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Five sudden signs and symptoms of stroke

Stroke is the fourth-leading cause of death in the United States. Each year an estimated 795,000 people in this country experience a stroke. That's approximately the equivalent of every man, woman and child living in Anaheim and Long Beach combined.

3 May 2013

UAB study evaluates crash risk for elderly drivers who always drive with pets

Senior drivers who always take a pet in the car are at increased risk for being involved in a motor vehicle collision, said University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers.

3 May 2013

Study shows culture of health model reduces employee health costs at PPG Industries

A comprehensive program focusing on "growing a culture of health" has led to a reduction in employee health costs at PPG Industries, according to a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

3 May 2013

Autism BrainNet to acquire, process, store and distribute brain tissue to accelerate autism research

Autism Speaks and the Simons Foundation announced the establishment and funding of a new network of sites to collect brain tissue to advance autism research through brain donation at today's International Meeting for Autism Research.

3 May 2013

Hospitals warn of lost jobs, patient services after proposed payment changes

Changes in how hospitals are paid make news in Minnesota -- where the state's largest health plan will delay a new payment system -- and Maryland -- where hospitals say a cut in pay to them will mean fewer jobs and patient services.

3 May 2013

Researchers reveal how Ebola evades human immune response

Researchers have discovered the mechanism behind one of the Ebola virus' most dangerous attributes: its ability to disarm the adaptive immune system.

3 May 2013

Emphasizing STD prevention will persuade young women to get HPV vaccine, study suggests

The HPV vaccine can prevent both cervical cancer and a nasty sexually transmitted disease in women.

3 May 2013

Increased accumulation of coronary artery calcium leads to heart attack risk

Patients with increasing accumulations of coronary artery calcium were more than six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack or die from heart disease than patients who didn't have increasing accumulations, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

3 May 2013

GOP lawmakers offer Medicaid 'per capita cap' plan

The proposal was offered by Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, the top Republican on the Finance Committee.

3 May 2013

Variations in the sequencing of TERT gene influence risk of breast, ovarian cancers

A major international study involving a Simon Fraser University scientist has found that sequence differences in a gene crucial to the maintenance of our chromosomes' integrity predispose us to certain cancers.

3 May 2013

New study shows that exercise does not worsen pain associated with fibromyalgia

For many people who have fibromyalgia, even the thought of exercising is painful. Yet a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center shows that exercise does not worsen the pain associated with the disorder and may even lessen it over time.

3 May 2013

Measurement variation influences gene expression profiles of breast cancer

An important new study has revealed the clearest picture yet of precisely how much measurement variation influences gene expression profiles of breast cancer.

3 May 2013

Men who take statins are less likely to die from prostate cancer, study finds

Men with prostate cancer who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins are significantly less likely to die from their cancer than men who don't take such medication, according to study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

3 May 2013

Concerns surround medical records privacy issues

The sharing of Americans' health information is set to explode in coming years, with millions of patients' medical records converted to electronic form and analyzed by health-care providers, insurers, regulators and researchers.

3 May 2013

CHOP research offers insights into epilepsy, schizophrenia, other neuropsych disorders

Medical researchers have manipulated human stem cells into producing types of brain cells known to play important roles in neurodevelopmental disorders such as epilepsy, schizophrenia and autism.

3 May 2013

Study: Chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students with milk allergy

Many of today's school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a study published in the May issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), this choice in chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students that have a milk allergy.

3 May 2013

Small device implanted in the brain predicts epilepsy seizures in humans

A small device implanted in the brain has accurately predicted epilepsy seizures in humans in a world-first study led by Professor Mark Cook, Chair of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Director of Neurology at St Vincent's Hospital.

3 May 2013

New findings to benefit women with oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer

A new analysis has provided a comprehensive comparison of scores designed to predict which women with oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer are at high risk of recurrence beyond five years after diagnosis, and may benefit from prolonged endocrine treatment.

3 May 2013

Cancer Genetics introduces proprietary urogenital cancer array for diagnosing kidney cancer

Cancer Genetics, Inc., a leader in oncology-focused personalized medicine, has launched a proprietary urogenital cancer array, UroGenRA, intended for kidney cancer diagnosis and subtyping in its own laboratory.

3 May 2013

Early rate requests from insurers provide few clues for small businesses attempting to determine costs

The Associated Press reports that, because many steps remain in the rate setting process, the initial rates announced by insurers do not offer "clarity."

3 May 2013

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Five sudden signs and symptoms of stroke

UAB study evaluates crash risk for elderly drivers who always drive with pets

Study shows culture of health model reduces employee health costs at PPG Industries

Autism BrainNet to acquire, process, store and distribute brain tissue to accelerate autism research

Hospitals warn of lost jobs, patient services after proposed payment changes

Researchers reveal how Ebola evades human immune response

Emphasizing STD prevention will persuade young women to get HPV vaccine, study suggests

Increased accumulation of coronary artery calcium leads to heart attack risk

GOP lawmakers offer Medicaid 'per capita cap' plan

Variations in the sequencing of TERT gene influence risk of breast, ovarian cancers

New study shows that exercise does not worsen pain associated with fibromyalgia

Measurement variation influences gene expression profiles of breast cancer

Men who take statins are less likely to die from prostate cancer, study finds

Concerns surround medical records privacy issues

CHOP research offers insights into epilepsy, schizophrenia, other neuropsych disorders

Study: Chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students with milk allergy

Small device implanted in the brain predicts epilepsy seizures in humans

New findings to benefit women with oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer

Cancer Genetics introduces proprietary urogenital cancer array for diagnosing kidney cancer

Early rate requests from insurers provide few clues for small businesses attempting to determine costs

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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