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for the Week of September 19 to September 26, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-25:
- Kids and diabetes risk: Do chromosomes hold new clues?
- Use of sunless tanning products -- common in teens -- may encourage sun safety in women
- People are cautious in asking help from their community, online gift exchange study finds
- Cell division typically associated with cancer may also protect the liver from injury
- Postoperative high blood sugar appears to be associated with surgical site infection
- Moving closer to outdoor recreation not a recipe for being more physically active
- Preserving nerve cells in motor neuron disease
- Physical limitations can take a significant toll in breast cancer survivors
- Abortion does not cause depression or low self-esteem in adolescents, national U.S. study finds
- Genetically engineered salmon safe to eat, but a threat to wild stocks, expert says
Posted 2010-09-25:
- Researchers create first molecule-blocks key component of cancer genes' on-off switch
- New map offers a global view of health-sapping air pollution
- New findings on multiple sclerosis: Immune cells also attack neurons directly
- Psychological pain of Holocaust still haunts survivors
- Botulinum toxin may offer temporary drooling relief in children with neurological disorders
- Stress can control our genes, researchers find
- Cancer researchers discover new signaling pathway that controls cell development and cancer
- Can't focus? Maybe it's the wrong time of month, finds estrogen study on attention and learning
- Phantom limbs more common than previously thought
- Bioreactor could improve treatment for children with 'water on the brain'
- Video gaming prepares brain for bigger tasks
- New gene associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
- Molecular 'playbook' for halting heart failure risk factor uncovered
- Robotic arm's big flaw: Patients in wheelchairs say it's 'too easy'
- Vitamin C rapidly improves emotional state of acutely hospitalized patients, study suggests
- Acute pain is eased with the touch of a hand, study shows
- 'Synthetic lethality' strategy improves molecularly targeted cancer therapy
- Microbiologists find source of fungus’s damaging growth
- Gene set that shows which patients benefit from chemo after surgery identified
- Stress hormone impacts on alcohol recovery
- Faster, less-intrusive way found to identify transplant recipients' organ rejection
- Does race plays a factor in accident survival? Black motorcyclists -- even in helmets -- more likely to die in crashes, study finds
- Teasing about weight can affect pre-teens profoundly, study suggests
- City living helped humans evolve immunity to tuberculosis and leprosy, new research suggests
- Drug against AIDS could be effective against herpesvirus
- Shorter biological marker length in aplastic anemia patients linked to higher relapse, death rates
- Psychotropic medication and youth in foster care report
Posted 2010-09-24:
- Scientists uncover process enabling toxoplasmosis parasite to survive homelessness
- Getting off tract: Polyglutamine disease involves other regions of protein
- Anger amplifies clinical pain in women with and without fibromyalgia; Sensitizing effect of anger and sadness not limited to fibromyalgia patients
- Manganese in drinking water: Study suggests adverse effects on children's intellectual abilities
- New technique uncovers hidden insecticide resistance in mosquitoes
- Stress resilience returns with feeling for rhythm
- Improved tool developed for cycling fitness
- Current decisions shape your future preferences
- Smoking during pregnancy may harm the child’s motor control and coordination
- Normal function of protein, not its build up inside cells, linked to death of neurons
- Ingredient in soap points toward new drugs for infection that affects two billion
- Talking while walking puts Parkinson's patients at risk for falls
- Clues to common food poisoning: Salmonella creates environment in human intestines to foster its own growth
- New target for Alzheimer's disease identified
- Putting on the pounds after weight loss? Hit the gym to maintain health gains
- Less pain for learning gain: Research offers a strategy to increase learning with less effort
- Toward the first nose drops to treat brain cancer
- New bioprosthetic-tissue heart valve for severe aortic stenosis shown to save lives, researchers say
- Building language skills more critical for boys than girls, research suggests
- Preventing infections in the womb: Discovery may pave way for new approaches
- Mice engrafted with human immune cells may provide clues to better prevention and treatment of typhoid fever
- Doctors often overprescribe antibiotics for respiratory infections, Pennsylvania study finds
- Just two drinks slow reactions in older people, research shows
