A third of patients thought to have resistant hypertension had “white coat” hypertension during 24-hour…
Month: March 2011
Avoiding health risks could prevent more than half of all cases of atrial fibrillation
Reducing cardiovascular risk factors like high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes and being overweight could potentially…
Weight loss surgery can significantly improve migraines, study finds
Obese migraine sufferers reported post-operative improvements in headache frequency, severity, and disability. Findings suggest weight…
Many elderly men are undergoing unnecessary PSA screenings, researchers find
A new study on the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer screening in the…
Cancer risk of backscatter airport scanners is low, analysis suggests
Calculations by researchers estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security…
How do plants fight disease? Breakthrough research offers a clue
How exactly bacterial pathogens cause diseases in plants remains a mystery and continues to frustrate…
To meet, greet or retreat during influenza outbreaks?
When influenza pandemics arrive, the specter of disease spread through person-to-person contact can mean that…
Childhood psychological problems have long-term economic and social impact, study finds
Analyzing information from a group of British residents followed for 50 years, researchers have found…
Study illuminates the ‘pain’ of social rejection
Physical pain and intense feelings of social rejection “hurt” in the same way, a new…
To better detect heart transplant rejections, scientists test for traces of donor’s genome
Heart transplant recipients and their physicians are likely more concerned with the function of the…