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Pancreatic Cancer Patients Have Elevated Fructose Levels New Test May Help in Understanding the Health Effects of High Fructose Intake

Patients with pancreatic cancer have higher-than-normal blood levels of the refined sugar fructose, according to a recent study in the journal Pancreas, official journal of the American Pancreatic Association and the Japan Pancreas Society.

Novel 'Medical Home' Program for Pediatric Patients, Families Cuts ER Visits in Half

In the first quantitative study to look at the benefits of utilizing the medical home concept in a resident-education outpatient clinic at a specialized children's hospital, UCLA researchers found that participation in the program at UCLA significantly reduced families' use of the emergency room.

IU Professor: U.S. must immediately stop funding Israeli colonial project

Vice President Joe Biden's rebuke of Israel over proposed settlement expansion in Greater East Jerusalem is not only ineffective, it's hypocritical.

JRRD Releases New Interactive Web Site

JRRD, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA’s) rehabilitation research journal (http://www.rehab.research.va.gov), launched a brand new interactive and reader-focused Web site this month.

Researchers Identify Key Mechanism That Guides Cells To Form Heart Tissue

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California have identified a key cellular mechanism that guides embryonic heart tissue formation—a process which, if disrupted, can lead to a number of common congenital heart defects.

World Sleep Day March 19 ATS and FIRS Raise Awareness of SDB During 2010: The Year of the Lung

During the 2010: The Year of the Lung campaign, the ATS and other members of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) are honoring World Sleep Day, March 19, by raising awareness of sleep-disordered breathing, an underdiagnosed and potentially dangerous condition if left untreated. Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing can improve symptoms and may reduce health risks related to the condition.

Access to Donated Organs Varies According to Where You Live

Through New Grant, SLU Scientists Focus on Equalizing Organ Distribution

Black Children at Lower Risk of Shingles after Chickenpox Vaccine; Genetic Explanation Is Most Likely, Researchers Think

Black children are less likely than white or Asian children to develop shingles (herpes zoster) after receiving the varicella vaccine to prevent chickenpox, reports a study in the March issue of The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.