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| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Stress-Induced Genomic Instability Facilitates Rapid Cellular Adaption In Yeast Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News | |
| How New Viruses Evolve, And In Some Cases, Become Deadly Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. The findings appear in the journal Science. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Mandatory Sickle Cell Trait Screening For Athletic Participation Opposed By American Society Of Hematology Policy The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, has issued a policy statement* opposing mandatory screening of athletes for sickle cell trait as a prerequisite to athletic participation and urging athletics programs to adopt universal preventive interventions in their training programs to protect athletes from exertion-related illness and death. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Genetic Variation Revealed That Raises A Risk Linked To Bisphosphonates Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Leukemia Cells Are "Bad To The Bone" University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Accuracy Of Mammogram Readings Improved With Visual Nudge In 2011 - to the consternation of women everywhere - a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast cancer. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Stress-Induced Genomic Instability Facilitates Rapid Cellular Adaption In Yeast Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Mutations Tied To Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors Revealed By Cancer Sequencing Initiative Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| New Vaccine Approach Discovered For The Treatment Of Cancer Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin discovered a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumours. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Increased Risk For Transplant Patients Who Develop Head & Neck Cancer Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Patient Care Could Be Revolutionized By Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Genetic Variation Revealed That Raises A Risk Linked To Bisphosphonates Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Study Finds Mysterious Protein's Entwined Arm Movements May Control Fate Of Potentially Toxic Payload Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET - a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging - draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Two-Arm Blood Pressure Checks May Spot "Silent" Risks A new study appears to support the idea that blood pressure checks should be done in both arms. Researchers at the University of Exeter Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) in the UK reviewed evidence covering differences in systolic blood pressure between arms and found it could be a useful way to spot elevated risk of vascular disease and even death in cases that might otherwise be "clinically silent". | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Cholesterol News | |
| Study Of Genetic Regulation Of Metabolomic Biomarkers - Paths To Cardiovascular Diseases And Type 2 Diabetes In a study into the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human body. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Conferences News | |
| Best Practices In Implementing Green Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference, 29-30 March 2012, Vienna, Austria This unique and timely event will highlight how different frameworks and initiatives have succeeded in developing an efficient, environmentally friendly manufacturing process in the pharmaceutical industry. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| COPD News | |
| CAT Assesses COPD Exacerbation Severity A UK study revealed that the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT) can accurately evaluate exacerbation severity in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study is published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News | |
| Male Tummy Tucks Up 15% In UK Britons appear to be tightening their belts in more ways than one: 2011 audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed on Monday that the number of men undergoing tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) was 15% higher than in 2010. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Cystic Fibrosis News | |
| Early Cystic Fibrosis Detected Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage And Lung Clearance Index According to a new Australian study published online before he print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive, non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF). | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Dentistry News | |
| Genetic Variation Revealed That Raises A Risk Linked To Bisphosphonates Researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine have identified a genetic variation that raises the risk of developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions in patients who take bisphosphonates, a common class of osteoclastic inhibitors. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Depression News | |
| Military Suicide Rates Rose According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, between 2005 and 2007, suicide rates among individuals serving in U.S. military services increased, particularly among those in the regular Army and National Guard. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Dermatology News | |
| New Findings On Aging Pediatric Bruises Published By Notre Dame Researchers A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Diabetes News | |
| New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Study Of Genetic Regulation Of Metabolomic Biomarkers - Paths To Cardiovascular Diseases And Type 2 Diabetes In a study into the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human body. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Study Finds Mysterious Protein's Entwined Arm Movements May Control Fate Of Potentially Toxic Payload Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET - a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging - draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Windows To The Mind The eyes are the window into the soul - or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| H5N1 Causes Controversy Concerning Balance Between Scientific Discovery And Public Safety After scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, which is readily transmitted between humans, the Annals of Internal Medicine , the principal journal of the American College of Physicians, has published two perspectives online in advance, in which concerns are raised as to whether or not this research should be continued, and how the data should be shared for the benefit of public health. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Genetics News | |
