It's been a rough start for Emery. Trouble breathing stressed his heart. Now doctors are using helium to help.

The medical team probably is giving your baby what's known as an APGAR test to check how well baby handled birth, and how the infant is adjusting to life outside the womb. It's given at one minute after birth, and

The finding, published in the journal BMC Public Health , stemmed from interviews that University of Birmingham researchers conducted with users of the university's sports center.

In laboratory tests, Rajinder Singh from the University of Leicester and colleagues found certain carcinogens in cannabis smoke in amounts 50 percent greater than those found in tobacco smoke. They noted that light cannabis use could possibly prove to be

Keeping your teeth brushed and flossed can cut down on gum disease, drastically reducing risk of heart attack and stroke, dentists have warned for years. Now researchers at West Virginia University have found a clean mouth may also help preserve

Targeting children for vaccination may be the best way of using limited supplies of vaccine to control the current H1N1 flu pandemic, British researchers said on Thursday.Drugmakers are racing to make a vaccine against the new flu strain but if

Practicing the controlled movements and deep breathing of Tai Chi may reduce arthritis pain and related disabilities, according to findings from a multi-study review.Tai Chi, an exercise form that originated in China, involves gentle, gliding motions that can be performed

Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However, whether the results have relevance in a woman's day-to-day life is unclear."A subset of women from

The future of menthol cigarettes, smoked by 12 million Americans and 75 percent of African American smokers, could be the next flashpoint in a decades-long campaign against smoking in the United States.Last week, Congress passed a bill giving the Food

University of Central Florida) Nanoparticles specially engineered by University of Central Florida Assistant Professor J. Manuel Perez and his colleagues could someday target and destroy tumors, sparing patients from toxic, whole-body chemotherapies.

California Institute of Technology) The cells in our body are constantly receiving mixed messages. An epithelial cell might be exposed to one signal telling it to divide and, simultaneously, another telling it to stop dividing. The tug-of-war between these two

American Association for Cancer Research) According to results of a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds in green tea demonstrated a significant

Mayo Clinic) Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation therapy. The men were

McGill University) Dr. Denis Therien, Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations) of McGill University today welcomed the Canada Foundation for Innovation's investment of $32,649,184 supporting five projects led by Dr. David Plant, Dr. Paul Lasko, Dr. David Thomas, Dr. Vincent Giguere

Oregon State University) Researchers at Oregon State University recently completed the largest animal study ever done in the field of toxicology, and the findings challenge some basic concepts about how to determine what level of a cancer-causing compound can be

NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Despite great strides in treating childhood leukemia, a form of the disease called T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) poses special challenges because of the high risk of leukemic

University of Gothenburg) The flow of water into and out from the cell may play a crucial role in several types of cancer. Scientists at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now found the gate that regulates the flow of

American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University research uses the Ras protein to fight its own malign effects.

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Like a mechanic popping the hood of a car to get at a faulty engine, a tumor-suppressing protein allows cellular repair mechanisms to pounce on damaged DNA by overcoming a barrier to