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- Study Suggests Why All Women Worry About Getting Fat
The results show women who have a normal perception of body image based on psychological screening tests still have brain scans that reveal they are concerned about getting fat.
"Even though they claim they don't care about body issues...their brains are showing that it really bugs them to think about the prospect of being overweight," said study researcher Mark Allen, a neuroscientist at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah
...[read article in Fox News Health]
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- Pricey Scans Have No Impact in Breast Cancer
A study of 1,623 women with breast cancer found that those who have a conventional triple assessment of their cancer are no more likely to be told they need a repeat operation than those assessed using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as well...[read article in Fox News Health]
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- Teens Programmed for Risky Behavior, Study Finds.
The findings may explain why adolescents engage in activities like drug-taking, fighting and unsafe sex.
"The onset of adolescence marks an explosion in 'risky' activities - from dangerous driving, unsafe sex and experimentation with alcohol, to poor dietary habits and physical inactivity," said Sarah-Jayne Blakemore of University College London's Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, a co-author of the study...[read article in Fox News Health]
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- TIPS FOR LOWERING CHOLESTEROL //
The main goal of cholesterol-lowering treatment is to lower your low-density lipoprotein (LDL) level enough to reduce your risk of having a heart attack or diseases caused by hardening of the arteries.
In general, the higher your LDL level and the more risk factors you have, the greater your chances of developing heart disease or having a heart attack. (A risk factor is a condition that increases your chance of getting a disease.)
...[read article in Medic]
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- Researchers identify breast cancer culprits //
Scientists have discovered an accomplice in breast cancer A a master control switch with the power to set off a cascade of reactions orchestrated by a cancer-causing gene (or oncogene) named Wnt1. This executive molecule and its modus operandi are reported in back-to-back papers featured on the cover of the August 15 issue of Cancer Research...[read article in Break Medical News]
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14 World Drug Safety Congress Europe 2010
28 ICBST 2010 : International Conference on Biomedical Science and Technology
30 2nd National Age-Related Eye Disease
30 BMJ Masterclass for GPs: Understanding GP Commissioning, London
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01 5th International CECD Conference
04 World Vaccine Congress Lyon 2010
08 International Diabetes Summit
28 UAE Cancer Congress
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