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Acid Reflux / GERD News
What Is Esophagitis? How Is Esophagitis Treated? Esophagitis (UK: Oesophagitis) is inflammation of the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube from the pharynx to the stomach through which food and drinks pass. Esophagitis damages esophagus tissue.	25 Nov 2011

Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Moderate Alcohol Intake Linked To Lower Female Diabetes Risk Females in middle age who drink alcohol moderately and consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates have a 30% lower chance of developing diabetes type 2, compared to women with similar dietary habits who don't drink, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.	25 Nov 2011
Lab Creates Cells Used By Brain To Control Muscle Cells University of Central Florida researchers, for the first time, have used stem cells to grow neuromuscular junctions between human muscle cells and human spinal cord cells, the key connectors used by the brain to communicate and control muscles in the body.	25 Nov 2011

Anxiety / Stress News
Keeping One's Eyes On The Goal Despite Stress Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by Dr.	25 Nov 2011

Asbestos / Mesothelioma News
Construction Workers And Electricians At High Risk Of Asbestos Exposure Asbestos exposure is known to cause : MesotheliomaLung cancer Asbestosis Statistics show it is particularly prevalent amongst construction workers and electricians due to their constant contact with construction materials and dust, some of which is likely to include asbestos, no matter how careful they are.	25 Nov 2011

Autism News

Another Genetic Clue To Autism: Opposite Malfunctions Have Same Result In most cases, autism is caused by a combination of genetic factors, but some cases, such as Fragile X syndrome, a rare disorder with autism-like symptoms, can be traced to a variation in a single gene that causes overproduction of proteins in brain synapses, the connectors that allow brain cells or neurons to communicate with one another.

25 Nov 2011

Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News
Leading Chemical Weapons Preparedness Companies Announce Partnership To Deploy Break-through Diagnostic Test Internationally ProQares a leading provider of testing, evaluation and certification services for protective equipment against chemical hazards announced a partnership with U.S.-based Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.	25 Nov 2011

Biology / Biochemistry News
Another Genetic Clue To Autism: Opposite Malfunctions Have Same Result In most cases, autism is caused by a combination of genetic factors, but some cases, such as Fragile X syndrome, a rare disorder with autism-like symptoms, can be traced to a variation in a single gene that causes overproduction of proteins in brain synapses, the connectors that allow brain cells or neurons to communicate with one another.	25 Nov 2011
How Does A "Good" Protein Hurt Brain Cells After Clot-induced Stroke? The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant to Cedars-Sinai's Department of Neurology to study an unexpected recent discovery: After ischemic stroke the type caused by a clogged artery but with no bleeding into the brain a normal protein that plays a positive role in blood clotting escapes intact arteries and damages healthy brain cells.	25 Nov 2011
Dance Of The Ribosomes Ribosomes, the construction sites for proteins, are far more complex than previously assumed. During the production of proteins they constantly and spontaneously change their form. This performance of eukaryotic ribosomes has now been demonstrated for the first time by scientists at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik in Berlin, and Cornell University in New York, with the aid of special electron microscopic and biophysical methods.	25 Nov 2011
Dose Reduction In X-Ray Imaging Expected With New Strategy For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach-just published by researchers at the University of Georgia-may dramatically improve what researchers can learn using the technique.	25 Nov 2011

Blood / Hematology News
Patients With Autoimmune Disorders Have Higher Risk Of Pulmonary Embolism According to a report published Online First by The Lancet, individuals admitted to hospital for an autoimmune disorder have a significantly higher risk of experiencing a pulmonary embolism during the next 12 months.	25 Nov 2011

Bones / Orthopedics News
Philips Introduces Veradius Neo Mobile C-arm With Flat Detector To Enhance Management Of Challenging Patients And Procedures Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) introduced the Philips Veradius Neo mobile C-arm with flat detector to allow surgeons to more easily and precisely handle challenging patients and procedures.	25 Nov 2011

Cancer / Oncology News
Reform Required In Cancer Screening According to a commentary published online Nov. 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, since the first guidelines on mammography screening were developed by the National Cancer Institute more than three decades ago, guidelines developed by advocacy and professional groups have focused on which individuals should be screened, rather than clearly defining the risks and benefits of screening.	25 Nov 2011
RCGP Says Three Quarters Of Cancer Patients Referred Within A Month, UK According to a new report from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), in England three quarters of individuals with cancer symptoms are evaluated, examined and referred within one month of presenting their symptoms to their GP.	25 Nov 2011
Hopes That Bat Plant Could Provide Cancer Meds In a new study published this month in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have pinpointed the cancer-fighting potential in the bat plant, or Tacca chantrieri.	25 Nov 2011
The Burden Of Cancer In Those With HIV May Be Alleviated By Earlier Antiretroviral Therapy HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for cancer as a result of both their impaired immune system and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, according to researchers at Kaiser Permanente.The study, which appears in the current issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, is among the first to directly compare the risk of cancer in HIV-infected patients with a comparison group without HIV infection, while accounting for major cancer risk factors.	25 Nov 2011

