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| ADHD News | |
| Training Parents Effective For Treating Young Children With ADHD Formal training in parenting strategies is a low-risk, effective method for improving behavior in preschool-age children at risk for developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), while there is less evidence supporting the use of medications for children younger than 6 years old, according to a new report from the U. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Water Disinfection Byproducts Linked To Adverse Health Effects University of Illinois scientists report the first identification of a cellular mechanism linked to the toxicity of a major class of drinking water disinfection byproducts. This study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests a possible connection to adverse health effects, including neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Autism News | |
| Brain Development In Rats Stunted By Perinatal Antidepressant Rats exposed to an antidepressant just before and after birth showed substantial brain abnormalities and behaviors, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.After receiving citalopram, a serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), during this critical period, long-distance connections between the two hemispheres of the brain showed stunted growth and degeneration. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Obesity Pill Could Fool Brain To Eat Less A new imaging study suggests if we were to take a pill based on two simple gut hormones we would eat less because it would fool the brain by signalling we're full even if we're not. The researchers scanned the brains of the same volunteers at two different times: just after they fasted and took a dose of the hormones, and just after they had eaten a meal. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Coronary Stent Blood Clot Risks - Which Factors Are Linked? A study published in the October 26 issue of JAMA reveals that patients with certain genes or specific factors related to using the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel have a higher potential risk of experiencing a blood clot within a coronary stent shortly after placement. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Wound Healing And Mechanical Stress A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and tissue regeneration depending on when they are applied during the healing process. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Singling Out The Real Breast Cancer Among The Lumps Early detection of breast cancer saves thousands of lives each year. But screening for breast cancer also produces false alarms, which can cause undue stress and costly medical bills. Now, a recent study using patient blood reveals a possible way to reduce the number of false alarms that arise during early screening. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Women In Rural Areas More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Most Serious Form Of Breast Cancer Women living in rural areas face unique challenges concerning health and wellness issues. Now, an MU researcher has found that rural women are more likely than women living in cities to be diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, the most severe form of the disease. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Planning For Life Beyond A Cancer Diagnosis Five years ago, Sheri Scott was beginning a new chapter in her life. The recently engaged 31-year-old was eagerly browsing bridal magazines and busy planning for her big day. Unfortunately, just weeks following her engagement, Scott was diagnosed with breast cancer. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Smaller Melanoma Incisions For Melanomas Larger Than 2mm Have Same Recurrence Rates And Death As Larger Incisions After controversies regarding which are the best surgical excision margins for skin melanomas thicker than 2 mm, a study published Online First by The Lancet indicates that a 2 cm excision margin is safe and sufficient, as results in similar levels of recurrence and death compare with that of 4 cm margin. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Chalmers Team Develops A New Weapon Against Cancer A research team from Chalmers University of Technology has developed new techniques of cancer diagnosis and treatment with the aid of microwaves, which could play a pioneering role in the battle against cancer. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| HPV Linked To Heart Problems In Women Women infected with cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) appear also to be at increased for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, even in the absence of other more conventional risk factors, according to new research published in the 1 November issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Coronary Stent Blood Clot Risks - Which Factors Are Linked? A study published in the October 26 issue of JAMA reveals that patients with certain genes or specific factors related to using the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel have a higher potential risk of experiencing a blood clot within a coronary stent shortly after placement. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Researchers Find Gene Variants That Cause Stent Thrombosis In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered several gene variants contributing to early stent thrombosis (ST), a devastating and often deadly complication after coronary stent implantation in people with coronary artery disease. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Young, Apparently Healthy - And At Risk Of Heart Disease Atherosclerosis - or buildup of fat in the walls of arteries - is thought of as a disorder of older people but it affects a large number of young men and women, according to a new Heart and Stroke Foundation study. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Quality-Of-Life For Women An Issue: In Some Matters Of The Heart, Women Do Not Fare As Well As Men A Heart and Stroke Foundation study has found that women under age 55 fare worse than their male counterparts following a heart attack - and their health status declines more than that of their male counterparts after one month. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Genetic Difference In Staph Infects Some Heart Devices, Not Others Infectious films of Staph bacteria around an implanted cardiac device, such as a pacemaker, often force a second surgery to replace the device at a cost of up to $100,000. But not all implanted cardiac devices become infected. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| HPV Linked To Heart Problems In Women Women infected with cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) appear also to be at increased for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, even in the absence of other more conventional risk factors, according to new research published in the 1 November issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| HPV Linked To Cardiovascular Disease In Women Women with cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke even when no conventional risk factors for CVD are present. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| COPD News | |
