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| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| DEA Moves To Ban "Bath Salts" Stating Emergency, Imminent Hazard The DEA is laying down the law. Over the past few months, there has been a growing use of, and interest in, synthetic stimulants sold under the guise of "bath salts" or "plant food". Marketed under names such as "Ivory Wave", "Purple Wave", "Vanilla Sky" or "Bliss", these products are comprised of a class of chemicals perceived as mimics of cocaine, LSD, MDMA, and/or methamphetamine. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| The Role Of Alcohol Intake And Smoking On Upper Aero-Digestive Cancers This paper provides an extensive analysis of the proportion of the risk of upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers in the population (the population attributable risk) that may be due to alcohol consumption and/or smoking. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Stimulant Abuse On Our Campuses Universities and colleges need to do more to protect young adults from the dangers of illicit stimulant use and to educate them about harms, argue the authors of an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Possible Benefit In Old Age Of One Drink A Day For Middle-Aged Women Women who drink 15 grams or less of alcohol a day (the equivalent of one drink of any alcoholic beverage) at midlife may be healthier when older than women who do not drink at all, who consume more than two drinks a day, or who consume four drinks or more at the one time. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Allergy News | |
| Peanut Allergy More Likely Among Children With African Ancestry By examining a person's genetic code, scientists found that a 10% rise of African ancestry is linked to a 25% increase in the chances of being sensitized to peanuts, i.e. having an allergic reaction to peanuts, researchers from the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and the Boston Medical Center, Boston, reported in the journal Pediatrics. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Inflammatory Mediator Enhances Plaque Formation In Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive cognitive impairment and memory loss. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the September 8 issue of the journal Neuron identifies a previously unrecognized link between neuroinflammation and the classical pathological brain changes that are the hallmark of the disease. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Aerobic Exercise May Cut Dementia Risk Aerobic exercise, defined as any physical activity that raises heart rate and increases the body's need for oxygen, may cut the risk of dementia and slow its progress once it starts, according to Mayo clinic researchers who examined the role of aerobic exercise in preserving cognitive abilities and found it should be regarded as an important therapy against dementia. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Aerobic Exercise May Reduce The Risk Of Dementia Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| PTSD And 9-11 Ten Years Later; How Proximity To Event Was Key Factor A new study shows that not only those in close proximity to the earth shattering 9-11 terrorist attacks of ten years ago were severely affected mentally by the tragedy, but even further geographic distance and indirect trauma exposures are associated with an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News | |
| PTSD And 9-11 Ten Years Later; How Proximity To Event Was Key Factor A new study shows that not only those in close proximity to the earth shattering 9-11 terrorist attacks of ten years ago were severely affected mentally by the tragedy, but even further geographic distance and indirect trauma exposures are associated with an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Key Protein Discovered To Be Critical Enabler For Cell Clearance A new UVA Health System study published online August 21, 2011 in the journal Nature reports that researchers have uncovered a critical enabler that allows phagocytic cells (cells that clean the body's dead cells) to continually and vigorously clean out our bodies of dead cells. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Scripps Research Scientists Pinpoint Shape-Shifting Mechanism Critical To Protein Signaling In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cellular Metabolism Self-Adapts To Protect Against Free Radicals Oxygen-consuming organisms obtain energy through cellular respiration, which is the transformation of carbohydrates and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water. This process also produces toxic oxygen radicals which must be decomposed immediately, as they would otherwise cause damage to cells. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Shape-Shifting Mechanism Critical To Protein Signaling Discovered: Findings Show How Form Controls Function In Sought-After Therapeutic Target In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Magnetic Fields Used In Innovative Nanoparticle Purification System A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles - structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Circadian Clocks In A Blind Fish Do animals that have evolved for millions of years underground, completely isolated from the day-night cycle, still "know" what time it is? Does a normal circadian clock persist during evolution under constant darkness? A new study directly tackles these fundamental questions by investigating a species of cavefish, Phreatichthys andruzzii, which has lived isolated for 2 million years beneath the Somalian desert. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Interplay Between Autophagy And Lipid Metabolism Influences Lifespan In C. elegans Worms Aging is generally accepted as a universal fact of life, but how do humans and other organisms age at the molecular level? At Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham), a team led by Malene Hansen, Ph. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Lift Of Ban On Blood Donations For Men Who Have Intercourse With Men Supported By Study, UK Bmj.com today published information of a new research, which supports changing the lifetime blood donation ban imposed, on men who have intercourse with men. UK Health Ministers announced the decision on the this morning in a press briefing at the Department of Health (Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, SW1A 2NS from 10am) to which journalists were invited to attend. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| New Device Makes Drawing Blood And Inserting IVs Less Traumatic For Patients Of All Ages Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital and Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, LifeBridge Health centers in Baltimore, Md., have begun using the AccuVein AV300, a revolutionary new device that makes drawing blood and inserting IVs a less painful experience for patients. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Reducing Anemia And Iron Deficiency In Infants In Low-Income Countries Using Micronutrient Powders Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anaemia and iron deficiency. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| High Healthcare Spending On Physicians Due To High Doctors Fees And Not Practice Costs American doctors charge considerably more per service than their counterparts in other countries - orthopedic surgeons' fees are more than double what they are in five other wealthy nations, researchers reported in the journal Health Affairs. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Leading Osteoporosis Expert To Meet FDA; Talk Bisphosphonate Treatments Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease, but this week in an attempt to fight back against the sickness a hearing will be held by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to examine the benefits and risks of a widely prescribed treatment for osteoporosis, the long-term use of bisphosphonates. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Effective New Strategy For Treating Aggressive Breast Cancer Revealed By Singapore Scientists The 2nd September issue of the journal Molecular Cell has published a discovery that opens the door for the development of more effective treatment strategies for aggressive breast cancers associated with EZH2, an enzyme that promotes the estrogen receptor-negative aggressive breast cancer, which remains unresponsive to current treatment strategies. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Flaxseed No Help For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause, Study Finds A study by Mayo Clinic physician and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researcher Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., and colleagues found that flaxseed provided no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Young Women With Early Breast Cancer Have Similar Survival With Breast Conservation, Mastectomy Young women with early-stage breast cancer have similar survival rates with a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, known as breast-conservation therapy, as with mastectomy, a new study conducted at the University of Maryland has found. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Inherited BRCA1 Gene Mutation Associated With Better Response To Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy In Breast Cancer Patients Nearly half of breast cancer patients carrying the BRCA1 gene mutation experience a complete pathological response (pCR) - the disappearance of all evidence of disease from the breast tissue and lymph nodes - regardless of disease stage after standard neoadjuvent chemotherapy, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Effective New Strategy For Treating Aggressive Breast Cancer Revealed By Singapore Scientists The 2nd September issue of the journal Molecular Cell has published a discovery that opens the door for the development of more effective treatment strategies for aggressive breast cancers associated with EZH2, an enzyme that promotes the estrogen receptor-negative aggressive breast cancer, which remains unresponsive to current treatment strategies. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Custirsen For Treatment Of Prostate Cancer - Publication Of Phase II Clinical And Pre-Clinical Data Announced The September issue of the journals Clinical Cancer Research and Cancer Research published OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announcement of new data from its Phase II clinical and a pre-clinical study of custirsen (OGX-011/TV-1011), a drug that inhibits the production of clusterin, which is a protein commonly over-produced in cancer cells and a cause of treatment failure. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Zytiga® For Treatment Of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Approved In Europe This week, Janssen-Cilag International NV announced that, following an accelerated regulatory review process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and after a positive CHMP opinion on the 22 July 2011, marketing authorization for ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate), a new, once-daily, oral androgen biosynthesis inhibitor has been approved by the European Commission. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Brain Cancer Stem Cells' And Differentiated Cancer Cells' Metabolic State Differ Greatly - Study Shows Funded by the National Cancer Institute, investigators with the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that the metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which instigate deadly glioblastomas, is considerably different from the metabolic state of brain cancer cells which the glioma stem cells created, a factor which assists these stem cells avoid treatment and cause recurrence later. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Study Points To Strategy For Overcoming Resistance To Targeted Cancer Drug Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and colleagues overseas have discovered a pair of backup circuits in cancer cells that enable the cells to dodge the effect of a widely used cancer drug. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Chemotherapy Can Impair Speech Patients who have received high doses of chemotherapy may find it harder to express themselves verbally, according to new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| The Role Of Alcohol Intake And Smoking On Upper Aero-Digestive Cancers This paper provides an extensive analysis of the proportion of the risk of upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers in the population (the population attributable risk) that may be due to alcohol consumption and/or smoking. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer Prevention And Modeling Disparities Researchers reported that explicit inclusion of disparities in cost-effectiveness analysis, would allow policy makers to identify strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective, according to a study published online September 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Mount Sinai Researchers Find Promising New Target In Treating And Preventing The Progression Of Heart Failure Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human and pig hearts and discovered that SUMO1, a so-called "chaperone" protein that regulates the activity of key transporter genes, was decreased in failing hearts. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| 'Legs For Life' Screening Available During National PAD Awareness Month; Exercise, Intervention May Help Individuals 'Go The Distance' Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke - and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| New Video Gaming Technology Helps To Detect Illness, Prevent Falls In Older Adults Many older adults lose their independence as their health declines and they are compelled to move into assisted care facilities. Researchers at the University of Missouri and TigerPlace, an independent living community, have been using motion-sensing technology to monitor changes in residents' health for several years. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| Screening For HPV Persistence And Cervical Cancer Risk Women over the age of thirty who test positive for HPV (Human Papillomavirus) should be re-tested two years later as part of cervical cancer screening, according to a study published online TK in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer Prevention And Modeling Disparities Researchers reported that explicit inclusion of disparities in cost-effectiveness analysis, would allow policy makers to identify strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective, according to a study published online September 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News | |
| Custirsen For Treatment Of Prostate Cancer - Publication Of Phase II Clinical And Pre-Clinical Data Announced The September issue of the journals Clinical Cancer Research and Cancer Research published OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announcement of new data from its Phase II clinical and a pre-clinical study of custirsen (OGX-011/TV-1011), a drug that inhibits the production of clusterin, which is a protein commonly over-produced in cancer cells and a cause of treatment failure. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| HIV Vaccine Trials Surrounded By Misunderstanding: Better Communication Needed With At-Risk Communities Better communication is needed around HIV vaccine trials to ensure those in at-risk communities understand the process and continue to participate, according to a new University of Toronto study. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Conferences News | |
