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Major clinical trial of osteoporosis screening begins

Researchers are looking for local women in the Weston/North Somerset area over the age of 70 to take part in the second phase of a major clinical trial to find out if screening older women for osteoporosis can help to reduce the numbers who suffer bone fractures.

26 Nov 2007

Antidepressant drugs MAY make you live longer

American researchers are suggesting that antidepressant drugs may possibly lengthen a person's lifespan.

26 Nov 2007

It's a bald fact...smoking makes your hair fall out!

According to new research apart from the plethora of illnesses associated with smoking the habit can make men prematurely bald.

26 Nov 2007

The missing grey cells that turn people into obsessives

Scientists in the UK have discovered new evidence as to why obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) runs in families.

26 Nov 2007

Indonesia refuses again to share bird flu samples

The nation's health minister Siti Fadilah Supari says before any bird flu specimens are sent to the WHO, Indonesia needs assurances that poorer nations will have affordable access to any pandemic vaccines developed from the virus and they are not only available to the rich

26 Nov 2007

Pain relief from cannabis depends on how much you smoke

A study by American researchers suggests that smoking a moderate amount of cannabis (marijuana) may relieve pain but smoking high doses may increase pain.

26 Nov 2007

Hillary Clinton promises more funds for autism

Presidential aspirant Democrat Hillary Clinton has promised increased funding for research into autism.

26 Nov 2007

TB appears again in the U.S.

Officials from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment in the U.S. say a Nepalese student at Colorado State University-Pueblo who died of tuberculosis in June, probably infected 17 other people.

26 Nov 2007

Alcohol and second-hand smoke a deadly combo

According to a new study the combination of alcohol and second-hand smoke can cause damage to the heart.

26 Nov 2007

Another case of bird flu in Hong Kong

It appears that a sick egret found in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong last week has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.

26 Nov 2007

Brits gear up for pandemic while FDA warns about flu jabs side-effects

The British government says it plans to double its stockpile of antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu to cope with the possibility of a flu pandemic.

26 Nov 2007

Working mums and overweight kids: is there a link?

New research from the University of Bristol shows that children aged between 5 and 7, whose mothers work full time, are more likely to be overweight at age 16.

22 Nov 2007

Tiny DNA molecules show liquid crystal phases, pointing to new scenario for first life on earth

A team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Milan has discovered some unexpected forms of liquid crystals of ultrashort DNA molecules immersed in water, providing a new scenario for a key step in the emergence of life on Earth.

22 Nov 2007

Researchers find new way to transplant new blood-forming stem cells into bone marrow of mice

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a small but significant step, in mouse studies, toward the goal of transplanting adult stem cells to create a new immune system for people with autoimmune or genetic blood diseases.

22 Nov 2007

ScanBalt BioRegion to collaborate on cancer

Up to forty three (43) percent of all cancer cases can be prevented by prevention programmes according to The World Health Organization (WHO).

22 Nov 2007

People with rare type of memory loss still sensitive to others, study shows

People with a devastating brain injury that has wiped out many of their personal memories may still be able to understand other people's feelings and intentions, according to a joint study by the Rotman Research Institute at the Baycrest Centre for Aging and the Brain, and York University's Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health.

22 Nov 2007

Higher ozone levels linked to greater heart risk associated with high temperatures

Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine .

22 Nov 2007

Lymphatic filariasis causes devastating social and economic losses

Sri Lankans infected with lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis) experience severe loss of income, social isolation, and devastating stigma resulting in emotional distress, delayed diagnosis, and avoidance of treatment.

22 Nov 2007

What causes the leaks that develop in blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease?

Scientists at the University of Bristol are investigating what causes the leaks that develop in blood vessels in Alzheimer's disease, thanks to funding from the UK's leading dementia research charity, the Alzheimer's Research Trust.

22 Nov 2007

India to provide 2nd-line AIDS treatment to 5,000 patients, bows to activists' pressure

Bowing to an increasing need for more effective AIDS treatments in India and recent high-profile public advocacy from a broad coalition of AIDS activists, India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Health Minister A. Ramadoss will announce the rollout of lifesaving second-line antiretroviral treatment (ART) in India in a ceremony on World AIDS Day, Saturday December, 1st .

22 Nov 2007