A new study published in Nature Genetics on Sunday 16 September 2007 show that common, complex diseases are more likely to be due to genetic variation in regions that control activity of genes, rather than in the regions that specify the protein code.
The Food Standards Agency has launched the ”eatwell plate”, a visual tool that illustrates the types and proportions of foods that make up a balanced diet. It updates the previous illustrative model, the ”Balance of Good Health”.
Having a healthy kidney is worth a billion dollars. But an unhealthy kidney costs more—about $16 billion more, according to Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of nephrology and hypertension at the University of Cincinnati (UC).
Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center announced 19 recommendations to improve American health care, including a move from employer-based insurance to portable, individual-based coverage.
A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) – a new high – according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005.”
The Province’s School Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program is expanding to include 164 B.C. schools, Gordon Hogg, Minister of State for ActNow BC, announced.
Researchers at Deakin University have found that diesel exhaust is far more damaging to our health than exhaust from biodiesel, the plant-based fuel.
HIV patients with declining platelet counts appear to be at increased risk for HIV?associated dementia, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
A specific gene mutation may be useful in predicting the level of aggression of thyroid cancer and help guide treatment options and follow-up care, according to new study findings.
Leading mental health charity Mind comments on new research findings by the World Health Organisation which show that depression causes more damage to health compared to chronic diseases such as angina, asthma, diabetes and arthritis.