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for the Week of September 12 to September 19, 2010
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Posted 2010-09-18:
- 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
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
- Underlying dysfunction of seemingly non-critical heart condition identified
- Discrimination hurts, but how much? A lot, if you're a teen, study finds
- Chronic diseases a global problem requiring global solutions, researchers say
- Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama, study finds
- High-quality child care for low-income children: Long-term benefits
Posted 2010-09-15:
- Lung cancer culprit could offer target for therapy, researchers report
- Making cookies that are good for your heart
- Androgen receptor may explain male dominance in liver cancer
- Measuring preference for multitasking
- 'Artificial ovary' develops oocytes into mature human eggs
- Possible risk gene for schizophrenia uncovered
- How a normally defensive immune response can help HIV
- Why 'scientific consensus' fails to persuade
- Watercress may 'turn off' breast cancer signal
- Research will help ID bodies left behind by Chilean earthquake, Pinochet regime
- Gene therapy plus chemotherapy ups odds for success in treating 'bubble boy' disease
- False memories of self-performance result from watching others' actions
- Chemicals in indoor swimming pools may increase cancer risk
- B vitamins slow brain atrophy in people with memory problems
- How our brains get tripped up when we're anxious
- Smokeless tobacco products not a safe option, won't help smokers quit, analysis finds
- Children and adults see the world differently, research finds
- Asthma medication may benefit patients with multiple sclerosis
- New pathway identified in Parkinson's through brain imaging
- Success of IVF varies with season of the year, study suggests
- Pilot study demonstrates safety of diabetes medication for patients with Alzheimer's disease
- Antiviral therapy associated with fewer recurring eye problems from herpes simplex virus
- There is more to motor imagery than mental simulation
- Scientists 'clone' human virus responsible for congenital malformations and other life-threatening diseases
- Childhood cancer survivors show sustained benefit from common ADHD medication
- Public handwashing: More adults than ever (85 percent) observed washing hands in public restrooms
- New metabolic markers may predict preeclampsia in early pregnancy
- Opioid use to relieve pain and suffering at end of life is safe in hospital-at-home setting, study finds
- Protein-based biomarkers in blood serum could classify individuals with Alzheimer's disease
- Targeted agent shows promise for chronic lymphoid leukemia
- No support for routine prostate screening, but one-off test at 60 may be beneficial
- Informatics = essential MD competency
- Study identifies students at risk for difficulties in medical school
- Experts call for incorporating economic reality into medical education
- Educational intervention may help medical students adapt care for patients needing nonstandard care
- Depressed medical students more likely to associate stigma with depression, study finds
- New task force report on bisphosphonate use and atypical femur fractures in osteoporosis patients
Posted 2010-09-14:
- Male maturity shaped by early nutrition; Differences between the sexes affected by environment during first six months of life
- Repeated antibiotic use alters gut's composition of beneficial microbes, study shows
- Key pathway implicated in progression of childhood cancer identified
- New study reconciles conflicting data on mental aging
- Brain stimulation can help partially paralysed stroke patients regain use of their muscles, research finds
- Supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs, study shows
- Video games lead to faster decisions that are no less accurate
- New insight into 'accelerated aging' disease
- Liquid nitrogen most effective at removing warts, study finds
- National study finds 70 percent increase in basketball-related traumatic brain injuries
- Gene discovery could yield treatments for nearsightedness
- Increasing selenium intake may decrease bladder cancer risk
- New treatment options target underlying causes of childhood obsessive-compulsive and Tourette's disorders
- Genes tied to deadliest ovarian cancers identified
- Tumor budding identified as predictor for unfavorable outcome in lung cancer
- Brain uses eyes to pick up things: Unraveling the calculations
- Concussions in young athletes on the rise, especially in hockey and football players
- Ancient viral invasion shaped human genome
- Physical activity can reduce the genetic predisposition to obesity by 40 percent, study finds
- How disease-causing parasite gets around human innate immunity
- Therapeutic targets found for rare cancer in children
- Long-standing mystery of protein 'quality control' mechanism solved
- Structural defects precede functional decline in heart muscle
- Lung cancer survival rates improved through use of individualized chemotherapy
- People want to be asked before sharing genetic data, study finds
- Our lungs are 'innately prone' to silicosis and related diseases, new study suggests
- Risk of surgery for Crohn's disease lower than reported in recent studies, new research suggests
- Ten minutes could prevent one-third of road deaths, Spanish study finds
- Centralized health care more cost-effective, offers better access to preventive services, Mexico study finds
- Information patients use to pick physicians not always good predictor of quality, study finds
Posted 2010-09-13:
- Child's 'mental number line' affects memory for numbers
- Blood signatures to diagnose infection
- Fruit fly gene study leads to new method for understanding brain function
- People learn new information more effectively when brain activity is consistent, research shows
- Single gene regulates motor neurons in spinal cord
- Interrupting death messages to treat bone disease
- Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
- Inflammation is associated with lower intelligence and premature death
- Harmful amyloid interferes with trash pickup for cells in Alzheimer's disease
- IV drips can be left in place, study shows
- Aging drug users are increasing and facing chronic physical and mental health problems
- Cancer deaths fall in European Union, but prevention still lags behind
Posted 2010-09-12:
- Misfolded neural proteins linked to autism disorders
- New study singles out factors linked to cognitive deficits in type 2 diabetes
- Energy drinks may give young sports teams an edge, study says
- Appetite hormones may predict weight regain after dieting
- Computer models suggest treatments for fractures that won't heal
- Mental maturity scan tracks brain development
- Drug holds promise to halt debilitating condition of diabetes
- New model may simplify high-dose radiosurgery planning
- Brain mechanism linked to relapse after cocaine withdrawal
Posted 2010-09-11:
- Function found for Alzheimer's protein
- Neurons: Faster than thought and able to multiply
- A smart use for wisdom teeth: Making stem cells
- Perceived life-threat affects mental health, Swedish research finds finds
- New neurological deficit behind lazy eye identified
- World's first transcontinental anesthesia: Researchers pioneer anesthetics via videoconferencing
- Researchers analyze impact of chemical BPA in dental sealants used in children
- Music on prescription could help treat emotional and physical pain
- Diet-induced obesity accelerates leukemia, study shows
- Conditional small RNA molecules can kill cancer cells and leave healthy cells alone
- Use of medication for insomnia or anxiety may increase mortality risk, study suggests
- Effects of population aging have been exaggerated, new analysis suggests: More appropriate retirement ages?
