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Swiss develop new form of knee surgerySaturday 04th of July 2009 12:15:13 PMBERN, Switzerland, July 4 (UPI) -- A Swiss medical team says its technique for treating torn anterior cruciate ligaments in the knee provides quicker healing and more stability. A torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, most often is treated by grafting a tendon from another part of the body. Replacement tendons, however, are never as good as the original AC... Read more |
Bone marrow stem cells may help heartFriday 03rd of July 2009 11:23:35 PMSAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers, in a study in mice, found bone marrow stem cells improve cardiac function. Study author Dr. Yerem Yeghiazarians of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues administered three different groups of mice with bone marrow cells, bone marrow cell extract, or saline for the control group. The i... Read more |
Compound may help diabetic retinopathyFriday 03rd of July 2009 10:55:06 PMOKLAHOMA CITY, July 3 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say a new, natural compound may stop diabetic retinopathy -- a leading cause of blindness. Project investigator Jay Ma of the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center and Dean A. McGee Eye Institute said when the researchers delivered the new compound to cells using nanoparticle technology, the treatment stopped... Read more |
Study: H1N1 flu spreads inefficientlyFriday 03rd of July 2009 06:55:32 PMBOSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Influenza A H1N1, the swine flu virus, has so far spread from person to person less effectively than other seasonal flu viruses, U.S. researchers found. A team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the virus has a form of surface protein that binds inefficiently to receptors ... Read more |
WHO: H1N1 flu spreading, 'unstoppable'Friday 03rd of July 2009 06:11:10 PMCANCUN, Mexico, July 3 (UPI) -- The head of the World Health Organization said the spread of the swine flu worldwide is unstoppable. Speaking at a flu summit in Mexico, WHO's Margaret Chan said most influenza A H1N1 cases are mild and people recover without treatment. As the summit began in Cancun, British health officials predicted more than 100,000 n... Read more |
Grill more fruit, vegetables, less meatFriday 03rd of July 2009 05:13:13 PMHOUSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. nutrition expert suggests grilling some vegetables and fruits for Fourth of July family barbecues. Dietitian Vicki Piper of The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston encourages those doing cookouts to grill plenty of fruits and vegetables -- and less meat. Diets high in plant foods can lower the chances of de... Read more |
Migraines harm academic futureFriday 03rd of July 2009 05:12:26 PMWASHINGTON, July 3 (UPI) -- Adolescents who suffer from migraines are more likely to get lower grades and less likely to graduate from high school, U.S. researchers said. Our results show that migraine sufferers have trouble attending school and have trouble concentrating on the days they do make it to school, said Joseph Sabia, a professor at Washington... Read more |
Tamiflu-resistant swine flu reportedFriday 03rd of July 2009 03:41:24 PMATLANTA, July 3 (UPI) -- Health officials in Japan and Hong Kong said each had a H1N1 flu patient resistant to the anti-viral drug Tamiflu, days after a Denmark patient was resistant. Japanese Health Ministry official Takeshi Enami said the swine flu strain developed in a Japanese patient who was on the drug Tamiflu to prevent the illness. The patient has sinc... Read more |
Canada warns against H1N1 'parties'Friday 03rd of July 2009 11:20:19 AMOTTAWA, July 3 (UPI) -- Canadian health officials are warning against suggestions circulating on the Internet of H1N1 flu parties to deliberately self-immunize against the virus. The concept of the parties in which parents send children to parties where one child is known to carry the virus was first reported by British media earlier this week. Th... Read more |
People more empathetic to their own raceFriday 03rd of July 2009 01:59:39 AMBEIJING, July 3 (UPI) -- A bystander feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, researchers in China said. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, showed that perceiving others in pain activates a part of the brain associated with empathy and emotion more if the observer and the observed are the same race. Read more |
Sunscreen: Use a shot glassfulFriday 03rd of July 2009 01:55:53 AMNEW YORK, July 3 (UPI) -- Using the wrong type of sunscreen can further damage sun-exposed skin, a U.S. skin specialist warns. New York dermatologist Dr. Bruce Robinson of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery advises choosing products with zinc oxide that provide a physical block against the sun and do not take 20-30 minutes to become effective. Read more |
Dietitian: Don't serve cancer from grillFriday 03rd of July 2009 01:46:49 AMHOUSTON, July 3 (UPI) -- A U.S. dietitian says marinating meat before grilling helps draw out the chemical precursors of carcinogens. Dietitian Vicki Piper of the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston explains where there is smoke there is a risk of cancer. Burning meat, she says, can create carcinogens -- agents that may cause cancer. ... Read more |
Dads prepare for new baby in boot campFriday 03rd of July 2009 01:25:41 AMDURHAM, N.C., July 3 (UPI) -- New dads say they face many challenges and a U.S. boot camp for new daddies helps them meet these challenges and prepare for the new baby. When dad-to-be Ivan Weiskott of Durham, N.C., asked other men about parenting, he heard a lot about changing diapers, but also about sleep deprivation, supporting the mom emotionally, ho... Read more |
Food Agency: Drills of the grillThursday 02nd of July 2009 11:58:00 PMWASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- July Fourth backyard chefs should know the drills of the grill, U.S. government food safety experts say, especially during hot weather. Safe food handling is always important, Alfred Almanza of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service in Washington says in a statement. But during the wa... Read more |
'Second line' ankle repairs in the makingThursday 02nd of July 2009 11:26:50 PMROSEMONT, Ill., July 2 (UPI) -- If at first an injured ankle does not heal, a U.S. surgeon says there are some new techniques that may help. Dr. Matthew Mitchell, an orthopedic surgeon in Casper, Wyo., says most ankle injuries are successfully treated with traditional first-line therapies, but about one-fifth to one-quarter of people with ankle injuries... Read more |
Nanotech dental fillings may last longerThursday 02nd of July 2009 11:16:56 PMAUGUSTA, Ga., July 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher is using nanotechnology to help tooth-colored dental fillings last longer. Dr. Franklin Tay of the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta says he is trying to prevent fillings from degrading. Dentin adhesives bond well initially, but then the hybrid layer between the adhesive and the dentin begins to bre... Read more |
White House arranges H1N1 flu summitThursday 02nd of July 2009 10:55:08 PMWASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- White House officials announced an influenza A H1N1 Preparedness Summit with states to prepare for the possibility of a more severe outbreak of swine flu. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan are ... Read more |
Metabolic factors may be linked to cancerThursday 02nd of July 2009 09:42:30 PMNEW YORK, July 2 (UPI) -- Metabolic syndrome -- a risk factor for heart disease and diabetes -- may play a role in the risk of post-menopausal breast cancer, U.S. researchers said. The metabolic syndrome, or insulin resistance syndrome, consists of a series of factors including abdominal obesity, high blood glucose levels, impaired glucose tolerance, abnormal l... Read more |
CDC: Norovirus workers should stay homeThursday 02nd of July 2009 07:51:16 PMATLANTA, July 2 (UPI) -- Having employees stay at home when sick with norovirus helps prevent norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes, U.S. health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report summarizes an in-depth epidemiologic investigation of three norovirus outbreaks that occurred in a long-term residen... Read more |
Several health benefits from dairy foodsThursday 02nd of July 2009 06:25:39 PMUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., July 2 (UPI) -- Consuming the recommended servings of dairy foods daily is a convenient and affordable way to get key nutrients, U.S. researchers said. In a supplement to the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, several nutrition researchers weigh in on an updated review of the health benefits of consuming da... Read more |
