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Abortion News
Dropping Planned Parenthood Is Not Political, Says Susan G. Komen For The Cure Breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized.	02 Feb 2012

ADHD News
Anesthesia Exposure Linked To ADHD In Children A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).	02 Feb 2012

Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings - Addiction Only Affects One A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities.	02 Feb 2012

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Alzheimer's Disease May Spread By 'Spreading' From One Brain Region To Another The way in which Alzheimer's Disease spreads in the brain has been the subject of debate for many years. Two opposing theories have the disease starting independently in weakened brain regions over time, or it beginning in one region and then spreading neuroanatomically connected areas.	02 Feb 2012
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.	02 Feb 2012

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Those Living In Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence Of Arthritis Results revealed that people who live in socially disadvantaged areas were 42 per cent more at risk of getting arthritis than people in more affluent areas.The study revealed more than 30 per cent of people living in socially disadvantaged areas reported having arthritis, as opposed to 18.	02 Feb 2012

Autism News
Hyperconnectivity In Brain's Hearing Center Caused By Gene Mutation In Autism New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.	02 Feb 2012
Britain's First Adult Autism Survey Reveals Previously 'Invisible' Group With Autism New research on autism in adults has shown that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of having autism.This group, mostly living in private households, was previously 'invisible' in estimates of autism.	02 Feb 2012

Back Pain News
Long-Term Financial Disadvantage Faced By Those Who Retire Early Due To Back Problems Back problems are a highly prevalent health issue, and people with the condition have a significantly greater chance of retiring early from the workforce, much more so than for any other health condition.	02 Feb 2012

Bipolar News

New Study May End 2 Decades Of Suspicion: Does Borna Disease Virus Cause Mental Illness? Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent.

02 Feb 2012

Bird Flu / Avian Flu News

Key Peptides Identified That Could Lead To A Universal Vaccine For Influenza Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu.

02 Feb 2012

Body Aches News
Helping Seniors With Pain: New GSA Resources The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen.	02 Feb 2012

Bones / Orthopedics News
Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Fracture Risk In Older Women According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).	02 Feb 2012
Osteoporosis Drug Complications Linked To Genetic Factors According to a study published in the online version of the journal The Oncologist, a genetic variation that increases the risk of individuals who take bisphosphonates, developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions, has been identified by researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.	02 Feb 2012

Breast Cancer News
Dropping Planned Parenthood Is Not Political, Says Susan G. Komen For The Cure Breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized.	02 Feb 2012
Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening.	02 Feb 2012

Cancer / Oncology News
Cancer Patients' Health Benefits From Physical Activity According to an investigation published on bmj.com, cancer patients who have completed their primary cancer-related treatment, who engage in physical activity, can enhance their health. Earlier studies discovered that individuals with cancer anticipate to return to normal daily activities after completing their primary cancer-related treatment.	02 Feb 2012
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012 ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen.	02 Feb 2012
Liquid Lasers May Better Detect Genes Linked To Cancer Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.	02 Feb 2012
Researchers Develop Novel Drug Delivery System Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery.	02 Feb 2012

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival Outcomes - Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Helps Predict According to a study in the February edition of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival after liver transplantation.	02 Feb 2012
Leading Medical Groups Collaborate To Ensure Consistent, Responsible Uptake Of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's recent approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for patients with aortic valvular stenosis, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), along with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), today released an expert consensus document to provide important guidance on its use.	02 Feb 2012
Potential Link Between Daily Consumption Of Diet Soft Drinks And Risk Of Vascular Events Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center.	02 Feb 2012

Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News

Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP).

02 Feb 2012

Conferences News

Open Innovation Possibilities To Be Explored By Fleming Europe In Amsterdam, 26 - 27 April 2012 Major blockbuster drugs are facing the end of their era and big pharma companies are bracing for the effect in hopes that they will find a solution for their dwindling pipelines. Thus new opportunities and challenges are rising in the practice of open innovation and Fleming Europe will be there to explore them.

