An experimental drug could eventually offer a new treatment option for genital herpes, a common and incurable sexually transmitted infection, researchers report. In a small study, researchers found that the drug -- called pritelivir -- ...
Hepatitis C treatment isn't pretty, but the dark days of weekly injections, rough side effects and no guarantee of full recovery from the liver-damaging disease may soon be over, researchers report. Two studies, both published in the Jan. ...
Less than 20 percent of Americans still smoke cigarettes -- a breakthrough called a "milestone" Thursday by federal health officials. Following years of smoking rates that had hovered around 20 percent, that number finally dropped to 18.1 ...
Up to half of women with postpartum depression -- a mood disorder that can occur after childbirth -- develop long-term depression, according to a new review. The findings show the need for doctors to closely monitor women with postpartum ...
Three-year project will encourage national expansion of Workplace Standard The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), along with its partners, CSA Group (CSA) and Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ), joined Labour Minister ...
A new study by a team of KU Leuven and international researchers has found that the chemical structure of queen pheromones in wasps, ants and some bees is strikingly similar, even though these insects are separated by millions of years of ...
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Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels. "With the sugar platform, you have ...
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Scientists and engineers in Europe are embarking on a quest to see if they can change the way young people at risk for becoming obese eat. Key to this will be developing unobtrusive technology that monitors how quickly or slowly a person is ...
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New line of self-assemble collectables are exclusive to comic book specialist shops and Previews catalogue Superhero fans across the US will soon be able to assemble their own Avengers, as a range of Iron Man, Iron Man 3 and Thor action ...
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Although there has been progress in cutting out the marketing of junk food to schoolchildren, many American students are still exposed to in-school marketing of less-than-nutritious fare, a new study finds. One nutritionist wasn't ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked doctors to stop prescribing painkillers that contain more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen because of reports of severe liver damage. Prescription painkillers, which include Vicodin and ...
The banning of certain types of a common class of chemicals known as phthalates has reduced Americans' exposure to the chemicals' potential harms, a new study suggests. However, the researchers also found evidence of increased exposure to ...
Brigus Gold Corp. ("Brigus" or the "Company") (NYSE: BRD) (TSX: BRD) is pleased to report annual production of 98,710 ounces of gold from its Black Fox mine, including fourth quarter production of 21,916 ounces of gold. Production ...
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Despite having mild hyperglycemia for approximately 50 years, patients with a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme glucokinase had a low prevalence of clinically significant vascular complications, findings that provide insights into ...
Breast cancer stem cells exist in two different states and each state plays a role in how cancer spreads, according to an international collaboration of researchers. Their finding sheds new light on the process that makes cancer a deadly ...