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Fire officials say a Massachusetts woman who fell onto a yellow jackets' nest in her yard was stung more than 500 times.
Yellow jacket - United States - Sports - Massachusetts - Emergency department

Men are more susceptible than women to memory problems in old age, according to a new study.


Old age - People - Men - Knowledge Management - Memory Improvement

If you want to live longer, you are better off on a low carb diet which is vegetable based, rather than one whose proteins are sourced from animals, according to a study involving 129,716 men and women published this week in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine...

You walk, you nap, you brush your teeth. Now get more out of all these smart everyday choices with these ingenious tweaks.

Tea - Food - Recreation - Beverages - Drink

More than 1/3 people in the UK will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. The good news is that some cancers can be cured if detected early enough. The key is to be aware of unexplained changes to your body, and to know the common signs and symptoms of cancer...

Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.


Japan - Bacteria - Asia - Gene - India

Immutep S.A. announced the publication of a clinical research paper showing that its lead product, IMP321, given with first-line paclitaxel achieved clinical benefit in 90 per cent of metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) patients. Correlations were observed with both the patients' monocyte (i.e...

Immutep S.A. announced the publication of a clinical research paper showing that its lead product, IMP321, given with first-line paclitaxel achieved clinical benefit in 90 per cent of metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) patients. Correlations were observed with both the patients' monocyte (i.e...

In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the moods of patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety, according to an article published online in the Archives of General Psychiatry...

Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures* published by Cancer Research UK today (Tuesday). The survey of more than 2,000 people from across the UK also reveals just 14 per cent are aware that half of all cancer patients could benefit from radiotherapy as part of their treatment...

Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it's a personal disease. Each case is unique and based on a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Conventional chemotherapy employs treatment with one or more drugs, assuming that these medicines are able to both "diagnose" and "treat" the affected cells...

Like some people, cells eat when they are under pressure - but they consume parts of themselves. A multi-function protein helps control this form of cannibalism, according to a study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Cells often respond to hunger or stress by digesting some of their contents...

The hallucinogen psilocybin appears to be safe and feasible to give to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety - a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry reports it had a promising effect on mood. Psilocybin is the active ingredient in an illegal Class A drug in the UK called magic mushroom...

Chemicals used to make non-stick coatings on cookware and to waterproof fabrics may raise levels of cholesterol in children, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Non-stick surface - Cookware and bakeware - United States - Health - Business

People's emotional well-being  increases along with their income up to about $75,000 but then levels out after their primary  needs are met, researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Social Sciences - Psychology - National Academy of Science - Science and Environment

As schools start back into session,  some parents face a difficult question: Send their little ones to kindergarten as soon as they become age-eligible, or hold them back?

Kindergarten - Education - Early Childhood - Math - Vermont

Wanda Rodriguez never knew  Victor Peraza growing up. He split from her mother just months after she was born and was never a part of their lives. But in an uncanny coincidence, the New York nurse was reunited with her terminally ill dad some 41 years later.

New York City - New York - Family - Bronx - Home

Dr. Robert Olson, a radiation oncologist, is the first physician to be hired for the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North. He will be part of the provincial Radiation Therapy Program which will bring service to the North for the first time when the new centre is opened. The centre, now under construction, is expected to start treating patients by the end of 2012. Dr...

CSI Laboratories®, a private national cancer diagnostic laboratory, announced the lease of a new 65,000 square foot facility in Alpharetta, GA, located north of the city of Atlanta. CSI Laboratories is committing $15 million to its strategic expansion project, and this newly leased space will house its next generation laboratory, with clinical operations beginning in mid-2011...

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) announced it has received a Paragraph IV Certification Letter advising that Natco Pharma Limited of Hyderabad, India, submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...