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Vigorous exercise helps kids perform better in class

Middle school students who perform more vigorous physical activity than their more sedentary counterparts tend to do better in school, according to a study published today.

3 Aug 2006

New group B strep test for newborn babies approved

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new test studied at the University of Florida that could lead to better screening for the most common cause of infection in newborn babies.

27 Jul 2006

Active mind and body slows Alzheimer's progression

Researchers have uncovered the pathways behind the protection offered by environmental stimulation in Alzheimer's disease, further confirming that enhanced mental and physical activity slows neurological decline.

24 Jul 2006

Africa@home

While you are sending an email or surfing the web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa's major humanitarian challenges, malaria.

17 Jul 2006

Latest 'mad cow' in Canada was pregnant

According to Canadian officials the dairy cow which is the country's latest suspected case of mad cow disease was heavily pregnant.

10 Jul 2006

New genetic findings relating to the tau mutation

The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers.

3 Jul 2006

When it comes to honesty the eyes have it!

According to researchers in the UK people behave in a more honest fashion when they think they are being watched.

28 Jun 2006

Diagnostic performance of stress perfusion and delayed-enhancement MR imaging in patients with coronary artery disease

A new cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique can noninvasively demonstrate blockage of the coronary arteries with high diagnostic accuracy, according to a study featured in the July issue of Radiology.

27 Jun 2006

Electricity used to engineer human tissue

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a new technique which uses electricity to engineer human tissue.

From The University of Manchester 26 Jun 2006

From DNA to RNA to protein

Of the thousands of proteins produced in our cells, few are as important as the enzyme RNA polymerase (RNAP), which has the unique ability to faithfully copy genetic information from DNA.

18 Jun 2006

Health crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory

The health sector in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) is currently facing an acute funding crisis mainly because of the recent interruption or reduction of support from major donors and delays in transfer of tax revenues.

13 Jun 2006

New drug combo to cut cardiovascular disease

A major international study to test whether a new combination treatment that increases good "HDL" cholesterol prevents heart attacks and strokes will start to recruit patients later this year.

6 Jun 2006

Hydrophobic statins not associated with increased breast cancer risk

A report published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that women who took statins--the widely used cholesterol lowering drugs--do not face an increased breast cancer risk as had been suggested by some previous studies.

6 Jun 2006

MTV and Kaiser Family Foundation announce first-ever multi-media community to give American youth voice on HIV/AIDS

Since the first AIDS case was documented twenty-five years ago by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this June 5th, a generation of young people has grown up never knowing a time without the disease.

5 Jun 2006

New e-movement mobilizes busy parents on children's health care

Are the Soccer Moms and NASCAR Dads of yesterday becoming the e-Parents of today? And will they be a political force in 2006?

1 Jun 2006

Sleeping less may affect metabolic rate

Women who sleep 5 hours or less per night weigh more on average than those who sleep 7 hours, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

31 May 2006

Birthplace of AIDS found

After a 10-year search for the origin of HIV, scientists say they have finally traced the initial source of the global pandemic presently affecting more than 40-million people worldwide.

29 May 2006

Exercise shown to protect against skin and bowel cancer

Two studies have shown that exercise can protect against skin and bowel cancer, and they have identified new mechanisms that could be responsible for this effect.

17 May 2006

Exercise a possible factor in protection against skin and bowel cancer

According to two new studies proper exercise may provide some protection from skin and bowel cancers.

16 May 2006

Exercise protects against skin cancer

While doctors and scientists have long agreed that physical activity has health benefits, Rutgers cancer researcher Allan Conney and his New Jersey colleagues have found that exercise can even protect against skin cancer.

16 May 2006