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| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Association Between Mild Cognitive Impairment, Disability And Neuropsychiatric Symptoms In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment - an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress - is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| Association Between Mild Cognitive Impairment, Disability And Neuropsychiatric Symptoms In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment - an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress - is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Panic, Breathlessness And Unheard Pain: The Trauma Of Being On A Ventilator While Conscious More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has lifted the lid on a world of panic, breathlessness and unheard pain. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| The Best Medicine For A Stressed Worker A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual's supervisor offers emotional and instrumental support, the employee is more likely to recover without needing to take that extra afternoon or day off. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| Orthopaedic Experts Present Research, Clinical Advances At AAOS Meeting Experts from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center are presenting their latest research and clinical findings on diseases of the muscle, tendon, bone and joint at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), February 7-11 in San Francisco, California. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Autism News | |
| Images Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Of A Living Mouse To explore the most intricate structures of the brain in order to decipher how it functions - Stefan Hell's team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen has made a significant step closer to this goal. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Bio-terrorism / Terrorism News | |
| Anthrax Susceptibility Varies Between Individuals Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Is Economy Class Air Travel Linked To Blood Clot Risk? Apparently Not "Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article published in Chest. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| For Atrial Fibrillation Patients At Risk For Stroke, Easy-To-Use Blood Thinners Likely To Replace Coumadin Within a few years, a new generation of easy-to-use blood-thinning drugs will likely replace Coumadin for patients with irregular heartbeats who are at risk for stroke, according to a journal article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Orthopaedic Experts Present Research, Clinical Advances At AAOS Meeting Experts from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center are presenting their latest research and clinical findings on diseases of the muscle, tendon, bone and joint at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), February 7-11 in San Francisco, California. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| In Bone Repair, The Smallest Tools Could Give The Biggest Results When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch nut in tight quarters, or to loosen a rusted-tight one-inch bolt using a very persuasive lever. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Exercise Triggers Stem Cells In Muscle University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Study May Shed Light On Why Women, And Some Men, Are At Greater Risk For ACL Injuries Much orthopaedic research has been devoted to determining why women are far more susceptible to knee ligament injuries than men. According to a new study, the answer may lie in geometry - the length and shape of a patient's knee bone - more than gender. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Soy Isoflavone Supplementation Not Effective In Breast Cancer Protection A study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reveals that breast cancer cell proliferation was not lowered with soy isoflavone supplements in a randomized human trial. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis In Challenging Breast Cancer Cases Provided By PET Techniques In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Zinc Control Mechanisms Could Be Key To Aggressive Breast Cancer Treatments The body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer.New research by Cardiff University and King's College London has identified the switch which releases zinc into cells, with important implications for a number of diseases. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Women Born To Older Mothers Have A Higher Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer A new study analyses the influence that certain birth and infancy characteristics have on mammographic density - an important indicator of breast cancer risk. The results reveal that women born to mothers aged over 39 years and women who were taller and thinner than the average girl prior to puberty have a higher breast density. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| For Personalizing Cancer Therapy, Metabolic Profiles Are Essential One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press Publication, shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Early Signs Of Disease Detected By Metabolic 'Breathalyzer' The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and disease-state glucose metabolism by a quick assay of blood or exhaled air. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Key Finding In Stem Cell Self-Renewal A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Patient Sensitivity To Important Drug Target In Deadly Brain Cancer Predicted A recent discovery by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma - the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in humans. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Zinc Control Mechanisms Could Be Key To Aggressive Breast Cancer Treatments The body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer.New research by Cardiff University and King's College London has identified the switch which releases zinc into cells, with important implications for a number of diseases. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Is Economy Class Air Travel Linked To Blood Clot Risk? Apparently Not "Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article published in Chest. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| For Atrial Fibrillation Patients At Risk For Stroke, Easy-To-Use Blood Thinners Likely To Replace Coumadin Within a few years, a new generation of easy-to-use blood-thinning drugs will likely replace Coumadin for patients with irregular heartbeats who are at risk for stroke, according to a journal article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Vessel-Forming Stem Cells Derived From Amniotic Fluid To Help Fix Infant Hearts Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches to repair infant hearts. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Spinning Sessions Trigger The Same Biochemical Indications As Heart Attacks A short spinning session can trigger the same biochemical indications as a heart attack - a reaction that is probably both natural and harmless, but should be borne in mind when people seek emergency treatment for chest pain, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Cholesterol News | |