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Patients With Autoimmune Disorders Have Higher Risk Of Pulmonary Embolism According to a report published Online First by The Lancet, individuals admitted to hospital for an autoimmune disorder have a significantly higher risk of experiencing a pulmonary embolism during the next 12 months.	25 Nov 2011

Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News
Benefits Of Cobas® HPV Test For Primary Screening, England According to an investigation recently published online in The Lancet Oncology, data from a sub-analysis of the Addressing THE Need for Advanced HPV Diagnostics (ATHENA) landmark study, showed that the HPV test Roche cobas, may be used for initial screening of cervical cancer.	25 Nov 2011

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News
First Patient Dosed In Cervical Region In Neuralstem ALS Stem Cell Trial .	25 Nov 2011
Potential New Drug For Type 1 Diabetes Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical Trials The clinical trial was random, regulated, double-blinded and broad-based.	25 Nov 2011

Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News
Shortages Of Surgical Drugs May Pose Threats To Patient Safety The United States is facing ongoing shortages of several critical anesthesia medications shortages with potentially serious effects on patient care and safety, according to a special article in the December issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).	25 Nov 2011

Depression News
Painful Migraines Linked To Higher Depression Risk Individuals who have migraines have a higher chance of experiencing major depressive episodes, researchers from the University of Calgary, Canada, reported in the journal Headache. The authors added that the higher risk is there the other way round - that those with major depressive episodes are also at a higher risk of having migraines.	25 Nov 2011

Dermatology News
Vanderbilt Doctors See Increase In Burn Injuries, Offer Tips For Safe Holiday Season The "most wonderful time of the year" is also one of the busiest for the Vanderbilt Regional Burn Center. As the holidays approach, doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center urge people to exercise caution and eliminate potential dangers that could lead to burn injuries.	25 Nov 2011
Eczema Yeast Can Be Killed Off, Raising Hope Of New Treatments Scientists in Sweden have discovered certain peptides kill off the yeast Malassezia sympodialis which can trigger skin disorders such as atopic eczema, seborrhoeic eczema, and dandruff, without harming healthy skin cells.	25 Nov 2011

Diabetes News
Moderate Alcohol Intake Linked To Lower Female Diabetes Risk Females in middle age who drink alcohol moderately and consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates have a 30% lower chance of developing diabetes type 2, compared to women with similar dietary habits who don't drink, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.	25 Nov 2011
Potential New Drug For Type 1 Diabetes Drug for Type 1 Diabetes Developed by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute Meets Primary and Secondary Goals of Phase III Clinical Trials The clinical trial was random, regulated, double-blinded and broad-based.	25 Nov 2011

Eczema / Psoriasis News
Eczema Yeast Can Be Killed Off, Raising Hope Of New Treatments Scientists in Sweden have discovered certain peptides kill off the yeast Malassezia sympodialis which can trigger skin disorders such as atopic eczema, seborrhoeic eczema, and dandruff, without harming healthy skin cells.	25 Nov 2011

Eye Health / Blindness News
What Is Pepper Spray? Is Pepper Spray Dangerous? Pepper Spray, or OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray is a lachrymatory agent - a compound that makes the eyes tearful. The active ingredient in pepper spray is also an inflammatory agent that swells up the eyes and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, it causes pain, and often temporary blindness.	25 Nov 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Flu Shots Still Available At Concentra To Protect Against The Flu Bug The 2011 flu season is now in full swing, with influenza activity continually increasing in at least 25 states, extending from California all the way to New York. To protect against this highly contagious illness, Concentra is urging every person to get an annual flu shot.	25 Nov 2011

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Young African Children Not Protected From Malaria By Zinc Supplementation A study led by Hans Verhoef, a researcher at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that supplementing young Tanzanian children with zinc - either alone or in combination with other multi-nutrients - does not protect against malaria.	25 Nov 2011
What Is Esophagitis? How Is Esophagitis Treated? Esophagitis (UK: Oesophagitis) is inflammation of the esophagus. The esophagus is a muscular tube from the pharynx to the stomach through which food and drinks pass. Esophagitis damages esophagus tissue.	25 Nov 2011

