ScienceDaily Health Headlines -- for the Week of March 6 to March 13, 2011

ScienceDaily Health Headlines

for the Week of March 6 to March 13, 2011

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Posted 2011-03-12:

• Keys to long life? Not what you might expect
• A blood test for lung cancer?
• Pregnancy anemia linked to childhood wheezing and asthma
• Not actually bad at math or auto repair? Women fear being stereotyped by male service providers
• Giftedness linked to prenatal exposure of higher levels of testosterone
• Nanoscale whiskers from sea creatures could grow human muscle tissue
• Why low birth weight is linked to obesity later in life: Study provides explanation
• Surgery without external scars is gaining traction: Organ removal through body’s orifices is minimally invasive approach to surgery
• Consumer beware: Rejecting an option may make you more likely to choose it later

Posted 2011-03-12:

• Reading in two colors at the same time: Patterns of synesthesia brain activity revealed
• Smoking may increase risk for lung disease
• Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England
• Early male friendship as a precursor to substance abuse in girls
• New view of human nerve cells opens door to potential drug targets
• Trauma patients have higher rate of death for several years following injury
• Conflicts-of-interest in drug studies sneaking back into medical journals, say investigators
• New treatment strategy effective for certain lung cancers
• Pinpointing air pollution's effects on the heart
• New details about medically important protein family
• Sleepy connected Americans
• Patient's own bone marrow stem cells may provide treatment for brain injuries
• Depression may increase the risk of kidney failure
• 'GPS system' for protein synthesis in nerve cells gives clues for understanding brain disorders
• Potential Alzheimer's treatment? Newly discovered role for enzyme in neurodegenerative diseases
• Sunlight can influence the breakdown of medicines in the body
• Roundworm could provide new treatment for sepsis
• Cerebellum provides clues to the nature of human intelligence
• Coffee drinking linked to reduced stroke risk in women
• New bowel cancer evidence calls for routine DNA repair test
• New robot system to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity
• Laughter really is the best medicine (for leg ulcers)
• A glove on your hand can change your mind
• Engineered protein has potential for new anti-inflamatory treatment
• Sildenafil reduces Raynaud's frequency in patients with systemic sclerosis, study finds
• Boy toddlers need extra help dealing with negative emotions, experts urge

Posted 2011-03-11:

• How do people respond to being touched by a robotic nurse?
• Synthetic compound may lead to drugs to fight pancreatic, lung cancer
• New genetic deafness syndrome identified
• Abnormal neural activity recorded from the deep brain of Parkinson's disease and dystonia patients
• Aging rates, gender gap in mortality similar across all primates
• Erectile dysfunction drug improves exercise tolerance in young people with congenital heart disease
• Banana peels get a second life as water purifier
• Vascular brain disorder often misdiagnosed as multiple sclerosis, study finds
• Work climate the main reason women leave engineering, survey suggests
• Scientists discover cause of rare skin cancer that heals itself
• 'Love song' of the fly shows how nervous system initiates, controls and utilized behavior
• Alcohol has stronger impact on gastric bypass patients, study finds
• How do we combine faces and voices?
• Web-crawling the brain: 3-D nanoscale model of neural circuit created
• As we sleep, speedy brain waves boost our ability to learn
• Passive smoking increases risk of stillbirth and birth defects, study suggests
• An advance toward blood transfusions that require no typing
• Learning to see consciously: Scientists show how flexibly the brain processes images
• Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections
• A-ha! The neural mechanisms of insight
• Cell component involved in triggering cat allergy identified
• Cerebral spinal fluid guides stem cell development in the brain
• New H1N1 mutation could allow virus to spread more easily
• Aspirin's ability to protect against colorectal cancer may depend on inflammatory pathways
• Which side of the brain rotates a mental picture?
• New form of muscular dystrophy identified: Mutation in important muscle protein causes muscle disease and cognitive impairment
• New mouse models generated for MYH9 genetic disorders
• Model organisms? Broadening the biological lexicon to bolster translational research
• Epilepsy-linked memory losss worries more patients than doctors
• High-volume portable music players may impair ability to clearly discriminate sounds
• Novel method could improve the performance of proteins used therapeutically
• Novel role found for calcium channels in pacemaker cell function
• Open-source software is actually more secure for health care IT, study suggests
• Negative classroom environment adversely affects children's mental health
• Referral to high-volume hospitals for operations fails to improve outcomes statewide, study finds

