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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Myanmar : Big Issues With HIV & TB Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the largest provider of HIV treatment in Myanmar, released a report today highlighting the urgency of treating HIV and multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in their country - Myanmar used to be called Burma. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Research Offers Insights Into Addiction - Cocaine And The Teen Brain When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug's effects, Yale and other scientists have found. Now two new studies by a Yale team identify key genes that regulate this response and show that interfering with this reaction dramatically increases a mouse's sensitivity to cocaine. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| A Mechanism To Improve Learning And Memory There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function, which may have implications for our understanding of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Autism News | |
| A Mechanism To Improve Learning And Memory There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function, which may have implications for our understanding of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| Peptide Helps Improve Learning And Memory Although there are several drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory, researchers have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| Homocysteine Levels Not Linked To Coronary Artery Disease Risk This week's PLoS Medicine reports on a comprehensive study that reveals that levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no significant effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| Drugs That Affect Serotonin Signaling May Combat Bone Loss Scientists have long known that calcium leaches from the bones both during lactation and in certain types of cancer. The driver behind these phenomena is a molecule called parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP), which is secreted by the mammary glands. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Better Understanding Of Cancer Drugs Following Discovery Of Cell Energy Sensor Mechanism Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have discovered more details about how an energy sensing "thermostat" protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests.It appears that the hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) - a previously identified tumor suppressor that exists in the intestinal tract - plays a key role in strengthening the body's intestinal barrier, which helps separate the gut world from the rest of the body, and possibly keeps cancer at bay. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Drugs That Affect Serotonin Signaling May Combat Bone Loss Scientists have long known that calcium leaches from the bones both during lactation and in certain types of cancer. The driver behind these phenomena is a molecule called parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP), which is secreted by the mammary glands. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Identification Of 'Stealth' Properties Of Cancer-Causing Genetic Mutations Scientists have discovered that cancer-causing genetic mutations have better-disguised electronic signatures than other mutations - a trait which could help them fly under the radar of the body's defence mechanisms. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Possible New Target For Cancer Therapy - Energy Network Within Cells Mitochondria, tiny structures within each cell that regulate metabolism and energy use, may be a promising new target for cancer therapy, according to a new study. Manipulation of two biochemical signals that regulate the numbers of mitochondria in cells could shrink human lung cancers transplanted into mice, a team of Chicago researchers report in the journal FASEB. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer Cells Destroyed By Blocking Telomerase But Resistance, Progression Provoked Inhibiting telomerase, an enzyme that rescues malignant cells from destruction by extending the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes, kills tumor cells but also triggers resistance pathways that allow cancer to survive and spread, scientists report in Cell. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Potential For Development Of Tailor-Made Anticancer Agents Following Mapping Of Protein Inhibitors A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet has generated a map over the effects of small drug-like molecules on PARP1 and other similar proteins in the body. This map may explain the mechanism behind putative side effects of the so-called PARP inhibitors, and can play an important role in the development of novel tailor-made cancer drugs. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Reformulated Imatinib Eliminates Morphine Tolerance In Lab Studies By reformulating the common cancer drug imatinib (Gleevec®), researchers have eliminated morphine tolerance in rats - an important step toward improving the effectiveness of chronic pain management in patients, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| For Patients With Advanced Hepatitis C, The Benefits Of Treatment Outweigh The Costs A towering $60,000 bill, a year of fierce, flu-like symptoms and a running risk of depression are among the possible costs of two new hepatitis C treatments. But according to Stanford University health policy researchers, they might be worth it. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| The Deadly Impact Of Atherothrombosis A report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, reveals that nearly 40% of individuals with extensive atherothrombotic disease will experience a cardiovascular event within one year. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Homocysteine Levels Not Linked To Coronary Artery Disease Risk This week's PLoS Medicine reports on a comprehensive study that reveals that levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no significant effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease. | 22 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. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Crohn's / IBD News | |
| Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests.It appears that the hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) - a previously identified tumor suppressor that exists in the intestinal tract - plays a key role in strengthening the body's intestinal barrier, which helps separate the gut world from the rest of the body, and possibly keeps cancer at bay. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Depression News | |
| Depression And The Aging Process Stress has numerous detrimental effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely felt by the sufferer, but many more go 'unseen', one of which is shortening of telomere length.Telomeres are protective caps on the ends of chromosomes and are indicators of aging, as they naturally shorten over time. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| For Patients With Advanced Hepatitis C, The Benefits Of Treatment Outweigh The Costs A towering $60,000 bill, a year of fierce, flu-like symptoms and a running risk of depression are among the possible costs of two new hepatitis C treatments. But according to Stanford University health policy researchers, they might be worth it. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Diabetes News | |
| Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome - FDA Approves Korlym (Mifepristone) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates for surgery. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Apps On "Prescription" From Your GP General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the Department of Health. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Some Insulin Production Found In Long-Term Type 1 Diabetes Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research has found that insulin production may persist for decades after the onset of type 1 diabetes. Beta cell functioning also appears to be preserved in some patients years after apparent loss of pancreatic function. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Free-Access Online Journal Launched By American Heart Association The American Heart Association has launched the online-only open-access Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (JAHA) - packed with free peer-reviewed research on heart disease and stroke. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| New Compound To Fight Strep Throat Infection Researchers have discovered a promising alternative to common antibiotics used to fight the bacteria that causes strep throat. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists discussed how their discovery could fight the infection with a reduced risk of antibiotic resistance. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Endocrinology News | |
| Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome - FDA Approves Korlym (Mifepristone) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates for surgery. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Epilepsy News | |
| Ring-Like Protein Complex Helps Ensure Accurate Protein Production In fairy tales, magic rings endow their owners with special abilities: the ring makes the wearer invisible, fulfils his wishes, or otherwise helps the hero on the path to his destiny. Similarly, a ring-like structure found in a protein complex called 'Elongator' has led researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France, in exciting new directions. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Eye Health / Blindness News | |
| The Molecular Basis Of Touch Sensation A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function, as neurobiologists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now discovered. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Flu / Cold / SARS News | |
| Babies Benefit When Their Mothers Are Vaccinated For Influenza During Pregnancy Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus appears to have a significant positive effect on birth weight in babies, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 22 Feb 2012 |
| GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News | |
| Strengthening The Intestinal Barrier May Prevent Cancer In The Rest Of The Body A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University researchers suggests.It appears that the hormone receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) - a previously identified tumor suppressor that exists in the intestinal tract - plays a key role in strengthening the body's intestinal barrier, which helps separate the gut world from the rest of the body, and possibly keeps cancer at bay. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Genetics News | |
| The Molecular Basis Of Touch Sensation - MDC Researchers Identify New Function Of A Well-Known Gene Researchers from the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch have discovered that a gene, known to control lens development in mice and humans, is also vital for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| College Students Comfortable With Biobanks, Willing To Donate Genetic Material For Research A majority of college students is receptive to donating blood or other genetic material for scientific research, according to a new study from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.In what appears to be the first study to gauge college students' willingness to donate to a genetic biobank, the study surveyed 250 male and female undergraduate and graduate students. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Better Understanding Of Cancer Drugs Following Discovery Of Cell Energy Sensor Mechanism Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have discovered more details about how an energy sensing "thermostat" protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| New Discovery In Fight Against Huntington's Disease Researchers at National University of Ireland Galway have made a significant scientific discovery in the fight against Huntington's disease. The novel findings are published 21 February in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Reveal Role Of Protein Mutation In Parkinson's Disease Purdue University researchers revealed how a mutation in a protein shuts down a protective function needed to prevent the death of neurons in Parkinson's disease, possibly opening the door to new drug strategies to treat the disorder. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Depression And The Aging Process Stress has numerous detrimental effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely felt by the sufferer, but many more go 'unseen', one of which is shortening of telomere length.Telomeres are protective caps on the ends of chromosomes and are indicators of aging, as they naturally shorten over time. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| The Molecular Basis Of Touch Sensation A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function, as neurobiologists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now discovered. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Identification Of 'Stealth' Properties Of Cancer-Causing Genetic Mutations Scientists have discovered that cancer-causing genetic mutations have better-disguised electronic signatures than other mutations - a trait which could help them fly under the radar of the body's defence mechanisms. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Evolutionary Secret Of Blood Vessels Unlocked By Research Scientists The ability to form closed systems of blood vessels is one of the hallmarks of vertebrate development. Without it, humans would be closer to invertebrates (think mollusks) in design, where blood simply washes through an open system to nourish internal organs. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Evolution Of Staph 'Superbug' Traced Between Humans And Food Animals A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from food animals to humans, according to a new study involving two Northern Arizona University researchers. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Prostate Cancer Progression Driven By Telomere Failure, Telomerase Activation Genomic instability caused by an erosion of the protective caps on chromosomes, followed by activation of an enzyme that reinforces those caps, allows malignant cells to evade destruction and acquire more deadly characteristics, researchers report in an Online Now article at the journal Cell. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer Cells Destroyed By Blocking Telomerase But Resistance, Progression Provoked Inhibiting telomerase, an enzyme that rescues malignant cells from destruction by extending the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes, kills tumor cells but also triggers resistance pathways that allow cancer to survive and spread, scientists report in Cell. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Ring-Like Protein Complex Helps Ensure Accurate Protein Production In fairy tales, magic rings endow their owners with special abilities: the ring makes the wearer invisible, fulfils his wishes, or otherwise helps the hero on the path to his destiny. Similarly, a ring-like structure found in a protein complex called 'Elongator' has led researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France, in exciting new directions. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Homocysteine Levels Not Linked To Coronary Artery Disease Risk This week's PLoS Medicine reports on a comprehensive study that reveals that levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no significant effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart attack, compared to men of the same age group. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Oral Bacterium Newly Identified Linked To Heart Disease And Meningitis A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| No Link Found Between High Blood Homocysteine Levels And Coronary Heart Disease A comprehensive study in this week's PLoS Medicine shows levels of the amino acid, homocysteine, have no meaningful effect on the risk of developing coronary heart disease, closing the door on the previously suggested benefits of lowering homocysteine with folate acid once and for all. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Free-Access Online Journal Launched By American Heart Association The American Heart Association has launched the online-only open-access Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (JAHA) - packed with free peer-reviewed research on heart disease and stroke. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Feb. 21 2012 1. Death Rates from Viral Hepatitis Infections Steadily Increase From 1999 - 2007, Now Surpass HIV-related Deaths in U.S. Middle-aged Americans Disproportionately Affected by "Silent Epidemic"Approximately 3. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Myanmar : Big Issues With HIV & TB Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the largest provider of HIV treatment in Myanmar, released a report today highlighting the urgency of treating HIV and multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in their country - Myanmar used to be called Burma. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Large Waists Linked To Memory Difficulties In HIV Patients A study published in the print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that a larger waistline may be associated with a greater risk of decreased mental functioning in HIV-positive individuals. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Huntingtons Disease News | |
