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Scientists discover gene mutation that causes children to be born without spleen

The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists ...

Genetics created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parent-focused classes may help tots at risk for ADHD

(HealthDay)—Parent behavior training is an effective and well-studied intervention for preschoolers at risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new review shows.

Attention deficit disorders created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review article examines sublingual immunotherapy for treatment of allergic rhinitis and asthma

In an examination of a type of treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma that is used in Europe but not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers found moderate strength in the evidence from previous ...

Immunology created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Parkinson's treatment can trigger creativity

Parkinson's experts across the world have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon—many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain as a therapy for motor symptoms such as ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Administration of clopidogrel prior to PCI associated with reduction in major cardiac events

Among patients scheduled for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), pretreatment with the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel ...

Cardiology created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glutamate neurotransmission system may be involved with depression risk

Researchers using a new approach to identifying genes associated with depression have found that variants in a group of genes involved in transmission of signals by the neurotransmitter glutamate appear to increase the risk ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify link between kidney removal and erectile dysfunction

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a link between patients who undergo total nephrectomy - complete kidney removal - and erectile dysfunction. Results from the multi-center ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aggressively controlling glucose levels may not reduce kidney failure in Type 2 diabetes

A review of data from seven clinical trials suggests that intensive glucose control is associated with reduced risk of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria (conditions characterized by excessive levels of protein in the ...

Diabetes created May 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Botox injections associated with only modest benefit for chronic migraine and daily headaches

Although botulinum toxin A ("Botox") injections are U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved for preventive treatment for chronic migraines, a review and analysis of previous studies finds a small to modest benefit for ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study examines subclinical hyperthyroidism, coronary heart disease and mortality risk

An analysis of individual data from prospective studies assessing the risks of thyroid dysfunction suggests that subclinical hyperthyroidism may be associated with increased risk of total mortality, coronary heart disease ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Collaboration rapidly connects fly gene discovery to human disease

A collaborative study by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University, and published March 20 in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology, has discovered that m ...

Genetics created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What causes cancer?

(Medical Xpress) -- Fears that involuntary exposure to chemicals in food and consumer products causes cancer are not supported by evidence, and anxiety about their dangers is diverting attention from proven methods of cancer ...

Cancer created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Women report feeling pain more intensely than men: study

Women report more-intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dabigatran associated with increased risk of acute coronary events

The anticoagulant dabigatran is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack) or acute coronary syndrome in a broad spectrum of patients when tested against some other medicines, according to a ...

Cardiology created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many NIH-funded clinical trials go unpublished over two years after completion

In a study that investigates the challenges of disseminating clinical research findings in peer-reviewed biomedical journals, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that fewer than half of a sample of trials primarily ...

Other created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast