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for the Week of January 9 to January 16, 2011
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Posted 2011-01-15:
- Why coffee protects against diabetes
- Bioactive compounds in berries can reduce high blood pressure
- Skin provides Australia's first adult stem cells for rare genetic disease
- Universities miss chance to identify depressed students, study finds
- Tinnitus is the result of the brain trying, but failing, to repair itself
- Cancer survivors likely to experience pain at some point in care
Posted 2011-01-15:
- Early development of anti-HIV neutralizing antibodies
- Population-wide reduction in salt consumption recommended
- Taking more steps every day can help ward off diabetes
- Airborne pathogens can induce mad cow disease, new findings suggest
- Individuals with partial hearing loss may benefit from hybrid cochlear implant
- Driving simulators help older adults improve their road skills
- Microbes in our gut regulate genes that control obesity and inflammation
- New therapies for prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease identified
- Risks associated with second-hand smoke in cars carrying children
- Suicide risk greater for people living at higher elevations, study finds
- Genetically modified chickens that don't transmit bird flu developed; Breakthrough could prevent future bird flu epidemics
- Room light before bedtime may impact sleep quality, blood pressure and diabetes risk
- New drug protects against blood clots following hip replacement surgery, study suggests
- Rotational motion in living cells: New tool for cell research may help unravel secrets of disease
- Virus might fight brain tumors better if armed with bacterial enzyme, study shows
- New light shed on river blindness parasite
- Why PSA levels reflect prostate cancer progression
- Is 'breast only' for first six months best?
- 'Longevity' protein SIRT1 may ward off precursor to prostate cancer
- Deep genomics: In the case of DNA, the package can be as important as its contents, new work with fruit flies reveals
- Baby-led weaning is feasible but could cause nutritional problems for minority of infants
Posted 2011-01-14:
- Popular sleep medicine puts older adults at risk for falls, cognitive impairment
- Private room intensive care units associated with lower infection rates
- Writing about worries eases anxiety and improves test performance
- Overexpression of repetitive DNA sequences discovered in common tumor cells
- Bisphenol A may have role in ovarian dysfunction
- Neuroscientists explain 'Proustian effect' of small details attached to big memories
- Courtship affects gene expression in flies, study finds
- Measles virus, a weapon against cancer?
- More breaks from sitting are good for waistlines and hearts
- Drug reduces the increase in fear caused by previous traumatic experiences in mice
- New measure trumps high-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels in protecting against heart disease
- New microscope records firing of thousands of individual neurons in 3-D
- New method will triple amount of genetic information from newborn blood spot screenings
- Energy drinks don't blunt effects of alcohol, study finds
- Biomedical breakthrough: Blood vessels for lab-grown tissues
- Antibiotics best treatment for ear infections in toddlers, study finds
- Pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine effective in 2009-10 flu season
- Cancer costs projected to reach at least 8 billion in 2020
- Adrenaline receptor 'frozen in action' by researchers
- Two medicines taken together improve control of blood pressure
- Family, friends, social ties influence weight status in young adults
- Tinnitus treatment: Rebooting the brain helps stop the ring of tinnitus in rats
- Robotic surgery of 'tremendous benefit' to patients
- Comparison of medications for heart failure finds difference in risk of death
- People neglect who they really are when predicting their own future happiness
Posted 2011-01-13:
- Delivering a potent cancer drug with nanoparticles can lessen side effects
- MicroRNA-TP53 circuit connected to chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- New laboratory aims to revolutionize surgery with real-time metabolic profiling
- Middle school is when the right friends may matter most
- Musical chills: Why they give us thrills
- Lab-on-a-chip developed for fast, inexpensive blood tests: Smartphone app next
- New insight into neuronal survival after brain injury
- Virus killer gets supercharged: Discovery greatly improves common disinfectant
- How partners perceive each other's emotion during a fight has a huge impact on their reactions
- Critical link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease discovered
- 'Thirdhand smoke' may be bigger health hazard than previously believed