| Lung Cancer Screening CT Scans Useful In Identifying COPD According to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA researchers found that CT (computer tomographic) scans utilized for lung cancer screening showed that a significant proportion of current or former male smokers had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| CT Scans For Lung Cancer Screening May Be Beneficial In Detecting COPD Among men who were current or former heavy smokers, undergoing lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) scanning identified a substantial proportion who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting that this method may be helpful as an additional tool in detecting COPD, according to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Depression News | |
| Repeat Bouts Of Depression Linked To Low Mastery And Smoking According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the risk factors for individuals experiencing repeat episodes of depression include daily smoking, lack of control over life situations (low mastery) and previous depression. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Depressive Symptoms May Make Asthma Control More Difficult People with asthma are more likely to have symptoms of depression. A new study suggests these symptoms are linked to a host of other negative health risks that may lead to a worsening of asthma symptoms and an overall decline in health. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Depression Study Demonstrates Rare Animal Model Washington State University researchers have taken a promising step toward creating an animal model for decoding the specific brain circuits involved in depression. By electrically stimulating a brain region central to an animal's primary emotions, graduate student Jason Wright and his advisor Jaak Panksepp saw rats exhibit a variety of behaviors associated with a depressed, negative mood, or affect. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Brain Development In Rats Stunted By Perinatal Antidepressant Rats exposed to an antidepressant just before and after birth showed substantial brain abnormalities and behaviors, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.After receiving citalopram, a serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), during this critical period, long-distance connections between the two hemispheres of the brain showed stunted growth and degeneration. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Dermatology News | |
| 81% Of Proriasis Patients Benefited From AIN457 In Phase II Trial At the annual European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, Novartis announced positive results from its three Phase II trials of AIN457 (secukinumab), a drug designed for the treatment of psoriasis. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Smaller Melanoma Incisions For Melanomas Larger Than 2mm Have Same Recurrence Rates And Death As Larger Incisions After controversies regarding which are the best surgical excision margins for skin melanomas thicker than 2 mm, a study published Online First by The Lancet indicates that a 2 cm excision margin is safe and sufficient, as results in similar levels of recurrence and death compare with that of 4 cm margin. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Wound Healing And Mechanical Stress A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and tissue regeneration depending on when they are applied during the healing process. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Eczema / Psoriasis News | |
| 81% Of Proriasis Patients Benefited From AIN457 In Phase II Trial At the annual European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress in Lisbon, Portugal, Novartis announced positive results from its three Phase II trials of AIN457 (secukinumab), a drug designed for the treatment of psoriasis. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Endocrinology News | |
| Obesity Pill Could Fool Brain To Eat Less A new imaging study suggests if we were to take a pill based on two simple gut hormones we would eat less because it would fool the brain by signalling we're full even if we're not. The researchers scanned the brains of the same volunteers at two different times: just after they fasted and took a dose of the hormones, and just after they had eaten a meal. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Penn Study Explains Paradox Of Insulin Resistance Genetics Obesity and insulin resistance are almost inevitably associated with increases in lipid accumulation in the liver, a serious disease that can deteriorate to hepatitis and liver failure. A real paradox in understanding insulin resistance is figuring out why insulin-resistant livers make more fat. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Length Of Time Outdoors Linked To Kids' Lower Nearsightedness Risk The longer children and adolescents spend outdoors the lower their risk is of developing myopia (nearsightedness), researchers from the University of Cambridge, England reported at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Scientific Study May Improve Glaucoma Assessment And Treatment Results from a recent scientific study in the U.K. may change the way that healthcare professionals measure eye pressure and allow them to assess the risk of glaucoma with greater accuracy. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of irreversible loss of vision worldwide. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Discovery Of Genetic Mutation Associated With High Risk Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss among the elderly. Researchers had previously identified several relatively common genetic variants which together predict a person's increased risk for AMD, but a significant number of persons without the disease also have these variants. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Fertility News | |
