WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rabbits implanted with artificial bones re-grew their own joints, complete with cartilage, researchers reported on Thursday.
Only a single compound called a growth factor was needed to induce the rabbits' bodies to remodel the joint tissue, said the team at Columbia ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that of nearly 1,900 Finnish children they followed for six years, those who lived in homes with dampness or mold ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.
Researchers found that the risk of having gestational diabetes during a future pregnancy ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.
The results reflect an issue ...
The city announced plans on Wednesday to spend $500,000 raising awareness of the tiny bloodsucking mites in a bid to kill them off after bedbug complaints grew by 40 percent in the past three years.
"Everyone wants to come to New York, including bedbugs," said New York City Councilwoman ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research shows that babies born to methamphetamine-using moms face much higher risks of serious complications, compared to babies not exposed in the womb to this illegal street drug.
Life-threatening pregnancy complications, such as uncontrolled high blood pressure, ...
Food and Drug Administration inspectors visited a plant operated by Sanofi Pasteur, the company's vaccine unit, in Marcy l'Etoile, France, in March and April, the agency's July 22 letter to the company said.
Inspectors found the company did not comply with federal manufacturing standards in the ...
Asia carries more than half the global caseload of drug resistant TB, which is very difficult to treat.
Patients need to take medication for up to two years and the worst type of TB, for which there is no cure, kills one out of every two patients.
Secondhand smoke is a well-known health threat to children, being linked to increased risks of asthma, as well as bronchitis, pneumonia and other respiratory infections. Studies have also found a connection between smoking during pregnancy and higher risks of childhood behavior problems and ...
Such a test is important as imatinib resistance occurs usually to relapse patients, who tend to deteriorate very rapidly if they are given the wrong treatment.
In a paper published in Clinical Cancer Research on Thursday, the scientists said they developed a test which will help doctors tell if a ...
