Medical News Today: Health News for Saturday 24 May 2008

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Saturday 24 May 2008

Quitting Smoking Has Major Knock-on Effect On Others Not To Smoke

Written by Christian Nordqvist

According to a new study, if a person's spouse quits smoking he/she is 67% less likely to smoke, and friends of a person who quits are 36% less likely to smoke, while siblings are 25% less likely...
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At The Synapse: Gene May Shed Light On Neurological Disorders
In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the...
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High School Knee Injuries Compared By Sport And Gender In First Of Its Kind Study
Knee injuries, among the most economically costly sports injuries, are the leading cause of high school sports-related surgeries according to a study conducted at the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) of the...
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Other Medical and Health News for 24 May*

Circulation: Heart Failure: New Journal Focuses On Progress, Problems In Treating Heart Failure

Researcher Strives For Watershed Moment

The Mechanics Of The Common Vaccine Booster

Heroes Of Emergency Medicine: Drs. Marianne Gausche-Hill And Robert Hockberger

Exploring The Genetic Variation Of HIV-1

Microrobots Created Using Mechanical Locomotion Principles From Jumping Insects

Many Potential Applications For Remarkable Chemical Technology: Scripps Research Institute Awarded Patent

$11.6M NIH Grant To Study Novel Mechanisms Of Heart Failure Received By Jefferson

Multi-Million Dollar Effort To Improve US Health Care To Be Announced By Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Multispectral Biomedical Imaging In The Palm Of Your Hand

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals And Forest Laboratories Announce Presentation Of Linaclotide Phase 2b Chronic Constipation Study Results

Why Do Astronauts Suffer From Space Sickness?

ThromboGenics Presents Further Results Of The Vitreomacular Traction Trial (MIVI IIT) At The Euretina Annual Meeting In Vienna

Wyeth Receives Approvable Letter From FDA For Bazedoxifene For The Treatment Of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

HIV Patients Suffer More From Osteoporosis

Pivotal Study Shows Physician/Nurse Teams Using SEDASYS™ System Reduced Risk Of Over Sedation With Propofol

Elesclomol Study Shows Significant Improvement In Progression Free Survival For Chemotherapy Naïve Patients With Metastatic Melanoma

First Pre Pandemic Vaccine Approved To Help Protect Against Pandemic Influenza

American Psychiatric Foundation, Lilly Foundation And Give An Hour Join Forces To Provide Mental Health Care To Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans

Denosumab Osteoporosis Study Meets Primary And All Secondary Bone Mineral Density Endpoints In Alendronate (FOSAMAX(R)) Transition Study

Abbott Presents Long-term Data From Extension Study Showing Adult Crohn's Patients Treated With HUMIRA® (adalimumab) Maintained Remission

Abbott Contributes To Disaster Relief Efforts In China And Myanmar

BARC Announces Long-Term Cooperation In South African Biobanking For HIV Vaccine Trials

Data Show Rufinamide, An Investigational Adjunctive Treatment For Lennox- Gastaut Syndrome, Reduced Drop Attacks By More Than 40%

Palatin Technologies Initiates Phase 2 Hypertension Clinical Study With PL 3994

Delcath Updates Phase III Patient Enrollment As Pivotal Trial Accelerates, Durable Tumor Responses In Phase II Study Also Cited

Early Esophageal Cancer And Pre Cancer Eliminated With Non Surgical Treatment Combination

Advair Reduces Exacerbations In COPD Patients With A History Of Exacerbations

Annual FIT Testing Detects Colorectal Cancer Two Years Earlier Than Colonoscopy Alone, Study Of High Risk Population Finds

Telik Announces Initiation Of Two Phase 2 Randomized TELINTRA Studies

Tioga Pharmaceuticals' Asimadoline Demonstrates Positive Results In A Phase 2b Clinical Trial For The Treatment Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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