| Planning For Life Beyond A Cancer Diagnosis Five years ago, Sheri Scott was beginning a new chapter in her life. The recently engaged 31-year-old was eagerly browsing bridal magazines and busy planning for her big day. Unfortunately, just weeks following her engagement, Scott was diagnosed with breast cancer. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Flu Shots Not Effective Enough, New Vaccines Needed, US Research Researchers who analyzed published literature found the type of flu shots used to inoculate 90% of Americans would only protect about 59% of the population, which is in stark contrast to established estimates of 70-90% effectiveness when there is a good match of vaccine to circulating strains. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Surgeons Successfully Regenerate Tissue-Engineered Small Intestine From Frozen Intestinal Cells Surgeons at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have conducted a study that could put regenerative tissue treatment for short bowel syndrome one step closer to the bedside. The researchers were able to successfully isolate and store organoid units and later generate tissue-engineered small intestine (TESI) in a mouse model. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Penn Study Explains Paradox Of Insulin Resistance Genetics Obesity and insulin resistance are almost inevitably associated with increases in lipid accumulation in the liver, a serious disease that can deteriorate to hepatitis and liver failure. A real paradox in understanding insulin resistance is figuring out why insulin-resistant livers make more fat. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Linking Of Mutations In 12 Genes To Ovarian Cancer May Lead To More Effective Prevention More patients with ovarian carcinoma carry cancer-predisposing mutations, and in more genes, than previously thought.A rapid experimental method for screening genomes has located mutations in 12 genes for inherited cancers of the ovary, fallopian tubes and peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the lower abdomen). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Researchers Find Gene Variants That Cause Stent Thrombosis In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered several gene variants contributing to early stent thrombosis (ST), a devastating and often deadly complication after coronary stent implantation in people with coronary artery disease. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Gene Variation Predicts Rate Of Age-Related Decline In Mental Performance, Stanford Study A tiny difference in the coding pattern of a single gene significantly affects the rate at which men's intellectual function drops with advancing age, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System have learned. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Risk Of Kidney Disease In African-Americans Increased By Gene Variant African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why African-Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than whites, as they reported in a recent online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Cellular 'Mathematics' Help Equalize X Chromosome Gene Expression In a study published in the journal Nature Genetics, a group of scientists including UNC biologist Jason Lieb, PhD, present experiments supporting a longstanding hypothesis that explains how males can survive with only one copy of the X chromosome. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Discovery Of Genetic Mutation Associated With High Risk Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss among the elderly. Researchers had previously identified several relatively common genetic variants which together predict a person's increased risk for AMD, but a significant number of persons without the disease also have these variants. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Researchers Find Gene Variants That Cause Stent Thrombosis In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered several gene variants contributing to early stent thrombosis (ST), a devastating and often deadly complication after coronary stent implantation in people with coronary artery disease. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Young, Apparently Healthy - And At Risk Of Heart Disease Atherosclerosis - or buildup of fat in the walls of arteries - is thought of as a disorder of older people but it affects a large number of young men and women, according to a new Heart and Stroke Foundation study. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Double Duty For Blood Pressure Drugs: How They Could Revolutionize How We Treat Valve Disease A type of medication known as angiotensin-receptor blockers could reduce risk of mortality in people with a heart disease called calcific aortic stenosis (AS) by 30 per cent over an eight-year period, Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Quality-Of-Life For Women An Issue: In Some Matters Of The Heart, Women Do Not Fare As Well As Men A Heart and Stroke Foundation study has found that women under age 55 fare worse than their male counterparts following a heart attack - and their health status declines more than that of their male counterparts after one month. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| HPV Linked To Cardiovascular Disease In Women Women with cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke even when no conventional risk factors for CVD are present. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| The Fight Against AIDS HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, shows high genetic variability. A number of types of this virus exist and are more or less widespread in different parts of the world. Subtype B is the dominant form in the West, where most of the drugs are developed and tested. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Innovative Transdermal Patch For Delivery Of HIV Medicine Featured At AAPS Annual Meeting An innovative delivery method for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medications has been developed through use of a transdermal patch, the first of its kind to treat HIV. This research is being presented at the 2011 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Risk Of Kidney Disease In African-Americans Increased By Gene Variant African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why African-Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than whites, as they reported in a recent online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Double Duty For Blood Pressure Drugs: How They Could Revolutionize How We Treat Valve Disease A type of medication known as angiotensin-receptor blockers could reduce risk of mortality in people with a heart disease called calcific aortic stenosis (AS) by 30 per cent over an eight-year period, Heart and Stroke Foundation researcher Dr. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Flu Shots Not Effective Enough, New Vaccines Needed, US Research Researchers who analyzed published literature found the type of flu shots used to inoculate 90% of Americans would only protect about 59% of the population, which is in stark contrast to established estimates of 70-90% effectiveness when there is a good match of vaccine to circulating strains. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Saliva Can Explain Children's Weak Immune Defense Children have fewer components that strengthen their immune defense than adults do. This is shown in a mapping of children's saliva that was carried out at Malmö University in Sweden. The study may have found an explanation for children's inability to fend off infections. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Flu Shots Not Effective Enough, New Vaccines Needed, US Research Researchers who analyzed published literature found the type of flu shots used to inoculate 90% of Americans would only protect about 59% of the population, which is in stark contrast to established estimates of 70-90% effectiveness when there is a good match of vaccine to circulating strains. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Genetic Difference In Staph Infects Some Heart Devices, Not Others Infectious films of Staph bacteria around an implanted cardiac device, such as a pacemaker, often force a second surgery to replace the device at a cost of up to $100,000. But not all implanted cardiac devices become infected. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| Veterinary Researchers Discover First US Strains Of Hepatitis E Virus From Rabbits Researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have identified the first strains of hepatitis E virus from farmed rabbits in the United States. It is unknown whether the virus can spread from rabbits to humans. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Lung Cancer News | |
| Lung Cancer Screening CT Scans Useful In Identifying COPD According to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA researchers found that CT (computer tomographic) scans utilized for lung cancer screening showed that a significant proportion of current or former male smokers had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| CT Scans For Lung Cancer Screening May Be Beneficial In Detecting COPD Among men who were current or former heavy smokers, undergoing lung cancer screening with computed tomography (CT) scanning identified a substantial proportion who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), suggesting that this method may be helpful as an additional tool in detecting COPD, according to a study in the October 26 issue of JAMA. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Genetic Difference In Staph Infects Some Heart Devices, Not Others Infectious films of Staph bacteria around an implanted cardiac device, such as a pacemaker, often force a second surgery to replace the device at a cost of up to $100,000. But not all implanted cardiac devices become infected. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Gallium Nitride Proven To Be Non-Toxic, Biocompatible - Holds Promise For Biomedical Implants Researchers from North Carolina State University and Purdue University have shown that the semiconductor material gallium nitride (GaN) is non-toxic and is compatible with human cells - opening the door to the material's use in a variety of biomedical implant technologies. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Melanoma / Skin Cancer News | |
| Smaller Melanoma Incisions For Melanomas Larger Than 2mm Have Same Recurrence Rates And Death As Larger Incisions After controversies regarding which are the best surgical excision margins for skin melanomas thicker than 2 mm, a study published Online First by The Lancet indicates that a 2 cm excision margin is safe and sufficient, as results in similar levels of recurrence and death compare with that of 4 cm margin. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Multidisciplinary Research Urged For Optimal Melanoma Surgery In an editorial published in The Lancet, UNC Lineberger member David Ollila, MD, and co-author John Thompson, MD, of the Melanoma Institute Australia, praise a new study on optimal margins for melanoma surgery but urge researchers to bring new molecular and genetic techniques to bear on the question of how to minimize the need for more complex surgical techniques while maximizing long-term patient survival. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Coffee Drinking Linked To Lower Risk Of Common Skin Cancer New research presented at a conference in the US on Monday finds that drinking coffee is linked to a lower risk of a common form of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Results of a prospective study that followed over 25,000 cases of skin cancer suggest coffee may be an important dietary option to prevent BCC. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Mental Health News | |
| Gene Variation Predicts Rate Of Age-Related Decline In Mental Performance, Stanford Study A tiny difference in the coding pattern of a single gene significantly affects the rate at which men's intellectual function drops with advancing age, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System have learned. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Surgeons Develop A Faster, Less Expensive Technique To Identify Bacterial Infections And Determine Antibiotic Resistance Surgeons at Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University in Detroit are developing a faster, less expensive method of identifying bacterial infections and determining their antibiotic resistance. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Enzyme Controlling Cell Death Paves Way For Treatment Of Brain Damage In Newborns Brain damage due to birth asphyxia where the brain is starved of oxygen around the time of delivery is normally treated by cooling the infant, but this only helps one baby in nine. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, could now pave the way for new ways of treating brain damage in newborns. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| BMA Says A Rise In NHS Pension Contributions Is Misguided And Unjust According to the British Medical Association (BMA) it is unfair and misguided to increase NHS Pension Scheme contributions over the next three years by up to 6%. Their statement is in response to the government consultation on contribution increases to the NHS Pension Scheme from 2012. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Dieters Fail Because Of Hormones Not Lack Of Will Power New research released tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that people fail to lose weight on diets, more because of hormone imbalances than lack of will power. The crux of the problem is that as a person loses weight, especially in more aggressive dieting, the body changes the hormones its producing, adjusting for the loss in fat reserves, and promoting a stronger urge to eat more and replace the reserves. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| People Pay Less Attention To Nutrition Labels Fact Than They Think They Do A new investigation published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reveals that consumers do not pay as much attention to nutrition facts labels as they believe. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Students Coax Yeast Cells To Add Vitamins To Bread Any way you slice it, bread that contains critical nutrients could help combat severe malnutrition in impoverished regions. That is the goal of a group of Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students who are using synthetic biology to enhance common yeast so that it yields beta carotene, the orange substance that gives carrots their color. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Coffee Drinking Linked To Lower Risk Of Common Skin Cancer New research presented at a conference in the US on Monday finds that drinking coffee is linked to a lower risk of a common form of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Results of a prospective study that followed over 25,000 cases of skin cancer suggest coffee may be an important dietary option to prevent BCC. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Dieters Fail Because Of Hormones Not Lack Of Will Power New research released tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests that people fail to lose weight on diets, more because of hormone imbalances than lack of will power. The crux of the problem is that as a person loses weight, especially in more aggressive dieting, the body changes the hormones its producing, adjusting for the loss in fat reserves, and promoting a stronger urge to eat more and replace the reserves. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Obesity Pill Could Fool Brain To Eat Less A new imaging study suggests if we were to take a pill based on two simple gut hormones we would eat less because it would fool the brain by signalling we're full even if we're not. The researchers scanned the brains of the same volunteers at two different times: just after they fasted and took a dose of the hormones, and just after they had eaten a meal. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Ovarian Cancer News | |
| Linking Of Mutations In 12 Genes To Ovarian Cancer May Lead To More Effective Prevention More patients with ovarian carcinoma carry cancer-predisposing mutations, and in more genes, than previously thought.A rapid experimental method for screening genomes has located mutations in 12 genes for inherited cancers of the ovary, fallopian tubes and peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the lower abdomen). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Peer Pressure In Preschool Children Adults and adolescents often adjust their behaviour and opinions to peer groups, even when they themselves know better. Researchers from the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, studied this phenomenon in four-year-olds and found that preschool children are already subject to peer pressure. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Enzyme Controlling Cell Death Paves Way For Treatment Of Brain Damage In Newborns Brain damage due to birth asphyxia where the brain is starved of oxygen around the time of delivery is normally treated by cooling the infant, but this only helps one baby in nine. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, could now pave the way for new ways of treating brain damage in newborns. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Saliva Can Explain Children's Weak Immune Defense Children have fewer components that strengthen their immune defense than adults do. This is shown in a mapping of children's saliva that was carried out at Malmö University in Sweden. The study may have found an explanation for children's inability to fend off infections. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Length Of Time Outdoors Linked To Kids' Lower Nearsightedness Risk The longer children and adolescents spend outdoors the lower their risk is of developing myopia (nearsightedness), researchers from the University of Cambridge, England reported at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Harsh Discipline Fosters Dishonesty In Young Children Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Following Canada's Common Drug Review Fewer Drugs Listed On Public Drug Plans But Faster Listing For Coverage A new study published in CMAJ discovered that, since the 2003 introduction of Canada's Common Drug Review, the number of drugs covered by public drug plans has considerably decreased. There are 19 public drug plans in Canada. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Brain Development In Rats Stunted By Perinatal Antidepressant Rats exposed to an antidepressant just before and after birth showed substantial brain abnormalities and behaviors, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.After receiving citalopram, a serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), during this critical period, long-distance connections between the two hemispheres of the brain showed stunted growth and degeneration. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| BMA Says A Rise In NHS Pension Contributions Is Misguided And Unjust According to the British Medical Association (BMA) it is unfair and misguided to increase NHS Pension Scheme contributions over the next three years by up to 6%. Their statement is in response to the government consultation on contribution increases to the NHS Pension Scheme from 2012. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Major GP Opinion Survey Published By British Medical Association On Monday 24th October 2011, the British Medical Association (BMA) published the concluding results of their major survey of GP opinion. The results revealed that GPs opinions and concerns regarding the major issues the general practice face are outstandingly clear. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| AACR Calls For Letters Of Intent For A Stand Up To Cancer-Prostate Cancer Foundation Dream Team Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), along with the American Association for Cancer Research, call upon the cancer research community to submit Letters of Intent for a new Dream Team dedicated to prostate cancer research. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Repeat Bouts Of Depression Linked To Low Mastery And Smoking According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the risk factors for individuals experiencing repeat episodes of depression include daily smoking, lack of control over life situations (low mastery) and previous depression. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Peer Pressure In Preschool Children Adults and adolescents often adjust their behaviour and opinions to peer groups, even when they themselves know better. Researchers from the Max Planck Institutes for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, Netherlands, studied this phenomenon in four-year-olds and found that preschool children are already subject to peer pressure. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Harsh Discipline Fosters Dishonesty In Young Children Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| Young, Apparently Healthy - And At Risk Of Heart Disease Atherosclerosis - or buildup of fat in the walls of arteries - is thought of as a disorder of older people but it affects a large number of young men and women, according to a new Heart and Stroke Foundation study. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Water Disinfection Byproducts Linked To Adverse Health Effects University of Illinois scientists report the first identification of a cellular mechanism linked to the toxicity of a major class of drinking water disinfection byproducts. This study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests a possible connection to adverse health effects, including neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Depressive Symptoms May Make Asthma Control More Difficult People with asthma are more likely to have symptoms of depression. A new study suggests these symptoms are linked to a host of other negative health risks that may lead to a worsening of asthma symptoms and an overall decline in health. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Gene Variation Predicts Rate Of Age-Related Decline In Mental Performance, Stanford Study A tiny difference in the coding pattern of a single gene significantly affects the rate at which men's intellectual function drops with advancing age, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System have learned. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Discovery Of Genetic Mutation Associated With High Risk Of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss among the elderly. Researchers had previously identified several relatively common genetic variants which together predict a person's increased risk for AMD, but a significant number of persons without the disease also have these variants. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Contraceptive Birth Control Pills Double Risk Of Blood Clot The newer contraceptive birth control pills appear to double the risk of blood clots says new research.One of the largest studies to look at the link better "the pill" and blood clots, showed the older formulas to have a lower risk, but the newer versions to perform better in regards to venous thromboembolism (VTE). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Repeat Bouts Of Depression Linked To Low Mastery And Smoking According to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the risk factors for individuals experiencing repeat episodes of depression include daily smoking, lack of control over life situations (low mastery) and previous depression. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| New Study Links Active Lifestyle To Reduced Risk Of Glaucoma Physical activity may be what the doctor orders to help patients reduce their risk of developing glaucoma. According to a recently published scientific paper, higher levels of physical exercise appear to have a long-term beneficial impact on low ocular perfusion pressure (OPP), an important risk factor for glaucoma. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Risk Of Kidney Disease In African-Americans Increased By Gene Variant African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The finding brings scientists closer to understanding why African-Americans are four times more likely to develop kidney failure than whites, as they reported in a recent online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Vascular News | |
| Coronary Stent Blood Clot Risks - Which Factors Are Linked? A study published in the October 26 issue of JAMA reveals that patients with certain genes or specific factors related to using the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel have a higher potential risk of experiencing a blood clot within a coronary stent shortly after placement. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Wound Healing And Mechanical Stress A new study demonstrates that mechanical forces affect the growth and remodeling of blood vessels during tissue regeneration and wound healing. The forces diminish or enhance the vascularization process and tissue regeneration depending on when they are applied during the healing process. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Veterinary News | |
| Veterinary Researchers Discover First US Strains Of Hepatitis E Virus From Rabbits Researchers in the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have identified the first strains of hepatitis E virus from farmed rabbits in the United States. It is unknown whether the virus can spread from rabbits to humans. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Water Disinfection Byproducts Linked To Adverse Health Effects University of Illinois scientists report the first identification of a cellular mechanism linked to the toxicity of a major class of drinking water disinfection byproducts. This study, published in Environmental Science & Technology, suggests a possible connection to adverse health effects, including neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's. | 26 Oct 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Contraceptive Birth Control Pills Double Risk Of Blood Clot The newer contraceptive birth control pills appear to double the risk of blood clots says new research.One of the largest studies to look at the link better "the pill" and blood clots, showed the older formulas to have a lower risk, but the newer versions to perform better in regards to venous thromboembolism (VTE). | 26 Oct 2011 |
| HPV Linked To Heart Problems In Women Women infected with cancer-causing strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) appear also to be at increased for cardiovascular diseases and stroke, even in the absence of other more conventional risk factors, according to new research published in the 1 November issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. | 26 Oct 2011 |
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