Diet :: Key elements missing in diet articles
Most medical journal articles reporting weight-loss studies do not reveal key patient characteristics that can bias the results.
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Bipolar Disorder :: Bipolar Disorder common among urban
Bipolar disorder may often go undiagnosed and untreated in the urban poor, with 1 in 10 found to have the mental illness in a study of one New York clinic published on Tuesday 2005-02-22.
Health :: Shake calcium-fortified drinks before pouring
People who drink calcium-fortified soy and rice drinks instead of milk should shake the carton before pouring, a U.S. study found.
Prostate Cancer :: Treatment for Prostate Cancer Shows Promise
An experimental treatment that harnesses the immune system to attack tumors can extend the lives of men fighting advanced prostate cancer, according to a study released, marking the first time a cancer vaccine has been shown to improve survival for any malignancy.
Migraine :: Migraine linked with stroke in young adults
Women who experience vision loss as a symptom of migraine have a 70 percent increase in risk of stroke compared to women who don’t have migraines, researchers reported at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2005.
Heart Disease :: Genes can influence where plaque happens in heart arteries
Heredity sometimes influences where fatty deposits develop in a coronary artery, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Diabetes :: Diet, exercise slow rising blood sugar levels
Pre-diabetes – the term, recently coined by health officials, indicates a partly elevated blood sugar level that will likely develop into full diabetes within 10 years if nothing is done to stop it.
Cholesterol :: Statins may increase arthritis, osteoarthritis
The use of statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Lipitor and Pravachol, appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing osteoarthritis of the hip in elderly women, California researchers report. However, patients who already have osteoarthritis do not seem to be adversely affected by these drugs.
Breast cancer :: Rare Amazonian plant may heal cancer
Virginia scientists say a compound derived from a rare South American plant stops the growth of human breast cancer cells in laboratory cultures.
Heart Disease :: Bone marrow stem cells generate heart tissue
A previously undescribed population of adult human stem cells, derived from bone marrow, is capable of forming three different cell types and of self-renewal.