| Young Women With Early Breast Cancer Have Similar Survival With Breast Conservation, Mastectomy Young women with early-stage breast cancer have similar survival rates with a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, known as breast-conservation therapy, as with mastectomy, a new study conducted at the University of Maryland has found. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Gastric Bypass Reduces Blood Pressure The kidneys play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure by adjusting the production of urine after eating or drinking. This process begins already in the upper digestive tract, which could explain why gastric bypass surgery for obesity also markedly reduce blood pressure, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Diabetes News | |
| New Ways Discovered To Stimulate Pancreatic Beta Cell Growth One of the holy grails in diabetes research is to discover molecules that stimulate beta cell growth and to find drugs that target these molecules. Now, JDRF-funded researchers in collaboration with the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche, have done both, discovering not only a protein that regulates beta cell growth, but also a chemical compound that stimulates it. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Shape-Shifting Mechanism Critical To Protein Signaling Discovered: Findings Show How Form Controls Function In Sought-After Therapeutic Target In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Improved Understanding Of Human Mitochondrial Diseases Following New Cellular Surprise Discovery A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Newly Identified Protein Required For Glucose Uptake All cells need glucose (sugar) to produce the energy they need to survive. High glucose levels in the bloodstream (such as occur after a meal), trigger the pancreas to produce insulin. In turn, muscle and fat cells respond to insulin by moving GLUT4, a glucose transporter, from intracellular storage out to the cell surface. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Inherited Blindness - Researchers Reveal New Techniques For Finding The Causes According to a study published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers from the University of Leeds in collaboration with scientists at the Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, utilized next-generation DNA sequencing techniques to discover the causes of rare forms of inherited eye disorders, including cataracts and glaucoma in young children. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Nurses And Midwives Urged To Vaccinate Against Seasonal Flu By Department Of Health, UK In a new press release by the Department of Health, hospital nurses and midwives are among the health workers least likely to have the seasonal flu jab. According to the latest seasonal flu vaccine uptake reports, the number of healthcare workers (categorized by occupation) who took advantage of scientific advice and opted for the seasonal flu vaccination last winter is available for the first time. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Inherited Blindness - Researchers Reveal New Techniques For Finding The Causes According to a study published in the latest issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers from the University of Leeds in collaboration with scientists at the Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, utilized next-generation DNA sequencing techniques to discover the causes of rare forms of inherited eye disorders, including cataracts and glaucoma in young children. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| 'Age-Old' Questions Addressed By Scientists Scientists have devised a method to measure the impact of age on the growth rates of cellular populations, a development that offers new ways to understand and model the growth of bacteria, and could provide new insights into how genetic factors affect their life cycle. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Scientists Discover Genetic Mutation That Causes Parkinson's Disease A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Researchers Successfully Complete Genetic Expedition Multiple sclerosis is primarily an immunological disease. Scientists at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) have in succeeded, in collaboration with 23 research teams from 15 different countries, in discovering a total of 29 new genetic variants that are involved in the genesis of multiple sclerosis (MS), an inflammatory disease of the nervous system. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Genome Evolution May Be Influenced By A 'Jumping Gene's' Preferred Targets The human genome shares several peculiarities with the DNA of just about every other plant and animal. Our genetic blueprint contains numerous entities known as transposons, or "jumping genes," which have the ability to move from place to place on the chromosomes within a cell. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Leigh Syndrome, A Rare And Devastating Disease In Infancy: Next-Gen DNA Sequence Offers New Hope In Leigh syndrome, infants are born apparently healthy only to develop movement and breathing disorders that worsen over time, often leading to death by the age of 3. The problem is that the mitochondria responsible for powering their cells can't keep up with the demand for energy in their developing brains. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Inherited BRCA1 Gene Mutation Associated With Better Response To Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy In Breast Cancer Patients Nearly half of breast cancer patients carrying the BRCA1 gene mutation experience a complete pathological response (pCR) - the disappearance of all evidence of disease from the breast tissue and lymph nodes - regardless of disease stage after standard neoadjuvent chemotherapy, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Headache / Migraine News | |
| St. Jude Medical Announces European Regulatory Approval Of First Implanted Neurostimulation Device To Treat Chronic Migraine St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced it has received the industry's first and only regulatory approval for the use of an implanted neurostimulation device for patients with intractable chronic migraine. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Europe May Have Less Headaches: New Neuro Migraine Device Approved In a move that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) turned down earlier this year based on a lack of evidence that it actually works, St. Jude Medical has won European CE regulatory approval for the use of its implanted neurostimulation device for patients with severe chronic migraine headaches. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| American Families Just $95 Dollars Better Off In Ten Years Because Of Rising Health Care Costs A median-income American family is only $95 per month better off today than ten years ago because rising health care costs have eliminated virtually all their income gains, researchers from the Rand Corporation revealed in the journal Health Affairs. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Access To Health Insurance, Medical Homes Improves Outcomes Among Undocumented Children Undocumented children who have access to health insurance are healthier and more engaged in school than those without insurance, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) Recommended For Patients With Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation, USA Anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban) has been recommended by the FDA's Cardiovascular Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for the prevention of systemic embolism and stroke in patients with non-valvular AF (atrial fibrillation). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Menopause And Increased Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack Not Linked There is no link between the menopause and increased risk of fatal heart attack, say Johns Hopkins researchers who report their findings in the 6 September online issue of the British Medical Journal, BMJ. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Mount Sinai Researchers Find Promising New Target In Treating And Preventing The Progression Of Heart Failure Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human and pig hearts and discovered that SUMO1, a so-called "chaperone" protein that regulates the activity of key transporter genes, was decreased in failing hearts. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Shape-Shifting Mechanism Critical To Protein Signaling Discovered: Findings Show How Form Controls Function In Sought-After Therapeutic Target In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Improved Understanding Of Human Mitochondrial Diseases Following New Cellular Surprise Discovery A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Lift Of Ban On Blood Donations For Men Who Have Intercourse With Men Supported By Study, UK Bmj.com today published information of a new research, which supports changing the lifetime blood donation ban imposed, on men who have intercourse with men. UK Health Ministers announced the decision on the this morning in a press briefing at the Department of Health (Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, SW1A 2NS from 10am) to which journalists were invited to attend. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| HIV Vaccine Trials Surrounded By Misunderstanding: Better Communication Needed With At-Risk Communities Better communication is needed around HIV vaccine trials to ensure those in at-risk communities understand the process and continue to participate, according to a new University of Toronto study. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Learning From Global AIDS Response - UN Summit On Non-Communicable Diseases As the world prepares to develop a global strategy to tackle some of the biggest current threats to human health, there is a lot to be learned from past successes and mistakes of the global response to HIV/AIDS. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Gastric Bypass Reduces Blood Pressure The kidneys play an important role in the regulation of blood pressure by adjusting the production of urine after eating or drinking. This process begins already in the upper digestive tract, which could explain why gastric bypass surgery for obesity also markedly reduce blood pressure, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Inflammatory Mediator Enhances Plaque Formation In Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that causes progressive cognitive impairment and memory loss. Now, a new study published by Cell Press in the September 8 issue of the journal Neuron identifies a previously unrecognized link between neuroinflammation and the classical pathological brain changes that are the hallmark of the disease. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| HIV Vaccine Trials Surrounded By Misunderstanding: Better Communication Needed With At-Risk Communities Better communication is needed around HIV vaccine trials to ensure those in at-risk communities understand the process and continue to participate, according to a new University of Toronto study. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| 'Age-Old' Questions Addressed By Scientists Scientists have devised a method to measure the impact of age on the growth rates of cellular populations, a development that offers new ways to understand and model the growth of bacteria, and could provide new insights into how genetic factors affect their life cycle. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Fatal Fungal Infections Resist Newest Class Of Drugs Fungi that cause severe infections in those with compromised immune systems are resisting the action of the latest group of antifungal drugs. Uncovering their strategies for doing this will lead to more effective treatments, says a scientist speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn Conference at the University of York. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Strategies For Malaria Prevention Could Substantially Cut Killer Bacterial Infections Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of children each year in Africa and worldwide. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| New Video Gaming Technology Helps To Detect Illness, Prevent Falls In Older Adults Many older adults lose their independence as their health declines and they are compelled to move into assisted care facilities. Researchers at the University of Missouri and TigerPlace, an independent living community, have been using motion-sensing technology to monitor changes in residents' health for several years. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Magnetic Fields Used In Innovative Nanoparticle Purification System A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles - structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer Prevention And Modeling Disparities Researchers reported that explicit inclusion of disparities in cost-effectiveness analysis, would allow policy makers to identify strategies that would reduce overall cancer risk, reduce disparities between racial ethnic subgroups, and be cost-effective, according to a study published online September 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Virtual Reality May Help Adults Recover From Stroke Early results suggest that using virtual reality (VR) human-computer interfaces might help adult stroke patients regain arm function and improve their ability to perform standard tasks, when compared to patients who don't use VR. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| New Protein Science May Protect Against Tylenol Induced Liver Damage In potentially tremendous news for liver damage patients, a new discovery has identified the protein Sab, or SH3-domain binding protein 5, as a key element in preventing liver damaged often caused by medications such as the very popular acetaminophen, otherwise your everyday Tylenol brand. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| New Device Makes Drawing Blood And Inserting IVs Less Traumatic For Patients Of All Ages Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital and Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, LifeBridge Health centers in Baltimore, Md., have begun using the AccuVein AV300, a revolutionary new device that makes drawing blood and inserting IVs a less painful experience for patients. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Magnetic Fields Used In Innovative Nanoparticle Purification System A team of Penn State University scientists has invented a new system that uses magnetism to purify hybrid nanoparticles - structures that are composed of two or more kinds of materials in an extremely small particle that is visible only with an electron microscope. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Men's health News | |
