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Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Possible Adverse Side Effects Of Alzheimer's Drugs Alzheimer's disease drugs now being tested in clinical trials may have potentially adverse side effects, according to new Northwestern Medicine research. A study with mice suggests the drugs could act like a bad electrician, causing neurons to be miswired and interfering with their ability to send messages to the brain.	21 Feb 2012
Disease Understanding Improved By 3D Microscopy The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy.	21 Feb 2012

Anxiety / Stress News
Stress Increases 40% During Recessions According to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Nottingham and University of Ulster, work related stress increases by 40% during a recession, affecting 1 in 4 workers. Furthermore, researchers found that the number of workers who take time off, as a result of work-related stress, increased by 25%, and that total time off, as result of this type of stress, rose by more than one third during an economic downturn.	21 Feb 2012
Our Moods Affected By Even Mild Dehydration Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late.Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance Laboratory.	21 Feb 2012

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
What Causes Leg Pain? Leg pain refers to any kind of pain that occurs between the heels and the pelvis. There are many reasons for leg pain, and not all of them are caused by a problem that originates in the leg; some injuries or spinal problems can cause aches and pains in the leg(s).	21 Feb 2012
Arthritis and Lupus Linked To Lower Birth Rates A multi-center study of a national survey published in Arthritis Care and Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), has established that over half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired.	21 Feb 2012

Autism News
Motor Skills Affected By Autism Often, children with autism have difficulties developing motor skills, such as throwing a ball, learning how to write, or running. However, a study published in the journal Autism, suggests that autism itself, not genetics, may be to blame.	21 Feb 2012

Breast Cancer News

New Approach To Fighting Cancer - New Combo Of Chemo And Malaria Drug Delivers Double Punch To Tumors Blocking autophagy - the process of "self-eating" within cells -- is turning out to be a viable way to enhance the effectiveness of a wide variety of cancer treatments.Specifically, blocking the action of an acidic inner cell part, which acts like a stomach and chews up proteins for recycling, is the main attack strategy, says Ravi K.

21 Feb 2012

Cancer / Oncology News
Drug Combo Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells Combining gemcitabine with MRK003, an experimental drug, triggers a chain of events leading to pancreatic cancer cell death, researchers from Cambridge reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.	21 Feb 2012
A Promising Novel Therapeutic Target In Cancer - The USP15 Biological Thermostat After years studying the molecular bases of glioblastoma - the most common brain tumor and one of the most aggressive of all cancers, the group led by Dr. Joan Seoane , Director of Translational Research at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and ICREA Research Professor has published a study in Nature Medicine identifying USP15 as a critical protein in cancer which, thanks to its molecular characteristics, shows enormous therapeutic promise.	21 Feb 2012
A Model For Collaboration - Indiana Clinical And Translational Science Institute HUB At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research.	21 Feb 2012
Cancer Evolution Discussed At Prestigious Conference Professor Mike Stratton, Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, talked about 'the evolution of the cancer genome' at the prestigious 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.	21 Feb 2012
New Approach To Fighting Cancer - New Combo Of Chemo And Malaria Drug Delivers Double Punch To Tumors Blocking autophagy - the process of "self-eating" within cells -- is turning out to be a viable way to enhance the effectiveness of a wide variety of cancer treatments.Specifically, blocking the action of an acidic inner cell part, which acts like a stomach and chews up proteins for recycling, is the main attack strategy, says Ravi K.	21 Feb 2012
Smokeless Tobacco Substitutes Save Lives Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it.That is the message Brad Rodu, D.D.S., professor of medicine at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine and the Endowed Chair in Tobacco Harm Reduction at UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.	21 Feb 2012
Women May Be At Increased Cancer Risk Following Vitamin B And Omega-3 Supplementation Women with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies seem to have a higher cancer risk after five years of Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation. The research is published in detail in the Archives of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Heart Attack With No Chest Pain In Women More Common Than In Men A study in the February issue of JAMA , shows that women are more likely than men to be admitted to a hospital without chest pain, and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death after a heart attack, compared with men of the same age group, even though these differences decrease, as people get older.	21 Feb 2012
The Mathematics Of A Heart Beat Could Save Lives What we perceive as the beating of our heart is actually the co-ordinated action of more than a billion muscle cells. Most of the time, only the muscle cells from the larger heart chambers contract and relax.	21 Feb 2012
Women May Be At Increased Cancer Risk Following Vitamin B And Omega-3 Supplementation Women with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies seem to have a higher cancer risk after five years of Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation. The research is published in detail in the Archives of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

Clinical Trials / Drug Trials News
Drug Combo Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells Combining gemcitabine with MRK003, an experimental drug, triggers a chain of events leading to pancreatic cancer cell death, researchers from Cambridge reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery News
Plastic Surgery Really Does Make People Look Younger Plastic surgery seems to make people look about 8.9 years younger than their actual age, researchers from the University of Toronto and NorthShore University Health System reported in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.	21 Feb 2012

Dermatology News
Zelboraf (vemurafenib), For Deadly Skin Cancer, Approved In Europe Zelboraf (vemurafenib), manufactured by Roche, has been approved by the European Commission, for treating patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma, a deadly, and dangerous type of skin cancer.	21 Feb 2012

Diabetes News
Faulty Fat Sensor Implicated In Obesity And Liver Disease Defects in a protein that functions as a dietary fat sensor may be a cause of obesity and liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature, led by researchers at Imperial College London.	21 Feb 2012

Epilepsy News

Risk Of Seizures May Increase With Swap To Generic Antiepileptic Drugs The substitution of brand-name antiepileptic drugs with cheaper generic equivalents has been an ongoing point of contention among doctors, federal officials and people with epilepsy.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims generic antiepileptic drugs have the same dosage, purity and strength as their brand-name counterparts and the two are interchangeable.

21 Feb 2012

Eye Health / Blindness News
Braille-Like Texting App Eliminates Need To Look At Mobile Screen Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing without taking their eyes off what they're doing.	21 Feb 2012

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Flu Shots During Pregnancy Help Birth Weight According to results of a randomized controlled trial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the effects of influenza immunization on babies born to vaccinated mothers shows a considerable positive effect on birth weight.	21 Feb 2012

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Link Between Infants' Colic And Mothers' Migraines A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines.	21 Feb 2012

Genetics News
Fibrosis - Targeting MicroRNA-21 May Have Therapeutic Benefit Fibrosis is a harmful build-up of excessive fibrous tissue that results in scarring, and ultimately, the loss of organ function. Although it can affect any tissue and organ system, it is most common in the heart, liver, lung, peritoneum, and kidney.	21 Feb 2012
Cancer Evolution Discussed At Prestigious Conference Professor Mike Stratton, Director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, talked about 'the evolution of the cancer genome' at the prestigious 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting.	21 Feb 2012
It's In The Genes - When Your Left Hand Mimics What Your Right Hand Does Further work carried out on mice suggests that this gene plays a part in motor network cross-over. Cross-over is a key factor in the transmission of brain signals, because it allows the right side of the brain to control the left side of the body and vice versa.	21 Feb 2012
How Mitochondrial DNA Defects Cause Inherited Deafness Yale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a signaling cascade, resulting in programmed cell death.	21 Feb 2012

Headache / Migraine News
Link Between Infants' Colic And Mothers' Migraines A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines.	21 Feb 2012
Our Moods Affected By Even Mild Dehydration Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late.Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance Laboratory.	21 Feb 2012

Hearing / Deafness News
How Mitochondrial DNA Defects Cause Inherited Deafness Yale scientists have discovered the molecular pathway by which maternally inherited deafness appears to occur: Mitochondrial DNA mutations trigger a signaling cascade, resulting in programmed cell death.	21 Feb 2012

