Outpatient care improves kidney patients' survival
2008-01-31 10:26:29
Outpatient care focusing on improving kidney function is associated with a reduced risk of death in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease, researchers report in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Cannabis bigger cancer risk than cigarettes
2008-01-30 15:16:58
Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, scientists in New Zealand have found, as they warned of an "epidemic" of lung cancers linked to cannabis.
Mid-age is truly depressing - study
2008-01-30 08:23:04
Middle age is truly miserable, according to a study using data from 80 countries showing that depression is most common among men and women in their forties.
ROK scientists find needle-free vaccination method
2008-01-29 20:22:42
South Korean researchers on Tuesday said they have discovered a new needle-free vaccination approach that may be safer to use and elicit a broader range of immune responses than conventional methods.
US medical schools prepare for 'silver tsunami'
2008-01-29 09:44:11
Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.
Caffeine ups blood sugar level in diabetics
2008-01-29 09:23:18
Cutting down on caffeine could help people with the most common form of diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, researchers said on Monday.
Exercise keeps you younger - study
2008-01-29 08:03:29
Exercise may hold the key to youth, according to a study which showed people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not.
Breast milk protects mice from allergic asthma
2008-01-29 07:34:00
Lactating mice that develop tolerance after exposure to airborne antigens appear to be able to transfer this immunity to their offspring though breast-milk.
Caffeine ups blood sugar level in diabetics: study
2008-01-28 21:58:20
Cutting down on caffeine could help people with the most common form of diabetes better control their blood sugar levels, researchers said on Monday.
Lead linked to aging in older brains
2008-01-28 06:53:25
Could it be that the "natural" mental decline that afflicts many older people is related to how much lead they absorbed decades before?
Girl changes blood group, immune system
2008-01-25 14:32:29
An Australian teenage girl has become the world's first known transplant patient to change blood groups and take on the immune system of her organ donor, doctors said.
The Pill protects against cancer
2008-01-25 13:42:07
Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. Men Carry Breast Cancer Genes