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Natural hormone offers hope for treatment of the metabolic syndrome
Angiotensin 1-7, a hormone in the body that has cardiovascular benefits, improves the metabolic syndrome in rats, according to a new study. The results will be presented Wednesday at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.   view more (2009-06-10)

Endogenous cannabinoids linked to fetal brain damage imposed by maternal cannabis use
A critical step in brain development is governed by endogenous cannabinoids, 'the brain's own marijuana'.   view more (2007-05-25)

Chronic fatigue syndrome linked to stomach virus
Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as ME (myalgic encephalitis), is linked to a stomach virus, suggests research published ahead of print in Journal of Clinical Pathology.   view more (2007-09-14)

Seasonal weight changes linked to metabolic syndrome
Seasonal changes in weight increase the risk for metabolic syndrome, a group of scientists from National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, reports in a study published in the January 23 issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE.   view more (2008-01-23)

Deaf-blind woman deafer than deaf-blind man
Dutch researcher Ronald Pennings has found new clinical and genetic characteristics for two different inherited syndromes that cause deaf-blindness. One of the two syndromes appears to cause more hearing impairment in women than in men. Pennings investigated Wolfram syndrome and Usher syndrome. These are two inherited syndromes that cause both... view more... (2004-05-07)

Family therapy helps get young ME sufferers back to school
Family therapy seems to help get young sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome (ME) back to school, suggests research in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. ME is characterised by physical and mental fatigue. In children, symptoms include muscle pain, headache, sore throat and sleepiness. And specialist treatment often requires long periods away... view more... (2002-01-23)

UK and Indian scientists work together to increase birth weight of Indian babies
Scientists from the Centre for Fetal Origins of Adult Disease at the University of Southampton and medical practitioners in Mumbai in India, have launched a collaboration to improve the health of young women before they become pregnant so that their offspring can be protected from debilitating illness in later life. One third of Indian babies are... view more... (2003-05-23)

What are the risk factors of sporadic colorectal cancer?
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in China.   view more (2009-06-12)

New training technique helps alcoholics in battle with the booze
A new training technique developed in the UK is proving successful in helping excessive drinkers curb their alcohol abuse. Researchers funded by the Economic and Social Research Council have experimentally tested a computer-based training programme which helps abusive drinkers pay less attention to alcohol, feel more in control of their drinking... view more... (2006-07-24)

Fetal surgeon shows for first time that laser procedure may treat vasa previa
A University of South Florida fetal surgeon at Tampa General Hospital successfully treated in utero a rare but potentially devastating condition in which placental blood vessels block the birth canal and can rupture during labor, leaving the baby without vital blood and oxygen. If undiagnosed, the condition known as vasa previa is frequently... view more... (2007-12-19)

Study offers treatment hope for Rett syndrome
The symptoms of a severe autism spectrum disorder affecting at least 10,000 children in the UK could be reversed following research by Scottish scientists.   view more (2007-02-09)

Frequent alcohol consumption increases cancer risk in older women
Postmenopausal women consuming two or more alcoholic beverages a day may double their risk of endometrial cancer, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC).   view more (2007-09-10)

Moderate drinking can reduce risks of Alzheimer's dementia and cognitive decline
Moderate drinkers often have lower risks of Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive loss, according to researchers who reviewed 44 studies. In more than half of the studies, published since the 1990s, moderate drinkers of wine, beer and liquor had lower dementia risks than nondrinkers.   view more (2008-12-30)

Indigenous health experts reject MP's call for removal of alcohol restriction
Leading medical researchers from Australia's George Institute for International Health are surprised by recent statements made by a Western Australian Member of Parliament, Hon. Carol Anne Martin MLA, who is calling for the removal of the alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley towns of Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing.   view more (2009-07-15)

Measuring fetal oxygen does not reduce Caesarean rate, researchers find
Measuring the amount of oxygen in the blood of a fetus during labor has no bearing on whether a Caesarean section is performed and does not affect the health of the newborn baby, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a multicenter study.   view more (2006-11-27)

New insight into human ciliopathy
In the September 1st issue of G&D, Dr. Karen Oegema (UCSD) and colleagues identify the molecular basis of the lethal developmental disorder, hydrolethalus syndrome, and reveal that hydrolethalus syndrome actually belongs to the emerging class of human ciliopathy diseases.   view more (2009-08-04)

People living alone double their risk of serious heart disease
People who live alone double their risk of serious heart disease as those who live with a partner.   view more (2006-07-13)

Improvement seen in fetal survival following preeclampsia
Fetal survival following a preeclamptic pregnancy has improved substantially over the last 35 years in Norway, likely due to a reduction in stillbirths and improvements in clinical management.   view more (2006-09-20)

Mutations common to cancer and developmental disorder examined in a novel disease model
New research sheds light on a common link between tumor formation and Costello Syndrome, an inherited developmental disorder in which patients have cardiac defects, mild mental retardation, and face-shape abnormalities.   view more (2008-12-22)

Alcohol not likely to protect against type II diabetes
Alcohol is unlikely to protect drinkers from the risk of developing adult onset (type II) diabetes, concludes research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Alcohol seems to confer only a slight advantage in moderate drinkers, the research shows. To date, the effects of light to moderate alcohol consumption on the risk of developing... view more... (2002-06-20)
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