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Researchers identify the 3 killer indicators that are even worse than high cholesterol

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.


Physicians Explore Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension

Physicians Explore Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Hypertension

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drs. William White and Pooja Luthra at the University of Connecticut Health Center are investigating a possible link between vitamin D deficiency and high blood pressure.


Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.


Control of blood clotting by platelets described; provides medical promise

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell fragments called platelets are essential to promote blood clotting. Virginia Tech faculty members and students have discovered novel molecular interactions at the surface of platelets that control blood clotting.


New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 7 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...


New discovery about the formation of new brain cells

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The generation of new nerve cells in the brain is regulated by a peptide known as C3a, which directly affects the stem cells' maturation into nerve cells and is also important for the migration of new nerve cells through ...


Scientists successfully reprogram blood cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers have transplanted genetically modified hematopoietic stem cells into mice so that their developing red blood cells produce a critical lysosomal enzyme -preventing or reducing organ and central nervous system damage ...


Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.


Gene therapy technique slows brain disease

Gene therapy technique slows ALD brain disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A strategy that combines gene therapy with blood stem cell therapy may be a useful tool for treating a fatal brain disease, French researchers have found. These findings appear in the 6 November 2009 issue ...


Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.



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