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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Tracking Populations During Disasters Helped By Mobile Phone Data Research conducted by Linus Bengtsson and fellow researchers from the Karonlinska Institute in Sweden and Columbia University in the USA revealed that mobile phone positioning data could be beneficial to monitor individual's movements during disasters and outbreaks, as those in need can be tracked and assistance be dispatched within hours of receiving the data. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Bacteria Responsible For Black Death Discovered An extinct version of the Yersinia pestis bacterium that initiated the bug that was responsible for the 1347-1351 "Black Death" in which 30-50 million people in Europe died, has been discovered by evolutionary geneticist, Hendrik Poinar and team, says an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Life Expectancy For European Women Is Longer Than For Men, But Not Better European women live longer than men, because of both biological and behavioral advantages, but women's longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. Studies commented on by Dr Vannuzzo at the ESC Congress 2011, show that due to increase in tobacco and in women, the gender gap is decreasing. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| Prejudice Linked To Depression, Anxiety In Gay And Bisexual Black Men The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a small new study finds. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Less Patient Anxiety During MR Examinations Patients who suffer from fear in small, enclosed spaces (claustrophobia) experience less anxiety if examined in open than in closed magnetic resonance (MR) scanners. This is the result of a study by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin that was now published in PLoS ONE. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Autism News | |
| Older Fathers Run A Greater Risk Of Having Children With Brain Disorders According to the latest issue of Translational Psychiatry, scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered a genetic change that could explain the reason for children of older fathers being more susceptible to developing schizophrenia or autism. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Coral Produces Sunscreen Compounds With Potential For Human Use Natural sunscreen compounds produced by coral to protect from UV rays could eventually be used for making human sunscreens, researchers from King's College London revealed. The scientists, who discovered the new natural sunscreen compounds, are uncovering the biochemical and genetic processes behind their production. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Perspectives On Sensory Mechanisms The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series examines the mechanisms of visual, aural, olfactory, and tactile processes that inform us about the environment. The series appears in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Facile Route To Versatile Organozinc Compounds - New Salts For Chemical Soups In order to meet future demands for new pharmaceuticals, innovative materials and agricultural pesticides, the chemical industry is dependent on the ongoing development of effective methods for the synthesis of complex organic compounds. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Loss Of Bone Quality A Major Factor In The Brittleness Of Aging Bones It is a well-established fact that as we grow older, our bones become more brittle and prone to fracturing. It is also well established that loss of mass is a major reason for older bones fracturing more readily than younger bones, hence medical treatments have focused on slowing down this loss. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Starving Breast Cancer Cells The most common breast cancer uses the most efficient, powerful food delivery system known in human cells and blocking that system kills it, researchers report.This method of starving cancer cells could provide new options for patients, particularly those resistant to standard therapies such as tamoxifen, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers said. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Cancer Viral Therapy Attacks Tumors And Does Not Harm Healthy Tissue Intravenous viral therapy has been shown to consistently infect tumors without damaging healthy human tissue, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Nature. The authors say this is the first trial to test viral therapy on humans with cancer. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pediatric Cancers Targeted By Virus Researchers from Yale University are looking to a virus from the same family as the rabies virus to fight a form of cancer primarily found in children and young adults. They report their findings in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of Virology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Multi-Center Trial To Evaluate Catheter RF Ablation With Magnetic Navigation For Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia Results from the STOP-VT Study (Study to Obliterate Persistent Ventricular Tachycardia) were presented at the ESC Congress 2011. This is the first ever multi-center, global, prospective trial to evaluate a Remote Magnetic Navigation (RMN) system 1 for the treatment of ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| In Patients With Triple Vessel Disease, CABG Still Preferred Over PCI Results from CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry Cohort-2 show that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with significantly higher risk for serious adverse events in patients with triple vessel disease than coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Safe Alternative To Conventional Follow Up Is Remote ICD Monitoring Device management using a home monitoring system with daily telemetry in patients with ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrilators) is a safe alternative to conventional monitoring and could decrease the number of inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ECOST study, a multicentre randomised trial performed in France. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Remote Follow-Up Of ICD Patients Results from the EVATEL (EVAluation of TELe follow-up) trial are the first in Europe to demonstrate potential safety and efficacy benefits from the remote follow-up of ICD patients. The trial was conducted in France, with the financial support of the French Ministry for Health and independent of any manufacturer grants. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| PCI Patients Given Sirolimus-Eluting And Everolimus-Eluting Stents: Clinical Outcomes The second generation drug-eluting stent, everolimus-eluting stent (EES), has consistently demonstrated superior clinical outcomes in randomised controlled trials over the first generation drug-eluting stent, paclitaxel-eluting stent. