Henry Ford Health System) A Henry Ford Hospital study found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer -- and that only age is a contributing factor. The results contradict a previous study in 2008 that suggested

Henry Ford Health System) Extending hepatitis C treatment for liver transplant patients beyond current practice results in high rates of clearance of the hepatitis C virus from the blood, as well as a low rate of relapse, according to a

Henry Ford Health System) A strain of MRSA that causes bloodstream infections is five times more lethal than other strains and has shown to have some resistance to the potent antibiotic drug vancomycin used to treat MRSA, according to a

American Society of Nephrology) Individuals with a history of lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd

American Society of Nephrology) Dialysis patients with low body fat are at increased risk of death -- even compared to patients at the highest level of body fat percentage, according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's

American Society of Nephrology) Woman are at particular risk of their primary care physicians delaying diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San

Use of Aranesp should be reserved for the most seriously ill, experts say.

Subliminal messages makes less of an impact if they are positive, study finds.

But these deaths are almost certainly an underestimation of the actual number, Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during an afternoon press conference Friday.

Chief among the concerns are resistant gram-negative bacteria and bacteria that appears to be infecting younger and otherwise healthier people. The troubling trend is compounded by another concerning fact: a paucity of new antibiotics coming down the pipeline, they added.

The findings of a new study, published in the November issue of Anesthesiology , challenge the widely held belief that elderly patients suffer major deterioration in mental function after surgery.

That's the conclusion of Columbia University researchers who compared data from England and from seven states (Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia and Washington).

Korean researchers, reporting online recently in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry , examined whether proteins extracted from pumpkin rinds might stop yeast-infection fungus from growing.

Labor progress and pain are influenced by many different factors but are difficult to study because conditions during labor are continually changing," Dr. Pamela Flood, of the anesthesia department at Columbia University, said in a news release from the American

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Churchgoers have been found to have lower rates of drinking and smoking than those who spend their Sundays elsewhere. Now a new study suggests that for adults, it may not be church attendance itself that explains much of the phenomenon.

When pregnant women get vaccinated against flu, their babies are bigger, healthier and less likely to be premature, researchers reported on Thursday.The studies show that influenza vaccines protect not only women, who are extremely vulnerable to flu when pregnant, but

Only one dose of vaccine is needed for protection against pandemic H1N1 flu and the jabs have so far proved to be safe, the World Health Organisation said on Friday, citing immunisation experts.Health experts have been debating whether one or