Paradoxically, mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase, according to a new analysis.
Read more »Research Points To New Target For Stopping Colon Cancer
New research has found a drug target that suggests a potent way to kill colon cancers that resist current drugs aimed at blocking a molecule found on the surface of cells.
Read more »Cardiac Arrest Casualties Form Valuable Source Of Donor Kidneys
A pilot study of a system for harvesting kidneys from non-heart-beating donors where attempts of resuscitation after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have failed (uncontrolled NHBDs) resulted in 21 successful kidney transplants -- a 10 percent increase in the transplantation rate -- over 17 months. Researchers have shown that retrieval from uncontrolled NHBDs may provide a valuable source of organs and could help counter the shortage of kidney grafts in France.
Read more »Surprising Rate Of Recurring Heart Attacks, Strokes Globally
Despite medicines for patients with vascular disease, a large international study shows these patients have a surprisingly high rate of recurring strokes, heart attacks and hospitalizations as well as mortality. Patients in North America experienced an above-average rate of these events. Patients in Eastern Europe had the highest rate, and those in Australia and Japan had the lowest.
Read more »Hormone Levels Contribute To Stress Resilience
It is important to understand what biological mechanisms contribute to an individual’s capacity to be resilient under conditions of extreme stress, such as those regularly experienced by soldiers, police, and firefighters. Researchers have now studied special operations soldiers enrolled in the military Combat Diver Qualification Course to discover how people fare under extreme stress.
Read more »Cardiovascular Diseases: Researchers Have Found A Way To Treat Ischemic Pathologies
Scientists have developed a new area of research which looks extremely promising regarding the development of new therapeutic responses to ischemic pathologies and cardiovascular diseases in general.
Read more »Social Stress Linked To Harmful Fat Deposits, Heart Disease
A new study shows that social stress could be an important precursor to heart disease by causing the body to deposit more fat in the abdominal cavity, speeding the harmful buildup of plaque in blood vessels, a stepping stone to the No. 1 cause of death in the world.
Read more »Accidental Childhood Poisonings Mostly Due To Medicines
More than two-thirds of all emergency department visits for childhood poisoning involve prescription and over-the-counter medications, more than twice the rate of poisonings from consumer products, reports a new study.
Read more »Health Buzz: Half Dose of Flu Shot and Other Health News
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Read more »McDonald's cooking fries in trans-fat-free oil
McDonald's french fries are now trans-fat-free in all its restaurants in the United States and Canada
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