Increased Risk Of Fertility Problems In Women Exposed To Secondhand Smoke If you need another reason to quit smoking, consider that it may diminish your chances of being a parent or grandparent. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand smoke, either as adults or children, were significantly more likely to face fertility problems and suffer miscarriages.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSufferers Of Dementia Benefit From Mix Of Taiji, Cognitive Therapy And Support Groups Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers report. Some of the benefits of this approach are comparable to those achieved with anti-dementia medications.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comLA BioMed Researchers Among Southern California Super Doctors In a statewide survey of medical professionals, 38 physician-scientists from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) are honored for being among Southern California Super Doctors, according to the December issue of Los Angeles magazine. Key Professional Media, Inc.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Volume In Emerging Infections Series ASM Press announces publication of the latest volume in its popular series on new and emerging infectious diseases. Based on sessions at recent scientific conferences, Emerging Infections 8 offers up-to-date information and the most current research on new and emerging infections that have generated international interest.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comMaintaining The Brain's Wiring In Ageing And Disease Researchers at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge, supported by the Alzheimer's Research Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have discovered that the brain's circuitry survives longer than previously thought in diseases of ageing such as Alzheimer's disease. The findings were published in the journal Brain.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGenVec Announces Multiple Presentations At The American Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene Meeting GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNVC) announced that the company will present on GenVec's malaria vaccine program at the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 57th Annual Meeting, which will take place in New Orleans, LA on December 7-11, 2008. Two presentations, highlighting research conducted in this program, will be given by GenVec scientists.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comBayer Announces Upcoming Presentations Of Campath(R) And Leukine(R) Data At The 50th Annual Meeting Of The American Society Of Hematology Bayer
HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that data on Campath(R) (alemtuzumab) and Leukine(R) (sargramostim) will be presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) from December 6-9, 2008 in San Francisco, California.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSafety Expert Warns About Home Heating Dangers With colder temperatures setting in across the United States, an expert at The University of Texas School of Public
Health warns Americans to be aware of the dangers that may come with heating their homes. From fire hazards to carbon monoxide poisoning, there are ways to try to avoid tragedies like the recent one in Aspen, Colorado that left four members of a family dead.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comFew Ontario Women With Invasive Ovarian Cancer Referred For Genetic Testing Of Breast Cancer Genes An Ontario study of 491 women with invasive ovarian cancer found only a small proportion, 19%, were referred for genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the breast cancer genes, which means family members are not informed of their cancer risk. Dr. Kelly Metcalfe, an associate professor at the University of Toronto's Lawrence S.
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