nanotubes are 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, yet stronger than steel and more durable than diamonds. They conduct heat and electricity with efficiency that rivals copper wires and silicon chips, with possible uses in everything from concrete and clothes to bicycle parts and electronics. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
An influx of newly insured patients is widening the gap between the supply of primary care physicians and the demand for their services. Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:40 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has further tightened smoking restrictions -- targeting schools and day care centers -- as it extends a crackdown linked to its pledge to hold a smoke-free... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:04 am
The speakers throbbed as teenage girls in buckskin fringe and cowboy hats danced a hoedown in an occupied West Bank gym packed with American evangelicals keen to show support for Israel. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:24 am
Some patients with FTD develop artistic abilities when frontal brain areas decline and posterior regions take over. Source: NYT > Health | 9 Apr 2008 | 4:28 am
A Christian group is to launch legal action against allowing scientists to create human-animal hybrid embryos. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:56 am
Babies whose mothers get pre-eclampsia may be at greater risk of cardiovascular disease later, says a study. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:54 am
Growth spurts in early childhood could cause obesity according to researchers at the University of Glasgow. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:47 pm
The benefits of some cancer drugs may be exaggerated as a rising number of trials are stopped early, experts say. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:04 pm
In patients with heart failure, one month of moderate exercise significantly improves heart function and aerobic capacity and at least partially ameliorates symptoms of poor heart function, results of a study indicate. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:17 pm
As obesity rates increase, fire departments and emergency medical workers are purchasing more expensive ambulances that can carry heavier patients. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:07 pm
A large prospective study has found that positron emission tomography is having a huge impact. But whether it is helping or harming patients remains unclear. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:04 pm
In an observational cohort study, higher cystatin C levels were linked to hypertension in patients without previous clinical kidney or cardiovascular disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
In a series of trials, treatment with omega-3 free fatty acids was not effective for the prevention of relapse in Crohn's disease. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Patients with acute coronary syndrome who required percutaneous intervention and were already taking clopidogrel may still benefit from another 600-mg loading dose before the procedure. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The Kidney Diseases Improving Global Outcomes foundation addresses the prevention, management, and treatment of hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease and in those undergoing hemodialysis. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued its 2007-2008 recommendations for influenza immunization in children. Medscape Medical News Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
The progression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) disease is affected by the virus subtype, according to a recent study based on research ongoing in Rakai, Uganda, since 1994 and published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:46 pm
Pulmonary absorption of inhaled dihydroergotamine (DHE) mesylate, intended for treatment of acute migraine, produces plasma levels comparable to intravenous administration in healthy individuals, and is well-tolerated, investigators report in the March issue of Headache. Reuters Health Information Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:15 pm
A new study finds that corneas of people up to 75 years old appear to work just as well as those of younger donors. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:40 pm
A baby is home after becoming one of the youngest patients to receive a heart pacemaker. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 8 Apr 2008 | 5:04 pm
A much-noted study last year raised eyebrows when it suggested that digital music players could set hearts aflutter. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Apr 2008 | 4:44 pm
There are dozens of ways to cut the fat and calories from recipes, but if it doesn't taste good no one will eat it, says Colleen Doyle, director of nutrition and physical activity for the American Cancer Society.
But just because a mom isn't pondering politics and art or the latest dire reports on climate change doesn't mean she isn't using the best of her mind. There's value, too, in thinking about fostering curiosity, kindness, gratitude and good humor.
USA TODAY April 08, 2008 Anti-psychotic drugs frequently used in nursing homes to treat aggression in Alzheimer's patients don't provide any benefit and seem to lead to a marked decline in verbal ability, a report says. Source: PsycPORT.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 12:46 pm
The war over secondhand smoke ended when a woman agreed to take steps to minimize the spread of her smoke to her neighbors’ apartment. Source: NYT > Health | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:34 am