| Huntington's Disease - Blocking HDACs May Be The Way The February 21 issue of the open access journal PLoS Biology reveals that researchers from the National University of Ireland Galway have made an important scientific discovery in the battle against Huntington's disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| New Discovery In Fight Against Huntington's Disease Researchers at National University of Ireland Galway have made a significant scientific discovery in the fight against Huntington's disease. The novel findings are published 21 February in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines - How Cost Effective Are They? According to a computer-based cost-effectiveness analysis in the February issue of JAMA, recommending the use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) could possibly prevent more pneumococcal disease than the current 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) recommendations. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Babies Benefit When Their Mothers Are Vaccinated For Influenza During Pregnancy Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus appears to have a significant positive effect on birth weight in babies, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| Close Contact With Rodents Is A Health Hazard A case report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a 26-year-old woman from Adelaide who enjoyed cuddling and kissing her pet rats contracted Streptobacillus moniliformis infection (rat bite fever). | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy-related Outbreaks Of Diseases Unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, is proportionally responsible for 150 times more disease outbreaks than pasteurized milk, a new report issued by the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Emerging Infectious Diseases has revealed. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Adult Pneumococcal Vaccines - How Cost Effective Are They? According to a computer-based cost-effectiveness analysis in the February issue of JAMA, recommending the use of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) could possibly prevent more pneumococcal disease than the current 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) recommendations. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Oral Bacterium Newly Identified Linked To Heart Disease And Meningitis A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| New Compound To Fight Strep Throat Infection Researchers have discovered a promising alternative to common antibiotics used to fight the bacteria that causes strep throat. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists discussed how their discovery could fight the infection with a reduced risk of antibiotic resistance. | 22 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. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| IT / Internet / E-mail News | |
| Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million. The medicines, many of which are life-threatening, have even turned up in the legitimate supply chain and found their way into pharmacies, according a review by Dr Graham Jackson and colleagues published in the March issue of the IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Apps On "Prescription" From Your GP General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the Department of Health. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Electronic Health Records Alert Pediatricians To Obese Patients Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Helping To Control Malaria Via Text Messaging In this week's PLoS Medicine, Dejan Zurovac and colleagues from the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya discuss six areas where text messaging could improve the delivery of health services and health outcomes in malaria in Africa, including three areas transmitting information from the periphery of the health system to malaria control managers and three areas transmitting information to support management of malaria patients. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Identification Of 'Stealth' Properties Of Cancer-Causing Genetic Mutations Scientists have discovered that cancer-causing genetic mutations have better-disguised electronic signatures than other mutations - a trait which could help them fly under the radar of the body's defence mechanisms. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Potential For Development Of Tailor-Made Anticancer Agents Following Mapping Of Protein Inhibitors A team of researchers at Karolinska Institutet has generated a map over the effects of small drug-like molecules on PARP1 and other similar proteins in the body. This map may explain the mechanism behind putative side effects of the so-called PARP inhibitors, and can play an important role in the development of novel tailor-made cancer drugs. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Feb. 21 2012 1. Death Rates from Viral Hepatitis Infections Steadily Increase From 1999 - 2007, Now Surpass HIV-related Deaths in U.S. Middle-aged Americans Disproportionately Affected by "Silent Epidemic"Approximately 3. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| For Patients With Advanced Hepatitis C, The Benefits Of Treatment Outweigh The Costs A towering $60,000 bill, a year of fierce, flu-like symptoms and a running risk of depression are among the possible costs of two new hepatitis C treatments. But according to Stanford University health policy researchers, they might be worth it. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Lung Cancer News | |
