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for the Week of April 10 to April 17, 2011
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Posted 2011-04-16:
- Neurological basis for embarrassment described
- MRI may help detect Alzheimer's at early stage, study suggests
- Vitamin D may help reduce heart risk in African-Americans
- Stigma weighs heavily on obese people, contributing to greater health problems
- Therapeutically promising new findings for combating hypertension and cardiovascular disease
- Non-lethal way of switching off essential genes in mice perfected
- Combined use of three markers for kidney disease may help predict risk of kidney failure, death
- Doctors lax in monitoring potentially addicting drugs, study suggests
Posted 2011-04-16:
- Africa the birthplace of human language, analysis suggests
- 'Thunder' protein regulates memory formation
- Whole-exome sequencing of skin cancer completed: Most comprehensive view of melanoma's genetic landscape
- Childhood eczema and hay fever leads to adult allergic asthma, study finds
- Long-term users of ecstasy risk structural brain damage, study suggests
- How DNA changes: Newly revealed process has implications for understanding cancers, psychiatric disorders and neurodegenerative diseases
- Parents' 'um's' and 'uh's' help toddlers learn new words, cognitive scientists find
- Heart needs work after heart attack: New study challenges the notion that the heart must rest
- Stronger regulations of in vitro fertilization may save lives, new study finds
- US meat and poultry is widely contaminated with drug-resistant Staph bacteria, study finds
- Patients' own cells yield new insights into the biology of schizophrenia
- Illusion can halve the pain of osteoarthritis, scientists say
- Rising star of brain found to regulate circadian rhythms
- Tourette syndrome: Non-drug therapy to reduce tics; Study shows the neurophysiological impacts of psychotherapy
- Genes that control 'aging' steroid identified
- Antibody response may lead to narrowed arteries and organ rejection
- Targeting top 911 callers can trim cost, improve patient care
- Evolution points to genes involved in birth timing: New gene may increase risk for preterm birth
- Studies of marine animals aim to help prevent rejection of transplanted organs
- Novel therapy improves immune function in teen with rare disease
- Diet plus exercise is more effective for weight loss than either method alone
- Enzyme crucial to DNA replication may provide potent anti-cancer drug target
- Sensor determines if packaged meat has spoiled
- Human factors/ergonomics research leads to improved bunk bed safety standards
- Study links inflammation in brain to some memory decline
- Changes in 'good' fatty acid concentration of inner organs might be largely independent of diet
- Aggressive glycemic control in diabetic CABG patients does not improve survival, study suggests
- People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties
Posted 2011-04-15:
- Treating high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes may lower risk of Alzheimer's disease
- New clues about how to prevent aortic aneurysm in patients with Marfan syndrome
- Wikipedia deemed a reliable source for political information, according to study
- Weak evidence for word-order universals: Language not as 'innate' as thought?
- Predicting Alzheimer's: Thinning of key cortical areas predicts dementia up to a decade in advance
- Lung perfusion system allows high-risk lungs to be safely transplanted, study suggests
- Too much information? Risk-benefit data does not always lead to informed decision-making
- Possible cause of salt-induced hypertension identified
- Polluted air leads to disease by promoting widespread inflammation
- Challenges in stemming the spread of resistant bacteria in intensive care
- Most substance–dependent individuals report poor oral health
- Anti-aging hormone Klotho inhibits renal fibrosis, cancer growth
- Drug potency: What happens in space?
