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Posted 2010-10-02:
- Collective intelligence: Number of women in group linked to effectiveness in solving difficult problems
- Source of breast drug side effect identified; Pharmacogenomic discovery allows for improved cancer therapy
- How to still kill a resistant parasite
- Rebels without applause: New study on peer victimization
- Severe food allergies turned off in mice
- Screening tool can detect colorectal cancer from a small blood sample
- Mosquito gene examined for new disease response
- New strategy could reduce twin rate after IVF
- Tanezumab reduces osteoarthritis knee pain, phase II study finds
- Short and long sleep in early pregnancy linked to high blood pressure in the third trimester
- Catalyst sandwich: Synthetic PCR mimic could lead to highly sensitive medical, environmental diagnostics
- Real partners are no match for ideal mate, study finds
Posted 2010-10-02:
- Increases in 5-, 10-year survival at every stage of breast cancer
- How HRT and the Pill can lead to breast cancer: New research suggests possible treatment
- Method to detect bladder cancer earlier is under development
- Language delays found in siblings of children with autism
- Women who get dental care have lower risk of heart disease, says study
- Genetic changes that make some forms of brain cancer more aggressive identified
- Flow of empty calories into children's food supply must be reduced, experts urge
- Twins provide clue that genetic epilepsy can originate in the embryo
- Chromosomal break gives scientists a break in finding new puberty gene
- Garlic oil shows protective effect against heart disease in diabetes
- Women's study finds longevity means getting just enough sleep
- Surgery offers long-term survival for early stage prostate cancer patients
- MicroRNA panel provides a more precise lung cancer diagnosis
- 'e-SMART' technologies may help young adults self-manage mental illness
- Important clues to how bacteria and viruses are identified as enemies
- Novel test following prostate surgery could detect cancer recurrence earlier
- Key nutrient found to prevent cataracts in salmon
- After traumatic event, early intervention reduces odds of PTSD in children by 73 percent
- Molecular On-off Switches for Cancer and Autoimmunity Defined
- Dog ownership is associated with reduced eczema in children with dog allergies
- Mammography significantly lowers death rate in women 40-49
- Alcohol consumers are becoming the norm in U.S., analysis finds
- Increased risk of other cancers for relatives of women with early onset breast cancer
- Varying CRP levels in ethnic groups may affect statin eligibility, heart risk prediction
- Language barriers may play role in health care disparities, study finds
Posted 2010-10-01:
- Genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus sequenced
- Brain chemical finding could open door to new schizophrenia drugs
- Genital herpes vaccine ineffective in women, study suggests
- A downside to work flexibility?
- Genetic alteration linked with human male infertility
- Surgery: No sponge left behind
- Epigenomics discovery yields new information about fat cells
- TV viewing likely to make you feel dissatisfied and fear illness, researcher warns
- New method for generating human stem cells is remarkably efficient
- Research examines vicious cycle of overeating and obesity
- Impending death for paper coupons?
- Technique to reattach teeth using stem cells developed
- Maternal diet high in trans fats doubles risk of excess body fat in breastfed babies, study finds
- Early life experience modifies gene vital to normal brain function
- For the first time, monkeys recognize themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness
- Chemotherapy alters brain tissue in breast cancer patients, researchers find
- IV treatment may lower risk of dying from bacterial meningitis
- Nanotechnology brings personalized therapy one step closer to reality
- Less than half of essential workers willing to report to work during a serious pandemic, study finds
- 'Giant' step toward explaining differences in height among people
- Addition of immunotherapy boosts pediatric cancer survival in children with neuroblastoma
- Blueberries help fight artery hardening, lab animal study indicates
- Women treated for breast cancer while pregnant have improved survival, study finds
