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for the Week of July 31 to August 7, 2011
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Posted 2011-08-06:
- What shapes a bone? Diet and genetics dictate adult jaw shape
- Potential new eye tumor treatment discovered
- Sentinel node biopsy safe, effective in head and neck melanomas, study finds
- Mindless eating: Losing weight without thinking
Posted 2011-08-06:
- Human-made fat may limit damage to heart attack victims
- Small molecules hit it big: New therapeutic approaches against viruses, bacteria, and cancer
- Neuroscientists identify how the brain remembers what happens and when
- Innate cells shown to form immunological 'memory' and protect against viral infection
- Molecular mechanisms offer hope for new pain treatments
- Gazpacho ingredients lose vitamin C during preparation
- A patient's own skin cells may one day treat multiple diseases
- Researchers discover natural food preservative that kills food-borne bacteria
- Omega 3 fatty acids have protective benefits when taken during pregnancy, study suggests
- Wireless network in hospital monitors vital signs, even as patients move about
- How to eliminate motion sickness on tilting trains
- Northern humans had bigger brains, to cope with the low light levels, study finds
- Making sperm from stem cells in a dish
- Screening effort turns up multiple potential anti-malaria compounds; Possible resistance-proof drug pairs found
- Scientists map genes for common form of brain cancer; Findings reveal cause of the tumors
- Targeting innate immunity in malaria: Novel DNA sensing pathway linked to increased susceptibility to malaria
- Studies shed light on hand hygiene knowledge and infection risk in hospitals and elementary schools
- Taller women are at increased risk of a wide range of cancers, research suggests
- Genetic 'signature' discovered in plaque, possible key to future treatment
- Hormone reduces risk of heart failure from chemotherapy, study suggests
- Treatment intervention for former child soldiers in Uganda associated with reducing symptoms of PTSD
Posted 2011-08-05:
- Surprising condition occurs in lungs after an invasion of mold, study shows
- Predicting spinal disc degeneration
- Are pet owners healthier and happier? Maybe not
- Researchers find way to help donor adult blood stem cells overcome transplant rejection
- Artificial lung device: Feasibility of lung transplants demonstrated
- Harnessing the power of positive thoughts and emotions to treat depression
- Bellybutton microbiomes: Ecological research on the human biome
- U.S. physicians spend nearly four times more on health insurance costs than Canadian counterparts
- Aggressive drug therapy aids superbug evolution, research finds
- Text message reminders improve healthcare practice in rural Africa, study finds
- Researchers develop fully cooked food-aid product
- Have we met before? Scientists show why the brain has the answer
- Potential anti-cancer therapy that starves cancer cells of glucose identified
- Mold exposure during infancy increases asthma risk, study finds
- Drinking just one measure of spirits increases the risk of acute pancreatitis, study finds; But wine and beer do not appear to have the same effect
- An advance toward an 'electronic nose' urine test for TB
- A wise man's treatment for arthritis: Frankincense?
- Gold nanoparticles used to diagnose flu in minutes
- Human hearts respond differently than mouse hearts to two cardiovascular drugs
- Leukemia drug reverses tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer cells
- Mindful eating: Researchers are making every bite count
- Newly developed molecule tested as a delivery vehicle to image and kill brain tumors
- New urine test shows prostate cancer risk; Test for gene fusion can assist in the early detection of prostate cancer
- Combo therapies tested to overcome drug resistance in melanoma patients
- Widespread mistaken beliefs about memory, U.S. national survey reveals
- New discovery brings customized tuberculosis therapies based on genotype closer to reality
- How nerve cells are kept up to speed
- New high-speed 3-D imaging system holds potential for improved cancer screening
- Small interventions can alleviate underperformance caused by stereotype threat
- Elusive gene mutations found for malignant brain tumor
- Use of a retroflexion technique during colonoscopy in the right side of the colon improves polyp detection
- Human skin cells converted directly into functional neurons
- Out of body experience for stem cells may lead to more successful transplants
Posted 2011-08-04:
- Success in treatment for kidney transplant patients
- One species of pathogen can produce two distinct biofilms
- Getting to the heart of the appeal of video games
- Natural killer cells participate in immune response against HIV
- Finding could reduce antibiotic use in critically ill patients
- Why knee osteoarthritis afflicts more women than men
- Virginia Tech shootings: Professors publish research on post-traumatic stress
- Lifestyles of the old and healthy defy expectations
- Revolutionary biodegradable pellet targets glue ear infection
- Cooked green vegetables, dried fruit, legumes, and brown rice associated with fewer colon polyps
- Stray-bullet shootings most often harm women and individuals at low-risk for violence, study finds
- Basis for battery-powered skin patch for wider range of protein-based medicines
- Quick, low-cost tests can accurately identify childhood developmental delays, study shows
- Scientists identify what makes us feel 'bad' when we're sick, how to treat it
- New link found between obesity and insulin resistance
- New antidepressants can increase risks for elderly, study suggests
- Researchers develop webcam tool to improve office worker posture
- Study explains why muscles weaken with age and points to possible therapy
- Adverse childhood could raise adult heart disease risk
- Research into eating disorders and fertility reveals mixed picture
- Why diets don't work: Starved brain cells eat themselves, study finds
- Even with regular exercise, people with inactive lifestyles more at risk for chronic diseases
- Persons displaced by war at increased risk of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety
- How do you stop tasting? Protein inside taste cells turn off bitter taste
- RIBA-II: The next generation care-giving robot
- Aging: T cells that survive the longest may better protect against infections such as the flu
- Academics 'guest authoring' ghostwritten medical journal articles should be charged with fraud, legal experts argue
- 25 percent of Ontarians hospitalized for depression required ER visit or readmission within 30 days
Posted 2011-08-03:
- Long periods of estrogen deprivation jeopardizes brain receptors, stroke protection
- Mice point to a therapy for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Satisfaction in body function, body appearance differs in older men and women
- Scientist converts human skin cells into functional brain cells
- Regrowing blood vessels with a potent molecule
- Researchers help find natural products potential of frankia bacteria
- Brain chemical may explain why heavy smokers feel sad after quitting
- New study identifies emergence of multidrug-resistant strain of salmonella
- Minority microbes in the colon mapped
- Inexpensive method detects ALK rearrangement in lung cancer patients
- COPD patients with sense of humor feel better, but laughter may be bad for lungs
- 'Swamp gas' protects blood vessels from complications of diabetes
- Monkey see, monkey do? The role of mirror neurons in human behavior
- Pilot study suggests new approach to treat preeclampsia
- Parents' conflicts affect adopted infants' sleep
- Exposure to magnetic fields in pregnancy increases asthma risk, study suggests
- Bear bile chemical could help keep hearts in rhythm
- Withdrawal from heavy cigarette smoking associated with brain imaging changes in regions related to mood regulation
- Restoring blood flow after a heart attack: Nanostructure promotes growth of new blood vessels, mimics natural protein
- New sensor promises rapid detection of dangerous heavy metal levels in humans
- The dark side of oxytocin
- Colon cleansing has no benefit but many side effects including vomiting and death, doctors say
- Artificial nanoparticles influence heart rate and rhythm, study finds
- Mechanism of sculpting the plasma membrane of intestinal cells identified
- New research might help people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
- High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity in middle age may shrink brain, damage thinking
- Researchers use improved imaging technique and discover a better approach to diagnosing epilepsy
- Childhood adversities and early-onset mental disorders associated with higher rates of chronic physical problems in adulthood
- IT solution to improve hospital workflow and schedules
- Noninvasive fecal occult blood test effective screen for lower GI tract lesions
- Chinese-English bilinguals are 'automatic' translators
- Menu labels in university canteens do not influence meal choices
- Heart attack survivors from poorer neighborhoods get less exercise
Posted 2011-08-02:
- In the battle to relieve back aches, researchers create bioengineered spinal disc implants
- Cholesterol-lowering drugs may help prevent recurrent strokes in younger people
- Why long-term antibiotic use increases infection with a mycobacterium
- Majority of adolescents with prescriptions for pain, stimulant, sleeping and antianxiety medications take them appropriately, study finds
- Some exercise is better than none: More is better to reduce heart disease risk
- Indoor air cleaners ease asthma symptoms in children living with smokers, study suggests
- New brain imaging research reveals why autistic individuals confuse pronouns
- New composite material may restore damaged soft tissue
- Novel analysis sheds new light on the mechanisms of brain development
- Cold electrons to aid better design of drugs and materials
- Helping children learn to understand numbers: It's all in the way we speak to them
- Nicotine can protect the brain from Parkinson's disease, research suggests
- In the pursuit of dangerous clumps: Customized surfaces help reveal the causes of diseases
- Scientists reveal mechanism behind 'oncogene addiction' in acute leukemia
- Omega-3 reduces anxiety and inflammation in healthy students, study suggests
- Novel gene associated with asthma in African-Americans confirmed
- Evolution of human generosity
- Gum disease can increase the time it takes to become pregnant
- Seventy percent of 8-month-olds consume too much salt, UK study shows
- Treating obesity via brain glucose sensing
- Engineering innovative hand-held lab-on-a-chip could streamline blood testing worldwide
- Genome-wide study reveals three new susceptibility loci for adult asthma in Japanese population
- New discoveries on gene regulation in the evolution of the vertebrate brain
- The role of relaxation in consumer behavior
- Increasing potency of HIV-battling proteins
- A cellular protein can reduce the growth and spread of cancer cells