Heart Disease News
Heart Attack With No Chest Pain In Women More Common Than In Men A study in the February issue of JAMA , shows that women are more likely than men to be admitted to a hospital without chest pain, and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death after a heart attack, compared with men of the same age group, even though these differences decrease, as people get older.	21 Feb 2012
CVD In Middle Age May Be Predicted By Pregnancy-Related Complications If you develop pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders or diabetes, you may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.	21 Feb 2012
The Mathematics Of A Heart Beat Could Save Lives What we perceive as the beating of our heart is actually the co-ordinated action of more than a billion muscle cells. Most of the time, only the muscle cells from the larger heart chambers contract and relax.	21 Feb 2012

Hypertension News
CVD In Middle Age May Be Predicted By Pregnancy-Related Complications If you develop pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders or diabetes, you may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.	21 Feb 2012

Immune System / Vaccines News
Flu Shots During Pregnancy Help Birth Weight According to results of a randomized controlled trial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the effects of influenza immunization on babies born to vaccinated mothers shows a considerable positive effect on birth weight.	21 Feb 2012
Pediatric Combo Vaccine Linked To Slight Risk Of Febrile Seizure A study, published in JAMA of almost 400,000 children, showed that children had an increased risk of febrile seizures, a convulsion that occurs secondary to a rapid increase in body temperature on the day of the first and second vaccination, with the combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus - Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) vaccine.	21 Feb 2012
For The First Time, Scientists Follow The Development Of Individual Immune Cells In A Living Zebrafish Embryo T-cells are the immune system's security force. They seek out pathogens and rogue cells in the body and put them out of action. Their precursors are formed in the bone marrow and migrate from there into the thymus.	21 Feb 2012
Two Possible Options Identified For Treating Epstein Barr Virus-Fueled Lymphomas In Immunosuppressed Patients Some 90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. Even though it is quickly cleared from the body, the virus can linger silently for years in small numbers of infected B cells.	21 Feb 2012
Balancing Protection And Inflammation In MS Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that could help explain how multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases can be exacerbated by the onset of an infection.MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which affects approximately 100,000 people in the UK.	21 Feb 2012

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Plant From Rainforest Combats Multi-Resistant Bacterial Strains Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant that effectively supports the effect of traditional treatment with antibiotics.	21 Feb 2012
Researchers Studying Nasty "Superbug" Concerned About Potential Antibiotic Resistance University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S."Historically, in Western countries, classical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae have caused infections mostly in sick, hospitalized patients whose host defense systems are compromised," says Thomas Russo, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and head of its Infectious Disease Division.	21 Feb 2012
Balancing Protection And Inflammation In MS Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that could help explain how multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases can be exacerbated by the onset of an infection.MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which affects approximately 100,000 people in the UK.	21 Feb 2012

Irritable-Bowel Syndrome News
Weaning From Gluten May Be Pointless For Many People who do not have celiac disease and believe they have "non-celiac gluten sensitivity" may be weaning themselves off gluten unnecessarily, researchers from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Prescribing Errors By GPs Reduced By Up To 50 Percent By In-House Pharmacists Medication errors are common in primary care but the number of mistakes could be reduced significantly if GPs introduced an in-house pharmacist-led intervention scheme.These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors.	21 Feb 2012
Patients With High-Level Spinal Cord Injuries Can Now Operate Devices With Tongue Drive System The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.	21 Feb 2012
A Model For Collaboration - Indiana Clinical And Translational Science Institute HUB At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research.	21 Feb 2012
Braille-Like Texting App Eliminates Need To Look At Mobile Screen Imagine if smartphone and tablet users could text a note under the table during a meeting without anyone being the wiser. Mobile gadget users might also be enabled to text while walking, watching TV or socializing without taking their eyes off what they're doing.	21 Feb 2012
The Mathematics Of A Heart Beat Could Save Lives What we perceive as the beating of our heart is actually the co-ordinated action of more than a billion muscle cells. Most of the time, only the muscle cells from the larger heart chambers contract and relax.	21 Feb 2012

Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
Most Hepatitis C Deaths In Baby Boomers, USA More people die per year from hepatitis C than HIV each year in the USA, and the number of people dying from hepatitis C or B occurs disproportionately in middle-aged individuals, researchers from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012
Faulty Fat Sensor Implicated In Obesity And Liver Disease Defects in a protein that functions as a dietary fat sensor may be a cause of obesity and liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature, led by researchers at Imperial College London.	21 Feb 2012