02 Feb 2012

Dermatology News
Manuka Honey Could Be The Answer For Treating And Preventing Wound Infections Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of manuka honey to treat bacterial infections in the face of growing antibiotic resistance.	02 Feb 2012

Diabetes News
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.	02 Feb 2012

Endocrinology News
How Red Wine's Resveratrol Confers Health Benefits Scientists have found out why resveratrol, a chemical naturally found in red wine, grapes, and some other fruit and vegetables, has health benefits, according to an article published in the journal Cell, February 3rd issue.	02 Feb 2012
Study Finds Testosterone Makes Us Less Cooperative And More Egocentric Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) has found. The findings may have implications for how group decisions are affected by dominant individuals.	02 Feb 2012
Pneumonia Survival May Improve With Stimulation Of Brain Hormone Action An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment.Antibiotics are effective at killing pneumococcus - the cause of about 50 percent of pneumonias - but as it dies the bacterium releases potentially lethal toxins.	02 Feb 2012

Fertility News

Women Over Age 50 Not At Increased Risk During Pregnancy Via Egg Donation Compared To Younger Women Although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing obstetrical complications, their complication rates are similar to those of younger recipients, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers to be published in the February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology.

02 Feb 2012

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Spread Of Pandemic Flu Could Be Drastically Slowed By Hand Washing And Wearing Masks Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.A new report shows the second-year results (2007-2008) of the ground-breaking U-M M-Flu study found up to a 75 percent reduction in flu-like illness over the study period when using hand hygiene and wearing surgical masks in residence halls, said Allison Aiello, associate professor of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health.	02 Feb 2012
Key Peptides Identified That Could Lead To A Universal Vaccine For Influenza Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu.	02 Feb 2012

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Fracture Risk In Older Women According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).	02 Feb 2012
Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer.	02 Feb 2012
The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.	02 Feb 2012

Genetics News
Osteoporosis Drug Complications Linked To Genetic Factors According to a study published in the online version of the journal The Oncologist, a genetic variation that increases the risk of individuals who take bisphosphonates, developing serious necrotic jaw bone lesions, has been identified by researchers at the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine.	02 Feb 2012
Hyperconnectivity In Brain's Hearing Center Caused By Gene Mutation In Autism New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individuals leads to difficulties in processing auditory cues and paying spatial attention to sound.	02 Feb 2012
A New Genetic Subtype Of Lung Cancer Defined A report from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has defined the role of a recently identified gene abnormality in a deadly form of lung cancer. Tumors driven by rearrangements in the ROS1 gene represent 1 to 2 percent of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), the leading cause of cancer death in the U.	02 Feb 2012
Liquid Lasers May Better Detect Genes Linked To Cancer Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.	02 Feb 2012
Shedding Light On Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Gene Mutation Linked To Accumulation Of Fat, Other Lipids In Liver A team of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of California at San Francisco has discovered that the mutation of a gene encoding a ketone body transporter triggers accumulation of fat and other lipids in the livers of zebrafish.	02 Feb 2012
How Genes Are Affected By Weightlessness - A Fly's Perspective On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts lose bone density at 1-2% a month rather than the usual 1-2% a year on Earth.	02 Feb 2012

HIV / AIDS News
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012 ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen.	02 Feb 2012

Immune System / Vaccines News
How Genes Are Affected By Weightlessness - A Fly's Perspective On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts lose bone density at 1-2% a month rather than the usual 1-2% a year on Earth.	02 Feb 2012

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Childhood Infections Linked To High Risk Of Ischemic Stroke Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke.	02 Feb 2012
The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.	02 Feb 2012
New Study May End 2 Decades Of Suspicion: Does Borna Disease Virus Cause Mental Illness? Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent.	02 Feb 2012
Manuka Honey Could Be The Answer For Treating And Preventing Wound Infections Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of manuka honey to treat bacterial infections in the face of growing antibiotic resistance.	02 Feb 2012
Pneumonia Survival May Improve With Stimulation Of Brain Hormone Action An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment.Antibiotics are effective at killing pneumococcus - the cause of about 50 percent of pneumonias - but as it dies the bacterium releases potentially lethal toxins.	02 Feb 2012
Shedding New Light On The Way Superbugs Such As MRSA Are Able To Become Resistant To Treatment With Antibiotics Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria.	02 Feb 2012

