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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found new clues to why some people overeat and gain weight while others don't. Examining how the human brain resp
An e-petition initiated by Diabetes UK Scotland is now seeking support on the Scottish Parliament's website. The petition calls on the NHS in Scotland to have the resources to deliver dia
The drug sirolimus, normally used to help transplant patients fight organ rejection, may eventually be used as a less invasive treatment for a tumor called angiomyolipomata in patients who would o
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water
CDEX, Inc. (OTCBB: CEXI) will demonstrate the Meth Scanner at the ASHI Inspection World Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana January 16-19, 2008. Inspection World is the largest annual professiona
The typical distancing from parents by adolescents is exacerbated by divorce, for fathers, but not for mothers, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family.
Repromedix Corp., the leading national diagnostic laboratory for fertility testing, announces today the launch of Plan Ahead™, a new blood test that provides an assessment of a woman's egg s
The American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2007 report, an annual report card on federal and state tobacco control legislation and policies, assigns only Ds and Fs to the fede
Sixty percent of private practice dynamically oriented psychotherapy clients felt that their therapy either lasted too long or ended too soon, according to recent research conducted by Prof. David
The deliberate ingestion of soil, or 'geophagy', has important health benefits for chimpanzees, according to Sabrina Krief and her colleagues from the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris
The National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) held its annual conference, Oct. 8, 2007, during which NAWC President Bob Iacullo presented the 2007 Management Innovation Awards. This annual co
A new research study, published in the January issue of Pediatrics found that young people who start smoking may be influenced to do so by movies they saw in early childhood. The s
A campaign is being launched to encourage young women in Northern Ireland to quit smoking. More than twice as many young women in the 16 to 19 age-group smoke compared to males in the sam
As part of the Winter 2008 Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association, psychoanalysts Susan P. Sherkow, M.D. (New York, NY) and Martha Herbert, M.D., Ph.D. (Boston, MA) will lead a discuss
Brain scans of hypnotized people that are taken as they forget and are triggered to remember have revealed neural circuitry that is key to the memory suppression and recall process. The researcher
The damaging effects of the mutated protein involved in Huntington's disease take place earlier in cell life than previously believed, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston i
As Americans increasingly seek a quick fix to physical and mental ailments, psychoanalysts can be caught in the crossfire of a debate about the potential benefits and drawbacks of including medi
Heart disease is the most deadly disease in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third of deaths. The American Medical Association (AMA) announces the release of the American Medical As
Researchers have identified a specific group of microRNA molecules that are responsible for controlling genes that cause breast cancer metastasis. The study, led by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Ke
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the biomedical research community - literally gold standard
Reacting to today's announcement by the Prime Minister that public sector workers, including nurses, could have their salaries set for three years rather than 12 months, Royal College of Nursing G
Broadway stars have understudies. Now, an increasingly popular radioactive isotope has its own stand-in. Developed in part by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIS
Methadone is a possible cause of sudden cardiac death even when it isn't overdosed but is taken at therapeutic levels primarily for relief of chronic pain or drug addiction withdrawal, a new study
As the unrest that rocked Kenya quells, UNICEF and other agencies are rushing to provide aid for up to 100,000 people, the estimated number in urgent need of assistance. The majority are
A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) announced its support of a recently released U.S. House of Representatives discussion draft, titled 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility
The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has settled a complaint, filed with the United States Department of Justice, against a company that provides behavioral counseling and psychological serv
A multi-institutional study involving Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a chromosomal abnormality that appears to increase susceptibility to autism. In a New Engla
Arizona-based Chicanos Por La Causa has decided to stop providing HIV/AIDS services to Hispanics through the
Azusa, Calif.-based Viral Genetics has agreed to partner with the University of Colorado-Col