Middle-aged women can avoid the weight gain that often accompanies menopause through increased physical activity and a low-fat, reduced-calorie dietary pattern, according to a University of Pittsburgh study.
The Kennebec Coalition announced that the decommissioning of Edwards Dam has received a 1999 Popular Science "Best of What's New" Award.
Several key members of the National Medical Association's Board of Trustees were installed in leadership positions at the 1999 Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly in Las Vegas.
Two out of three consumers support foods produced through biotechnology and have confidence in FDA's policy for labeling biotech foods. Key findings of a national survey of 1,002 U.S. adults, conducted October 8-12, 1999 for International Food Information Council.
AmericasDoctor.com announced the addition St. Joseph Healthcare in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as its newest online sponsor.
CIIT researchers have released an up-to-date risk assessment for cancer from inhaled formaldehyde, which occurs in some residential and workplace environments.
Seventy experts from around the world are leading the cry that it will take more than standards and rules to govern the trade in food that ends up on tables around the world.
Planned Parenthood deplores the on-going attempts by extreme anti-choice politicians to curtail scientific research and medical advances for the sake of hyperbole and to demonize women who seek to control their own fertility.
Anyone who has ever thought about the impact of Y2K on the world can offer an opinion on the topic and read what others from many different walks of life think as part of a University of Maryland Internet-based study.
This summer, a North Carolina State University guitar instructor produced the CD Hatteras: If a Lighthouse Could Speak... to celebrate the successful relocation of North Carolina's famous Outer Banks sentinel.
Ball State University experts are available to provide information and background on a variety of holiday related issues.
A nerve test widely used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome should not be relied upon to give a "yes-no" answer to the question of whether a person has the painful hand condition, a new University of Michigan study says.
The forecast for employment in agricultural careers is that students with science and marketing skills will be the most sought after by employers into the year 2005, according to a report released Tuesday, 11/9 by the USDA and Purdue University.
Cradling the phone between head and shoulder led to temporary vision loss and difficulty speaking for a healthy French psychiatrist, according to a case report in the November 10 issue of Neurology.
Children with difficult-to-control seizures may find relief by taking lamotrigine, according to a study in the November 10 issue of Neurology.
Stroke patients aided by "robot therapists" gain significant improvements in movement, according to a study in the November 10 issue of Neurology.
"Chasing the dragon," a form of heroin use in which the drug is heated and the resulting vapor is inhaled, can produce a progressive and permanent brain disorder and even death, according to a study published in the November 10 issue of Neurology.
The same hormone that causes high blood pressure may promote the development of atherosclerosis, reported researchers from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center at the national meeting of the American Heart Association.
1- Only half of physicians and hospitals are meeting the minimum volume requirements for percutaneous coronary interventions; 2- person whose severe high blood pressure is not treated will ring up an average of $14,582 a year in medical bills; 3- cholesterol-lowering drug was found to have a "healing" effect on plaques; 4- developing new drug treatments that can reverse stunning of the heart; 5- Implantable device monitors rejection in heart transplant recipients.
1- bivalirudin is safe addition to therapy after angioplasty; 2- Women are 25 percent more likely than men to die from complications following angioplasty; 3- Why does France have lower cardiac death rates than the U.S.? 4- Exercise test predicts coronary death in asymptomatic men; 5- Form of gene that causes "thicker" blood could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
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