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| Aid / Disasters News | |
| Technology Improves Allocation Of Limited Health Care Resources In Resource-Poor Nations In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.To address that need, systems engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve supply chain decisions related to the distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News | |
| Study Suggests Underage Drinking Laws Reduce Future Criminal Behavior Do strict underage drinking laws really have a positive impact on society? A recent study finds that strictly enforcing possession of alcohol under the legal age or PULA (also known as PAULA) laws on teenagers reduces the likelihood that they will engage in alcohol-related crime as adults. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Alzheimer's / Dementia News | |
| Alarming Accumulation Of BMAA Neurotoxins In Shark Fins May Pose A Serious Threat To Shark Fin Consumers Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. Sharks are primarily killed for their fins alone, to fuel the growing demand for shark fin soup, which is an Asia delicacy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Biology / Biochemistry News | |
| With A Newly Developed Math Equation, New Insights Could Come On Cell Development And Drug Therapies Neither births nor deaths stop the flocking of organisms. They just keep moving, says theoretical physicist John J. Toner of the University of Oregon. The notion, he says, has implications in biology and eventually could point to new cancer therapies. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Researcher's New Study May Lead To MRIs On A Nanoscale Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara researcher may give both an extra nudge. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Bird Flu / Avian Flu News | |
| Opinion: H5N1 Flu Is Just As Dangerous As Feared, Now Requires Action The debate about the potential severity of an outbreak of airborne H5N1 influenza in humans needs to move on from speculation and focus instead on how we can safely continue H5N1 research and share the results among researchers, according to a commentary published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Blood / Hematology News | |
| New Study Will Enable Better Antenatal Diagnosis For Sufferers Of Rare Blood And Skeletal Disorder Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radii (TAR), a rare inherited blood and skeletal disorder. As a result, this research is now being transformed into a medical test that allows prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling in affected families. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Blood Mystery Solved You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you're Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most people have never even heard of these. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Bones / Orthopedics News | |
| New Study Will Enable Better Antenatal Diagnosis For Sufferers Of Rare Blood And Skeletal Disorder Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radii (TAR), a rare inherited blood and skeletal disorder. As a result, this research is now being transformed into a medical test that allows prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling in affected families. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Breast Cancer News | |
| Blood Mystery Solved You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you're Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most people have never even heard of these. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Cancer / Oncology News | |
| Giving Patients Bad News - Training Evaluated A recent issue of the Journal of Cancer Education reports on the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions to practice conveying difficult news to "standardized patients" (SPs) by role-playing patients with different types of cancers who received bad medical news. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| When PTEN Suppresses Brain Tumors Or Not - New Understanding Scientists at the University of Dundee have gained new insight into the working of an important tumor suppressor, called PTEN, which is involved in at least a quarter of all cancers. Their study, published in Science Signaling, discovered that when 'turned off' or damaged PTEN drives the development of many cancers. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Study Could Lead To Novel Therapy For Cancer In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T cells into more effective weapons against infections and possibly cancer. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| With A Newly Developed Math Equation, New Insights Could Come On Cell Development And Drug Therapies Neither births nor deaths stop the flocking of organisms. They just keep moving, says theoretical physicist John J. Toner of the University of Oregon. The notion, he says, has implications in biology and eventually could point to new cancer therapies. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Irradiation Of Healthy Tissue Significantly Reduced By New Radiotherapy Technique Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Cardiovascular / Cardiology News | |
| Research Presented At Cardiology 2012 Conference By Experts In Pediatric Heart Disease Pediatric cardiology researchers and clinicians from almost 50 centers from across the U.S. and around the world are gathering at the Cardiology 2012 Conference sponsored by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Orlando, Fla. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Caregivers / Homecare News | |
| Nursing Job Security Influenced By Type Of Elder Care Facility Ownership According to a study in the March issue of Advances in Nursing Science, the type of facility ownership can affect job insecurity and stability for nurses working in elder care facilities. Fair management and positive leadership can alleviate job insecurities amongst care staff for the elderly, and potentially improve the level of care elderly residents receive. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Colorectal Cancer News | |
