Research shows that the prevalence of obesity is rising, causing an increase in heart disease and diabetes, among other conditions, but evidence has not yet been established linking obesity to precancerous lesions in the colon called polyps.
Rates of colorectal cancer in elderly people are increasing, but there has been relatively little study of this disease in the “oldest” of the old or very elderly patients.
Millions of Americans take medications for hypertension but do not achieve control of their blood pressure. Single-tablet combinations of drugs may be what it takes to get blood pressure under control, even in people with moderate hypertension, according to results from a new international study involving more than 10,700 people with high blood pressure.
World-renowned scientists will convene at George Mason University on May 21 and 22 to call for a 10-year intellectual revolution ? the “decade of the mind.”
National Jewishm Medical and Research Center faculty present research on asthma and obesity — asthma, perception vs. reality — salmeterol — asthma and air pollution — cleaning up allergens.
An outbreak of drug-resistant wound infections among soldiers in Iraq likely came from the hospitals where they were treated, not the battlefield, according to a new study in the June 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, currently available online.
Basic research, or research where the primary goal is the advancement of human knowledge and theoretical understanding, has throughout its history been pressed by politicians and the public to justify its existence.
The biotechnology company Alimentary Health today announced results from two studies that demonstrate the anti-inflammatory activity of a natural probiotic bacterial strain of human origin, Bifantis? (Bifidobacterium infantis 35624), in models of arthritis and Salmonella infection.
The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of UK Parliament. They are totally independent of Government. The NAO is headed by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn. NAO recently published its report to reduce the primary care cost in the country.
Rachel Royce, PhD, MPH, from RTI International, will be presenting new data from the study, called ?Addressing Tuberculosis (TB) among African Americans in the Southeast: Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to Treatment Adherence for Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI) and TB Disease.?