Rice University physicists have written the next chapter in an innovative approach for studying the forces that shape proteins the biochemical workhorses of all living things.
New research featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry illustrates the value of studying proteins with a new method that uses the tools of nanotechnology to [...]

Autism campaigners Ivan Corea of the UK Autism Foundation and Kevin Healey Chairman of the Staffordshire Adults Autistic Society (who has Aspergers Syndrome) have issued a joint appeal on Gary McKinnon to President Barack Obama at the White House.
They have also launched a new online petition in support of Gary McKinnon who hacked into 97 [...]

At its initial meeting today, the State Board of Massage Therapy began drafting preliminary regulations that will protect the health and safety of residents, said Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes.
“By requiring massage therapists in Pennsylvania to obtain proper education, skills and training, we can provide the best and most uptodate health procedures for [...]

Large number of individuals, such as recovery and rescue workers, nearby residents and office workers, who experienced intense or prolonged exposure to the World Trade Center attack have reported new diagnoses of asthma or posttraumatic stress 56 years after the attack, according to a study in the August 5 issue of JAMA, a theme issue [...]

A marker of the likely course of diabetic nephropathy (DN) has been found. An 18year study, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that Immunoglobulin M (IgM) is a reliable predictor of cardiovascular complications in DN patients.
Omran Bakoush, MD, PhD, led a team of researchers from Lund University, Sweden, who carried out [...]

The following summarizes selected womens healthrelated blog entries.~ “A Taxing Problem,” Jessica Arons, Huffington Post blogs The five Democrats who last week sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (DCalif.) “suggesting a common ground solution to the abortion roadblock in health care reform” should be “applauded” for keeping the debates focus on covering the [...]

BristolMyers Squibb Company (NYSE BMY) and AstraZeneca (NYSE AZN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ONGLYZA™ (saxagliptin), a dipeptidyl peptidase4 (DPP4) inhibitor. ONGLYZA is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve blood sugar (glycemic) control in adults for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. ONGLYZA once daily [...]