(PHILADELPHIA) -- The nation's home foreclosure epidemic may be taking its toll on Americans' health as well as their wallets.
Aug 18, 2009
CHICAGO -- Patients with advanced cancer who received a palliative care intervention focused on addressing physical and psychosocial issues and care…
Aug 18, 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A new study has concluded that one key part of the immune system, the ability of vitamin D to regulate anti-bactericidal proteins, is so…
Aug 18, 2009
New research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large amounts of artery-widening nitric oxide.
Aug 18, 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2009 -- In a first-of-its kind study, scientists reported today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that…
Aug 18, 2009
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Like oil and water, two water-based liquids can mingle without mixing in a new University of Michigan technology developed for biological experiments.
Aug 18, 2009
(Washington, DC ? 08/18/09) -- Scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the University of New…
Aug 18, 2009
The results of a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study that rapidly measures stream habitat have been adopted by a government agency working with private landowners to restore waterways throughout the U.S.
Aug 18, 2009
Dogs with lowered immune systems--like in Addison's disease--shouldn't get their dogs vaccinated. At least, that's what the current research seems to suggest.
Aug 18, 2009
If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.
Aug 18, 2009
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Personality traits associated with chronic worrying can lead to earlier death, at least in part because these people are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking, according to research from Purdue University.
Aug 18, 2009
Pasadena, Calif. -- Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and IBM's Almaden Research Center have developed a new technique to orient…
Aug 18, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Elevated levels of the enzyme arginase contribute to vascular eye damage and Medical College of Georgia researchers say therapies to normalize its levels could halt progression of potentially blinding diseases such as diabetic retinopathy.
Aug 18, 2009
Children with arm fractures fared as well with ibuprofen to control their pain as acetaminophen with codeine, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and Children's Research Institute.
Aug 17, 2009
