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Treatment is most often used to mean a process of modifying or altering something, and depending on context may be used in an unqualified form to refer to any of the following:

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Autism treatment: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

James Coman's son has an unusual skill. The 7-year-old, his father says, can swallow six pills at once. Diagnosed with autism as a toddler, the Chicago boy had been placed on an intense regimen of supplements and medications ...


Bottling up work woes increases heart risk: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Men who bottle up frustrations about unfair treatment at work are twice as likely to have a heart attack, a study published in Britain on Tuesday suggests.


Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Influenza, particularly H1N1, has understandably captured the attention of public health officials, the media and the public. However, an analysis from Children's Hospital Boston, based on patients seen in its emergency department ...


Parent training complements medication for treating behavioral problems in children with PDD

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treatment that includes medication plus a structured training program for parents reduces serious behavioral problems in children with autism and related conditions, according to a study funded by the National Institute of ...


First reconstitution of an epidermis from human embryonic stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cell research is making great strides. This is yet again illustrated by a study carried out by the I-STEM Institute (France), published in the Lancet on 21 November 2009. The I-STEM team, directed by Marc Peschanski has su ...


Inventor seeks next big thing in cancer fight

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Robert Goldman is a geek's geek, a Silicon Valley inventor who likes to know exactly how things work.


Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. But a high percen ...


Medication improves health of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

In one of the few studies of the long-term effects of medication in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) disease, a team of researchers found the health and exercise capacity of PAH patients improved after ...


Stem cells alleviate tumor treatment side effects

Stem cells alleviate tumor treatment side effects

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.


Drug therapy more cost-effective than angioplasty for diabetic patients with heart disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, according to a new National Institutes of Health study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researcher Mark ...


Research highlights need to address hemophilia in developing world

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When modern medicine finds a way to treat a medical condition, people often think that the problem is solved. But we also have to find ways to get that treatment into the hands of those who need it. For example, new research ...


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.


Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Behavior modification could ease concerns about nanoparticles

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles ...


Stem cells restore mobility in neck-injured rats (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical ...


Mood improves on low-fat, but not low-carb, diet plan

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Me ...