World / Health & Beauty
The knowledge: how to improve your posture
07.06.2008 20:13
telegraph.co.uk
Standing too straight is just as bad as slouching, says Brita Forsstrom, an expert in the Alexander Technique.
Great Britain
Health & Beauty
Big hearts 'have genetic problem'
07.06.2008 19:03
bbc.co.uk
Scientists say they have found a new genetic basis for why some people develop a dangerously enlarged heart.
World
Health & Beauty
Teenagers Attending College Less Likely To Engage In Risky Sexual Behavior
07.06.2008 16:10
medicalnewstoday.com
Adolescents attending college six months after completing high school are significantly less likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than those who do not go to college, according to the first study to directly compare the two groups.
World
Children Diseases
Another New Wrinkle In Treating Skin Aging
07.06.2008 15:11
medicalnewstoday.com
Topical applications of a naturally occurring fat molecule have the potential to slow down skin aging, whether through natural causes or damage, researchers report.Through both the normal aging process and external factors like UV damage, smooth, young skin inevitably becomes coarse and wrinkled. The basis of this wrinkling is that time and damage both lower the production of new collagen while increasing the levels of enzymes called MMPs that chew up existing collagen.
World
Dermatology
Niacin's Role In Maintaining Good Cholesterol
07.06.2008 15:11
medicalnewstoday.com
A research team has uncovered the likely target of niacin (vitamin B3) in the liver, which should provide a clearer picture of how this vitamin helps maintain adequate HDL-cholesterol levels in the blood and thus lower the risk of heart disease.While niacin can increase plasma HDL levels, the mechanism of how it works has been mysterious, although it's believed that niacin does not actually increase HDL production.
World
Cardiology
Improving Self-Esteem Through Admiration Of Celebrities
07.06.2008 14:12
medicalnewstoday.com
A new study appearing in Personal Relationships shows how "connections" to celebrities, i.e. parasocial relationships, can allow people with low-self esteem to view themselves more positively.For many people, the admiration of celebrities can have some important benefits. Jaye L.
World
Psychiatry
Health Promotion And Prevention In The Area Of Sexual And Reproductive Health For Young Men Coming From Different Social And Cultural Backgrounds
07.06.2008 13:17
medicalnewstoday.com
Whereas the number of new HIV-infections has remained relatively stable, infections with other sexually transmitted diseases such as hepatitis, syphilis and gonorrhoea are lately on the increase in Austria. Regarding the number of teenage pregnancies, Austria has an average rate compared to other OECD countries.
World
Sexology
How Behavior Can Condition Allergic Rhinitis
07.06.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
A group of Swiss investigators has reported on a new conceptualization of the effects of behavioral conditioning in allergic rhinitis in the fourth 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. Allergic symptoms can be induced by behavioral conditioning. However, the conditionability of antiallergic effects has not yet been studied.
World
Asthma
Modified Technique Further Reduces Lung Surgery Pain
07.06.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
A simple variation in a surgical technique developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) to reduce acute and chronic pain following lung surgery further reduces pain and helps return patients to normal activity quicker than the previous technique, according to a study published in the June issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
World
Asthma
Should Medical Decisions Be Shared Between Doctors And Patients?
07.06.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
Dutch and UK investigators have analyzed the literature concerned with the effects of shared decisions between doctors and patients in the fourth 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. In the last decade, the clinician-patient relationship has become more of a partnership.
World
Critical Care Medicine & Anesthesiology
Training Can Increase Fluid Intelligence, Once Thought To Be Fixed At Birth
07.06.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
Can human beings rev up their intelligence quotients, or are they stuck with IQs set by their genes at birth? Until recently, nature seemed to be the clear winner over nurture.But new research, led by Swiss postdoctoral fellows Susanne M. Jaeggi and Martin Buschkuehl, working at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, suggests that at least one aspect of a person's IQ can be improved by training a certain type of memory.
World
Neurology
Salmonella In Garden Birds Responsive To Antibiotics
07.06.2008 13:16
medicalnewstoday.com
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that Salmonella bacteria found in garden birds are sensitive to antibiotics, suggesting that the infection is unlike the bacteria found in livestock and humans.Salmonella is increasingly resistant to antibiotics and can sometimes go undetected in animals, which increases the risk of the infection being spread to humans.
World
Infectious Diseases
Synvista Therapeutics Reports Results Of Three Phase 2 Clinical Trials Of SYI-2074 In Diabetic Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
07.06.2008 13:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Synvista Therapeutics, Inc. (Amex: SYI) announced data from three Phase 2 trials (Trials 201a, 201 and 203) of SYI-2074 in Type 2 diabetic patients. Trial 201a established that haptoglobin (Hp) types, the target of Synvista's proprietary haptoglobin variant test currently under development, correlated with a difference in baseline levels of plasma isoprostanes, confirming that Hp2-2 in diabetic patients is associated with increased oxidized lipids.
World
Cardiology
Improving Cancer Diagnosis And Support Services For Asian Patients
07.06.2008 13:15
medicalnewstoday.com
There is a need to remove the major ethnic inequalities which still exist in access to cancer services and outcomes, according to the latest edition of Science & Public Affairs.
World
Cancer
Precancerous Lesions Of The Endometrium: Uterus And Fertility Can Be Preserved
07.06.2008 13:15
medicalnewstoday.com
Until recently, the traditional approach to precancerous lesions of the endometrium was based on curettage (scraping), a blind and aggressive diagnostic procedure that didn't single out focal from extended lesions. Lacking more precise information, clinical doctors used to turn to hysterectomy, or uterus removal, which precluded future pregnancies to affected women.
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Cancer
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