Lupus News
Arthritis and Lupus Linked To Lower Birth Rates A multi-center study of a national survey published in Arthritis Care and Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), has established that over half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired.	21 Feb 2012

Lymphology/Lymphedema News
Two Possible Options Identified For Treating Epstein Barr Virus-Fueled Lymphomas In Immunosuppressed Patients Some 90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. Even though it is quickly cleared from the body, the virus can linger silently for years in small numbers of infected B cells.	21 Feb 2012

Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News
Two Possible Options Identified For Treating Epstein Barr Virus-Fueled Lymphomas In Immunosuppressed Patients Some 90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. Even though it is quickly cleared from the body, the virus can linger silently for years in small numbers of infected B cells.	21 Feb 2012

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
Patients With High-Level Spinal Cord Injuries Can Now Operate Devices With Tongue Drive System The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.	21 Feb 2012
Researchers Break Ground In Neonatal Brain Research In the past few years, researchers at the University of Helsinki have made several breakthroughs in discovering how the brain of preterm babies work, in developing treatments to protect the brain, and in developing research methods suitable for hospital use.	21 Feb 2012
Disease Understanding Improved By 3D Microscopy The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy.	21 Feb 2012

Melanoma / Skin Cancer News
Zelboraf (vemurafenib), For Deadly Skin Cancer, Approved In Europe Zelboraf (vemurafenib), manufactured by Roche, has been approved by the European Commission, for treating patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma, a deadly, and dangerous type of skin cancer.	21 Feb 2012
New Approach To Fighting Cancer - New Combo Of Chemo And Malaria Drug Delivers Double Punch To Tumors Blocking autophagy - the process of "self-eating" within cells -- is turning out to be a viable way to enhance the effectiveness of a wide variety of cancer treatments.Specifically, blocking the action of an acidic inner cell part, which acts like a stomach and chews up proteins for recycling, is the main attack strategy, says Ravi K.	21 Feb 2012

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
MRSA CC398 Linked With Tetracycline And Methicillin Drug Resistance A recent study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), published in the online journal mBio, reveals that a strain of MRSA, a bacterium which is untreatable by the use of antibiotics, is now not only found in livestock, but also in humans.	21 Feb 2012
Plant From Rainforest Combats Multi-Resistant Bacterial Strains Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Chilean rainforest plant that effectively supports the effect of traditional treatment with antibiotics.	21 Feb 2012
Researchers Studying Nasty "Superbug" Concerned About Potential Antibiotic Resistance University at Buffalo researchers are expressing concern about a new, under-recognized, much more potent variant of a common bacterium that has surfaced in the U.S."Historically, in Western countries, classical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae have caused infections mostly in sick, hospitalized patients whose host defense systems are compromised," says Thomas Russo, MD, professor in the Department of Medicine at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and head of its Infectious Disease Division.	21 Feb 2012

Multiple Sclerosis News
Balancing Protection And Inflammation In MS Scientists have discovered a molecular mechanism that could help explain how multiple sclerosis (MS) and other autoimmune diseases can be exacerbated by the onset of an infection.MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which affects approximately 100,000 people in the UK.	21 Feb 2012