- Father's incarceration associated with elevated risks of marijuana and other illegal drug use, study finds
- First direct evidence that ADHD is a genetic disorder: Children with ADHD more likely to have missing or duplicated segments of DNA
- Strong link between diabetes and air pollution found in national U.S. study
- Women with triple negative breast cancer and BRCA mutations have lower risk of recurrence, study finds
- Diet when young affects future food responses
- Less chemotherapy works well for some childhood cancer, study finds
- Swine flu patients benefited from taking Tamiflu, says study
- Decrease in suicide not linked to newer antidepressants, Norwegian study finds
- Genome of mosquito that spreads West Nile virus, encephalitis and elephantiasis decoded
- Need to undertake epidemiological monitoring programs for ticks confirmed
Posted 2010-09-30:
- New key to tissue regeneration: Drug treatment triggers sodium ions to regrow nerves and muscle
- Research on killer HIV antibodies provides promising new ideas for vaccine design
- Purifying proteins: Researchers use NMR to improve drug development
- Mammography reduces mortality from breast cancer in ages 40–49 years, Swedish study finds
- Dirty hands, dirty mouths: Study finds a need to clean the body part that lies
- Evidence of post-stroke brain recovery discovered
- Circulating tumor cells can provide 'real-time' information on patient's current disease state
- Heartbreak puts the brakes on your heart
- Key action of a gene linked to both Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes identified
- Intrauterine devices can be used to treat endometrial cancer
- Carbon nanoobjects to facilitate the construction of futuristic power sources
- Playing white noise in class can help inattentive children learn, but hinder others
- Sparkling drinks spark pain circuits: Fizzy beverages light up same pain sensors as mustard and horseradish
- New device for identifying aggressive breast cancers
- Better surgery with new surgical robot with force feedback
- Twitter used to predict flu outbreaks
- Absent mothers can cause hyperactivity and anxiety in offspring later in life, mouse study finds
- Revolutionary new way of reversing certain cancers
- Ultrafine air particles may increase firefighters' risk for heart disease
- Mining the 'wisdom of crowds' to attack disease
- First study of its kind finds children with food allergies are often victims of bullying
- Combination of Viagra and anti-cancer drug shrinks tumors in vivo, researchers discover
- Unique case offers cautionary cotton swab tale
- Predicting divorce: Study shows how fight styles affect marriage
- Mechanism behind cleft palate development identified
- How to control massive bleeding from the hepatic artery
- Family, culture affect whether intelligence leads to education, study finds
- Scarless brain surgery is new option for patients
- JAK inhibitor provides rapid, durable relief for patients of myelofibrosis -- life-threatening bone marrow malignancy
- Buyer backlash: Why do slogans about saving money increase spending?
- Cocaine stored in alcohol: Testing techniques from outside the bottle unveiled
- Children's well-being and varying degrees of family instability
- Studies show improved patient tolerance for unsedated colonoscopy using novel water method
- Dual-capture CTC chip efficiently captures breast cancer cells
- California's leadership in tobacco control resulted in lower lung cancer rate, study finds
- New twists in double helix discovery story are uncovered
- Hodgkin's lymphoma: Benefit of stem cell transplantation with an unrelated donor unclear
- Doctors need to help patients prepare better for health decisions, experts say
Posted 2010-09-29:
- Sneaking spies into a cell's nucleus
- Biomarker panel identifies prostate cancer with 90 percent accuracy
- Scientists consider fate of pandemic H1N1 flu virus
- Structural Genomics Consortium releases 1,000th protein structure
- Why we fight: Men check out in stressful situations, while women show increased brain coordination when looking at angry faces
- Triple-negative breast cancers may have unique therapeutic target
- Genetic differences in sense of smell identified through asparagus urine odor
- Researchers use CT to predict heart disease
- How reasonable it is to deceive yourself?
- 'Firefly' stem cells may help repair damaged hearts
- Scientists find more health benefits from starting HIV treatment early
- Pet allergies worsen hay fever symptoms, study finds
- New biomarkers discovered for pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma
- The price of popularity: Drug and alcohol consumption
- 'Hobbit' was an iodine-deficient human, not another species, new study suggests
- Daycare puts children with lung disease at risk for serious illness, study finds
- For neurons to work as a team, it helps to have a beat
- Medical imaging may detect unrelated diseases in research participants
- Software downloaded during office visits could cut risk of ICD shocks
- Baby boomers raise midlife suicide rate, study suggests
- Right or left? Brain stimulation can change which hand you favor
- People also have antiviral 'plant defences', research suggests
- 'Gold' fish thrive, cancers die
- Scientists freeze virus fragment in shape recognized by immune system; Development has implications for vaccine design
- Friends, family detect early Alzheimer's signs better than traditional tests, researchers find
- Wider statin use could be cost-effective preventive measure, study finds
- No link between genetic ancestry, asthma response in African-Americans, study finds
- Sugary sports drinks mistakenly associated with being healthy, say researchers
- A shot to the heart: Nanoneedle delivers quantum dots to cell nucleus
- Surgery found effective for patients with aggressive prostate cancer, study suggests
- Protein may advance Parkinson's by preventing neurons from clearing debris
- Mindfulness meditation may ease fatigue, depression in multiple sclerosis
- New level of control for the heart beat
- Interneurons are not all created equally: Some classes of interneurons may underlie distinct brain disorders
- Report predicts huge increase in osteoporotic fractures due to aging populations
- Diving deeper into the gene pool: Innovative software analyzes diseased cells
- Homeless youths most often victims of crime
- Pharma must be held more accountable to its human rights responsibilities, editors argue
- Cost-effectiveness of routine use of pooled nucleic acid amplification testing
- African-Americans equally likely to benefit from erlotinib and other targeted lung cancer therapy
- African-American seniors at twice the risk for mental abuse, five times for financial exploitation, study finds
- Immunization coverage key to good health locally, globally
- Leading practitioners recommend global PTSD treatment guidelines
- Abatacept found ineffective in treatment of non-life threatening lupus, trial results show
- Envious employees can turn hospitality industry hostile
- More developing countries show universal access to HIV/AIDS services is possible
Posted 2010-09-28:
- Quantum information systems: Researchers convert signals to telecom wavelengths, increase memory times
- Patient-specific vaccines for metastatic melanoma may induce durable complete regression, study shows
- Novel mechanism discovered for communication between proteins that cause ‘cell suicide’
- Celiac disease rate is growing, particularly among elderly, study reveals
- Acupuncture not effective in stroke recovery, study finds
- Brainstorming 'rules' can lead to real-world success in business settings
- Gene linked to common form of migraine discovered
- Rewiring a damaged brain
- U.S. vulnerable to multidrug-resistant TB epidemic, computer model shows
- No pain in the hospital: Wishful thinking or reality?
- Could brain abnormalities cause antisocial behavior and drug abuse in boys?
- Physicians beware: Cholesterol counts in kidney disease patients
- Psychologist shows why we 'choke' and how to avoid it
- Light workout: Scientists use optogenetics to effectively stimulate muscle movement in mice
- Inhibiting cell signaling pathway may improve bone marrow transplant success rate
- Millions with voice problems don't know treatment available, study finds
- Start of school can worsen bedwetting in children
- Surgery can lead to long-term reduction in stroke risk
- Cellular structural molecule can be toxic: Makes pneumonia worse
- New look at racial disparities in head and neck cancer
- Malaria's newest pathway into human cells identified
- Genetic switch underlies noisy cell division: 'Bimodal' signal determines a cell's get-up and go
- Studies identify complications in women undergoing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction
- Privacy key obstacle to adopting electronic health records, study finds
- How molecules escape from cell's nucleus: Key advance in using microscopy to reveal secrets of living cells
- Elderly might not benefit from TB vaccines in development
- Cancer-associated long non-coding RNA regulates pre-mRNA splicing
- Savvy consumers put a high price on food safety
- Disparities in heart attack treatment may begin in the emergency room
- Outcomes of communication about end-of-life care appear to differ between black and white patients
Posted 2010-09-27:
- Structure that allows bacteria to resist drugs identified
- Men look for good bodies in short-term mates, pretty faces in long-term mates
- Tight blood pressure control for patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease not associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes, study finds
- Nearly one in three adolescents participated in a violent behavior over past year, U.S. study finds
- Protein found to control the early migration of neurons
- Six3 gene essential for retinal development, scientists show
- In cyber bullying, depression hits victims hardest
- Key molecule for keeping other oral microorganisms in check uncovered
- Sensor and insulin pump results in better blood-sugar control in all age groups with diabetes, study finds
- Increasing taxes on alcoholic beverages reduces disease, injury, crime and death rates, study finds
Posted 2010-09-26:
- 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
- Study of bloodstream infections reveals inconsistent surveillance methods, reporting among hospitals
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:
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