- Are your values right or left? The answer is more literal than you think
- Brain nerve stimulation could speed up learning, study suggests
- New drug may reduce seizures in epilepsy
- Injectable gel could spell relief for arthritis sufferers
- Needle-free test for premature babies
- Your flaws are my pain: Experience of vicarious embarrassment is linked to empathy
- Experimental Alzheimer's disease drugs might help patients with nerve injuries
- Normal breast cells help kill cancer cells, researchers find
- New evidence that chronic ulcerative stomatitis is an autoimmune disease
- Espresso makers: Coffee in capsules contains more furan than the rest
- Experimental treatment for COPD in development
- Increase in deaths in men with type 2 diabetes and testosterone deficiency may be prevented by testosterone replacement, study suggests
- A judge's willingness to grant parole can be influenced by breaks
- Possible new approach to treating deadly leukemia in babies
- Low intensity treadmill exercise is best to improve walking in Parkinson's, study suggests
- Comprehensive study reveals patterns in firefighter fatalities
- Stillbirths: The invisible public health problem
- Domestic violence and pregnancy
- Accountable care organizations have potential to curb costs and improve health care
Posted 2011-04-14:
- Vehicle pollution significantly damages the brain, mouse study suggests
- Multiple sclerosis: Risk factors in children
- Low doses of penta-brominated diphenyl ether flame retardants alter gene expression
- HIV rate in San Francisco could be cut sharply with expanded treatment, study predicts
- To students, music piracy and shoplifting are worlds apart
- Bitterness induces nausea, swallowing not required
- Short-term, high-fat diet may initiate protection during heart attack
- Treatment found for rare lung disease, study suggests
- Children victims of most eye injuries from aerosols
- Cultural differences are evident deep in the brain of Caucasian and Asian people
- Mechanism of long-term memory identified
- Neurosurgeons test new device for placing brain implants
- New drug shows potential for treatment-resistant leukemia
- Men fuel rebound in plastic surgery: Sizeable increases in facelifts and other surgical procedures for men
- Weight loss improves memory, according to researchers
- Honey can reverse antibiotic resistance, study suggests
- Psychologists closing in on causes of claustrophobic fear
- New compounds show promise against hepatitis C infection
- Potential new strategy to reduce catheter blockage
- Heart disease risk factors linked to some cognitive decline
- Smokers believe 'silver', 'gold' and 'slim' cigarettes are less harmful
- New target for developing effective anti-depressants
- Tool predicts disability timeline for progressive multiple sclerosis patients
- Media's focus on ideal body shape can boost women's body satisfaction, for a while
- Antibiotic resistance spreads rapidly between bacteria
- First comprehensive gene map of the human brain: More than 90 percent similarity among humans
- Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
- Radiation at time of lumpectomy may offer faster, more precise treatment for breast cancer patients, experts say
- Scientists explore new link between genetics, alcoholism and the brain
- Obesity may shut down circadian clock in the cardiovascular system
- Loss of cell adhesion protein drives esophageal and oral cancers in mice
- When the pressure is on, product experts can get facts wrong
Posted 2011-04-13:
- Toward a computer model of the brain: New technique poised to untangle brain's complexity
- Parkinson's disease: Investigational drug may reduce involuntary movements
- Distribution of cancers in the HIV/AIDS population is shifting
- Public relatively unconcerned about nanotechnology risks
- Psychologists say well-being is more than 'happiness'
- Moderate exercise dramatically improves brain blood flow in elderly women
- Evidence lacking for efficacy of memantine in treating mild Alzheimer's disease, study finds
- Can alcohol help the brain remember? Repeated ethanol exposure enhances synaptic plasticity in key brain area, study finds
- Maternal stress during pregnancy may affect child's obesity
- 'Pacman strategy' to boost the immune system to fight cancer
- Omega-3 consumed during pregnancy curbs risk for postpartum depression symptoms
- Iraqi refugees at high risk of brain and nervous system disorders
- Prenatal exposure to certain pollutants linked to behavioral problems in young children
- Increase in football-related injuries among youth found in new U.S. study
- Forensics: Developing a tool for identification -- even using very degraded DNA samples
- Self-fulfilling prophecy: People's opinion of others determines how cooperative they are
- First clinical trial of gene therapy for pain shows substantial pain relief for patients
- Tuberculosis strain spread by the fur trade reveals stealthy approach of epidemics
- Insights gained from growing cold-causing virus on sinus tissue
- Multitasking study reveals switching glitch in aging brain
- Some features of human face perception are not uniquely human, pigeon study shows
- Nasal spray vaccines can be made more effective against flu, experts say
- Estrogen treatment with no side effects in sight, Swedish researchers find
- Environmental E. coli: New way to classify E. coli bacteria and test for fecal contamination
- Physicians recommend different treatments for patients than they choose for themselves, study finds
- Social wasps show how bigger brains provide complex cognition
- Oral drug for multiple sclerosis significantly reduces disease activity and slows disability, study suggests
- Tissue engineers use new system to measure biomaterials, structures
- St. John's wort compound: Potential benefit of synthetic hypericin for recurrent brain tumors
- Treatments for gambling addiction
- Link between inflammation and pancreatic cancer discovered
- High levels of vitamin D appear to lower risk of age-related macular degeneration in young women
- Delhi air quality regulations improve respiratory health
- Extended schools in U.K. hold the key to tackling social problems
- How do life-threatening medical conditions in children impact quality of life?
