Release Date: 10/03/2011 Interactive video games, already known to improve motor function in recovering stroke patients, appear to safely enhance physical...
Release Date: 10/03/2011 Johns Hopkins-led research suggests levels of certain fats in blood might predict rate of cognitive decline. A team of...
It's no secret that women often gain weight as they get older. The sex hormone estrogen has an important, if...
Patients who are fed more calories while in intensive care have lower mortality rates than those who receive less of...
In a study of complication rates following prostate biopsy among Medicare beneficiaries, Johns Hopkins researchers have found a significant rise...
BOSTON (September 22, 2011) -- Identifying the cellular origins of breast cancer might lead to earlier diagnosis and more efficient...
Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- two fatal neurodegenerative disease with distinct symptoms...
Knowledge about the biological origin of diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions is critical to improving diagnosis...
Medical researchers at the University of Leeds have come a step closer to understanding how to stop breast cancers from...
Fewer immigrant women receive mammograms than native-born American women, according to Penn State researchers, who note that more immigrant women...
Ovarian cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer that affect women. As tumors can initially grow unchecked...
In Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A Spanish...
Eurekalert Sept 12 2011 Higher flu vaccination rates for health care personnel can dramatically reduce the threat of flu outbreak among...
Targeted agent avoids healthy cells, blocks proteins that prevent cell death in tumors HOUSTON -- Gene therapy delivered directly to a...
HOUSTON - (Sept. 7, 2011) - An analysis of the genome of a superbug has yielded crucial, novel information that...
Approach may help some women avoid mastectomy San Francisco, CA - Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT)...
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011 CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – At any given time, one of every 20 hospital patients has a hospital-acquired...
Sleep disorders affect 40 percent of Canadians Quebec City, September 8, 2011—Sleep disorders affect 40% of adult Canadians according to a...
Aggressive medical therapy could help prevent stroke To prevent a common type of stroke, intensive medical therapy could be better by...
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's...
Children who live in households where they are exposed to tobacco smoke miss more days of school than do children...
STANFORD, Calif. - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have used a novel...
Those at risk because of family history may soon obtain tests to detect the genetic error before symptoms emerge A new...
Richmond, Va. (September 1, 2011) –It is widely known that mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility 1 (BRCA1) gene significantly...
Since HIV infection rates began to rise again around 2000, researchers have been grasping for answers on what could be...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Researchers at Rutgers University and the University of Texas at Austin have reported a discovery that...
SEATTLE – For the first time, researchers at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have demonstrated the feasibility of using serial positron...
Injections of pegloticase, a modified porcine enzyme, can produce significant and sustained clinical improvements in 2 out of 5 patients...
Investigators from the Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have reported findings that may shed light on why African American women...
A study conducted by VHIO researchers confirms that a lack of vitamin D increases the aggressiveness of colon cancer The indication...