NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -
About one third of young adult men with type 2 diabetes have low testosterone levels, research shows.

The potential implications for men, in terms of their sexual and reproductive function during prime reproductive years, are “profound,” warn Dr. Paresh Dandona and colleagues from the State University of New York at Buffalo in [...]

PARIS (AFP) - Le Conseil de la Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie (Cnamts) a émis jeudi un avis (consultatif) défavorable au projet de loi “Hôpital, Patients, Santé, Territoires”, qui doit être présenté la semaine prochaine en Conseil des ministres, a indiqué sa présidence dans un communiqué.
Ce conseil est composé de représentants d’assurés sociaux, d’employeurs et de [...]

Zwischen 250 und 300 Tonnen Antibiotika schlucken die Deutschen jedes Jahr. 2007 haben Patienten hierzulande 363 Millionen Tagesdosen der Mittel eingenommen. Auch wenn der Konsum von Antibiotika in Deutschland nicht wesentlich gestiegen ist, so lässt doch die Wirksamkeit dieser Medikamente immer weiter nach. Zunehmend werden Bakterien gegen diese Präparate resistent. Das hat eine umfangreiche wissenschaftliche [...]

Schmerzen - ob chronisch oder akut - verleiden dem Menschen viele Freuden und erschweren ihm das Leben. Um die Not von Schmerzpatienten zu lindern, muss geforscht werden. Und damit diese Forschung vorangetrieben wird, wird jährlich auf dem Deutschen Schmerzkongress in Berlin der Förderpreis für Schmerzforschung verliehen.
In diesem Jahr wurden unter anderem die Züricher Forscher Julia [...]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -
Most Europeans have reservations about cloning animals for food, while 67 percent see cloning as justified if used to preserve rare animal species, a survey that could help forge EU policy in the area showed on Thursday.

The Eurobarometer poll said 84 percent of Europeans feel the long-term effects of cloning are unknown, 58 [...]

PARIS (AFP) - Les deux lauréats français du prix Nobel de médecine, Luc Montagnier et Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, se sont inquiétés mercredi devant Nicolas Sarkozy des risques que faisait peser la crise financière sur la recherche et la lutte contre le sida.
“On lui a rappelé notre inquiétude parce que la situation financière actuellement est tellement catastrophique [...]

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Hundreds of millions of people worldwide are already affected by mental problems such as depression and bi-polar disorders and the current market meltdown could exacerbate feelings of despair among people vulnerable to such illnesses.

The United Nations agency said the impact could be especially marked for those living in low and middle income countries where [...]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -
Scientists in Japan have identified four proteins in chicken legs which appear to be effective in controlling high blood pressure, a study has said.

In a paper published in the Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Food, the researchers said they had extracted collagen from chicken legs and then fed it to hypertensive rats.

Collagen [...]

VANCOUVER (Reuters) -
Canadian investigators have found four meat products infected with listeria in a Maple Leaf Foods Inc plant that recently was reopened after an outbreak of the disease linked to at least 20 deaths, officials said on Wednesday.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on its Web site that none of the products had been [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
San Diego's Scripps Translational Science Institute said on Thursday it will conduct the first study to assess whether people undergoing genetic testing ultimately change their behavior.

Participants age 18 and older can receive a scan of their genome — using a saliva sample — and an analysis of their genetic risk for more [...]