All news dated 04/16/2008
Medicine & Health
How and where fat is stored predicts disease risk better than weight
Older people are nation's happiest
Saliva can help diagnose heart attack, study shows
Clearer day for gene therapy: New vector carries big genes linked to inherited blindness
Delayed cord clamping
More clues to midlife dementia that erases personality
Type of anesthetic will improve sleeping medication, probe mysteries of the snooze
Gestational age not only factor in outcome of severely premature healthy babies
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Dust mites outlast heroic efforts to help asthma patients
Alzheimer's starts earlier for heavy drinkers, smokers
Gene therapy reduces cocaine use in rats
High cholesterol in your 40s increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
U of M researchers identify process that may help treat Parkinson's, spinal cord injuries
Your belly fat could be making you hungrier
Chemical exposure may increase risk of ALS
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Naftidrofuryl can reduce leg pain
Splints good as casts for minor wrist fractures -- when kids wear them
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Studies don't support common treatments for patchy hair loss
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Getting a good night's sleep is the biggest problem for women entering the menopause
Breast cancer risk amplified by additional genes in combo with BRCA mutation
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Men more likely to have problems with memory and thinking skills
Exercise combats cancer-related fatigue
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Low vitamin D levels associated with an increased risk of peripheral arterial disease
Aerobic exercise can increase mental fitness in older people
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center opens patient trial of virus that attacks brain cancer cells
Older epilepsy drugs do not prevent first seizure from brain tumors
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Disturbed regulation of insulin production
Experimental drug shows promise in treating certain lymphomas
Study examines the effect of epilepsy on the aging
Muscle mass may not fully explain higher creatinine in blacks with kidney disease
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Interleukin-12 indicates survival prospects for melanoma patients
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General Science
Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children
Fruit flies show how salmonella escapes immune defenses
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Rare plant, the diamond-petaled California poppy, flourishing this spring at LLNL facility
Sudden Oak Death pathogen is evolving, says new study that reconstructs the epidemic
Control the urge to splurge - try dividing things up
Early exposure to common weed killer impairs amphibian development
Older Americans are more socially engaged than many people may think
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