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ADHD News
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Approved For ADHD In Adults, USA In the U.S., in 2007, the prescription medication Vyvanse was introduced for the treatment of ADHD in children aged 6 to 12 years old by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The following year the medication was approved to treat ADHD in adults, and approved in 2010 to treat adolescents aged 13 to 17 with ADHD.	10 Feb 2012
No Association Between Stimulant Treatment For ADHD And Increased Risk Of Cardiac Events In Youth Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure.	10 Feb 2012
How Stimulants Work To Control Hyperactivity It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity. [Psychostimulant drugs include methylphenidate - known by the trade names Ritalin, Concerta, and Methylin - and methamphetamine].	10 Feb 2012

Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
Cannabis Consumption Raises Vehicle Crash Risk Researchers from Dalhousie University found that, individuals are almost two times more likely to cause a vehicle collision if they consume cannabis within three hours of driving than individuals not under the influence of alcohol or drugs.	10 Feb 2012

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Mild Alzheimer's Patients May Be Re-Diagnosed With Mild Cognitive Impairment A report published Online First in Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows that under the revised criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, many patients who are currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer disease dementia could potentially be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI).	10 Feb 2012
Male Smoking Leads To Faster Cognitive Decline Findings of a report published Online First in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that men who smoke seem to be linked with a more rapid cognitive decline.	10 Feb 2012
Cancer Drug Reverses Symptoms Of Alzheimer's In Mice A drug approved for the treatment of cancer appears to quickly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's in mice, according to a new study from the US published in the journal Science on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bexarotene as a treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphoma, a type of skin cancer, in 2000.	10 Feb 2012
Memory Can Be Boosted By Stimulating Brain New research from UCLA shows that stimulating key area of the brain can improve the memory. Perhaps we'll soon be free from those annoying afternoons, scrambling about looking for the dog's leash or the car keys.	10 Feb 2012

Anxiety / Stress News
Facebook Use Affects Mood Differently To Stress And Relaxation Researchers measured people's physical and psychological responses while they used Facebook, performed a stressful task, or just relaxed, and found each of these activities appears to have a different effect on mood and arousal.	10 Feb 2012
Men With Anxiety Trait Suffered Greater Post-Operative Pain Following Total Knee Replacement Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and "catastrophizing," an extreme response to stress.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 97 patients - men and women - who were about to undergo minimally invasive total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, completed a brief survey to quantify their level of anxiety, as well as their typical level of anxiety and potential for catastrophizing.	10 Feb 2012

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Osteoarthritis Pain, Mobility Improve With Video-Based Home Exercise The benefits of exercise in minimizing pain and improving mobility for individuals living with osteoarthritis has been well documented.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 107 individuals with diagnosed osteoarthritis in the knee were randomized to either a DVD-based exercise group, or a control group.	10 Feb 2012
Building A Better Hip Replacement With The Help Of Archive Of Failed Joint Replacements A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of failed joint replacements, the research should help doctors develop a better hip replacement for future patients.	10 Feb 2012
Improved New Procedure For Fixing Damaged Cartilage A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care for repairing cartilage defects.	10 Feb 2012

Biology / Biochemistry News
NIST/CU Collaboration Adds Timing Capability To Living Cell Sensors Individual cells modified to act as sensors using fluorescence are already useful tools in biochemistry, but now they can add good timing to their resume, thanks in part to expertise from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).	10 Feb 2012
Unveiling The Genetic Rosetta Stone Scientists have developed a new community resource that may act as a Rosetta stone for revealing the genetic basis of traits and disease.A paper in the Feb. 9 issue of Nature describes the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP), which provides the highest-resolution view to date, of the genome structure and variation in a population of 192 fruit flies with diverse traits.	10 Feb 2012

