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Men have a harder time forgiving than women do

Forgiveness can be a powerful means to healing, but it does not come naturally for both sexes.

4 Mar 2008

Black babies with very low birth weights more likely to be born in hospitals with high neonatal death rates

In New York City, black babies with very low birth weights (less than 1,500 grams, or 3 pounds, 5 ounces) are more likely to be born in hospitals with high risk-adjusted neonatal death rates, according to a Commonwealth Fund-supported study in the March issue of Pediatrics.

4 Mar 2008

Barr Pharmaceuticals announces favorable ruling in Yasmin patent case

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favor of its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., in the challenge of the patent listed by Bayer Schering Pharma, AG in connection with Bayer Schering's Yasmin(R) (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) oral contraceptive.

4 Mar 2008

Aromatherapy and pain relief?

One of the most comprehensive investigations done to date on aromatherapy failed to show any improvement in either immune status, wound healing or pain control among people exposed to two often-touted scents.

4 Mar 2008

One in three British nurses attacked at work

Almost a third of UK nurses suffer frequent violence at work, according to new research.

4 Mar 2008

Hypertension linked to heavy drinking

According to British researchers the relationship between heavy drinking and high blood pressure is more significant than previously thought.

4 Mar 2008

Ten years down the line a pill to cure obesity

British scientists say they may have found a new way to treat obesity by stopping the stomach from expanding.

4 Mar 2008

Sainsbury's the first supermarket to have a GP surgery

The first doctors' surgery to be run from a supermarket is opening in a Sainsbury store in north Manchester, England.

4 Mar 2008

Working memory defects could explain why some children have problems learning

New research from Britain is suggesting that defects in their working memory may explain the problems some children have with learning.

4 Mar 2008

Tossing and turning at night...well so are over 50 million Americans

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has found that as many as 10 percent of adults are not getting enough rest or sleep every night.

4 Mar 2008

Depression in older men linked to low testosterone

Australian researchers are suggesting that older men who have lower levels of the male sex hormone testosterone in their blood, may be more prone to depression.

4 Mar 2008

Utopia gets it right when it comes to indigenous health

A new study by Australian researchers into the health of an indigenous community has produced some interesting results.

4 Mar 2008

New nanotube findings give boost to potential biomedical applications

Carbon nanotubes have shown real promise as highly accurate vehicles for delivering antitumor agents into malignant cells, but a dearth of data about what happens to the tubes after they discharge their medical payloads has been a major stumbling block to progress.

3 Mar 2008

Nanotechnology advances brain cancer detection and therapy

Brain cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal of malignancies, made even more difficult to treat by the fact that most anticancer drugs have a hard time even getting to the tumors.

3 Mar 2008

Preclinical antitumor efficacy evaluation of dendrimer-based methotrexate conjugates

Although a variety of nanoparticles continue to show promise for improving cancer imaging and therapy, regulators and drug developers are concerned that these delivery systems may prove difficult to manufacture on a consistent basis, which is key for any agent designed for use in humans.

3 Mar 2008

Fluorescent nanoparticles image tumor marker in animals

Since 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new-generation anticancer therapies that target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a protein that is greatly overexpressed on certain types of tumors, including some forms of colorectal and lung cancer.

3 Mar 2008