Stem Cell :: Lipid plays big role in embryonic development
A little-known lipid plays a big role in helping us grow from a hollow sphere of stem cells into human beings, researchers have found.
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Down Syndrome :: Blood test for Down’s syndrome developed
Ravgen publishes study in the Lancet describing a non-invasive test for prenatal diagnosis based on fetal DNA in maternal blood.
Family Planning :: ACOG Opposes Sex Selection for Family Planning Purposes
Helping patients to choose the sex of their offspring to avoid serious sex-linked genetic disorders is considered ethical for doctors, but participating in sex selection for personal and family reasons, such as family balancing, is not, according to an opinion issued today by the Committee on Ethics of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Heart Disease :: South Asian immigrants at higher risk for heart disease
South Asian immigrants in America have a higher risk of heart disease than any other American population.
Chest Pain :: Emergency departments test chest pain patients differently, based on race, gender, insurance
A new study by researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and Johns Hopkins University has found that race, gender and insurance differences factor strongly in the evaluation of patients with chest pain seen in emergency departments.
Depression :: Genes may predispose some people to severe depression
Now, a specific region rife with promise has been located on one chromosome by a consortium of researchers working under Douglas Levinson, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Women :: Oral wounds heal slower in women, older adults
Wounds in the mouth heal more slowly in women and older adults, a new study at the University of Illinois at Chicago reveals.
Malaria :: From Sheffield to Singapore, international Grid battles malaria
Malaria kills more than one million people each year, most of them young children living in Africa. Now physicists in the UK have shared their computers with biologists from countries including France and Korea in an effort to combat the disease.
Obesity :: Less television and more gathering around the dinner table prevents obesity
Sitting down to a family meal more often and cutting down on television watching can help keep children from becoming overweight, according to a new University of Missouri-Columbia study.
Diabetes :: Chromium picolinate shows greater benefits in diabetes care than other forms of chromium
Nutrition 21, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXXI) reported today that a peer reviewed analysis on chromium picolinate was published in the current edition of Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.