Mind and Body - Page 793

November 20, 2014

U.S. Panel Raps How Agencies Handle Human Research

U.S. government agencies fund thousands of studies on human subjects, but do not have a very good handle on the basic information about that research—possibly putting participants in harm's way, a presidential panel of reviewers has found

November 20, 2014

U.S. Research Agency to Review Chimpanzee Experiments

The US National Institutes of Health is temporarily barring federally funded experiments on chimpanzees as it reviews a report that concluded most research done on the primates is not necessary

November 20, 2014

Obesity Linked to Older Adults' Risk of Falls

Obese older adults may be more likely than their thinner peers to suffer a potentially disabling fall -- though the most severely obese may be somewhat protected from injury, a new study suggests

November 20, 2014

FDA Steps in After Pharmacist Confuses Wart Remover With Eye Drop

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned health care workers on Wednesday to be careful when using two similarly named but very different drugs, saying a recent mix-up involving the two medications had injured a patient

November 20, 2014

Obesity Tied to Older Adults' Risk of Falls, Study Says

Obese older adults may be more likely than their thinner peers to suffer a potentially disabling fall, though the most severely overweight may be somewhat protected from injury, according to a U.S. study

November 20, 2014

Scientists Find Five New Alzheimer's Risk Genes

Scientists looking for the genetic triggers that lead to Alzheimer's have identified five more, doubling the number linked with the mind-wasting disease

November 20, 2014

Abbott Absorbable Stent Shows Good Results

Abbott Laboratories Inc's experimental Absorb heart stent, designed to dissolve and thereby restore the blood vessel's natural flexibility, has proven safe and effective a year after being implanted in patients, researchers said

November 20, 2014

Man Uses Prosthetic Leg to Take Down Armed Robber

A Massachusetts man, who lost his leg when he was just 12 years old, used his prostheses to take down a robber in his neighborhood 

November 20, 2014

Milking Snails for Anti-Cancer Drugs Among Australia's Future Boom Industries

Milking snails for anti-cancer drugs and harvesting seaweed for food are among the jobs of the future in South Australia, The Adelaide Advertiser reported

November 20, 2014

Study Supports Fixing Heart Valves Without Surgery

Cardiologists are reporting a major advance: A long-awaited study suggests that many people with a bad aortic valve, the heart's main gate, can avoid open-heart surgery and have a new one placed through a tube in an artery instead.