The ‘Round Table on Health Strategies in the European Union’ (Lisbon, 12-13 July 2007) is one of the most important initiatives launched by the EU Portuguese…
The findings of this research may be of great importance for the development of new treatment strategies for Parkinson’s disease. The results of this study…
A review of the international health literature has shown nutritional supplements and herbal medicines are the most commonly used complementary and alternative…
A world leader in medical implants calls for a rethink in our approach to building medical implants.Currently so-called biomaterials are chosen because they…
An important theme of the seminar, which will be held Saturday, 7 July, is open communication. “Communication is one of the best weapons we have against…
In the first study of its kind, a team of researchers led by Prof Aedin Cassidy at the University of East Anglia and Dr Paul Kroon at the Institute of Food…
Blood clot dissolution by thrombolytic therapy is an approved, safe and efficaceous therapy of acute ischemic stroke. It is in routine use world-wide, and…
The study also found that women with epilepsy were more likely to commit suicide than men with the condition, and people diagnosed with epilepsy in the…
Many safe therapy forms, however, are often associated with hazards, and therefore indications for therapy must be weighed on an individual basis. In stroke…
Once these people achieved 4 healthy behaviors, eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables daily, exercising at least 2.5 hours per week, maintaining their Body…
Recently, Dr. Thomas Schmidlin, meteorologist and professor of geography at Kent State University, completed research determining the safety of using parking…
Facing a July 1 deadline, most restaurants have already eliminated artificial trans fat in oils used for frying, a new Health Department survey shows. The…
In Europe roughly one child in 4,000 is born with a hereditary retina disorder. The most common disorder is retinitis pigmentosa, of which there are a number…
In a series of scientific reports, she has searched for the underlying biological mechanisms that explain why exercise can be a form of therapy for depression…
The conference, at Il Ciocco Conference Centre, Lucca, Italy, is organized by Med-Vet-Net, the European Network of Excellence for zoonoses research and will be…
Mikael Hartman from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden led an international team, identifying 2,787 mother-daughter pairs and 831 sister pairs among…
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