http://phys.org/health-news/ en-us Phys.Org provides the latest news on health, medicine, medicine technology and health sciences. Three dialysis patients have received the world's first blood vessels grown in a lab from donated skin cells. It's a key step toward creating a supply of ready-to-use arteries and veins that could be used to treat diabetics, soldiers with damaged limbs, people having heart bypass surgery and others. http://phys.org/news228409720.html Medicine & Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:08:53 EST news228409720 Rubbing snakebites with an ointment that slows the functioning of lymph glands could boost survival times by 50 percent, according to a study released Sunday. http://phys.org/news228325158.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Jun 2011 16:39:33 EST news228325158 You're sitting in a freshly drywalled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk? It might be the sitting, especially if you do that a lot. http://phys.org/news227369481.html Medicine & Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:11:49 EST news227369481 The world's first mother-daughter uterus transplant could take place next year in Sweden, the head of an international research team in the western Swedish city of Gothenburg said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news227254937.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:22:31 EST news227254937 Specialists in high-tech labs tested thousands of vegetables as they hunted for the source of world's deadliest E. coli outbreak, but in the end it was old-fashioned detective work that provided the answer: German-grown sprouts. http://phys.org/news226901118.html Medicine & Health Fri, 10 Jun 2011 05:05:28 EST news226901118 (Medical Xpress) -- The body’s ability to perform simple tasks like flex muscles or feel heat, cold and pain depends, in large part, on myelin, an insulating layer of fats and proteins that speeds the propagation of nerve cell signals. http://phys.org/news226820388.html Medicine & Health Thu, 09 Jun 2011 06:40:08 EST news226820388 (AP) -- Scientists say they've found cells in the hearts of mice that can make new muscle after a heart attack, raising hopes that doctors can one day help the human heart repair itself. http://phys.org/news226771459.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:05:41 EST news226771459 (AP) -- They're not cures, but two novel drugs produced unprecedented gains in survival in separate studies of people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, doctors reported Sunday. http://phys.org/news226549097.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:18:41 EST news226549097 An outbreak of killer E. coli that has spread to 12 countries and killed 19 people may be linked to a Hamburg festival in May and could have claimed a 20th victim, reports said on Saturday. http://phys.org/news226414881.html Medicine & Health Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:10:01 EST news226414881 (AP) -- Four people in the U.S. were apparently sickened by the food poisoning outbreak in Europe, health officials said Friday. Three are hospitalized with a serious complication. http://phys.org/news226380302.html Medicine & Health Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:00:07 EST news226380302 (AP) -- The next tool in the campaign against concussions might be your smartphone. A doctor at the University of North Carolina teamed with other head-trauma researchers to develop an application for mobile devices that helps determine whether someone may have suffered a concussion. http://phys.org/news226288455.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Jun 2011 02:54:41 EST news226288455 The US government on Thursday ditched its two-decade old "pyramid" model for healthy eating and introduced a new plate symbol half-filled with fruits and vegetables to urge better eating habits. http://phys.org/news226253840.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:17:42 EST news226253840 (AP) -- Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new. http://phys.org/news226215975.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:20:14 EST news226215975 (AP) -- The number of people hit by a massive European outbreak of foodborne bacterial infections is a third bigger than previously known and a stunningly high number of patients suffer from a potentially deadly complication than can shut down their kidneys, officials said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news226149711.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:22:10 EST news226149711 (AP) -- A respected international panel of scientists says cellphones are possible cancer-causing agents, putting them in the same category as the pesticide DDT, gasoline engine exhaust and coffee. http://phys.org/news226065232.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 May 2011 12:54:11 EST news226065232 Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments. http://phys.org/news225286322.html Medicine & Health Sun, 22 May 2011 12:32:36 EST news225286322 Two big studies suggest possible new ways to screen healthy people for cervical or prostate cancers, but a third disappointed those hoping for a way to detect early signs of deadly ovarian tumors. http://phys.org/news224961785.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 May 2011 18:23:31 EST news224961785 Hate insects? Afraid of germs? Researchers are reporting an alarming combination: bedbugs carrying "superbug" germs. http://phys.org/news224337646.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 May 2011 13:02:02 EST news224337646 Some clothing firms in the United States are marketing sexy garments for pre-teen girls, reinforcing a destructive stereotype of female attractiveness, research released on Monday said. http://phys.org/news224153705.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 May 2011 09:55:24 EST news224153705 A certain gene in some monkeys can help boost vaccine protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a trait that could help researchers develop better AIDS vaccines for humans, suggested a study out Wednesday. http://phys.org/news223738128.html Medicine & Health Wed, 04 May 2011 14:29:17 EST news223738128 One of the most common and most disabling birth defects, spina bifida strikes about one in 1,000 births in the United States -- nearly as many as Down’s Syndrome. The cause of this often devastating disorder, characterized by an incomplete closing of the back bone and spinal cord, still befuddle scientists. But UC Berkeley geneticist Jasper Rine believes his research team may be on the verge of cracking its genetic mystery. http://phys.org/news223297287.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:01:46 EST news223297287 Every day the world over, runners hit the streets, pounding the pavement. Their knees are taking a pounding, too. http://phys.org/news223036227.html Medicine & Health Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:01 EST news223036227 Women, being from Venus, have a reputation for being the first to spring "I love you" in romantic relationships. http://phys.org/news222955354.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:50:01 EST news222955354 During embryonic development, cells migrate to their eventual location in the adult body plan and begin to differentiate into specific cell types. Thanks to new research at the University of Pennsylvania, there is new insight into how these processes regulate tissues formation in the heart. http://phys.org/news222693017.html Medicine & Health Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:40:04 EST news222693017 In stark contrast to normal cells, which only divide a finite number of times before they enter into a permanent state of growth arrest or simply die, cancer cells never cease to proliferate. Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered an important clue to one of the mechanisms underlying cancer cell immortality. http://phys.org/news222609023.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:50:40 EST news222609023 A new study in fruit flies offers a broad view of the potent and sometimes devastating molecular events that occur throughout the body as a result of methamphetamine exposure. http://phys.org/news222539270.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:28:06 EST news222539270 In the future, when you walk into a doctor's surgery or hospital, you could be asked not just about your allergies and blood group, but also about your gut type. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and collaborators in the international MetaHIT consortium, have found that humans have 3 different gut types. The study, published today in Nature, also uncovers microbial genetic markers that are related to traits like age, gender and body-mass index. These bacterial genes could one day be used to help diagnose and predict outcomes for diseases like colo-rectal cancer, while information about a person's gut type could help inform treatment. http://phys.org/news222523896.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:11:53 EST news222523896 Thanks to a certain protein, rhesus monkeys are resistant to HIV. Known as TRIM5, the protein prevents the HI virus from multiplying once it has entered the cell. Researchers from the universities of Geneva and Zurich have now discovered the protein's mechanism, as they report in Nature. This also opens up new prospects for fighting HIV in humans. http://phys.org/news222523456.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:04:32 EST news222523456 (PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're dating, job seeking, or running for office, an attractive face can get you far. But what makes a face attractive? Most studies have found we’re drawn to “average” faces, as well as those whose features fit conventionally with one gender or the other -- “masculinity” in men, “femininity” in women. http://phys.org/news222510278.html Medicine & Health Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:00:01 EST news222510278 Researchers at Brown University have found that specific genetic variations can predict how persistently people will believe advice they are given, even when it is contradicted by experience. http://phys.org/news222452803.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:26:54 EST news222452803