- Genomic 'haircut' makes world's tiniest genome even smaller
- Acetylation may contribute to dementia and Alzheimer's disease; May lead to new treatments
- Gum disease found to be significant public health concern
- Losing your religion may be unhealthy, research suggests
- Largest genetic study of asthma points towards better treatments
- Genetic factor in osteoporosis discovered
- Patients with cancer who stop hospice care
- Increased attention to women's health research has yielded gains on some important conditions, but progress lags on others
Posted 2010-09-23:
- New drug could help stop the spread of disease from coughs, researchers believe
- Structure of dangerous bacteria's powerful multidrug resistance pump revealed
- Experiments decipher key piece of the ‘histone code’ in cell division
- Genetic patterns may predict osteoarthritis
- Landmark report reveals massive global cost of Alzheimer's: One percent of global GDP -- and growing
- For sufferers of an early-onset dementia, career choice may determine location of disease in brain
- Higher dairy calcium intake and increased serum vitamin D are related to greater diet-induced weight loss, Israeli study finds
- Inner voice plays role in self control
- Complex brain landscape controls speech
- Inflammation causes some postsurgical neuropathies
- Man’s best friend keeps children on the move
- Taste genes predict tooth decay
- Titanium foams replace injured bones
- Children born by IVF perform above average on standardized tests compared to their peers, study suggests
- Cocaine and ecstasy detected in waters of the L'Albufera in Valencia, Spain
- Research sheds light on altruism
- Stroke gene discovered
- Stress before cancer therapy could help deadly cells survive treatment, lead to disease recurrence
- Freshman weight gain: Women with heavy roommates gain less, study finds
- First explanation of how cells rapidly repair and maintain structure
- Child rearing practices of distant ancestors foster morality, compassion in kids
- Vitamin D protects against obesity-induced endometrial cancer, study suggests
- New therapy found for lung and skin cancer, based on suicide gene E
- Doctor's health habits affect patient counseling
- The Achilles' heel of tendons
- Lifelong exercising yields sensational results
- First in-human study of robotically assisted percutaneous coronary intervention system demonstrates safety, feasibility
- Spare the rod, spoil the child? Excessive punishment can have lasting psychological impact on children, researchers say
- Positive behavioral interventions programs found to improve student behavior and learning
- Chromium picolinate may lessen inflammation in diabetic nephropathy; Supplement linked to decreased protein in the urine of diabetic mice
- NYC public school students have high levels of access to convenience stores with unhealthy food, study finds
- Terlipressin treatment for gastrointestinal bleeding reduces serum sodium
- Taribavirin offers a safe, effective alternative for chronic hepatitis C, study finds
- New method of chemical analysis: Step towards personalized medicine
Posted 2010-09-22:
- More accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness
- Art of dividing: Researchers decode function and protein content of the centrosome
- New sickle cell screening program for college athletes comes with serious pitfalls, experts say
- Mixed-use neighborhoods reduce some violent crimes, study says
- Higher than predicted human exposure to the toxic chemical bisphenol A or BPA, new study indicates
- Targeted therapy triggers complex mechanism of resistance
- Hormone oxytocin improves social cognition but only in less socially proficient individuals
- Muscle gene may provide new treatments for obesity and diabetes
- New pathway regulates immune balance and offers promising drug development target
- Swallowing disc batteries can cause severe injury in children
- Too much TV, video and computer can make teens fatter
- Seasonal flu vaccine lowers risk of first heart attack, study finds
- Study models H1N1 flu spread
- Overheard cell-phone conversations are not only annoying but reduce our attention
- Pollution takes its toll on the heart
- Yeast holds clues to Parkinson's disease
- Hard-wired for chocolate and hybrid cars? How genetics affect consumer choice
- Stress accelerates breast cancer progression in mice, researchers find
- US teen hearing loss is much lower than has been widely reported, study shows
- Abnormal body weight related to increased mortality in colon cancer patients
- Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories
- Why thinking of nothing can be so tiring: Brain wolfs energy to stop thinking
- Compound boosts marijuana-like chemical in the body to relieve pain at injury site
- Breakthrough in drug trial offers hope for heart attack patients
- Could learning self-control be enjoyable?