Posted 2011-04-12:
- Light, chemistry, action: New technique to target skin cancers?
- Blueberries may inhibit development of fat cells
- Mechanism for esophageal cancer uncovered
- Diesel-engine exhaust filter reduces harmful particles by 98 percent
- Sleep issues contribute to cognitive problems in childhood cancer survivors
- Is the wrist bone connected to heart risk?
- Biologists find another clue to the origins of degenerative diseases
- Women's voices remain steady throughout the month; New study contradicts prior research suggesting hormonal status affects voice
- Letting there be more mosquitoes may lead to fewer malaria deaths, say researchers
- Vision loss in eye disease slowed using novel encapsulated cell therapy
- New technique tracks viral infections, aids development of antiviral drugs
- EPA's draft health assessment for formaldehyde needs improvement, experts say
- Health halo effect: Don't judge a food by its organic label
- New mechanism for invasion of tumorous cells discovered
- What sea squirts can teach us about the heart
- Anatomic differences found after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy
- Experimental drug achieves unprecedented weight loss, clinical trial finds
- Ozone reduces fungal spoilage of fruits and vegetables
- Increased life expectancy discourages religious participation, research finds
- Accelerated lab evolution of biomolecules could yield new generation of medicines
- Flu helps spread pneumonia
- Protein thought to protect against oxidative stress also promotes clogging of arteries
- Free software makes computer mouse easier for people with disabilities
- Demystifying meditation: Brain imaging illustrates how meditation reduces pain
- Drinking during pregnancy increases risk of premature birth, study finds
- An earlier start on diagnosing breast, prostate cancers
- Women with false-positive mammograms report high anxiety and reduced quality of life
- Scientists develop 'universal' virus-free method to turn blood cells into 'beating' heart cells
- How marijuana affects the way the brain processes emotional information
- Alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors found in Mediterranean people
- How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane
- Immunization not linked to increased hospitalization for children with inherited disorder, study finds
Posted 2011-04-11:
- Bullying alters brain chemistry, leads to anxiety, mouse study finds
- 'Good cholesterol' nanoparticles seek and destroy cancer cells
- New highly efficient way to make reprogrammed stem cells
- Scientists to sequence DNA of cystic fibrosis superbug
- Mum’s the word when it comes to children’s happiness
- Aspirin may lower the risk of pancreatic cancer
- Nicotine does not promote lung cancer growth in mouse models, study finds
- People control thoughts better when they see their brain activity
- Cause and new treatment for common recurrent fever in children identified
- Outsmarting cancer cells: Scientists learn how they spread
- Happiness, comparatively speaking: How we think about life's rewards
Posted 2011-04-10:
- Blood biomarker associated with prevalence, severity of Alzheimer's, but not risk of development
- Guidance molecules: New therapy shows novel therapeutic approach to fighting inflammation
- Fighting malaria with African plant extracts
- Frequent shopping prolongs life, study suggests
- New drug shrinks cancer in animals, study shows
- E. coli enzyme must move to function
- New clinical trial approach reduces time and costs of many studies
- Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts: Cookies or careers?
Posted 2011-04-09:
- Is beauty found in the whites of the eyes? 'Red eyes' associated with the sad and unattractive
- Dopamine controls formation of new brain cells, salamander study shows
- Pancreatic disease: Cells can consume errant molecules to prevent them from eating up organ
- 'Dual switch' regulates fat formation: Discovery points to new obesity and diabetes drugs
- Blood protein levels may predict risk of a cardiovascular event
- Frailty not a factor in adverse drug reactions among seniors, study finds
- Common genetic cause of autism and epilepsy discovered
- Atherosclerotic plaques form during a late and limited time period in life, atom bomb residues reveal
- Personal touch: Hearing a heartbeat has the same effect as looking each other in the eye
- Simple chemical cocktail shows first promise for limb re-growth in mammals
- Caffeine and diabetes: Helpful or harmful?
