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| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Methadone Patients And Harmful Patterns Of Painkiller Prescriptions A new study has shown harmful prescription patterns of powerful painkillers among a substantial number of Ontario patients who received methadone therapy to treat their opioid addiction.Methadone, which is a type of long-acting opioid, has proven to be an effective therapy for opioid dependence. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Stress And Keeping An Eye On The Goal Beta blockers prevent the negative effects of 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. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| New Directory Features Sources Of Help For Psychiatric And Addiction Treatment The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) has published a 2012 Membership Directory. The directory is a comprehensive referral resource providing information on the nation's behavioral healthcare systems. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Allergy News | |
| Researchers Discover Protective Memory Cells In The Immune System The immune system possesses a type of cell that can be activated by tissues within the body to remind the immune system not to attack our own molecules, cells and organs, UCSF researchers have discovered. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Mild Cognitive Impairment Distresses Health Of Caregiver When a person with mild cognitive impairment is agitated or restless, caregivers can expect to find they are more edgy as well. According to recent research conducted at Virginia Tech, the more a caregiver's day is disrupted by the unsettled behaviors of their loved one, the more they find themselves unable to meet or balance their own home and family work loads. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| Stress And Keeping An Eye On The Goal Beta blockers prevent the negative effects of 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. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Autism News | |
| Brain Enlargement Seen In Boys With Regressive Autism, But Not Early Onset Autism In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains than their healthy counterparts. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News | |
| Anthrax Attack, US Government Agrees $2.5 Million Payout, But Does Not Admit Fault The family of Florida photo editor, Robert Stevens, who died following an anthrax attack, is to receive a payout of $2.5 million from the US government. According to court filings, Maureen Stevens will no longer pursue other claims. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Genetic Technique Corrects Cleft Lip In Mouse Model Using genetic techniques, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College have managed to successfully repaired cleft lips in mice embryos specially engineered for the investigation of cleft palate and cleft lip. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Reproductive Problems In Many Animals Spurred By Herbicide An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine - an herbicide widely used in the U.S. and more than 60 other nations - to reproductive problems in animals. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology Developed For Biomedical Research Roche NimbleGen, Inc. and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that they have developed a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region capture technology based on NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Choice Library, a revolutionary process for the enrichment of the MHC region. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cell Molecule Identified As Central Player In The Formation Of New Blood Vessels Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, is seriously impaired without it. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Increased Risk Of Blood Clots On The Lung For Patients With Autoimmune Diseases In a nationwide study based on data from the in-patient register, researchers have studied the risk of a blood clot on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Growth Hormone Increases Bone Formation In Obese Women In a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), growth hormone replacement for six months was found to increase bone formation in abdominally obese women. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Link Between Breast Cancer Type And Paternal Cancer The risk of breast cancer is increased by genetic and lifestyle factors such as the inherited BRCA2 gene, age of having first child, or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Cancer looked at the relationship between women with breast cancer and diagnosis of cancer in their parents. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Biopsy Of Recurrent Breast Cancer Can Alter Treatment A second, larger clinical research study led by breast cancer specialists at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) has again proven that comparing a new biopsy of progressing or recurring cancer with that of the original cancer can dictate a change in treatment. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Second Cancer Risk Mainly Confined To Same Type Recurrence Worldwide, approximately 15% of cancer survivors are diagnosed with a second primary cancer. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) reveals that those who have survived cancer are at more than double the risk of a second primary cancer of the same type, but the risk of developing a second cancer of a different type is only marginally higher. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Multiple Myeloma - First Risk Genes Discovered According to a paper published online in Nature Genetics, a team of scientists led by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has demonstrated for the first time that a person's genes influence their risk of developing multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, which is a type of white blood cell responsible for the production of antibodies. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| In Cancer Survivors, Risk Of Second Cancer Mainly Confined To The Same Cancer Type As The First Cancer survivors have more than double the risk of a second primary cancer of the same type, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)..Danish researchers looked at data for the entire population of Denmark (7 493 705 people) from 1980 to 2007 to determine whether the risk of secondary cancer is linked to the type of cancer found in the first instance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cell Molecule Identified As Central Player In The Formation Of New Blood Vessels Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have identified a cellular protein that plays a central role in the formation of new blood vessels. The molecule is the protein Shc (pronounced SHIK), and new blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, is seriously impaired without it. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| UT MD Anderson Creates Institute To Accelerate Cancer Drug Development Academic and government leaders announced today the establishment of a major new research institute at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center that will blend the best attributes of academic and industrial research to identify and validate new cancer targets, convert such scientific knowledge into new cancer drugs, and advance these novel agents into innovative clinical trials. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| An Unexpected Player In A Cancer Defense System Researchers of the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet and the University of Cologne, Germany, have identified a new protein involved in a defense mechanism against cancer. The VCP/p97 complex is best known for its role in protein destruction and is involved in a type of familial dementia and ALS. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Depression Doubles Heart Attack Risk According to recent data, depression may have more severe consequences than previously thought. Compared to people who are not depressed, those with a mood disorder could be two times as likely to suffer a heart attack. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| Mild Cognitive Impairment Distresses Health Of Caregiver When a person with mild cognitive impairment is agitated or restless, caregivers can expect to find they are more edgy as well. According to recent research conducted at Virginia Tech, the more a caregiver's day is disrupted by the unsettled behaviors of their loved one, the more they find themselves unable to meet or balance their own home and family work loads. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News | |
| HPV Vaccination Change Is A Good Thing, Says British Dental Health Foundation The Government's plan to switch its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination from "Cervarix" to Gardasil" from Sep. 2012, has been welcomed by the British Dental Health Foundation. The leading oral health charity believes that the novel vaccine will deliver increased health benefits and prevent genital warts. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Conferences News | |
| Transplant Symposium Focuses On Equality In Allocation And Access To Organ Transplantation "Transplantation: Part of the Fabric of America" is the theme of the Third Annual Transplant Symposium sponsored by the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. The conference will be held on Friday, December 2 at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| A Photoshop Reality Check: Reality In The Eye Of The Beholder You know they couldn't possibly look that good. But what did those models and celebrities look like before all the retouching? How different is the image we see from the original?Dartmouth Computer Science Professor Hany Farid and Eric Kee, a PhD student at Dartmouth College, are proposing a method to not only answer such questions but also to quantify the changes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Dentistry News | |
| HPV Vaccination Change Is A Good Thing, Says British Dental Health Foundation The Government's plan to switch its Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination from "Cervarix" to Gardasil" from Sep. 2012, has been welcomed by the British Dental Health Foundation. The leading oral health charity believes that the novel vaccine will deliver increased health benefits and prevent genital warts. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Depression News | |
| Depression Doubles Heart Attack Risk According to recent data, depression may have more severe consequences than previously thought. Compared to people who are not depressed, those with a mood disorder could be two times as likely to suffer a heart attack. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Potential For Novel Therapies For The Treatment Of Diabetes Addex Pharmaceuticals (SIX:ADXN), a leading biopharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, announced today that its scientists have demonstrated that, in the presence of GLP-1, glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) can form a heterodimer receptor complex with gastric-inhibitory-peptide-receptor (GIPR). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Endocrinology News | |
| Non-Invasive Test Spots Most Common Curable Cause Of High Blood Pressure A simple non-invasive scan may be able to spot a common curable cause of high blood pressure just as well as the current method, which relies on a difficult and invasive blood test. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK write about how they showed PET-CT scans may be an effective, non-invasive way to diagnose Conn's syndrome in the 23 November online issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Growth Hormone Increases Bone Formation In Obese Women In a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), growth hormone replacement for six months was found to increase bone formation in abdominally obese women. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Genetics News | |