- MicroRNAs could increase the risk of amputation in diabetics
- Emotional stress can change brain function
- Scientists discover way to stop pancreatic cancer in early stages, study suggests
- Eating vegetables gives skin a more healthy glow than the sun, study shows
- Zoster vaccine associated with lower risk of shingles in older adults
- Men with macho faces attractive to fertile women, researchers find
- DNA blood test can cut invasive testing for Down's syndrome by 98 percent, study suggests
- Anti-epileptic drugs associated with increased risk of fracture in older adults
- Parents give boys preferential treatment when there is a chronic food shortage
- Common painkillers linked to increased risk of heart problems
- Knee protectors can form allergenic substances on the skin
- Our perceptions of masculinity and femininity swayed by our sense of touch
- How human vision perceives rapid changes: Brain predicts consequences of eye movements based on what we see next
- DNA introduced directly into cell nucleus using protein nanodisks
- New research aims to shut down viral assembly line
- The Starbucks effect: Committed customers don't like logo redesigns, research finds
- New multiple sclerosis target identified
- Implant appears effective for treating inflammatory disease within the eye
- Secret businesses aimed to exploit vaccine fears, British Medical Journal investigation finds
- Customer representatives mean increased efficiency in radiology
Posted 2011-01-12:
- Feast or famine: Researchers identify leptin receptor's sidekick as a target for appetite regulation
- New markers for allergic disorders derived from analysis of medical databases
- Possible off-switch for anxiety discovered
- Researchers inch closer to unlocking potential of synthetic blood
- Bottle rockets can cause serious eye injuries in children
- Body dysmorphic disorder patients who loathe appearance often get better, but it could take years
- High sugar consumption may increase risk factors for heart disease in American teenagers
- Lifetime risk of adult rheumatoid arthritis determined
- Being poor can suppress children's genetic potentials, study finds
- Smoking around your kindergartner could raise their blood pressure
- Viral evasion gene reveals new targets for eliminating chronic infections
- What causes brain cell death in Parkinson's patients?
- New device set to combat fear of the dentist's drill
- New drug target for prion diseases, 'mad cow'
- Steering cancer inflammation to inhibit tumor growth and spread
- Abstinence, heavy drinking, binge drinking associated with increased risk of cognitive impairment
- Couch potatoes beware: Too much time spent watching TV is harmful to heart health
- H1N1 pandemic flu points to vaccine strategy for multiple flu strains
- Less invasive techniques help manage complications of severe pancreatic disease
- For non-whites, geography plays key role in colon cancer screening; Race, ethnicity only part of equation, research finds
Posted 2011-01-11:
- Gesturing while talking helps change your thoughts
- 'UnZIPPING' zinc protects hippocampal neurons
- Mosquito nets do not work everytime, researchers find
- With proper planning, selective rather than mass vaccination can reduce spread of flu, say physicists
- Children in formal child care have better language skills, Norwegian study finds
- Cancer in a single catastrophe: Chromosome crisis common in cancer causation
- 'Long-shot' discovery may lead to advances in treating anxiety, memory disorders
- Induced pluripotent stem cells from fetal skin cells and embryonic stem cells display comparable potential for derivation of hepatocytes
- Watch out for that boom: With the America's Cup destination decided, timely study identifies sailing injuries
- Extreme obesity associated with higher risk of death for 2009 H1N1 patients
- When less is more: How mitochondrial signals extend lifespan
- Treating fractures: Children are not miniature adults, researchers caution
- Genetic mutation responsible for 'gigantism' disease -- or acromegaly -- identified
- Double doses of chicken pox vaccine most effective, researchers find
- Antibiotic resistance is not just genetic
- From dusty punch cards, new insights into link between cholesterol and heart disease
- Most consumers want predictive tests to learn if a disease is in their future
- Link between signaling molecules could point way to therapies for epilepsy, stroke, other diseases
- Liver disease a possible predictor of stroke
- Extracting cellular 'engines' may aid in understanding mitochondrial diseases
- Brain scans show children with ADHD have faulty off-switch for mind-wandering
- Measles viral protein movement described
- Herpes virus' tactical maneuver visualized in 3-D
- Cellular power plants' 'import business' revealed
Posted 2011-01-10:
- Babies process language in a grown-up way
- First drug to treat Fragile X?