| Virtual Colonoscopy Just As Good For Seniors As Standard Procedure A new study led by a doctor from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona in the US, finds that "virtual colonoscopy", known more formally as computerized tomographic CT colonography, is comparable to standard colonoscopy for people aged 65 and over. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Conferences News | |
| Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Market Access In Key Asian Markets Conference, 23-24 May 2012, Singapore Reacting to new developments to optimize pricing and marketing approaches for fast-growing and complex Eastern marketsAsian markets are increasingly the focus of pharmaceutical companies who are looking for new market opportunities beyond the traditional "rich-world" countries who are facing economic stagnation. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Best Practices In Implementing Green Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Conference, 13-14 November 2012, Vienna This unique and timely event will highlight how different frameworks and initiatives have succeeded in developing an efficient environmentally friendly manufacturing process in the pharmaceutical industry. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| World Immunology Online Conference Held On March 15-17, 2012: All Presentations And Discussions In Real Time Target Meeting is a leading life science conference organizer. They specialize in organizing conferences, symposiums and workshops, which brings together the known researchers, professors and life science suppliers from across the world to debate over the latest developments in biomedical research. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Dentistry News | |
| Dental Pulp Stem Cells Transformed By 'Bad Breath' Chemical Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis - otherwise known as bad breath - is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp.In a study published today, Monday 27 February, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Breath Research, researchers showed that hydrogen sulphide (H2S) increased the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate into hepatic (liver) cells, furthering their reputation as a reliable source for future liver-cell therapy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Depression News | |
| Depression Risk Lower In Heart Patients Who Take Statins Heart disease patients who took statins, the drugs prescribed for lowering cholesterol, were significantly less likely to develop depression than counterparts who did not take the drugs, according to a new study led by Dr Mary Whooley, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Characteristics Of Fathers With Depressive Symptoms Voluminous research literature attests to the multiple negative consequences of maternal depression and depressive symptoms for the health and development of children. In contrast, there is a profound paucity of information about depressive symptoms in fathers according to a follow up study by NYU School of Medicine researchers in the February 23rd online edition of Maternal and Child Health Journal. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Dermatology News | |
| Wound Healing Promoted In Vivo By Novel Bioactive Peptides Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that the combination of two peptides stimulates the growth of blood vessels and promotes re-growth of tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Diabetes News | |
| TAK-875 For Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes A study published Online First in The Lancet , states that TAK-875, a new medicine used for treating type 2 diabetes, is a safe way to improve the control of blood pressure and is said to have minimal risk of low blood sugar. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Wound Healing Promoted In Vivo By Novel Bioactive Peptides Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that the combination of two peptides stimulates the growth of blood vessels and promotes re-growth of tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat News | |
| Irradiation Of Healthy Tissue Significantly Reduced By New Radiotherapy Technique Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Epilepsy News | |
| Previously Unknown Cause Of Epilepsy Revealed By Genome Sequencing Only 10 years ago, deciphering the genetic information from one individual in a matter of weeks to find a certain disease-causing genetic mutation would have been written off as science fiction. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Fertility News | |
| Egg Cells Produced From Stem Cells Isolated From Human Ovaries US researchers have managed to isolate stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and used them to make egg cells that appear to behave normally. The discovery, published online in Nature Medicine at the weekend, confirm the results of earlier studies that suggest women continue to produce new eggs in adulthood, and overturn the traditionally held view that they are born with a finite number of eggs that gradually deplete over their reproductive years. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Isolate Egg-Producing Stem Cells From Adult Human Ovaries For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells or oocytes. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Genetics News | |
| New Study Will Enable Better Antenatal Diagnosis For Sufferers Of Rare Blood And Skeletal Disorder Researchers have identified an elusive gene responsible for Thrombocytopenia with Absent Radii (TAR), a rare inherited blood and skeletal disorder. As a result, this research is now being transformed into a medical test that allows prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling in affected families. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Earlier Studies That Linked Specific Genes To Intelligence Were Largely Wrong, Harvard Researchers Find For decades, scientists have understood that there is a genetic component to intelligence, but a new Harvard study has found both that most of the genes thought to be linked to intelligence are probably not in fact related to it, and identifying intelligence's specific genetic roots may still be a long way off. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Previously Unknown Cause Of Epilepsy Revealed By Genome Sequencing Only 10 years ago, deciphering the genetic information from one individual in a matter of weeks to find a certain disease-causing genetic mutation would have been written off as science fiction. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Headache / Migraine News | |