Bones / Orthopedics News
Defensive Orthopedic Medicine Creates Enormous Additional Costs According to an estimate by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, orthopedic surgeons generate around $2 billion each year in additional health care costs linked to orthopedic care, as a result practicing defensive medicine (ordering additional but unnecessary tests and diagnostic procedures).	10 Feb 2012
Hip Dysplasia Can Be Reliably Diagnosed By Ultrasound At 6 Months Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH) is a common congenital condition in which a child's upper thighbone is dislocated from the hip socket. The condition can be present at birth or develop during a child's first year of life.	10 Feb 2012
Men With Anxiety Trait Suffered Greater Post-Operative Pain Following Total Knee Replacement Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and "catastrophizing," an extreme response to stress.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 97 patients - men and women - who were about to undergo minimally invasive total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, completed a brief survey to quantify their level of anxiety, as well as their typical level of anxiety and potential for catastrophizing.	10 Feb 2012
Understanding A Patient's Mental Health Status Before Hip Replacement Surgery May Improve Education And Care Patients taking antidepressants up to three years prior to undergoing a total hip replacement (THR) were more likely to report greater pain before and after surgery and less satisfaction with their procedure, according to new research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).	10 Feb 2012
Risk For Additional Atypical Femur Fracture Halved By Halting Bone-Building Osteoporosis Drug Use There is growing evidence that supports an association between atypical fractures of the femur - a rare break of the thigh bone, typically without trauma - and the use of bisphosphonates, drugs proven to enhance bone density and reduce fracture incidence caused by osteoporosis.	10 Feb 2012
Research Suggests Abandoning Convention In Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection In their search for new, better ways to diagnose periprosthetic joint infection, Rothman Institute at Jefferson researchers have discovered that measurement of C-reactive protein in the synovial fluid is extremely accurate, while measuring a patients' serum white blood cell count (WBC) and the percentage of neutrophils (PMN%), the conventional method for diagnosis, has a minimal role in the determination of PJI.	10 Feb 2012
Building A Better Hip Replacement With The Help Of Archive Of Failed Joint Replacements A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of failed joint replacements, the research should help doctors develop a better hip replacement for future patients.	10 Feb 2012
Improved New Procedure For Fixing Damaged Cartilage A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care for repairing cartilage defects.	10 Feb 2012
Low Levels Of Vitamin D Found In 44 Percent Of Postmenopausal Women With Wrist Fracture Wrist fractures, also called distal radius fractures (DRF), are among the most common osteoporosis-related fractures occurring on average 15 years earlier than hip fractures. As vitamin D deficiency has recently been linked with muscle weakness, increased fall risks, and bone fractures, investigators sought to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among post menopausal women with DRF.	10 Feb 2012
Epidural Steroid Injections Do Not Benefit Spine Patients Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections (ESI) had a higher rate of crossover to surgery and fared worse in physical health and bodily pain versus those who did not receive ESI, dispelling their pre-study hypothesis.	10 Feb 2012
Orthopaedic Trauma Volume Affected By Economic Factors Previous studies have found that human behavior during a recession is remarkably different than that during a bullish economy. For example, people tend to spend more time focused on working and less time engaging in leisure and recreation activities, resulting in fewer motor vehicle and other accidents.	10 Feb 2012

Breast Cancer News
How Early Breast Tumors Become Deadly Researchers have discovered a restricted pattern of molecules that differentiate early-stage breast tumors from invasive, life-threatening cancer. They also found a similar molecular signature that correlated with the aggressiveness of invasive tumors, and with the time to metastasis and overall survival.	10 Feb 2012
Similarities Between Genetic Signatures In Developing Organs And Breast Cancer Could Predict And Personalize Cancer Therapies Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people.	10 Feb 2012

Cancer / Oncology News
Chemotherapy During Pregnancy Does Not Risk The Child's General Health A recent study published by the The Lancet Oncology indicates that children of women who received chemotherapy during their pregnancy suffer no adverse effects, developing as well as children in the general population.	10 Feb 2012
Fasting May Boost Chemo By Weakening Cancer Cells Fasting was as effective as chemotherapy in delaying growth of specific tumors in mice and boosted the effectiveness of chemotherapy on melanoma, glioma, and breast cancer cells. And fasting plus chemotherapy, but neither treatment on its own, resulted in long-term cancer-free survival in mice with neuroblastoma, according to a study published online on Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine.	10 Feb 2012
Cancer Drug Reverses Symptoms Of Alzheimer's In Mice A drug approved for the treatment of cancer appears to quickly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's in mice, according to a new study from the US published in the journal Science on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bexarotene as a treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphoma, a type of skin cancer, in 2000.	10 Feb 2012
Guideline For Brain Metastases Developed By ASTRO The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ASTRO's official clinical practice journal.	10 Feb 2012
How DNA Finds Its Match It's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out of the millions of 'letters' in even a small genome? New work by researchers at the University of California, Davis, handling and observing single molecules of DNA, shows how it's done.	10 Feb 2012
Identifying Cancer Cells For Immune System Attack With DNA Sequencing DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.The research, in mice, appears online in Nature.	10 Feb 2012

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Dark Chocolates On Valentine's Day Are Better For You A recent study, published just in time for Valentine's Day, states that dark chocolate is the "heart-healthy" way to go, not only on Valentine's day, but all year long. Dr. Gary Kaplan, director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, says: "The research is clear: dark chocolate is chock-full of antioxidants that fight dangerous 'free radicals' in your body, and it also provides significant protection against cardiovascular disease.	10 Feb 2012
What Is Normal Blood Pressure? Blood pressure is primarily produced when the heart muscle contracts - it is the pressure of blood upon the walls of the blood vessels. There are two recordings, a high one (systolic) and a lower one (diastolic).	10 Feb 2012
No Association Between Stimulant Treatment For ADHD And Increased Risk Of Cardiac Events In Youth Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure.	10 Feb 2012