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Drug Candidates Discovered For Set Of Protein-Folding Diseases Collaborating researchers at Stanford University and The Scripps Research Institute have identified chemical compounds that show promise as potential therapeutics for a set of medical conditions caused by the abnormal clumping together of a protein known as transthyretin (TTR). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Medication Reduces Heart Volume As guest speaker at the European Society of Cardiology's Congress currently under way in Paris, Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Montreal Heart Institute's Research Centre and professor of medicine at the Universite de Montreal, presented the results of an analysis demonstrating that ivabradine, a medication used to reduce heart rate, also reduces heart volume (left ventricle) among patients with cardiac insufficiency. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Time Trends In STEMI: Improved Treatment And Outcome But Gender Gap Persists In spite of an increased attention to gender differences in treatment of myocardial infarctions, focus on adherence to guidelines and a change in predominant therapy, the gender difference in treatment and mortality regarding the big infarctions - STEMI - has not diminished from 1998-2000 to 2004-2006. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Leisure-Time Physical Activity Increases The Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation In Men A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Link Between Elite Cross-Country Skiing And Increased Risk Of Subsequent Arrhythmias A Swedish study presented at the ESC Congress 2011, found a higher incidence of arrhythmias in cross-country skiers with a long history of endurance training. Compared to those who had completed one single race, those who had completed 7 or more races had 29% higher risk of a subsequent arrhythmia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| Black, Hispanic, Poor Young Women Less Likely To Complete HPV Vaccinations Barriers that hinder young African-American, Hispanic and poor women from completing a series of three vaccinations to prevent human papillomavirus infection (HPV) also leave them at higher risk for cervical cancer and deathThat is the conclusion of new study from the Yale School of Public Health that extends previous findings of the disparity in a nationally representative group. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Pearl Therapeutics Announces Positive Results For Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study Of Formoterol MDI Pearl Therapeutics Inc. announced positive results from a randomized, double-blind, Phase 2b, dose-ranging study of its formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler (FF MDI; PT005), a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) compared to placebo and Foradil® Aerolizer® in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Drug Candidates Discovered For Set Of Protein-Folding Diseases Collaborating researchers at Stanford University and The Scripps Research Institute have identified chemical compounds that show promise as potential therapeutics for a set of medical conditions caused by the abnormal clumping together of a protein known as transthyretin (TTR). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News | |
| Yoga Is Put To The Test As A Modern Treatment For Psychiatric Disorders Yoga is commonly seen as a practice beneficial to body and mind. Increasingly, yoga is being taken a step further and applied as a form of complementary and alternative medicine in treating psychiatric disorders. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| COPD News | |
| Patients With COPD Benefit From Azithromycin A common antibiotic can help reduce the severe wheezing and other acute symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a large, multicenter clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Silicone Valley: FDA Opens Up Breast Implant Safety Talks About 300,000 women in the United States have their breasts surgically enlarged each year and worldwide, 5 to 10 million women have such breast implant procedures. Back in 2006, the FDA approved Allergan and Mentor silicone gel filled breast implants (as opposed to saline) for breast reconstructive surgery and for breast enlargement in women aged 22 and older. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Dentistry News | |
| Implant Prosthesis Offers An Improvement Over Dentures As the number of older adults increases, more people are facing a reduced quality of life because of tooth loss. Edentulism is common among the elderly, and one survey estimates that 37 million Americans will need dentures by 2020. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Depression News | |
| New Study Finds Mutual Benefits Of Improved Care By Nurses Treating Depression Today new discoveries released by Mind in association with the Royal College of Nursing, reveal that the recovery in individuals suffering with chronic and recurrent depression can be helped by organized contact with practice nurses. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Prejudice Linked To Depression, Anxiety In Gay And Bisexual Black Men The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a small new study finds. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Dermatology News | |
| Coral Produces Sunscreen Compounds With Potential For Human Use Natural sunscreen compounds produced by coral to protect from UV rays could eventually be used for making human sunscreens, researchers from King's College London revealed. The scientists, who discovered the new natural sunscreen compounds, are uncovering the biochemical and genetic processes behind their production. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Does Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevent Eczema? It Appears Not There is no clear evidence showing that exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months reduces the chances of a baby eventually developing eczema, researchers reported in the British Journal of Dermatology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Sweat Meter Warns Patients Of Dangerously Low Blood Sugar Some diabetic patients receive no warning before they pass out from low blood sugar. A modern sweat meter could alert patients in time. Biathletes and ME patients might also benefit from the sweat meter. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Eating Disorders News | |
