Researchers looking to isolate individual proteins from complex environments usually turn to chromatography, a technique where mobile solutions of biomolecules flow through columns packed with… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/breakthrough-technology-qui...
Lire la suiteAttractive women tend to be 'less stressed and more fertile'
Attractive women have less of the hormone cortisol, associated with stress Stress can also adversely effect fertility – so ‘facial attractiveness signals reproductive potential,’ say… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/attractive-women-tend-to-be-less-stre...
Lire la suiteThe average British barbecue contains TWICE as many germs as a toilet seat
Outdoor grill contains 1.7 million microbes per 100cm sq – 124% more than a toilet seat – and just 36% of people clean it more than twice a year Bin lids have next highest bacteria count… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/the-average-british-barbecue-cont...
Lire la suiteStudy: Regardless of pain, women are more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs
Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/study-regardless-of-pain-...
Lire la suiteGenetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for lung disease
A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/genetic-risk-fact...
Lire la suiteWomen who drink organic milk in pregnancy could be harming their baby's IQ
Dairy products and fish are rich sources of iodine which is vital for an unborn baby’s brain development Organic milk contains less iodine than non-organic milk Children born to women deficient in… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/women-who-drink-organic...
Lire la suiteOngoing clinical study to evaluate benefits of high-dose simvastatin for patients with SAH
Can treatment with high doses of a cholesterol-lowering statin drug improve outcomes for patients with stroke caused by rupture and bleeding of brain aneurysms? An ongoing clinical trial will soon find… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/ongoing-clinical-s...
Lire la suiteObesity directly tied to several cancers
“Obesity is a major risk factor for developing cancer, roughly the equivalent of tobacco use, and both are potentially reversible. Further, obese cancer patients do worse in surgery, with radiation… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/obesity-directly-tied-...
Lire la suiteNew analysis finds more seniors living in poverty
The estimate, which takes health spending and other factors into account, concluded that 1 in 7 seniors lives in poverty. Projections indicate that number could go up if certain Medicare reforms took… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/new-analysis-finds-m...
Lire la suiteStudy analyzes potential usefulness of new treatment to reopen clogged arteries
Computational model offers insight into mechanisms of drug-coated balloons Over the past few decades, scientists have developed many devices that can reopen clogged arteries, including angioplasty… http://healthmedicinet.com/i/study-analyzes-potentia...
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