New Brain Scan Diagnoses Autism In Adults

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August 11, 2010
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UK scientists have developed a new type of brain scan that only takes 15 minutes and can diagnose autism in adults with over 90 per cent accuracy: they hope to develop…

Drop Mouth-to-mouth When Doing CPR, Say Experts

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July 31, 2010
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The expert says these latest findings reiterate what the American Heart Foundation (AHA) advised in 2008 – that compression only CPR is recommended for bystanders who are not properly trained or…

Seven Influenza Vaccines For Coming Season Approved By FDA

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July 31, 2010
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The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has approved vaccines for the 2010-2011 USA influenza season, protecting against three strains of influenza, including the H1N1 virus which caused the 2009 pandemic.In…

How Active Immune Tolerance Makes Pregnancy Possible

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July 3, 2010
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Understanding of mouse immune-system response to specific fetal antigens also may provide insight into issues that arise during human pregnancies.The concept of pregnancy makes no sense – at least not from…

Reprogrammed Human Blood Cells Show Promise For Disease Research

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July 2, 2010
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Cells from frozen human blood samples can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, according to Whitehead Institute researchers. These cells can be multiplied and used to study the genetic and molecular…

Exercise Is Good For Cancer Patients And Survivors Say Experts

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July 1, 2010
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A panel of US experts, including specialists in cancer, exercise training, fitness and obesity are urging cancer patients and survivors to avoid inactivity, even while undergoing treatment, as more and…

Brain Controls Blood Cholesterol, Study

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June 7, 2010
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Dispelling the notion that circulating levels of good and bad cholesterol in the blood are just the balance of dietary absorption and liver secretion and metabolism, US scientists who did tests on…

How Our Cells Gain Energy From Food – Puzzle Partly Solved

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May 29, 2010
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Scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC), UK have identified the structure of the critical enzyme respiratory complex I, solving an important part of the puzzle of how our cells get…

Exercise Appears To Reduce Cellular Aging Caused By Stress

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May 27, 2010
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Researchers in the US found that brief vigorous exercise can reduce cellular aging by preventing the shortening of telomeres due to stress.You can read about the University of California San Francisco…

Should We Focus On Tackling Physical Inactivity Instead Of Obesity?

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May 26, 2010
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What is the best way to tackle the obesity crisis? There appears to be some disagreement among experts in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) today. While Professor Louise Baur and team…

Food Allergies May Not Be As Common As We Think

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May 14, 2010
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There are a limited number of good-quality studies on food allergies, with inadequate uniform criteria for making a diagnosis and establishing prevalence and effective treatment, says an article published in…

Cancer Costs Nearly Doubled In Two Decades, US

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May 10, 2010
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A new analysis of the medical costs of treating cancer in the US shows they have nearly doubled in the last 20 years; they also reveal a shift away from inpatient to…

Drinking During Pregnancy Could Increase Child’s Risk Of Rare Leukemia

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May 7, 2010
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Researchers from France and the UK who reviewed the scientific literature found that drinking alcohol during pregnancy was linked to a significantly higher risk of children developing a rare form…

Blinking Eyes Indicate Mind Wandering

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May 3, 2010
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When your mind wanders, you’re not paying attention to what’s going in front of you. A new study suggests that it’s not just the mind, it’s the body, too; when…

Need For Strategies To Address Overdiagnosis In Cancer

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April 24, 2010
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Many cancers detected by screening tests are not destined to cause symptoms or death and therefore represent a phenomenon known as overdiagnosis. And because overdiagnosis leads to unnecessary treatment and…

New Study To Explore Health Impacts Of Mobile Phones

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April 23, 2010
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A new decades-long study has just launched to investigate whether there is a link between the use of mobile phones and long-term health problems such as cancer.The cohort study on…

Experts Call For Regulation And Gradual Tightening Of Added Salt

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April 22, 2010
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should regulate salt as a food additive and gradually tighten the limit on the amount that manufacturers, restaurants and food service providers can add…

Added Sugar Linked To Higher Heart Disease Risk Factors

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April 21, 2010
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US researchers found that people who consume higher amounts of added sugar, such as in processed foods and beverages, are also likely to have higher heart disease risk factors.You can read…

Lung Cancer In Smokers May Be Prevented By Metformin

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April 20, 2010
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Metformin, a mainstay of treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes, may soon play a role in lung cancer prevention if early laboratory research presented here at the AACR 101st…

Candy-Like Tobacco Could Poison Children Say Researchers

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April 19, 2010
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US researchers writing in a leading journal concluded that a new form of pelleted tobacco product that in some cases looks like candy could poison children and lure young people into…

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