| Following Heart Attack, Low Levels Of Lipid Antibodies Increase Complications Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralises parts of the 'bad' cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News | |
| Soy Isoflavone Supplementation Not Effective In Breast Cancer Protection A study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, reveals that breast cancer cell proliferation was not lowered with soy isoflavone supplements in a randomized human trial. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Conferences News | |
| Orthopaedic Experts Present Research, Clinical Advances At AAOS Meeting Experts from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center are presenting their latest research and clinical findings on diseases of the muscle, tendon, bone and joint at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), February 7-11 in San Francisco, California. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| The Latest Developments Of Specific-Spectrum, Anti-Staphyloccal Agents Using In-vitro, In-vivo And Human Clinical Data, 5-6 March 2012, London Now in its 14th year, Superbugs & Superdrugs is a well established antibacterial event that promises to be the perfect forum for networking and problem solving with senior industry executives from the pharmaceutical sector. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| COPD News | |
| Respiratory Problems Linked To Soda Intake A recent study by Zumin Shi, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Adelaide and team, published in Respirology, suggests soda intake can raise the risk of respiratory problems, including Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)Between 2008 and 2010, around 16,000 people, over the age of 16 (average age 46. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Dentistry News | |
| Association Between Injectable Progesterone Contraceptives And Poor Periodontal Health Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology. The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable contraceptive, or have taken DMPA in the past, are more likely to have indicators of poor periodontal health, including gingivitis and periodontitis, than women who have never taken the injectable contraceptive. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Breathalyzer Device Identifies Glucose Metabolism Problems Accurately According to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism, a "breathalyzer"-like technology, currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, may help diagnose diseases in the future. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Early Signs Of Disease Detected By Metabolic 'Breathalyzer' The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and disease-state glucose metabolism by a quick assay of blood or exhaled air. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Zinc Control Mechanisms Could Be Key To Aggressive Breast Cancer Treatments The body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer.New research by Cardiff University and King's College London has identified the switch which releases zinc into cells, with important implications for a number of diseases. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Endocrinology News | |
| Breathalyzer Device Identifies Glucose Metabolism Problems Accurately According to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism, a "breathalyzer"-like technology, currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, may help diagnose diseases in the future. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| What We Eat Can Alter The Brain Regions That Regulate Body Weight An editorial authored by University of Cincinnati (UC) diabetes researchers published in the Feb. 7, 2012, issue of the journal Cell Metabolism sheds light on the biological factors contributing to rising rates of obesity and discusses strategies to reduce body weight. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity Epidemic Linked To Brain Mechanisms America's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center reported in the journal Cell Metabolism. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| Gene Therapy Proves Effective In Treating Blindness Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have conducted a recent study, published in Science Translational Medicine which focuses on gene therapy for congenital blindness. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Fertility News | |
| Hope For Effective Endometriosis Screening Following Gene Mutation Discovery Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Persistent Diarrhea Risk, Warns FDA Stomach acid drugs, known as PPIs (proton pump inhibitors), are linked to a higher risk of diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, a type of bacterium. Patients on PPIs who develop persistent diarrhea should be tested for CDAD (Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea), says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Electron-Beam Irradiation Reduces Virus-Related Health Risk In Lettuce, Spinach A team of scientists studying the effects of electron-beam irradiation on iceberg lettuce and spinach has had its research published in the February issue of the leading microbiology journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, said the study's lead investigator. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Insight Into 2011 E. coli Outbreaks In Europe Provided By Whole-Genome Sequencing Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and killed over 50 people in Germany in summer 2011 and also caused a smaller outbreak in France. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Genetics News | |
