A new study using brain imaging to study teen behavior indicates that adolescents who engage in dangerous activities have frontal white matter tracts that are more adult in form than their more conservative peers.
Aug 25, 2009
Patients with a certain genetic variation who received the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel had a decreased platelet response to treatment and among those who had…
Aug 25, 2009
Men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive hormone therapy before or along with radiation therapy for…
Aug 25, 2009
A new study from NYU School of Medicine found that women may have a slightly higher risk of death than men in the thirty days following an acute coronary…
Aug 25, 2009
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A symptomless blood disorder, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, known as MGUS, is not linked to as many serious diseases as previously thought.
Aug 25, 2009
The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition, published by the American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation, estimates that tobacco use kills some six million people…
Aug 25, 2009
SEATTLE -- While long-term tamoxifen use among breast cancer survivors decreases their risk of developing the most common, less aggressive type of second…
Aug 25, 2009
DALLAS -- Aug. 25, 2009 -- Minorities have poorer results and higher rates of unnecessary surgery from a common procedure used to remove plaque from inside the…
Aug 25, 2009
An analysis published August 25 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases sheds new light on the toll that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)…
Aug 24, 2009
New Rochelle, NY, August 24, 2009 -- Obese men are at increased risk for erectile dysfunction (ED), likely caused by atherosclerosis-related hypertension and…
Aug 24, 2009
Weight Watchers is the world's largest support group, with more than 1.5 million members worldwide.
Aug 24, 2009
BOSTON--Two of the most powerful approaches to cancer treatment -- a stem cell transplant and an immune system-stimulating vaccine -- appear to reinforce each…
Aug 24, 2009
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. -- A research team led by Associate Professor Jonathan Sebat, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a sensitive…
Aug 24, 2009
WORCESTER, Mass. -- More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues.
Aug 24, 2009
