Measures in Florida and Massachusetts requiring paramedics to transport qualifying patients to stroke centers increased the number of patients receiving the only approved treatment for ischemic stroke in each state, according to separate reports presented at the American Stroke Association?s International Stroke Conference 2007.
Researchers identified five areas of DNA that could account for 70 percent of the genetic risk for type-2 diabetes.
It is estimated that more than one million burn injuries occur every year and of that, 50 percent could be avoided. Burn Awareness Week, observed the first full week in February each year, is an opportunity to remind parents and children about potential hazards that can lead to burns in the home.
Mexican-American high-schoolers and their white peers aspire equally to go on to college to chase their dreams, but the minority students see many more hurdles in their paths, say researchers at the University of Oregon.
The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, leaders of the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced.
Children with parents in the military have higher blood pressure, heart rates and general stress levels than their peers during wartime, researchers say.
In response to a glut of confusing and sometimes incorrect information about public and private banking of umbilical cord blood, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued new recommendations that seek to clarify the options available to parents.
The Rett Syndrome Research Foundation (RSRF) announces results of a landmark study reversing the symptoms of Rett Syndrome (RTT) in a genetic mouse model.
Identifying new medications and providing foolproof cancer diagnosis are two benefits anticipated from research by a team of engineering professors at the University of Houston.
Every year, more than a thousand college students die by suicide, and thousands more attempt to kill themselves.