Posted 2011-03-10:

• New biomarker for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease identified
• Gene fusion mechanisms offer new clues to origin of pediatric brain tumors
• Giving children the power to be scientists
• Scientists discover anti-anxiety circuit in brain region considered the seat of fear
• Curbing cholesterol could help combat infections, study shows
• New type of secretory cell in the intestine
• More reasons to be nice: It's less work for everyone
• Missing DNA helps make us human
• Newly identified spider toxin may help uncover novel ways of treating pain and human diseases
• Medical microcamera the size of a grain of salt gives razor-sharp images, very inexpensively
• Blood-brain barrier damaged by Sanfilippo syndrome type B disease, mouse study suggests
• Passive news reports may lead readers to feel they can't find the truth
• Brain implant surgeries dramatically improve symptoms of debilitating condition
• Oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females
• The science behind the cape: How one physiology researcher is using batman to put some POW! Into physiology studies
• Drug stops progression of Parkinson's disease in mice; Medication turns on critical gene, protects brain cells
• New instrument for analyzing viruses: Sensitive 'PING' device
• Why poor diet during pregnancy negatively affects offspring's long-term health
• Mediterranean diet: A heart-healthy plan for life
• ADAM-12 gene could hold key to cancer, arthritis and cardiac treatments
• Receiving work-related communication at home takes greater toll on women, study finds
• Chemist discovers shortcut for processing drugs
• 'Cross-talk' research may pave the way to understanding and controlling chronic pain
• A new stem cell enters the mix: Induced conditional self-renewing progenitor cells
• Neurologists predict more cases of stroke, dementia, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy
• Text messaging may help smokers break the habit: Studies demonstrate brain activity link and use a new technology to monitor smoking
• UK doctors consistently oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide

Posted 2011-03-09:

• Right-handers, but not left-handers, are biased to select their dominant hand
• Function of 'junk DNA' in human genes
• Stroke survivors with irregular heartbeat may have higher risk of dementia
• Cleansing the soul by hurting the flesh: The guilt-reducing effect of pain
• An Alzheimer's vaccine in a nasal spray?
• Genetic makeup and duration of abuse reduce the brain's neurons in drug addiction
• Malaria’s weakest link: Class of chemotherapy drugs also kills the parasite that causes malaria
• Big games, close scores lead to more auto fatalities for winning fans
• New weight loss discovery moves us closer to 'the Pill' for obesity
• Key mechanism of childhood respiratory disease identified
• Physician's empathy directly associated with positive clinical outcomes
• High levels of 'good' cholesterol may cut bowel cancer risk
• Experts develop tool to predict course of Haiti's cholera outbreak, offer disease control strategies for immediate implementation
• People would rather let bad things happen than cause them, especially if someone is watching
• Laboratory-grown urethras implanted in patients, scientists report
• Body's clock may lead to increased risk for fainting during the nighttime
• Acupuncture curbs severity of menopausal hot flushes, study suggests
• Microbial forensics used to solve the case of the 2001 anthrax attacks
• Exercise can curb marijuana use and cravings, study finds
• Eating apples extends lifespan of test animals by 10 percent
• Spontaneous smoking cessation may be an early symptom of lung cancer, research suggests
• Surprising behavior of cells during blood-vessel formation
• New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision
• Brain 'network maps' reveal clue to mental decline in old age
• Sea sponges: Tweak of nature in fight against cancer
• New peptide could be effective treatment for triple negative breast cancer
• Turning off stress
• HBV infection decreases risk of liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients
• A novel prognostic marker for biliary atresia
• The safety of daily magnesium oxide treatment for children with chronic constipation
• Eating disorders and body dissatisfaction is double in Muslim teenagers than in Christian, Spanish study finds
• Rituximab combined with a TNF inhibitor and methotrexate shows no safety signal in rheumatoid arthritis treatment, study finds