Conferences News
Maximizing Clinical Operations In Phase I - III Studies Conference, 29-30 March 2012, Chicago, IL This spring, Q1 Productions will host its Maximizing Clinical Operations in Phase I - III Studies Conference in pharmaceutical industry hub, Chicago, IL. As pharmaceutical companies' efforts in reducing time to product launch lie primarily in streamlining clinical research duration, they unfortunately find clinical trial delay is one of the most frequently occurring causes of product launch delay.	10 Feb 2012
Pharmaceutical Sales Training & Development Conference, 19-20 March 2012, Atlanta, GA This spring, conference producer, Q1 Productions, brings leaders and innovators from the pharmaceutical industry together to discuss sales training techniques and strategies, given today's challenging economic and regulatory environment.	10 Feb 2012
6th Annual Medical Device Clinical Research Conference, 5-6 March 2012, Baltimore, MD This spring, conference producer, Q1 Productions will host its 6th Annual Medical Device Clinical Research Conference. As one of Q1 Productions' very first events, continuing to expand, sharpen and update its content year after year, the 6th annual program is sure to provide the insight that comes from truly refined expertise and experience.	10 Feb 2012
Life Science Technology Forum, 22-24 November 2012, Phoenix, AZ Q1 Productions' Life Science Technology Forum to be held in Phoenix this coming Spring will bring together key leaders from the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostic industries to discuss and debate challenges and proven successes in the implementation and integration of new technologies, providing a platform for knowledge share, learning and networking with industry peers.	10 Feb 2012
2nd Annual Medical Device Clinical Training And Education Conference, 8-9 March 2012, Phoenix, AZ Early this spring, conference producer, Q1 Productions, will bring those medical device executives on the forefront of clinical training together to shed light on strategies in training physicians and other healthcare professionals on their devices.	10 Feb 2012
3rd Annual Medical Device & Diagnostic Sales Training Conference, March 8-9 2012, Phoenix, AZ Early this spring, conference producer, Q1 Productions, will bring leaders in the medical device and diagnostic industries together to discuss most innovative as well as best practices in developing sales training programs.	10 Feb 2012
Generics, Supergenerics And Patent Strategies Conference, 14-15 May 2012, London The pharmaceutical generics industry is a fast moving and is a consistently expanding one. With the much referenced patent cliff rapidly approaching, all businesses are looking to generics for a source of additional revenue.	10 Feb 2012
2nd Annual Pharmaceutical Logistics And Cold Chain 2012 Conference, 22-23 March 2012, Vienna It's a new year, and that means new challenges and new opportunities await. The past year brought new concepts and trends in the area of pharmaceutical logistics and cold chain, and for the second year in a row Fleming Europe has gathered all of the experts with all the latest information and newest trends to bring to you fresh ideas, new knowledge and the best solutions.	10 Feb 2012
7th Drug & Medical Device Litigation Forum, March 7-8, 2012 In Philadelphia, PA marcus evans, a conference production company, will host the 7th Drug & Medical Device Litigation Forum, March 7-8, 2012 in Philadelphia, PA. More than 16 leading experts will provide insights on how to use and implement the new strategies in drug and medical device litigation.	10 Feb 2012

Depression News
Depression Linked To Adolescent Bullying A recent study by authors Gary Ladd, a professor in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, Karen Rudolph, University of Illinois, and Karen Kochel, an assistant professor in ASU's School of Social and Family Dynamics and published in Child Development, explains that teens suffering from depression are at a greater risk of being bullied due to difficulties in establishing friendships amongst their peers.	10 Feb 2012
New Technique Holds Promise For Better Understanding Of Brain Disorders By harnessing quantum dots - tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across - researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain.	10 Feb 2012
Understanding A Patient's Mental Health Status Before Hip Replacement Surgery May Improve Education And Care Patients taking antidepressants up to three years prior to undergoing a total hip replacement (THR) were more likely to report greater pain before and after surgery and less satisfaction with their procedure, according to new research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).	10 Feb 2012
Depression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood Children who have difficult relationships with their peers can experience more psychological dysfunction, such as depression. But does the depression lead to youths' relationship problems, or do difficulties in the relationships provoke the depression? A new study of children in the middle years of childhood has found that depression forecasts problems in peer relationships, including being victimized by peers and problems being accepted by peers.	10 Feb 2012

Diabetes News
Obesity Drug 'Mediator' Likely Responsible For Thousands Of Hospitalizations And Deaths In France A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that benfluorex, a fenfluramine derivative drug used in France under the name Mediator®, is likely responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths over a 30 year period.	10 Feb 2012
For Offspring Of Diabetic Pregnancies Breastfeeding Can Reduce Risk Of Childhood Obesity Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat.Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, Ph.	10 Feb 2012
Weight Loss With Anti-Obesity Drugs And A Modified Lifestyle A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.Dr Laura Gray and colleagues from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester have published a paper in the journal Obesity Review which looks at the effectiveness of anti-obesity drugs and a modified lifestyle on weight loss and body mass index.	10 Feb 2012
Although The Financial Burden Of Prescription Drugs Is Dropping, Costs Remain A Challenge For Many The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study.	10 Feb 2012

Endocrinology News
Antenatal Thyroid Screening Fails To Improve IQ In 3-Year-Olds Children of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ compared to women who receive no treatment, new research has uncovered.Scientists from Cardiff University's School of Medicine working with colleagues from The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues from Turin, Italy took blood samples from more than 20,000 women at about 13-weeks of pregnancy to test for thyroid function.	10 Feb 2012
Epidural Steroid Injections Do Not Benefit Spine Patients Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections (ESI) had a higher rate of crossover to surgery and fared worse in physical health and bodily pain versus those who did not receive ESI, dispelling their pre-study hypothesis.	10 Feb 2012

Eye Health / Blindness News
Stress Pathway Identified As Potential Therapeutic Target To Prevent Vision Loss A new study identifies specific cell-stress signaling pathways that link injury of the optic nerve with irreversible vision loss. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 9 issue of the journal Neuron, may lead to new strategies that will help to protect vulnerable neurons in the retina after optic nerve damage and diseases.	10 Feb 2012
Successful Gene Therapy For Inherited Blindness Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their other eye, the patients became better able to see in dim light, and two were able to navigate obstacles in low-light situations.	10 Feb 2012