Genetics News
Another Genetic Clue To Autism: Opposite Malfunctions Have Same Result In most cases, autism is caused by a combination of genetic factors, but some cases, such as Fragile X syndrome, a rare disorder with autism-like symptoms, can be traced to a variation in a single gene that causes overproduction of proteins in brain synapses, the connectors that allow brain cells or neurons to communicate with one another.	25 Nov 2011
Genetic Code Of First Arachnid Cracked An international team of scientists - including Ghent VIB scientists - has succeeded in deciphering the genome of the spider mite. This is also the first known genome of an arachnid. This premiere not only brings along new insights into the evolution of arthropods, but also offers new opportunities to develop means of crop protection against the spider mite.	25 Nov 2011
The ABCC9 Of Sleep, A Genetic Factor That Regulates How Long We Sleep A collaborative European study led by LMU researchers has shown that ABCC9, a known genetic factor in heart disease and diabetes, also influences the duration of sleep in humans. This function is evolutionarily conserved as knock-out of the gene reduces the duration of nocturnal sleep in fruitfliesLegend has it that Napoleon never needed more than four hours of sleep at a stretch.	25 Nov 2011
Dance Of The Ribosomes Ribosomes, the construction sites for proteins, are far more complex than previously assumed. During the production of proteins they constantly and spontaneously change their form. This performance of eukaryotic ribosomes has now been demonstrated for the first time by scientists at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik in Berlin, and Cornell University in New York, with the aid of special electron microscopic and biophysical methods.	25 Nov 2011
Synesthesia And Evolution In the 19th century, Francis Galton noted that certain people who were otherwise normal "saw" every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though it was written in black ink. For the past two decades researchers have been studying this phenomenon, which is called synesthesia.	25 Nov 2011

Headache / Migraine News
Painful Migraines Linked To Higher Depression Risk Individuals who have migraines have a higher chance of experiencing major depressive episodes, researchers from the University of Calgary, Canada, reported in the journal Headache. The authors added that the higher risk is there the other way round - that those with major depressive episodes are also at a higher risk of having migraines.	25 Nov 2011

HIV / AIDS News
HIV-Positive Woman - The Stigma In this week's PLoS Medicine, an researchers analyzed the experiences of stigma and coping tactics among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada.Using focus groups, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues discovered that women attributed their experiences of discrimination and stigma to HIV-related stigma, racism, homophobia, transphobia, involvement in sex work, sexism, and gender discrimination.	25 Nov 2011
How Stigma Affects HIV-Positive Women In this week's PLoS Medicine, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues report their study examining experiences of stigma and coping strategies among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada.	25 Nov 2011
The Burden Of Cancer In Those With HIV May Be Alleviated By Earlier Antiretroviral Therapy HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for cancer as a result of both their impaired immune system and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, according to researchers at Kaiser Permanente.The study, which appears in the current issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, is among the first to directly compare the risk of cancer in HIV-infected patients with a comparison group without HIV infection, while accounting for major cancer risk factors.	25 Nov 2011

Immune System / Vaccines News
Sanofi Pasteur Launches Nationwide Education Campaign To Help Parents Make Informed Decisions About Immunization Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY), announced the introduction of a new education campaign designed to help answer parents' questions about immunization and to offer health-care professionals a reference tool to supplement their discussions about vaccination with patients.	25 Nov 2011
Patients With Autoimmune Disorders Have Higher Risk Of Pulmonary Embolism According to a report published Online First by The Lancet, individuals admitted to hospital for an autoimmune disorder have a significantly higher risk of experiencing a pulmonary embolism during the next 12 months.	25 Nov 2011

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Eczema Yeast Can Be Killed Off, Raising Hope Of New Treatments Scientists in Sweden have discovered certain peptides kill off the yeast Malassezia sympodialis which can trigger skin disorders such as atopic eczema, seborrhoeic eczema, and dandruff, without harming healthy skin cells.	25 Nov 2011

