Helper cells traditionally thought to only assist killer white blood cells may be the frontline warriors when battling hepatitis A infection.
Jul 16, 2012
Barrels and cones dot an open field in Saline, Mich., forming an obstacle course for a modified vehicle.
Jul 13, 2012
Women who want to lose weight should faithfully keep a food journal, and avoid skipping meals and eating in restaurants – especially at lunch – suggests new research from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Jul 13, 2012
Restricting the amount of time spent seated every day to less than 3 hours might boost the life expectancy of US adults by an extra 2 years, indicates an analysis of published research in the online journal BMJ Open.
Jul 11, 2012
The federal government has committed $11 billion to expand the operating capacity of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), which receive federal funding…
Jul 10, 2012
Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of…
Jul 10, 2012
Brown widow spiders are relatively new to North America, where they were first documented in Florida in 1935, and even newer to southern California, where they…
Jul 2, 2012
While many small studies have shown a relationship between infertility and psychological distress, reporting a high prevalence of anxiety, mood disorders and…
Jul 2, 2012
We've all heard that eating fish is good for our brains and memory. But what is it about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish, that makes our memory sharper?
Jun 28, 2012
Preparing a meal in some of the world's poorest rural areas can turn an ordinary activity into a deadly chore.
Jun 26, 2012
Data from a nationally representative sample of 5,404 community-dwelling Canadians ages 50 and older at baseline (1994/1995) was used to estimate the effects…
Jun 23, 2012
In testosterone-deficient men, major weight loss was an added benefit of testosterone replacement therapy for most of the patients who participated in a new study.
Jun 23, 2012
Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have found a protein in the blood of pregnant women that…
Jun 21, 2012
A six-food elimination diet significantly improves symptoms in adult patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.
Jun 20, 2012