- Increased risk of Parkinson's disease in methamphetamine users, study finds
- National policy change reduces racial disparity in kidney transplants
- Possible association between maternal exposure to magnetic fields and development of asthma in children
- Don't suffer in silence with toe pain
- Debating the safety of cell phone use
- Primary physicians may hold key to suicide prevention
- Systematic osteoporosis management urged after vertebral fracture augmentation
- Caregivers and their relatives disagree about care given, received
Posted 2011-08-01:
- Researchers target, switch off serotonin-producing neurons in mice; New insights may be relevant to sudden infant death syndrome
- Bacterial resistance to antibiotics: The more they resist, the more they divide
- Using a 'systems biology' approach to look under the hood of an aggressive form of breast cancer
- Restoring happiness in people with depression
Posted 2011-07-31:
- How bats stay on target despite the clutter
- Mouse with 'off switch' in key brain cell population developed; Research may increase understanding of SIDS, depressive disorders
- Fast ripples confirmed to be valuable biomarker of area responsible for seizure activity in children
- Dissecting dyslexia: Linking reading to voice recognition
- Motorcycle helmets hard on hearing
- Breast screening has had little to do with falling breast cancer deaths, European study finds
Posted 2011-07-30:
- Oral interferon may prevent and control avian influenza virus infection
- Cellular power plant genome mutates when reprogrammed: Genetic changes in mitochondrial genome of human induced pluripotent stem cells
- Packing on pounds riskier for South Asians, say researchers
- Fair play -- a question of self-image? Researchers explain conditions under which people are prepared to behave fairly
- 'Brain cap' technology turns thought into motion; Mind-machine interface could lead to new life-changing technologies for millions of people
- Traumatic brain injury linked with tenfold increase in stroke risk
- Out-of-the-blue panic attacks aren't without warning: Body sends signals for hour before
- Gene discovery in truffle dogs sheds new light on mechanisms of childhood epilepsy
- Scary driving? Put the brakes on using your brain power
- Next generation gene therapy
- Salt appetite is linked to drug addiction, research finds
- Rate of stroke increasing among women during, soon after pregnancy
- How the brain keeps track of what we're doing
- Aging brains are different in humans and chimpanzees; Evolution of human longevity led to both a large brain and brain shrinkage
- New gene for intellectual disability discovered
- Study finds new points of attack on breast cancers not fueled by estrogen
- Discovery throws light on blood pressure regulation
- Vessel-damaging activation of the 'intracellular waste disposal' mechanism found in smokers
- Progressive telomere shortening characterizes familial breast cancer patients
- Teacher influence persists in early grades
- FDA should invest in developing a new regulatory framework to replace flawed 510(k) medical device clearance process: Report
Posted 2011-07-29:
- World population to surpass 7 billion in 2011; Explosive population growth means challenges for developing nations
- Unexpected discovery on hormone secretion
- Home is where the healthy meal is
- New therapy may help people with unexplained symptoms of pain, weakness and fatigue
- The brain's connectome -- from branch to branch
- A heart-rate-reducing medication reduces the risk of heart failure and cardiac fibrosis
- 'Mirroring' might reflect badly on you
- How a gene linked to both Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes works
- Gout prevalence swells in U.S. over last two decades; Increase in obesity and hypertension are likely contributors
- Increased muscle mass may lower risk of pre-diabetes: Study shows building muscle can lower person's risk of insulin resistance
- Researchers look to dogs to better understand intricacies of bone cancer
- Getting 50-year-old Americans as healthy as Europeans could save Medicare and Medicaid 2 billion by 2050, study says
- Gene variant in Proteus syndrome identified: Molecular insight may confirm cause of the Elephant Man's severe disfigurement
- German E. Coli code cracked: Rapid, high-tech study of ongoing epidemic creates new paradigm for outbreak
- Treatment provides dramatic survival benefit for hard-to-match kidney transplant patients
- Gene gives clues to self-injurious behavior in rare disorder
- How memory is lost: Loss of memory due to aging may be reversible
- Growing up on livestock farm linked to increased risk of blood cancers
- How some breast cancers alter their sensitivity to estrogen
- Short-term use of amphetamines can improve ADHD symptoms in adults, review finds
- Children and adolescent cell phone users at no greater risk of brain cancer than non-users, study suggests
- Breast density tied to specific types of breast cancer, study suggests
- A new target to inhibit malaria and toxoplasmosis infection
- Computer-aided detection does not improve mammogram accuracy, study suggests
- Why people phone hack: A look into the psyche of wrongdoing
- Projections of future population trends that do not explicitly include education in their analysis may be flawed
- Veterinary medicine students experience higher depression levels than peers, research finds
Posted 2011-07-28:
- Could patients' own kidney cells cure kidney disease? Reprogrammed kidney cells could make transplants and dialysis things of the past
- CT shows changes in lungs associated with COPD flare-ups
- Who takes risks?