| Very Skinny People Likely Have Extra Copies Of Certain Genes Individuals who carry extra copies of specific genes have a tendency to be extremely skinny, researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, reported in the journal Nature. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Eczema / Psoriasis News | |
| Does Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevent Eczema? It Appears Not There is no clear evidence showing that exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months reduces the chances of a baby eventually developing eczema, researchers reported in the British Journal of Dermatology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Eye Infections Linked To Repackaged Avastin Eye Injections A cluster of serious Streptococcus endophthalmitis eye infections have been reported in Miami, Florida after patients received repackaged Avastatin (bevacizumab) intravitreal injections (eye injections), the FDA announced. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Eye Disease Linked To Common Soil Fungus Found In The U.S. Histoplasmosis is a fungal infection that enters the body through the lungs, and individuals living in Ohio River Valley have probably heard about it. Usually connected with pulmonary disease, if left untreated histoplasmosis can also lead to loss of vision and blindness. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| H1N1 Swine Flu Death Reported In Lake County, Florida Health officials from Lake County Health Department, Florida, have confirmed that an 80-year old woman who lived locally and had visited California died of H1N1 Swine Flu. Since the start of the influenza H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the virus strain that was circulating then has become part of the normal group of strains that typically circulate during the influenza season. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Overall Health Affected By Viruses In The Human Gut And Their Dynamic Response To Diet The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of virus populations in the human gut, shedding new light on the gut "virome" and how it differs between people and responds to changes in diet. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Very Skinny People Likely Have Extra Copies Of Certain Genes Individuals who carry extra copies of specific genes have a tendency to be extremely skinny, researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, reported in the journal Nature. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Cancer Viral Therapy Attacks Tumors And Does Not Harm Healthy Tissue Intravenous viral therapy has been shown to consistently infect tumors without damaging healthy human tissue, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Nature. The authors say this is the first trial to test viral therapy on humans with cancer. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Mayo Clinic Finds Genetic Variation That Protects Against Parkinson's Disease An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson's disease. The gene variants cut the risk of developing the disease by nearly 20 percent in many populations. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Hearing / Deafness News | |
| Mild Hearing Loss Linked To Brain Atrophy In Older Adults A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| In Patients With Triple Vessel Disease, CABG Still Preferred Over PCI Results from CREDO-Kyoto PCI/CABG Registry Cohort-2 show that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with significantly higher risk for serious adverse events in patients with triple vessel disease than coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Link Between Elite Cross-Country Skiing And Increased Risk Of Subsequent Arrhythmias A Swedish study presented at the ESC Congress 2011, found a higher incidence of arrhythmias in cross-country skiers with a long history of endurance training. Compared to those who had completed one single race, those who had completed 7 or more races had 29% higher risk of a subsequent arrhythmia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Porn, HIV And Condoms; The Debate Rages On As Actor Tests Postive In an already controversial industry, the recent uncovering of a porn actor's positive HIV test has again sparked the debate over mandatory condom use in X-rated productions. The HIV positive test comes from the August 2nd the Free Speech Coalition database, which is aimed at preventing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases among porn actors through mandatory testing. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Symptom-Based Screening May Improve Detection Of HIV In High-Risk Men Testing for HIV when flu-like symptoms develop may offer a cost-effective alternative for early detection of HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM), reports a study in the journal AIDS. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Risk For High Blood Pressure Increases With Poor Sleep Quality Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it's difficult to awaken. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Scientists Invent New Way To Disarm Malaria Parasite A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vaccinating Infants For Rotavirus Also Protects Unvaccinated Older Children And Adults Vaccinating infants against rotavirus also prevents serious disease in unvaccinated older children and adults, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This helps reduce rotavirus-related hospital costs in these older groups. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Malaria Discovery Gives Hope For New Drugs And Vaccines An investigation into the mysterious inner workings of the malaria parasite has revealed that it survives and proliferates in the human bloodstream thanks in part to a single, crucial chemical that the parasite produces internally. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Link Between 'Bleeding Calf Syndrome' And Vaccine Bleeding calf syndrome (bovine neonatal pancytopenia or BNP) affects new born calves resulting in low blood cell counts and depletion of the bone marrow. It first emerged in 2007 and a serious number of cases are reported each year. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Cancer Viral Therapy Attacks Tumors And Does Not Harm Healthy Tissue Intravenous viral therapy has been shown to consistently infect tumors without damaging healthy human tissue, according to a clinical trial published in the journal Nature. The authors say this is the first trial to test viral therapy on humans with cancer. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Dengue Fever Risk Greater In Rural Areas Than Cities In a publication of this week's PLoS Medicine, researchers report that in dengue-endemic areas such as South-East Asia, contrary to previous beliefs, those living in rural areas have a higher risk of becoming infected with dengue fever than those living in cities. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Bacteria Responsible For Black Death Discovered An extinct version of the Yersinia pestis bacterium that initiated the bug that was responsible for the 1347-1351 "Black Death" in which 30-50 million people in Europe died, has been discovered by evolutionary geneticist, Hendrik Poinar and team, says an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Overall Health Affected By Viruses In The Human Gut And Their Dynamic Response To Diet The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of virus populations in the human gut, shedding new light on the gut "virome" and how it differs between people and responds to changes in diet. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vaccinating Infants For Rotavirus Also Protects Unvaccinated Older Children And Adults Vaccinating infants against rotavirus also prevents serious disease in unvaccinated older children and adults, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This helps reduce rotavirus-related hospital costs in these older groups. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pediatric Cancers Targeted By Virus Researchers from Yale University are looking to a virus from the same family as the rabies virus to fight a form of cancer primarily found in children and young adults. They report their findings in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of Virology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Study Explains Plague's Rapid Evolution And Sheds Light On Fighting Deadly Diseases In the evolutionary blink of an eye, a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation evolved into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history. How did the mild-mannered Yersinia pseudotuberculosis become Yersinia pestis, more commonly known as the Plague?Now, scientists from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, with the use of new DNA sequencing techniques, offer long sought after evidence of how these two pathogens with virtually identical genetic matter could produce two such vastly different diseases. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Technologies Improve Understanding Of Bacterial Infections Understanding how bacteria infect cells is crucial to preventing countless human diseases. In a recent breakthrough, scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered a new approach for studying molecules within their natural environment, opening the door to understanding the complexity of how bacteria infect people. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Patients With COPD Benefit From Azithromycin A common antibiotic can help reduce the severe wheezing and other acute symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a large, multicenter clinical trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Tracking Populations During Disasters Helped By Mobile Phone Data Research conducted by Linus Bengtsson and fellow researchers from the Karonlinska Institute in Sweden and Columbia University in the USA revealed that mobile phone positioning data could be beneficial to monitor individual's movements during disasters and outbreaks, as those in need can be tracked and assistance be dispatched within hours of receiving the data. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Safe Alternative To Conventional Follow Up Is Remote ICD Monitoring Device management using a home monitoring system with daily telemetry in patients with ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrilators) is a safe alternative to conventional monitoring and could decrease the number of inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ECOST study, a multicentre randomised trial performed in France. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Remote Follow-Up Of ICD Patients Results from the EVATEL (EVAluation of TELe follow-up) trial are the first in Europe to demonstrate potential safety and efficacy benefits from the remote follow-up of ICD patients. The trial was conducted in France, with the financial support of the French Ministry for Health and independent of any manufacturer grants. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| Changes To Distribution Of Livers For Transplant Proposed Transplantation specialists have proposed changes to the allocation and distribution of organs used for liver transplants. The recommended policy modifications take into account the scarcity of available organs, ensuring rapid allocation and delivery of the organ to those most in need in order to reduce mortality for waitlisted patients. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Symptom-Based Screening May Improve Detection Of HIV In High-Risk Men Testing for HIV when flu-like symptoms develop may offer a cost-effective alternative for early detection of HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM), reports a study in the journal AIDS. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Safe Alternative To Conventional Follow Up Is Remote ICD Monitoring Device management using a home monitoring system with daily telemetry in patients with ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrilators) is a safe alternative to conventional monitoring and could decrease the number of inappropriate shocks, according to results of the ECOST study, a multicentre randomised trial performed in France. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Remote Follow-Up Of ICD Patients Results from the EVATEL (EVAluation of TELe follow-up) trial are the first in Europe to demonstrate potential safety and efficacy benefits from the remote follow-up of ICD patients. The trial was conducted in France, with the financial support of the French Ministry for Health and independent of any manufacturer grants. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| PCI Patients Given Sirolimus-Eluting And Everolimus-Eluting Stents: Clinical Outcomes The second generation drug-eluting stent, everolimus-eluting stent (EES), has consistently demonstrated superior clinical outcomes in randomised controlled trials over the first generation drug-eluting stent, paclitaxel-eluting stent. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Potential To See Beneath Skin In 4-D With New Microscope A new type of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) holds the promise of diagnosing skin cancer in a single snapshot. Typical LSCMs take 3-D images of thick tissue samples by visualizing thin slices within that tissue one layer at a time. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Technologies Improve Understanding Of Bacterial Infections Understanding how bacteria infect cells is crucial to preventing countless human diseases. In a recent breakthrough, scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered a new approach for studying molecules within their natural environment, opening the door to understanding the complexity of how bacteria infect people. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Ghostwriting An Ongoing Problem In Medical Literature This week in PLoS Medicine, an article concludes that ghostwriting is still a widespread problem with few solid solutions visible, following the exposure by PLoS Medicine and The New York Times of substantial ghostwriting by Wyeth, a pharmaceutical giant, to promote its hormone drug Prempro two years ago. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Melanoma / Skin Cancer News | |
