More Than Skin Deep – Beauty in the laboratory

Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 10:22 | Category : The family doctor

Scientists at L’Or, in search of hidden elements of beauty, seems on track to challenge the old adage, ‘beauty is only skin deep.’ In fact, their work indicates that what makes hair curly or straight and smooth or rough, it is much deeper. And ‘in fact, linked to molecules in the body, according to an [...]

Aspirin therapy in elderly patients: risks versus benefits

Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 13:57 | Category : NEWS

Nelson puts the cost of the study for $ 30 million and said it is looking for funding.

FDA puts an end to alcohol beverages containing caffeine

Monday, 6 February 2012, 17:52 | Category : Women

The announcement comes in the midst of a game against the growing energy drink called sometimes called a failure in a mixture is that caffeine and alcohol. These drinks are increasingly popular among college students and even children. The drinks are regularly consumed by 31 % of 12 – to 17 and 34 % of [...]

Coordinated effort of cooling after cardiac arrest may improve outcomes

Sunday, 5 February 2012, 19:22 | Category : Safety

Hypothermia is a very powerful treatment, but it was a very slow process for hospitals on board, said Dr. Benjamin Abella, assistant professor of emergency medicine and director of clinical research at the School of Medicine Perelman Center for the science of resuscitation at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Progress against both fatal heart defect

Saturday, 4 February 2012, 20:02 | Category : Safety

Many near-normal exercise tolerance and do things most children, Ohye said.

Fear of falling among people over 70

Saturday, 4 February 2012, 1:52 | Category : Health

Gait is defined as the instability during walking is worse than the slowdown of normal aging. It is often multiple causes in the elderly, the fear is often a trigger or aggravating. A vicious circle that is often born of fear of falling leads to avoidance of movement, and, in turn, reduced fitness, lack of [...]

The food tastes better through hard work

Friday, 3 February 2012, 6:22 | Category : Safety

The study was funded by grants from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and the National Institute of Mental Health.

Share tiny sea creatures found for “Diver Weight Belt” technique with the whales

Thursday, 2 February 2012, 15:12 | Category : Safety

Reports this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, the researchers describe how the British Antarctic Survey copepods Southern Ocean – the fish rich in omega-3 oil – ‘hibernate’ in the deep ocean during the winter when the sea is rough and poor food . To reach the depths of the ocean copepods oily liquid [...]

Pot May relieve nerve pain, study shows

Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 17:11 | Category : The family doctor

Researcher Barth Wilsey, MD, and colleagues did not recommend medical marijuana for everyone with neuropathic pain.

Stealth Armor vesicles slow-release drugs by creating microscopic chemical, inspired by plankton

Tuesday, 31 January 2012, 17:46 | Category : pharmacy

The University of Warwick team were convinced that the force even more interesting and personalized features that could be given to the vesicles if they could add an extra layer of armor made from a variety of colloidal nanoparticles.

Microbiologists honored for scientific contributions important National Academy of Sciences

Monday, 30 January 2012, 18:16 | Category : Men

L. Bonnie Bassler, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Squibb Professor in the department of molecular biology at Princeton University and current president of ASM, Richard Lounsbery Prize will be awarded. Bassler is honored for his pioneering discoveries of universal use of chemical communication in bacteria and the elucidation of the mechanisms that control bacterial structural and [...]

Breast cancer cells efficiently collected by a double-capture chip CTC

Monday, 30 January 2012, 2:16 | Category : pharmacy

Analysis of CTCs in the blood can identify the cells and mutations of tumor cells to provide doctors with better methods for cancer diagnosis, prognosis and treatment.

Approaching the White House announcement of the Supreme Court, continues Interviews

Sunday, 29 January 2012, 7:11 | Category : Purchase of drugs

According to AP News / Google groups typically seeking reassurance on the opinions of potential candidates, because the former presidents have been surprised at how their selections voted once stood on the field. For example, Naral Pro-Choice America, said that wanted a candidate who supports the constitutional right to privacy, as is Roe.

Sonablate ® HIFU for prostate cancer to new locations outside the United States

Saturday, 28 January 2012, 10:41 | Category : Entertainment

U. HIFU has been working with a group of seven doctors led by Marcelo Bendhack urologist, MD to bring Sonablate HIFU in Brazil. Bendhack, president of Urola (Latin American Uro-Oncology Association) trained in HIFU technology in 2007 and since then has performed multiple procedures and participated in treatment in Germany, Mexico and Argentina. He treated [...]