Archive: 04/05/2012
Eating fish, chicken, nuts may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
A new study suggests that eating foods that contain omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, chicken, salad dressing and nuts, may be associated with lower blood levels of a protein related to Alzheimer's disease and memory problems. ...
May 4, 2012
A single stem cell mutation triggers fibroid tumors
Fibroid uterine tumors affect an estimated 15 million women in the United States, causing irregular bleeding, anemia, pain and infertility. Despite the high prevalence of the tumors, which occur in 60 percent of women by ...
May 4, 2012
Bird flu can transmit in mammals, study finds
In a long-awaited study that helped prompt a contentious debate over the wisdom of conducting research that has the potential to help as well as harm, scientists reported Wednesday that they had engineered a mutant strain ...
May 4, 2012
Two held in Britain over 'female genital mutilation'
Two people were arrested in Britain's second city of Birmingham on Friday after a media report that medics and alternative practitioners had offered to perform female genital mutilation.
May 4, 2012
Expensive hospital readmissions linked to health-care-associated infections
New research finds a strong link between healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and patient readmission after an initial hospital stay. The findings, published in the June 2012 issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, ...
May 4, 2012
Tainted dog food sickens 14 people in US
Tainted dog food has sickened at least 14 people in the United States, health officials said Friday.
May 4, 2012