Fertility News
High Levels Of Cadmium, Lead In Blood Linked To Pregnancy Delay Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other academic research institutions.	10 Feb 2012

Genetics News
Chromosomal Microarray Superior To Standard Prenatal Tests According to a study which involved more than 4,000 participants, more information about potential disorders can be obtained using chromosomal microarray (CMA) to test a developing fetus' DNA, than the standard method of prenatal tests, which is used to visually analyze the chromosomes (karyotyping).	10 Feb 2012
Diagnosing Genetic Mutations - Virtual Tool, Pyromaker, Shows Promise Cancer diagnosis and selecting the most appropriate treatment can be made easier by identifying genetic mutations through DNA sequencing. Present test methods for DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing can sometimes produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret, however, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a free software program named Pyromaker, which can assist in accurately identifying such complex genetic mutations.	10 Feb 2012
Shedding Light On The Genetics Of Rice Metabolism A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the genetic and environmental factors that influence their production.	10 Feb 2012
How DNA Finds Its Match It's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out of the millions of 'letters' in even a small genome? New work by researchers at the University of California, Davis, handling and observing single molecules of DNA, shows how it's done.	10 Feb 2012
Unveiling The Genetic Rosetta Stone Scientists have developed a new community resource that may act as a Rosetta stone for revealing the genetic basis of traits and disease.A paper in the Feb. 9 issue of Nature describes the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel (DGRP), which provides the highest-resolution view to date, of the genome structure and variation in a population of 192 fruit flies with diverse traits.	10 Feb 2012
Successful Gene Therapy For Inherited Blindness Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their other eye, the patients became better able to see in dim light, and two were able to navigate obstacles in low-light situations.	10 Feb 2012
Identifying Cancer Cells For Immune System Attack With DNA Sequencing DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.The research, in mice, appears online in Nature.	10 Feb 2012
Study Reveals Molecular Path From Internal Clock To Cells Controlling Rest And Activity The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.	10 Feb 2012
Study Of Live Human Neurons Reveals The Genetic Origins Of Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease, which afflicts at least 500,000 Americans and for which there is no cure.	10 Feb 2012
How Early Breast Tumors Become Deadly Researchers have discovered a restricted pattern of molecules that differentiate early-stage breast tumors from invasive, life-threatening cancer. They also found a similar molecular signature that correlated with the aggressiveness of invasive tumors, and with the time to metastasis and overall survival.	10 Feb 2012
Similarities Between Genetic Signatures In Developing Organs And Breast Cancer Could Predict And Personalize Cancer Therapies Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people.	10 Feb 2012

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
Although The Financial Burden Of Prescription Drugs Is Dropping, Costs Remain A Challenge For Many The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study.	10 Feb 2012

Hypertension News
What Is Normal Blood Pressure? Blood pressure is primarily produced when the heart muscle contracts - it is the pressure of blood upon the walls of the blood vessels. There are two recordings, a high one (systolic) and a lower one (diastolic).	10 Feb 2012

Immune System / Vaccines News
Identifying Cancer Cells For Immune System Attack With DNA Sequencing DNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.The research, in mice, appears online in Nature.	10 Feb 2012
Study Reveals Molecular Path From Internal Clock To Cells Controlling Rest And Activity The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.	10 Feb 2012

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
After 60 Year Absence Continental Mosquito With 'Vector' Potential Found Breeding In UK A species of mosquito has been discovered breeding in the UK that has not been seen in the country since 1945. Populations of the mosquito, found across mainland Europe and known only by its Latin name Culex modestus, were recorded at a number of sites in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex in 2010 and 2011.	10 Feb 2012
Research Suggests Abandoning Convention In Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infection In their search for new, better ways to diagnose periprosthetic joint infection, Rothman Institute at Jefferson researchers have discovered that measurement of C-reactive protein in the synovial fluid is extremely accurate, while measuring a patients' serum white blood cell count (WBC) and the percentage of neutrophils (PMN%), the conventional method for diagnosis, has a minimal role in the determination of PJI.	10 Feb 2012
Building A Better Hip Replacement With The Help Of Archive Of Failed Joint Replacements A study by Hospital for Special Surgery researchers has provided the first comprehensive look at just how metal-on-metal total hip replacements are failing in patients around the country. Made possible by what is thought to be the largest archive of failed joint replacements, the research should help doctors develop a better hip replacement for future patients.	10 Feb 2012

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Diagnosing Genetic Mutations - Virtual Tool, Pyromaker, Shows Promise Cancer diagnosis and selecting the most appropriate treatment can be made easier by identifying genetic mutations through DNA sequencing. Present test methods for DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing can sometimes produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret, however, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a free software program named Pyromaker, which can assist in accurately identifying such complex genetic mutations.	10 Feb 2012
NIST/CU Collaboration Adds Timing Capability To Living Cell Sensors Individual cells modified to act as sensors using fluorescence are already useful tools in biochemistry, but now they can add good timing to their resume, thanks in part to expertise from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).	10 Feb 2012

Men's health News

Widening Gap Between Scottish And English Suicide Rates A new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England & Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives.The research, carried out by the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh and the Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, examined suicide rates north and south of the border between 1960 and 2008.