| Gene Therapy Proves Effective In Treating Blindness Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have conducted a recent study, published in Science Translational Medicine which focuses on gene therapy for congenital blindness. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Molecular Link Established Between Genetic Defect And Heart Malformation UNC researchers have discovered how the genetic defect underlying one of the most common congenital heart diseases keeps the critical organ from developing properly. According to the new research, mutations in a gene called SHP-2 distort the shape of cardiac muscle cells so they are unable to form a fully functioning heart. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Insight Into 2011 E. coli Outbreaks In Europe Provided By Whole-Genome Sequencing Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and killed over 50 people in Germany in summer 2011 and also caused a smaller outbreak in France. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Patient Sensitivity To Important Drug Target In Deadly Brain Cancer Predicted A recent discovery by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma - the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in humans. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Why Bad Immunity Genes Survive University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs - even though some of those genes make us susceptible to infections and to autoimmune diseases. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Anthrax Susceptibility Varies Between Individuals Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News | |
| Study Examines Misconceptions Of Who Picks Up Tab When Patients Walk Out There are ways in which patients who leave the hospital against medical advice wind up paying for that decision. Being saddled with the full cost of their hospital stay, however, is not one of them. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Molecular Link Established Between Genetic Defect And Heart Malformation UNC researchers have discovered how the genetic defect underlying one of the most common congenital heart diseases keeps the critical organ from developing properly. According to the new research, mutations in a gene called SHP-2 distort the shape of cardiac muscle cells so they are unable to form a fully functioning heart. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Key Finding In Stem Cell Self-Renewal A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Following Heart Attack, Low Levels Of Lipid Antibodies Increase Complications Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralises parts of the 'bad' cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| In HIV Prevention More Focus Needed On Men Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa, Canada and colleagues argue in this week's PLoS Medicine that the HIV/AIDS response in Africa needs a more balanced approach to gender, so that both men and women are involved in HIV treatment and prevention. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Hypertension News | |
| More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this week. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Following Heart Attack, Low Levels Of Lipid Antibodies Increase Complications Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralises parts of the 'bad' cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of premature death. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Why Bad Immunity Genes Survive University of Utah biologists found new evidence why mice, people and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of varieties of genes to make immune-system proteins named MHCs - even though some of those genes make us susceptible to infections and to autoimmune diseases. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| In Hospitals, Transmission Of Clostridium Difficile May Not Be Through Contact With Infected Patients Contrary to current convention by which infection with the organism Clostridium difficile is regarded as an infection that is acquired by contact with symptomatic patients known to be infected with C. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Electron-Beam Irradiation Reduces Virus-Related Health Risk In Lettuce, Spinach A team of scientists studying the effects of electron-beam irradiation on iceberg lettuce and spinach has had its research published in the February issue of the leading microbiology journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, said the study's lead investigator. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Insight Into 2011 E. coli Outbreaks In Europe Provided By Whole-Genome Sequencing Using whole-genome sequencing, a team led by researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and the Broad Institute has traced the path of the E. coli outbreak that sickened thousands and killed over 50 people in Germany in summer 2011 and also caused a smaller outbreak in France. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Anthrax Susceptibility Varies Between Individuals Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Improving Emergency General Surgery Care And Outcomes Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing surgeons to track and improve surgical patient outcomes, create performance metrics, conduct valid research and ensure quality care for all emergency general surgery (EGS) patients. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Retained Surgical Items - Prevention System Created In order to avoid leaving surgical items, such as needles, sponges, retractors, blades and other items used during operations, in the body, surgical teams have relied on counting and recounting the items for decades. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Breathalyzer Device Identifies Glucose Metabolism Problems Accurately According to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism, a "breathalyzer"-like technology, currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, may help diagnose diseases in the future. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| In Bone Repair, The Smallest Tools Could Give The Biggest Results When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch nut in tight quarters, or to loosen a rusted-tight one-inch bolt using a very persuasive lever. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Early Signs Of Disease Detected By Metabolic 'Breathalyzer' The future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and disease-state glucose metabolism by a quick assay of blood or exhaled air. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Panic, Breathlessness And Unheard Pain: The Trauma Of Being On A Ventilator While Conscious More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has lifted the lid on a world of panic, breathlessness and unheard pain. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis In Challenging Breast Cancer Cases Provided By PET Techniques In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Images Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Of A Living Mouse To explore the most intricate structures of the brain in order to decipher how it functions - Stefan Hell's team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen has made a significant step closer to this goal. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| The Butterfly Effect In Nanotech Medical Diagnostics Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical diagnostics, according to a study published in International Journal of Design Engineering. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Practice Management News | |
