AP - When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:27 pm
When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:18 pm
AP - The patient talked a mile a minute, hopped off the exam table, paced around and poked through the cupboards when the medical students entered the exam room. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:04 pm
The patient talked a mile a minute, hopped off the exam table, paced around and poked through the cupboards when the medical students entered the exam room. The "patient" had spent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:04 pm
Although just three years old, Xingxing is being taken away from her family in China's earthquake zone, heading to a safer place with plenty of dog biscuits. "It's sad. We... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:14 pm
Reuters - Velcade, a drug used to treat cancer,
might also work against the chronic autoimmune disease lupus,
German researchers said on Sunday. Source: Yahoo! News: Health News | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:05 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The 2008 Society for Urodyanamics and Female Urology (SUFU) session on Saturday afternoon focused primarily on the neurogenic bladder. The program opened with an excellent overview of the pathophysiology and evaluation of the neurogenic bladder by Drs. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Professor Witjes pointed out that bladder cancer incidence is much higher in Europe than in the US. He reviewed the AUA guidelines for T1G3 TCC. BCG with maintenance should be given and cystectomy should be considered an option. This is similar to the EAU guidelines. The rationale for BCG is the potential impact on disease progression is maintenance therapy is given. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have modified a common chemotherapy drug to create a new probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET), an advance that will allow them to model and measure the immune system in action and monitor response to new therapies. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), says that cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) among soldiers who served in the first Persian Gulf War were caused by certain events during their deployment to the war zone, meaning the exposure and illness is not as widespread as previously thought.The study is being published in the July issue of Neuroepidemiology. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 4:00 pm
One of the most critical processes in biology is the transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA), which provides the blueprint for the proteins that form the machinery of life. Now, researchers have discovered new details of how the cell's major transcriptional machinery, RNA polymerase II (Pol II), functions with such exquisite precision. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
Finding the source: cells that initiate a common infant tumor identifiedInfantile hemangiomas, exemplified by the strawberry-like patches that appear on the skin of infants soon after birth, are benign tumors that develop in 5%-10% of Caucasian infants and usually disappear by the age of 9 without treatment. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
New research by scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests that the neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells, plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression during social decision-making.Serotonin has long been associated with social behaviour, but its precise involvement in impulsive aggression has been controversial. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
New guidelines have been written which will assist nightclub staff in deciding whether to call ambulances for unwell clubbers. At present, there is a worry that inappropriate management has lead to clubbers only being referred to hospital after significant problems have occurred - leading to increased risk of injury and death. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Could macro-scale chemical engineering be used to stop a volcanic lava flow in its tracks and save potentially thousands of lives and homes when the next eruption occurs? That's the question R.D. Schuiling of Geochem Research BV, based in The Netherlands, asks in the current issue of the Inderscience Publication, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
Scientists of the University of Granada (Spain) have designed a novel and versatile environmental diagnostic method for landfills. It allows for the monitoring of environmental impact, and controls harmful impact such as bad smells and superficial and subterranean water pollution.The doctoral thesis "Landfill environmental diagnosis methodology. Source: Health News from Medical News Today | 8 Jun 2008 | 10:00 am
Babies who have mastered gurgling, but can't quite handle words yet can learn a baby version of sign language to tell mom and dad whether they want to eat, play or be lulled into sweet... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 6:45 am
It was just a farm, but what went on there was extraordinary: Nelson Mandela, disguised in blue overalls, plotting with other anti-apartheid leaders against South Africa's racist regime. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:52 am
The days are numbered for a Little Vietnam on the banks of a river in southwestern France that for 50 years has housed widows and children of French soldiers who died in Indochina. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:39 am
The Dutch descended in droves on the seaport of Scheveningen Saturday to gorge themselves in an annual ritual -- grabbing a raw herring fillet by the tail, tilting their heads back and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 5:10 am
Democrats moving to impose new restrictions on these for-profit hospitals have carved out exemptions for a few institutions represented by influential senators and well-connected lobbyists.
As world oil prices skyrocket, thousands of households in energy-poor Japan are taking part in an ambitious experiment to use fuel cells to light and heat their homes. Since... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsHealth | 8 Jun 2008 | 3:19 am
Scientists say they have found a new genetic basis for why some people develop a dangerously enlarged heart. Source: BBC News | Health | World Edition | 7 Jun 2008 | 11:00 pm
AP - Salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has spread to 16 states, federal health officials said Saturday.