10 Feb 2012

Menopause News

Low Levels Of Vitamin D Found In 44 Percent Of Postmenopausal Women With Wrist Fracture Wrist fractures, also called distal radius fractures (DRF), are among the most common osteoporosis-related fractures occurring on average 15 years earlier than hip fractures. As vitamin D deficiency has recently been linked with muscle weakness, increased fall risks, and bone fractures, investigators sought to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among post menopausal women with DRF.

10 Feb 2012

Mental Health News
Widening Gap Between Scottish And English Suicide Rates A new study has revealed the widening gap in suicide rates between Scotland and England & Wales due to a large extent to the number of young Scottish men taking their lives.The research, carried out by the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh and the Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in Glasgow, examined suicide rates north and south of the border between 1960 and 2008.	10 Feb 2012
Study Finds Violence In Northern Ireland Harms Children War, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens. A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has found that political violence affects children by upsetting the ways their families function, resulting in behavior problems and mental health symptoms among the youths over extended periods of time.	10 Feb 2012

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News
Hip Dysplasia Can Be Reliably Diagnosed By Ultrasound At 6 Months Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH) is a common congenital condition in which a child's upper thighbone is dislocated from the hip socket. The condition can be present at birth or develop during a child's first year of life.	10 Feb 2012

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
Management Of TB Cases Falls Short Of International Standards The management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research.The research, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has identified key areas of priority for public action to combat the growing number of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases.	10 Feb 2012

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Does Brain Go Into Standby Mode When Metabolic Energy Is Low? By using a computerized model to study an electroencepholagram (EEG) brain pattern called "burst suppression", researchers in the US believe they have discovered a fundamental mechanism of how the brain behaves when the metabolic energy supply to brain cells is low.	10 Feb 2012
Neuroscience R&D For The Military - Recommendations As our knowledge of the human brain is advancing, researchers are optimistic that these advances will enhance the performance and lives of the UK's armed forces. However, the researchers caution that how research is prioritized should be given careful consideration in order to avoid cost to other applications.	10 Feb 2012
Mild Alzheimer's Patients May Be Re-Diagnosed With Mild Cognitive Impairment A report published Online First in Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, shows that under the revised criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, many patients who are currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer disease dementia could potentially be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI).	10 Feb 2012
Cancer Drug Reverses Symptoms Of Alzheimer's In Mice A drug approved for the treatment of cancer appears to quickly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's in mice, according to a new study from the US published in the journal Science on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bexarotene as a treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphoma, a type of skin cancer, in 2000.	10 Feb 2012
Memory Can Be Boosted By Stimulating Brain New research from UCLA shows that stimulating key area of the brain can improve the memory. Perhaps we'll soon be free from those annoying afternoons, scrambling about looking for the dog's leash or the car keys.	10 Feb 2012
X-Ray Crystallography Reveals Unusual Alliances That Enable Movement Some unusual alliances are necessary for you to wiggle your fingers, researchers report.Understanding those relationships should enable better treatment of neuromuscular diseases, such as myasthenia gravis, which prevent muscles from taking orders from your brain, said Dr.	10 Feb 2012
New Technique Holds Promise For Better Understanding Of Brain Disorders By harnessing quantum dots - tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across - researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain.	10 Feb 2012
Guideline For Brain Metastases Developed By ASTRO The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ASTRO's official clinical practice journal.	10 Feb 2012
How Appetite Cells In The Brain Respond To Fasting There are two key cell types in the brain that are central to the regulation of feeding behaviors, agouti-related peptide (AgRP)-expressing neurons and proopiomelancortin (POMC)-expressing neurons.	10 Feb 2012
Epidural Steroid Injections Do Not Benefit Spine Patients Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections (ESI) had a higher rate of crossover to surgery and fared worse in physical health and bodily pain versus those who did not receive ESI, dispelling their pre-study hypothesis.	10 Feb 2012

Nutrition / Diet News
Dark Chocolates On Valentine's Day Are Better For You A recent study, published just in time for Valentine's Day, states that dark chocolate is the "heart-healthy" way to go, not only on Valentine's day, but all year long. Dr. Gary Kaplan, director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, says: "The research is clear: dark chocolate is chock-full of antioxidants that fight dangerous 'free radicals' in your body, and it also provides significant protection against cardiovascular disease.	10 Feb 2012
Acute Lung Injury Patients Don't Benefit From Less Nutritional Support A study published early in JAMA , to coincide with the presentation at the 41st Critical Care Congress, reveals that even though some data indicated that lower caloric nourishment via a feeding tube may be beneficial for critically ill patients in need of mechanical ventilation, those with acute lung injury who received a smaller amount of nourishment displayed no improvement in terms of infectious complications, ventilator-free days, or mortality risk at 60 days, compared with those who received full caloric nourishment.	10 Feb 2012
Shedding Light On The Genetics Of Rice Metabolism A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the genetic and environmental factors that influence their production.	10 Feb 2012
Low Levels Of Vitamin D Found In 44 Percent Of Postmenopausal Women With Wrist Fracture Wrist fractures, also called distal radius fractures (DRF), are among the most common osteoporosis-related fractures occurring on average 15 years earlier than hip fractures. As vitamin D deficiency has recently been linked with muscle weakness, increased fall risks, and bone fractures, investigators sought to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among post menopausal women with DRF.	10 Feb 2012

