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• Staying Healthy
  Nutrition
  Food
  Food and Agriculture
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  Vitamin
   
  

  Food Chemists Slice Up Healthier Pizza

  Food chemists have shown that making a pizza crust with whole wheat flour and cooking it longer releases more antioxidants. These chronic disease-fighting compounds increased by 82 percent when baked ... > more
• Acoustics
  Tinnitus
  Hearing Loss
  Hearing Impairment
  Perception
  Workplace Health
   
  

  Acoustic Study Shows Safe Listening Levels

  Loud, sustained sound can damage tiny hairs in the cochlea, and yet 80 percent of people listen to personal music devices at dangerous levels above background noise, a study by acousticians shows. ... > more
• Weather
  Severe Weather
  Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Wildfires
  Global Warming
  Triglycerides
   
  

  Geographers Calculate Atmospheric Effects On Humans

  A University of Miami geography professor and his colleagues have crafted a Heat Stress Index that will aim to analyze the daily relative effects of weather on human health. The index and its ... > more
• Brain Tumor
  Skin Cancer
  Cancer
  Prostate Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
   
  

  Chromosomal Test By Molecular Biologists Determines Cancer Spread

  A new biopsy test, created by molecular biologists, can tell ocular melanoma patients if theirs is the kind that will spread. Using very thin needles, surgeons collect cells from tumors and analyze ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Diabetes
  Fitness
  Nutrition
  Cholesterol
   
  

  Carb-cutting Enzyme Stopped By Bean Extract, Endocrinologists Say

  UCLA researchers have found an extract in white kidney beans may help the body stop carbs from breaking down into sugars. A digestive enzyme in the body normally acts like scissors, literally cutting ... > more
• Epilepsy
  Epilepsy Research
  Neuroscience
  Medical Technology
  Medical Devices
  Disorders and Syndromes
   
  

  Neurologists Use New Brain Scanning Device To Better Control Seizures

  Doctors are now using a new kind of brain scan called magnetoencephalography (MEG), which measures brain activity in real time. In some cases, MEG can pinpoint the source of an epileptic seizure much ... > more
• Today's Healthcare
  Language Acquisition
  Child Development
  Health Policy
  Wounds and Healing
  Elder Care
   
  

  Linguists Work With Medical Students To Help Them Relate To Spanish-speaking Patients

  A unique program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is helping health care professionals understand and treat patients better by teaching them how to communicate with patients who ... > more
• Skin Care
  Psoriasis
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Cosmetics
  Today's Healthcare
  Skin Cancer
   
  

  Chemists Develop New Tool For Treating Rosacea

  Antibiotics have been the traditional treatment for the skin disorder rosacea, but patients often develop antibiotic resistance to the drugs. A drug recently approved by the FDA, Oracea, contains a ... > more
• Heart Disease
  Vioxx
  Diseases and Conditions
  Stroke Prevention
  Cholesterol
  Chronic Illness
   
  

  Biomedical Scientists Develop Computerized Stethoscope To Analyze Heart Murmurs

  Scientists have developed a new tool that may eliminate unnecessary visits to a specialist by allowing doctors to examine and assess heart murmurs. The Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan first amplifies and ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Fish
  Sea Life
  Genes
  Parkinson's
  Breast Cancer
   
  

  Sea Urchins' Genetics Add To Knowledge Of Cancer, Alzheimer's And Infertility

  Researchers are using the sea urchins to study and understand diseases like cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and muscular dystrophy. Although they are invertebrates, the creatures ... > more

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