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(The Endocrine Society) Short, otherwise healthy children who are treated with growth hormone (GH) may become taller, but they may also become more depressed and withdrawn over time, compared to children the same age and...

(The Endocrine Society) A new study shows that for at least two years after bariatric surgery, patients continue to lose bone, even after their weight stabilizes. The results -- in patients undergoing gastric bypass, the...

(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) The June issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, features a study r...

(The Endocrine Society) Adults with type 2 diabetes who improve their physical fitness lower their chances of getting chronic kidney disease, and if they already have kidney damage, they can improve their kidney function...

(University at Buffalo) The aim of the project is to evaluate novel dosing regimens for polymyxin combinations to maximize antibacterial activity and to minimize the emergence of resistance and toxicity, says Tsuji, prin...

(The Endocrine Society) The Endocrine Society presented U.S. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) with the Biomedical Research Champion Award during a ceremony today at its annual meeting.

(American College of Emergency Physicians) Human Immunodeficiency Virus screening for emergency patients at an institution with a large number of ethnic minority, underinsured and uninsured people reveals few are HIV pos...

Schistosomiasis, which currently affects about 240 million people worldwide, may have been spread because of ancient farmers wading through parasite-infested water. Scientists found evidence in a 6,200 grave in Syria.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia--or BPH for short--affects about half of men over age 60. It happens when the prostate becomes enlarged and often results in a host of unpleasant symptom...

A new study on the digestion of milk could lead to the development of new formulas for premature babies, weight loss drinks and potentially new drug delivery systems.

Researchers at UC Davis MIND Institute report that exposure to common pesticides during pregnancy may be a factor in a child's developmental delay and autism. They claim results 'strengthen' the evidence the two factors ...

Lack of folic acid in corn masa flour, a staple of Hispanic diets, may increase risk of certain birth defects, study suggests. The March of Dimes is pushing for U.S. to require the supplement in the flour.

In April the FDA announced new efforts to review further regulation of e-cigarettes in response to consumer concerns the devices are being increasingly marketed toward children. Currently FDA regulates cigarettes, cigare...

Deadly infection in wake of routine dental surgery to extract his wisdom teeth kills Maine teenager. The 18-year-old was said to be a victim of 'flesh eating bacteria.'

Doctors at Yale University used an arthritis treatment to treat alopecia, a rare hair loss condition, in a man simultaneously treated by the same drug for plaque psoriasis. Miraculously full regrowth seen after 8 months.

June 20, 2014 -- Teens who use menthol cigarettes smoke more cigarettes per day than their peers who smoke non-menthols, says a new study. The findings mark the first time that menthol cigarettes have been directly ...

June 20, 2014 -- Sudden allergic reactions can be fatal. The most common triggers of such reactions, also known as anaphylaxis, are wasp and bee venoms, legumes (pulses), animal proteins, and analgesics...

(Mayo Clinic) Facial hair and home oxygen therapy can prove a dangerously combustible combination, a Mayo Clinic report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds. To reach that conclusi...

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) After the hectic delivery experience, newborns are almost immediately stretched out on an uncomfortable measuring board to assess their length because it serves as an indispensab...

(Columbia Business School) It's a historic year for Major League Baseball, as the organization introduces its expanded use of instant replay, allowing umpires to review home run calls, forced plays, foul balls and more. ...

(The Endocrine Society) People with type 2 diabetes or obesity have changes in the composition of their intestinal micro-organisms -- called the gut microbiota -- that healthy people do not have, researchers from Turkey ...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Bisexual men have many unmet public health needs, which leave them vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections and other health problems. This new study from the Centers for Disease Control a...