IT / Internet / E-mail News

CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By Large Hospital In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision support for radiology, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

02 Feb 2012

Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
Shedding Light On Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Gene Mutation Linked To Accumulation Of Fat, Other Lipids In Liver A team of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of California at San Francisco has discovered that the mutation of a gene encoding a ketone body transporter triggers accumulation of fat and other lipids in the livers of zebrafish.	02 Feb 2012

Lung Cancer News
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 1, 2012 ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen.	02 Feb 2012
A New Genetic Subtype Of Lung Cancer Defined A report from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has defined the role of a recently identified gene abnormality in a deadly form of lung cancer. Tumors driven by rearrangements in the ROS1 gene represent 1 to 2 percent of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), the leading cause of cancer death in the U.	02 Feb 2012

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Are CT Scans For Dizziness In ER Cost-Effective? Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that conducting CT scans in the emergency department (ED) for individuals experiencing dizziness may not be cost effective. The researchers discovered that less than 1% of CT scans carried out in the ED showed a more serious underlying cause for dizziness (stroke or intracranial bleeding), which required intervention.	02 Feb 2012
Medical Device Industry And FDA Reach Provisional Fees Agreement An agreement, in principle, regarding proposed recommendations for the new reauthorization of a medical device user fee program, has been agreed by the FDA and the Medical Device Industry. If the recommendations go through, the FDA would be authorized to collect $595 million from the medical device industry in user fees for a five-year period, with adjustments according to annual inflation rates.	02 Feb 2012
Brain Activity Can Show Scientists Words We Are "Thinking" A study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkley, and published in PLoS Biology reveals neuroscientists' new breakthrough research on how they will be able to understand the thoughts of patients without actually hearing them speak.	02 Feb 2012
Liquid Lasers May Better Detect Genes Linked To Cancer Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.	02 Feb 2012
Researchers Develop Novel Drug Delivery System Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery.	02 Feb 2012

Men's health News
Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP).	02 Feb 2012
Men More Likely To Have An Accurate Memory Of Unpleasant Experiences A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital.	02 Feb 2012

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News
Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening.	02 Feb 2012
Space Researchers Develop Ultrasound Technology That Detects, Treats Kidney Stones Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions.	02 Feb 2012

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
Manuka Honey Could Be The Answer For Treating And Preventing Wound Infections Manuka honey could help clear chronic wound infections and even prevent them from developing in the first place, according to a new study published in Microbiology. The findings provide further evidence for the clinical use of manuka honey to treat bacterial infections in the face of growing antibiotic resistance.	02 Feb 2012
Shedding New Light On The Way Superbugs Such As MRSA Are Able To Become Resistant To Treatment With Antibiotics Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics.Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria.	02 Feb 2012

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings - Addiction Only Affects One A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities.	02 Feb 2012
Are CT Scans For Dizziness In ER Cost-Effective? Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that conducting CT scans in the emergency department (ED) for individuals experiencing dizziness may not be cost effective. The researchers discovered that less than 1% of CT scans carried out in the ED showed a more serious underlying cause for dizziness (stroke or intracranial bleeding), which required intervention.	02 Feb 2012
Fatal Strokes May Be Predicted By Earlier Severe, Rapid Memory Loss Severe, rapid memory loss may be linked to - and could predict - a future deadly stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.	02 Feb 2012
Brain Activity Can Show Scientists Words We Are "Thinking" A study conducted by researchers at the University of California, Berkley, and published in PLoS Biology reveals neuroscientists' new breakthrough research on how they will be able to understand the thoughts of patients without actually hearing them speak.	02 Feb 2012
Scientists Have Now Discovered How Different Brain Regions Cooperate During Short-Term Memory Holding information within one's memory for a short while is a seemingly simple and everyday task. We use our short-term memory when remembering a new telephone number if there is nothing to write at hand, or to find the beautiful dress inside the store that we were just admiring in the shopping window.	02 Feb 2012
The Development Of Parkinson's Cells Visualized By Researchers In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control his or her movement. New technology from the University of Bonn in Germany lets researchers observe the development of the brain cells responsible for the disease.	02 Feb 2012

