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The condition, affecting connective issue in the hand’s palm, can affect someone’s capability to straighten and use their fingers.
The disorder is most common in white people and in men aged 50 and older, the bureau said in a news release.
Xiaflex is a biologic product that’s designed to break down the excessive collagen in the hand […]

The genetic variation in question robs people of about 30 genes and appears to be found in seven of each 1,000 severely obese people, the researchers report. The same variation also might be linked to mental retardation and learning disabilities.
“Obesity is definitively a genetic trait, and it is very likely that additional small chromosomal […]

The study included 568 adults who smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day for at least the past year. The smokers who used nicotine patches for the entire 24 weeks of the study (extended therapy) were about twice as prone to quit smoking as those who used nicotine patches for eight weeks and then received […]

The findings advocate that Fyn kinase may offer a target for a new kind of weight-loss drug, said the researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Neuroscience. The study appears in the Feb. 3 issue of the journal Cell Metabolism.
“When there is an imbalance between what we eat and what we burn,” the […]

Type 2 Diabetes
Qualified candidates for this study must be 18 or older, have type 2 diabetes, and not be on insulin.
The research site is in San Diego, Calif.
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Low Back Pain
To qualify for this study, you must have had low back pain for the past three months, and […]

Osteoporosis in Women Over 65 Not Taking Hormone Therapy
This study seeks female candidates who may be at risk for hip fracture. If you’ve osteoporosis, please learn more about this study.
The research site is in New York City.
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Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
This study will evaluate an investigational drug […]

Researchers hope the experimental drug will eventually preclude the need for any immunosuppressant drugs after an organ transplant.
“Current drugs are quite toxic when it comes to long-term survival. There are side effects, and organs suffer because of the drugs,” stated Dr. Mohanram Narayanan, associate professor of internal medicine at Texas A

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:
Child Abuse Decreases in U.S.: Study
Incidents of serious child abuse in the United Says decreased by 26 percent between 1993 and 2006, and other forms of physical abuse dropped by 15 percent, a federal government study says.
Experts say the […]

Rep. Tom Price of Georgia admonishes the Democrat government-takeover of health care. Support a real reform for health care. tom.house.gov rsc.price.house.gov (July 16, 2009)