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for the Week of October 10 to October 17, 2010
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Posted 2010-10-16:
- Diagnosing autism with MRI is one step closer
- New data on effects of alcohol during pregnancy
- Low-cost weight loss program beats obesity, researchers find
- Happier to give than receive?
- Flexing their muscles helps kidney disease patients live longer, study finds
- Cells able to switch genetic profile: Implications for cancer drug testing
- Insight gained into age-related hearing loss
- Unsung hero: Researchers produce high-res model of Ndc80 in action
- Improving sonography: Spatial ability is key to becoming a successful sonographer, study finds
Posted 2010-10-16:
- Small BMI change in overweight children could have big blood pressure impact
- New look at multitalented protein sheds light on mysteries of HIV
- Gynecologist disputes findings from global study of ovarian cancer
- Cancer screening made simple, thanks to micro-fluidic technology
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder the world over
- Eat safer: Novel approach detects unknown food pathogens
- Not all doctors follow cancer screening guidelines, study finds
- Study confirms: Whatever doesn't kill us can make us stronger
- Low beta blocker dose can put patients at risk for subsequent heart attacks, study finds
- High rate of restless legs syndrome found in adults with fibromyalgia
- Is anxiety contagious? Scientists study owls and voles to find out
- Key to blood-brain barrier opens way for treating Alzheimer’s and stroke
- How practice tests improve memory
- Molecular switch controls melanin production, may allow true sunless tanning
- Young children are especially trusting of things they're told
- In childhood obesity, gene variants raise risk, study finds
- Gene identified that prevents stem cells from turning cancerous
- Researchers reach consensus on use of deep brain stimulation to treat Parkinson's
- New research helps clinicians predict treatment outcomes for children with obsessive compulsive disorder
- Biomarker shows potential for early diagnosis of lung cancer
- Links between XMRV and human disease studied
- Four kinds of compulsive gamblers identified
- Temperature rhythms keep body clocks in sync
- Anti-vomiting drug could prevent thousands of hospitalizations, save millions of dollars
- Preeclampsia advances: Researchers animal model and potential lab test for diagnosing the disease in people
- The kids are all right: Few negative associations with moms' return to work after having children, review finds
Posted 2010-10-15:
- Immune protein linked to abnormal brain development; May provide clues to schizophrenia and autism
- Genetic data related to sodium-regulating hormone may help explain hypertension risk
- Psychological first aid for survivors of disaster
- Need a study break to refresh? Maybe not, say researchers
- Early success with laser that destroys tumors with heat
- Inner workings of potent cancer drug derived from evergreen tree
- Method curbs growth of crystals that form kidney stones
- Yoga can counteract fibromyalgia, study suggests
- I want to see what you see: Babies treat 'social robots' as sentient beings
- Waist circumference, not BMI, is best predictor of future cardiovascular risk in children, study finds
- Researcher find fats galore in human plasma
- Hemostatic powder stops bleeding ulcers, study suggests
- Why arsenic can be deadly, yet also function as theapeutic against disease
- Watermelon lowers blood pressure, study finds
- Low-dose exposure to chemical warfare agent may result in long-term heart damage
- Young teens who play sports feel healthier and happier about life
- Love takes up where pain leaves off, brain study shows
- Mechanism uncovered for major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease
- Breaking ball too good to be true: Illusion behind batters' perceptions of 'breaking' curveballs and 'rising' fastballs
- Protein sets stage for exchanges of DNA code in eggs and sperm
- Walk much? It may protect your memory down the road
- Soft drink could enhance effects of an anti-cancer drug
- Better marker for breast cancer may reduce need for second surgeries
- Antibiotic appears safe for stroke patients and good companion for tPA, study suggests
- 'Selfless' genes attract mates, psychologists find
- Enzyme in saliva shapes how we sense food texture; Perception and digestion of starchy foods varies from person to person
- Highly pathogenic bird flu virus can survive months on steel or glass at cooler temperatures
- Hemoglobin test printed on paper
- New sound recording device helps doctors study link between cough and reflux
- Over-the-counter 'natural' weight-reducing products can cause harm and may even kill, Hong Kong study warns
- Brain's impulse control center located
- Crucial link in immune development and regulation unearthed
- Breast-feeding safe for women after breast cancer treatment, study finds
- Nutrition rating enhancing front-of-package nutrition rating systems and symbols
- PiggyBac joins armory in fight against cancer: Powerful mutation tool identifies new cancer genes
