Modern Medicine And Sciences

By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

ATLANTA - People who sleep fewer than six hours a night — or more than nine — are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big bellies.

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MIAMI (CBS4) ? There is some encouraging news for people trying to give up cigarettes. New research shows some of the damage done by smoking can be undone within years after a person quits.

Smoking kills millions every year which is why Gretchen Harris gave up cigarettes a few weeks ago and she's determined to stick with it.

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By activating a cancer suppressor gene, a small molecule called nutlin-3a can block cancer cell division, according to researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. This activation of the p53 gene leads to cellular senescence, a process by which cells lose their ability to grow and divide.

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Plant-based or natural ingredients don't always mean a cleaning product is safe. The market is largely unregulated.
By Elena Conis, Special to The Times

JENNIFER MARTINÉ threw a party Thursday night, and her guests brought food, wine -- and empty spray bottles.

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A decade after Lasik eye surgery hit the market, patients left with fuzzy instead of clear vision are airing their grievances before federal health officials.

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When things go wrong during amorous trysts, here's one reason why, hot from the labs of our vaulted ivory towers: According to new research, men frequently misread signals from women that they want to slow down, and women are often indirect in saying what they mean.

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By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

TUESDAY, April 15 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've created a synthetic vaccine that can be delivered as a nasal spray for human papillomavirus -- the source of the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States and a cause of cervical cancer.

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A total of 1,400 people from 60 countries responded to the online survey.

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The agency has been investigating contamination of heparin made by the manufacturer Baxter International Inc., which it linked to 19 deaths and hundreds of allergic reactions.

After reviewing adverse events back to January 2007, FDA said Tuesday it uncovered 103 reports of patients who died while taking heparin.

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Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, was a victim of snooping at UCLA Medical Center, according to the Los Angeles Times. The paper says more than 30 other celebrities, politicians and other well-known people were, too.

Officials say the woman who looked at the records breached 61 files in total before being fired about a year ago.

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The prevailing view about what makes visceral fat special has been its location, according to C. Ronald Kahn, president and director of the Joslin Diabetes Center. As Scherer points out, "It is in a privileged position with respect to the liver," into which the fat dumps a rich concentration of chemicals collected from the abdominal cavity.

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The family of a 15-year-old New York boy thought they were helping him to live on by donating his organs. Instead, the organs spread a rare, undiagnosed cancer to the four transplant recipients, according to a report from WCBSTV.com.

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A Johnson & Johnson foot gel used by diabetics may increase the risk of cancer and death, U.S. health officials said on Thursday in announcing an investigation into the issue.

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By CHERYL WITTENAUER, Associated Press Writer
12:42 AM PDT, March 13, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- Doctors often hesitate to tell patients they likely suffer from Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia, fearing the news will overwhelm them.

But a study by Washington University in St. Louis suggests physicians need not worry.

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The harder-to-treat form has surged particularly in parts of the former Soviet Union and in China. Experts cite poverty and stress.
By Thomas H. Maugh II, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
February 27, 2008

A dangerous form of drug-resistant tuberculosis has reached its highest levels ever, accounting for at least 5% of all new TB cases worldwide and 15% to 22% of new cases in parts of the for

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