health - "medicine"

Posted on: Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 00:00 CDT Using marijuana appears to contribute to schizophrenia symptoms, according to research reported today by University of Pittsburgh School of medicine scien...

The presence of a protein expressed by the liver which inhibits insulin action may identify individuals more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by a researcher from the UCSD School of medicine, to be published July 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA.) Researchers led by Joachim H. Ix, M.D., M.A.S.

The effective treatment of many forms of cancer continues to pose a major problem for medicine. Many tumours fail to respond to standard forms of chemotherapy or become resistant to the medication. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and Leibniz-Universität (LUH) in Hanover have now discovered a chemical mechanism with which a natural substance - argyrin - destroys tumours.

A HISTORIC pharmacy that once sold medicine to Charles Darwin and King George V has found the perfect place to put its archives on display - the shop window.

Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of medicine.

Keeping a food diary can double a person's weight loss according to a study from Kaiser Permanente's Center for health Research. The findings, from one of the largest and longest running weight loss maintenance trials ever conducted, will be published in the August issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine.

One of the oldest pieces of training equipment is also one of the most versatile.And it is inexpensive and relatively easy to use, meaning you don't have to be a Hall of Fame baseball player or a scholarship athlete to have access to a medicine ball.And you don't need a private trainer or even a workout partner to realize its full benefits.You just need a medicine ball, enough room to lie down and twist your body, a sturdy wall (optional), an open area where you can throw the ball (optional) and the willpower associated with wanting to get into or maintain your shape (mandatory).It worked for those under the care of Hippocrates back in 300 B.C., who tossed animal skins filled with sand to prevent or recover from injuries, and it can work for you today.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators will change the way they tell drugmakers that their medicines are not ready to be approved, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.

The Seattle Times on Monday examined how 'an obscure panel' of citizens in Washington state that reviews 'potentially questionable medical technologies and decide[s] whether their track records and costs merit coverage by state agencies' has 'turned Washington into a national trailblazer in embracing evidence-based medicine free of overt interference from political and economic interests.

Neuropsychopharmacology and mental disorders: Bridging the gap between science and medicine The enormous burden and amount of suffering associated with mental disorders represent one of the biggest challenges for health care systems in Europe today. This challenge is marked by the immense scope and costs of mental disorders.