- Belief in rumors about proposed NYC mosque linked to opposition to all mosques, study finds
- Overseas nurses feel their skills are underused and they aren’t valued or respected, review finds
Posted 2010-10-14:
- Melanoma drug shrinks brain metastases in phase I/II study
- Surgical technique relieves painful spine fractures in patients with metastatic cancer
- Consumers’ ‘herding instinct’ turns on and off, Facebook study shows
- Brain responds more to close friends, imaging study shows
- Despite brain damage, working memory functions -- within limits
- New clues on how cancer spreads
- Personality and exercise levels may be linked -- not just in humans, but other animals too
- Nicotine could play role in Alzheimer's disease therapy, neuroscientists discover
- Stinkbug repellent: Progress toward first commercial repellent for East Coast's stinker
- Successful kidney transplantation despite tissue incompatibility, German study finds
- One in five children meets criteria for a mental disorder across their lifetime, national U.S. study shows
- Promising drug candidate reverses age-related memory loss in mice
- Microchip technology rapidly identifies compounds for regrowing nerves in live animals
- Diabetes gene linked to degeneration of enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease onset and progression
- NFL players with concussions now sidelined longer, study finds
- Consuming vegetables linked to decreased breast cancer risk in African-American women
- Implanting medication to treat opioid dependence appears beneficial in decreasing opioid usage
- Re-evaluating the time of your life: Researcher investigates the 'subjective time trajectory' in psychological health
- Females are equal to males in math skills, large study shows
- Genetic defect found to cause severe epilepsy and mental retardation
- Study of planarian hormones may aid in understanding parasitic flatworms
- Blocking an oncogene in liver cancer could be potential therapy option
- Human tissue, organs help scientists learn from plutonium and uranium workers
- Higher education predicts better cardiovascular health outcomes in high-income countries
- Long-term benefits of transcranial magnetic stimulation for depression supported by new study
- Metabolic status before pregnancy predicts subsequent gestational diabetes, study finds
- Second-generation device more effective in capturing circulating tumor cells
- Clinical trials demonstrate effective weight loss strategies for obese and overweight adults
- Selective strategy could lead to new approaches against schizophrenia
- Better way to study proteins in the body: Could streamline development of drugs
- Prenatal treatment of congenital toxoplasmosis could reduce risk of brain damage
- Struggling for breath: Videogame technology documents abnormal breathing patterns in patients with sunken chest
- End-of-life care patterns shift for patients with heart failure in both US and Canada
- NIH studies influence revision of WHO guidelines for treating HIV-infected women, infants
- Nutrition labels on food and drinks in the UK: Available, understood but not always used to make healthy choices
Posted 2010-10-13:
- Gene linked to drug resistance in malaria pinpointed
- Breast-healthy lifestyle worthwhile, study confirms
- Pediatric hospitalizations for ATV-related injuries more than double
- Personal genetic profiling services lack evidence for claims
- How immune response in pregnancy may lead to brain dysfunction in offspring
- New clues to origin of diabetes: Mutant gene protein can derail normal insulin production in animal pancreatic beta cells
- Hope for a new treatment for bone cancer: Can 'friendly' bacteria kill cancer cells?
- Traditional health practices popular among older people who choose not to have flu vaccine
- Achilles' heel in aggressive breast tumors uncovered
- Step closer to drug treatment for cystic fibrosis?
- New way to classify personality disorders proposed
- Too much light at night at night may lead to obesity, study finds
- Neural pathways governing switching of fear responses in zebrafish identified
- Better way developed to see molecules at work in living brain cells
- How serotonin works: Findings point to new treatments for schizophrenia and depression
- Physical symptoms prevalent no matter what stage of cancer including remission
- Screen time linked to psychological problems in children
- Ibuprofen offers relief for many with migraine headaches
- Invasive honeysuckle increase risk of tick-borne disease in suburbs
- Estrogen therapy may be associated with kidney stones in postmenopausal women
- Is infertility more common in women with epilepsy?
- On the trail of the epigenetic code: Test system on Drosophila should provide the key to histone function
- So that’s why we’re allergic to sun creams
- Insulin resistance may be associated with stroke risk
- Meta-analysis shows no heart benefits for folic acid supplements
- Patients and doctors are being misled by published data on medicines, Germany study suggests
- National committee releases findings on transforming and improving the nursing profession
- No quick fix for peripheral artery disease; Repeat hospitalizations drive costs up in U.S.