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Philips Introduces Veradius Neo Mobile C-arm With Flat Detector To Enhance Management Of Challenging Patients And Procedures Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) introduced the Philips Veradius Neo mobile C-arm with flat detector to allow surgeons to more easily and precisely handle challenging patients and procedures.	25 Nov 2011
First Healthcare-Associated Infection Assay On The BD MAX™ System Launches In Europe BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced that it obtained CE Marking for the BD MAX™ MRSA Assay to rapidly and accurately identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients.	25 Nov 2011
Lab Creates Cells Used By Brain To Control Muscle Cells University of Central Florida researchers, for the first time, have used stem cells to grow neuromuscular junctions between human muscle cells and human spinal cord cells, the key connectors used by the brain to communicate and control muscles in the body.	25 Nov 2011

Melanoma / Skin Cancer News
Key To Melanoma Metastasis Researchers from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center are part of a team that has identified a protein, called P-Rex1, that is key to the movement of cells called melanoblasts. When these cells experience uncontrolled growth, melanoma develops.	25 Nov 2011

Mental Health News
Developing Nations Need Good Governance In Mental Health Research Taghi Yasamy, from the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues pointed out the difficulties good mental health research governance in low- and middle-income countries face in this week's PLoS Medicine.	25 Nov 2011
Good Governance Required In Mental Health Research In this week's PLoS Medicine Taghi Yasamy from the WHO, Geneva, Switzerland and colleagues identify challenges facing good mental health research governance in low- and middle-income countries and provide suggestions for a way forward.	25 Nov 2011

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News
Brain Imaging, Behavior Research Reveals Physicians Learn More By Paying Attention To Failure Research on physicians' decision-making processes has revealed that those who pay attention to failures as well as successes become more adept at selecting the correct treatment. The researchers also found that all the physicians in the study included irrelevant criteria in their decisions about treatment.	25 Nov 2011
MedUni Vienna: Development Of The Brain Network In The Foetus Now Measurable For The First Time In The Womb A team of researchers at the MedUni's Clinical Department of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology has demonstrated for the first time ever that there are foetal brain developments that can be measured using functional magnetic resonance tomography in the womb.	25 Nov 2011

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
First Healthcare-Associated Infection Assay On The BD MAX™ System Launches In Europe BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced that it obtained CE Marking for the BD MAX™ MRSA Assay to rapidly and accurately identify methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients.	25 Nov 2011

Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News

Hope For Muscle Wasting Disease A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows.The amino acid L-tyrosine had a "rapid and dramatic impact" on Nemaline Myopathy (NM) in laboratory tests on mice, significantly improving symptoms of the muscle wasting disease, medical researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found.

25 Nov 2011

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Painful Migraines Linked To Higher Depression Risk Individuals who have migraines have a higher chance of experiencing major depressive episodes, researchers from the University of Calgary, Canada, reported in the journal Headache. The authors added that the higher risk is there the other way round - that those with major depressive episodes are also at a higher risk of having migraines.	25 Nov 2011
Neuron Transplants Can Repair Brain Circuits A new study by Harvard University neuroscientist Jeffrey Macklis and colleagues suggests it is possible to transplant fetal neurons into a part of the mouse brain that does not normally generate new brain cells, and they will repair abnormal circuits.	25 Nov 2011
Brain Imaging, Behavior Research Reveals Physicians Learn More By Paying Attention To Failure Research on physicians' decision-making processes has revealed that those who pay attention to failures as well as successes become more adept at selecting the correct treatment. The researchers also found that all the physicians in the study included irrelevant criteria in their decisions about treatment.	25 Nov 2011
MedUni Vienna: Development Of The Brain Network In The Foetus Now Measurable For The First Time In The Womb A team of researchers at the MedUni's Clinical Department of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology has demonstrated for the first time ever that there are foetal brain developments that can be measured using functional magnetic resonance tomography in the womb.	25 Nov 2011
Playing Music Alters The Processing Of Multiple Sensory Stimuli In The Brain Over the years pianists develop a particularly acute sense of the temporal correlation between the movements of the piano keys and the sound of the notes played. However, they are no better than non-musicians at assessing the synchronicity of lip movements and speech.	25 Nov 2011
Researchers Decode A Puzzling Movement Disorder Neurodegenerative diseases represent one of the greatest challenges of our aging society. However, investigation into these diseases is made particularly difficult due to the limited availability of human brain tissue.	25 Nov 2011
Synesthesia And Evolution In the 19th century, Francis Galton noted that certain people who were otherwise normal "saw" every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though it was written in black ink. For the past two decades researchers have been studying this phenomenon, which is called synesthesia.	25 Nov 2011