- Fish oil boosts responses to breast cancer drug tamoxifen, researchers find
- Chemical engineers have designed molecular probe to study disease
- Video games effective treatment for stroke patients
- Monkeys provide malaria reservoir for human disease in Southeast Asia
- Ovarian cancer finding may be a 'win-win' for at-risk women who wish to have a family
- Sniffing out lymphoma by 'turning dogs into humans'
- Clear link found between height and longevity in historical records
- Novel methods used to identify how cigarette smoke affects smokers
- Convenience leads to corpulence: Parents and schools unintentionally contribute to childhood obesity
- Cave fish insomniacs: Fishes that sleep less point to genetic basis for slumber, biologists find
- Naproxen reduces tumors in a mouse model of colon cancer, researchers report
- In vitro fertilizatio: Procedure used in preconception diagnosis can lead to problems with pregnancies, study finds
- What the world needs now? More wisdom
- Effects of a large reduction in alcohol prices on mortality in Finland
- Late diagnosis is major factor in hospital cancer deaths in Northern Ireland
- New antibiotics against resistant bacterial infections discovered
- Digestive experts grade treatment options for inflammatory bowel disease
Posted 2011-04-08:
- Mathematical model simulating rat whiskers provides insight into sense of touch
- Editing-molecule mutation causes fatal primordial dwarfism
- Blood pressure's internally driven daily rhythm unlikely to be linked to morning heart attacks
- Treatment for depression is a long-term solution, study suggests
- Political views are reflected in brain structure
- Molecules identified that help propel cancer metastasis
- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Indian public water supply
- Male victims of 'intimate terrorism' can experience damaging psychological effects
- Antidepressants aid physical recovery in stroke, study suggests
- New approach to IVF embryo donations lets people weigh decision
- Deep-space travel could create heart health woes for astronauts
- Warning labels better than a fat tax, study shows
- Technique for letting brain talk to computers now tunes in speech
- Brain development switch could affect schizophrenia, other conditions
- New fusion gene plays role in some stomach cancers
- Gene linked to severity of autism's social dysfunction identified
- Self-made eye: Formation of optic cup from embryonic stem cells
- Epileptic seizures linked to significant risk of subsequent brain tumor
- DNA stretching: New technique to detect illnesses
- Genetic change that helps tumors move to other parts of the body identified
- Chimpanzees' contagious yawning evidence of empathy, not just sleepiness, study shows
- Progression of smell loss offers clues to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease
- Novel association between Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer
- New device promises safer way to deliver powerful drugs
- Having trouble sharing or understanding emotions? Affection could help
- Breast cancer patients' persistent fatigue is real, may actually speed up aging
- New discovery explains weight problems in Huntingon’s disease
- Body mass index in adolescence associated with early occurrence of diabetes and heart disease
- Memory problems may be sign of stroke risk
- Ryan plan would fundamentally change Medicare, expert says
- Lifesaving antibiotics face doubtful future
- Unreliable 'outcomes' measures hamper efforts to assure better, safer care
- Collaborative quality improvement program cuts costs, improves patient care
- VA makes major gains in quality, but racial disparity persists
- Increased mortality rates seen in chronic hepatitis C patients with pre-cirrhotic advanced fibrosis
- In trial, video helps people weigh bariatric surgery pros, cons
- Pituitary incidentalomas: New guideline recommends that patients undergo complete history and physical examination
Posted 2011-04-07:
- Common dietary fat and intestinal microbes linked to heart disease
- New prostate cancer test gives more accurate diagnosis
- Strawberries may slow precancerous growth in the esophagus, study suggests
- Instructors can reduce cheating by being clear, researcher says
- Human taste cells regenerate in a dish
- Hotspots of genetic rearrangement: Findings in mice could aid understanding of how mammals genetically adapt
- Healthy welders may be at increased risk for early brain damage
- Are infants creating historical footprints with their eyes?
- Coffee drinking in your genes? Genetic variants in two genes linked with caffeine intake
- New drug is effective against the most common form of skin cancer, expert says
- Obesity increases the risk of fetal and infant death, and the risk of complications after hysterectomy
- Older age memory loss tied to stress hormone receptor in brain
- On-off switch for key 'factor' in heart disease and cancer discovered
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