| Multiple Myeloma - First Risk Genes Discovered According to a paper published online in Nature Genetics, a team of scientists led by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has demonstrated for the first time that a person's genes influence their risk of developing multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, which is a type of white blood cell responsible for the production of antibodies. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Genetic Technique Corrects Cleft Lip In Mouse Model Using genetic techniques, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College have managed to successfully repaired cleft lips in mice embryos specially engineered for the investigation of cleft palate and cleft lip. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Controlling Forces Between Oppositely Charged Polymers Opens A New Route Towards Creating Vectors For Gene Therapy Gene therapy can only be effective if delivered by a stable complex molecule. Now, scientists have determined the conditions that would stabilise complex molecular structures that are subject to inherent attractions and repulsions triggered by electric charges at the surfaces of the molecules, in a study about to be published in EPJ E¹, by Valentina Mengarelli and her colleagues from the Solid State Physics Laboratory at the Paris-Sud University in Orsay, France, in collaboration with Paris 7 and Evry Universities scientists. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Gene Exchange Encouraged By Antibiotics In Swine Feed A study published in the online journal mBio® on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Safety Issues In Stem Cell Therapy To Be Addressed By International Study An international study, published in the prestigious journal Nature Biotechnology, reveals more about human pluripotent stem cells and their genetic stability and has important implications for the development of therapies using these cells. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Advanced MHC Region Capture Technology Developed For Biomedical Research Roche NimbleGen, Inc. and BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, announced that they have developed a Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) region capture technology based on NimbleGen SeqCap EZ Choice Library, a revolutionary process for the enrichment of the MHC region. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Study Looks At Genetic Changes Affecting Cultured Human Embryonic Stem Cells Researchers from A*STAR Singapore took lead roles in a study that identified a portion of the genome mutated during long-term culture of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The study was a worldwide collaboration, led by Drs Peter Andrews of the University of Sheffield (UK), Paul Robson of the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Steve Oh of Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), and Barbara Knowles and others in the international stem cell community. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Depression Doubles Heart Attack Risk According to recent data, depression may have more severe consequences than previously thought. Compared to people who are not depressed, those with a mood disorder could be two times as likely to suffer a heart attack. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Many HIV Positive Americans Are Unaware One in every five HIV positive Amercans is not aware he/she is infected, and only 49% of those who know they are infected receive ongoing medical care and treatment, says a new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| In Sub-Saharan Africa, School-In-A-Bag Reduces Drop-Out Rates A more flexible approach to teaching methods and better community support could reduce school drop-out in high HIV-prevalence areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop-out rates by 42 per cent in just a year. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Tenofovir Vaginal Gel In 'VOICE' HIV Prevention Study Discontinued: Product Safe But No More Effective Than Placebo A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an antiretroviral-containing oral tablet or vaginal gel can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the gel, an investigational microbicide, was not effective among study participants. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Non-Invasive Test Spots Most Common Curable Cause Of High Blood Pressure A simple non-invasive scan may be able to spot a common curable cause of high blood pressure just as well as the current method, which relies on a difficult and invasive blood test. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK write about how they showed PET-CT scans may be an effective, non-invasive way to diagnose Conn's syndrome in the 23 November online issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Global Vaccination Policies This week, two investigations being published in peer-reviewed journals, examine worldwide vaccination policies. In addition the studies use worldwide vaccination provision data that until now had not been available. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Researchers Discover Protective Memory Cells In The Immune System The immune system possesses a type of cell that can be activated by tissues within the body to remind the immune system not to attack our own molecules, cells and organs, UCSF researchers have discovered. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Washington State Pediatricians Receiving Regular Requests For Alternative Childhood Immunization Schedules Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's Research Institute. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Increased Risk Of Blood Clots On The Lung For Patients With Autoimmune Diseases In a nationwide study based on data from the in-patient register, researchers have studied the risk of a blood clot on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Fight Against Malaria Breakthrough Malaria currently infects over 225 million people globally, accounting for almost 800,000 deaths per year according to the World Health Organization. An international team of scientists has now achieved a breakthrough in the fight against malaria. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Gene Exchange Encouraged By Antibiotics In Swine Feed A study published in the online journal mBio® on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| New Way To Defeat Drug-Resistant Superbugs: Renew Their Susceptibility To Antibiotics How do you defeat an opponent who has acquired an effective new defence mechanism? Either develop a more powerful weapon, or find a way to undermine his clever new defence device. In the war against superbugs, this is the equivalent of either developing new drugs, or make them susceptible again to existing drugs. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Unlocking Bacteria's Beneficial Side Researchers now understand how bacteria can break down phosphonic acids, persistent and potentially hazardous environmental pollutants found in many common medicinal products, detergents and herbicides. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| New Weapon In Battle Against Superbugs Inspired By Corkscrews Scientists at the University of Warwick have taken inspiration from corkscrew structures found in nature to develop a new weapon in the fight against infections like E-coli and MRSA.Researchers have created a new synthetic class of helix-shaped molecules which they believe could be a key tool in the worldwide battle against antibiotic resistance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| A Photoshop Reality Check: Reality In The Eye Of The Beholder You know they couldn't possibly look that good. But what did those models and celebrities look like before all the retouching? How different is the image we see from the original?Dartmouth Computer Science Professor Hany Farid and Eric Kee, a PhD student at Dartmouth College, are proposing a method to not only answer such questions but also to quantify the changes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Litigation / Medical Malpractice News | |
| Anthrax Attack, US Government Agrees $2.5 Million Payout, But Does Not Admit Fault The family of Florida photo editor, Robert Stevens, who died following an anthrax attack, is to receive a payout of $2.5 million from the US government. According to court filings, Maureen Stevens will no longer pursue other claims. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| Healthy Repair In Chronic Liver Disease Can Be Promoted By The Manipulation Of Serotonin In liver disease, extent of tissue damage depends on the balance between the generation of scar tissue and the regeneration of new liver cells. In a significant minority of people who get injury to their organs instead of repairing them, they form scars. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Multiple Myeloma - First Risk Genes Discovered According to a paper published online in Nature Genetics, a team of scientists led by The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has demonstrated for the first time that a person's genes influence their risk of developing multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, which is a type of white blood cell responsible for the production of antibodies. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Higher Prevalence Of Leukemia, Infections Among The Elderly May Be Explained By Aging Stem Cells Human stem cells aren't immune to the aging process, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers studied hematopoietic stem cells, which create the cells that comprise the blood and immune system. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Shocking New Way To Create Nanoporous Materials With Applications From Purifying Water To Chemical Sensors Scientists have developed a new method of creating nanoporous materials with potential applications in everything from water purification to chemical sensors.In order to produce a porous material it is necessary to have multiple components. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News | |
| Economic Savings With Tobacco Control Programs States that have shifted funds away from tobacco control programs may be missing out on significant savings, according to a new study co-authored by San Francisco State University economist Sudip Chattopadhyay. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Melanoma / Skin Cancer News | |
| Scientists Engineer Blood Stem Cells To Seek Out And Attack Melanoma Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| New Way To Defeat Drug-Resistant Superbugs: Renew Their Susceptibility To Antibiotics How do you defeat an opponent who has acquired an effective new defence mechanism? Either develop a more powerful weapon, or find a way to undermine his clever new defence device. In the war against superbugs, this is the equivalent of either developing new drugs, or make them susceptible again to existing drugs. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| New Weapon In Battle Against Superbugs Inspired By Corkscrews Scientists at the University of Warwick have taken inspiration from corkscrew structures found in nature to develop a new weapon in the fight against infections like E-coli and MRSA.Researchers have created a new synthetic class of helix-shaped molecules which they believe could be a key tool in the worldwide battle against antibiotic resistance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| Higher Patient Adherence To Disease Modifying Therapies Reduced Costs For MS Patients Avi Dor, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Health Policy, GW School of Public Health and Health Services, was a co-author of a study, in collaboration with Teva Pharmaceuticals, that found that higher patient adherence to disease modifying therapies, like glatiramer acetate (GA), an immunomodulator drug currently used to treat multiple sclerosis, reduced inpatient costs, outpatient costs, and other medical expenses in a national sample of multiple sclerosis patients. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Soccer Headers Can Cause Brain Injury Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, used diffusion tensor imaging, an advanced type of MRI-based imaging technique, as well as cognitive tests, to assess brain function in amateur football players. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Violent Video Games Alter The Brain The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) was presented with a study made of the brain of young men, using fMRI scans (functional magnetic resonance imaging). In as little as one week, regions of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control had noticeable changes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Patients With Balance Disorders Benefit From Integrative Therapy Over the last 25 years, intensive efforts by physicians, physical therapists, and occupational therapists have developed integrative rehabilitation regimens that can alleviate balance disorders associated with neurological disease, trauma or weightlessness. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| US Teens Not Eating Enough Fruit And Veg, CDC Report US teens are eating less than the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published on 25 November. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Researchers Test Effects Of Vitamin D On Asthma Severity Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are recruiting volunteers with asthma for a study of whether taking vitamin D can make asthma medication more effective.The study is called VIDA (Vitamin D add-on therapy enhances corticosteroid responsiveness in Asthma). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Americans Have Put On 20 Pounds In 20 Years American adults now weigh an average of 20 pounds more than they did two decades ago, and their view of what they should ideally weigh has also increased, according to Gallup's annual Health and Healthcare survey, which questioned 532 men and 480 women who come from 50 US states and the District of Columbia (selected using random-digit-dial sampling). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Potential For Novel Therapies For The Treatment Of Diabetes Addex Pharmaceuticals (SIX:ADXN), a leading biopharmaceutical company pioneering allosteric modulation-based drug discovery and development, announced today that its scientists have demonstrated that, in the presence of GLP-1, glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor (GLP1R) can form a heterodimer receptor complex with gastric-inhibitory-peptide-receptor (GIPR). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Growth Hormone Increases Bone Formation In Obese Women In a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), growth hormone replacement for six months was found to increase bone formation in abdominally obese women. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Socioeconomic Status May Explain Racial Disparities In Diet, Exercise, And Weight Large disparities exist in obesity and other chronic diseases across racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Are racial differences in diet, exercise, and weight status related to better knowledge about healthy eating and awareness of food-related health risks? Or are they more closely related to differences in socioeconomic status (SES)? A new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association finds that people with a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be overweight, regardless of racial/ethnic background, and that the level of nutritional knowledge and health awareness did not lead to significant racial differences in weight and diet. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Methadone Patients And Harmful Patterns Of Painkiller Prescriptions A new study has shown harmful prescription patterns of powerful painkillers among a substantial number of Ontario patients who received methadone therapy to treat their opioid addiction.Methadone, which is a type of long-acting opioid, has proven to be an effective therapy for opioid dependence. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| US Teens Not Eating Enough Fruit And Veg, CDC Report US teens are eating less than the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published on 25 November. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Prevalence Of Lysosomal Storage Disorders Higher Than Previously Thought Among Children Findings of an article published Online First in The Lancet show that an analysis of dried blood spots from around 35,000 babies in Austria has demonstrated that lysosomal storage disorders are more common than previously thought, even though they remain rare. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Babies Embrace Punishment Earlier Than Previously Thought Babies as young as eight months old want people who commit or condone antisocial acts to be punished, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia researcher.While previous research shows that babies uniformly prefer kind acts, the new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that eight month-old infants support negative behavior if it is directed at those with antisocial behavior - and dislike those who are nice to bad guys. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| In Sub-Saharan Africa, School-In-A-Bag Reduces Drop-Out Rates A more flexible approach to teaching methods and better community support could reduce school drop-out in high HIV-prevalence areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings from a project led by London's Institute of Education and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Department for International Development (DFID) show that using new ways of encouraging young children to stay in regular schooling cut drop-out rates by 42 per cent in just a year. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Virtual Childbirth Simulator Improves Safety Of High-Risk Deliveries Newly developed computer software combined with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus may help physicians better assess a woman's potential for a difficult childbirth. Results of a study using the new software were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Washington State Pediatricians Receiving Regular Requests For Alternative Childhood Immunization Schedules Seventy-seven percent of Washington state pediatricians report that they are sometimes or frequently asked to provide alternative childhood vaccine schedules for their patients, according to a new study from Seattle Children's Research Institute. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Molar Pregnancy - Chemotherapy May Not Be Necessary Molar pregnancy is an abnormal form of pregnancy in which tissue that normally develops into a fetus instead becomes an abnormal growth in the uterus. Even though there is no embryo, the growth triggers symptoms of pregnancy. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| How Do Physicians Respond To Incentives? According to an analysis in CMAJ, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Labour economics can provide a valuable perspective in addressing the supply of doctors and access to care. Brian Golden and Sandra Rotman, Chair in Health Sector Strategy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and their co-authors write: "Understanding and accurately predicting the response of physicians to incentives is essential if governments wish to increase the supply of physician services. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Incentive Payments To Physicians, A Double-Edged Sword Labour economics can provide a valuable perspective in addressing the supply of doctors and access to care, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).."Understanding and accurately predicting the response of physicians to incentives is essential if governments wish to increase the supply of physician services," writes Brian Golden, Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy, the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, with coauthors. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| In Cancer Survivors, Risk Of Second Cancer Mainly Confined To The Same Cancer Type As The First Cancer survivors have more than double the risk of a second primary cancer of the same type, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)..Danish researchers looked at data for the entire population of Denmark (7 493 705 people) from 1980 to 2007 to determine whether the risk of secondary cancer is linked to the type of cancer found in the first instance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| What Wakes Dormant Tumor Cells Prostate tumor cells can be lulled to sleep by a factor released by bone cells, according to a study published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Disease recurs in up to half of prostate cancer patients after treatment, often as a result of metastases that spread to distant organs. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Urinary Retention Due To Benign Enlarged Prostate Treated Differently In 15 Countries Men who experience a sudden inability to pass urine because of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate are hospitalised and treated differently depending on where they live, according to an international study published online by the urology journal BJUI. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Violent Video Games Alter The Brain The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) was presented with a study made of the brain of young men, using fMRI scans (functional magnetic resonance imaging). In as little as one week, regions of the brain associated with cognitive function and emotional control had noticeable changes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Babies Embrace Punishment Earlier Than Previously Thought Babies as young as eight months old want people who commit or condone antisocial acts to be punished, according to a new study led by a University of British Columbia researcher.While previous research shows that babies uniformly prefer kind acts, the new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that eight month-old infants support negative behavior if it is directed at those with antisocial behavior - and dislike those who are nice to bad guys. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| New Directory Features Sources Of Help For Psychiatric And Addiction Treatment The National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) has published a 2012 Membership Directory. The directory is a comprehensive referral resource providing information on the nation's behavioral healthcare systems. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Public Health News | |