Nutrition / Diet News
Moderate Alcohol Intake Linked To Lower Female Diabetes Risk Females in middle age who drink alcohol moderately and consume large amounts of refined carbohydrates have a 30% lower chance of developing diabetes type 2, compared to women with similar dietary habits who don't drink, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.	25 Nov 2011

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Neuron Transplants Can Repair Brain Circuits A new study by Harvard University neuroscientist Jeffrey Macklis and colleagues suggests it is possible to transplant fetal neurons into a part of the mouse brain that does not normally generate new brain cells, and they will repair abnormal circuits.	25 Nov 2011

Pain / Anesthetics News
Repeated Ingestion Of Slightly Too Much Paracetamol Can Be Fatal Repeatedly taking slightly too much paracetamol over time can cause a dangerous overdose that is difficult to spot, but puts the person at danger of dying. Patients may not come to hospital reporting the overdose, but because they feel unwell.	25 Nov 2011

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Protection Against Malaria - Zinc Supplements Make No Difference To Children According to an investigation published in the week's PLoS Medicine, young children in Tanzania are not protected against malaria by taking zinc supplements either alone or in conjunction with other multi-nutrients.	25 Nov 2011
Hope For Muscle Wasting Disease A health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows.The amino acid L-tyrosine had a "rapid and dramatic impact" on Nemaline Myopathy (NM) in laboratory tests on mice, significantly improving symptoms of the muscle wasting disease, medical researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) found.	25 Nov 2011
Young African Children Not Protected From Malaria By Zinc Supplementation A study led by Hans Verhoef, a researcher at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that supplementing young Tanzanian children with zinc - either alone or in combination with other multi-nutrients - does not protect against malaria.	25 Nov 2011

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
Hopes That Bat Plant Could Provide Cancer Meds In a new study published this month in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers with The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have pinpointed the cancer-fighting potential in the bat plant, or Tacca chantrieri.	25 Nov 2011

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
MedUni Vienna: Development Of The Brain Network In The Foetus Now Measurable For The First Time In The Womb A team of researchers at the MedUni's Clinical Department of Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal Radiology has demonstrated for the first time ever that there are foetal brain developments that can be measured using functional magnetic resonance tomography in the womb.	25 Nov 2011
Pregnant Mothers Can Safely Choose Where To Give Birth If They Have Low Risk Of Complications A study published on bmj.com says that women with low risk pregnancies should be able to choose where they give birth, and even though first-time mothers opting for a home birth are at a higher risk of adverse outcomes, the overall risk remains low in all birth settings.	25 Nov 2011

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Keeping One's Eyes On The Goal Despite Stress Stressed people fall into habits and their behaviour is not goal-directed. That the neurotransmitter norepinephrine plays a decisive role here is now reported in the Journal of Neuroscience by scientists from Bochum led by Dr.	25 Nov 2011
Higher Grades Achieved By Optimistic Female Students But Males Score Lower When Overconfident Female students who were more optimistic achieved significantly higher grades than their less optimistic peers, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.	25 Nov 2011
Synesthesia And Evolution In the 19th century, Francis Galton noted that certain people who were otherwise normal "saw" every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though it was written in black ink. For the past two decades researchers have been studying this phenomenon, which is called synesthesia.	25 Nov 2011
In The Brain, Awareness Biases Information Processing How does awareness influence information processing during decision making in the human brain? A new study led by Floris de Lange of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University Nijmegen, offers new insight into this question, and is published November 22 in the online, open-access journal PLoS Biology.	25 Nov 2011

Public Health News
What Is Pepper Spray? Is Pepper Spray Dangerous? Pepper Spray, or OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray is a lachrymatory agent - a compound that makes the eyes tearful. The active ingredient in pepper spray is also an inflammatory agent that swells up the eyes and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, it causes pain, and often temporary blindness.	25 Nov 2011
New Comissioning Structure - Large Companies Would Have In-Built Advantage, Says BMA, UK On Nov. 22 the British Medical Association (BMA) stated that the governments new proposals would provide the commercial sector with an in-build advantage in the commissioning support process.	25 Nov 2011

Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News

Dose Reduction In X-Ray Imaging Expected With New Strategy For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach-just published by researchers at the University of Georgia-may dramatically improve what researchers can learn using the technique.