- Proteins need chaperones: Newly discovered processes in production of proteins described
- More than 3,000 survivors of the World Trade Center attacks experience long-term post-traumatic stress disorder
Posted 2011-01-09:
- More evidence that malaria drug could help combat cancer, and that breaks from treatment could improve results
- Potential new anti-cancer mechanism
- Evidence lacking for widespread use of costly antipsychotic drugs, study suggests
- High dietary fat, cholesterol linked to increased risk of breast cancer
- IVF breakthrough to hit the world market
- Health chip gives instant diagnoses
- Blood test for Alzheimer's disease?
- Perception of our heartbeat influences our body image
- Tomatoes found to contain nutrient which prevents vascular diseases
- Standing tall is key for success: 'Powerful postures' may trump title and rank
- Stem cell discovery could lead to improved bone marrow transplants
- Tablet splitting is a highly inaccurate and potentially dangerous practice, says drug study
- Elevated rates of 'sarcoid-like' granulomatous pulmonary disease in World Trade Center responders
- Secondhand television exposure linked to eating disorders
- Routine blood test may identify people with pre-diabetes, cutting later treatment costs
- Deaths from anesthesia during childbirth plummet; Better monitoring, new techniques have reduced mortality rates
- Why some cancers become malignant and others don't
- New method to quantify protein changes could advance study, treatment of various diseases including cancer
- Using cassava to address vitamin A deficiency
- Digital reminiscence systems: Life-logging assists dementia sufferers, research finds
Posted 2011-01-07:
- Border collie comprehends over 1,000 object names as verbal referents
- Neural stem cells maintain high levels of reactive oxygen species, study finds
- Is your convertible damaging your hearing?
- Major advance in MRI allows much faster brain scans
- Genetic abnormalities identified in pluripotent stem cell lines
- Metabolic syndrome found in 52 percent of patients after liver transplantation
- British Medical Journal declares MMR study 'an elaborate fraud' -- autism claims likened to 'Piltdown man' hoax
- Bacteria eyed for possible role in atherosclerosis
- Women with multiple sclerosis more likely to have MS-related gene than men
- How to look younger without plastic surgery
- Vitamin D accelerates recovery from tuberculosis
- Mother’s milk improves physical condition of future adolescents, study finds
- Exercise may lower risk of death for men with prostate cancer
- How studded winter tires may damage public health, as well as pavement
- First screening tool for war veterans to assess traumatic brain injury
- Antibiotic treatment effective in treating irritable bowel syndrome
- Protective properties of green tea uncovered
- Thermostatic mixer valves could significantly reduce the risk of scalding in children, study finds
- New method for making large quantities of deuterium-depleted drinking water
- Consumers prefer products with few, and mostly matching, colors
- Malfunctioning gene associated with Lou Gehrig's disease leads to nerve-cell death in mice
- Helicopter transport increases survival for seriously injured patients, study finds
- Where MRSA colonizes on the human body: Study identifies quantity and locations of MRSA colonization
- Call for truth in trans fats labeling by US FDA: Study shows how deceptive food labels lead to increased risk of deadly diseases
- Male pattern balding may be due to stem cell inactivation
- Advancements in fertility preservation provide oncology patients new options
- Optimizing patient outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia for traumatic brain injury
- Mothers key to college-age women receiving HPV vaccine, study suggests
- Despite the challenges, collaboration is key in kidney disease care
- Web-based curriculum improves surgical residents' knowledge of health care business
- Drinking recycled water? Study establishes methods to assess recycled aquifer water
Posted 2011-01-06:
- Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice: Approach could also stop addiction to other drugs, including heroin and nicotine
- Birch bark ingredient comes with many metabolic benefits
- Metabolic cost of human sleep deprivation quantified by researchers
- Resiliency on the battlefield: Soldiers with a positive outlook less likely to suffer anxiety, depression
- Walking speed associated with survival in older adults
- New glaucoma test allows earlier, more accurate detection
- Vitamin D deficiencies may impact onset of autoimmune lung disease
- Infant hydrocephalus, seasonal and linked to farm animals in Uganda
- Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
- Fueling the body on fat: Critical tuning dial for controlling energy found
- On the trail of a stealthy parasite Biologist shows why some strains of Toxoplasma are more dangerous than others
- Model predicts a drug's likelihood of causing birth defects
- Trust your gut ... but only sometimes
- Experimental drug more potent, longer lasting than morphine