| Cerebral Palsy Linked With Genetic Abnormalities Researchers at Geisinger Health System have found that genetic abnormalities may be the cause for the majority of cerebral palsy (CP) cases, a group of disorders that can involve the brain and nervous system functions, such as seeing, movement, hearing, thinking, and learning, rather than a difficult birth or other perinatal factors. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Stress-Induced Genomic Instability Facilitates Rapid Cellular Adaption In Yeast Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| How New Viruses Evolve, And In Some Cases, Become Deadly Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. The findings appear in the journal Science. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Hearing / Deafness News | |
| Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Two-Arm Blood Pressure Checks May Spot "Silent" Risks A new study appears to support the idea that blood pressure checks should be done in both arms. Researchers at the University of Exeter Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) in the UK reviewed evidence covering differences in systolic blood pressure between arms and found it could be a useful way to spot elevated risk of vascular disease and even death in cases that might otherwise be "clinically silent". | 30 Jan 2012 |
| New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Study Of Genetic Regulation Of Metabolomic Biomarkers - Paths To Cardiovascular Diseases And Type 2 Diabetes In a study into the genetic variance of human metabolism, researchers have identified thirty one regions of the genome that were associated with levels of circulating metabolites, i.e., small molecules that take part in various chemical reactions of human body. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Two-Arm Blood Pressure Checks May Spot "Silent" Risks A new study appears to support the idea that blood pressure checks should be done in both arms. Researchers at the University of Exeter Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (PCMD) in the UK reviewed evidence covering differences in systolic blood pressure between arms and found it could be a useful way to spot elevated risk of vascular disease and even death in cases that might otherwise be "clinically silent". | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| How Bacteria Behind Serious Childhood Disease Evolve To Evade Vaccines Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| New Vaccine Approach Discovered For The Treatment Of Cancer Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin discovered a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumours. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| In Development - System To Deliver Organ Transplant Drug Without Harmful Side Effects A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| H5N1 Causes Controversy Concerning Balance Between Scientific Discovery And Public Safety After scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, which is readily transmitted between humans, the Annals of Internal Medicine , the principal journal of the American College of Physicians, has published two perspectives online in advance, in which concerns are raised as to whether or not this research should be continued, and how the data should be shared for the benefit of public health. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| How Bacteria Behind Serious Childhood Disease Evolve To Evade Vaccines Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Stealthy Leprosy Pathogen Evades Critical Vitamin D-Dependent Immune Response A team of UCLA scientists has found that the pathogen that causes leprosy has a remarkable ability to avoid the human immune system by inhibiting the antimicrobial responses important to our defenses. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| How New Viruses Evolve, And In Some Cases, Become Deadly Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. The findings appear in the journal Science. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Leukemia Cells Are "Bad To The Bone" University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Patient Care Could Be Revolutionized By Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Medical Sensor Powered By The Rhythmic Action Of Rap Music The driving bass rhythm of rap music can be harnessed to power a new type of miniature medical sensor designed to be implanted in the body.Acoustic waves from music, particularly rap, were found to effectively recharge the pressure sensor. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Junior Doctors Not Utilizing Full Potential, UK Findings from a regional survey published online in BMJ Quality and Safety show that junior doctors in the NHS are prepared and able to help improve health services, but they do not feel valued or heard. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Accuracy Of Mammogram Readings Improved With Visual Nudge In 2011 - to the consternation of women everywhere - a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast cancer. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Melanoma / Skin Cancer News | |
| Increased Risk For Transplant Patients Who Develop Head & Neck Cancer Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Men's health News | |