Posted 2011-03-08:

• Tobacco smoking impacts teens' brains, study shows
• Gene variants in autism linked to brain development
• NASA studies the body's ability to fight infection
• Health benefits of eating tomatoes emerge
• Class of potent anti-cancer compounds discovered
• 'Nano-Velcro' technology used to improve capture of circulating cancer cells
• Solving a traditional Chinese medicine mystery: Discovery of molecular mechanism reveals antitumor possibilities
• Removing arsenic from drinking water
• Web use doesn't encourage belief in political rumors, but e-mail does
• Multiple sclerosis blocked in mouse model: Barring immune cells from brain prevents symptoms
• New compound rids cells of Alzheimer protein debris
• Stretchable balloon electronics get to the heart of cardiac medicine
• Helicobacter pylori infection linked to decreased iron levels in otherwise healthy children
• Elderly see pedestrians half as often as younger drivers, according to new research
• Enzyme enhances, erases long-term memories in rats; Can restore even old, fading memories, say scientists
• New gene regions identified that predispose people to heart attacks: Some hint at previously unknown mechanisms that increase risk
• New test for 'pluripotent' stem cells
• Human stem cells transformed into key neurons lost in Alzheimer's
• NASA light technology successfully reduces cancer patients painful side effects from radiation and chemotherapy
• Vaccinated children not at higher risk of infections or allergic diseases, study suggests
• Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications
• Gene responsible for severe osteoporosis disorder discovered
• Loss of key protein boosts neuron loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• The better off sleep better
• Stem cell study could aid motor neuron disease research
• Depression and anxiety differentially influence physical symptom reporting
• Life-saving blood test for fungal meningitis, a leading cause of AIDS-related deaths in developing countries
• Boron neutron capture therapy is effective in advanced head and neck cancer, study suggests
• Speedy generic approval may not benefit consumers as much as expected, mathematical model shows
• Racial identity tied to happiness, study finds
• Older parents are happier with more children; young parents, with fewer
• UCLA performs first hand transplant in the western United States
• One in three doctors afraid to report underperforming colleagues, UK study finds
• Alcohol consumption after age 75 associated with lower risk of developing dementia
• Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Posted 2011-03-07:

• Possible role of damaged DNA in tumor development
• Human cues used to improve computer user-friendliness
• Cadmium in children’s jewelry: 100 times recommended maximum exposure if mouthed or swallowed
• Novel mechanism for control of gene expression revealed
• Bone-creating protein could improve dental implant success
• Weight-loss surgery successful in treating overweight adolescents, study suggests
• Happy Hour linked to pub violence, UK study finds

Posted 2011-03-06:

• Jekyll and Hyde: Cells' executioner can also stave off death
• Decline in cerebral palsy diagnoses in premature infants suggests improvements in perinatal care
• Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first
• Mutations found in human induced pluripotent stem cells
• Prostate cancer: Targeted therapy shrank tumors up to 74 percent in cells in mice
• To bring effective therapies to patients quicker, use the team approach
• Certain parts of the brain activated in people who heard tailored health messages and quit smoking
• Every five minutes someone dies from a blood clot or deep vein thrombosis

Posted 2011-03-05:

• New non-surgical autopsy technique set to revolutionize post-mortem practice
• Possible new treatment strategies for pancreatic cancer
• Feet first? Old mitochondria might be responsible for neuropathy in the extremities
• Can you predict your mate will cheat by their voice?
• How long do stem cells live?
• Some overweight adolescents may be at risk for weak bones
• Constant race-based discrimination can lead to 'racial battle fatigue' for African-Americans
• New light-sensing mechanism found in neurons
• Star-shaped brain cells feed long-term memory
• Drop in temperature may explain the increase in dry eye suffering
• Moderate sleep loss impairs vigilance and sustained attention in children with ADHD
• Neurons with symptoms of Parkinson's disease created from patient's skin cells
• Risks of chemical exposure: Scientists call for 'swifter and sounder' testing of chemicals
• Trouble with the latest dance move? GABA might be to blame
• Ibuprofen may reduce risk of developing Parkinson's disease, study suggests
• Sex differences in male and female learning revealed by gibbons
• MRSA danger in gyms may be exaggerated, study suggests
• Potential mechanisms for future anti-obesity drugs identified
• Obesity may increase risk of triple-negative breast cancer
• Older patients confused about multiple drug dosing
• New clue to controlling skin regeneration, as well as skin cancer
• New findings on drug tolerance in TB suggest ideas for shorter cures
• Ultrasound and algorithms could lead to better breast cancer screening
• Fear of side effects shapes older patients' willingness to take heart medication