| Menopause And Increased Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack Not Linked There is no link between the menopause and increased risk of fatal heart attack, say Johns Hopkins researchers who report their findings in the 6 September online issue of the British Medical Journal, BMJ. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Menopause News | |
| Menopause And Increased Risk Of Fatal Heart Attack Not Linked There is no link between the menopause and increased risk of fatal heart attack, say Johns Hopkins researchers who report their findings in the 6 September online issue of the British Medical Journal, BMJ. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Flaxseed No Help For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause, Study Finds A study by Mayo Clinic physician and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researcher Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., and colleagues found that flaxseed provided no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Mental Health News | |
| PTSD And 9-11 Ten Years Later; How Proximity To Event Was Key Factor A new study shows that not only those in close proximity to the earth shattering 9-11 terrorist attacks of ten years ago were severely affected mentally by the tragedy, but even further geographic distance and indirect trauma exposures are associated with an increased risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Fatal Fungal Infections Resist Newest Class Of Drugs Fungi that cause severe infections in those with compromised immune systems are resisting the action of the latest group of antifungal drugs. Uncovering their strategies for doing this will lead to more effective treatments, says a scientist speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn Conference at the University of York. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Brain Stents To Lower Stroke Risk Have The Opposite Effect Brain stents, which are placed to open up a blocked artery and are designed to prevent strokes in high-risk individuals, actually increase the risk of stroke and death considerably, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine, after completing a multi-center clinical trial. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Rich, Stimulating Environments Convert White Fat To Brown And Help Resist Obesity Lab mice living in a rich, stimulating environment do not become obese when given an unlimited food supply because a brain chemical called neurotrophic factor makes them convert energy-storing white fat cells into energy-burning brown fat cells. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Brain Cancer Stem Cells' And Differentiated Cancer Cells' Metabolic State Differ Greatly - Study Shows Funded by the National Cancer Institute, investigators with the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that the metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which instigate deadly glioblastomas, is considerably different from the metabolic state of brain cancer cells which the glioma stem cells created, a factor which assists these stem cells avoid treatment and cause recurrence later. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| St. Jude Medical Announces European Regulatory Approval Of First Implanted Neurostimulation Device To Treat Chronic Migraine St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced it has received the industry's first and only regulatory approval for the use of an implanted neurostimulation device for patients with intractable chronic migraine. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Intensive Medical Therapy More Effective Than Stenting For Preventing A Second Stroke Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Scripps Research Scientists Pinpoint Shape-Shifting Mechanism Critical To Protein Signaling In a joint study, scientists from the California and Florida campuses of The Scripps Research Institute have shown that changes in a protein's structure can change its signaling function and they have pinpointed the precise regions where those changes take place. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Nurses And Midwives Urged To Vaccinate Against Seasonal Flu By Department Of Health, UK In a new press release by the Department of Health, hospital nurses and midwives are among the health workers least likely to have the seasonal flu jab. According to the latest seasonal flu vaccine uptake reports, the number of healthcare workers (categorized by occupation) who took advantage of scientific advice and opted for the seasonal flu vaccination last winter is available for the first time. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Flaxseed No Help For Hot Flashes During Breast Cancer Or Menopause, Study Finds A study by Mayo Clinic physician and North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researcher Sandhya Pruthi, M.D., and colleagues found that flaxseed provided no benefit in easing hot flashes among breast cancer patients and postmenopausal women. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Foodborne Illness Outbreaks - FDA Says New Pilot Projects Will Aid In The Detection Of Products Responsible Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration explained that the ability for agencies and industry's to detect products responsible for foodborne illness outbreaks will be improved by two new pilot projects. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| What Are Antioxidants And Why Do You Need Them? IFT Member Claudia Fajardo-Lira, PhD, Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at California State University-Northridge, explains the facts about antioxidants:Q: What are antioxidants?A: Antioxidants play an important role in overall health. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Food Safety Benefits Of Irradiated Food What exactly does it mean when food is irradiated? Following is a Q&A with Christine Bruhn, PhD, on food irradiation and what it means for food safety.Q: What is food irradiation?A: It is exposure to a carefully measured level of energy. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Food Safety Tips For Packing Lunches You do everything you can think of to ensure your kids eat a healthful lunch. But do you also consider the safety of the food you pack in their lunch bags each day?"Packing your child's school lunch not only helps you know they're eating healthful fare, it can also save money an important consideration in the current economy," says food safety expert Dr. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Aerobic Exercise May Reduce The Risk Of Dementia Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Reducing Anemia And Iron Deficiency In Infants In Low-Income Countries Using Micronutrient Powders Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anaemia and iron deficiency. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Rich, Stimulating Environments Convert White Fat To Brown And Help Resist Obesity Lab mice living in a rich, stimulating environment do not become obese when given an unlimited food supply because a brain chemical called neurotrophic factor makes them convert energy-storing white fat cells into energy-burning brown fat cells. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Switch That Turns White Fat Brown Discovered Scientists have discovered a biological switch that gives energy-storing white fat the characteristics of energy-burning brown fat. The findings could lead to new strategies for treating obesity. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Ovarian Cancer News | |