| US Teens Not Eating Enough Fruit And Veg, CDC Report US teens are eating less than the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published on 25 November. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| How Do Physicians Respond To Incentives? According to an analysis in CMAJ, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, Labour economics can provide a valuable perspective in addressing the supply of doctors and access to care. Brian Golden and Sandra Rotman, Chair in Health Sector Strategy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and their co-authors write: "Understanding and accurately predicting the response of physicians to incentives is essential if governments wish to increase the supply of physician services. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Americans Have Put On 20 Pounds In 20 Years American adults now weigh an average of 20 pounds more than they did two decades ago, and their view of what they should ideally weigh has also increased, according to Gallup's annual Health and Healthcare survey, which questioned 532 men and 480 women who come from 50 US states and the District of Columbia (selected using random-digit-dial sampling). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Global Vaccination Policies This week, two investigations being published in peer-reviewed journals, examine worldwide vaccination policies. In addition the studies use worldwide vaccination provision data that until now had not been available. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Reproductive Problems In Many Animals Spurred By Herbicide An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine - an herbicide widely used in the U.S. and more than 60 other nations - to reproductive problems in animals. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Parking Fees At Hospitals Are Health Care User Fees Hospital parking fees are essentially health care user fees and should be abolished, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).."Using revenue generated from such surrogate user fees for health care is against the health policy objective of the Canada Health Act and could become the subject of a legal challenge," writes Dr. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Unlocking Bacteria's Beneficial Side Researchers now understand how bacteria can break down phosphonic acids, persistent and potentially hazardous environmental pollutants found in many common medicinal products, detergents and herbicides. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Economic Savings With Tobacco Control Programs States that have shifted funds away from tobacco control programs may be missing out on significant savings, according to a new study co-authored by San Francisco State University economist Sudip Chattopadhyay. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Non-Invasive Test Spots Most Common Curable Cause Of High Blood Pressure A simple non-invasive scan may be able to spot a common curable cause of high blood pressure just as well as the current method, which relies on a difficult and invasive blood test. Researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK write about how they showed PET-CT scans may be an effective, non-invasive way to diagnose Conn's syndrome in the 23 November online issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Patients With Balance Disorders Benefit From Integrative Therapy Over the last 25 years, intensive efforts by physicians, physical therapists, and occupational therapists have developed integrative rehabilitation regimens that can alleviate balance disorders associated with neurological disease, trauma or weightlessness. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Researchers Test Effects Of Vitamin D On Asthma Severity Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are recruiting volunteers with asthma for a study of whether taking vitamin D can make asthma medication more effective.The study is called VIDA (Vitamin D add-on therapy enhances corticosteroid responsiveness in Asthma). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Increased Risk Of Blood Clots On The Lung For Patients With Autoimmune Diseases In a nationwide study based on data from the in-patient register, researchers have studied the risk of a blood clot on the lung for patients with autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and type 1 diabetes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Higher Prevalence Of Leukemia, Infections Among The Elderly May Be Explained By Aging Stem Cells Human stem cells aren't immune to the aging process, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers studied hematopoietic stem cells, which create the cells that comprise the blood and immune system. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Many HIV Positive Americans Are Unaware One in every five HIV positive Amercans is not aware he/she is infected, and only 49% of those who know they are infected receive ongoing medical care and treatment, says a new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Tenofovir Vaginal Gel In 'VOICE' HIV Prevention Study Discontinued: Product Safe But No More Effective Than Placebo A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an antiretroviral-containing oral tablet or vaginal gel can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the gel, an investigational microbicide, was not effective among study participants. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Economic Savings With Tobacco Control Programs States that have shifted funds away from tobacco control programs may be missing out on significant savings, according to a new study co-authored by San Francisco State University economist Sudip Chattopadhyay. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Soccer Headers Can Cause Brain Injury Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital and academic medical center for Einstein, used diffusion tensor imaging, an advanced type of MRI-based imaging technique, as well as cognitive tests, to assess brain function in amateur football players. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Socioeconomic Status May Explain Racial Disparities In Diet, Exercise, And Weight Large disparities exist in obesity and other chronic diseases across racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Are racial differences in diet, exercise, and weight status related to better knowledge about healthy eating and awareness of food-related health risks? Or are they more closely related to differences in socioeconomic status (SES)? A new study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association finds that people with a lower socioeconomic status are more likely to be overweight, regardless of racial/ethnic background, and that the level of nutritional knowledge and health awareness did not lead to significant racial differences in weight and diet. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Higher Prevalence Of Leukemia, Infections Among The Elderly May Be Explained By Aging Stem Cells Human stem cells aren't immune to the aging process, according to scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers studied hematopoietic stem cells, which create the cells that comprise the blood and immune system. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Safety Issues In Stem Cell Therapy To Be Addressed By International Study An international study, published in the prestigious journal Nature Biotechnology, reveals more about human pluripotent stem cells and their genetic stability and has important implications for the development of therapies using these cells. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Study Looks At Genetic Changes Affecting Cultured Human Embryonic Stem Cells Researchers from A*STAR Singapore took lead roles in a study that identified a portion of the genome mutated during long-term culture of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). The study was a worldwide collaboration, led by Drs Peter Andrews of the University of Sheffield (UK), Paul Robson of the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Steve Oh of Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), and Barbara Knowles and others in the international stem cell community. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Scientists Engineer Blood Stem Cells To Seek Out And Attack Melanoma Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Transplant Symposium Focuses On Equality In Allocation And Access To Organ Transplantation "Transplantation: Part of the Fabric of America" is the theme of the Third Annual Transplant Symposium sponsored by the Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. The conference will be held on Friday, December 2 at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Fight Against Malaria Breakthrough Malaria currently infects over 225 million people globally, accounting for almost 800,000 deaths per year according to the World Health Organization. An international team of scientists has now achieved a breakthrough in the fight against malaria. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Dengue Control Works Better With Local Help There is no vaccine against dengue, an emerging tropical disease regularly also hitting tourists, so the only way of controlling it is by suppressing the mosquitoes transmitting the disease. Easier said than done, and cooperation of the local communities is an important factor in the success of a campaign. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Tuberculosis News | |
| Tuberculosis - Novel Tools And Coordination Required In order to increase research and speed up progress to control tuberculosis (TB) around the world, novel tools and coordination are vital. Christian Lienhardt from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland and colleagues announce in an article in this week's PLoS Medicine, that the Stop TB Partnership and the WHO Stop TB Department have initiated the TB Research Movement. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Urinary Retention Due To Benign Enlarged Prostate Treated Differently In 15 Countries Men who experience a sudden inability to pass urine because of a non-cancerous enlarged prostate are hospitalised and treated differently depending on where they live, according to an international study published online by the urology journal BJUI. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Reproductive Problems In Many Animals Spurred By Herbicide An international team of researchers has reviewed the evidence linking exposure to atrazine - an herbicide widely used in the U.S. and more than 60 other nations - to reproductive problems in animals. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Gene Exchange Encouraged By Antibiotics In Swine Feed A study published in the online journal mBio® on November 29 shows that adding antibiotics to swine feed causes microorganisms in the guts of these animals to start sharing genes that could spread antibiotic resistance. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Unlocking Bacteria's Beneficial Side Researchers now understand how bacteria can break down phosphonic acids, persistent and potentially hazardous environmental pollutants found in many common medicinal products, detergents and herbicides. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Shocking New Way To Create Nanoporous Materials With Applications From Purifying Water To Chemical Sensors Scientists have developed a new method of creating nanoporous materials with potential applications in everything from water purification to chemical sensors.In order to produce a porous material it is necessary to have multiple components. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| A Photoshop Reality Check: Reality In The Eye Of The Beholder You know they couldn't possibly look that good. But what did those models and celebrities look like before all the retouching? How different is the image we see from the original?Dartmouth Computer Science Professor Hany Farid and Eric Kee, a PhD student at Dartmouth College, are proposing a method to not only answer such questions but also to quantify the changes. | 29 Nov 2011 |
| Tenofovir Vaginal Gel In 'VOICE' HIV Prevention Study Discontinued: Product Safe But No More Effective Than Placebo A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an antiretroviral-containing oral tablet or vaginal gel can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the gel, an investigational microbicide, was not effective among study participants. | 29 Nov 2011 |
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