Archive: 14/06/2012
Racial discrimination lessens benefits of higher socio-economic status (w/ Video)
(Medical Xpress) -- Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, finds a new study by Darrell L. Hudson, PhD, assistant professor ...
Jun 14, 2012
Folic acid intake associated with reduced risk of autism: study
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study by researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute suggests that women who consume the recommended daily dosage of folic acid, the synthetic form of folate or vitamin B-9, during the first month ...
Jun 14, 2012
Meds can help recovering meth addicts stay sober
(Medical Xpress) -- A drug shown to help break alcohol addiction can also help recovering methamphetamine addicts stay clean, a study led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Dr. Bankole A. Johnson has ...
Jun 14, 2012
Skewed results? Failure to account for clinical trial drop-outs can lead to erroneous findings in top medical journals
(Medical Xpress) -- A new University at Buffalo study of publications in the world's top five general medical journals finds that when clinical trials do not account for participants who dropped out, results are biased and ...
Jun 14, 2012
Poorest bowel cancer patients more likely to die within month of surgery
(Medical Xpress) -- Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas are 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of treatment than their more affluent neighbours and this difference appears to be a result ...
Jun 14, 2012