| Study Finds Medicare And Medicaid CT Scan Measure Unreliable Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure. The study, "Assessment of Medicare's Imaging Efficiency Measure for Emergency Department Patients With Atraumatic Headache" finds that the CMS measure - an attempt to reduce computed tomography (CT) scans in emergency departments (ED) - does not accurately determine which hospitals are performing CT scans inappropriately. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Heart Disease News | |
| Depression Risk Lower In Heart Patients Who Take Statins Heart disease patients who took statins, the drugs prescribed for lowering cholesterol, were significantly less likely to develop depression than counterparts who did not take the drugs, according to a new study led by Dr Mary Whooley, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Research Presented At Cardiology 2012 Conference By Experts In Pediatric Heart Disease Pediatric cardiology researchers and clinicians from almost 50 centers from across the U.S. and around the world are gathering at the Cardiology 2012 Conference sponsored by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Orlando, Fla. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| HIV / AIDS News | |
| Study Could Lead To Novel Therapy For Cancer In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T cells into more effective weapons against infections and possibly cancer. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Huntingtons Disease News | |
| Previously Unknown Mechanisms In The Pharmacology Of Dopamine Stabilisers A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease - pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 - might operate via previously unknown mechanisms of action. Researchers have found that at very low concentrations, ACR16 binds to the sigma-1 receptor, a protein in the brain important to neuronal function and survival. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Immune System / Vaccines News | |
| Study Could Lead To Novel Therapy For Cancer In a study published in Nature Medicine, Loyola researchers report on a promising new technique that potentially could turn immune system killer T cells into more effective weapons against infections and possibly cancer. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| New Look On Killer Diseases Proposed The immune system protects from infections by detecting and eliminating invading pathogens. These two strategies form the basis of conventional clinical approaches in the fight against infectious diseases. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News | |
| New Look On Killer Diseases Proposed The immune system protects from infections by detecting and eliminating invading pathogens. These two strategies form the basis of conventional clinical approaches in the fight against infectious diseases. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Litigation / Medical Malpractice News | |
| Older Anesthesiologists Face More Litigation A study in the March issue of Anesthesiology, revealed that anesthesiologists over the age of 65 years had more frequent litigations and were linked to a higher severity of patient injury. Lead researcher, Michael J. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Liver Disease / Hepatitis News | |
| New Way For Doctors To Predict Which Overdose Patients Need Liver Transplants University of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed it and whether they will require a liver transplant to survive. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Dental Pulp Stem Cells Transformed By 'Bad Breath' Chemical Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis - otherwise known as bad breath - is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp.In a study published today, Monday 27 February, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Breath Research, researchers showed that hydrogen sulphide (H2S) increased the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate into hepatic (liver) cells, furthering their reputation as a reliable source for future liver-cell therapy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Lupus News | |
| New Targets For Lupus Treatment Inspired By Natural Method For Clearing Cellular Debris Cells that die naturally generate a lot of internal debris that can trigger the immune system to attack the body, leading to diseases such as lupus.Now Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report that an enzyme known to help keep a woman's immune system from attacking a fetus also helps block development of these autoimmune diseases that target healthy tissues, such as DNA or joints. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma News | |
| Leukemia Patients Who Do Not Respond To Interferon Benefit From Imatinib A new study has found that patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who have not responded to interferon treatments experience long-term benefits when they switch to the targeted drug imatinib. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Devices / Diagnostics News | |
| Researcher's New Study May Lead To MRIs On A Nanoscale Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara researcher may give both an extra nudge. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Medical Students / Training News | |
| Giving Patients Bad News - Training Evaluated A recent issue of the Journal of Cancer Education reports on the experience of medical students who participated in videotaped sessions to practice conveying difficult news to "standardized patients" (SPs) by role-playing patients with different types of cancers who received bad medical news. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Men's health News | |