| Patients' Underlying Health Linked To Worse Outcomes For Melanoma It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Potential To See Beneath Skin In 4-D With New Microscope A new type of laser scanning confocal microscope (LSCM) holds the promise of diagnosing skin cancer in a single snapshot. Typical LSCMs take 3-D images of thick tissue samples by visualizing thin slices within that tissue one layer at a time. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Men's health News | |
| Risk For High Blood Pressure Increases With Poor Sleep Quality Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it's difficult to awaken. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Leisure-Time Physical Activity Increases The Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation In Men A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Less Patient Anxiety During MR Examinations Patients who suffer from fear in small, enclosed spaces (claustrophobia) experience less anxiety if examined in open than in closed magnetic resonance (MR) scanners. This is the result of a study by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin that was now published in PLoS ONE. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Hospitalized Children Who Carry MRSA At Risk For Full-Blown Infections A Johns Hopkins Children's Center study of more than 3,000 hospitalized children shows that those colonized but not sick with the antibiotic-resistant bacterium MRSA are at considerable risk for developing full-blown infections. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Mayo Clinic Finds Genetic Variation That Protects Against Parkinson's Disease An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson's disease. The gene variants cut the risk of developing the disease by nearly 20 percent in many populations. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Mild Hearing Loss Linked To Brain Atrophy In Older Adults A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Withdrawal Of Life Support Following Traumatic Brain Injuries Death following severe traumatic brain injury is associated with a highly variable incidence of withdrawal of life support at the end of life, finds a new study in CMAJ. Rates of withdrawal of life support vary between hospitals, and caution should be used in making this decision, states the study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vocabulary In Bilingual Babies Linked To Early Brain Differentiation Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays.Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences are investigating the brain mechanisms that contribute to infants' prowess at learning languages, with the hope that the findings could boost bilingualism in adults, too. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| New Study Finds Mutual Benefits Of Improved Care By Nurses Treating Depression Today new discoveries released by Mind in association with the Royal College of Nursing, reveal that the recovery in individuals suffering with chronic and recurrent depression can be helped by organized contact with practice nurses. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Americans Getting Too Many Empty Calories From Sugary Drinks The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 36 ounces or about 450 calories from sugary beverages a week, but a new study taking a look at the impact of sugar intake stemming from regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and sweetened bottled waters, reports that people ages 20 to 39 who drink sugary beverages consume 336 calories a day from them alone. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Overall Health Affected By Viruses In The Human Gut And Their Dynamic Response To Diet The digestive system is home to a myriad of viruses, but how they are involved in health and disease is poorly understood. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have investigated the dynamics of virus populations in the human gut, shedding new light on the gut "virome" and how it differs between people and responds to changes in diet. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vitamin C May Be Beneficial For Asthmatic Children Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study published in the Clinical and Translational Allergy. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| 'Pascalization' Boosts Healthful Antioxidant Levels In Fruit Scientists are reporting new evidence that a century-old food preservation technology, finding a new life amid 21st century concerns about food safety and nutrition, more than doubles the levels of certain healthful natural antioxidants in fruit. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Do We Really Want To Know What's Really In That Luscious Chocolate Aroma? The mouth-watering aroma of roasted cocoa beans - key ingredient for chocolate - emerges from substances that individually smell like potato chips, cooked meat, peaches, raw beef fat, cooked cabbage, human sweat, earth, cucumber, honey and an improbable palate of other distinctly un-cocoa-like aromas. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Healthy Eating And Physical Activity Among Preschoolers Could Be Promoted By Child-Care Facilities Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age. As the use of preschool child care increases and the prevalence of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively impact eating and exercise habits within this setting presents itself. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Eat A Lighter Lunch For Weight Loss Without The Hunger Losing weight without a grumbling stomach or expensive liquid diet can be as simple as eating a lighter lunch, finds a new Cornell University study to be published in the October issue of the journal Appetite. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Healthy Eating And Physical Activity Among Preschoolers Could Be Promoted By Child-Care Facilities Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age. As the use of preschool child care increases and the prevalence of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively impact eating and exercise habits within this setting presents itself. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Mayo Clinic Finds Genetic Variation That Protects Against Parkinson's Disease An international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida has found a genetic variation they say protects against Parkinson's disease. The gene variants cut the risk of developing the disease by nearly 20 percent in many populations. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Very Skinny People Likely Have Extra Copies Of Certain Genes Individuals who carry extra copies of specific genes have a tendency to be extremely skinny, researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, reported in the journal Nature. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Older Fathers Run A Greater Risk Of Having Children With Brain Disorders According to the latest issue of Translational Psychiatry, scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered a genetic change that could explain the reason for children of older fathers being more susceptible to developing schizophrenia or autism. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vaccinating Infants For Rotavirus Also Protects Unvaccinated Older Children And Adults Vaccinating infants against rotavirus also prevents serious disease in unvaccinated older children and adults, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This helps reduce rotavirus-related hospital costs in these older groups. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Does Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevent Eczema? It Appears Not There is no clear evidence showing that exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months reduces the chances of a baby eventually developing eczema, researchers reported in the British Journal of Dermatology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Newborn Death Rate Higher In USA Than 40 Other Countries The USA is in 41st place worldwide regarding newborn mortality rate, a drop from 29th place in 1990. America's newborn death rate today is equal to that of Croatia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, according to a new report published in PLoS Medicine. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pediatric Cancers Targeted By Virus Researchers from Yale University are looking to a virus from the same family as the rabies virus to fight a form of cancer primarily found in children and young adults. They report their findings in the September 2011 issue of the Journal of Virology. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vocabulary In Bilingual Babies Linked To Early Brain Differentiation Babies and children are whizzes at learning a second language, but that ability begins to fade as early as their first birthdays.Researchers at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences are investigating the brain mechanisms that contribute to infants' prowess at learning languages, with the hope that the findings could boost bilingualism in adults, too. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Healthy Eating And Physical Activity Among Preschoolers Could Be Promoted By Child-Care Facilities Eating and physical activity habits for a lifetime can develop at an early age. As the use of preschool child care increases and the prevalence of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively impact eating and exercise habits within this setting presents itself. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Pearl Therapeutics Announces Positive Results For Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study Of Formoterol MDI Pearl Therapeutics Inc. announced positive results from a randomized, double-blind, Phase 2b, dose-ranging study of its formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler (FF MDI; PT005), a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) compared to placebo and Foradil® Aerolizer® in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| New Drug Candidates Discovered For Set Of Protein-Folding Diseases Collaborating researchers at Stanford University and The Scripps Research Institute have identified chemical compounds that show promise as potential therapeutics for a set of medical conditions caused by the abnormal clumping together of a protein known as transthyretin (TTR). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Facile Route To Versatile Organozinc Compounds - New Salts For Chemical Soups In order to meet future demands for new pharmaceuticals, innovative materials and agricultural pesticides, the chemical industry is dependent on the ongoing development of effective methods for the synthesis of complex organic compounds. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Don't Use Tobacco While Pregnant, But Snuff Might Be Worse Than Smoke We all know that smoking can kill and is especially harmful to the unborn whether it is being inhaled by mothers, second hand smoke or in a maternal snuff delivery system. A new study takes a look at what is most dangerous, and it has been found that babies born to snuff using mothers were more likely to have breathing problems than those whose mothers smoked while pregnant. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Preventive Medicine News | |
| Symptom-Based Screening May Improve Detection Of HIV In High-Risk Men Testing for HIV when flu-like symptoms develop may offer a cost-effective alternative for early detection of HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM), reports a study in the journal AIDS. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Unfounded Pesticide Concerns Adversely Affect The Health Of Low-income Populations The increasingly prevalent notion that expensive organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides used to protect traditional crops from insects, thus ensuring high crop yields and making them less expensive are a risk for causing cancer has no good scientific support, an authority on the disease said here today. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| UBC Researchers Say Fear Of 'Gray Tsunami' Overblown Fears that Canada's aging population could lead to skyrocketing health care costs and doctor shortages may be greatly exaggerated, according to two studies by researchers at the University of British Columbia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Prejudice Linked To Depression, Anxiety In Gay And Bisexual Black Men The harassment, discrimination and negative feelings about homosexuality that black gay and bisexual men often experience can contribute significantly to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety, a small new study finds. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Yoga Is Put To The Test As A Modern Treatment For Psychiatric Disorders Yoga is commonly seen as a practice beneficial to body and mind. Increasingly, yoga is being taken a step further and applied as a form of complementary and alternative medicine in treating psychiatric disorders. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Suicide Methods Differ Between Men And Women Men nearly twice as likely as women to use a method that disfigures the face or head when taking their own lives.Women who commit suicide are more likely than men to avoid facial disfiguration, but not necessarily in the name of vanity. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Memory Abilities Of Oldest Adults Improved By UCLA Memory Fitness Program Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and not remembered why they entered? Normal age-related memory decline affects more than half of all seniors, and those over 80 are the most vulnerable. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Collaborative Dialogue Helps Middle-Aged Couples With Memory Tasks, But Has Less Effect For Older Couples Effective memory is a key ability for independent living in later life, and a new Iowa State University study is among the first to report that social partners can help extend memory. The study also found that the collaboration that helps middle-aged couples with memory tasks doesn't seem to be as effective for couples older than 70. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| Health Policy And Systems Research Needs Overhaul Following the conclusion to the three-part weekly series of articles on the "state of the art" in health policy and systems research, published in the PLoS Medicine (9, 16, and 23 August 2011), Sara Bennett of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, USA and her colleagues developed an action plan to help build the field in addressing the current challenges and opportunities for the development of Health Policy and Systems Research (HPSR). | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Americans Getting Too Many Empty Calories From Sugary Drinks The American Heart Association advises people to consume no more than 36 ounces or about 450 calories from sugary beverages a week, but a new study taking a look at the impact of sugar intake stemming from regular sodas, energy drinks, sports drinks, fruit drinks and sweetened bottled waters, reports that people ages 20 to 39 who drink sugary beverages consume 336 calories a day from them alone. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Unfounded Pesticide Concerns Adversely Affect The Health Of Low-income Populations The increasingly prevalent notion that expensive organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides used to protect traditional crops from insects, thus ensuring high crop yields and making them less expensive are a risk for causing cancer has no good scientific support, an authority on the disease said here today. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| UBC Researchers Say Fear Of 'Gray Tsunami' Overblown Fears that Canada's aging population could lead to skyrocketing health care costs and doctor shortages may be greatly exaggerated, according to two studies by researchers at the University of British Columbia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Turns Resistance To Radiation Treatment On And Off Radiation can make cancer cells resistant to radio- and chemotherapy. University of Oslo researchers have now figured out how resistance can be switched on and off.By Yngve Vogt, research-magazine Apollon, University of OsloAlthough radiation treatment is becoming increasingly important in combating cancer, it can, due to resistance, work poorly for many patients. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Eye Infections Linked To Repackaged Avastin Eye Injections A cluster of serious Streptococcus endophthalmitis eye infections have been reported in Miami, Florida after patients received repackaged Avastatin (bevacizumab) intravitreal injections (eye injections), the FDA announced. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Pearl Therapeutics Announces Positive Results For Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study Of Formoterol MDI Pearl Therapeutics Inc. announced positive results from a randomized, double-blind, Phase 2b, dose-ranging study of its formoterol fumarate metered dose inhaler (FF MDI; PT005), a long-acting beta-2 agonist (LABA) compared to placebo and Foradil® Aerolizer® in patients with moderate-to-severe COPD. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Vitamin C May Be Beneficial For Asthmatic Children Depending on the age of asthmatic children, on their exposure to molds or dampness in their bedroom, and on the severity of their asthma, vitamin C has greater or smaller beneficial effect against asthma, according to a study published in the Clinical and Translational Allergy. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Schizophrenia News | |
| Older Fathers Run A Greater Risk Of Having Children With Brain Disorders According to the latest issue of Translational Psychiatry, scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have discovered a genetic change that could explain the reason for children of older fathers being more susceptible to developing schizophrenia or autism. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Mild Hearing Loss Linked To Brain Atrophy In Older Adults A new study by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that declines in hearing ability may accelerate gray mater atrophy in auditory areas of the brain and increase the listening effort necessary for older adults to successfully comprehend speech. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Aging Authorities Differ On Tweaks To Social Security's Benefit Structure Experts agree that financial constraints and an aging population will require America to modify its Social Security system, but some also find that pushing back the eligibility age could be a major concern for those who rely on the program the most. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Loss Of Bone Quality A Major Factor In The Brittleness Of Aging Bones It is a well-established fact that as we grow older, our bones become more brittle and prone to fracturing. It is also well established that loss of mass is a major reason for older bones fracturing more readily than younger bones, hence medical treatments have focused on slowing down this loss. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Memory Abilities Of Oldest Adults Improved By UCLA Memory Fitness Program Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and not remembered why they entered? Normal age-related memory decline affects more than half of all seniors, and those over 80 are the most vulnerable. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Collaborative Dialogue Helps Middle-Aged Couples With Memory Tasks, But Has Less Effect For Older Couples Effective memory is a key ability for independent living in later life, and a new Iowa State University study is among the first to report that social partners can help extend memory. The study also found that the collaboration that helps middle-aged couples with memory tasks doesn't seem to be as effective for couples older than 70. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| UBC Researchers Say Fear Of 'Gray Tsunami' Overblown Fears that Canada's aging population could lead to skyrocketing health care costs and doctor shortages may be greatly exaggerated, according to two studies by researchers at the University of British Columbia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News | |
