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- BrainStorm sees positive data in ALS stem cell trial
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 09:07 PM -0800
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Data from the first ALS patients in a clinical trial treated with BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics adult stem cell therapy did not show significant side effects and the treatment...[more]
- What if the Doctor Is Wrong?
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 08:44 PM -0800
Evidence is mounting that second opinions can lead to significant changes in a patient's diagnosis. When to take your case to another physician.[more]
- Wiring the Brain to Treat Disorders
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 05:41 PM -0800
Deep brain stimulation has helped halt tremors in patients with Parkinson's disease. Now, researchers are using the procedure to treat depression and other psychiatric conditions.[more]
- FDA fines Red Cross $9.6 million for blood lapses
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 04:17 PM -0800
Food and Drug Administration officials have fined the American Red Cross nearly $9.6 million for sloppy and unsafe blood management practices, the second multi-million-dollar penalty levied against...[more]
- A New Weapon in the Fight Against Superbugs
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 04:02 PM -0800
Researchers have developed a novel method of restoring antibiotic sensitivity to resistant bacteria.[more]
- Bypass Beats Band for Weight Loss
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 03:39 PM -0800
A study of two popular surgical procedures to treat morbidly obese patients shows gastric bypass is associated with faster and more sustained weight loss than gastric banding.[more]
- A Gut Check for Many Ailments
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 03:33 PM -0800
A growing body of research shows the gut affects bodily functions far beyond digestion.[more]
- Vitamin D doesn't ease lung disease symptoms: study
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 02:34 PM -0800
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a new study of people with moderate or severe lung disease, taking large amounts of vitamin D was not linked to any symptom relief, researchers from Belgium report.
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- Copper socks helped Chilean miners' foot fungus
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 02:03 PM -0800
The 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground after their mine collapsed in August 2010 spurred an impromptu experiment, of sorts, into treatments for fungal foot infections.[more]
- Babies lip-read, may offer autism clues
Category: Health
Publish Date: 01-16-2012 12:14 PM -0800
For years, the conventional wisdom was that babies learned how to talk by listening to their parents. But a new study shows they're using their eyes, too, and are actually pretty good lip readers....[more]
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