Posted 2011-03-04:

• Susceptibility factor for bipolar disorder identified
• Easy, accurate way to predict food allergies developed, study suggests
• Cancer patients' partners become ill themselves, Swedish study shows
• Women who miscarry continue to have mental health problems, even after healthy birth
• Liver, not brain, may be origin of Alzheimer’s plaques
• New method allows human embryonic stem cells to avoid immune system rejection
• Solving the puzzle of Henry VIII
• Potassium levels possible key to racial disparity in Type 2 diabetes
• The more secure you feel, the less you value your stuff
• New drug regimens cut HIV spread from mother to infant
• New findings challenge view of key part of immune defense
• Using artificial, cell-like 'honey pots' to entrap deadly viruses
• How sunlight may reduce the severity of multiple sclerosis
• Researcher seeks to use electrical stimulation to give voice to stroke patients
• Brain's 'autopilot' provides insight into early development of Alzheimer's disease
• Spinal cord injury: Human cells derived from stem cells restore movement in animal models
• New hope for lowering cholesterol
• Smoking increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, study shows
• Solving the riddle of nature’s perfect spring
• Cannabis use precedes the onset of psychotic symptoms in young people, study finds
• Type 2 diabetes linked to single gene mutation in one in ten patients
• Six-month drug regimen cuts HIV risk for breastfeeding infants, study finds
• 'A little off the top' helps map cells with submicrometer resolution
• Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may help stave off dementia, research suggests
• Scientists show how men amp up their X chromosome
• Blood protein in lung cancer could improve diagnosis and treatment
• Women get short shrift in many heart device studies, despite requirement
• Rich and poor, UK youth are happy after all?
• How ovarian cancer resists chemotherapy
• How much can a cell uptake?
• Freedom to choose leisure activities benefits people with autism
• College students in Texas and Washington surveyed on guns on campus
• New brain training app for research into aging minds

Posted 2011-03-03:

• Protein identified that serves as a switch in a key pathway of programmed cell death
• New role found for cancer protein p53
• Parents rationalize the economic cost of children by exaggerating their parental joy
• Protein's elusive role in embryo and disease development unravelled
• Joint pain in children: Is it just a sore knee, or could it be juvenile idiopathic arthritis?
• Effectiveness of wastewater treatment may be damaged during a severe flu pandemic
• Dude, you throw like a crybaby!
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) could be caused by a retrovirus, study suggests
• Good fungi might prove even better for plant, human health
• Researchers predict age of T cells to improve cancer treatment
• Hair dyeing poised for first major transformation in 150 years
• Facing the Facebook mirror can boost self-esteem
• Bacteria can communicate with each other through nanotubes, researchers discover
• Shift work may be associated with decreased risk of skin cancer
• Nitric oxide does not appear to improve treatment of sickle cell pain-attacks
• Just like me: Online training helpers more effective when they resemble students
• World's most powerful optical microscope: Microscope could 'solve the cause of viruses'
• New cell therapy a promising atherosclerosis treatment
• Songbird's strategy for changing its tune could inform rehab efforts
• Fluorescent peptides help nerves glow in surgery
• Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind
• HIV vaccine impacts the genetic makeup of the virus
• Head injury can blight survival up to 13 years later
• Herbal teas may provide health benefits
• Tonsillectomy linked to excess weight gain in kids
• Tanning bed exposure can be deadly when complicated by medication reactions
• Key step in the development of a norovirus treatment
• Scientists synthesize long-sought-after anticancer agent

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