Benjamin Franklin wrote in his 1750 Poor Richard's Almanac that There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. The problem of achieving accurate self-knowledge

The risk of ischemic stroke - which results when a blood clot travels to the brain - increases with a rise in particulate air pollution, according to a study in Stroke: Journal of the American Hea

Most pediatricians say they would be willing to give to boys and girls a vaccine that prevents infection with the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus, but some say inadequate insur

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The Illinois House on Thursday voted 79-28 to approve the All Kids health insurance bill that would extend coverage to all uninsured children in the state, the

Eating vegetables from the cabbage family could help individuals with a certain genetic make-up reduce their risk of lung cancer, suggests a research letter in this week's issue of The Lancet.

Research demonstrates that the hormone PYY can inhibit eating in the morning, but not in the evening. Research at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) at Oregon Health & Sc

The MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago will host its 17th annual conference on clinical medical ethics and patient care on Nov. 11-12. The first day o

A new study by global market research firm, TNS, reinforces growing alarm among health and nutrition professionals that Australia is in the grips of rising levels of excess weight, risking future

UCSF scientists have illuminated a key step in a signaling pathway that helps orchestrate embryonic development. The finding, they say, could lead to insights into the development of stem cells, a

Botswana has launched a new project that encourages young people to donate safe blood and teaches them how to avoid contracting HIV,

A Mayo Clinic allergist and colleagues representing the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology announce they are revising the o

An unusual exhibition of nearly six-foot portraits painted by Glasgow artist Mark Gilbert and showing faces distorted by cancer, congenital deformities, and trauma, opens Oct. 20 at the John Slade

Major New Cash Announced to Update Mental Health Estate - Major Reform of Mental Health Continues - The Department of Health today announced £130 million capital investment in mental he

East View Cartographic (EVC) todayannounced the availability of maps intended to support the internationalcommunity's efforts to control the spread of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus. Ma

As soon as the 43-year-old patient stood upright, his blood pressuredropped from 140 to 50 mm on the mercury column within a fewseconds. Over the last 20 years, he had had recurrent fainting spe

Research estimates that health inequalities between white and black Americans cause 84,000 extra deaths every year - equating to a virtual hurricane Katrina every week, says an editorial in this w

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Thursday heard oral arguments in an appeal of U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton's decision that declared unconst

Increased production of the amyloid-beta (Abeta) peptide can lead to Abeta aggregation and buildup in the brain and rare familial forms of early onset Alzheimer disease (AD). Aggregation and build

Researchers from Colorado have identified a new topical antibiotic that may inhibit skin infections in humans. Their findings appear in the October 2005 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents a

Research estimates that health inequalities between white and black Americans cause 84,000 extra deaths every year - equating to a virtual hurricane Katrina every week, says an editorial in this w

A leading breast-cancer researcher at UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking several hundred minority women who have had breast cancer or are at high risk for developing it for a study aimed at

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation today announced the launch of a $175 million major gifts fundraising campaign to support research into better treatments and an ultimate cure for the life-threatenin

People with asthma who perform regular exercise have an increased ability to take up oxygen and increase their ventilation leading to improved cardiopulmonary fitness. Physical training involved 2

Recent natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in South Asia should not divert public attention from a quieter catastrophe -- the failure of countries to adequately suppo

New Survey by Greystone Analyzes Impact of Emerging Therapies, Shifting Demographics and Non-Traditional Care Settings - (Amherst, NH) - The convergence of concurrent device engineering,

The Oct. 18 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine describes two new diabetes treatments: exenatide, an injected drug; and inhaled insulin. Both treatments have pluses and minuses and were tested on

If you are obese and then lose weight you will not only look and feel better, most likely your sex life will improve significantly, say researchers from Duke University. Apparently, even if you l

The European Commission has been informed that test results from the EU laboratory at Weybridge this afternoon confirmed that the avian influenza virus in Romania is the same high pathogenic H5N1

A study of patients who have difficulty paying attention to the left side of their environment has provided some of the first direct evidence that brain injury can cause detrimental functional cha