Some obese children and adults who eat excessively may be missing a gene for a brain chemical involved in controlling appetite, according to a study in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
Low levels of the chemical are also linked to long-term memory loss and difficulties in sensing pain.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health examined [...]

Alberta doctors are waiting for test results from four of the eight cases of listeriosis reported in the province so far this year to see whether they’re linked to the deadly outbreak connected to tainted deli meat.
Two people had listeriosis when they died in July and August in the Palliser and Peace County health regions, [...]

CHICAGO: Tobacco promotions and
depictions of smoking in movies cause teenagers to start smoking, according to a
sweeping report on tobacco in the media released on Thursday.
The
report by the National Cancer Institute found the tobacco industry spent more
than $13 billion on smoking-related advertising and promotion in 2005. These
efforts boosted overall tobacco use, contradicting industry claims [...]

UK scientists say they have found a marker for aggressive bowel cancers needing the most treatment.

Patients most likely to develop a more virulent strain of the disease could be pinpointed by a test which looks for a marker protein called Lamin A.

These patients should be given chemotherapy in addition to standard surgery to improve survival, [...]

Late one night in June, after reading about the second mortgages, overtime hours and general financial hardships that families of autistic children face, a Virginia woman came up with a novel approach to help.

But what Lend4Health’s site pays for, and how the site functions, could lead it down two paths: a model to help patients [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) ? Despite ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and politicians, a chemic used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not grave, federal regulators said Friday.
Food and Drug Administration scientists said the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food [...]

BOSTON ? Allergies act up when people are dying and under stress, and those sensitized reactions are worse the second day, according to a new study reported Thursday by an Ohio State University researcher known for her work on stress and health.
In a presentation to the [...]

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