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Is Lung Function Improved By Deep Brain Stimulation? A study in the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, reveals that deep brain stimulation (DBS), commonly used to treat individuals with movement disorders or chronic pain, also affects respiratory function.	21 Feb 2012
Patients With High-Level Spinal Cord Injuries Can Now Operate Devices With Tongue Drive System The Tongue Drive System is getting less conspicuous and more capable. Tongue Drive is a wireless device that enables people with high-level spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver an electrically powered wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.	21 Feb 2012
A Promising Novel Therapeutic Target In Cancer - The USP15 Biological Thermostat After years studying the molecular bases of glioblastoma - the most common brain tumor and one of the most aggressive of all cancers, the group led by Dr. Joan Seoane , Director of Translational Research at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and ICREA Research Professor has published a study in Nature Medicine identifying USP15 as a critical protein in cancer which, thanks to its molecular characteristics, shows enormous therapeutic promise.	21 Feb 2012
Protein Identified That Sends 'Painful Touch' Signals In two landmark papers in the journal Nature this week, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute report that they have identified a class of proteins that detect "painful touch."Scientists have known that sensory nerves in our skin detect pressure, pain, heat, cold, and other stimuli using specialized "ion channel" proteins in their outer membranes.	21 Feb 2012
Researchers Break Ground In Neonatal Brain Research In the past few years, researchers at the University of Helsinki have made several breakthroughs in discovering how the brain of preterm babies work, in developing treatments to protect the brain, and in developing research methods suitable for hospital use.	21 Feb 2012
It's In The Genes - When Your Left Hand Mimics What Your Right Hand Does Further work carried out on mice suggests that this gene plays a part in motor network cross-over. Cross-over is a key factor in the transmission of brain signals, because it allows the right side of the brain to control the left side of the body and vice versa.	21 Feb 2012

Nursing / Midwifery News

Quality Improvement Program Leads To Better Asthma Outcomes And Saves $1.46 For Every Dollar Spent Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in 2005 by clinicians at Children's Hospital Boston, demonstrates the potential to dramatically reduce hospitalization and emergency department visits for asthma - improving patient outcomes and saving $1.

21 Feb 2012

Nutrition / Diet News
Weaning From Gluten May Be Pointless For Many People who do not have celiac disease and believe they have "non-celiac gluten sensitivity" may be weaning themselves off gluten unnecessarily, researchers from the University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, reported in Annals of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012
Fructose Weight Gain Impact Same As Other Carbohydrates Fructose does not make you gain more weight than other types of carbohydrates, Canadian researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They found that a little extra fructose added to foods did not trigger weight gain, as long as the participants reduced the equivalent total calories from other carbs.	21 Feb 2012
Elevated Mercury Levels A Greater Risk For Caribbean-American Women A new study published by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health assesses mercury levels in pregnant women and examines dietary and environmental sources of exposure to mercury.	21 Feb 2012
Our Moods Affected By Even Mild Dehydration Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late.Even mild dehydration can alter a person's mood, energy level, and ability to think clearly, according to two studies recently conducted at the University of Connecticut's Human Performance Laboratory.	21 Feb 2012
Women May Be At Increased Cancer Risk Following Vitamin B And Omega-3 Supplementation Women with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies seem to have a higher cancer risk after five years of Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation. The research is published in detail in the Archives of Internal Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Improved Health And Wellbeing Following Successful Weight Loss In Obese Dogs Has Implications For Companion Animal Therapies Owners of obese dogs that are successful in losing weight notice significant improvement in their dogs' health-related quality of life, a collaborative team of researchers has shown. The research was conducted by scientists from the University of Liverpool (UK), the Pain and Welfare Group at the University of Glasgow (UK), ROYAL CANIN and the WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition - the science centre supporting Mars Petcare brands such as PEDIGREE® and NUTRO®.	21 Feb 2012
Faulty Fat Sensor Implicated In Obesity And Liver Disease Defects in a protein that functions as a dietary fat sensor may be a cause of obesity and liver disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature, led by researchers at Imperial College London.	21 Feb 2012
Fructose Weight Gain Impact Same As Other Carbohydrates Fructose does not make you gain more weight than other types of carbohydrates, Canadian researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine. They found that a little extra fructose added to foods did not trigger weight gain, as long as the participants reduced the equivalent total calories from other carbs.	21 Feb 2012

Pain / Anesthetics News
What Causes Leg Pain? Leg pain refers to any kind of pain that occurs between the heels and the pelvis. There are many reasons for leg pain, and not all of them are caused by a problem that originates in the leg; some injuries or spinal problems can cause aches and pains in the leg(s).	21 Feb 2012
Protein Identified That Sends 'Painful Touch' Signals In two landmark papers in the journal Nature this week, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute report that they have identified a class of proteins that detect "painful touch."Scientists have known that sensory nerves in our skin detect pressure, pain, heat, cold, and other stimuli using specialized "ion channel" proteins in their outer membranes.	21 Feb 2012

