Working with heart attack-stricken mice, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists has shown embryonic stem cells can help heal heart tissue. A research team led by UW-Madison stem cell researcher Timothy Kamp reports embryonic stem cells transplanted into mouse hearts damaged by experimentally induced heart attacks, morph into functional forms of the major types of cells composing the healthy heart.
A University of Kentucky study finds that low-income women can be treated effectively for depression with a short course of cognitive therapy.
Postmenopausal women who have given birth vaginally do not appear to suffer from urinary incontinence at higher rates than their sisters who have never given birth, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study published in the December Obstetrics and Gynecology journal.
New research suggests that you’re not the only one affected by the things you ingest or inhale: Babies born to women who smoked or were obese during pregnancy are much more likely to become overweight as young children.
A University of Washington psychologist in Seattle says some overweight people’s ability to exercise may be hampered by gastrointestinal problems.
More than 4.5 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with psoriasis and 21 percent of those have moderate to severe psoriasis. This chronic condition, characterized by thick, red, scaly plaques that itch and bleed, not only makes the activities of daily life difficult, but also can affect a person?s emotional well being. Recently, researchers have developed biologic treatments which not only treat the physical symptoms of psoriasis but also can help improve a patient?s quality of life.
Some psoriasis sufferers have tried salt water to relieve their itchy or painful skin. Some have even made pilgrimages to the world’s saltiest lake, the Dead Sea.
A study has found that most expectant mothers are not getting nearly the amount of exercise they need.
A simple seven-question quiz called the Childhood Asthma Control Test is a reliable and accurate method of assessing asthma control in children four to 11 years old, a new study found.
A new study shows that treatment with a lifestyle modification program of diet, exercise and behavioral therapy when used in combination with the weight loss medication sibutramine (Meridia?) resulted in significantly greater weight loss among obese adults than treatment with the medication alone.