High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found. The results are scheduled for publication in the Feb. 24 issue of Nature…
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A study conducted at the University of Granada reveals that patients have greater expectations of their family doctor listening actively to them, keeping them informed and considering their opinions than in getting involved in decision making. For the purpose of this study, researchers took a sample of 360 patients aged 16-47 years, assisted at the [...]
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A new study by a researcher at the University of Arkansas shows that Internet kiosks providing information on prenatal and postnatal care for mother and baby have helped reduce infant, child and maternal mortality rates in rural India…
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Full-term pregnancy has long been associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer, but a new study finds that the more times a woman gives birth, the higher her risk of “triple-negative” breast cancer, a relatively uncommon but particularly aggressive subtype of the disease…
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Women with an aggressive type of early-stage breast cancer (HER2-positive disease) given trastuzumab (Herceptin) for one year following standard chemotherapy are at significantly less risk of the cancer returning, and the effect is long lasting, according to the long-term results of the landmark HERA trial published Online First in The Lancet Oncology…
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(MedPage Today) — Medical and public health groups are banding together to explain how global warming has taken a toll on human health and will continue to cause food-borne illnesses, respiratory problems, and deaths unless policy changes are enacted.
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(MedPage Today) — Air pollution is high up on the list of potential triggers of MI, researchers found.
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(MedPage Today) — CDC and state health department investigators blasted the U.S. food distribution system’s spotty record keeping as a factor in the nationwide 2008 Salmonella outbreak eventually traced to tainted hot peppers.
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(MedPage Today) — A Maryland healthcare organization will have to pay the U.S. government $4.3 million for not handing over health records to patients who requested them, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has okayed the first preliminary identification assay for norovirus outbreaks.
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