Breaking down bone is a tough job. Yet, our bones undergo remodeling every day of our lives, as old material is cleared away so that new bone can form. In diseases such as osteoporosis, an imbalance in this process is responsible for the characteristic bone loss.
Forty-four percent of surgeons do not refer the majority of their breast cancer patients to a plastic surgeon prior to the initial surgery when the woman is choosing her treatment course, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Responding to the Health Select Committee?s report, ?Boom and Bust in the NHS?, Dr Sam Everington, Deputy Chairman of the BMA, said:
Some 40 previously unemployed Western Australians have found work in the caring sector after graduating from a special training programme funded by the Australian Government.
Firefighters engage in a dangerous occupation, risking life-threatening burns and smoke inhalation, among other hazards. So it may surprise some that the leading cause of death on duty among U.S. firefighters is coronary heart disease (CHD).
A breakthrough patent awarded to a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) researcher will enable manufacturers to create a device to uncover miniscule amounts of airborne pollutants.
More than a quarter of U.S. businesses have failed to plan for the effects of the aging American workforce, according to the results of a new national survey by researchers at Boston College.
As states across the country contemplate health insurance coverage expansions and other changes to publicly-funded programs, a new Commonwealth Fund study cautions states to pay critical attention to meeting the health needs of children.
Critical portions of the brain in those who are obese don’t really know they are overweight, researchers have reported in the March issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published by Cell Press.
More than half of American women (60%) say they only get a good night?s sleep a few nights per week or less and 67% say they frequently experience a sleep problem. Additionally, 43% say that daytime sleepiness interferes with their daily activities, according to a new poll released today by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).