Sabtu, 30 Juni 2012
In Infants, Gut Flora Affects Maturation Of B Cells
Infants whose gut is colonised by E. coli bacteria early in life have a higher number of memory B cells in their blood, reveals a study of infants carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...
Autism Linked To Immune System Problems, Further Evidence Found
According to a study in the April 2012 International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, the plasma of children with autism disorder (AD) had significantly lower levels of various cytokines, compared with that of unrelated healthy siblings from other families, who had family members with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...
Study Finds Higher Doses Of ADHD Drug May Disadvantage Children In The Classroom
New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results parallel a 1977 finding that a low dose of the drug boosted cognitive performance of children with ADHD, but a higher dose that reduced their hyperactivity also impaired their performance on a memory test...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242738.php
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Over 1 In Every 10 Babies Born Premature Globally
More than 10% of babies worldwide are born prematurely, according to a new report issued by Save the Children, WHO (The World Health Organization), The March of Dimes, and Newborn & Child Health...
The Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis Unaffected By Active Ingredient Of Cannabis
The first large non-commercial study to investigate whether the main active constituent of cannabis (tetrahydrocannabinol or THC) is effective in slowing the course of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) shows that there is no evidence to suggest this; although benefits were noted for those at the lower end of the disability scale...
Study Finds Higher Doses Of ADHD Drug May Disadvantage Children In The Classroom
New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results parallel a 1977 finding that a low dose of the drug boosted cognitive performance of children with ADHD, but a higher dose that reduced their hyperactivity also impaired their performance on a memory test...
For Reducing Signs And Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis, Tocilizumab More Effective Than Adalimumab
Data presented at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates that tocilizumab monotherapy is more effective than adalimumab monotherapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on change from baseline in DAS28* (-3.3 vs. -1...
Peritonitis May Be A Deadly Condition For Some Kidney Failure Patients
An infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many dialysis patients die, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that peritonitis may be a deadly condition for some kidney failure patients...
Jumat, 29 Juni 2012
Darwin's Principles Say Cancer Will Always Evolve To Resist Treatment But Natural Selection May Also Hold Key To Thwarting Drug Resistance
According to researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, cancer is subject to the evolutionary processes laid out by Charles Darwin in his concept of natural selection. Natural selection was the process identified by Darwin by which nature selects certain physical attributes, or phenotypes, to pass on to offspring to better "fit" the organism to the environment...
During Pregnancy, Cell Phone Use May Lead To Behavioral Disorders In Offspring
Exposure to radiation from cell phones during pregnancy affects the brain development of offspring, potentially leading to hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers have determined. The results, based on studies in mice, are published in Scientific Reports, a Nature publication...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243001.php
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Back Pain - Genetically Engineered Drug Less Effective
It appears that spinal injections of etanercept, a new type of anti-inflammatory genetically engineered drug, are not as effective in relieving the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, as steroid injections into the spine, the current standard of care, according to a new study reported in the 17 April issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/244208.php
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Kids Born After 42 Weeks Have Higher Behavioral Problems Risk
According to a study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, children born after 42 weeks of pregnancy (post-term birth) are more likely to have behavioral and emotional problems, especially Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) problems, in early childhood...
Miscarriage Due To Low Zinc And Copper Levels
This hypothesis had never been proven before in humans, but it has been demonstrated by University of Granada researchers. Spontaneous abortion is estimated to affect 15 percent of women, mainly in the first trimester of pregnancy...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235207.php
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For Pediatric Crohn's Disease, Measurement Of Bone Age Should Be Included In Routine Care
Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn's disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245878.php
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Happiness Is Significantly Affected By Neuroticism
Having more money does not necessarily lead to happiness, especially if the person is neurotic, researchers from the University of Warwick, England, and the University of Minnesota, USA, reported in a CAGE (Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy) document. Dr...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246380.php
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Flawed Analysis Leads To Negative View Of Foreign Aid For Health
The evidence underlying the current widely-held view that foreign aid for health in a recipient country leads to a displacement or diversion of government funds from that country's health sector is unreliable and should not be used to guide policy, according to experts writing in this week's PLoS Medicine...
Kamis, 28 Juni 2012
What Is Neuroticism? What Causes Neurosis?