| Possible New Target For Cancer Therapy - Energy Network Within Cells Mitochondria, tiny structures within each cell that regulate metabolism and energy use, may be a promising new target for cancer therapy, according to a new study. Manipulation of two biochemical signals that regulate the numbers of mitochondria in cells could shrink human lung cancers transplanted into mice, a team of Chicago researchers report in the journal FASEB. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Early Cancer Detection Via New Blood Test: Research In The Early Stages Of Clinical Trials A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Reformulated Imatinib Eliminates Morphine Tolerance In Lab Studies By reformulating the common cancer drug imatinib (Gleevec®), researchers have eliminated morphine tolerance in rats - an important step toward improving the effectiveness of chronic pain management in patients, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Early Cancer Detection Via New Blood Test: Research In The Early Stages Of Clinical Trials A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| How To Become A Family Nurse Practitioner Online If you are a licensed registered nurse you may well be able to enroll in a new online Master of Science in Nursing degree program with a strong focus in Family Nurse Practitioner. This program, offered by Herzing University Online, is available in 27 states in the USA. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Link Between Size Of Brain Region And Conformity Identified By Scientists Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow the path beaten by their peers. Now, a new study in Current Biology has found a link between the amount of grey matter in one specific brain region and an individual's likelihood of conforming to social pressures. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| MRSA / Drug Resistance News | |
| Evolution Of Staph 'Superbug' Traced Between Humans And Food Animals A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from food animals to humans, according to a new study involving two Northern Arizona University researchers. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| New Compound To Fight Strep Throat Infection Researchers have discovered a promising alternative to common antibiotics used to fight the bacteria that causes strep throat. In an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists discussed how their discovery could fight the infection with a reduced risk of antibiotic resistance. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News | |
| New Discovery In Fight Against Huntington's Disease Researchers at National University of Ireland Galway have made a significant scientific discovery in the fight against Huntington's disease. The novel findings are published 21 February in the online, open access journal PLoS Biology. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Peptide Helps Improve Learning And Memory Although there are several drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory, researchers have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Large Waists Linked To Memory Difficulties In HIV Patients A study published in the print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that a larger waistline may be associated with a greater risk of decreased mental functioning in HIV-positive individuals. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury - Clazosentan May Block Harmful Effects A study in rats has found that a new medication called clazosentan, may be effective in blocking the harmful effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 64th Annual Meeting in New Orleans April 21 to April 28, 2012. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Better Understanding Of Cancer Drugs Following Discovery Of Cell Energy Sensor Mechanism Johns Hopkins and National Taiwan University researchers have discovered more details about how an energy sensing "thermostat" protein determines whether cells will store or use their energy reserves. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Nerve Regeneration For The Future The carnage evident in disasters like car wrecks or wartime battles is oftentimes mirrored within the bodies of the people involved. A severe wound can leave blood vessels and nerves severed, bones broken, and cellular wreckage strewn throughout the body - a debris field within the body itself. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| The Molecular Basis Of Touch Sensation A gene known to control lens development in mice and humans is also crucial for the development of neurons responsible for mechanosensory function, as neurobiologists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now discovered. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| How To Become A Family Nurse Practitioner Online If you are a licensed registered nurse you may well be able to enroll in a new online Master of Science in Nursing degree program with a strong focus in Family Nurse Practitioner. This program, offered by Herzing University Online, is available in 27 states in the USA. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Raw Milk Causes Most Dairy-related Outbreaks Of Diseases Unpasteurized milk, also known as raw milk, is proportionally responsible for 150 times more disease outbreaks than pasteurized milk, a new report issued by the CDC's (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) Emerging Infectious Diseases has revealed. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| 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. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Obesity - New Clues By Age And Stage, Australia Researchers have found that one fourth of students in Australian secondary schools are either overweight or obese, affecting lifestyle and socioeconomic status. The study, published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia - a publication of the Australian Medical Association, was funded by Cancer Councils around Australia and the National Heart Foundation. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Faith-Based Advocacy And Childhood Obesity Faith-based advocacy has been cited as a valuable tool in combating childhood obesity, but evidence is needed to support this assertion and to define how the link between advocacy and policy can contribute to promoting permanent lifestyle changes. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Overweight Americans May Risk Kidney Damage When Attempting Weight Loss With 1 in 5 overweight Americans suffering from chronic kidney disease, Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed the nutritional and lifestyle habits of overweight adults, finding that their methods included diets and diet pills that may cause further kidney damage. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Electronic Health Records Alert Pediatricians To Obese Patients Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Feb. 21 2012 1. Death Rates from Viral Hepatitis Infections Steadily Increase From 1999 - 2007, Now Surpass HIV-related Deaths in U.S. Middle-aged Americans Disproportionately Affected by "Silent Epidemic"Approximately 3. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Ovarian Cancer News | |
| Early Cancer Detection Via New Blood Test: Research In The Early Stages Of Clinical Trials A simple blood test is being developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel that may provide early detection of many types of cancer. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| First Model Of Aggressive Ovarian Cancer Demonstrates Immune System's Active Role In Tumor Progression Aggressive ovarian tumors begin as malignant cells kept in check by the immune system until, suddenly and unpredictably, they explode into metastatic cancer. New findings from scientists at The Wistar Institute demonstrate that ovarian tumors don't necessarily break "free" of the immune system, rather dendritic cells of the immune system seem to actively support the tumor's escape. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Reformulated Imatinib Eliminates Morphine Tolerance In Lab Studies By reformulating the common cancer drug imatinib (Gleevec®), researchers have eliminated morphine tolerance in rats - an important step toward improving the effectiveness of chronic pain management in patients, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Researchers Reveal Role Of Protein Mutation In Parkinson's Disease Purdue University researchers revealed how a mutation in a protein shuts down a protective function needed to prevent the death of neurons in Parkinson's disease, possibly opening the door to new drug strategies to treat the disorder. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Faith-Based Advocacy And Childhood Obesity Faith-based advocacy has been cited as a valuable tool in combating childhood obesity, but evidence is needed to support this assertion and to define how the link between advocacy and policy can contribute to promoting permanent lifestyle changes. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Electronic Health Records Alert Pediatricians To Obese Patients Electronic health records and embedded tools can alert and direct pediatricians so they can better manage the weight of children and teenagers, according to a new Kaiser Permanente study published online in The Journal of Pediatrics. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Research Offers Insights Into Addiction - Cocaine And The Teen Brain When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug's effects, Yale and other scientists have found. Now two new studies by a Yale team identify key genes that regulate this response and show that interfering with this reaction dramatically increases a mouse's sensitivity to cocaine. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Problem Behavior In Toddlers May Be Due To Over-Reactive Parenting Researchers have found that parents who anger easily and over-react are more likely to have toddlers who act out and become upset easily.The research is an important step in understanding the complex link between genetics and home environment. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Ring-Like Protein Complex Helps Ensure Accurate Protein Production In fairy tales, magic rings endow their owners with special abilities: the ring makes the wearer invisible, fulfils his wishes, or otherwise helps the hero on the path to his destiny. Similarly, a ring-like structure found in a protein complex called 'Elongator' has led researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and the Institut de Genetique et Biologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France, in exciting new directions. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Pharmacy / Pharmacist News | |
| Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million. The medicines, many of which are life-threatening, have even turned up in the legitimate supply chain and found their way into pharmacies, according a review by Dr Graham Jackson and colleagues published in the March issue of the IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Pregnancy / Obstetrics News | |
| Babies Benefit When Their Mothers Are Vaccinated For Influenza During Pregnancy Vaccinating pregnant women against the influenza virus appears to have a significant positive effect on birth weight in babies, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Apps On "Prescription" From Your GP General practitioners in the UK could soon be "prescribing" cheap or free smartphone apps to help their patients manage their health and medical conditions, according to news released on Wednesday by the Department of Health. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Prostate / Prostate Cancer News | |
| Prostate Cancer Progression Driven By Telomere Failure, Telomerase Activation Genomic instability caused by an erosion of the protective caps on chromosomes, followed by activation of an enzyme that reinforces those caps, allows malignant cells to evade destruction and acquire more deadly characteristics, researchers report in an Online Now article at the journal Cell. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Faith-Based Advocacy And Childhood Obesity Faith-based advocacy has been cited as a valuable tool in combating childhood obesity, but evidence is needed to support this assertion and to define how the link between advocacy and policy can contribute to promoting permanent lifestyle changes. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| A Mechanism To Improve Learning And Memory There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can actually improve cognitive function, which may have implications for our understanding of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Problem Behavior In Toddlers May Be Due To Over-Reactive Parenting Researchers have found that parents who anger easily and over-react are more likely to have toddlers who act out and become upset easily.The research is an important step in understanding the complex link between genetics and home environment. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Link Between Size Of Brain Region And Conformity Identified By Scientists Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow the path beaten by their peers. Now, a new study in Current Biology has found a link between the amount of grey matter in one specific brain region and an individual's likelihood of conforming to social pressures. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News | |