Pancreatic Cancer News
Drug Combo Kills Pancreatic Cancer Cells Combining gemcitabine with MRK003, an experimental drug, triggers a chain of events leading to pancreatic cancer cell death, researchers from Cambridge reported in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.	21 Feb 2012

Parkinson's Disease News
Disease Understanding Improved By 3D Microscopy The understanding of diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's is set to take a step forward following groundbreaking technology which will enable cell analysis using automated 3D microscopy.	21 Feb 2012

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Pediatric Combo Vaccine Linked To Slight Risk Of Febrile Seizure A study, published in JAMA of almost 400,000 children, showed that children had an increased risk of febrile seizures, a convulsion that occurs secondary to a rapid increase in body temperature on the day of the first and second vaccination, with the combined diphtheria-tetanus toxoids-acellular pertussis-inactivated poliovirus - Haemophilus influenzae type b (DTaP-IPV-Hib) vaccine.	21 Feb 2012
Migraines In Mothers Linked To Babies With Colic Research 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, suggests that mothers with a history of migraines are more likely to have babies who have problems with colic.	21 Feb 2012
Quality Improvement Program Leads To Better Asthma Outcomes And Saves $1.46 For Every Dollar Spent Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in 2005 by clinicians at Children's Hospital Boston, demonstrates the potential to dramatically reduce hospitalization and emergency department visits for asthma - improving patient outcomes and saving $1.	21 Feb 2012
Link Between Infants' Colic And Mothers' Migraines A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines.	21 Feb 2012
Researchers Break Ground In Neonatal Brain Research In the past few years, researchers at the University of Helsinki have made several breakthroughs in discovering how the brain of preterm babies work, in developing treatments to protect the brain, and in developing research methods suitable for hospital use.	21 Feb 2012

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Prescribing Errors By GPs Reduced By Up To 50 Percent By In-House Pharmacists Medication errors are common in primary care but the number of mistakes could be reduced significantly if GPs introduced an in-house pharmacist-led intervention scheme.These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors.	21 Feb 2012

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Flu Shots During Pregnancy Help Birth Weight According to results of a randomized controlled trial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), the effects of influenza immunization on babies born to vaccinated mothers shows a considerable positive effect on birth weight.	21 Feb 2012
Miscarriage Prevented By Deadly Carbon Monoxide Heme oxygenase-1 is essential for the growth of blood vessels in the placenta and in establishing blood flow in the umbilical cord. Too little HO-1 can lead to a restriction in the growth of the fetus and even in fetal death and miscarriage.	21 Feb 2012
CVD In Middle Age May Be Predicted By Pregnancy-Related Complications If you develop pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders or diabetes, you may have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.	21 Feb 2012

Primary Care / General Practice News
Prescribing Errors By GPs Reduced By Up To 50 Percent By In-House Pharmacists Medication errors are common in primary care but the number of mistakes could be reduced significantly if GPs introduced an in-house pharmacist-led intervention scheme.These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors.	21 Feb 2012
A Model For Collaboration - Indiana Clinical And Translational Science Institute HUB At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research.	21 Feb 2012

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Do Cell Phones Make Us Less Socially Minded? A recent study from the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business finds that even though cell phones are generally thought to connect people with each other, they may make users less socially minded.	21 Feb 2012

Public Health News
BMA Urges Government To Extend April 2013 Deadline For Rollout Of NHS 111 The NHS 111 is a 24 hour helpline designated for 'urgent but not life-threatening' health issues, and is currently in a pilot stage in County Durham & Darlington, Luton and the East Midlands, i.	21 Feb 2012
Smokeless Tobacco Substitutes Save Lives Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it.That is the message Brad Rodu, D.D.S., professor of medicine at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine and the Endowed Chair in Tobacco Harm Reduction at UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.	21 Feb 2012
Key Factors In Workplace Safety - Perception, Work-Life Balance Six thousand workers die on the job in the U.S. each year, and millions more are injured. According to a recent University of Georgia study, a worker's perception of safety in the workplace and the work-life balance established by businesses has a significant effect on on-the-job injury.	21 Feb 2012