- Social deficits associated with autism, schizophrenia induced in mice with new technology
- Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain, study finds
- More powerful 'lab-on-a-chip' made for genetic analysis
- Zinc lozenges may shorten common cold duration, Finnish research suggests
- Social acumen equals spatial skill, psychologist finds
- Gastric bypass surgery changes food preferences so that they eat less high fat food
- Non-cocaine, topical anesthetics can kill pain when repairing skin wounds
- First measurements of harmful haloacetic acids in urine of swimmers and pool workers
- As unhealthy food outlets multiply, teens eat more junk
- Scientists connect gene to Alzheimer’s precondition
- Telomere length linked to emphysema risk
- Does Chinese chocolate taste better than Swiss? Depends on when you find out
- Are cancers newly evolved species?
- Precision gene targeting in stem cells corrects disease-causing mutations
- Weak synchronization in toddler brains may be a biological marker for autism
- Man to receive kidney from brother with different blood type: Novel blood-cleaning procedure used for kidney transplant
- To help doctors and patients, researchers are developing a 'vocabulary of pain'
- Thalidomide analog appears worthy opponent of sickle cell disease
- Interrupted sleep impairs memory in mice
- Genes play greater role in heart attacks than stroke, researchers say
- Got flow cytometry? All you need is five bucks and a cell phone
- Children born after unplanned pregnancy are slower to develop, UK study finds
- Eliminating protein in specific brain cells blocks nicotine reward
- Researchers identify genetic mutations associated with diseases of the esophagus
- Afghanistan's health system shows improvements, but staff and patient protection remains a concern
- New study sheds light on role of genetics in recovering from eating disorders
- Non-coding RNA has role in inherited neurological disorder, and maybe other brain diseases too
- New tasks attributed to Aurora proteins in cell division
- One in six fast-food customers cut calories after US food labeling system introduction
- Rapid open-source genomic analyses accelerated global studies on deadly E. coli O104:H4
- Big gap exists on health care spending between Latinos and whites, study finds
- Weight loss from gastric bypass may be partly due to dietary fat aversion, study suggests
- New technique for restoring heart rhythm
Posted 2011-07-27:
- Clinical trial of molecular therapy for muscular dystrophy yields significant positive results
- Adding a stent during minimally invasive surgery to repair aneurysms prevents recurrence, study suggests
- Excluding children from discussions about their hospital care causes unnecessary distress
- Minority rules: Scientists discover tipping point for the spread of ideas
- New cancer treatment? Universal donor immune cells
- Sea squirt cells shed light on cancer development
- New mouse model for testing cancer drugs
- Worrying can impact interpersonal relationships, study finds
- Newly developed fluorescent protein makes internal organs visible
- Scientists design nano-sized drug transporter to fight disease
- Scientists developing new therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer
- Artificial lung mimics real organ's design and efficiency: Small device works with air, pure oxygen not needed
- One tiny electron could be key to future drugs that repair sunburn
- Hormone therapy may be hazardous for men with heart conditions, study suggests
- Corporal punishment may have long-term negative effects on children's intelligence
- Predictors of dying suddenly versus surviving heart attack identified
- Cancer-causing mineral found in U.S. road gravel: Erionite in roads may increase risk of mesothelioma
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