Medical News Today: Health News for Sunday 12 February 2012

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Sunday 12 February 2012

Exercise Increasingly Recommended By Doctors, CDC

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD

Doctors in the US are increasingly advising adults to exercise or be more physically active, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published online on Thursday... [read article]

Hope For Early Alzheimer's Test In Spinal Fluid

Written by Catharine Paddock PhD

New research led by Nottingham University in the UK suggests abnormal levels of seven proteins in spinal fluid could be markers for the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, raising hopes of a test for a disease that is... [read article]

Protein Starves HIV, Thus Protecting Cells

Written by Christian Nordqvist

A protein called SAMHD1 has been found to starve HIV in cells so that it cannot do anything, thus making the cell resistant to HIV infection, researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center reported in Nature Immunology... [read article]

Childhood Leukemia Drug, Methotrexate, In Short Supply

Other Medical and Health News for 12 February*

Long-Term Success Of Hip Resurfacing May Be Impaired By Excessive Sporting Activity

Alcohol Use Among Middle School Students Can Be Reduced By After-School Program

Specific Goals In Nutrition Needed To Improve Diabetes Diet

Discussions About End-Of-Life Care Between Physicians And Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Often Delayed Too Long

Children With Sleep Apnea Benefit From PAP, With Improvements In Sleep, Attention, Quality Of Life

Birthing Facilities Studied To Consider Risks And Benefits

Successful Diagnostic Test For Fetal Aneuploidies, Including Down Syndrome

Study Of Acute Anemia Due To Postpartum Hemorrhage

Neuroprotective Effects Seen In Rats Receiving Placenta-Derived Stem Cell Transplant

New Approach Means Tissue Engineering May Be Possible In Any Lab

Software To Overcome Creativity Blocks

High Recurrence Of Shoulder Instability, Better Arthroscopic Repair Outcomes: Army Studies

Gene Variants Make Some People More Susceptible To Colon Cancer

Increased Risk Following Knee Replacement When Hospital Stay Shorter

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