Neuroticism is a long-term tendency to be in a negative emotional state. People with neuroticism tend to have more depressed moods - they suffer from feelings of guilt, envy, anger and anxiety, more frequently and more severely than other individuals. Neuroticism is the state of being neurotic...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246608.php
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The Role Of Omega-3 In Preventing Cognitive Decline In Older People Questioned
Older people who take omega-3 fish oil supplements are probably not reducing their chances of losing cognitive function, according to a new Cochrane systematic review. Based on the available data from studies lasting up to 3...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246493.php
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Gout Risk From Purine Rich Foods
Foods rich in purines, particularly those found in meat and seafood, quintuple the immediate risk of a gout flare-up, according to research published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. While the anecdotal evidence has suggested that purine rich foods can trigger gout attacks, it hasn't been clear whether they prompt flare-ups in the short term, say the authors...
76 Percent Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients On Oral JAK1/JAK2 Inhibitor Plus DMARDS Achieve ACR20 Response At Week 12
Data from a Phase IIb study presented at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, show that 76% of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving either 4mg or 8mg of baricitinib, an oral JAK1/JAK2 inhibitor, plus stable methotrexate (MTX) achieved ACR20* response compared with 41% of placebo-treated patients (p less than or equal to 0.001) at 12 weeks...
Colon Cancer Linked To DNA Repair Capability In Inflammatory Bowel
A new study in mice reveals a particular type of DNA damage that occurs during inflammation gives rise to colon cancer, a disease that eventually develops in nearly one in ten people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
Value Of Liver Cancer Screening Doubtful Says Danish Study
A new study from Denmark finds that people with alcoholic cirrhosis are no more likely to die from liver cancer than other people. The researchers conclude screening such patients is unlikely to save lives and would not be cost-effective...
GSK And BJD Collaborate On A New Educational Programme To Reduce Global Burden Of Joint Pain
The Bone and Joint Decade (BJD) international initiative and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced the launch of the LIBERATE™ joint pain management programme during the BJD's World Conference in Lund, Sweden...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/200760.php
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Asbestos Warning - Mesothelioma Cases Reported In Home Renovators
According to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia a new study revealed that home renovations in Australia are causing an alarming number of asbestos-related disease in men and women. The study discovered that home renovation in Western Australia was responsible for 35.7 per cent of female mesothelioma cases and 8.4 per cent male cases between 2005 and 2008...
Rabu, 27 Juni 2012
Myelodysplastic Syndrome Patients Treated With Deferasirox Show Beneficial Iron Reduction
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at six other institutions have recently tested a treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome, or MDS, a blood-related malignancy that involves the ineffective production of blood cells, leaving patients anemic and in need of frequent blood transfusions...
Computer-Designed Proteins Programmed To Disarm Variety Of Flu Viruses
Computer-designed proteins are under construction to fight the flu. Researchers are demonstrating that proteins found in nature, but that do not normally bind the flu, can be engineered to act as broad-spectrum antiviral agents against a variety of flu virus strains, including H1N1 pandemic influenza...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246176.php
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Lying And Sitting More Comfortably
People who have to sit at work often have back pain. People permanently confined to bed are even worse off they frequently develop bed sores. New smart cushioning is intended to eliminate the discomforts of lying and sitting. An integrated sensor system equalizes pressure selectively. Anyone confined to a wheelchair or a bed has to deal with numerous complications...
Fat Stem Cells Grow Bone Faster And Better
US scientists have found a way to grow new bone using fresh, purified stem cells from fat tissue that produces better quality bone faster than conventional methods. They suggest this may one day eliminate the need for painful bone grafts that use material taken from patients with invasive surgery...
Researcher Calls For Expansion Of Programs To Identify Potential Drug Abusers And Protect Pain Patients
Individual use of prescription opioids has increased four-fold since the mid-1990s, in part due to increased awareness of pain control for chronic conditions such as low back pain and fibromyalgia and a Joint Commission mandate that hospitals assess patients' pain as a "vital sign" along with their blood pressure and temperature...
