Chevy Chase, MD -- A moderate aerobic exercise program, without weight loss, can improve insulin sensitivity in both lean and obese sedentary adolescents…
Sep 1, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Some of the first information about how fat causes hypertension have been identified by researchers who say the findings should one day help…
Sep 1, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Increasing population and employment density in metropolitan areas could reduce vehicle travel, energy use, and CO2 emissions from less than 1…
Sep 1, 2009
New Rochelle, NY, September 1, 2009 -- Patients with advanced illnesses more than doubled their use of hospice care when a major national health plan made…
Sep 1, 2009
Lausanne, Switzerland -- Gene Signal, a company focused on developing innovative drugs to manage angiogenesis based conditions, today announced the publication…
Sep 1, 2009
Barcelona, Spain, 1 September: Mortality rate following a heart attack has fallen by more than 50% in Europe over the past 25 years.
Sep 1, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO, CA?Highlights of September's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy), include a 2009 review by the Academy…
Aug 31, 2009
Warfarin therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation -- the most common type of significant heart rhythm disorder -- appears to be most beneficial for the…
Aug 31, 2009
Retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other stores can provide care for routine illnesses at a lower cost and similar quality as offered in physician offices, urgent care centers or emergency departments, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Aug 31, 2009
BOSTON -- Appropriately selected prostate cancer patients, including older men and men with small, low-risk tumors, may safely defer treatment for many years…
Aug 31, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (August 28, 2009) -- Do patients choose where to get their care based on how long it takes to them to get there?
Aug 31, 2009
A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute have shown that a large non-coding RNA in mammals and yeast plays a central role in helping maintain telomeres, the tips of chromosomes that contain important genetic information and help regulate cell division.
Aug 31, 2009
Researchers have completed the first thorough, system-level assessment of the diversity of an environmentally important genus of microbes known as Shewanella.
Aug 31, 2009
Fish in U.S. waters from Cape Hatteras to the Canadian border have moved away from their traditional, long-time habitats over the past four decades because of fundamental changes in the regional ecosystem, according to a new report by NOAA researchers.
Aug 31, 2009
