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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Following Natural Disasters, Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious- in their daily lives. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Disaster Responders, Both Yesterday's And Tomorrow's Study reports long-term positive effects of the orthopaedic disaster response in Haiti; Meanwhile Academy initiates first-of-its kind disaster response certification to prepare for future crisesWhen mass-casualty events occur, orthopaedic surgeons travel throughout the world to treat wounded patients in countries devastated by war, natural disaster and poverty. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Mediterranean Diet Reduces Small Vessel Damage In The Brain The February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, carries a report this month on the Mediterranean diet. It appears that a Mediterranean-style diet reduces the burden of white matter hyperintesity volume. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Brain-Imaging Technique May Predict Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer from mild cognitive impairment and 10 percent have dementia. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Air Pollution And Cognitive Decline In Women Revealed By Study A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush University Medical Center indicates that chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Overeating Linked To Memory Loss A study released today and scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012, shows that those over 70 eating more than 2,100 calories per day, nearly double their risk of memory loss, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Anxiety / Stress News | |
| Following Natural Disasters, Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious- in their daily lives. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Arthritis / Rheumatology News | |
| Robust Repair Response Found In Arthritic Knees, But Not Hips Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used new tools they developed to analyze knees and hips and discovered that osteoarthritic knee joints are in a constant state of repair, while hip joints are not. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Autism News | |
| Autism Link To Both Maternal And Paternal Age Older maternal and paternal age are jointly associated with having a child with autism, according to a recently published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| A Role Of Synaptic Proteins In Autism Spectrum Disorders Supported A new study combines genetic and neurobiological approaches to confirm that synaptic mutations increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). It also highlights a role for modifier genes in these disorders. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Back Pain News | |
| Lumbar Disc Herniations Treated Effectively With Steroid Injections The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Researchers Discover New Coherence In Enzyme Transport The group of Prof. Dr. Ralf Erdmann at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (Faculty of Medicine, Department of Systems Biochemistry) discovered a connection of peroxisomal protein import and receptor export. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment Aids Healing Of Elbow Injuries Say Researchers As elbow injuries continue to rise, especially in pitchers, procedures to help treat and get players back in the game quickly have been difficult to come by. However, a newer treatment called platelet rich plasma (PRP) may pose hope, according to researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day meeting in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Treatment For Hip Conditions Should Not Rest Solely On MRI Scans When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment Aids Healing Of Elbow Injuries Say Researchers As elbow injuries continue to rise, especially in pitchers, procedures to help treat and get players back in the game quickly have been difficult to come by. However, a newer treatment called platelet rich plasma (PRP) may pose hope, according to researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day meeting in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| ACL Reconstruction Delay In Children May Lead To Higher Rates Of Associated Knee Injuries Kids treated more than 150 days after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury have higher rates of other knee injuries, including medial meniscal tears, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Following ACL Injuries, Amateur Football Players Not Always Keen On Returning To Play Despite the known success rates of reconstructive Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery, the number of high school and collegiate football players returning to play may not be as high as anticipated, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Direction For Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injured Knee Treatments Provided By New Data Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction improves quality of life and sports functionality for athletes, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Elbow Position Not A Predictor Of Injury Elbow position alone appeared to not affect injury rates and performance in college-level, male pitchers say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Disaster Responders, Both Yesterday's And Tomorrow's Study reports long-term positive effects of the orthopaedic disaster response in Haiti; Meanwhile Academy initiates first-of-its kind disaster response certification to prepare for future crisesWhen mass-casualty events occur, orthopaedic surgeons travel throughout the world to treat wounded patients in countries devastated by war, natural disaster and poverty. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Show Benefits Of Local Anesthesia After Knee Replacement Surgery Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Transparency On Patient Safety, Quality Initiatives Provided By Orthopaedic Surgery Report At NYU Langone Medical Center the focus on quality, patient safety and patient experience are not just broad stroke initiatives- but measureable, quantifiable and concrete. Patients and health care professionals can learn about this commitment to world-class care and operational transparency in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery's recently published "2012 Quality and Outcomes Report," which is now available online* as well as in hard copy at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Robust Repair Response Found In Arthritic Knees, But Not Hips Researchers at Duke University Medical Center used new tools they developed to analyze knees and hips and discovered that osteoarthritic knee joints are in a constant state of repair, while hip joints are not. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Breast Cancer Spreads By Using Patient's Immune System Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis, which can cause several organs in the body to fail, IBC is also the deadliest form of breast cancer. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Enhancing The Effectiveness Of A Breast Cancer Treatment Breast cancers expressing the protein HER2 have a particularly poor prognosis. Treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) benefits some patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, but it is not as effective as had been hoped. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Metastatic Breast Cancer Hitches A Free Ride From The Immune System Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancer. It spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis which can lead to multi-organ failure. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Link Between NSAIDs And Reduced Cancer Metastasis Strengthened By Study A new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through the lymphatic system. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| New Mouse Model For A Particularly Malignant Form Of Medulloblastoma Establishes First Step To Personalized Treatment Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the deadliest of four subtypes of human medulloblastoma, a tumor that is triggered by elevated levels of a gene known as Myc. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Superhero Me! Winner Of The Eyeforpharma Mobile Health Competition 2012 To Help Teenage Cancer Patients The Mobile Health Competition is now closed, but the journey is just beginning for the winning idea.Between 2006 and 2008, cancer affected approximately 2000 teenagers in the UK.1 These are people as young as 15 years old, battling and living with cancer, while going through one of the toughest periods in any person's life - the teenage years. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Discovery Of Complex Wiring Of Nervous System Provides Clues To Neurological Diseases And Cancer Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a startling feature of early brain development that helps to explain how complex neuron wiring patterns are programmed using just a handful of critical genes. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer Therapy Could Stem From New Understanding Of DNA Repair A research group in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is hoping its latest discovery could one day be used to develop new therapies that target certain types of cancers. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| First Prospective Clinical Trial Of Adaptive Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer Patients Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-its-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Healthy Heart Muscle In Heart Attack Patients Re-Grown In First-Of-Its-kind Stem Cell Study Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy muscle. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Scientists Repair Heart Attack Damage Using Patient's Own Stem Cells To Regrow Healthy Heart Muscle Details of a small clinical trial published in The Lancet on Tuesday reveal how scientists helped patients with hearts damaged by heart attack to re-grow healthy heart muscle and reduce scar tissue with an infusion of stem cells taken from the patients' own hearts. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Depression News | |
| Sad Music Can Bring On Real Sadness A unique study by Finnish researchers published in the January issue of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts shows that listening to sad music can cause genuine sadness in listeners, and that people's personalities have an important effect on the emotional responses to sad music. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Dermatology News | |
| Lead Levels In Lipstick Much Higher Than Previously Thought A recent study conducted by the U.S Food And Drug Administration (FDA) reveals that over 400 popular lipstick brands contain twice as much lead as previously believed - up to 7.19 parts per million (ppm). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Diabetes News | |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 13, 2012 METABOLIC DISEASE: A direct hit from the hormone leptin has potential therapeutic consequences The number of people who suffer from one or more of the adverse complications of obesity, including type 2 diabetes, is rapidly increasing. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| The Greatest Mortality Risk For Diabetics Is Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Millions of people suffer from type 2 diabetes. The leading cause of death in these patients is heart disease. Joseph Hill and colleagues, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have now identified, through their work in mice, a potential new therapeutic approach to reduce the prevalence of heart failure and improve the long-term survival of patients with type 2 diabetes. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| A Novel Method For Simultaneously Measuring Blood Pressure And Arterial Stiffness Arterial stiffness due to is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease but is very difficult to measure. It also can influence blood pressure readings since these rely on the time taken for arteries to return to normal volume and flow after compression. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| First Prospective Clinical Trial Of Adaptive Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer Patients Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-its-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| New Glaucoma Drug Zioptan Wins FDA Approval On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Merck's Zioptan, a once-daily preservative-free opthalmic solution of tafluprost, a prostaglandin analog for lowering high intra-ocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or with high intra-ocular pressure. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Technology Lends Product Packaging A Voice To Aid Visually And Hearing Impaired As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications that make life easier for the visually impaired. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| What Is Glaucoma? What Causes Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease of the eye in which fluid pressure within the eye rises - if left untreated the patient may lose vision, and even become blind. The disease generally affects both eyes, although one may have more severe signs and symptoms than the other. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Genetics News | |
