Washington: Kidney disease patients with poor quality of life are at increased risk of experiencing progression of their disease and of developing heart problems, according to a study American Society of Nephrology.

Wasington: Women who took clomiphene citrate or gonadotropins as a part of fertility treatment did not experience an increased risk for breast cancer over 30 years of follow-up, compared with women who were not treated with these medications, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Wasington: Patients have substantial physical impairments even two years after being discharged from the hospital after a stay in an intensive care unit, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

Chicago: Wounds may heal more quickly if exposed to low-intensity vibration, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

San Francisco: Young adults with such cardiac risk factors as high blood pressure and elevated glucose levels have significantly worse cognitive function in middle age, according to a new study by dementia researchers at UC San Francisco.

Washington: A new study suggests that for most adolescents, becoming more popular both increases their risk of getting bullied and worsens the negative consequences of being victimized.