Archive: 23/04/2013
Health-care worker visits increase hepatitis B screening rates for Hmong Americans
In the first study of its kind, lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. ...
Apr 23, 2013
Obese men at high risk for prostate cancer even after benign biopsy
Obese men were more likely to have precancerous lesions detected in their benign prostate biopsies compared with non-obese men, and were at a greater risk for subsequently developing prostate cancer, according to researchers ...
Apr 23, 2013
Pain, epigenetics and endometriosis: Research team wants to know how molecular tweaks affect which women hurt the most
Most of us probably know at least one woman, and maybe quite a few more, with endometriosis. Despite the disease's prevalence, there is no consensus on the cause of it, the existing treatment options leave a lot to be desired, ...
Apr 23, 2013
Vitamin E identified as potential weapon against obesity
A potential new way to fight obesity-related illness has been uncovered, thanks to serendipitous research led by investigators at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Apr 23, 2013
Hand-held device cheaply, quickly diagnosis malaria
A Case Western Reserve University student-led startup aimed at saving lives through faster, better and cheaper malaria diagnosis won the 2013 LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Business Idea Competition at the University of Akron ...
Apr 23, 2013
Study says chicken, ground beef are riskiest meats
An analysis of more than 33,000 cases of foodborne illness shows that ground beef and chicken have caused more hospitalizations than other meats.
Apr 23, 2013