| Inaccurate Genetic Assumptions Lead To Forensic Mistakes New research published this week in PLoS Genetics ,indicates that individuals that are unrelated may be mistakenly be identified as genetic family members because of inaccurate genetic assumptions. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Uncover Extensive RNA Editing In A Human Transcriptome In a new study published online in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demonstrating the need for new robust methods to identify important post-transcriptional editing events. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| The Proteins Ensuring Genome Protection Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have discovered the crucial role of two proteins in developing a cell 'anti-enzyme shield'. This protection system, which operates at the level of molecular 'caps' named telomeres, prevents cells from treating chromosome ends like accidental DNA breaks and 'repairing' them. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Kineret Halts Organ Damage In Inflammatory Genetic Disorder A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer Therapy Could Stem From New Understanding Of DNA Repair A research group in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta is hoping its latest discovery could one day be used to develop new therapies that target certain types of cancers. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| A Role Of Synaptic Proteins In Autism Spectrum Disorders Supported A new study combines genetic and neurobiological approaches to confirm that synaptic mutations increase the risk of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). It also highlights a role for modifier genes in these disorders. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Hearing / Deafness News | |
| Cochlear Implants May Be Safe, Effective For Organ Transplant Patients Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Technology Lends Product Packaging A Voice To Aid Visually And Hearing Impaired As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications that make life easier for the visually impaired. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| The Greatest Mortality Risk For Diabetics Is Diabetic Cardiomyopathy Millions of people suffer from type 2 diabetes. The leading cause of death in these patients is heart disease. Joseph Hill and colleagues, at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, have now identified, through their work in mice, a potential new therapeutic approach to reduce the prevalence of heart failure and improve the long-term survival of patients with type 2 diabetes. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke Risks Increased By Air Pollution, Even A Moderate Amount Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found.Writing in the Feb. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Potential Health Risk Posed By Phosphate Additives Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109 (4): 49-55]. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| A Novel Method For Simultaneously Measuring Blood Pressure And Arterial Stiffness Arterial stiffness due to is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease but is very difficult to measure. It also can influence blood pressure readings since these rely on the time taken for arteries to return to normal volume and flow after compression. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Kidney Damage Risk Linked To Tenofovir, Leading HIV Medication Tenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant risk of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease that increases over time, according to a study of more than 10,000 patients led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Hypertension News | |
| Elevated Levels Of Cell-Free DNA In First Trimester Do Not Predict Preeclampsia In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that indicate that elevated levels of cell-free DNA in the first trimester do not predict the subsequent development of preeclampsia. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| A Novel Method For Simultaneously Measuring Blood Pressure And Arterial Stiffness Arterial stiffness due to is a major contributor to cardiovascular disease but is very difficult to measure. It also can influence blood pressure readings since these rely on the time taken for arteries to return to normal volume and flow after compression. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Breast Cancer Spreads By Using Patient's Immune System Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis, which can cause several organs in the body to fail, IBC is also the deadliest form of breast cancer. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Kineret Halts Organ Damage In Inflammatory Genetic Disorder A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Metastatic Breast Cancer Hitches A Free Ride From The Immune System Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancer. It spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis which can lead to multi-organ failure. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Decoding The Molecular Machine Behind E. coli And Cholera Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat infections more effectively. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Superhero Me! Winner Of The Eyeforpharma Mobile Health Competition 2012 To Help Teenage Cancer Patients The Mobile Health Competition is now closed, but the journey is just beginning for the winning idea.Between 2006 and 2008, cancer affected approximately 2000 teenagers in the UK.1 These are people as young as 15 years old, battling and living with cancer, while going through one of the toughest periods in any person's life - the teenage years. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Technology Lends Product Packaging A Voice To Aid Visually And Hearing Impaired As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications that make life easier for the visually impaired. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Lymphology/Lymphedema News | |
| Link Between NSAIDs And Reduced Cancer Metastasis Strengthened By Study A new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through the lymphatic system. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 13, 2012 METABOLIC DISEASE: A direct hit from the hormone leptin has potential therapeutic consequences The number of people who suffer from one or more of the adverse complications of obesity, including type 2 diabetes, is rapidly increasing. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Brain-Imaging Technique May Predict Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer from mild cognitive impairment and 10 percent have dementia. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Disaster Responders, Both Yesterday's And Tomorrow's Study reports long-term positive effects of the orthopaedic disaster response in Haiti; Meanwhile Academy initiates first-of-its kind disaster response certification to prepare for future crisesWhen mass-casualty events occur, orthopaedic surgeons travel throughout the world to treat wounded patients in countries devastated by war, natural disaster and poverty. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Treatment For Hip Conditions Should Not Rest Solely On MRI Scans When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Air Pollution Tied To Cognitive Decline, Stroke Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday suggest that air pollution at levels experienced by most Americans or considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency is linked to higher risk of cognitive decline and stroke. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Very Lethal Prion Species Found According to a study published in the online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a single prion protein that is at least 10 times more lethal than larger prion species has been identified by researchers from The Scripps Research Institute. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| New Mouse Model For A Particularly Malignant Form Of Medulloblastoma Establishes First Step To Personalized Treatment Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the deadliest of four subtypes of human medulloblastoma, a tumor that is triggered by elevated levels of a gene known as Myc. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Following Natural Disasters, Human Cognitive Performance Suffers Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors - some serious- in their daily lives. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Mathematical Model Reveals System Of Compensating For Reduced Cellular Energy In The Brain A distinctive pattern of brain activity associated with conditions including deep anesthesia, coma and congenital brain disorders appears to represent the brain's shift into a protective, low-activity state in response to reduced metabolic energy. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Discovery Of Complex Wiring Of Nervous System Provides Clues To Neurological Diseases And Cancer Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a startling feature of early brain development that helps to explain how complex neuron wiring patterns are programmed using just a handful of critical genes. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Say Helmet Fit Critical To Preventing Concussion Concussions and the issues that can occur following one, continue to be a serious problem for football players. However, one simple game strategy: proper helmet fit, may be one of the easiest game winners for prevention, say researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Mediterranean Diet Reduces Small Vessel Damage In The Brain The February issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, carries a report this month on the Mediterranean diet. It appears that a Mediterranean-style diet reduces the burden of white matter hyperintesity volume. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Overeating Linked To Memory Loss A study released today and scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012, shows that those over 70 eating more than 2,100 calories per day, nearly double their risk of memory loss, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Potential Health Risk Posed By Phosphate Additives Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109 (4): 49-55]. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Four Plant Extracts Discovered For Possible Weight Loss Four plant extracts that may be effective in fighting and preventing obesity have been identified through in vitro examinations by a team of researchers from the University of Granada. The team then tested the extracts on rats. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Trans-Fatty Acid Consumption Drops Among US Caucasians A study by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, revealed that from 2000 to 2009, trans-fatty acid blood levels (TFAs) in white U. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 13, 2012 METABOLIC DISEASE: A direct hit from the hormone leptin has potential therapeutic consequences The number of people who suffer from one or more of the adverse complications of obesity, including type 2 diabetes, is rapidly increasing. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Anti-Diabetic Medication May Prevent The Long-Term Effects Of Maternal Obesity In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on offspring. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Weight And Diet Changes May Not Be The Solution To Early Labor And Delivery One of the strongest known risk factors for spontaneous or unexpected preterm birth - any birth that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy, most often without a known cause - is already having had one. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Ovarian Cancer News | |
| Differences Between Primary And Recurrent Ovarian Cancers Revealed By Molecular Profiling There is a need to analyze tumor specimens at the time of ovarian cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Researchers used a diagnostic technology called molecular profiling to examine the differences in the molecular characteristics of primary and recurrent ovarian tumors and found significant changes for some biomarkers. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Link Between NSAIDs And Reduced Cancer Metastasis Strengthened By Study A new study reveals key factors that promote the spread of cancer to lymph nodes and provides a mechanism that explains how a common over-the-counter anti-inflammatory medication can reduce the spread of tumor cells through the lymphatic system. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Treatment For Hip Conditions Should Not Rest Solely On MRI Scans When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Mathematical Model Reveals System Of Compensating For Reduced Cellular Energy In The Brain A distinctive pattern of brain activity associated with conditions including deep anesthesia, coma and congenital brain disorders appears to represent the brain's shift into a protective, low-activity state in response to reduced metabolic energy. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Show Benefits Of Local Anesthesia After Knee Replacement Surgery Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| How Much Do Children Sleep?- Is It Ever Enough? In a recent study published online in Pediatrics, Australian researchers state that although many people believe children today are not getting the adequate amount of sleep, this is not a new development. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| New Mouse Model For A Particularly Malignant Form Of Medulloblastoma Establishes First Step To Personalized Treatment Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) developed a new mouse model for studying a devastating childhood brain cancer called medulloblastoma. The animal model mimics the deadliest of four subtypes of human medulloblastoma, a tumor that is triggered by elevated levels of a gene known as Myc. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Babies With Birth Defects Can Be Safely Delivered At Night And At Weekends Weekday delivery is no better than night or weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study presented at The Pregnancy Meeting, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual conference. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Mathematical Model Reveals System Of Compensating For Reduced Cellular Energy In The Brain A distinctive pattern of brain activity associated with conditions including deep anesthesia, coma and congenital brain disorders appears to represent the brain's shift into a protective, low-activity state in response to reduced metabolic energy. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Kineret Halts Organ Damage In Inflammatory Genetic Disorder A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Anti-Diabetic Medication May Prevent The Long-Term Effects Of Maternal Obesity In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on offspring. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| ACL Reconstruction Delay In Children May Lead To Higher Rates Of Associated Knee Injuries Kids treated more than 150 days after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury have higher rates of other knee injuries, including medial meniscal tears, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Study Suggest 7 Hours' Sleep Best For High School Students Whether or not you know any high school students that actually get nine hours of sleep each night, that's what federal guidelines currently prescribe.A new Brigham Young University study found that 16-18 year olds perform better academically when they shave about two hours off that recommendation. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News | |
| Biosimilar Product Development - FDA's Draft Guidance The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just issued three draft guidance documents on bio-similar product development to help the U.S. industry to develop products like this. In comparison with most prescription drugs that are manufactured through chemicals processes, biological products are usually made from human and/or animal materials and include a large variety of products for the treatment of diseases and health conditions, such as vaccines, blood and blood components, gene therapies, tissues, and proteins. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Babies With Birth Defects Can Be Safely Delivered At Night And At Weekends Weekday delivery is no better than night or weekend delivery for infants with birth defects, according to a new study presented at The Pregnancy Meeting, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual conference. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Anti-Diabetic Medication May Prevent The Long-Term Effects Of Maternal Obesity In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that show that short therapy with the anti-diabetic medication Pioglitazone can prevent the long term effects of maternal obesity on offspring. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Elevated Levels Of Cell-Free DNA In First Trimester Do Not Predict Preeclampsia In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Dallas, Texas, researchers reported findings that indicate that elevated levels of cell-free DNA in the first trimester do not predict the subsequent development of preeclampsia. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Weight And Diet Changes May Not Be The Solution To Early Labor And Delivery One of the strongest known risk factors for spontaneous or unexpected preterm birth - any birth that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy, most often without a known cause - is already having had one. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| Prostate Tumor Growth May Be Slowed By Curry Spice Component Curcumin, an active component of the Indian curry spice turmeric, may help slow down tumor growth in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), a study from researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center suggests. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Air Pollution Tied To Cognitive Decline, Stroke Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday suggest that air pollution at levels experienced by most Americans or considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency is linked to higher risk of cognitive decline and stroke. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Sad Music Can Bring On Real Sadness A unique study by Finnish researchers published in the January issue of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts shows that listening to sad music can cause genuine sadness in listeners, and that people's personalities have an important effect on the emotional responses to sad music. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Public Health News | |
| How To Maintain Public Health During Tough Times A study by scientists from the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, published online in the scientific journal Tropical medicine and International Health, shows that it is still possible to provide a good level of public health if one is prepared to reinforce the public health care system. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| First Prospective Clinical Trial Of Adaptive Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer Patients Researchers led by a senior investigator at Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have released initial findings from a first-of-its-kind clinical trial in adaptive radiotherapy (ART) for head and neck cancer. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Biosimilar Product Development - FDA's Draft Guidance The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just issued three draft guidance documents on bio-similar product development to help the U.S. industry to develop products like this. In comparison with most prescription drugs that are manufactured through chemicals processes, biological products are usually made from human and/or animal materials and include a large variety of products for the treatment of diseases and health conditions, such as vaccines, blood and blood components, gene therapies, tissues, and proteins. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| New Glaucoma Drug Zioptan Wins FDA Approval On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Merck's Zioptan, a once-daily preservative-free opthalmic solution of tafluprost, a prostaglandin analog for lowering high intra-ocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or with high intra-ocular pressure. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Brain-Imaging Technique May Predict Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time Cognitive loss and brain degeneration currently affect millions of adults, and the number will increase, given the population of aging baby boomers. Today, nearly 20 percent of people age 65 or older suffer from mild cognitive impairment and 10 percent have dementia. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News | |
