The 146 Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) decided unanimously this week to begin negotiating a protocol on illicit trade of tobacco products and adopt guidelines that stipulate 100% smoke-free public places and workplaces.
A virus that has been specifically designed by scientists to be safe to normal tissue but deadly to cancer is showing early promise in a preliminary study, researchers said at the ESMO Conference Lugano (ECLU), Switzerland.
Although a number of studies have suggested that regular exercise reduces inflammation ? a condition that is predictive of cardiovascular and other diseases, such as diabetes ? it is still not clear whether there is a definitive link. And if such a link exists, the nature of the relationship is by no means fully understood.
The neurotransmitter norepinephrine can alert the brain to dangerously low blood sugar levels, according to a new study. Finding has implications for diabetes research.
A pioneering collaborative study has discovered how the HIV virus evades the human body?s immune system.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed through laboratory tests the second human West Nile virus case in Illinois for 2007.
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows that 10 percent of youth who become hooked on cigarettes are addicted within two days of first inhaling from a cigarette, and 25 percent are addicted within a month.
Nearly a quarter of hospital or “healthline” operators mistakenly routed a caller describing classic stroke symptoms to primary care doctors rather than to 9-1-1, according to a research project published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
A new score for predicting the risk of heart disease gives a more accurate measure of how many UK adults are at risk of developing the disease and which adults are most likely to benefit from treatment.
A team of biomedical engineers at Virginia Tech and the University of California at Berkeley has developed a new minimally invasive method of treating cancer, and they anticipate clinical trials on individuals with prostate cancer will begin soon.