Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., are adapting a common heart artery procedure to help people with life-threatening cerebral aneurysms — a bulge in brain blood vessels that can burst.
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Smoking :: UK failing heavily addicted smokers, says RCP
The Royal College of Physicians said that the UK was failing to help heavily addicted smokers who find it the most difficult to give up. Speaking at the launch of a new College report ‘Harm reduction in Nicotine Addiction: Helping people who can’t quit’, Professor John Britton, Chair of the RCP Tobacco Advisory Group, called for a new approach in favour of harm reduction and said that there was far more that could be done to save lives:
Mental Health :: 10-yr-old commits suicide after parental ban on computer games
A 10-year-old school boy committed suicide by jumping from his 19th floor apartment here after his parents banned him from playing computer games.
Diabetes :: Solving a critical part of the insulin puzzle
Researchers are now one step closer to improved treatment of Type 2 diabetes following significant findings made by scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
Breast Cancer :: PA Commission for Women Turns Point State Park Fountain Pink, Pennsylvania
The PA Commission for Women turned the Point State Park Fountain bright pink, in observance of national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Bird Flu :: Mutated bird flu virus more infectious to humans
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
Autism :: Simons Foundation awards Emory scientists $3M for autism gene research
The Simons Foundation has awarded scientists at Emory University School of Medicine a three-year grant of more than $3 million to uncover genes on the X chromosome that may contribute to the development of autism.
Bird Flu :: Researchers identify key step bird flu virus takes to spread readily in humans
Since it first appeared in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has been slowly evolving into a pathogen better equipped to infect humans. The final form of the virus, biomedical researchers fear, will be a highly pathogenic strain of influenza that spreads easily among humans.
Depression :: Sex and depression – gender can affect your mental health
A University of Western Sydney study which explored men’s experiences of depression has revealed that gender has a significant impact on the success of mental health treatment.
Healthcare :: Delivering high quality care for all, UK
Delivering the highest quality of care for all, as good or better than any country in the world, must be a fundamental goal of the NHS, said Lord Darzi, as he publishes his interim report on the ‘Our NHS, Our Future’ review.