| Characteristics Of Fathers With Depressive Symptoms Voluminous research literature attests to the multiple negative consequences of maternal depression and depressive symptoms for the health and development of children. In contrast, there is a profound paucity of information about depressive symptoms in fathers according to a follow up study by NYU School of Medicine researchers in the February 23rd online edition of Maternal and Child Health Journal. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| MRI / PET / Ultrasound News | |
| Researcher's New Study May Lead To MRIs On A Nanoscale Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on the nanoscale and the ever-elusive quantum computer are among the advancements edging closer toward the realm of possibility, and a new study co-authored by a UC Santa Barbara researcher may give both an extra nudge. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Muscular Dystrophy / ALS News | |
| Alarming Accumulation Of BMAA Neurotoxins In Shark Fins May Pose A Serious Threat To Shark Fin Consumers Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. Sharks are primarily killed for their fins alone, to fuel the growing demand for shark fin soup, which is an Asia delicacy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Neurology / Neuroscience News | |
| Neuronal Development And Memory - Discovery May Impact On New Drug Research In a study, due to appear in the March 30 issue of Cell, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have discovered, for the first time, that neurons at different stages of their life cycles potentially perform two separate functions, such as forming distinct memories of almost identical situations, and the ability to recall an entire event when prompted by a tiny detail. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Nursing / Midwifery News | |
| Nursing Job Security Influenced By Type Of Elder Care Facility Ownership According to a study in the March issue of Advances in Nursing Science, the type of facility ownership can affect job insecurity and stability for nurses working in elder care facilities. Fair management and positive leadership can alleviate job insecurities amongst care staff for the elderly, and potentially improve the level of care elderly residents receive. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Nutrition / Diet News | |
| Barriers To A Healthy Diet: Healthy Foods Missing From Stores In Low-Income Black Neighborhoods Most convenience stores have a wide variety of chips, colorful candies and bottles of sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages. While shoppers can buy calorie-heavy foods wrapped in pretty packages in these locations, what they usually can't find are the fresh produce, whole grains and low-fat dairy products necessary for a healthy diet. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Alarming Accumulation Of BMAA Neurotoxins In Shark Fins May Pose A Serious Threat To Shark Fin Consumers Sharks are among the most threatened of marine species worldwide due to unsustainable overfishing. Sharks are primarily killed for their fins alone, to fuel the growing demand for shark fin soup, which is an Asia delicacy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Although Fast-Food Menu Calorie Counts Are Legally Compliant, They Are Not As Helpful To Consumers As They Should Be Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) study reports. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News | |
| Although Fast-Food Menu Calorie Counts Are Legally Compliant, They Are Not As Helpful To Consumers As They Should Be Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) study reports. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Pain / Anesthetics News | |
| Older Anesthesiologists Face More Litigation A study in the March issue of Anesthesiology, revealed that anesthesiologists over the age of 65 years had more frequent litigations and were linked to a higher severity of patient injury. Lead researcher, Michael J. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| New Way For Doctors To Predict Which Overdose Patients Need Liver Transplants University of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed it and whether they will require a liver transplant to survive. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Pancreatic Cancer News | |
| In Pancreatic Cancer, Combined Inhibition Of VEGF And C-MET Can Decrease Metastasis Dual inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor and c-MET signaling inhibited tumor invasion and metastasis in a laboratory model of pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer, according to a paper published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Parkinson's Disease News | |
| Previously Unknown Mechanisms In The Pharmacology Of Dopamine Stabilisers A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease - pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 - might operate via previously unknown mechanisms of action. Researchers have found that at very low concentrations, ACR16 binds to the sigma-1 receptor, a protein in the brain important to neuronal function and survival. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrics / Children's Health News | |
| Research Presented At Cardiology 2012 Conference By Experts In Pediatric Heart Disease Pediatric cardiology researchers and clinicians from almost 50 centers from across the U.S. and around the world are gathering at the Cardiology 2012 Conference sponsored by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Orlando, Fla. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Following Adoption, 92 Percent Of Families Are Satisfied With Their Decision Two separate surveys six years apart have been used to analyse the level of satisfaction with adoptions in AndalucÃa. The study shows that 77.7% of families are happier after the process and variables that make it more difficult have been identified, such as the age of the children when arriving, multiple adoption and previous experiences of abuse. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Disadvantaged Children Get Prepared For The Rigors Of Kindergarten When They Attend Preschools Preschools help children prepare for the rigors of grade school - especially children who come from a minority family, a poor family, or whose parents don't provide high-quality interactions. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Study Suggests Underage Drinking Laws Reduce Future Criminal Behavior Do strict underage drinking laws really have a positive impact on society? A recent study finds that strictly enforcing possession of alcohol under the legal age or PULA (also known as PAULA) laws on teenagers reduces the likelihood that they will engage in alcohol-related crime as adults. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Characteristics Of Fathers With Depressive Symptoms Voluminous research literature attests to the multiple negative consequences of maternal depression and depressive symptoms for the health and development of children. In contrast, there is a profound paucity of information about depressive symptoms in fathers according to a follow up study by NYU School of Medicine researchers in the February 23rd online edition of Maternal and Child Health Journal. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrician's Personality, Empathy Trump Knowledge Of Spanish, Quick Service For Latina Moms A small study of Latina women with young children led by a researcher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center shows moms value a pediatrician's empathy and warmth far more than their ability to speak Spanish or other conveniences. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Primary Care / General Practice News | |
| Pediatrician's Personality, Empathy Trump Knowledge Of Spanish, Quick Service For Latina Moms A small study of Latina women with young children led by a researcher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center shows moms value a pediatrician's empathy and warmth far more than their ability to speak Spanish or other conveniences. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Psychology / Psychiatry News | |
| Earlier Studies That Linked Specific Genes To Intelligence Were Largely Wrong, Harvard Researchers Find For decades, scientists have understood that there is a genetic component to intelligence, but a new Harvard study has found both that most of the genes thought to be linked to intelligence are probably not in fact related to it, and identifying intelligence's specific genetic roots may still be a long way off. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Public Health News | |
| Opinion: H5N1 Flu Is Just As Dangerous As Feared, Now Requires Action The debate about the potential severity of an outbreak of airborne H5N1 influenza in humans needs to move on from speculation and focus instead on how we can safely continue H5N1 research and share the results among researchers, according to a commentary published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Barriers To A Healthy Diet: Healthy Foods Missing From Stores In Low-Income Black Neighborhoods Most convenience stores have a wide variety of chips, colorful candies and bottles of sugar-sweetened carbonated beverages. While shoppers can buy calorie-heavy foods wrapped in pretty packages in these locations, what they usually can't find are the fresh produce, whole grains and low-fat dairy products necessary for a healthy diet. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Disadvantaged Children Get Prepared For The Rigors Of Kindergarten When They Attend Preschools Preschools help children prepare for the rigors of grade school - especially children who come from a minority family, a poor family, or whose parents don't provide high-quality interactions. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Study Suggests Underage Drinking Laws Reduce Future Criminal Behavior Do strict underage drinking laws really have a positive impact on society? A recent study finds that strictly enforcing possession of alcohol under the legal age or PULA (also known as PAULA) laws on teenagers reduces the likelihood that they will engage in alcohol-related crime as adults. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Additional Documents Related To Historical Investigation Of The 1940s U.S. Public Health Service STD Studies In Guatemala The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues posted on its website*, hundreds of supporting documents related to its investigation into the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) studies conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Study Finds Medicare And Medicaid CT Scan Measure Unreliable Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure. The study, "Assessment of Medicare's Imaging Efficiency Measure for Emergency Department Patients With Atraumatic Headache" finds that the CMS measure - an attempt to reduce computed tomography (CT) scans in emergency departments (ED) - does not accurately determine which hospitals are performing CT scans inappropriately. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Although Fast-Food Menu Calorie Counts Are Legally Compliant, They Are Not As Helpful To Consumers As They Should Be Calorie listings on fast-food chain restaurant menus might meet federal labeling requirements but don't do a good job of helping consumers trying to make healthy meal choices, a new Columbia University School of Nursing (CUSON) study reports. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News | |
| Virtual Colonoscopy Just As Good For Seniors As Standard Procedure A new study led by a doctor from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona in the US, finds that "virtual colonoscopy", known more formally as computerized tomographic CT colonography, is comparable to standard colonoscopy for people aged 65 and over. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| New Way To Predict Recurrent Stroke New research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, with neurological symptoms such as weakness or speech issues, are at risk for another more severe stroke. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Irradiation Of Healthy Tissue Significantly Reduced By New Radiotherapy Technique Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Study Finds Medicare And Medicaid CT Scan Measure Unreliable Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have published findings that question the reliability of a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) quality measure. The study, "Assessment of Medicare's Imaging Efficiency Measure for Emergency Department Patients With Atraumatic Headache" finds that the CMS measure - an attempt to reduce computed tomography (CT) scans in emergency departments (ED) - does not accurately determine which hospitals are performing CT scans inappropriately. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Schizophrenia News | |
