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Juicing trend is pulp fiction for many, dietitian says

Fueled by a $5 billion dollar industry that continues to grow 5 to 8 percent annually, juicing is being promoted by many as a useful strategy for weight loss. But the trend of extracting the liquid from produce ...

Health created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Can stem cells help those with arthritis?

Stems cells taken from just a few grams of body fat are a promising weapon against the crippling effects of osteoarthritis.

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Apr 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spanish group patents an automatic suture system for colon cancer operations

The Spanish research centre Innotex has developed a device that enables automatic suturing of the large intestine after being sectioned during cancer colon surgery. The novelty of the system, called Insewing, ...

Cancer created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Da Vinci's robot: Surgery is getting a renaissance

(Medical Xpress)—Robots are everywhere these days. They roam Mars, solve Rubik's cubes and vacuum our floors. Now, a robot named da Vinci is helping patients across the Penn State region get the major surgeries ...

Surgery created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Coffee may help prevent breast cancer returning, study finds

Drinking coffee could decrease the risk of breast cancer recurring in patients taking the widely used drug Tamoxifen, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found. Patients who took the pill, along with ...

Cancer created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bayer profits up 11.5 percent on new drugs

German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer AG said Thursday that its net profit rose 11.5 percent in the first quarter as new drugs, led by blood thinner Xarelto, boosted sales.

Medications created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team finds melatonin delays ALS symptom onset and death in mice

Melatonin injections delayed symptom onset and reduced mortality in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a new study by researchers at ...

Neuroscience created Apr 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines outcomes of use of beta-blockers around time of surgery for higher-risk patients

Patients at elevated cardiac risk who were treated with beta-blockers on the day of or following noncardiac, nonvascular surgery had significantly lower rates of 30-day mortality and cardiac illness, according to a study ...

Cardiology created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Holistic scoring system of obesity treatment outcomes

A new scoring system takes a holistic view of the effect of obesity treatment in patients.

Overweight and Obesity created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists advance understanding of human brown adipose tissue and grow new cells (w/ Video)

Joslin scientists report significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) and the generation of new BAT cells. These findings, which appear in the April 2013 issue ...

Medical research created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Team develops new method to assess options for heart-disease surgery

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more from surgery and which would benefit more from angioplasty.

Cardiology created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Facial dog bites in children may require repeated plastic surgery

Dog bites to the face are a relatively common injury in young children, and often require repeated plastic surgery procedures to deal with persistent scarring, according to a report in the March Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. ...

Surgery created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Using nitrous oxide for anesthesia doesn't increase—and may decrease—complications and death

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a pair of studies in the May issue ...

Other created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In India, 'no frills' hospitals offer $800 heart surgery (Update)

What if hospitals were run like a mix of Wal-Mart and a low-cost airline? The result might be something like the chain of "no-frills" Narayana Hrudayalaya clinics in southern India.

Cardiology created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Surgery most effective for persistent heartburn and reflux

(Medical Xpress)—Surgery is more effective than medicine at providing relief from the symptoms of persistent heartburn and reflux, a University of Aberdeen-led study has found.

Cardiology created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1