Nutrition / Diet News
How Red Wine's Resveratrol Confers Health Benefits Scientists have found out why resveratrol, a chemical naturally found in red wine, grapes, and some other fruit and vegetables, has health benefits, according to an article published in the journal Cell, February 3rd issue.	02 Feb 2012
Women Copy Each Others' Eating Patterns When two women are eating together, one is more likely to put food in her mouth when the other one is doing so too - while one's food-filled fork is coming towards her mouth, the other one is more likely to do the same within five seconds, researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, reported in PLoS One (The Public Library of Science 1).	02 Feb 2012
Carbendazim In Orange Juice - FDA Informs Juice Products Association The following is an addendum to a FDA Letter to the Juice Products Association dated January 9, 2012. This information will be updated, as appropriate, on Friday of every week. January 27, 2012The FDA is currently testing samples of orange juice shipments from all countries and manufacturers that import their products to the U.	02 Feb 2012
Our Dining Partners Influence Our Eating Behavior Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.	02 Feb 2012
Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.	02 Feb 2012
Brain Energy Metabolism Improved By Decaffeinated Coffee Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered that decaffeinated coffee may improve brain energy metabolism associated with type 2 diabetes. This brain dysfunction is a known risk factor for dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.	02 Feb 2012
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an increased prosocial behavior.	02 Feb 2012
Potential Link Between Daily Consumption Of Diet Soft Drinks And Risk Of Vascular Events Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center.	02 Feb 2012

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Our Dining Partners Influence Our Eating Behavior Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.	02 Feb 2012
Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.	02 Feb 2012
Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer.	02 Feb 2012
Shedding Light On Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Gene Mutation Linked To Accumulation Of Fat, Other Lipids In Liver A team of scientists from the University of Utah and the University of California at San Francisco has discovered that the mutation of a gene encoding a ketone body transporter triggers accumulation of fat and other lipids in the livers of zebrafish.	02 Feb 2012
Potential Link Between Daily Consumption Of Diet Soft Drinks And Risk Of Vascular Events Individuals who drink diet soft drinks on a daily basis may be at increased risk of suffering vascular events such as stroke, heart attack, and vascular death. This is according to a new study by Hannah Gardener and her colleagues from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and at Columbia University Medical Center.	02 Feb 2012

Pain / Anesthetics News
Anesthesia Exposure Linked To ADHD In Children A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).	02 Feb 2012
Massages Scientifically Proven To Help Reduce Pain According to a study published online in Science Translational Medicine by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, massages aid the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle, and help to reduce inflammation.	02 Feb 2012
Helping Seniors With Pain: New GSA Resources The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen.	02 Feb 2012
Space Researchers Develop Ultrasound Technology That Detects, Treats Kidney Stones Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions.	02 Feb 2012
Researchers Develop Novel Drug Delivery System Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery.	02 Feb 2012

Parkinson's Disease News
The Development Of Parkinson's Cells Visualized By Researchers In the US alone, at least 500,000 people suffer from Parkinson's disease, a neurological disorder that affects a person's ability to control his or her movement. New technology from the University of Bonn in Germany lets researchers observe the development of the brain cells responsible for the disease.	02 Feb 2012