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Altered Lifestyle Plus Anti-Obesity Drugs Are Effective Researchers from the University of Leicester have discovered that anti-obesity drugs together with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI. In the paper published in Obesity Review, Dr.	10 Feb 2012
Obesity Drug 'Mediator' Likely Responsible For Thousands Of Hospitalizations And Deaths In France A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that benfluorex, a fenfluramine derivative drug used in France under the name Mediator®, is likely responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths over a 30 year period.	10 Feb 2012
For Offspring Of Diabetic Pregnancies Breastfeeding Can Reduce Risk Of Childhood Obesity Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat.Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, Ph.	10 Feb 2012
Weight Loss With Anti-Obesity Drugs And A Modified Lifestyle A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.Dr Laura Gray and colleagues from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester have published a paper in the journal Obesity Review which looks at the effectiveness of anti-obesity drugs and a modified lifestyle on weight loss and body mass index.	10 Feb 2012
How Appetite Cells In The Brain Respond To Fasting There are two key cell types in the brain that are central to the regulation of feeding behaviors, agouti-related peptide (AgRP)-expressing neurons and proopiomelancortin (POMC)-expressing neurons.	10 Feb 2012

Pain / Anesthetics News
Does Brain Go Into Standby Mode When Metabolic Energy Is Low? By using a computerized model to study an electroencepholagram (EEG) brain pattern called "burst suppression", researchers in the US believe they have discovered a fundamental mechanism of how the brain behaves when the metabolic energy supply to brain cells is low.	10 Feb 2012
Osteoarthritis Pain, Mobility Improve With Video-Based Home Exercise The benefits of exercise in minimizing pain and improving mobility for individuals living with osteoarthritis has been well documented.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 107 individuals with diagnosed osteoarthritis in the knee were randomized to either a DVD-based exercise group, or a control group.	10 Feb 2012
Men With Anxiety Trait Suffered Greater Post-Operative Pain Following Total Knee Replacement Increased pain following surgery has long been linked to anxiety and "catastrophizing," an extreme response to stress.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 97 patients - men and women - who were about to undergo minimally invasive total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, completed a brief survey to quantify their level of anxiety, as well as their typical level of anxiety and potential for catastrophizing.	10 Feb 2012

Parkinson's Disease News
Tai Chi Program Offers Significant Gains In Balance, Stability Among Parkinson's Disease Patients An Oregon Research Institute (ORI) exercise study conducted in four Oregon cities has shown significant benefits for patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease. In an original article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), ORI scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.	10 Feb 2012
Study Of Live Human Neurons Reveals The Genetic Origins Of Parkinson's Disease Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease, which afflicts at least 500,000 Americans and for which there is no cure.	10 Feb 2012

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
C-Section Not The Best For Babies Cesarean deliveries have not been considered damaging or risky to a new born's health, but new research is beginning to overturn that assumption. A good example is preterm babies that are small for their gestational age.	10 Feb 2012
What Is Child Abuse? What Is Child Neglect? Child abuse is any emotional, sexual, or physical mistreatment, as well as neglect of a child. Some countries may vary in their definition of the term. In the USA. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) defines child abuse as " child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child".	10 Feb 2012
Hip Dysplasia Can Be Reliably Diagnosed By Ultrasound At 6 Months Developmental dislocation (dysplasia) of the hip (DDH) is a common congenital condition in which a child's upper thighbone is dislocated from the hip socket. The condition can be present at birth or develop during a child's first year of life.	10 Feb 2012
For Offspring Of Diabetic Pregnancies Breastfeeding Can Reduce Risk Of Childhood Obesity Children of diabetic pregnancies have a greater risk of childhood obesity, but new research from the Colorado School of Public Health shows breastfeeding can reduce this threat.Epidemiologist Tessa Crume, Ph.	10 Feb 2012
Antenatal Thyroid Screening Fails To Improve IQ In 3-Year-Olds Children of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ compared to women who receive no treatment, new research has uncovered.Scientists from Cardiff University's School of Medicine working with colleagues from The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues from Turin, Italy took blood samples from more than 20,000 women at about 13-weeks of pregnancy to test for thyroid function.	10 Feb 2012
No Association Between Stimulant Treatment For ADHD And Increased Risk Of Cardiac Events In Youth Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects 5-9% of youth and is frequently treated with stimulant medications, such as methylphenidate and amphetamine products. A recent safety communication from the US Food and Drug Administration advised that all patients undergoing ADHD treatment be monitored for changes in heart rate or blood pressure.	10 Feb 2012
Children And Their Mothers Benefit From High-Quality Child Care High-quality early child care isn't important just for children, but for their mothers, too. That's the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin; the study appears in the journal Child Development .	10 Feb 2012
Study Finds Violence In Northern Ireland Harms Children War, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens. A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has found that political violence affects children by upsetting the ways their families function, resulting in behavior problems and mental health symptoms among the youths over extended periods of time.	10 Feb 2012
Youths' Smoking Influenced By Sports Teammates Young people's choices about using drugs and alcohol are influenced by peers - not only close friends, but also sports teammates. A new study of middle schoolers and their social networks has found that teammates' smoking plays a big role in youths' decisions about smoking, but adolescents who take part in a lot of sports smoke less.	10 Feb 2012
Depression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood Children who have difficult relationships with their peers can experience more psychological dysfunction, such as depression. But does the depression lead to youths' relationship problems, or do difficulties in the relationships provoke the depression? A new study of children in the middle years of childhood has found that depression forecasts problems in peer relationships, including being victimized by peers and problems being accepted by peers.	10 Feb 2012