- Considerable proportion of patients with advanced cancer continue to undergo common cancer screening
- Rates of blood transfusions for coronary artery bypass graft surgery varies widely among US hospitals
- Restrictive use of blood transfusions during cardiac surgery shows comparable outcomes
- Getting out of the house after stroke
Posted 2010-10-12:
- Fittest hepatitis C viruses infect transplanted livers
- New findings on autoimmune diseases
- When in Rome: Study-abroad students increase alcohol intake, study finds
- Study links male Y chromosome variants with the risk of coronary heart disease
- Study details structure of potential target for HIV and cancer drugs
- Three-way control of fetal heart-cell proliferation could help regenerate cardiac cells
- Family therapy for anorexia twice as effective as individual therapy, researchers find
- Genetics of obesity and fat distribution: Apple and pear shapes partly due to genes
- New method to identify people by their ears
- High risk of acute mountain sickness on Mount Kilimanjaro
- Competing motivational brain responses predict costly helping
- Oral delivery system to treat inflammatory bowel diseases developed
- 'Obese' BMI does not harm current health of young adults, study says
- Obese workers cost workplace more than insurance, absenteeism, according to new study
- How the deaf have super vision: Cat study points to brain reorganization
- Cancer-linked epigenetic effects of smoking found
- Rare hybrid cell key to regulating the immune system
- Carbohydrate claims can mislead consumers, study finds
- Conventional theory of modern drug design challenged
- Fragrance exposure: New discovery on the causes of contact allergy
- Intracellular express: Why transport protein molecules have brakes
- Combining medication and psychosocial treatments may benefit patients with early-stage schizophrenia
- Hepatitis C virus infection linked to fat enzyme in liver cells
- Monitoring your health with your mobile phone
- Tapping p53 to kill cancer cells more effectively while sparing normal cells
- Ultra-endurance athletes suffer no cardiac fatigue, even after six days of non-stop exercise, Swedish study finds
- Phase III study shows everolimus delays tumor progression in hard-to-treat neuroendocrine tumors
- Pazopanib shows promise in Phase II trial for relapsed/refractory urothelial cancer
- New Phase II study shows first-line promise of lung cancer drug PF-299
- Afatinib benefits lung cancer patients whose cancer progressed after treatment with EGFR inhibitors, trial shows
- Fertility concerns of cancer survivors inadequately addressed, study finds
- Abiraterone acetate improves survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, trial confirms
- Adding cetuximab to chemotherapy doubles response rate in hard-to-treat breast cancer, study shows
- Lack of antiepileptic drugs hurts awareness, treatment efforts in Zambia
- Adding topotecan to standard treatment for ovarian cancer does not improve progression-free survival, study finds
- Certain new therapies for age-related eye disease do not appear to increase heart risks
- Treatment of retinal conditions appears to have changed significantly in previous decade
- Carotid stents associated with greater risk of stroke or death than carotid endarterectomy surgery
Posted 2010-10-11:
- People blind from birth use visual brain area to improve other senses: Can hear and feel with greater acuity
- Cell survival protein discovery rewrites immune system story
- Deceitful lily fools flies: Solomon's lily imitates a yeasty odor to lure vinegar flies into a trap
- Common prostate cancer treatment associated with bone decay
- Direct-to-consumer genetic tests need innovative oversight, experts say
- Researchers confirm prenatal heart defects in spinal muscular atrophy cases
- Targeted therapy promising for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
- Autistic children are not good at covering up their lies, study shows
- New bacterial foe in cystic fibrosis identified
- Children's agitation after surgery may be preventable
- Studying illnesses caused by worms: Scientists are learning how immune cells communicate
- Cetuximab does not add significant benefit to NORDIC FLOX regimen in first line treatment of mCRC, study finds
- Iniparib extends overall survival in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, trial shows
Posted 2010-10-10:
- Early lung cancer detection: Optical technology shows potential for prescreening patients at high risk
- Prediction of epileptic seizures by analyzing brain waves
- Microfluidic devices advance 3-D tissue engineering
- DNA repair capacity identified those at high risk for non-melanoma skin cancer
- Blind inventors develop free software to enable the blind to use computers
- Alienated youths are more likely to lash out, study finds
- Stem cells repair damaged spinal cord tissue
- Maternal influenza vaccination may be associated with flu protection in infants
- Emotional effects of heavy combat can be lifelong for veterans
- Clue to unusual drug-resistant breast cancers found
- Discovery could impact how the body receives medicine
- Vaccinations should continue as influenza pandemics epidemics wane, experts urge
- Neighborhoods can have depressing effect on health, according to study
- Budget constraints limit FDA inspections, research finds
- Prepared meals and incentivized weight-loss program for obese and overweight women
Posted 2010-10-09:
- Researchers create experimental vaccine against Alzheimer's
- Doctors evaluating heart problems should consider checking fat deposits around the heart
- Half-time gamblers give stock market insight
- Yersinia pestis bacteria confirmed as cause of Middle Ages 'Black Death' plague epidemic
- In Parkinson's disease, brain cells abandon mitochondria
- Scientists trick bacteria into embedding small molecules in cell wall
- Melanoma uses body's immune system to spread to lungs
- You may not be able to say how you feel about your race
- Persistently noisy workplace more than doubles heart disease risk
- Brain changes found in high school football players thought to be concussion-free
- How bacteria become resistant to antibiotics
- Low Apgar score at birth linked to cerebral palsy
- Men perspire, women glow: Men are more efficient at sweating, study finds
- Ultrasound device improves poor bone healing
- Stem cells shape up to their surroundings
- Thoughts about time inspire people to socialize
- Breast density linked to increased risk of subsequent breast cancer
- X-ray for your genes: Researcher takes the next step in personalized medicine
- Patient personality can hinder detection of depression, research finds
- Novel protein critical for cellular proliferation discovered
- Study disproves link between genetic variant, risk of coronary artery disease
- Self-injury behavior not recognized in many youths with eating disorders
- How immune system B-cells react to very different substances
- New tool in the fight against tuberculosis: Algorithm enables cell-scale simulations
- Novel reference material to standardize gene therapy applications
- Consistent evidence: Speed cameras do reduce injuries and deaths, Australian study finds
- Virtual research institute needed to unlock RNA’s promise, say scientists
- Shift work and cancer: Evidence and research challenges
- Risks in multiple pregnancies
- HSAN 1: Identification of new mutations, more accurate diagnosis and improved genetic counseling
- Frequent inaccuracies in testosterone testing lead to call for standardization
Posted 2010-10-08:
- Large waist size linked to higher diabetes rates among Americans compared to English
- Real price of each pack of cigarettes is nearly 0, Spanish study finds
- Osteoporosis drug may help women with kidney disease, researchers find
- Childhood adversity may lead to unhealthy stress response in adult life
- Bacteria to blame in asthma attacks in children, research suggests
- Surprise: Two wheels safer than four in off-road riding and racing, study finds
- Research identifies the herbal supplements that are effective in treating anxiety
- Neural responses indicate our willingness to help
- Mechanism for changing adult cells into stem-like cells discovered
- Americans' life expectancy gains continues to fall behind -- but don't blame obesity, smoking, traffic fatalities, and homicide
- Air pollution linked to breast cancer, study suggests
- Number of synapses shown to vary between night and day, zebrafish study finds
- Light drinking during pregnancy: Harmful to child's behavioral or intellectual development?
- T cell discovery shows promise for Type 1 diabetes treatment
- Surgeons expand the use of scar-free surgical technique to more patients
- Nature’s sights and sounds -- but not cityscapes and noise -- ease spinal pain during bone marrow extractions
- New findings pull back curtain on relationship between iron and Alzheimer's disease
- Immune system linked with accumulation of toxic tau protein
- Drug that helps adults addicted to opioid drugs also relieves withdrawal symptoms in newborns
- Neuroscience research may help patients recover from brain injury
- Blood pressure breakthrough holds real hope for treatment of pre-eclampsia
- Vitamin D deficiency rampant in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, damaging patient recovery
- New computer modelling system predicts responses to HIV and AIDS treatments
- Stressed-out mums may worsen their child's asthma
- First clinical trial of gene therapy for muscular dystrophy lends insight into the disease
- Children, males and blacks are at increased risk for food allergies, study finds
- Researchers calculate societal costs of five major crimes; Finds murder at .25 million
- Author who revealed unethical Guatemala syphilis study writes for Bioethics Forum
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