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Anesthesia Exposure Linked To ADHD In Children A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minn., and published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reveals that children who have been under anesthesia many times when they are young have a greater risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).	02 Feb 2012
Childhood Infections Linked To High Risk Of Ischemic Stroke Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke.	02 Feb 2012
Recommendations For HPV And Hepatitis B Vaccinations Broadened By 2012 Adult Immunization Schedule The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) now recommends routine HPV vaccination for males aged 11 to 12 years and catch-up vaccination for males aged 13 to 21. These are just two of the changes to the 2012 Recommended Adult Immunization Schedule published February 1 in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians (ACP).	02 Feb 2012
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an increased prosocial behavior.	02 Feb 2012
Obesity-Related Diseases In Adolescents Improves With Bariatric Surgery Within First Two Years Today, about one in five children in the United States are obese. That means that in just one generation alone the number of obese kids in this country has quadrupled.Doctors at Nationwide Children's Hospital who perform weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery) on adolescents took a look at their patient population in a retrospective study published in the January 2012 print edition of Pediatric Blood & Cancer.	02 Feb 2012

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News

Open Innovation Possibilities To Be Explored By Fleming Europe In Amsterdam, 26 - 27 April 2012 Major blockbuster drugs are facing the end of their era and big pharma companies are bracing for the effect in hopes that they will find a solution for their dwindling pipelines. Thus new opportunities and challenges are rising in the practice of open innovation and Fleming Europe will be there to explore them.

02 Feb 2012

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
During Pregnancy, Consuming Fish Improves Offspring's Cognitive Development And Prosocial Conduct Can pregnant women improve their progeny's intelligence by eating fish? A study recently submitted to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition and coordinated by the University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso revealed that infants born to mothers who consumed more fish during pregnancy score higher in verbal intelligence and fine motor skill tests, and present an increased prosocial behavior.	02 Feb 2012
Women Over Age 50 Not At Increased Risk During Pregnancy Via Egg Donation Compared To Younger Women Although women over age 50 who become pregnant via egg donation are at an elevated risk for developing obstetrical complications, their complication rates are similar to those of younger recipients, according to a study by Columbia University Medical Center researchers to be published in the February 2012 issue of the American Journal of Perinatology.	02 Feb 2012

Preventive Medicine News

Spread Of Pandemic Flu Could Be Drastically Slowed By Hand Washing And Wearing Masks Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.A new report shows the second-year results (2007-2008) of the ground-breaking U-M M-Flu study found up to a 75 percent reduction in flu-like illness over the study period when using hand hygiene and wearing surgical masks in residence halls, said Allison Aiello, associate professor of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health.

02 Feb 2012

Prostate / Prostate Cancer News
Research Highlights New Treatments, Compares Existing Therapies For Prostate Cancer Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for prostate cancer have been released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 2-4, 2012, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Calif.	02 Feb 2012
In Patients With Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer, New Drug Extends Survival A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression of prostate cancer.	02 Feb 2012

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Abnormal Brain Structure In Both Siblings - Addiction Only Affects One A study conducted by Dr. Karen Ersche, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, England, and published in Science, reveals that one sibling who is addicted to drugs, and the other who is not, have similar brain abnormalities.	02 Feb 2012
Women Copy Each Others' Eating Patterns When two women are eating together, one is more likely to put food in her mouth when the other one is doing so too - while one's food-filled fork is coming towards her mouth, the other one is more likely to do the same within five seconds, researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, reported in PLoS One (The Public Library of Science 1).	02 Feb 2012
Our Dining Partners Influence Our Eating Behavior Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE.	02 Feb 2012
Men More Likely To Have An Accurate Memory Of Unpleasant Experiences A woman's memory of an experience is less likely to be accurate than a man's if it was unpleasant and emotionally provocative, according to research undertaken by University of Montreal researchers at Louis-H Lafontaine Hospital.	02 Feb 2012
Study Finds Testosterone Makes Us Less Cooperative And More Egocentric Testosterone makes us overvalue our own opinions at the expense of cooperation, research from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL (University College London) has found. The findings may have implications for how group decisions are affected by dominant individuals.	02 Feb 2012
Britain's First Adult Autism Survey Reveals Previously 'Invisible' Group With Autism New research on autism in adults has shown that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of having autism.This group, mostly living in private households, was previously 'invisible' in estimates of autism.	02 Feb 2012