- Pregnant, constipated and bloated? Fly poo may tell you why
- Body temperature sensor, TRPM2, promotes insulin secretion
- Adopting healthy habits in youth associated with more favorable cholesterol levels in adulthood
- Obesity research targets brain's use of fatty acids
- Detecting esophageal cancer with light
- Dampening inflammation with aspirin
- Europe reins in the smoking habit
Posted 2011-01-05:
- Even healthy cats act sick when their routine is disrupted
- Protein wields phosphate group to inhibit cancer metastasis; Tagging an enzyme with chemical also is crucial to bone cell formation
- Kids frequently exposed to medical imaging procedures that use radiation, study finds
- US soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder more likely to feel long-term psychological effect
- Peptide delivers one-two punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study
- Clostridium bacteria infecting increasing numbers of hospitalized children
- Researchers helping electric-wheelchair users move more easily
- Brain imaging studies examine how anti-smoking medications may curb cravings
- Resurrecting the so-called 'depression gene': new evidence that our genes play a role in our response to adversity
- PET scans provide insight into fever-induced epilepsy in children
- Eating low-fat, thanks to lupin proteins
- Women with both diabetes and depression at higher risk of dying from heart disease, other causes
- Authorities often aware of previous incidents of victimization among children and adolescents, report finds
- Food bioterrorism: Safety precautions used by country club restaurants to protect food and beverages studied
- Medicare payments for medical imaging are higher to nonradiologist physicians than to radiologists
- Clinical decision support systems help control inappropriate medical imaging, study suggests
Posted 2011-01-04:
- CPAP therapy reduces fatigue, increases energy in patients with sleep apnea, study suggests
- Firefly protein lights pathway to improved detection of blood clots
- Protein that drives survival of gastrointestinal tumors identified
- Hair color of unknown offenders is no longer a secret
- Even molds can suffer jet lag: Simple organisms shed light on inner clock
- Biological diversity of ovarian cancer lessens value of screening
- How cells export and embed proteins in the membrane
- Expert analysis of HER2 tests reveals issues with reliability
- Education programs could increase parent-child interactions in at-risk families
- New statement on the treatment of pulmonary fungal infections
- Tonsillectomy in children: Multidisciplinary clinical practice guideline
Posted 2011-01-03:
- Walking slows progression of Alzheimer's, study suggests
- Type 1 diabetes computer model's predictive success validated through lab testing
- Most women do not get recommended mammograms, study finds
Posted 2011-01-02:
- Alzheimer's disease: Are plaques and tangles a symptom, not the cause?
- Esophageal cancer risk lower than expected for patients with GERD
- When the brain knows no fear: Fear discovery could lead to new interventions for PTSD
- New genetic alterations associated with human height identified
- Key protein discovered that allows nerve cells to repair themselves
- Scientists peer into the future of stem cell biology
- Blood-thinning treatment standards changing for heart patients, new research shows
- Study probes obesity link to fibromyalgia
Posted 2011-01-01:
- Alzheimer's: Therapy for brain disease could target blood
- New cognitive robotics lab tests theories of human thought
- Strict heart rate control provides no advantage over lenient approach, study finds
- Lower levels of education are associated with increased risks of heart failure
- Consistent exercise associated with lower risk of colon cancer death
- Home health care could help sustain health care systems, study finds
- What makes a face look alive? Study says it's in the eyes
- Risk for alcoholism linked to risk for obesity
- Expansion of HIV screening cost-effective in reducing spread of AIDS, study shows
- George Clooney Effect? High-earning women want older, more attractive partners, research finds
- Your genome in minutes: New technology could slash sequencing time
- New test for major killer of lung transplant patients: High stem cell count after transplant predicts debilitating syndrome
- Why does dialysis fail?
- Depressed smokers less likely to stay tobacco free
Posted 2010-12-31:
- Gene protects against dementia in high-risk individuals, study finds
- New imaging advance illuminates immune response in breathing lung
- Trace amounts of microbe-killing molecules predict chronic granulomatous disease survival
- Visual skills required for independence are impaired in children with autism, research finds
- Bacteria provide example of one of nature's first immune systems, research shows
- Link between light signal and circadian rhythms pinpointed
- Indoor plant intervention: New answers for health care design?
- New regulator plays critical role in development B cells
- Wake up, Mom: Gender differences in accepting sleep interruptions
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