- Strokes Up in China as Economy Booms
- Feb. 29, 2008 -- A new study shows the most common type of stroke increased almost 9% annually over a 20-year period in China as its economy boomed. At the same time, deaths from strokes decreased. Ischemic strokes, the most common type of s...
- Cord Blood Stem Cells: Your Questions Answered
- --> What are cord blood stem cells? Stem cells are immature cells that can transform into other kinds of cells and reproduce themselves. Cord blood stem cells are in the placenta and umbilical cord. After birth, the blo...
- Genes From Mom & Dad Tied to Preeclampsia
- --> Sept. 15, 2005 -- Preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening form of high blood pressure during pregnancy, can run in families, a new study shows. If untreated, preeclampsia can damage the mother's liver or kidneys...
- Top Tips for Pregnancy Nutrition
- --> Good nutrition during pregnancy improves your chances of having a healthy baby. It may even reduce the risk of certain chronic conditions in your child, long after he has grown. Eating for Two During Pregnancy Whether you w...
- Type 2 Diabetes: How to Start Insulin
- --> Oct. 24, 2007 -- Do you have?type 2 diabetes and need to start taking insulin? Scientists have new insights on how you should do so.??????????? Taking insulin once daily at bedtime may be a first step, with fewer risks than other...
- Key Unlocks Obesity/Diabetes Link
- --> Nov. 6, 2007 -- Obesity leads to insulin resistance and diabetes, but not if a key inflammatory pathway is blocked, mouse studies show. Abdominal obesity is a key risk factor for type 2 diabetes. As people gain more and more belly...
- Death Risk Lower for Overweight People
- --> Nov. 6, 2007 -- New research from the CDC confirms that people who carry a few extra pounds have a lower risk of death than those who are normal weight, extremely underweight, or obese. The study updates and expands a headline-mak...
- Smoking Linked to Type 2 Diabetes
- --> Dec. 11, 2007 -- Smokers may be more likely than nonsmokers to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a new research review. The review included 25 studies of smoking and diabetes among a million people ages 16 and older in the U.S...
- Vitamin D for Kidney Disease Unproven
- --> Dec. 17, 2007 -- Vitamin D compounds, routinely given to patients with chronic kidney disease to help preserve their bones, are not proven scientifically to help, according to a new report. Researchers evaluated 76 published trial...
- Hormones Delay Prostate Cancer Growth
- --> Jan. 2, 2008 -- Short-term hormone therapy to lower testosterone levels can significantly delay the progression of prostate cancer in some patients treated with radiation, a study shows. Just four months of androgen deprivation th...