Public Health News
Public Health Burden Could Be Eased By Societal Control Of Sugar Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer.	02 Feb 2012
'Wake-Up' Stroke Patients Can Be Treated Safely With Clot-Busting Drugs Clot-busting drugs may be safe for patients who wake up experiencing stroke symptoms, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.	02 Feb 2012
Those Living In Poor Neighbourhoods Suffer Higher Incidence Of Arthritis Results revealed that people who live in socially disadvantaged areas were 42 per cent more at risk of getting arthritis than people in more affluent areas.The study revealed more than 30 per cent of people living in socially disadvantaged areas reported having arthritis, as opposed to 18.	02 Feb 2012
CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By Large Hospital In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision support for radiology, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.	02 Feb 2012
The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S. hospitals during a two-year period, according to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), the official publication of APIC - the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.	02 Feb 2012
Spread Of Pandemic Flu Could Be Drastically Slowed By Hand Washing And Wearing Masks Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found.A new report shows the second-year results (2007-2008) of the ground-breaking U-M M-Flu study found up to a 75 percent reduction in flu-like illness over the study period when using hand hygiene and wearing surgical masks in residence halls, said Allison Aiello, associate professor of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health.	02 Feb 2012
How Genes Are Affected By Weightlessness - A Fly's Perspective On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human biology is affected: astronauts lose bone density at 1-2% a month rather than the usual 1-2% a year on Earth.	02 Feb 2012
Emergency Departments' Quality Evaluation Requires Hospital-Wide Effort Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency department is judged by a patient's length of stay, time takes on a new meaning.	02 Feb 2012

Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News
CPOE System With Clinical Decision Support For Radiology Successfully Implemented By Large Hospital In an effort to reduce the inappropriate use of medical imaging and improve quality of care, a large, tertiary-care hospital has successfully implemented a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system with clinical decision support for radiology, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.	02 Feb 2012
Recommended Breast Screening MRI Not Followed Through A study of 64,659 women, recently published in the journal Academic Radiology, found that while 1,246 of these women were at high enough breast cancer risk to recommend additional screening with MRI, only 173 of these women returned to the clinic within a year for the additional screening.	02 Feb 2012

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
Medical Device Industry And FDA Reach Provisional Fees Agreement An agreement, in principle, regarding proposed recommendations for the new reauthorization of a medical device user fee program, has been agreed by the FDA and the Medical Device Industry. If the recommendations go through, the FDA would be authorized to collect $595 million from the medical device industry in user fees for a five-year period, with adjustments according to annual inflation rates.	02 Feb 2012
Carbendazim In Orange Juice - FDA Informs Juice Products Association The following is an addendum to a FDA Letter to the Juice Products Association dated January 9, 2012. This information will be updated, as appropriate, on Friday of every week. January 27, 2012The FDA is currently testing samples of orange juice shipments from all countries and manufacturers that import their products to the U.	02 Feb 2012
In Patients With Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer, New Drug Extends Survival A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression of prostate cancer.	02 Feb 2012

Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News
Massages Scientifically Proven To Help Reduce Pain According to a study published online in Science Translational Medicine by researchers from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario, massages aid the growth of new mitochondria in skeletal muscle, and help to reduce inflammation.	02 Feb 2012

Respiratory / Asthma News
Pneumonia Survival May Improve With Stimulation Of Brain Hormone Action An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment.Antibiotics are effective at killing pneumococcus - the cause of about 50 percent of pneumonias - but as it dies the bacterium releases potentially lethal toxins.	02 Feb 2012
Geography Over Need Is Putting Sicker Patients Needing Lung Transplant At Higher Risk Of Dying The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at an annual meeting of thoracic surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	02 Feb 2012

Schizophrenia News

New Study May End 2 Decades Of Suspicion: Does Borna Disease Virus Cause Mental Illness? Over the past 30 years, numerous studies have linked Borna disease virus (BDV) with mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorder and dementia. Genetic fragments and antibodies to this RNA virus, which causes behavior disorders in a range of mammals and birds, have been found to be prevalent in psychiatric patients, but study results have been inconsistent.