25 Nov 2011

Respiratory / Asthma News
What Is Pepper Spray? Is Pepper Spray Dangerous? Pepper Spray, or OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray is a lachrymatory agent - a compound that makes the eyes tearful. The active ingredient in pepper spray is also an inflammatory agent that swells up the eyes and mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, it causes pain, and often temporary blindness.	25 Nov 2011

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News

The ABCC9 Of Sleep, A Genetic Factor That Regulates How Long We Sleep A collaborative European study led by LMU researchers has shown that ABCC9, a known genetic factor in heart disease and diabetes, also influences the duration of sleep in humans. This function is evolutionarily conserved as knock-out of the gene reduces the duration of nocturnal sleep in fruitfliesLegend has it that Napoleon never needed more than four hours of sleep at a stretch.

25 Nov 2011

Smoking / Quit Smoking News

The Burden Of Cancer In Those With HIV May Be Alleviated By Earlier Antiretroviral Therapy HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for cancer as a result of both their impaired immune system and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, according to researchers at Kaiser Permanente.The study, which appears in the current issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, is among the first to directly compare the risk of cancer in HIV-infected patients with a comparison group without HIV infection, while accounting for major cancer risk factors.

25 Nov 2011

Stem Cell Research News
Neuron Transplants Can Repair Brain Circuits A new study by Harvard University neuroscientist Jeffrey Macklis and colleagues suggests it is possible to transplant fetal neurons into a part of the mouse brain that does not normally generate new brain cells, and they will repair abnormal circuits.	25 Nov 2011
First Patient Dosed In Cervical Region In Neuralstem ALS Stem Cell Trial .	25 Nov 2011
Lab Creates Cells Used By Brain To Control Muscle Cells University of Central Florida researchers, for the first time, have used stem cells to grow neuromuscular junctions between human muscle cells and human spinal cord cells, the key connectors used by the brain to communicate and control muscles in the body.	25 Nov 2011

Stroke News

How Does A "Good" Protein Hurt Brain Cells After Clot-induced Stroke? The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $1.4 million grant to Cedars-Sinai's Department of Neurology to study an unexpected recent discovery: After ischemic stroke the type caused by a clogged artery but with no bleeding into the brain a normal protein that plays a positive role in blood clotting escapes intact arteries and damages healthy brain cells.

25 Nov 2011

Swine Flu News
Swine Flu Type Virus Reported In Iowa The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed three mildly ill children with viruses similar to the swine-origin influenza A (H3N2) viruses identified in three other states. These viruses contain the "matrix (M) gene segment" from the 2009 "Swine Flu" pandemic known as H1N1 virus.	25 Nov 2011

Tropical Diseases News
Protection Against Malaria - Zinc Supplements Make No Difference To Children According to an investigation published in the week's PLoS Medicine, young children in Tanzania are not protected against malaria by taking zinc supplements either alone or in conjunction with other multi-nutrients.	25 Nov 2011
Malaria In Suriname Almost Eliminated Malaria is almost under control in Suriname. According to an impact study conducted by Hélène Hiwat - van Laar, who was awarded a PhD on the subject on 21 November at Wageningen University, a five-year control programme with new strategies has proved successful.	25 Nov 2011
Young African Children Not Protected From Malaria By Zinc Supplementation A study led by Hans Verhoef, a researcher at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that supplementing young Tanzanian children with zinc - either alone or in combination with other multi-nutrients - does not protect against malaria.	25 Nov 2011

Tuberculosis News
Lilly Provides Additional Funding To Infectious Disease Research Institute To Identify New Tuberculosis Therapies Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced that it is providing more than $4 million in additional funding to the Infectious Disease Research Institute. The funding will allow IDRI to continue its early phase drug discovery efforts focused on identifying new and better therapies in the fight against tuberculosis, including multidrug-resistant strains known as MDR-TB.	25 Nov 2011
Eli Lilly And Company Provides IDRI With Additional Funding For Identification Of New Tuberculosis Therapies The Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) has been awarded more than $4 million in additional funding over the next four and a half years by Eli Lilly and Company. The funding will support IDRI's continued early phase drug discovery research, which focuses on the identification of effective new therapies in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), including multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).	25 Nov 2011

Women's Health / Gynecology News
HIV-Positive Woman - The Stigma In this week's PLoS Medicine, an researchers analyzed the experiences of stigma and coping tactics among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada.Using focus groups, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues discovered that women attributed their experiences of discrimination and stigma to HIV-related stigma, racism, homophobia, transphobia, involvement in sex work, sexism, and gender discrimination.	25 Nov 2011
How Stigma Affects HIV-Positive Women In this week's PLoS Medicine, Mona Loutfy of the University of Toronto, Canada and colleagues report their study examining experiences of stigma and coping strategies among HIV-positive women in Ontario, Canada.	25 Nov 2011

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