| Male Tummy Tucks Up 15% In UK Britons appear to be tightening their belts in more ways than one: 2011 audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed on Monday that the number of men undergoing tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) was 15% higher than in 2010. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Potential For Male Contraception By Sonicating Sperm The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be long acting but have few side effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology used commercially available therapeutic ultrasound equipment to reduce sperm counts of male rats to levels which would result in infertility in humans. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Potential For Male Contraception By Sonicating Sperm The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be long acting but have few side effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology used commercially available therapeutic ultrasound equipment to reduce sperm counts of male rats to levels which would result in infertility in humans. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Multiple Sclerosis News | |
| Muscle Endurance Tests Can Detect Abormalities In The Early Stages Of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients' walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on a regular basis, doctors have yet to determine when the lower limb muscles begin to deteriorate. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Mutations Tied To Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors Revealed By Cancer Sequencing Initiative Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Patient Care Could Be Revolutionized By Diagnostic Brain Tumor Test Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique test could preclude the need for surgery in patients whose tumors are located in areas of the brain too dangerous to biopsy. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Stealthy Leprosy Pathogen Evades Critical Vitamin D-Dependent Immune Response A team of UCLA scientists has found that the pathogen that causes leprosy has a remarkable ability to avoid the human immune system by inhibiting the antimicrobial responses important to our defenses. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Head And Neck Cancer Cells Destroyed By Grape Seed Extract, But Healthy Cells Are Unharmed Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.A study published in the journal Carcinogenesisshows that in both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract (GSE) kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Normal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI is in the normal weight range are more likely to to discuss weight loss with patients than overweight or obese colleagues. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Good Kindergarten Attention Skills Predict Later Work-Oriented Behavior Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| How Bacteria Behind Serious Childhood Disease Evolve To Evade Vaccines Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published in Nature Genetics, which investigates how bacteria change their disguise to evade the vaccines, has implications for how future vaccines can be made more effective. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Mutations Tied To Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors Revealed By Cancer Sequencing Initiative Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously tied to cancer. Early evidence suggests the alterations play a unique role in other aggressive pediatric brain tumors as well. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| New Findings On Aging Pediatric Bruises Published By Notre Dame Researchers A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Best Practices In Implementing Green Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference, 29-30 March 2012, Vienna, Austria This unique and timely event will highlight how different frameworks and initiatives have succeeded in developing an efficient, environmentally friendly manufacturing process in the pharmaceutical industry. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Normal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI is in the normal weight range are more likely to to discuss weight loss with patients than overweight or obese colleagues. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| New Vaccine Approach Discovered For The Treatment Of Cancer Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level. The research team led by Professor Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin discovered a new approach for treating the disease based on manipulating the immune response to malignant tumours. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Military Suicide Rates Rose According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, between 2005 and 2007, suicide rates among individuals serving in U.S. military services increased, particularly among those in the regular Army and National Guard. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Good Kindergarten Attention Skills Predict Later Work-Oriented Behavior Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of "work-oriented" skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr. Linda Pagani, a professor and researcher at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| How Bad Are We At Forecasting Our Emotions How will you feel if you fail that test? Awful, really awful, you say. Then you fail the test and, yes, you feel bad - but not as bad as you thought you would. This pattern holds for most people, research shows. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Patients' Perceptions Of Illness Make A Difference Whenever we fall ill, there are many different factors that come together to influence the course of our illness. Additional medical conditions, stress levels, and social support all have an impact on our health and well-being, especially when we are ill. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| The Amygdala And Fear Are Not The Same Thing In a 2007 episode of the television show Boston Legal, a character claimed to have figured out that a cop was racist because his amygdala activated - displaying fear, when they showed him pictures of black people. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Windows To The Mind The eyes are the window into the soul - or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Altering Behavior: From Reducing Bullying To Training Scientists If you want to change how teenagers view bullying, go to the straight to the source of most school trends: the most connected crowd. According to new intervention research, targeting the most influential students in a school could be a key factor in reducing harassment and bullying. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Public Health News | |