| Previously Unknown Mechanisms In The Pharmacology Of Dopamine Stabilisers A study from Karolinska Institutet shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease - pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 - might operate via previously unknown mechanisms of action. Researchers have found that at very low concentrations, ACR16 binds to the sigma-1 receptor, a protein in the brain important to neuronal function and survival. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Sexual Health / STDs News | |
| Additional Documents Related To Historical Investigation Of The 1940s U.S. Public Health Service STD Studies In Guatemala The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues posted on its website*, hundreds of supporting documents related to its investigation into the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) studies conducted in Guatemala in the 1940s. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Smoking / Quit Smoking News | |
| Graft Rejection And Secondhand Smoke A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that cigarette smoke exposure, in a cause-effect manner, results in graft rejection that would have been prevented by certain drug treatments. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Statins News | |
| Depression Risk Lower In Heart Patients Who Take Statins Heart disease patients who took statins, the drugs prescribed for lowering cholesterol, were significantly less likely to develop depression than counterparts who did not take the drugs, according to a new study led by Dr Mary Whooley, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Stem Cell Research News | |
| Egg Cells Produced From Stem Cells Isolated From Human Ovaries US researchers have managed to isolate stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and used them to make egg cells that appear to behave normally. The discovery, published online in Nature Medicine at the weekend, confirm the results of earlier studies that suggest women continue to produce new eggs in adulthood, and overturn the traditionally held view that they are born with a finite number of eggs that gradually deplete over their reproductive years. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Dental Pulp Stem Cells Transformed By 'Bad Breath' Chemical Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis - otherwise known as bad breath - is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp.In a study published today, Monday 27 February, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Breath Research, researchers showed that hydrogen sulphide (H2S) increased the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate into hepatic (liver) cells, furthering their reputation as a reliable source for future liver-cell therapy. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Researchers Isolate Egg-Producing Stem Cells From Adult Human Ovaries For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells or oocytes. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Stroke News | |
| New Way To Predict Recurrent Stroke New research from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, with neurological symptoms such as weakness or speech issues, are at risk for another more severe stroke. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Transplants / Organ Donations News | |
| New Way For Doctors To Predict Which Overdose Patients Need Liver Transplants University of Utah mathematicians developed a set of calculus equations to make it easier for doctors to save Tylenol overdose patients by quickly estimating how much painkiller they took, when they consumed it and whether they will require a liver transplant to survive. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Blood Mystery Solved You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you're Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most people have never even heard of these. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Graft Rejection And Secondhand Smoke A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that cigarette smoke exposure, in a cause-effect manner, results in graft rejection that would have been prevented by certain drug treatments. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Tropical Diseases News | |
| Technology Improves Allocation Of Limited Health Care Resources In Resource-Poor Nations In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.To address that need, systems engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are using computer models to help resource-poor nations improve supply chain decisions related to the distribution of breast milk and non-pharmaceutical interventions for malaria. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Vascular News | |
| Wound Healing Promoted In Vivo By Novel Bioactive Peptides Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that the combination of two peptides stimulates the growth of blood vessels and promotes re-growth of tissue. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Women's Health / Gynecology News | |
| Researchers Isolate Egg-Producing Stem Cells From Adult Human Ovaries For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells or oocytes. | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Pediatrician's Personality, Empathy Trump Knowledge Of Spanish, Quick Service For Latina Moms A small study of Latina women with young children led by a researcher at Johns Hopkins Children's Center shows moms value a pediatrician's empathy and warmth far more than their ability to speak Spanish or other conveniences. | 27 Feb 2012 |
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