| Odds Of Living A Very Long Life Lower Than Formerly Predicted Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions - Steep Learning Curve For Surgeons An investigation by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery reveals that individuals who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are approximately 4 to 5 times more likely to undergo further ACL reconstruction, if the initial operation was performed by a surgeon who has carried out less than 60 operations. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Men's health News | |
| In HIV Prevention More Focus Needed On Men Edward Mills of the University of Ottawa, Canada and colleagues argue in this week's PLoS Medicine that the HIV/AIDS response in Africa needs a more balanced approach to gender, so that both men and women are involved in HIV treatment and prevention. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Lab-Made Neurons Allow Scientists To Study A Genetic Cause Of Parkinson's By reverse engineering human skin cells to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and then coaxing them to become neural dopamine cells, scientists in the US have developed a way to study a genetic cause of Parkinson's disease in lab-made neurons. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Former Welders Suffer Increased Clumsiness Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness - and the result may remain decades after exposure has ceased. This is the finding of a study at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, of former shipyard workers. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Working Memory And The Brain Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance at faces, and another region called the parahippocampal place area does the same when a person looks at scenes or buildings. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Patient Sensitivity To Important Drug Target In Deadly Brain Cancer Predicted A recent discovery by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma - the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in humans. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Swedish Twin Study Finds Cognitive Problems Common Among Non-Demented Elderly Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Images Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Of A Living Mouse To explore the most intricate structures of the brain in order to decipher how it functions - Stefan Hell's team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen has made a significant step closer to this goal. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Strategy Shift With Age Can Lead To Navigational Difficulties A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.Scott Moffat, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and gerontology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Institute of Gerontology at WSU, said studies have demonstrated reliable differences in navigation and spatial learning tasks based on age. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Respiratory Problems Linked To Soda Intake A recent study by Zumin Shi, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Adelaide and team, published in Respirology, suggests soda intake can raise the risk of respiratory problems, including Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)Between 2008 and 2010, around 16,000 people, over the age of 16 (average age 46. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| 'Great For You' Icon Launched By Walmart After a year of promising a new "front of the pack" label that will help customers distinguish between healthy and unhealthy foods, Walmart, the nation's largest super-market chain, has followed through with an easy way for shoppers to find healthier, more nutritious options - the 'Great For You' icon. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this week. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity Epidemic Linked To Brain Mechanisms America's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center reported in the journal Cell Metabolism. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| What Is A Healthy Weight? Your "healthy" weight cannot simply be calculated from a general source - people's healthy weight, or ideal weight, depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| What We Eat Can Alter The Brain Regions That Regulate Body Weight An editorial authored by University of Cincinnati (UC) diabetes researchers published in the Feb. 7, 2012, issue of the journal Cell Metabolism sheds light on the biological factors contributing to rising rates of obesity and discusses strategies to reduce body weight. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity Epidemic Linked To Brain Mechanisms America's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center reported in the journal Cell Metabolism. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Painful Periods Eased By Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods reports scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Hope For Effective Endometriosis Screening Following Gene Mutation Discovery Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Lab-Made Neurons Allow Scientists To Study A Genetic Cause Of Parkinson's By reverse engineering human skin cells to become induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and then coaxing them to become neural dopamine cells, scientists in the US have developed a way to study a genetic cause of Parkinson's disease in lab-made neurons. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Umbilical Cord Cleansing Vital For Newborn Health And Survival Two recent studies published in The Lancet indicate that cleansing of the umbilical cord during childbirth could substantially reduce the risk of infection and rate of mortality in babies in developing countries. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Vessel-Forming Stem Cells Derived From Amniotic Fluid To Help Fix Infant Hearts Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches to repair infant hearts. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Umbilical Cord Cleansing Vital For Newborn Health And Survival Two recent studies published in The Lancet indicate that cleansing of the umbilical cord during childbirth could substantially reduce the risk of infection and rate of mortality in babies in developing countries. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Study Examines Misconceptions Of Who Picks Up Tab When Patients Walk Out There are ways in which patients who leave the hospital against medical advice wind up paying for that decision. Being saddled with the full cost of their hospital stay, however, is not one of them. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Football Withdrawal Coping Tips Millions of football fans will experience withdrawal symptoms now that the Super Bowl and football season is over. When an individual experiences pleasurable activity, such as watching a football game, dopamine is released in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Mild Cognitive Impairment, Disability And Neuropsychiatric Symptoms In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment - an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may or may not progress - is consistently associated with higher disability and with neuropsychiatric symptoms but not with most socio-demographic factors, according to a large study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Working Memory And The Brain Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance at faces, and another region called the parahippocampal place area does the same when a person looks at scenes or buildings. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| The Best Medicine For A Stressed Worker A worker experiencing the stress of intense workdays might develop somatic symptoms, such as stomach ache or headache, which will eventually lead to taking leave of absence. But when the individual's supervisor offers emotional and instrumental support, the employee is more likely to recover without needing to take that extra afternoon or day off. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Too Much Emphasis On Time And Money Affects Happiness What does "free time" mean to you? When you're not at work, do you pass the time -- or spend it?The difference may impact how happy you are. A new study shows people who put a price on their time are more likely to feel impatient when they're not using it to earn money. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Public Health News | |
| What Is A Healthy Weight? Your "healthy" weight cannot simply be calculated from a general source - people's healthy weight, or ideal weight, depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| More Salt In US Diet Comes From Bread And Rolls, Not Salty Snacks More salt in the average US diet comes bread and rolls and not from salty snacks like potato chips, pretzels and popcorn, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released this week. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| In Hospitals, Transmission Of Clostridium Difficile May Not Be Through Contact With Infected Patients Contrary to current convention by which infection with the organism Clostridium difficile is regarded as an infection that is acquired by contact with symptomatic patients known to be infected with C. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Former Welders Suffer Increased Clumsiness Welders who are exposed to manganese from welding fumes, risk developing increased clumsiness - and the result may remain decades after exposure has ceased. This is the finding of a study at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, of former shipyard workers. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Odds Of Living A Very Long Life Lower Than Formerly Predicted Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Improving Emergency General Surgery Care And Outcomes Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, have successfully created and implemented an emergency general surgery registry (EGSR) that will advance the science of acute surgical care by allowing surgeons to track and improve surgical patient outcomes, create performance metrics, conduct valid research and ensure quality care for all emergency general surgery (EGS) patients. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Study Examines Misconceptions Of Who Picks Up Tab When Patients Walk Out There are ways in which patients who leave the hospital against medical advice wind up paying for that decision. Being saddled with the full cost of their hospital stay, however, is not one of them. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| More Accurate Diagnosis, Prognosis In Challenging Breast Cancer Cases Provided By PET Techniques In two new studies featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers are revealing how molecular imaging can be used to solve mysteries about difficult cases of breast cancer. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Proton Pump Inhibitors Raise Persistent Diarrhea Risk, Warns FDA Stomach acid drugs, known as PPIs (proton pump inhibitors), are linked to a higher risk of diarrhea caused by Clostridium difficile, a type of bacterium. Patients on PPIs who develop persistent diarrhea should be tested for CDAD (Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea), says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News | |
| Exercise Triggers Stem Cells In Muscle University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Respiratory / Asthma News | |
| Respiratory Problems Linked To Soda Intake A recent study by Zumin Shi, Discipline of Medicine at the University of Adelaide and team, published in Respirology, suggests soda intake can raise the risk of respiratory problems, including Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)Between 2008 and 2010, around 16,000 people, over the age of 16 (average age 46. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Panic, Breathlessness And Unheard Pain: The Trauma Of Being On A Ventilator While Conscious More and more people being cared for on ventilators are conscious during the treatment, but what is it like to be fully conscious without being able to communicate with the world around you? A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has lifted the lid on a world of panic, breathlessness and unheard pain. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Severe Asthma Attacks Reduced By Combined Asthma Medication Therapy A Henry Ford Hospital study has found that using two types of common asthma medications in combination reduces severe asthma attacks.Researchers say using long-acting beta-agonists (LABAs) in fixed-dose combination with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) appear to reduce asthma attacks as well as or better than corticosteroids alone. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Odds Of Living A Very Long Life Lower Than Formerly Predicted Research just published by a team of demographers at the social science research organization NORC at the University of Chicago contradicts a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out above age 80. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Swedish Twin Study Finds Cognitive Problems Common Among Non-Demented Elderly Both subjective and objective cognitive impairment are highly common among non-demented elderly Swedes, with an overall prevalence of 39 percent and 25 percent respectively, according to a nationwide twin study by researchers at the Aging Research Center of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Strategy Shift With Age Can Lead To Navigational Difficulties A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people's ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs with age.Scott Moffat, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and gerontology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Institute of Gerontology at WSU, said studies have demonstrated reliable differences in navigation and spatial learning tasks based on age. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Painful Periods Eased By Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods reports scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Injectable Progesterone Contraceptives And Poor Periodontal Health Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology. The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable contraceptive, or have taken DMPA in the past, are more likely to have indicators of poor periodontal health, including gingivitis and periodontitis, than women who have never taken the injectable contraceptive. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| How To Give Up Smoking "It's easy to quit smoking; I've done it hundreds of times." -- Mark TwainThere are many different ways to quit smoking. Some experts advocate using pharmacological products to help wean you off nicotine, others say all you need is a good counselor and support group, or an organized program. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| What Is A Healthy Weight? Your "healthy" weight cannot simply be calculated from a general source - people's healthy weight, or ideal weight, depends on several factors, including their age, sex, body type, bone density, muscle-fat-ratio, overall general health, and height. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Football Withdrawal Coping Tips Millions of football fans will experience withdrawal symptoms now that the Super Bowl and football season is over. When an individual experiences pleasurable activity, such as watching a football game, dopamine is released in the nucleus accumbens region of the brain. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructions - Steep Learning Curve For Surgeons An investigation by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery reveals that individuals who undergo anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction are approximately 4 to 5 times more likely to undergo further ACL reconstruction, if the initial operation was performed by a surgeon who has carried out less than 60 operations. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Spinning Sessions Trigger The Same Biochemical Indications As Heart Attacks A short spinning session can trigger the same biochemical indications as a heart attack - a reaction that is probably both natural and harmless, but should be borne in mind when people seek emergency treatment for chest pain, reveals a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Study May Shed Light On Why Women, And Some Men, Are At Greater Risk For ACL Injuries Much orthopaedic research has been devoted to determining why women are far more susceptible to knee ligament injuries than men. According to a new study, the answer may lie in geometry - the length and shape of a patient's knee bone - more than gender. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Vessel-Forming Stem Cells Derived From Amniotic Fluid To Help Fix Infant Hearts Researchers at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital have turned stem cells from amniotic fluid into cells that form blood vessels. Their success offers hope that such stem cells may be used to grow tissue patches to repair infant hearts. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Key Finding In Stem Cell Self-Renewal A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Exercise Triggers Stem Cells In Muscle University of Illinois researchers determined that an adult stem cell present in muscle is responsive to exercise, a discovery that may provide a link between exercise and muscle health. The findings could lead to new therapeutic techniques using these cells to rehabilitate injured muscle and prevent or restore muscle loss with age. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke News | |
| For Atrial Fibrillation Patients At Risk For Stroke, Easy-To-Use Blood Thinners Likely To Replace Coumadin Within a few years, a new generation of easy-to-use blood-thinning drugs will likely replace Coumadin for patients with irregular heartbeats who are at risk for stroke, according to a journal article by Loyola University Medical Center physicians. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| New Strategy For Eliminating Malaria - "Test And Treat" As researchers work to eliminate malaria worldwide, new strategies are needed to find and treat individuals who have malaria, but show no signs of the disease. The prevalence of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic malaria can be as high as 35 percent in populations with malaria and these asymptomatic individuals can serve as a reservoir for spreading malaria even in areas where disease transmission has declined. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Electron-Beam Irradiation Reduces Virus-Related Health Risk In Lettuce, Spinach A team of scientists studying the effects of electron-beam irradiation on iceberg lettuce and spinach has had its research published in the February issue of the leading microbiology journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, said the study's lead investigator. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Painful Periods Eased By Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill A large Scandinavian study, that has been running for 30 years, has finally provided convincing evidence that the combined oral contraceptive pill does, indeed, alleviate the symptoms of painful menstrual periods reports scientists from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Hope For Effective Endometriosis Screening Following Gene Mutation Discovery Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have, for the first time, described the genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition affecting millions of women that is marked by chronic pelvic pain and infertility. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Injectable Progesterone Contraceptives And Poor Periodontal Health Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology. The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) injectable contraceptive, or have taken DMPA in the past, are more likely to have indicators of poor periodontal health, including gingivitis and periodontitis, than women who have never taken the injectable contraceptive. | 08 Feb 2012 |
| New Study May Shed Light On Why Women, And Some Men, Are At Greater Risk For ACL Injuries Much orthopaedic research has been devoted to determining why women are far more susceptible to knee ligament injuries than men. According to a new study, the answer may lie in geometry - the length and shape of a patient's knee bone - more than gender. | 08 Feb 2012 |
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