| How Much Do Children Sleep?- Is It Ever Enough? In a recent study published online in Pediatrics, Australian researchers state that although many people believe children today are not getting the adequate amount of sleep, this is not a new development. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Lorediplon Shows Promise In Insomnia Phase I Study The phase I clinical trial of Lorediplon, a drug for the treatment of insomnia, has been successfully completed with a best-in-class efficacy profile in terms of maintaining sleep and sleep quality compared with market leader zolpidem. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Study Suggest 7 Hours' Sleep Best For High School Students Whether or not you know any high school students that actually get nine hours of sleep each night, that's what federal guidelines currently prescribe.A new Brigham Young University study found that 16-18 year olds perform better academically when they shave about two hours off that recommendation. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Sports Medicine / Fitness News | |
| Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment Aids Healing Of Elbow Injuries Say Researchers As elbow injuries continue to rise, especially in pitchers, procedures to help treat and get players back in the game quickly have been difficult to come by. However, a newer treatment called platelet rich plasma (PRP) may pose hope, according to researchers presenting their findings at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day meeting in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| ACL Reconstruction Delay In Children May Lead To Higher Rates Of Associated Knee Injuries Kids treated more than 150 days after an Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury have higher rates of other knee injuries, including medial meniscal tears, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Say Helmet Fit Critical To Preventing Concussion Concussions and the issues that can occur following one, continue to be a serious problem for football players. However, one simple game strategy: proper helmet fit, may be one of the easiest game winners for prevention, say researchers presenting their study at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Following ACL Injuries, Amateur Football Players Not Always Keen On Returning To Play Despite the known success rates of reconstructive Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgery, the number of high school and collegiate football players returning to play may not be as high as anticipated, say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Direction For Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injured Knee Treatments Provided By New Data Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction improves quality of life and sports functionality for athletes, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Lumbar Disc Herniations Treated Effectively With Steroid Injections The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Elbow Position Not A Predictor Of Injury Elbow position alone appeared to not affect injury rates and performance in college-level, male pitchers say researchers presenting at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Healthy Heart Muscle In Heart Attack Patients Re-Grown In First-Of-Its-kind Stem Cell Study Results from a Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute clinical trial show that treating heart attack patients with an infusion of their own heart-derived cells helps damaged hearts re-grow healthy muscle. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Scientists Repair Heart Attack Damage Using Patient's Own Stem Cells To Regrow Healthy Heart Muscle Details of a small clinical trial published in The Lancet on Tuesday reveal how scientists helped patients with hearts damaged by heart attack to re-grow healthy heart muscle and reduce scar tissue with an infusion of stem cells taken from the patients' own hearts. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke News | |
| Stroke Risks Increased By Air Pollution, Even A Moderate Amount Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found.Writing in the Feb. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| How To Increase Organ Donor Numbers, BMA Asks, UK According to the BMA report "Building on Progress: Where next for organ donation policy in the UK?", people will still continue to die needlessly whilst waiting for an organ transplant, even if the Organ Donation's Taskforce target for 2013 of increasing the number of donors by 50% is met. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Cochlear Implants May Be Safe, Effective For Organ Transplant Patients Cochlear implants may be a safe, effective option for some organ transplant patients who've lost their hearing as an unfortunate consequence of their transplant-related drug regime, researchers report. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Kidney Damage Risk Linked To Tenofovir, Leading HIV Medication Tenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant risk of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease that increases over time, according to a study of more than 10,000 patients led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Potential Health Risk Posed By Phosphate Additives Excessive consumption of phosphate is damaging to health. Therefore, food that contains phosphate additives should be labeled, as recommended by Eberhard Ritz and coauthors in their article in the current issue of Deutsches Arzteblatt International [Dtsch Arztebl Int 2012; (109 (4): 49-55]. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Air Pollution Tied To Cognitive Decline, Stroke Two studies published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday suggest that air pollution at levels experienced by most Americans or considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency is linked to higher risk of cognitive decline and stroke. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke Risks Increased By Air Pollution, Even A Moderate Amount Air pollution, even at levels generally considered safe by federal regulations, increases the risk of stroke by 34 percent, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers have found.Writing in the Feb. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Air Pollution And Cognitive Decline In Women Revealed By Study A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush University Medical Center indicates that chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Decoding The Molecular Machine Behind E. coli And Cholera Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some of the bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat infections more effectively. | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Lead Levels In Lipstick Much Higher Than Previously Thought A recent study conducted by the U.S Food And Drug Administration (FDA) reveals that over 400 popular lipstick brands contain twice as much lead as previously believed - up to 7.19 parts per million (ppm). | 14 Feb 2012 |
| Association Between Air Pollution And Cognitive Decline In Women Revealed By Study A large, prospective study led by a researcher at Rush University Medical Center indicates that chronic exposure to particulate air pollution may accelerate cognitive decline in older adults. | 14 Feb 2012 |
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