Bone homeostasis requires precise balance between deposition of new bone by osteoblasts and resorption of old bone by osteoclasts. Bone diseases, including osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, are the result of increased ...
Dec 9, 2013
More than a quarter of Greeks are unable to afford health cover, a medical aid group said Monday, warning that children and pregnant and women were at risk.
Dec 9, 2013
To build and maintain muscle strength, it is best for older breast cancer survivors to follow an ongoing exercise program of resistance and impact training. This advice comes from Jessica Dobek of the Oregon Health and Science ...
Dec 9, 2013
(Medical Xpress)—Forgetting things—whether it's where one has misplaced the car keys or coming home without that gallon of milk—is something that routinely happens to young and old alike.
Dec 9, 2013
A legal challenge to a decades-old New Mexico law that prohibits physicians from helping terminally ill patients die is set to go to trial.
Dec 9, 2013
As potentially effective new treatments for neurofibromatosis (NF) are developed, standardized research approaches—including outcome measures specific to NF—are needed. The first report from the Response Evaluation in ...
Dec 9, 2013
Researchers in the Women's Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai's Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute have identified a series of 10 genes that may signify a trifecta of benefits for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer ...
Dec 9, 2013
A new study shows that high school athletes playing at higher altitudes suffer fewer concussions than those closer to sea-level, a phenomenon attributed to physiological changes in the brain causing it to fit more tightly ...
Dec 9, 2013
