So I have a hydrocele in my left testicle and I'm trying to join the military, this is the 2nd obstacle I have with joining, the first being my blood pressure and I've already taken care of it (never felt better really) and I'm curious what the docs at MEPS consider/look at in terms of...
Racial and ethnic disparities in children who are overweight and obese may be determined by risk factors in infancy and early childhood, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication. Over three decades, the rates of overweight and obesity among...
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) typically suffer from depression more frequently than those without COPD, resulting in higher levels of disability and illness and increasing the overall healthcare burden for the COPD population. Now, a study from researchers...
For example: A river a boat is travelling on flows at 2m/s in the middle and decreases symmetrically to zero at the banks. In the likeliness that a river's banks are not parallel, what assumptions and effects of these assumptions, can be made when modelling the flow of the river/ position vector?
Counselling and treatment with naturopathic care as well as enhanced usual care reduced the prevalence of metabolic syndrome, a risk factor for heart disease, by 17% over a year for participants in a randomized controlled trial published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
The Dagger previews the South Region of the 2013 NCAA tournament. Read our previews of the East, Midwest and West.
Three who can carry their teams:
* Ben McLemore, G, Kansas
* Otto Porter Jr, F, Georgetown
* Trey Burke, G, Michigan
Most intriguing opening-round matchup: No. 4 Michigan vs...
An international group of investigators has identified seven new genetic regions associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of blindness in older individuals. The findings, reported online in Nature Genetics, could point to new biological pathways and therapeutic...
Multiple myeloma is a type of leukaemia which affects B lymphocytes. There have been some indications that exposure to pesticides or chlorinated solvents increases the risk of developing this cancer. New research published in Biomed Central's open access journal Journal of Occupational Medicine...
The purpose of this paper was to examine whether drinkers who consume lower-risk amounts on more frequent occasions have favourable risk factor profiles compared with those who drink more per occasion but less frequently. The authors also discuss implications for the larger debate about the...
The high rate of non-diabetic kidney disease in African-Americans is strongly associated with variations in a particular gene. Yet, not everyone who inherits these variations develops the disease. Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center are working to find out why. In a study published...
Hate the Lakers? Do the Celtics make you want to hurl? Whether you like someone can affect how your brain processes their actions, according to new research from the Brain and Creativity Institute at USC. Most of the time, watching someone else move causes a 'mirroring' effect - that is, the...
politics, science, ethnicity, gen? What role have factors such as fear, social status, religion, race, poverty, politics, science, ethnicity, gender etc. played in response to disease?
A 12-week treatment of the fermented soy germ-based nutritional supplement containing S-equol significantly lowered hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), LDL cholesterol and improved vascular stiffness, all factors that occur as part of metabolic syndrome, according to a first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed study...
According to a study published in the online version of the journal The Oncologist, a genetic variation that increases the risk of individuals who take bisphosphonates, developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions, has been identified by researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental...
Parkinson's disease is marked by the abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein and the early loss of dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra region of the brain. A polymorphism in the promotor of α-synuclein gene known as NACP-Rep1 has been implicated as a risk factor for the disease. Now...
A new study of twins led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows that today's smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit. "In the past, when smoking rates were higher, people smoked for a variety of...
According to a study published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, physicians can determine who is likely to have a higher risk of severe high altitude illness (SHAI) by measuring specific...