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology
Saturated Fatty Acids Lead to Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance Excessive levels of certain saturated fatty acids cause mitochondria to fragment, leading to insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, a precursor of type 2 diabetes, according to a paper in the January issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240572.php
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Moderate Drinking During Early Pregnancy Is OK
Mothers to be around the world can relax a little. A new Danish study showed that low and moderate drinking during early pregnancy does not have noticeable adverse effects on children after they are born. The study looked at neuropsychological differences in children age five, compared with their mothers drinking habits while pregnant...
Bird Flu Kills Duck Farmer In Vietnam And Toddler In Cambodia
On Thursday the Vietnamese authorities reported that a duck farmer has died of bird flu, coinciding with reports that a two-year-old boy in Cambodia has also died of the virus this week. The Vietnamese victim died on 11 January. According to the authorities this was the first human death from avian flu for nearly two years...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240503.php
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Selasa, 26 Juni 2012
Researchers Propose New Approach To Tackle Terrorism
With a growing number of terrorist attacks being committed by 'home-grown' radicals, researchers at Queen Mary, University of London are proposing a totally new approach to preventing terrorism...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241682.php
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Nanoparticle Exposure Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis And Other Autoimmune Diseases
According to a study published in the journal Nanomedicine, researchers have found an association between exposure to nanoparticles and rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune disease. In addition, the team discovered new cellular targets for developing potential drug therapies to treat autoimmune diseases...
Protective Coating Transforms Silk Into A Weapon Against Anthrax And Other Microbes
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria - even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax - in minutes...
Shenzhen Man Dies Of Bird Flu
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) received notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the 30th December concerning a suspected human case of influenza A (H5N1) in Shenzhen. The man has unfortunately died...
Researchers Propose New Approach To Tackle Terrorism
With a growing number of terrorist attacks being committed by 'home-grown' radicals, researchers at Queen Mary, University of London are proposing a totally new approach to preventing terrorism...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241682.php
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Finding That Oxytocin Improves Brain Function In Children With Autism Could Lead To Treatment For Associated Social Deficits
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin - a naturally occurring substance produced in the brain and throughout the body - increased brain function in regions that are known to process social information in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)...
Kids With Learning Disorders Might Not Benefit From Memory Training Programs
Children with disorders, such as dyslexia or attention-deficit/hyperactivity, are not likely to benefit from working memory training, say researchers...
A Role In Lou Gehrig's Disease Likely Played By The Immune System, Inflammation
In an early study, UCLA researchers found that the immune cells of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, may play a role in damaging the neurons in the spinal cord. ALS is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246236.php
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Senin, 25 Juni 2012
Aborting Female Fetuses In Canada - Action Required
According to a report in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), pregnant women should not be told the sex of their unborn child until after 30 weeks of pregnancy, in order to combat female feticide, which some individuals in certain ethnic groups in Canada and the U.S. practice. Female feticide is the decision to terminate a pregnancy based on the grounds that the sex is female...
A New Approach To Deciphering The Roles Of Genes Associated With Autism
Fish cannot display symptoms of autism, schizophrenia or other human brain disorders. However, a team of MIT biologists has shown that zebrafish can be a useful tool for studying the genes that contribute to such disorders...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246813.php
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Examining Adaptive Abilities In Children With Prenatal Alcohol Exposure And/or ADHD
Prenatal exposure to alcohol often results in disruption to the brain's cognitive and behavioral domains, which include executive function (EF) and adaptive functioning...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245445.php
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Multidisciplinary Training Program Helps Amputees Reach Their Athletic Goals
Carlos Gonzalez stands out from an athletic group gathered on a grassy field at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. The gregarious 32-year-old sports a stylish fauxhawk and walks with a confident yet understated swagger. He's training to become a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. Video: Unique Clinic Helps Amputee Athletes Push Physical Boundaries: http://www.youtube...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246257.php
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Flu Pandemics May Follow La Niña
US scientists propose that flu pandemics follow La Niña weather conditions in the equatorial Pacific. The conditions alter bird migration patterns and this promotes new strains of flu (migrating birds are known to be primary pools of human influenza virus)...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240399.php
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Healthy Older Women Affected By Alzheimer's Risk Gene
A team led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain function in healthy older women but has little impact on brain function in healthy, older men...