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News
Zelboraf (vemurafenib), For Deadly Skin Cancer, Approved In Europe Zelboraf (vemurafenib), manufactured by Roche, has been approved by the European Commission, for treating patients with BRAF V600 mutation-positive metastatic melanoma, a deadly, and dangerous type of skin cancer.	21 Feb 2012
Risk Of Seizures May Increase With Swap To Generic Antiepileptic Drugs The substitution of brand-name antiepileptic drugs with cheaper generic equivalents has been an ongoing point of contention among doctors, federal officials and people with epilepsy.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration claims generic antiepileptic drugs have the same dosage, purity and strength as their brand-name counterparts and the two are interchangeable.	21 Feb 2012

Respiratory / Asthma News
Is Lung Function Improved By Deep Brain Stimulation? A study in the February issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, reveals that deep brain stimulation (DBS), commonly used to treat individuals with movement disorders or chronic pain, also affects respiratory function.	21 Feb 2012
Quality Improvement Program Leads To Better Asthma Outcomes And Saves $1.46 For Every Dollar Spent Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A program called the Community Asthma Initiative (CAI), developed and implemented in 2005 by clinicians at Children's Hospital Boston, demonstrates the potential to dramatically reduce hospitalization and emergency department visits for asthma - improving patient outcomes and saving $1.	21 Feb 2012

Smoking / Quit Smoking News

Smokeless Tobacco Substitutes Save Lives Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it.That is the message Brad Rodu, D.D.S., professor of medicine at the University of Louisville (UofL) School of Medicine and the Endowed Chair in Tobacco Harm Reduction at UofL's James Graham Brown Cancer Center, delivered at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

21 Feb 2012

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
What Causes Leg Pain? Leg pain refers to any kind of pain that occurs between the heels and the pelvis. There are many reasons for leg pain, and not all of them are caused by a problem that originates in the leg; some injuries or spinal problems can cause aches and pains in the leg(s).	21 Feb 2012

Veterinary News
MRSA CC398 Linked With Tetracycline And Methicillin Drug Resistance A recent study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), published in the online journal mBio, reveals that a strain of MRSA, a bacterium which is untreatable by the use of antibiotics, is now not only found in livestock, but also in humans.	21 Feb 2012
Improved Health And Wellbeing Following Successful Weight Loss In Obese Dogs Has Implications For Companion Animal Therapies Owners of obese dogs that are successful in losing weight notice significant improvement in their dogs' health-related quality of life, a collaborative team of researchers has shown. The research was conducted by scientists from the University of Liverpool (UK), the Pain and Welfare Group at the University of Glasgow (UK), ROYAL CANIN and the WALTHAM® Centre for Pet Nutrition - the science centre supporting Mars Petcare brands such as PEDIGREE® and NUTRO®.	21 Feb 2012

Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News
MRSA CC398 Linked With Tetracycline And Methicillin Drug Resistance A recent study by the Translational Genomic Research Institute (TGen), published in the online journal mBio, reveals that a strain of MRSA, a bacterium which is untreatable by the use of antibiotics, is now not only found in livestock, but also in humans.	21 Feb 2012

Women's Health / Gynecology News
Heart Attack With No Chest Pain In Women More Common Than In Men A study in the February issue of JAMA , shows that women are more likely than men to be admitted to a hospital without chest pain, and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death after a heart attack, compared with men of the same age group, even though these differences decrease, as people get older.	21 Feb 2012
Arthritis and Lupus Linked To Lower Birth Rates A multi-center study of a national survey published in Arthritis Care and Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), has established that over half of women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have fewer children than desired.	21 Feb 2012
Elevated Mercury Levels A Greater Risk For Caribbean-American Women A new study published by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health assesses mercury levels in pregnant women and examines dietary and environmental sources of exposure to mercury.	21 Feb 2012

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