| Patient Healthcare Complaints Much Higher Than Official Health Care Reports According to research published in BMJ Open, official complaints regarding healthcare are potentially only the "tip of an iceberg". Many more people, especially those with bad experiences of services, feel they have a legitimate cause for complaint, but have not done so because of 'not having the energy', 'thinking it will make no difference', and 'not knowing where to turn to' as some of the main reasons given for not filing a complaint. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Patients' Perceptions Of Illness Make A Difference Whenever we fall ill, there are many different factors that come together to influence the course of our illness. Additional medical conditions, stress levels, and social support all have an impact on our health and well-being, especially when we are ill. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| New Findings On Aging Pediatric Bruises Published By Notre Dame Researchers A multi-university research group which includes several University of Notre Dame faculty and graduate students, has recently published a paper detailing new work on the analysis and dating of human bruises. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Cyberknife Radiation Successful For Treating Tigeminal Neuralgia A small study published online in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery shows that a technique in which highly concentrated beams of radiation are used, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Accuracy Of Mammogram Readings Improved With Visual Nudge In 2011 - to the consternation of women everywhere - a systematic review of randomized clinical trials showed that routine mammography was of little value to younger women at average or low risk of breast cancer. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Muscle Endurance Tests Can Detect Abormalities In The Early Stages Of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients' walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on a regular basis, doctors have yet to determine when the lower limb muscles begin to deteriorate. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| CAT Assesses COPD Exacerbation Severity A UK study revealed that the COPD Assessment Test™ (CAT) can accurately evaluate exacerbation severity in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The study is published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Early Cystic Fibrosis Detected Using Bronchoalveolar Lavage And Lung Clearance Index According to a new Australian study published online before he print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive, non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF). | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Study Finds Mysterious Protein's Entwined Arm Movements May Control Fate Of Potentially Toxic Payload Like a magician employing sleight of hand, the protein mitoNEET - a mysterious but important player in diabetes, cancer and aging - draws the eye with a flurry of movement in one location while the subtle, more crucial action takes place somewhere else. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Oral HPV Rates Higher In Men Than Women A study published in JAMA reveals that among men and women between the ages 14 to 69 years in the U.S., the overall prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is around 7%. In addition, the researchers found that the prevalence of HPV is higher among men than women. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Potential For Male Contraception By Sonicating Sperm The ideal male contraceptive would be inexpensive, reliable, and reversible. It would need to be long acting but have few side effects. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology used commercially available therapeutic ultrasound equipment to reduce sperm counts of male rats to levels which would result in infertility in humans. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News | |
| New Genetic Study Links Body Clock Receptor To Diabetes A study published in Nature Genetics has found new evidence for a link between the body clock hormone melatonin and type 2 diabetes. The study found that people who carry rare genetic mutations in the receptor for melatonin have a much higher risk of type 2 diabetes. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Mandatory Sickle Cell Trait Screening For Athletic Participation Opposed By American Society Of Hematology Policy The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, has issued a policy statement* opposing mandatory screening of athletes for sickle cell trait as a prerequisite to athletic participation and urging athletics programs to adopt universal preventive interventions in their training programs to protect athletes from exertion-related illness and death. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| Increased Risk For Transplant Patients Who Develop Head & Neck Cancer Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| In Development - System To Deliver Organ Transplant Drug Without Harmful Side Effects A new system for delivering a drug to organ transplant patients, which could avoid the risk of harmful side effects, is being developed by scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Cerebral Palsy Linked With Genetic Abnormalities Researchers at Geisinger Health System have found that genetic abnormalities may be the cause for the majority of cerebral palsy (CP) cases, a group of disorders that can involve the brain and nervous system functions, such as seeing, movement, hearing, thinking, and learning, rather than a difficult birth or other perinatal factors. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Male Tummy Tucks Up 15% In UK Britons appear to be tightening their belts in more ways than one: 2011 audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed on Monday that the number of men undergoing tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) was 15% higher than in 2010. | 30 Jan 2012 |
| Diabetes Affects Hearing Loss, Especially In Women Having diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. | 30 Jan 2012 |
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