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
The Current State Of The Biosimilars Industry By Prof Heinz Haenel As a preview to the Biosimilar Drug Development World Europe 2012 conference we asked one of the key speakers Prof Heinz Haenel, Diabetes Division R+D Projects at Sanofi Aventis his thoughts on the current state of the industry.	10 Feb 2012

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Although The Financial Burden Of Prescription Drugs Is Dropping, Costs Remain A Challenge For Many The financial burden Americans face paying out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs has declined, although prescription costs remain a significant challenge for people with lower incomes and those with public insurance, according to a new RAND Corporation study.	10 Feb 2012

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
C-Section Not The Best For Babies Cesarean deliveries have not been considered damaging or risky to a new born's health, but new research is beginning to overturn that assumption. A good example is preterm babies that are small for their gestational age.	10 Feb 2012
Chemotherapy During Pregnancy Does Not Risk The Child's General Health A recent study published by the The Lancet Oncology indicates that children of women who received chemotherapy during their pregnancy suffer no adverse effects, developing as well as children in the general population.	10 Feb 2012
Chromosomal Microarray Superior To Standard Prenatal Tests According to a study which involved more than 4,000 participants, more information about potential disorders can be obtained using chromosomal microarray (CMA) to test a developing fetus' DNA, than the standard method of prenatal tests, which is used to visually analyze the chromosomes (karyotyping).	10 Feb 2012
High Levels Of Cadmium, Lead In Blood Linked To Pregnancy Delay Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other academic research institutions.	10 Feb 2012
Antenatal Thyroid Screening Fails To Improve IQ In 3-Year-Olds Children of mothers screened and treated for reduced thyroid function during pregnancy show no signs of improved IQ compared to women who receive no treatment, new research has uncovered.Scientists from Cardiff University's School of Medicine working with colleagues from The Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, and colleagues from Turin, Italy took blood samples from more than 20,000 women at about 13-weeks of pregnancy to test for thyroid function.	10 Feb 2012

Primary Care / General Practice News
More Patient Choice - Good For Some Bad For Others, UK According to MDDUS, serious concerns are being raised for doctors regarding accountability and continuity of patient care, as a result of a government pilot scheme to eliminate practice boundaries in an attempt to increase patient choice.	10 Feb 2012

Prostate / Prostate Cancer News
New Technique Holds Promise For Better Understanding Of Brain Disorders By harnessing quantum dots - tiny light-emitting semiconductor particles a few billionths of a meter across - researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new and vastly more targeted way to stimulate neurons in the brain.	10 Feb 2012

Psychology / Psychiatry News
What Is Child Abuse? What Is Child Neglect? Child abuse is any emotional, sexual, or physical mistreatment, as well as neglect of a child. Some countries may vary in their definition of the term. In the USA. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) defines child abuse as " child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child".	10 Feb 2012
Depression Linked To Adolescent Bullying A recent study by authors Gary Ladd, a professor in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, Karen Rudolph, University of Illinois, and Karen Kochel, an assistant professor in ASU's School of Social and Family Dynamics and published in Child Development, explains that teens suffering from depression are at a greater risk of being bullied due to difficulties in establishing friendships amongst their peers.	10 Feb 2012
Male Smoking Leads To Faster Cognitive Decline Findings of a report published Online First in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that men who smoke seem to be linked with a more rapid cognitive decline.	10 Feb 2012
Facebook Use Affects Mood Differently To Stress And Relaxation Researchers measured people's physical and psychological responses while they used Facebook, performed a stressful task, or just relaxed, and found each of these activities appears to have a different effect on mood and arousal.	10 Feb 2012
Depression Often Leads To Difficulties With Peers In Middle Childhood Children who have difficult relationships with their peers can experience more psychological dysfunction, such as depression. But does the depression lead to youths' relationship problems, or do difficulties in the relationships provoke the depression? A new study of children in the middle years of childhood has found that depression forecasts problems in peer relationships, including being victimized by peers and problems being accepted by peers.	10 Feb 2012

Public Health News
Study Finds Violence In Northern Ireland Harms Children War, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens. A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has found that political violence affects children by upsetting the ways their families function, resulting in behavior problems and mental health symptoms among the youths over extended periods of time.	10 Feb 2012
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Adults Have Twice The Level Of Smoking And Half The Level Of Plans To Quit Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Coloradans who smoke are not thinking about quitting or getting ready to quit, and a quarter are uncomfortable approaching their doctors for help, report University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers in a recent article published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.	10 Feb 2012
Orthopaedic Trauma Volume Affected By Economic Factors Previous studies have found that human behavior during a recession is remarkably different than that during a bullish economy. For example, people tend to spend more time focused on working and less time engaging in leisure and recreation activities, resulting in fewer motor vehicle and other accidents.	10 Feb 2012

