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Down Syndrome becoming more prevalent in the U.S.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study, aimed at estimating the prevalence of Down Syndrome in newborns, children and teenagers in 10 areas of the U.S., has found an increase in prevalence of more than 30 percent over ...


New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

Biology / Other

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunizing calves with either of two forms of a vaccine newly developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists might reduce the spread of sometimes deadly Escherichia coli O157:H7 ...


New gene linked to congenital heart defects

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the UC San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a new gene, ETS-1, that is linked to human congenital heart defects. The landmark study, recently published online in the ...


Not all parents place their babies 'back to sleep,' research finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Placing infants on their backs for sleep can help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues shows that while the practice helped reduce ...


College football linemen take one for the team in terms of health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The high-intensity exercise performed by college football linemen does not protect them from obesity, related health problems and the potential for cardiovascular disease later in life, new research suggests.


Glucose intolerance in pregnancy associated with postpartum cardiovascular risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who have gestational glucose intolerance (a condition less severe than gestational diabetes) exhibit multiple cardiovascular risk factors as early as three months after birth, according to a new study accepted for publication ...


New tool for helping pediatric heart surgery

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Stanford University has developed a way to simulate blood flow on the computer to optimize surgical designs. It is the basis of a new tool that may help ...


Shift working aggravates metabolic syndrome development among middle-aged males

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shift work exposures can accelerate metabolic syndrome (MetS) development among the large population of middle-aged males with elevated alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (e-ALT) is a ...


Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart disease predictor

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman’s risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published today online ahead of print ...


Doctors Warn Against Holiday Heart Attack Spike

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some studies indicate that death rates from heart attacks and stroke as well as non-heart-related causes spike during the holiday season.


New data emerges on liver transplant survival rates

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Miami School of Medicine compared the outcomes of cirrhotic patients who underwent liver transplants for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) versus alcoholic liver disease (ETOH) and found ...