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Blood test that provides prior blood sugar average now recommended for diabetes screening, diagnosis (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an annual supplement to the journal Diabetes Care, published Dec. 29 by the American Diabetes Association, the A1C test is given a prominent role in the 2010 guidelines for diabetes screening, diagnosis ...


New research could advance research field critical to personalized medicine

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It's the ultimate goal in the treatment of cancer: tailoring a person's therapy based on his or her genetic makeup. While a lofty goal, scientists are steadily moving forward, rapidly exploiting new technologies. Researchers ...


A man passes through a high-tech explosive-detection machine at John F. Kennedy airport in New York

After foiled US plane attack, scanners revisited

Technology / Other

created 20 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As US lawmakers demand to know how a would-be attacker smuggled explosives aboard a plane on Christmas Day, the use of body scanners at airport security points is likely to be revisited.


Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears (AP)

Better airport scanners delayed by privacy fears

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

(AP) -- High-tech security scanners that might have prevented the Christmas Day attempt to blow up a jetliner have been installed in only a small number of airports around the world, in large part because ...


Compound Halts Common Type of Drug-resistant Lung Cancer

Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant ...


Routine screening for postnatal depression not cost effective

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Routine screening for postnatal depression in primary care - as recommended in recent guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - do not appear to represent value for money for the NHS, ...


How flu succeeds: Investigators identify host factors that help multiple influenza strains thrive

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation ...


Largest study of PGD children shows embryo biopsy is safe for singleton pregnancies

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The largest and longest running study of children born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis and screening has shown that embryo biopsy does not adversely affect the health of babies born as the result of a subsequent singleton ...


Elevated-risk women refuse MRI breast cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a new study published in the January issue of Radiology, 42 percent of women eligible for breast cancer screening with MRI declined to undergo the procedure.


New tool for early diabetes detection in adults

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A simple questionnaire developed by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College can promote early detection of diabetes in adults so they can dramatically reduce their risk.


Disability may be on the rise again after 20-year decline

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Disability rates among non-institutionalized older Americans increased between 2000 and 2005, a trend that could seriously impact the quality of life of seniors in the coming decades if it continues, according ...


Trends in melanoma incidence and stage at diagnosis vary by racial and ethnic group

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White and Hispanic individuals are being diagnosed with melanoma more frequently in recent years, whereas Hispanic and black patients continue to have advanced skin cancer at diagnosis, according to a report in the December ...


Making New Enzymes to Engineer Plants for Biofuel Production

Making New Enzymes to Engineer Plants for Biofuel Production

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brookhaven scientists have created a new enzyme with the potential to interfere with a key cell-wall component in plants, possibly leading to plants that are easier to "digest" and convert ...


Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Smoking and Drinking Linked to Bowel Cancer: Know Your Risks

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Besides delectable dishes that help us pack on the pounds during the holiday season, many people also let loose with a bottle of wine or a pack of cigarettes. Richard Rood, MD, says moderation ...


Researchers find human protein that prevents H1N1 influenza infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have identified a naturally occurring human protein that helps prevent infection by H1N1 influenza and other viruses, including West Nile and dengue virus.