| Risk For High Blood Pressure Increases With Poor Sleep Quality Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.SWS, one of the deeper stages of sleep, is characterized by non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) from which it's difficult to awaken. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Don't Use Tobacco While Pregnant, But Snuff Might Be Worse Than Smoke We all know that smoking can kill and is especially harmful to the unborn whether it is being inhaled by mothers, second hand smoke or in a maternal snuff delivery system. A new study takes a look at what is most dangerous, and it has been found that babies born to snuff using mothers were more likely to have breathing problems than those whose mothers smoked while pregnant. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Life Expectancy For European Women Is Longer Than For Men, But Not Better European women live longer than men, because of both biological and behavioral advantages, but women's longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. Studies commented on by Dr Vannuzzo at the ESC Congress 2011, show that due to increase in tobacco and in women, the gender gap is decreasing. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Leisure-Time Physical Activity Increases The Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation In Men A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Link Between Elite Cross-Country Skiing And Increased Risk Of Subsequent Arrhythmias A Swedish study presented at the ESC Congress 2011, found a higher incidence of arrhythmias in cross-country skiers with a long history of endurance training. Compared to those who had completed one single race, those who had completed 7 or more races had 29% higher risk of a subsequent arrhythmia. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Swine Flu News | |
| H1N1 Swine Flu Death Reported In Lake County, Florida Health officials from Lake County Health Department, Florida, have confirmed that an 80-year old woman who lived locally and had visited California died of H1N1 Swine Flu. Since the start of the influenza H1N1 pandemic in 2009, the virus strain that was circulating then has become part of the normal group of strains that typically circulate during the influenza season. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Changes To Distribution Of Livers For Transplant Proposed Transplantation specialists have proposed changes to the allocation and distribution of organs used for liver transplants. The recommended policy modifications take into account the scarcity of available organs, ensuring rapid allocation and delivery of the organ to those most in need in order to reduce mortality for waitlisted patients. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Dengue Fever Risk Greater In Rural Areas Than Cities In a publication of this week's PLoS Medicine, researchers report that in dengue-endemic areas such as South-East Asia, contrary to previous beliefs, those living in rural areas have a higher risk of becoming infected with dengue fever than those living in cities. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Scientists Invent New Way To Disarm Malaria Parasite A novel technique to "tame" the malaria parasite, by forcing it to depend on an external supply of a vital chemical, has been developed by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-San Francisco. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Malaria Discovery Gives Hope For New Drugs And Vaccines An investigation into the mysterious inner workings of the malaria parasite has revealed that it survives and proliferates in the human bloodstream thanks in part to a single, crucial chemical that the parasite produces internally. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Veterinary News | |
| Link Between 'Bleeding Calf Syndrome' And Vaccine Bleeding calf syndrome (bovine neonatal pancytopenia or BNP) affects new born calves resulting in low blood cell counts and depletion of the bone marrow. It first emerged in 2007 and a serious number of cases are reported each year. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Coral Produces Sunscreen Compounds With Potential For Human Use Natural sunscreen compounds produced by coral to protect from UV rays could eventually be used for making human sunscreens, researchers from King's College London revealed. The scientists, who discovered the new natural sunscreen compounds, are uncovering the biochemical and genetic processes behind their production. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Unfounded Pesticide Concerns Adversely Affect The Health Of Low-income Populations The increasingly prevalent notion that expensive organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides used to protect traditional crops from insects, thus ensuring high crop yields and making them less expensive are a risk for causing cancer has no good scientific support, an authority on the disease said here today. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| 'Pascalization' Boosts Healthful Antioxidant Levels In Fruit Scientists are reporting new evidence that a century-old food preservation technology, finding a new life amid 21st century concerns about food safety and nutrition, more than doubles the levels of certain healthful natural antioxidants in fruit. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Link Between 'Bleeding Calf Syndrome' And Vaccine Bleeding calf syndrome (bovine neonatal pancytopenia or BNP) affects new born calves resulting in low blood cell counts and depletion of the bone marrow. It first emerged in 2007 and a serious number of cases are reported each year. | 31 Aug 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Life Expectancy For European Women Is Longer Than For Men, But Not Better European women live longer than men, because of both biological and behavioral advantages, but women's longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. Studies commented on by Dr Vannuzzo at the ESC Congress 2011, show that due to increase in tobacco and in women, the gender gap is decreasing. | 31 Aug 2011 |
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