Day: October 8, 2010

    R. Jude Samulski A clinical trial designed to replace the genetic defect causing the most common form of muscular dystrophy has uncovered an unexpected aspect of the disease. The trial, based on therapy designed by scientists at the…

Giving vitamin D supplements to healthy children with normal vitamin D levels does not improve bone density at the hip, lumbar spine, forearm or in the body as a whole, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. Building bone density…

Vigorous exercise of more than 2 hours per week reduces the risk of developing breast cancer in postmenopausal African-American women by 64%, compared to women of the same race who do not exercise, according to researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive…