Iodine deficiency may be a significant contributor to ill health and disability among the Northern Territory Indigenous population, according to a study in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Dorothy Mackerras, Principal…
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Integra LifeSciences launches Integra Allograft Cancellous Sponge
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp announced today the launch of Integra™ Allograft Cancellous Sponge, a compressible bone graft composed of 100% cancellous bone. The sponge-like handling characteristics of Integra™ Allograft Cancellous Sponge allow…
Aboriginal Australians Are More Likely To Have Vitamin D Insufficency
Aboriginal Australians are more likely to have low vitamin D levels than non-Indigenous Australians, according to a study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Simon Vanlint, Lecturer in the…
The ABCD2 Score, If Used Alone, Is A Poor Predictor For Stroke After A Transient Ischaemic Attack, Australia
A widely used method for predicting stroke in patients following a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) has limited predictive value, according to a study published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia. According…
Family Mealtimes Play A Role In Health Of Children With Asthma
The amount of time families spend eating meals together has been linked to the health and well-being of children and teens, with families who eat together regularly reporting declines in substance abuse,…
Patients with kidney tumours can benefit from nephron-sparing surgery
Patients with kidney tumours larger than four centimetres are much more likely to enjoy good long-term renal function if they undergo nephron-sparing surgery rather than radical nephrectomy, according to a study in…
Human Vaccines journal publishes paper on Inovio’s new DNA vaccine delivery technology
Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of therapeutic and preventive vaccines against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that its new generation DNA vaccine delivery technology, which provides the powerful…
Failed Autoimmune Suppression Mechanism New Clue To Lupus
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Cambridge, Mass., in collaboration with Jackson Laboratory scientists, have identified a regulatory defect that drives lupus. Correcting the defect “may represent an effective therapeutic approach to…
Drinking Vegetable Juice May Help Increase Vegetable Intake And Support Weight Management
Studies show drinking V8® 100% vegetable juice may be a simple way for people to increase their vegetable intake and may help them manage their weight – two areas of concern outlined…
Study finds link between immune system of allergy sufferers and glioma risk
The more allergies one has, the lower the risk of developing low- and high-grade glioma, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for…
Demand for foreign health workers to increase
The Ministry of Health says that the number of foreign workers in the Kingdom’s health sector is expected to increase and that staff of Saudi nationality will remain a minority in the…
Association Discovered Between Children’s BMI And Working Mothers
Childhood obesity in the United States has more than tripled in the past three decades, and prior research has linked maternal employment to children’s body mass index (BMI), a measure of their…
CARNIVAL TO RAISE AWARENESS OF AUTISM
A CARNIVAL to raise awareness about autism in children will be held on February 19. Alia for Early Intervention is hosting its fund-raising Carnival At the Park 2011 at Al Hunainiya public…
Blood vessels for heart bypass could be available ‘off-the-shelf’ soon
Scientists from USA have developed a method to produce a ready made supply of blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery. A study on baboons and dogs reported in journal Science…
Genomic study identifies link between Native American ancestry, relapse in young leukemia patients
The first genome-wide study to demonstrate an inherited genetic basis for racial and ethnic disparities in cancer survival linked Native American ancestry with an increased risk of relapse in young leukemia patients….