| Blood Test And Algorithm For Ovarian Cancer Developed By Oncologist, Cleared By FDA Approval last week by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clears the path for nationwide use of tools that show the greatest specificity in estimating the risk of ovarian cancer in women with a pelvic mass. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Painkiller Use Can Now Be Based On Solid Evidence A Cochrane Review of data relating to about 45,000 patients involved in approximately 350 individual studies has provided an evaluation of the effect you can expect to get if you take commonly used painkillers at specific doses. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Scientists Discover Genetic Mutation That Causes Parkinson's Disease A large team of international researchers have identified a new genetic cause of inherited Parkinson's disease that they say may be related to the inability of brain cells to handle biological stress. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Peanut Allergy More Likely Among Children With African Ancestry By examining a person's genetic code, scientists found that a 10% rise of African ancestry is linked to a 25% increase in the chances of being sensitized to peanuts, i.e. having an allergic reaction to peanuts, researchers from the Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, and the Boston Medical Center, Boston, reported in the journal Pediatrics. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Babies Can Distinguish Between Painful Stimuli And Touch From 35-37 Weeks Gestation According to a new investigation published online in the journal Current Biology, babies can recognize the difference between painful stimuli from general touch from approximately 35-37 weeks gestation - just before a baby would usually be born. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Access To Health Insurance, Medical Homes Improves Outcomes Among Undocumented Children Undocumented children who have access to health insurance are healthier and more engaged in school than those without insurance, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| The Impact Of Sexualized Lyrics On Adolescent Behaviors And Attitudes Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Leigh Syndrome, A Rare And Devastating Disease In Infancy: Next-Gen DNA Sequence Offers New Hope In Leigh syndrome, infants are born apparently healthy only to develop movement and breathing disorders that worsen over time, often leading to death by the age of 3. The problem is that the mitochondria responsible for powering their cells can't keep up with the demand for energy in their developing brains. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Strategies For Malaria Prevention Could Substantially Cut Killer Bacterial Infections Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of children each year in Africa and worldwide. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Lower Child Mortality By 23 Percent Children who live in households that own at least one insecticide-treated bed net are less likely to be infected with malaria and less likely to die from the disease, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Reducing Anemia And Iron Deficiency In Infants In Low-Income Countries Using Micronutrient Powders Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anaemia and iron deficiency. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Offshore Drug Plants More Likely To Suffer Quality Problems Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants - even those run by U.S. manufacturers - pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.Researchers found that drugs produced in Puerto Rican plants owned and operated by U. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Is It Possible To Rank Different Drugs By The Harm They Cause? Revisiting The David Nutt Debate The scientific and political worlds were transfixed in late 2009 when UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his controversial views on the harmfulness of different drugs and the lack of evidence behind current drug policy, views first publicised in a Lancet report in 2007. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Among Hospital And Emergency Care Patients, Many Adverse Drug Reactions Are Preventable Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study to be presented to the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Babies Can Distinguish Between Painful Stimuli And Touch From 35-37 Weeks Gestation According to a new investigation published online in the journal Current Biology, babies can recognize the difference between painful stimuli from general touch from approximately 35-37 weeks gestation - just before a baby would usually be born. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Preventive Medicine News | |
| Medical Management Alone May Be Best Treatment Course For Stroke Prevention Patients with narrowed arteries in the brain who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to medical treatment, according to the initial results from the first, nationwide stroke prevention trial to compare the two treatment options. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Stroke Prevention Trial Has Immediate Implications For Treating Patients People who received intensive medical treatment following a first stroke had fewer second episodes and were less likely to die than people who received brain stents in addition to medical treatment, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine, to be published online Sept. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| High Healthcare Spending On Physicians Due To High Doctors Fees And Not Practice Costs American doctors charge considerably more per service than their counterparts in other countries - orthopedic surgeons' fees are more than double what they are in five other wealthy nations, researchers reported in the journal Health Affairs. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Access To Health Insurance, Medical Homes Improves Outcomes Among Undocumented Children Undocumented children who have access to health insurance are healthier and more engaged in school than those without insurance, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| Custirsen For Treatment Of Prostate Cancer - Publication Of Phase II Clinical And Pre-Clinical Data Announced The September issue of the journals Clinical Cancer Research and Cancer Research published OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announcement of new data from its Phase II clinical and a pre-clinical study of custirsen (OGX-011/TV-1011), a drug that inhibits the production of clusterin, which is a protein commonly over-produced in cancer cells and a cause of treatment failure. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Zytiga® For Treatment Of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Approved In Europe This week, Janssen-Cilag International NV announced that, following an accelerated regulatory review process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and after a positive CHMP opinion on the 22 July 2011, marketing authorization for ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate), a new, once-daily, oral androgen biosynthesis inhibitor has been approved by the European Commission. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Losing A Baby Raises Risk Of Early Death For Parents, Especially Mothers Losing a child during his/her first 12 months of life can considerably raise the parents' risk of dying early, researchers from the University of York, England and Stirling University, Scotland reported in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Rich, Stimulating Environments Convert White Fat To Brown And Help Resist Obesity Lab mice living in a rich, stimulating environment do not become obese when given an unlimited food supply because a brain chemical called neurotrophic factor makes them convert energy-storing white fat cells into energy-burning brown fat cells. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| A More Progressive Tax System Makes People Happier The way some people talk, you'd think that a flat tax system - in which everyone pays at the same rate regardless of income - would make citizens feel better than more progressive taxation, where wealthier people are taxed at higher rates. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| When The Rewards Outweigh The Risks The rewards outweigh the risks - when you're in a group, anyway.A new USC study explains why people take stupid chances when all of their friends are watching that they would never take by themselves. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| The Impact Of Sexualized Lyrics On Adolescent Behaviors And Attitudes Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| High Healthcare Spending On Physicians Due To High Doctors Fees And Not Practice Costs American doctors charge considerably more per service than their counterparts in other countries - orthopedic surgeons' fees are more than double what they are in five other wealthy nations, researchers reported in the journal Health Affairs. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Losing A Baby Raises Risk Of Early Death For Parents, Especially Mothers Losing a child during his/her first 12 months of life can considerably raise the parents' risk of dying early, researchers from the University of York, England and Stirling University, Scotland reported in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Learning From Global AIDS Response - UN Summit On Non-Communicable Diseases As the world prepares to develop a global strategy to tackle some of the biggest current threats to human health, there is a lot to be learned from past successes and mistakes of the global response to HIV/AIDS. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Among Hospital And Emergency Care Patients, Many Adverse Drug Reactions Are Preventable Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study to be presented to the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Young Women With Early Breast Cancer Have Similar Survival With Breast Conservation, Mastectomy Young women with early-stage breast cancer have similar survival rates with a lumpectomy and radiation treatment, known as breast-conservation therapy, as with mastectomy, a new study conducted at the University of Maryland has found. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) Recommended For Patients With Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation, USA Anticoagulant Xarelto (rivaroxaban) has been recommended by the FDA's Cardiovascular Renal Drugs Advisory Committee for the prevention of systemic embolism and stroke in patients with non-valvular AF (atrial fibrillation). | 08 Sept 2011 |
| DEA Moves To Ban "Bath Salts" Stating Emergency, Imminent Hazard The DEA is laying down the law. Over the past few months, there has been a growing use of, and interest in, synthetic stimulants sold under the guise of "bath salts" or "plant food". Marketed under names such as "Ivory Wave", "Purple Wave", "Vanilla Sky" or "Bliss", these products are comprised of a class of chemicals perceived as mimics of cocaine, LSD, MDMA, and/or methamphetamine. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Zytiga® For Treatment Of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, Approved In Europe This week, Janssen-Cilag International NV announced that, following an accelerated regulatory review process by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and after a positive CHMP opinion on the 22 July 2011, marketing authorization for ZYTIGA® (abiraterone acetate), a new, once-daily, oral androgen biosynthesis inhibitor has been approved by the European Commission. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Foodborne Illness Outbreaks - FDA Says New Pilot Projects Will Aid In The Detection Of Products Responsible Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration explained that the ability for agencies and industry's to detect products responsible for foodborne illness outbreaks will be improved by two new pilot projects. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| St. Jude Medical Announces European Regulatory Approval Of First Implanted Neurostimulation Device To Treat Chronic Migraine St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, announced it has received the industry's first and only regulatory approval for the use of an implanted neurostimulation device for patients with intractable chronic migraine. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Blood Test And Algorithm For Ovarian Cancer Developed By Oncologist, Cleared By FDA Approval last week by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clears the path for nationwide use of tools that show the greatest specificity in estimating the risk of ovarian cancer in women with a pelvic mass. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Offshore Drug Plants More Likely To Suffer Quality Problems Drugs produced in offshore manufacturing plants - even those run by U.S. manufacturers - pose a greater quality risk than those prepared in the mainland United States, a new study suggests.Researchers found that drugs produced in Puerto Rican plants owned and operated by U. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Virtual Reality May Help Adults Recover From Stroke Early results suggest that using virtual reality (VR) human-computer interfaces might help adult stroke patients regain arm function and improve their ability to perform standard tasks, when compared to patients who don't use VR. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| First U.S. Patient Receives Specially Processed Donor Lungs At The University Of Maryland Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have transplanted the first lungs treated in the United States with an experimental repair process before transplantation. The procedure is part of a five-center national clinical research trial to evaluate the efficacy of repairing, before transplant, lungs that might otherwise have been passed over as unsuitable for organ donation. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| 'Age-Old' Questions Addressed By Scientists Scientists have devised a method to measure the impact of age on the growth rates of cellular populations, a development that offers new ways to understand and model the growth of bacteria, and could provide new insights into how genetic factors affect their life cycle. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Aerobic Exercise May Cut Dementia Risk Aerobic exercise, defined as any physical activity that raises heart rate and increases the body's need for oxygen, may cut the risk of dementia and slow its progress once it starts, according to Mayo clinic researchers who examined the role of aerobic exercise in preserving cognitive abilities and found it should be regarded as an important therapy against dementia. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| New Video Gaming Technology Helps To Detect Illness, Prevent Falls In Older Adults Many older adults lose their independence as their health declines and they are compelled to move into assisted care facilities. Researchers at the University of Missouri and TigerPlace, an independent living community, have been using motion-sensing technology to monitor changes in residents' health for several years. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Interplay Between Autophagy And Lipid Metabolism Influences Lifespan In C. elegans Worms Aging is generally accepted as a universal fact of life, but how do humans and other organisms age at the molecular level? At Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham), a team led by Malene Hansen, Ph. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| The Impact Of Sexualized Lyrics On Adolescent Behaviors And Attitudes Do sexualized lyrics in popular music have an impact on the sexual behavior and attitudes of adolescents? Researchers Cougar Hall, Joshua H. West, and Shane Hill from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, take a look at the trend of increasing use of sexually explicit lyrics in music. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| The Role Of Alcohol Intake And Smoking On Upper Aero-Digestive Cancers This paper provides an extensive analysis of the proportion of the risk of upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers in the population (the population attributable risk) that may be due to alcohol consumption and/or smoking. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Aerobic Exercise May Cut Dementia Risk Aerobic exercise, defined as any physical activity that raises heart rate and increases the body's need for oxygen, may cut the risk of dementia and slow its progress once it starts, according to Mayo clinic researchers who examined the role of aerobic exercise in preserving cognitive abilities and found it should be regarded as an important therapy against dementia. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Aerobic Exercise May Reduce The Risk Of Dementia Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's progression once it starts, reported a Mayo Clinic study published this month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Statins News | |
| Are Statins Good Or Bad? Statins, also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are drugs that are prescribed for people with high levels of cholesterol. They block the action of an enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase) made in the liver that is required to produce cholesterol, hence their name, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Brain Cancer Stem Cells' And Differentiated Cancer Cells' Metabolic State Differ Greatly - Study Shows Funded by the National Cancer Institute, investigators with the UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that the metabolic state of glioma stem cells, which instigate deadly glioblastomas, is considerably different from the metabolic state of brain cancer cells which the glioma stem cells created, a factor which assists these stem cells avoid treatment and cause recurrence later. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Stroke News | |
| Brain Stents To Lower Stroke Risk Have The Opposite Effect Brain stents, which are placed to open up a blocked artery and are designed to prevent strokes in high-risk individuals, actually increase the risk of stroke and death considerably, researchers reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine, after completing a multi-center clinical trial. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Medical Management Alone May Be Best Treatment Course For Stroke Prevention Patients with narrowed arteries in the brain who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to medical treatment, according to the initial results from the first, nationwide stroke prevention trial to compare the two treatment options. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Stroke Prevention Trial Has Immediate Implications For Treating Patients People who received intensive medical treatment following a first stroke had fewer second episodes and were less likely to die than people who received brain stents in addition to medical treatment, according to a new report in the New England Journal of Medicine, to be published online Sept. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Intensive Medical Therapy More Effective Than Stenting For Preventing A Second Stroke Patients at a high risk for a second stroke who received intensive medical treatment had fewer strokes and deaths than patients who received a brain stent in addition to the medical treatment, a large nationwide clinical trial has shown. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Improved Understanding Of Human Mitochondrial Diseases Following New Cellular Surprise Discovery A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial defects. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| 'Legs For Life' Screening Available During National PAD Awareness Month; Exercise, Intervention May Help Individuals 'Go The Distance' Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke - and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Virtual Reality May Help Adults Recover From Stroke Early results suggest that using virtual reality (VR) human-computer interfaces might help adult stroke patients regain arm function and improve their ability to perform standard tasks, when compared to patients who don't use VR. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| First U.S. Patient Receives Specially Processed Donor Lungs At The University Of Maryland Surgeons at the University of Maryland Medical Center have transplanted the first lungs treated in the United States with an experimental repair process before transplantation. The procedure is part of a five-center national clinical research trial to evaluate the efficacy of repairing, before transplant, lungs that might otherwise have been passed over as unsuitable for organ donation. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Strategies For Malaria Prevention Could Substantially Cut Killer Bacterial Infections Interventions targeting malaria, such as insecticide-treated bed nets, antimalarial drugs and mosquito control, could substantially reduce cases of bacteraemia, which kill hundreds of thousands of children each year in Africa and worldwide. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Glasgow Scientists Report Major Advance In Sleeping Sickness Drug A new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on September 6th presents a key advance in developing a safer cure for sleeping sickness. Led by Professor Peter Kennedy, researchers at the University of Glasgow's Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation have created a version of the drug most commonly used to treat sleeping sickness which can be administered orally in pill form. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets Lower Child Mortality By 23 Percent Children who live in households that own at least one insecticide-treated bed net are less likely to be infected with malaria and less likely to die from the disease, according to a new study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Vascular News | |
| 'Legs For Life' Screening Available During National PAD Awareness Month; Exercise, Intervention May Help Individuals 'Go The Distance' Peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common condition affecting 12-20 percent of Americans age 65 and older that may be a signal of future heart attack and stroke - and many with the disease may be unaware they have it, says the Society of Interventional Radiology. | 08 Sept 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Possible Benefit In Old Age Of One Drink A Day For Middle-Aged Women Women who drink 15 grams or less of alcohol a day (the equivalent of one drink of any alcoholic beverage) at midlife may be healthier when older than women who do not drink at all, who consume more than two drinks a day, or who consume four drinks or more at the one time. | 08 Sept 2011 |
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