02 Feb 2012

Seniors / Aging News
Helping Seniors With Pain: New GSA Resources The pain suffered by older adults is the shared focus of the two newest entries in The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) From Publication to Practice* series. Together they address both pain management and new labeling changes for one of the most popular pain medications, acetaminophen.	02 Feb 2012
Long-Term Financial Disadvantage Faced By Those Who Retire Early Due To Back Problems Back problems are a highly prevalent health issue, and people with the condition have a significantly greater chance of retiring early from the workforce, much more so than for any other health condition.	02 Feb 2012

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
Cancer Patients' Health Benefits From Physical Activity According to an investigation published on bmj.com, cancer patients who have completed their primary cancer-related treatment, who engage in physical activity, can enhance their health. Earlier studies discovered that individuals with cancer anticipate to return to normal daily activities after completing their primary cancer-related treatment.	02 Feb 2012
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival Outcomes - Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Helps Predict According to a study in the February edition of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival after liver transplantation.	02 Feb 2012
Research Highlights New Treatments, Compares Existing Therapies For Prostate Cancer Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for prostate cancer have been released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 2-4, 2012, at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis in San Francisco, Calif.	02 Feb 2012

Stroke News
Aspirin Is Underused By Stroke Survivors NEW ORLEANS - Roughly 40% of patients who survive a stroke do not take aspirin on a daily basis, despite established guidelines that recommend its use for secondary prevention in this population, investigators announced at the 2012 International Stroke Conference.	02 Feb 2012
Fatal Strokes May Be Predicted By Earlier Severe, Rapid Memory Loss Severe, rapid memory loss may be linked to - and could predict - a future deadly stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.	02 Feb 2012
Childhood Infections Linked To High Risk Of Ischemic Stroke Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke.	02 Feb 2012
Reduced 'Second Stroke' After Aneurysm Rupture Shown In Trial Of Experimental Drug An experimental drug, clazosentan, reduced the risk of blood vessel spasm in patients with a brain aneurysm, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.	02 Feb 2012
'Wake-Up' Stroke Patients Can Be Treated Safely With Clot-Busting Drugs Clot-busting drugs may be safe for patients who wake up experiencing stroke symptoms, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012.	02 Feb 2012

Swine Flu News

Key Peptides Identified That Could Lead To A Universal Vaccine For Influenza Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead to the development of a universal vaccine for influenza, one that gives people immunity against all strains of the disease, including seasonal, avian, and swine flu.

02 Feb 2012

Transplants / Organ Donations News
Post-Liver Transplantation Survival Outcomes - Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Helps Predict According to a study in the February edition of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is a specific predictor of 90-day survival after liver transplantation.	02 Feb 2012
Geography Over Need Is Putting Sicker Patients Needing Lung Transplant At Higher Risk Of Dying The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at an annual meeting of thoracic surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.	02 Feb 2012

Urology / Nephrology News
Bedwetting Linked To Constipation In Children A study by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reveals that the cause for bedwetting is often constipation, and not always bladder problems. If left undiagnosed, bedwetting can be an unnecessarily long, expensive and difficult challenge to cure.	02 Feb 2012
Space Researchers Develop Ultrasound Technology That Detects, Treats Kidney Stones Just the mention of kidney stones can cause a person to cringe. They are often painful and sometimes difficult to remove, and 10 percent of the population will suffer from them. In space, the risk of developing kidney stones is exacerbated due to environmental conditions.	02 Feb 2012

Women's Health / Gynecology News
Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Fracture Risk In Older Women According to an investigation published on bmj.com, hip fractures are 35% more likely to occur in post-menopausal women if they take indigestion medications, known as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs).	02 Feb 2012
Dropping Planned Parenthood Is Not Political, Says Susan G. Komen For The Cure Breast cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, says that dropping Planned Parenthood from its granting process is not political, and says it is "dismayed and extremely disappointed" that its action has been mischaracterized.	02 Feb 2012

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