- Giving aspirin via IV is safe and effective for severe headache, study finds
- Early prostate cancer detection, screening: No benefit for men with low baseline PSA value, study finds
- Future of football: GPS and miniature accelerometers to better assess player's training load and fitness levels
- Self-management counseling for patients with heart failure does not improve outcomes
Posted 2010-09-21:
- Cholesterol drug may have role in treating prostate cancer
- Possible 'persistence' switch for tuberculosis found: Computer model finds probable genetic mechanism for TB dormancy
- Return troops face both physical and mental challenges: Women suffer from more conditions than men, study finds
- New drug a potential treatment for Type 2 diabetes
- Violent video games increase aggression long after the game is turned off, study finds
- How best to prevent blood clots? Thigh-length surgical stockings, study suggests
- Hyperkinetic disorders in children are on the rise, German study suggests
- Childhood viral infection may be a cause of obesity
- Higher incidence of seizures seen in children with H1N1 virus compared to seasonal flu
- Serious hockey injuries among young children skyrocketing, study finds
- Plague researchers race to beat bioterrorists
- End of microplates? Novel electronic biosensing technology could facilitate new era of personalized medicine
- Favorable expectations make people like using a new mobile phone, study finds
- Biologists discover biochemical link between biological clock and diabetes
- Possible alternate therapy for adults with poorly controlled asthma
- Human unconscious is transferred to virtual characters
- Genetic variants modifying breast cancer risk discovered
- Database to help accelerate drug discovery developed
- Many hospital emergency department visits could be treated elsewhere, study finds
- Two studies find new genetic links to ovarian cancer risk
- Novel target for existing drug may improve success of radiation therapy
- Gene network reveals link between fats and heart disease signs
- How HIV resists AZT: Virus hijacks a common molecule
- Easily blocked signaling protein may help scientists stop parasites
- New target in polycystic kidney disease: Experimental drug decreases size and number of cysts in animal model
- For 4-year-olds, interactions with teacher key to gains
- At the crossroads of chromosomes: Study reveals structure of cell division’s key molecule
- Using chest compressions first just as successful as immediate defibrillation after cardiac arrest, study finds
- Mechanism behind demethylation pinpointed in APC gene mutants
- Stem cell researchers call for research ethics consortium
Posted 2010-09-20:
- Imbalanced diet and inadequate exercise may underlie asthma in children
- Adolescents with fibromyalgia who are physically active report lower levels of pain and disability
- Protein clamps tight to telomeres to help prevent aging and support cancer
- House-sharing with microbes
- Gene limits learning and memory in mice
- Targeted therapy decreases progression rate in thyroid cancer
- Fast-track gene-ID method speeds rare disease search
- Native Hawaiians: Vulnerability to early death at all ages, study finds
- AIDS virus lineage much older than previously thought
- Molecule 968 binds glutaminase and starves cancer cells
- 'Nanosprings' offer improved performance in biomedicine, electronics
- Lack of access to healthy food may contribute to health disparities in kidney disease
Posted 2010-09-19:
- Alzheimer's drug boosts perceptual learning in healthy adults
- Tick tock: Rods help set internal clocks, biologist says
- Overprotective parents may impact heart anxiety in adults with congenital heart conditions
- Promising techniques for extending the life of an organ transplant developed
- Drug combination may treat traumatic brain injury
- Proposal by WHO to eliminate AIDS in South Africa is flawed, model shows
- How does Prozac act? By acting on the microRNA
- Channeling efforts to fight cystic fibrosis: Crosstalk between ion channels points to new therapeutic strategy
- Research could improve detection of liver damage
- Standardized violence-prevention programs may not prevent teen fighting, findings suggest
Posted 2010-09-18:
- Father absence linked to earlier puberty among certain girls
- Women with diabetes having more C-sections and fetal complications, study finds
- Teenagers are more sedentary on weekends
- Popular supplements to combat joint pain do not work, study finds
- Protein can regulate blood stem cells: New hope for future leukemia treatments
- Less is more in the fight against terrorism
- Brain matter linked to introspective thoughts: Structure of prefrontal cortex helps humans think about one's own thinking
- Researchers identify genetic marker of aggressive Alzheimer's disease
- Fat stem cells safe for breast reconstruction when cancer is dormant, study suggests
- How Palestinian and Israeli children are psychologically scarred by exposure to war
- Cancer-cell quirk could be exploited to develop new drugs that starve tumors
- Cardiac imaging breakthrough developed
- Researcher discovers new 'anti-pathogenic' drugs to treat MRSA
- Government urges universal flu vaccinations
- Bacteria identified that may lead to inflammatory bowel disease in certain individuals
- Healthy diet rocks when it comes to fighting kidney stones
- Strictly high heels: Researchers look at impact of high-heeled Latin dancing
- Scientists develop test providing new pathway for identifying obesity, diabetes drugs
- Neuroimaging identifies patients with REM sleep disturbances who will suffer Parkinson's disease
- Getting the news out: Disease transmission model says media coverage cuts infection rate and pandemic extent
- Acamprosate prevents relapse to drinking in alcoholism, review finds
- Significant weight-loss from surgery decreases risk for cardiovascular disease in women
- Beating blood clots: Reducing your risk before hip replacement surgery
- Death at home less distressing for cancer patients and families, study finds
- Spike mat does help -- a little, Swedish research shows
Posted 2010-09-17:
- Discovery of key pathway interaction may lead to therapies that aid brain growth and repair
- Asthma and cavities both common in kids but not linked, study finds
- Depression and heart disease combo more lethal than either one alone, study suggests
- Increased brain protein levels linked to Alzheimer's disease
- Restricting pub closing times reduces assaults, Australia study finds
- Children's brain development is linked to physical fitness, research finds
- Discovery highlights promise of new immune system-based therapies
- Molecule involved in heart failure now implicated in heart attack damage
- Intensive care diaries protect patients from PTSD, researchers find
- Genes related to body mass discovered
- New investigational compound targets pancreatic cancer cells
- Why the craving for cocaine won’t go away
- Blood test accurately predicts death from prostate cancer up to 25 years in advance
- Fuzzy thinking could spot heart disease risk
- Children under four and children with autism don't yawn contagiously
- 'Friendship paradox' may help predict spread of infectious disease
- Link to autism in boys found in missing DNA
- Robotic catheter could improve treatment of heart condition
- White Americans living longer with muscular dystrophy than African-Americans
- Gender gap in spatial ability can be reduced through training
- Even very low dose of regular aspirin wards off bowel cancer, study finds
- Enlarged hearts in women shrink faster than those in men after aortic valve replacement
- Cognitive skills in children with autism vary and improve, study finds
- New insights provide promise for development of tools to protect damaged tissues
- Diet and exercise intervention for patients at risk for heart disease improves quality of life
- Mental illness stigma entrenched in American culture; new strategies needed, study finds
- Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
- Rising education levels among women save children's lives worldwide, research finds
- Development aid for maternal, newborn and child health doubled over five years
Posted 2010-09-16:
- Mild memory loss is not a part of normal aging, new research finds
- Tranquil scenes have positive impact on brain
- Scientists glimpse 'dance of skeletons' inside neurons: Insight into developmental disorders, including Williams syndrome
- Higher altitudes hide deadly problem: Increased suicide risk
- Do children understand irony? New study reveals they do
- Radiation exposure poses similar risk of first and second cancers in atomic bomb survivors
- Link between arthritis pain reliever and cardiovascular events discovered
- Aerobic exercise relieves insomnia
- Fountain of youth in bile? Longevity molecule identified
- Gene for high cholesterol in blood found
- Only 5% of Americans engage in vigorous physical activity on any given day
- Perception of emotion is culture-specific
- Key mechanism behind sleep discovered: Finding holds promise for treatment of fatigue and sleep disorders
- Outsmarting killer bacteria
- Type D personality associated with higher future heart risk
- How doctors rationalize acceptance of industry gifts
- Consumption of 'good salt' can reduce population blood pressure levels, research finds
- Implant blood test: Shape memory alloys are biocompatible, new research shows
- Women more likely than men to accept scientific consensus on global warming, study finds
- New treatment for rabies advances after successful Phase 1 trial in India
- New focus on 'sudden death' heart disorder
- Present imperfect: Doctors in training work even when ill, study finds
- First US trial of bone-marrow stem cells for heart attack patients appears safe
- Bone-anchored leg prostheses improve quality of life, Swedish study finds
- Improving crisis prediction, disaster control and damage reduction
- Burnout associated with self-reported unprofessional conduct among medical students
- Benefits of healthy lifestyle factors stronger in combination
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