Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Mar 28, 2012 11:09 AM EDT

Researchers Identify New Regulator in Allergic Diseases

Researchers have taken a critical step in understanding how allergic reactions occur after identifying a genetic signature for regulation of a key immune hormone, interleukin (IL-13).

Mar 28, 2012 10:01 AM EDT

Man Hugs Doctors after Seeing Face Transplant in Mirror

Surgeons from the University of Maryland Medical Center on Tuesday detailed what they said was the world's most comprehensive face transplant - allowing a 37-year-old man to emerge from behind a mask 15 years after a gun accident almost killed him.

Mar 28, 2012 07:56 AM EDT

Health Experts Recommend You Set Your Toddlers Free

In response to an urgent call from public health, health care, child care, and fitness practitioners, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP), with assistance from multiple partners, has developed two important sets of guidelines directed at improving the health and activity levels of in...

Mar 28, 2012 07:44 AM EDT

Europeans Are World's Heaviest Drinkers: WHO Report

People in Europe drink more alcohol than in any other part of the world, downing the equivalent of 12.5 litres of pure alcohol a year or almost three glasses of wine a day, according to report by the World Health Organisation and the European Commission.

Mar 27, 2012 04:56 PM EDT

Some Breast Cancer Tumors May be Resistant to a Common Chemotherapy Treatment

Some breast cancer tumours may be resistant to a common chemotherapy treatment, suggests recent medical research at the University of Alberta.

Mar 27, 2012 04:07 PM EDT

Boston University Researchers Develop Microfluidic Chip to Stem Flu Outbreaks

The H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 underscored weaknesses in methods widely used to diagnose the flu, from frequent false negatives to long wait times for results. Now Boston University researchers have developed a prototype of a rapid, low-cost, accurate, point-of-care device that promises to provide cl...

Mar 27, 2012 02:54 PM EDT

Joslin Study Finds Excess Insulin Levels an Unlikely Cause of Atherosclerosis

A number of studies have shown that excess insulin circulating in the bloodstream is a major independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, a new study from Joslin Diabetes Center finds that this condition, called hyperinsulinemia, is itself not a cause of atherosclerosis.

Mar 27, 2012 02:16 PM EDT

UGA Researchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in Mice

Using nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in mice can be killed in half an hour without harming healthy cells.

Mar 27, 2012 01:58 PM EDT

University of Maryland Completes Most Extensive Full Face Transplant to Date

The University of Maryland released details today of the most extensive full face transplant completed to date, including both jaws, teeth, and tongue. The 36-hour operation occurred on March 19-20, 2012 at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center and invol...

Mar 27, 2012 12:14 PM EDT

Poor Colonoscopy Prep Hides Pre-cancerous Polyps

What happens on the day before a colonoscopy may be just as important as the colon-screening test itself. Gastroenterologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that when patients don't adequately prep for the test by cleansing their colons, doctors often can't se...

Mar 27, 2012 11:01 AM EDT

Researchers Find New Way to Abate Heart Attacks Before Patients Get to the Hospital

Paramedics can reduce someone's chances of having a cardiac arrest or dying by 50 percent by immediately administering a mixture of glucose, insulin and potassium ("GIK") to people having a heart attack, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scient...

Mar 27, 2012 09:21 AM EDT

New Study Looks at Growth Rates of Lung Cancers Found by CT Screening

Growth rates of lung cancers found by annual rounds of computed tomography (CT) screening are important for determining the usefulness and frequency of screening, as well as for determining the treatment. According to the latest report from the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP...