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for the Week of December 12 to December 19, 2010
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Posted 2010-12-18:
- Does fluoride really fight cavities by 'the skin of the teeth?'
- Protein disables p53, drives breast cells toward cancer transition
- Drinking alcohol during a rich meal slows down digestion, but doesn't increase indigestion, study finds
- Prions mutate and adapt to host environment
- Major shift in understanding how eczema develops
- Researchers develop mouse model to help find how a gene mutation leads to autism
- Circadian rhythm: Clock-controlled genes discovered in C. elegans
- Emotional intelligence peaks as we enter our 60s, research suggests
Posted 2010-12-18:
- Where unconscious memories form
- Novel drug offers hope for early intervention in cystic fibrosis patients
- Ion channel responsible for pain identified
- Asthma disproportionately affects low-income populations
- Mom's voice plays special role in activating newborn's brain
- Gene information predicts survival time, possible new treatment options for lung-cancer patients
- Decades after childhood radiation, thyroid cancer a concern
- Popping a pill can help some alcoholics curb drinking
- Largest network of protein interactions related to Alzheimer's disease identified
- Beetroot juice could help people live more active lives
- Proximity to freeway associated with autism
- Human fetal immune system arises from entirely different source than adult immune system
- Caffeine negatively affects children: Most consume caffeine daily
- Kids got the blues? Maybe they don't have enough friends
- Immune cell plays unexpected role in autoimmune disease
- PSA test better predicts cancer in men taking prostate-shrinking drug
- Why humans are more sensitive to certain viruses: Primate immune system differences identified
- Sleep makes your memories stronger, and helps with creativity
- Cell of origin for brain tumors may predict response to therapy
- Human umbilical cord blood cells found to enhance survival and maturation of key brain cells
- Snail fever: Scientists pinpoint key defense against parasite infection
- Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease
- Tennis star's hospitalization for altitude sickness
Posted 2010-12-17:
- Organ size is determined by p53 protein
- Scientists discover potential strategy to improve cancer vaccines
- Opioid use associated with increased risk of adverse events among older adults
- Mothers' diets have biggest influence on children eating healthy, study suggests
- Staph bacteria: Blood-sucking superbug prefers taste of humans
- Key information about breast cancer risk and development is found in 'junk' DNA
- Exploring how partners perceive each other’s emotion during a relationship fight
- Genome code cracked for most common form of pediatric brain cancer
- Alcoholics beware: Genetic variation linked to liver cirrhosis in Caucasians
- Teacher effort is linked to difficult students' inherited traits
- Blocking the critical structure that lets cancer cells move -- their feet
- Garlic could protect against hip osteoarthritis
- Powerful biomarker panel for the early detection of breast cancer discovered
- E-cigs less dangerous than traditional cigarettes, researcher claims
- New discoveries make it harder for HIV to hide from drugs
- Rapid diagnostic test for common type of pneumonia developed
- Earthworms absorb discarded copper nanomaterials present in soil
- The key to being attractive (and looking healthy)? A good night's sleep
- Ventilation changes could double number of lungs available for transplant
- New combo lung cancer therapy improves survival over single-line treatment
- Sleep experts warn Santa Claus of health risks of flying all night
- Feast, famine and the genetics of obesity: You can't have it both ways
- Dolphin by-catch includes genetic relatives
- Link between cholesterol compound and multiple sclerosis unlikely, researchers say
- Submerging your feet in alcohol will not get you drunk
- Sticking to dietary recommendations would save 33,000 lives a year in the UK
- Vitamin D and parathyroid hormone levels may not affect cardiovascular mortality
Posted 2010-12-16:
- SIDS spikes on New Year's Day
- Heart disease, stroke deaths continue to fall but costs remain high
- Proximity of authors leads to better science
- Multitude of genetic regions key to embryonic stem cell development identified
- Plasma therapy: An alternative to antibiotics?
- Epstein-Barr: Scientists decode secrets of a very common virus that can cause cancer
- Preteen conduct problems lead to teenage serious violence and delinquency, study suggests
- Compound derived from curry spice is neuroprotective against stroke and traumatic brain injury
- Breast inflammation is key to cancer growth, researchers say
- Missing molecules hold promise of therapy for pancreatic cancer: Lost microRNAs put brakes on tumors
- 'Aha' effect: New hypothesis seeks to explain the pleasures of insight
- Robot arm improves performance of brain-controlled device
- Nanoscale gene 'ignition switch' may help spot and treat cancer
- Increased BPA exposure linked to reduced egg quality in women
- Positive mood allows human brain to think more creatively
- Novel memory-enhancing mechanism in brain
- Allergy treatments containing aluminum may cause new allergy, study suggests
- Soda taxes: Weight loss benefit linked to household income
- Asthma? Allergens could be growing in your lungs
- Human networking theory gives picture of infectious disease spread
- Unique case study on Alzheimer's disease
- More than 25% of teenagers have suffered cyber bullying in the past year
- Vaccine boosts immune system, helps prevent chronic inflammation
- High levels of 'good' cholesterol may be associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
- US EPA removes saccharin from hazardous substances listing
- Smoking behind more than a third of severe rheumatoid arthritis cases
- Killing drug-resistant melanoma requires combination therapy
- New labeling method expands ability to read DNA modification
- People who believe in justice also see a victim's life as more meaningful after tragedy
Posted 2010-12-15:
- Cancer: Defective cell surface 'glue' is key to tumor invasion
- Attempting to predict epileptic seizure
- Two people receive kidney transplants with computerized matching program
- Post-9/11 security zones blight landscape, create 'architecture of fear'
- Compound with potent effects on the biological clock discovered
- Elusive neuronal targets of deep brain stimulation identified
- New signaling pathway linked to inflammatory disease discovered
- Violent games not to blame for youth aggression, study suggests
- Transcription factor clears protein clumps in Huntington's mice models
- How virus triggers cervical and mouth cancer
- Anatomy of a shopping spree: Pretty things make us buy more
- Protein restores learning, memory in Alzheimer's mouse model
- Potential chink in armor of African sleeping sickness parasite: It's social
- Over long haul, money doesn’t buy happiness
- 'Fountain of youth' pill could restore aging immune system
- A benefit of flu: Protection from asthma?
- Increased consumption of folic acid can reduce birth defects but may also be associated with colorectal cancer
- Tracing microbes between individuals towards personalized oral health care
- Acupuncture may help some older children with lazy eye
- Ubiquitous sugar molecule could be key to repairing deep wound without scarring
- 2009 H1N1 vaccine safe and induces robust immune response in people with asthma
- Smartphone technology improves prosthetic limbs
- Strength training for seniors provides cognitive function, economic benefits
- Ovarian cancer advances when genes are silenced
- Leukemia: Leukemic stem cells reversed to pre-leukemic stage by suppressing a protein
- Unlawful killing of newborns soon after birth five times higher than thought, French court study suggests
Posted 2010-12-14:
- Scientist shows link between diet and onset of mental illness
- Three-quarters of hip fracture patients are vitamin D deficient, Indian study reveals
- Researchers discover way to block neurodegeneration in an adult form of Fragile X syndrome
- Right or left handling at birth: What impact does it have on development?
- Osteoporosis drug reduces bone loss, tumor size in oral cancer
- Children who don’t like fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to be constipated
- More fruits and vegetables unlikely to protect against cancer, study suggests
- On, off, on, off: The circuitry of insulin-releasing cells
- Stem cell treatment is effective for certain cases of acute leukemia
- Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed
- Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab
- Seizure generation in brain is isolated from surrounding brain regions
- Dangers of exertional heat-related injuries highlighted
- Digital video recorders do not change shopping behavior, study suggests
- Brain's inherent ability to focus learning discovered
- Whey supplements lower blood pressure: Low-cost protein gets big results in people with elevated blood pressure
- Pomegranate juice components could stop cancer from spreading, research suggests
- Moderate drinking benefits kidney transplant recipients, study suggests
- New study raises questions about genetic testing of newborns
- Type 1 diabetes: Grow your own transplant? Human testes cells turned into insulin-producing islet cells
- New mechanism links cellular stress and brain damage
- Genetic variants linked to increased risk of common gynecological disease
- Improving children's diets using behavior change video games shows promise
- Study on skin formation suggests strategies to fight skin cancer
- Cellular protein hobbles HIV-1
- Women smokers shocked into giving up habit by seeing effect on their faces, study finds
Posted 2010-12-13:
- How natural drug, abscisic acid, fights inflammation
- Synchrotron study shows how nitric oxide kills
- Lowering the drinking age is unlikely to curb college binge drinking, new study finds
- Drug-resistant HIV genes identified
- New characteristics of premature aging protein discovered
- Higher mobility while hospitalized linked to reduced stays: A few steps could lead to big gains for hospitalized seniors
- 'Green' water treatments may not kill bacteria in large building cooling systems
- 'White-noise' therapy alone not enough to curb tinnitus
Posted 2010-12-12:
- Thought for food: Imagining food consumption reduces actual consumption
- Drug combination shows promise for newly diagnosed blood cancer patients, study finds
- Personalized molecular therapy shows promising results for people with advanced lung cancer
- Computer-based program may help relieve some ADHD symptoms in children
- When to end a run to avoid injury: Runners change form when running exhausted
- Double block of blood vessels to starve cancerous tumors
- New risk factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients uncovered
- Buprenorphine treatment produces improved outcome for babies born addicted
Posted 2010-12-11:
- Trio of drugs may combat 'triple negative' breast cancer
- Immune system changes linked to inflammatory bowel disease revealed
- Boxing is risky business for the brain
- Unraveling Alzheimer's: Simple small molecules could untangle complex disease
- There's a new 'officer' in the infection control army
- Doctors don't need to fear red heads
- Twin study helps scientists link relationship among ADHD, reading, math
- Cholera strain evolves new mechanism for causing disease
- New hybrid, precision heart procedures to help stop deadly arrhythmias
- Accurate method for detecting dangerous levels of fluoride
- Living in certain neighborhoods increases the chances older men and women will develop cancer, study finds
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy is ultimately a stem cell disease, researchers find
- Cholera strain in Haiti matches bacteria from south Asia
- Hospital shootings rare, but rate of other assults high, researchers find
- Gene that causes some cases of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis discovered
- Aortic aneurysm treatable with asthma drugs, Swedish study finds
- Seeing the invisible: New 'CSI tool' visualizes bloodstains and other substances
- Nighttime sleep found beneficial to infants' skills
- Gene knockout shows potential for diabetes-related heart failure
- Cutting dietary phosphate doesn't save dialysis patients' lives, study suggests
- Teleworkers more satisfied than office-based employees
- Pertuzumab and trastuzumab combination improved efficacy for women with HER2-positive breast cancer
- Phase III study compared neoadjuvant therapy with lapatinib or trastuzumab for early breast cancer
Posted 2010-12-10:
- Our brains are wired so we can better hear ourselves speak
- Impaired clearance, not overproduction of toxic proteins, may underlie Alzheimer’s disease
- Stem cells: A 'stitch in time' could help damaged hearts
- For some, laparoscopic technique not always better
- Stricter testing for federal ground beef program may not lead to safer meat
- Babies born to depressed moms have higher levels of stress hormones, decreased muscle tone
- Politics and eye movement: Liberals focus their attention on 'gaze cues' much differently than conservatives do
- Estrogen alone is effective for reducing breast cancer risk, study finds
- Common genetic influences for ADHD and reading disability
- Double-edged sword of dominance: Top chimps tend to suffer from more parasites
- Online photos may reveal your friendships
- Drug prevents post-traumatic stress syndrome, study suggests
- Weightlifting slashes lymphedema risk after breast cancer treatment, study suggests
- Toddlers with autism show improved social skills following targeted intervention
- Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread
- Children who attend group child care centers get more infections then, but fewer during school years
- 'Secret ingredient' in religion makes people happier
- Fewer synapses, more efficient learning: Molecular glue wires the brain
- Parkinson's drug could treat restless leg syndrome, study suggests
- Sports participation does not guarantee that children get enough physical activity
- Teens who perpetrate dating violence also likely to perpetrate violence involving siblings or peers
- Dynamics of chaperone protein critical in rescuing brains of Alzheimer's mice from neuron damage
- Personalized vaccine for lymphoma patients extends disease-free survival by nearly 2 years
- Study assesses nuclear power assumptions
- Mindfulness-based therapy helps prevent depression relapse
- How do neural stem cells decide what to be -- and when?
- How do DNA components resist damaging UV exposure?
- Role of stem cell transplant procedures for blood cancer treatment
- Sex, race, place of residence influence high blood pressure incidence
- First kidney paired donor transplants performed
Posted 2010-12-09:
- Cranberry juice not effective against urinary tract infections, study suggests
- Parents' influence on children's eating habits is limited
- Different origins discovered for medulloblastoma tumor subtypes
- Widening our perceptions of reading and writing difficulties
- Autism treatment: Researchers identify possible treatment for impaired sociability
- Computer model for projecting severity of flu season
- Pain: What Zen meditators don't think about won't hurt them
- Are depressed people too clean?
- New test shows promise for accurate early diagnosis of Turner syndrome
- Good grades in high school lead to better health, study suggests
- Accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer with ultrasound
- Blueberries and other purple fruits to ward off Alzheimer's, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's
- Low and high vitamin D levels in older women associated with increased likelihood of frailty
- New blood test could detect heart disease in people with no symptoms
- Stem cell advance a step forward for treatment of brain diseases
- Second-hand smoke increases risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children
- Feeling chills in response to music
- Vitamin supplements reduce deaths caused by measles and diarrhea, study finds
- Use of low-dose aspirin associated with improved performance of test for detecting colorectal cancer
- Nanoparticle gives antimicrobial ability to fight Listeria longer
- Providing incentives to cooperate can turn swords into ploughshares
- Desensitization approaches effective against hayfever-like allergies, research suggests
- New way of seeing discovered: Melanopsin-expressing cells sense brightness
- New formulation of Leishmaniasis drug shown to be stable, effective in tropical temperatures
- Music relieves stress of assisted breathing
- Tobacco cessation medication may reduce hospitalization for heart attacks
- Even with helicopter EMS, hospital transfer can delay treatment for heart attacks
- People in jobs traditionally held by the other sex are judged more harshly for mistakes
- Trauma surgeon leads call to action for pediatric applied trauma research network
- Engaging pediatricians and primary care physicians in childhood obesity prevention and intervention
- Youth report favorable impressions of community street outreach workers
- Rapid population aging to raise critical challenges for Asian governments
Posted 2010-12-08:
- Small molecule may disarm enemy of cancer-fighting p53
- Metabolism models may explain why Alzheimer's disease kills some neuron types first
- 'Vast majority' of acoustic tumor patients benefit from surgery, study suggests
- Scientists map changes in genetic networks caused by DNA damage
- Including smoking cessation program with treatment for PTSD shows higher rate of quitting
- Bioactive peptides found to promote wound healing
- IV drug could be major advance in halting acute seizures in newborns
- Milestone in fight against deadly disease: 500 protein structures mapped and solved
- Teens get more ear infections when someone smokes at home
- Novel compounds show early promise in treatment of Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's
- Butter contaminated by PBDE flame retardant
- Mechanism that controls cell movement linked to tumors becoming more aggressive
- Sensitive testosterone detector linked to less aggression
- Drugs can pass through human body almost intact: New concerns for antibiotic resistance, pollution identified
- Stroke damage reversed by jumpstarting nerve fibers
- Ultraviolet light helps skin cancer cells thrive, researchers report
- Combining exenatide with insulin may be 'best result ever' for diabetes patients, study suggests
- Sleep deprivation eliminates fear generalization: New way to treat PTSD?
- Flu vaccine grown in bacteria works like vaccine grown in chicken eggs
- Exposure to mobile phones before and after birth linked to kids' behavioral problems
- Mammogram sensitivity depends on menstrual cycle, experts recommend
- Exposure to more diverse objects speeds word learning in tots
- Daily aspirin at low doses reduces cancer deaths, study finds -- but caution urged
- Decoding the disease that perplexes: Scientists discover new target for multiple sclerosis
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