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A U.S. District judge on Dec. 26, 2007, ruled that a provision of a San Francisco law requiring employers to meet minimum contribution levels to employee health insurance benefits or help fund a
Emergency department physicians are prescribing more narcotics to patients who say they have pain, but minority patients are less likely than whites to receive such drugs, according to a study pu
The Los Angeles Times last month examined how the verdict of
Presidential candidates have debated their health care proposals in preparation for the Iowa caucuses on Thursday, the
President Bush on Saturday signed legislation that will provide funding for SCHIP through March 2009, the AP/
A new American study found that delayed defibrillation is common and is linked to lower survival rates of patients who have a heart attack while in hospital. Patients who received the procedure
What's the key to looking and feeling better and enhancing your health? Exercise. Moderately strenuous exercise, about 30 minutes a day, can lead to enormous benefits in terms of your m
Aristotle and Hippocrates believed in the power of images in the brain to enliven the heart and body. Today, research shows they were right. Guided imagery is helping patients use the full range o
Here's another reason not to smoke, especially for women: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This disabling breathing disorder is increasingly becoming a problem for women, a
According to an Editorial in the Lancet, dark chocolate that is rich in flavenols might be good for the heart. However, to gain the health benefits from dark chocolate might prove difficult.
When we think about the powers of testosterone, we usually do not consider mental processes. However, research suggests that testosterone levels may affect men's cognitive performance, reports
All obesity research, advice on diets, and food labeling should stop and the money saved should be used to create a reliable, integrated public transport network, says a letter in the British M
As doctors will soon have to be 'bare below the elbows' in UK hospitals, including no wristwatches, an article in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) warns that not allowing do
The fundamental ethos and creativity of cancer research is threatened by too much management and excessive regulation, says a Keynote Comment in The Lancet Oncology, January 2008 issue. Th
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) have given clearance for the BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay. It is the first assay available to identify both Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and methicillin
It is estimated that the National Health Service (NHS) spends at least £100m per year on needless indigestion drugs, according to an editorial published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Such body abnormalities as curvature of the spine and asymmetric lower limbs are more prevalent among children with cancer, compared to children without cancer. This suggests that a defective gene
If you are an older man and receive testosterone supplementation you will probably be no stronger, your mobility will not have improved, and neither will your cognition, according to an article pu
The duration of a child's sleep can vary, depending on the time of day, week and year. Further, children who don't get enough nightly sleep are more likely to be overweight and have behavioral pro
A study published in the January 1 issue of the journal SLEEP finds that people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have altered cardiovascular responses during recovery from maxim
That's the suggestion from a new UCLA study that tracked levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, among 30 Los Angeles married couples involved in one of our age's trickiest juggling acts - raisi
Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as f
A particular gene variation appears to significantly increase the risk that individuals with cirrhosis of the liver will go on to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a liver tumor that is the
A married couple who migrated from England to America around 1630, at the same time as the Pilgrim Fathers, have been traced as the ancestors of hundreds of Americans who have inherited a gene t
Phantom noises that mimic ringing in the ears, associated with tinnitus, can be experienced by people with normal hearing in quiet situations, according to new research published in the January 20
1. Neuron, Astrocyte, and Oligodendrocyte Transcriptomes John D. Cahoy, Ben Emery, Amit Kaushal, Lynette C. Foo, Jennifer L. Zamanian, Karen S. Christopherson, Yi Xing, Jane L. Lubi
Israeli investigators have found that Ashkenazi Jewish women with ovarian cancer who have mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes lived significantly longer than Ashkenazi Jewish ovarian cancer pati
Suppression of slow-wave sleep in healthy young adults significantly decreases their ability to regulate blood-sugar levels and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, report researchers at the Uni
One of the deadliest forms of cancer appears to carry a specific weakness.When a key gene called 14-3-3zeta is silenced, lung cancer cells can't survive on their own, researchers have fo
A new study by Cambridge University reveals that doctors treating life-threatening emergencies such as allergy attacks may give the wrong dosage of adrenaline (epinephrine) because of confusing la