- Frog skin may provide antimicrobial peptides effective against multidrug-resistant infections
- Keeping stem cells from changing fates
- Brain needs to remember faces in three dimensions
- Critical 'traffic engineer' of the nervous system identified
- Limiting harmful acrylamide: Lactic acid bacteria to lower risk of cancer
- Biofeedback for your brain?
- New hot spot for genesis of signaling neurons in adult brain
- New dual recognition mechanism discovered in tuberculosis
- Basic physical capability can predict mortality in later life
- High stress hormone levels linked to increased cardiovascular mortality
- Chopping and changing in the microbial world: How mycoplasmas – the simplest bacterial pathogens – stay alive
- Promising treatment for metastatic melanoma 'fast tracked' by FDA
- Diagnostic errors 'greatest threat to patient safety in hospitals,' claims senior UK doctor
- Mental health leaves most costly disability to Canadian employers, study finds
- Research shows unemployment programs lacking for people with disabilities
- Program to improve palliative care falls short of hopes, study finds
- Cost of over-triage on the nation's health system: US researchers find potential area of cost savings
Posted 2010-09-10:
- Simplified heart-risk guideline may miscalculate risk for millions
- In order to save biodiversity, society's behavior must change, leading conservationists warn
- Pediatric vaccine stockpile policies need to be revisited, researcher says
- Tuberculosis: How mycobacteria avoid destruction inside human cells
- Scope-severity paradox: Inflicting greater harm judged to be less harmful, study finds
- Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer's-associated traffic jams in the brain
- Improvement in prediction of blood clots in cancer patients
- Liver defect likely cause of DHA deficiency in Alzheimer's patients, UCI study finds
- Chronic drinking increases levels of stress hormones, leading to neurotoxicity
- Self-administered vaccine patch may protect against potentially pandemic flu viruses
- Why the biological clock? Aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction, biologists discover
- These dendritic cells are fishy, but that's a good thing
- Adults demonstrate modified immune response after receiving massage, researchers show
- New compound safely reduces plaques in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
- Muscle wasting in cancer does not spare the heart
- Decision-making deficits related to driving under the influence are often undetected
- Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment
- Molecular gatekeeper of arthritis identified: Removal of key protein leads to initiation of disease
- Consumers will pay more for goods they can touch
- Potential new drug for neurodegenerative disease identified
- Computer-based video analysis boosts data gathering in behavioral studies
- How insulin stimulates fat cells to take in glucose
- Research on team loyalty yields new insight into 'die-hard' fandom
- New class of peptides may protect against septic shock
- Micro-RNA determines malignancy of lung cancer
- Reading food labels, combined with exercise, can lead to weight loss, study finds
- European Union could create incentive for new drug treatments, experts propose
- Overweight and obese make up majority in Ontario, study finds
- Joint replacement: New clinical guidelines for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections of the hip and knee
- Massachusetts health reform fails the disadvantaged, study finds
Posted 2010-09-09:
- Insulin may reduce several inflammatory factors induced by bacterial infection
- Structure for three intrinsically disordered proteins determined
- Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendritic cells to increase immune response to HIV
- Does the impact of psychological trauma cross generations?
- New gene for memory identified in fruit fly; May shed light on human neurological disorders
- Twins are intriguing research subjects for biometircs researchers
- Why chromosomes never tie their shoelaces
- It's good to gossip -- but be nice!
- Brain cells -- not lack of willpower -- determine obesity, study finds
- Scientists make leap forward in early detection for Alzheimer's and cancer
- Questioning the safety of certain 'healthful' plant-based antioxidants
- Personality predicts cheating more than academic struggles, study shows
- A new role for insulin in cell survival, cell metabolism and stress response
- Scientists create new process to 'program' cancer cell death
- At least 1 in 10 athletes injured during 2010 Winter Olympics, study finds
- Golf: Evidence of how 'loading the hips' improves golf drives
- Low-income neighborhoods experience far more injuries than high-income areas, study finds
- Fetal exposure to radiation and the risk of childhood cancer: What is the likelihood of a risk?
- Ritalin improves brain function, task performance in cocaine abusers, study finds
- New robotic head and neck cancer surgery preserves speech, without scarring, study shows
- Designing your own workspace improves health, happiness and productivity
- Excessive drinking may lead to poor brain health via obesity
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