Many pregnant women may not get STD tests
Yahoo!News - 05/17/2012 18:22
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite recommendations that pregnant women have tests for certain sexually transmitted diseases, many may not be getting them, a new study su...
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Museum masturbation video yanked after outcry
msnbc - 05/17/2012 06:56
Canada's federal science museum has removed an animated video showing youth masturbating from an upcoming sex exhibit following a public outcry, a museum spokesman said.
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Coffee linked to lower risk of death
LaTimes - 05/17/2012 00:28
A study finds that older adults who drink java are less likely to die than those who don't. Subjects who averaged four or five cups per day fared best, though it's not cl...
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Air Pollution Changes During Beijing Olympics Linked To Systemic Inflammation And Thrombosis Changes
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 16:07
A study featured in the May 16 edition of JAMA shows that changes in air pollution during the 2008 Beijing Olympics were related to changes in biomarkers of systemic infl...
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What Is An Ultrasound?
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 15:14
An ultrasound scan, also referred to as a sonogram, diagnostic sonography, and ultrasonography, is a device that uses high frequency sound waves to create an image of som...
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AIDS Relief Program Intensity Linked To Lower Death Rates
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 15:14
The May 16 edition of the Global Health themed issue of JAMA reveals a larger drop in all-cause adult mortality in those African countries with more intense operation...
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Thought Controlled Robotic Arm For Paralyzed Patients
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 15:14
The journal Nature reports on a science fiction style jump in technology, where an interface on the brain is used to connect to a robotic arm and provide real time though...
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Child Mortality Rate Decreased After Prenatal Micronutrient, Food Supplementation Internvention
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 14:07
A study in the May 16 edition of JAMA reveals that survival rates of newborns in poor Bangladeshi communities were significantly improved if their mothers received multip...
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High Rate Of Malaria And Sexually Transmitted/Reproductive Tract Infections In Sub-Saharan Pregnant Mothers
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 13:14
A review and meta-analysis of studies published in the May 16 theme issue of Global Health in JAMA reveals a significant burden of malaria and STIs/RTIs amongst pregn...
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Cell Signaling Breakthrough May Help Melanoma Treatment
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 13:14
The body's function of generating new cells and replacing dead ones usually works fine, but it is by no means perfect. The key to generating new cells is communication or...
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Combat blasts may give troops brain disease athletes get
msnbc - 05/16/2012 12:56
The explosive blasts that troops encounter on the battle field can do the same damage as the repetitive head injuries that football players and boxers sustain, a new stud...
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FDA Advisory Panel Approves Home HIV Test Kit
Yahoo!News - 05/16/2012 22:34
Americans are a step closer to being able to quickly determine in the privacy of their own homes whether they're infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. An adv...
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Assisted suicide or a show of love?
LaTimes - 05/16/2012 12:28
Alan Purdy, 88, sat by while his beloved Margaret, 84 and in unrelieved pain, killed herself. San Diego County authorities arrested him, but the issue is tough for everyo...
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Obama's Grand Plan To Cure Alzheimer's
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 12:14
Obama's healthcare goals have been controversial at best, and although anti-smoking campaigns and other public health and safety awareness drives have been successful...
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Avoiding Repeat Biopsies In Prostate Cancer - MDxHealth Launches ConfirmMDx
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 12:14
Each year, in the United States, more than 650,000 men receive a negative prostate biopsy result, with around 25-35% of these results being false negative. However, a...
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Experts: Test teen football players for Alzheimer's gene
msnbc - 05/16/2012 11:14
Should high school kids get a genetic test for the risk for Alzheimer's disease before they're allowed to play football? Two prominent scientists who study both Alzheimer...
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Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Pazopanib Improves Progression-Free Survival
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 11:07
According to results of the PALETTE trial, treatment with pazopanib increased progression-free survival (PFS) almost three fold among patients with metastatic soft...
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Specific Clinical Guidance Urgently Needed On Bone Cancer Drugs
medicalnewstoday - 05/16/2012 11:07
Although bisphosphonate drugs can reduce pain and bone fractures in individuals with multiple myeloma, no one drug is superior, according to a systematic review of the cu...
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Is trademarking a baby name going too far?
msnbc - 05/17/2012 06:00
Baby names. When did it all get so cutthroat and complicated? In the good old days, you just sat down with a piece of paper, and possibly a baby book, and made a list o...
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Bleach torture spurs probe of toddler's care
msnbc - 05/17/2012 05:56
Seattle doctors who may have been slow to report abuse in a toddler whose mother allegedly put bleach in the child's eyes - nearly blinding her - are under state investig...
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No tears as Ga. student sees bacteria-ravaged hands
msnbc - 05/16/2012 17:07
A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection has been looking at her ravaged hands and asking about the damage, all without tears, her father said We...
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U.S. HIV aid has prevented 741,000 deaths: study
msnbc - 05/16/2012 16:42
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The United States foreign aid program that sends billions of dollars to African countries for HIV treatment and prevention has cut the number ...
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6 cups a day? Coffee lovers less likely to die, study finds
msnbc - 05/16/2012 14:07
Coffee drinkers who worry about the jolt of java it takes to get them going in the morning might just as well relax and pour another cup.
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How bike-friendly is your city?
msnbc - 05/16/2012 12:14
Walk Score, the site that rates neighborhoods for their "walkability," just released a list of the top 10 most bike-friendly cities. Did yours make the list?
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Paralyzed woman gets mind-controlled robotic arm
msnbc - 05/16/2012 10:21
The stroke that disconnected Cathy Hutchinson's brain from her body has kept her silent and unable to move for more than 14 years. But science is starting to change all t...
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Who hates cilantro? Study aims to find out
msnbc - 05/16/2012 05:56
To a very vocal online contingent, cilantro is the very worst. On "I Hate Cilantro" websites and Facebook pages they gripe that the herb tastes like soap, mold, or dirt. ...
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It's time to serve up some big incentives to curb obesity
LaTimes - 05/15/2012 10:56
To combat the alarming obesity rate, the Institute of Medicine says the U.S. needs to overhaul everything from farm policies to zoning laws. Clearly, doing nothing isn't ...
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How many times a week do you do it? The average number is...
msnbc - 05/15/2012 10:42
"I have a very serious question for you," Kathie Lee asked Hoda. "Are you happy with your sex life?" She wasn't being nosy - it was purely for science purposes. A new sur...
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First Alzheimer's prevention study launched
msnbc - 05/15/2012 07:28
The U.S. government launched an ambitious push to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's on Tuesday with a first prevention study of high-risk patients and tests on an in...
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Common diet busters -- and how to avoid them
msnbc - 05/15/2012 07:14
Who isn't always looking for ways to boost a summer weight-loss plan? Your best efforts can be undermined by "diet mistakes" that often sound like good advice, but can sa...
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The dirtiest clean places - and how to clean them up
msnbc - 05/15/2012 04:28
You expect some spots to be filthy-your kitchen floor, your garbage can, your toilet. But how germy are the things designed to keep you and your home clean?
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HIV/AIDS patients at higher risk of cardiac death: study
Yahoo!News - 05/15/2012 01:38
People suffering from HIV/AIDS are at much higher risk than the general population of sudden cardiac death, researchers in California have found.
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No, side bangs will not give you a lazy eye
msnbc - 05/14/2012 14:28
Call it the great one-day (we hope) lazy eye panic.
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