TUT.fi - Nanoparticles that are one milliard of a meter in size are widely used, for example, in cosmetics and food packaging materials. There are also significant amounts of nanoparticles in exhaust emissions. However, very little is yet known of their health effects, because only a very small portion of research into nanoparticles is focused [...]

Do you think you and your children are safe in the US from diseases like malaria, dengue, and Chikungunya fever? Thanks to easy global air travel and pesky, rogue mosquitoes, it may not be so safe.
In a global world, significant factors affect the spread of infectious diseases, including international trade, air travel and globalized food [...]

DukeHealth.org – Working out on a stationary bicycle or walking on a treadmill just 25 to 30 minutes most days of the week is enough to modestly lower risk of hospitalization or death for patients with heart failure, say researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).
The findings stem from the HF-ACTION trial (A Controlled Trial [...]

Chestnet.org - In women, habitual snoring may be an independent cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and daytime fatigue, regardless of sleep apnea occurrences, according to a study in the November 2008 issue of the journal CHEST.
Researchers from Sweden performed polysomnography on 400 randomly selected women, aged 20 to 70 years. The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) was [...]

LoyolaMedicine.org - Treating a common heart rhythm disorder - atrial fibrillation, or A-fib - by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found.
One year after undergoing a treatment called catheter ablation, 75 percent of patients with an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation were free of [...]

JAMA / Archives - Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to research presented in the November 10, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, a combination of little sleep and overnight elevated blood pressure appears to be associated with [...]