Joint Pain Linked To Breast Cancer Drug Not Inflammatory Arthritis Or Autoimmune Disease
A new study suggests joint complaints attributed to aromatase inhibitors (AI), popular breast cancer drugs, are not associated with inflammatory arthritis or autoimmune disease. Because of that, researchers say women who were primarily concerned about the threat of arthritis should be encouraged to continue taking the medication. The findings of the study will be presented Tuesday, Nov...
Back Straight Boys Educate Community On Proper Computer Posture
Move over, boy bands of America - there's a new group in town. Four middle-school students from Carmel Valley Middle School in San Diego, California, entered The Christopher Columbus Awards Competition, a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program that challenges middle-school students to identify a community problem and solve it using science and technology...
Minggu, 24 Juni 2012
Study Finds Higher Doses Of ADHD Drug May Disadvantage Children In The Classroom
New research with monkeys sheds light on how the drug methylphenidate may affect learning and memory in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results parallel a 1977 finding that a low dose of the drug boosted cognitive performance of children with ADHD, but a higher dose that reduced their hyperactivity also impaired their performance on a memory test...
Social Isolation And Alcohol Abuse In Teenagers
Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological study...
Financial Aid To Young Women In Poor Nations May Reduce HIV And HSV-2 Rates
A recent study published by The Lancet, indicates that an effective way of reducing the prevalence of HIV and HSV-2 infections among young women, is through providing financial aid to them and their families. The study was led by Dr Berk-zler, The World Bank; Prof Richard Garfein and Dr Craig McIntosh, University of California at San Diego; and Dr Sarah Baird, George Washington University, USA...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241864.php
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Potential Environmental Trigger For Autism, But Only In Genetically Predisposed Individuals
Psychoactive medications in water affect the gene expression profiles of fathead minnows in a way that mimics the gene expression patterns associated with autism spectrum disorder in genetically susceptible humans, according to research published in the open access journal PLoS ONE...
When Planning For Terrorist Chemical Weapons, Pharmacists May Be Crucial
Terrorist attacks with chemical weapons are a real possibility, according to a study that appears in the online open access Journal of Pharmacy Practice, published by SAGE. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of toxic agents, and how to treat those who have been exposed, pharmacists are an invaluable resource in the event of an actual or potential chemical weapons attack...
Smokers Who Also Have Drinking Problems Could Be Identified By Smoking Cessation 'Quitlines'
Although numerous studies have shown a strong link between drinking and smoking behaviors, few telephone smoking-cessation "quitlines" routinely screen and counsel callers about their alcohol use...
In Serious Road Traffic Accidents, Patients More Likely To Survive If Taken Directly To A Trauma Centre
People who are seriously injured in a car accident are more than 30 per cent more likely to survive at least 48 hours if they are taken directly to a trauma centre than those who are taken first to a non-trauma centre, new research has found. However, fewer than half of people seriously injured in car accidents in Ontario are taken directly from the scene to a trauma centre...
Serious Foodborne Illness May One Day Be Prevented By A Pill
Modified probiotics, the beneficial bacteria touted for their role in digestive health, could one day decrease the risk of Listeria infection in people with susceptible immune systems, according to Purdue University research...
Sabtu, 23 Juni 2012
Broken Heart, Broken Bones: Falls Among Elderly Tied To Depression
A new study has found that people suffering from depression are more likely to fall, pointing to a complex relationship between mental illness, a sense of balance, and falling in older people. Falls are a major public health issue across the world as falling is a frequent cause of accidental death in older people...
Back Straight Boys Educate Community On Proper Computer Posture
Move over, boy bands of America - there's a new group in town. Four middle-school students from Carmel Valley Middle School in San Diego, California, entered The Christopher Columbus Awards Competition, a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program that challenges middle-school students to identify a community problem and solve it using science and technology...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/230637.php
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News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: March 2012
High Pressure Kills Pathogens, Maintains Green Onions' Taste and Color Green onions cause about five percent of outbreaks of food poisoning from produce, worldwide...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243175.php
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Genetic Discovery Will Revolutionize Understanding Of Gene Expression
Over the past decade, research in the field of epigenetics has revealed that chemically modified bases are abundant components of the human genome and has forced us to abandon the notion we've had since high school genetics that DNA consists of only four bases. Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have made a discovery that once again forces us to rewrite our textbooks...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245549.php
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Broadening Bipolar Disorder Criteria Could Do More Harm Than Good For Patients
A Rhode Island Hospital psychiatrist and researcher explains the negative impact of broadening the diagnostic criteria for bipolar disorder in the upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). In a newly published commentary in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Mark Zimmerman, M.D...