| Endogenous Cushing's Syndrome - FDA Approves Korlym (Mifepristone) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Korlym (mifepristone) to control hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) in adults with endogenous Cushing's syndrome, who have type 2 diabetes or glucose intolerance, who remained unresponsive to previous surgery or are not eligible candidates for surgery. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million. The medicines, many of which are life-threatening, have even turned up in the legitimate supply chain and found their way into pharmacies, according a review by Dr Graham Jackson and colleagues published in the March issue of the IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Seniors / Aging News | |
| Depression And The Aging Process Stress has numerous detrimental effects on the human body. Many of these effects are acutely felt by the sufferer, but many more go 'unseen', one of which is shortening of telomere length.Telomeres are protective caps on the ends of chromosomes and are indicators of aging, as they naturally shorten over time. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke News | |
| The Deadly Impact Of Atherothrombosis A report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, a publication of the Australian Medical Association, reveals that nearly 40% of individuals with extensive atherothrombotic disease will experience a cardiovascular event within one year. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Free-Access Online Journal Launched By American Heart Association The American Heart Association has launched the online-only open-access Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (JAHA) - packed with free peer-reviewed research on heart disease and stroke. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Promising New Compound For Treating Stroke Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have designed, produced and patented a new chemical compound for the possible treatment of brain damage caused by stroke. The compound binds 1,000 times more effectively to the target protein in the brain than the potential drug currently being tested on stroke victims. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Researchers Compare Antimalarial Drugs And Their Effects Over The Plasmodium Lifecycle In this week's PLoS Medicine, Michael Delves of Imperial College London, UK and colleagues compare the activity of 50 current and experimental antimalarials against liver, sexual blood, and mosquito stages of selected human and nonhuman parasite species, including Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium berghei, and Plasmodium yoelii. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Helping To Control Malaria Via Text Messaging In this week's PLoS Medicine, Dejan Zurovac and colleagues from the Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Research Program, Nairobi, Kenya discuss six areas where text messaging could improve the delivery of health services and health outcomes in malaria in Africa, including three areas transmitting information from the periphery of the health system to malaria control managers and three areas transmitting information to support management of malaria patients. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Tuberculosis News | |
| Myanmar : Big Issues With HIV & TB Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the largest provider of HIV treatment in Myanmar, released a report today highlighting the urgency of treating HIV and multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in their country - Myanmar used to be called Burma. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Urology / Nephrology News | |
| Overweight Americans May Risk Kidney Damage When Attempting Weight Loss With 1 in 5 overweight Americans suffering from chronic kidney disease, Cleveland Clinic researchers analyzed the nutritional and lifestyle habits of overweight adults, finding that their methods included diets and diet pills that may cause further kidney damage. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Vascular News | |
| Evolutionary Secret Of Blood Vessels Unlocked By Research Scientists The ability to form closed systems of blood vessels is one of the hallmarks of vertebrate development. Without it, humans would be closer to invertebrates (think mollusks) in design, where blood simply washes through an open system to nourish internal organs. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Veterinary News | |
| Close Contact With Rodents Is A Health Hazard A case report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that a 26-year-old woman from Adelaide who enjoyed cuddling and kissing her pet rats contracted Streptobacillus moniliformis infection (rat bite fever). | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Water - Air Quality / Agriculture News | |
| Evolution Of Staph 'Superbug' Traced Between Humans And Food Animals A strain of the potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacterium known as MRSA has jumped from food animals to humans, according to a new study involving two Northern Arizona University researchers. | 22 Feb 2012 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart attack, compared to men of the same age group. | 22 Feb 2012 |
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