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
Lisdexamfetamine Dimesylate Approved For ADHD In Adults, USA In the U.S., in 2007, the prescription medication Vyvanse was introduced for the treatment of ADHD in children aged 6 to 12 years old by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The following year the medication was approved to treat ADHD in adults, and approved in 2010 to treat adolescents aged 13 to 17 with ADHD.	10 Feb 2012
Obesity Drug 'Mediator' Likely Responsible For Thousands Of Hospitalizations And Deaths In France A new study published in the journal Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety reveals that benfluorex, a fenfluramine derivative drug used in France under the name Mediator®, is likely responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths over a 30 year period.	10 Feb 2012

Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News
Tai Chi Program Offers Significant Gains In Balance, Stability Among Parkinson's Disease Patients An Oregon Research Institute (ORI) exercise study conducted in four Oregon cities has shown significant benefits for patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease. In an original article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), ORI scientist Fuzhong Li, Ph.	10 Feb 2012

Respiratory / Asthma News

Acute Lung Injury Patients Don't Benefit From Less Nutritional Support A study published early in JAMA , to coincide with the presentation at the 41st Critical Care Congress, reveals that even though some data indicated that lower caloric nourishment via a feeding tube may be beneficial for critically ill patients in need of mechanical ventilation, those with acute lung injury who received a smaller amount of nourishment displayed no improvement in terms of infectious complications, ventilator-free days, or mortality risk at 60 days, compared with those who received full caloric nourishment.

10 Feb 2012

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News

Study Reveals Molecular Path From Internal Clock To Cells Controlling Rest And Activity The molecular pathway that carries time-of-day signals from the body's internal clock to ultimately guide daily behavior is like a black box, says Amita Sehgal, PhD, the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

10 Feb 2012

Smoking / Quit Smoking News
Male Smoking Leads To Faster Cognitive Decline Findings of a report published Online First in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that men who smoke seem to be linked with a more rapid cognitive decline.	10 Feb 2012
High Levels Of Cadmium, Lead In Blood Linked To Pregnancy Delay Higher blood levels of cadmium in females, and higher blood levels of lead in males, delayed pregnancy in couples trying to become pregnant, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other academic research institutions.	10 Feb 2012
In Smoking Cessation, Low Dopamine Levels During Withdrawal Promote Relapse Mark Twain said, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Many smokers would agree that it's difficult to stay away from cigarettes.	10 Feb 2012
Youths' Smoking Influenced By Sports Teammates Young people's choices about using drugs and alcohol are influenced by peers - not only close friends, but also sports teammates. A new study of middle schoolers and their social networks has found that teammates' smoking plays a big role in youths' decisions about smoking, but adolescents who take part in a lot of sports smoke less.	10 Feb 2012
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual And Transgendered Adults Have Twice The Level Of Smoking And Half The Level Of Plans To Quit Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Coloradans who smoke are not thinking about quitting or getting ready to quit, and a quarter are uncomfortable approaching their doctors for help, report University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers in a recent article published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.	10 Feb 2012

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
Osteoarthritis Pain, Mobility Improve With Video-Based Home Exercise The benefits of exercise in minimizing pain and improving mobility for individuals living with osteoarthritis has been well documented.In a new study presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), 107 individuals with diagnosed osteoarthritis in the knee were randomized to either a DVD-based exercise group, or a control group.	10 Feb 2012
Improved New Procedure For Fixing Damaged Cartilage A new study has demonstrated that a procedure wherein healthy cartilage is transplanted to fix an area of damaged cartilage (osteoarticular cartilage transplantation or OATS procedure) is superior to the standard of care for repairing cartilage defects.	10 Feb 2012

Stem Cell Research News

Similarities Between Genetic Signatures In Developing Organs And Breast Cancer Could Predict And Personalize Cancer Therapies Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people.

10 Feb 2012

Tropical Diseases News

After 60 Year Absence Continental Mosquito With 'Vector' Potential Found Breeding In UK A species of mosquito has been discovered breeding in the UK that has not been seen in the country since 1945. Populations of the mosquito, found across mainland Europe and known only by its Latin name Culex modestus, were recorded at a number of sites in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex in 2010 and 2011.

10 Feb 2012

Tuberculosis News
Management Of TB Cases Falls Short Of International Standards The management of tuberculosis cases in the European Union (EU) is not meeting international standards, according to new research.The research, published online ahead of print in the European Respiratory Journal, has identified key areas of priority for public action to combat the growing number of drug-resistant tuberculosis cases.	10 Feb 2012

Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News
Shedding Light On The Genetics Of Rice Metabolism A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the genetic and environmental factors that influence their production.	10 Feb 2012

Women's Health / Gynecology News
Chromosomal Microarray Superior To Standard Prenatal Tests According to a study which involved more than 4,000 participants, more information about potential disorders can be obtained using chromosomal microarray (CMA) to test a developing fetus' DNA, than the standard method of prenatal tests, which is used to visually analyze the chromosomes (karyotyping).	10 Feb 2012
Children And Their Mothers Benefit From High-Quality Child Care High-quality early child care isn't important just for children, but for their mothers, too. That's the conclusion of a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin; the study appears in the journal Child Development .	10 Feb 2012

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