In Problem Gambling, Addiction, Training People To Inhibit Movements Can Reduce Risk-Taking
New research from psychologists at the Universities of Exeter and Cardiff shows that people can train their brains to become less impulsive, resulting in less risk-taking during gambling. The research could pave the way for new treatments for people with addictions to gambling, drugs or alcohol as well as impulse-control disorders, such as ADHD...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246639.php
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Does Social Class Discrimination Affect Teenage Health?
Social class discrimination can contribute to poorer health in teens, say researchers. The study, conducted by Dr. Thomas Fuller-Rowell, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is published online in Psychological Science...
Strong Genetic Influence On The Risk Of Developing Alcohol Dependence
Excessive drinking is not only the third leading cause of preventable death in the United States, there is also a very strong genetic influence on the risk of developing alcohol dependence (AD)...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246687.php
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Jumat, 22 Juni 2012
Promising Treatment In Development For Safely Decontaminating Humans Exposed To Radioactive Actinides
The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the nearly 36 million residents of the Tokyo metropolitan area...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/242607.php
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Autism In Teens - Teaching Social Skills Pays Off
In 2006, the UCLA Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) clinic was established in order to help high functioning adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their social skills to fit in better with their peers at school. High functioning adolescents with ASD are considered healthy enough to be "mainstreamed" in school...
Back Straight Boys Educate Community On Proper Computer Posture
Move over, boy bands of America - there's a new group in town. Four middle-school students from Carmel Valley Middle School in San Diego, California, entered The Christopher Columbus Awards Competition, a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program that challenges middle-school students to identify a community problem and solve it using science and technology...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/230637.php
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Overall Abortion Rate Drops 8% In Eight Years, Rises 18% Among Poor Women In USA
While the abortion rate dropped between 2000 and 2008 overall in the USA, among women whose family incomes are below the federal poverty level it rose, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute wrote in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. 40% of all abortions in America in 2008 were performed on poor women...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/226354.php
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Genetic Link To Mesothelioma Discovered
Scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. Additionally, when these individuals are exposed to asbestos or similar mineral fibers, their risk of developing mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen, may be markedly increased...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233481.php
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Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug
US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment for both amebiasis and the parasite Giardia in humans...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245636.php
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Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Unlikely To Ward Off Cognitive Decline
A new review of studies that lasted up to 3.5 years suggests taking omega-3 fish oil supplements probably does not help older people ward off cognitive decline, the loss in memory and thinking skills that is a hallmark of dementia...
Improving Understanding Of Psychiatric Disorders With The Help Of Zebrafish
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders. The study, published online in the journal Behavioural Brain Research, found zebrafish can modify their behaviour in response to varying situations...
Kamis, 21 Juni 2012
Biosecurity Runs Up Against Scientific Endeavor: NSABB And H5N1 Redactions
In response to recent actions of the U.S...
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News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: June 19, 2012, Online
1. Hospitalization Often Catastrophic for Alzheimer Patients Hospitalization of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) often leads to complications such as delirium, loss of independence, institutionalization, and death. Researchers theorized that AD patients who suffer an episode of delirium during hospitalization are at increased risk for adverse outcomes...
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: March 2012
High Pressure Kills Pathogens, Maintains Green Onions' Taste and Color Green onions cause about five percent of outbreaks of food poisoning from produce, worldwide...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243175.php
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Potential Solution To Melanoma's Resistance To Vemurafenib
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and colleagues in California have found that the XL888 inhibitor can prevent resistance to the chemotherapy drug vemurafenib, commonly used for treating patients with melanoma. Vemurafenib resistance is characterized by a diminished apoptosis (programmed cancer cell death) response...
Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Benefit Inflammation Conditions
The discovery that a protein called CXCL5 is responsible for triggering the pain of sunburn may indicate it has a wider role in other inflammation-related conditions. This could pave the way for new drugs that have fewer side effects than current painkillers and analgesics, said UK researchers whose work is published in 6 July issue of Science Translational Medicine...
The Top 10 Toxic Chemicals Suspected Of Causing Autism And Learning Disabilities
An editorial published in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives calls for increased research to identify possible environmental causes of autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in America's children and presents a list of ten target chemicals including which are considered highly likely to contribute to these conditions...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244622.php
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Good Intentions Bring Mixed Results For Haiti's Disabled People
A new evaluation by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine of the physical rehabilitation response after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, finds that many hands didn't always make light work. Thousands of people became disabled during and after the 2010 earthquake, and physical rehabilitation interventions were crucial to the emergency response...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/244202.php
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Rabu, 20 Juni 2012
IT Planning For Data And Infrastructure Key To Sustaining Care Following Disasters
A new article titled, "An HIT Solution for Clinical Care and Disaster Planning: How One Health Center in Joplin, MO, Survived a Tornado and Avoided a Health Information Disaster," by the Geiger Gibson /RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, was released in the Online Journal of Pub...
Discovery Of Protein Function That Protects Cells During Injury
Scientists have discovered a new function for a protein that protects cells during injury and could eventually translate into treatment for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246339.php
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Action Required To Combat Female Feticide In Canada
Canada should prohibit disclosure of the sex of a fetus until after 30 weeks of pregnancy to combat female feticide which is practised by some ethnic groups in Canada and the United States, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)....
Newly Engineered Highly Transmissible H5N1 Strain Ignites Controversy About Balancing Scientific Discovery And Public Safety
Scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1 (commonly known as bird flu) to be readily transmitted between humans. Two perspectives being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the flagship journal of the American College of Physicians, raise concerns about if and how this research should be continued, and how the data should be shared for the benefit of public health...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240840.php
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In Infants, Gut Flora Affects Maturation Of B Cells
Infants whose gut is colonised by E. coli bacteria early in life have a higher number of memory B cells in their blood, reveals a study of infants carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...
Smokers Who Also Have Drinking Problems Could Be Identified By Smoking Cessation 'Quitlines'
Although numerous studies have shown a strong link between drinking and smoking behaviors, few telephone smoking-cessation "quitlines" routinely screen and counsel callers about their alcohol use...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246686.php
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18% Of Deaths Among Under 5s Caused By Pneumonia Globally
Of the 7.6 million deaths worldwide among children under 5 years of age in 2010, 18% were caused by pneumonia, while 14% were the result of a complication of a preterm birth, researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and an international team of experts reported in The Lancet. The authors added that diarrhea is the third leading cause of deaths among very young children...
Costly Diagnostic MRI Tests Unnecessary For Many Back Pain Patients
Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays only a small role in a doctor's decision to give these epidural steroid injections (ESIs), the most common procedure performed at pain clinics in the United States...
Selasa, 19 Juni 2012
Low Back Pain - Practitioners Recommend Time Off Despite Guidelines
Even though guidelines for clinical management of patients with low back pain (LBP) encourage health care practitioners to advise patients to remain active and return to work, most practitioners feel that work factors can cause or aggravate LBP and often recommend a 'short break from work' to allow healing...
Healthy Older Women Affected By Alzheimer's Risk Gene
A team led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that the most common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain function in healthy older women but has little impact on brain function in healthy, older men...
Sunburn Pain Discovery Could Benefit Inflammation Conditions
The discovery that a protein called CXCL5 is responsible for triggering the pain of sunburn may indicate it has a wider role in other inflammation-related conditions. This could pave the way for new drugs that have fewer side effects than current painkillers and analgesics, said UK researchers whose work is published in 6 July issue of Science Translational Medicine...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/230653.php
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Overall Abortion Rate Drops 8% In Eight Years, Rises 18% Among Poor Women In USA
While the abortion rate dropped between 2000 and 2008 overall in the USA, among women whose family incomes are below the federal poverty level it rose, researchers from the Guttmacher Institute wrote in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. 40% of all abortions in America in 2008 were performed on poor women...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/226354.php
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Teenagers, Cigarettes And Alcohol: Survey Finds Usage By American Kids Lower Than In Europe
The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report indicates...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/246156.php
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Pivotal Role For Proteins - From Helping Turn Carbs Into Energy To Causing Devastating Disease
Research into how carbohydrates are converted into energy has led to a surprising discovery with implications for the treatment of a perplexing and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder and possibly even cancer and heart disease. Until this study, the cause of this neuromuscular disorder was unknown...
Genetic Link To Mesothelioma Discovered
Scientists have found that individuals who carry a mutation in a gene called BAP1 are susceptible to developing two forms of cancer mesothelioma, and melanoma of the eye. Additionally, when these individuals are exposed to asbestos or similar mineral fibers, their risk of developing mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the lining of the chest and abdomen, may be markedly increased...
WTC Responders' PTSD Linked To Respiratory Illness
More than a decade after 9/11, the "FirstView" section online in Psychological Medicine published results of a study in which the association between two signature health problems amongst WTC first responders was examined, namely respiratory illness and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study was led by Benjamin J. Luft, M.D., an Edmund D...
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Shenzhen Man Dies Of Bird Flu
The Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection (CHP) received notification from the Ministry of Health (MoH) on the 30th December concerning a suspected human case of influenza A (H5N1) in Shenzhen. The man has unfortunately died...
Young Adults With Asperger Syndrome Frequently Suffer From Depression
Given that almost 70% of young adults with Asperger syndrome have suffered from depression, it is vital that psychiatric care staff are aware of this so that patients are given the right treatment, reveals research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden...
Alcohol Abuse Associated With Sexual Orientation Fluctuation
Many young adults explore and define their sexual identity in college, but that process can be stressful and lead to risky behaviors...
African Adolescents Missing Out On Global Health And Education Improvements
Although adolescents have benefitted from progress in education and public health over the past two decades, a UNICEF report entitled "Progress for Children" reveals that tens of millions of adolescents are still without education and over 1 million are dying each year. According to the report, the most challenging place for an adolescent to live is in Sub-Saharan Africa...
Low Mass Enables Mosquitoes To Fly In Rain
The mosquito is possibly summer's biggest nuisance. Sprays, pesticides, citronella candles, bug zappers - nothing seems to totally deter the blood-sucking insect. And neither can rain apparently. Even though a single raindrop can weigh 50 times more than a mosquito, the insect is still able to fly through a downpour...
Potential To Diagnose Radiation Exposure Using Novel Biomarkers
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have identified novel biomarkers that could be used to confirm exposure to damaging radiation in large groups of people potentially exposed to unknown and variable doses for the purpose of triage and treatment. The findings are published in Radiation Research. John E. Baker, Ph.D...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/245741.php
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People And Plant Medicine: Herbal Abortion Helps African Women
Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the uterus tissue contract and that the plants therefore can be used to stop lethal bleedings after birth...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/233495.php
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Combination Therapy Shows Promise For Rare, Deadly Cancer Caused By Asbestos
Pleural mesothelioma patients who undergo lung-sparing surgery in combination with photodynamic therapy (PDT) show superior overall survival than patient treated using the conventional therapy of extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) (or en bloc removal of the lung and surrounding tissue) with PDT, indicates new research from the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the U...
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Modifying Behavior With A Protein
A study featured in the journal Cell Reports has revealed the discovery of a protein that is essential to maintain behavioral flexibility. It enables people to modify their behavior to adjust to similar, yet not identical previous experiences. The findings may provide a better understanding of autism and schizophrenia, diseases that are characterized by impaired behavioral flexibility...
Study Identifies Genetic Regulators Hijacked By Avian And Swine Flu Viruses
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a number of tiny but powerful "genetic regulators" that are hijacked by avian and swine flu viruses during human infection. The discovery, published in the Journal of Virology, could reveal new targets for broad-spectrum antivirals to combat current - and perhaps future - strains of influenza A viruses...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/243562.php
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Anger Amplifies Clinical Pain In Women With And Without Fibromyalgia
Researchers from Utrecht University who studied the effect of negative emotions on pain perception in women with and without fibromyalgia found that anger and sadness amplified pain equally in both groups. Full findings are now online and will publish in the October print issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology...
Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/202316.php
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