Protein Opens Hope Of Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis Patients (September 12, 2008) -- Scientists have finally identified a direct role for the missing protein that leaves cystic fibrosis patients open to attack from lung-damaging bacteria, the main reason most of them die before their 35th birthday, scientists report. ... > full story
An Advance On New Generations Of Chemotherapy And Antiviral Drugs (September 12, 2008) -- Researchers are describing progress toward developing a new generation of chemotherapy agents that target and block uncontrolled DNA replication — a hallmark of cancer, viral infections, and other diseases — more effectively than current drugs in ways that may produce fewer side effects. ... > full story
How To Differentiate Benign From Malignant Bile Duct Strictures? (September 12, 2008) -- The differentiation of benign and malignant strictures is difficult. Recently, a group of clinical specialists in Netherlands attempted to find possible criteria for differentiation of malignant from benign bile duct strictures. They found that except for vascular involvement which was associated significantly with malignancy, there were no conclusive features of malignancy on regular imaging modalities. ... > full story
Tsunami Survivors Experienced Complex Trauma And Grieving Process, Says New Study (September 12, 2008) -- People who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami or lost loved ones in the disaster went through a complex process of trauma and grief, according to research published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. ... > full story
Flies, Too, Feel The Influence Of Their Peers, Studies Find (September 12, 2008) -- Researchers have found that group composition affects individual flies in several ways, including changes in gene activity and sexual behavior, all mediated by chemical communication ... > full story
Light-activated Treatments Could Solve MRSA Problems After Surgery (September 12, 2008) -- Killer dyes that can wipe out bacteria could help solve the superbug problems faced by surgical patients, scientists report. ... > full story
Breast Cancer Screening May Lower Mortality And Disease Burden In India (September 12, 2008) -- Regular screening of women between the ages of 40 and 59 could substantially reduce breast cancer mortality in India, according to new study. ... > full story
NASA Report Explores Use Of Earth Data To Support National U.S. Priorities (September 12, 2008) -- The United States faces challenges in utilizing Earth science information to manage resources and protect public health, according to a NASA-sponsored report issued by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program. The report examines the computer-based decision support tools that many government agencies use to make predictions and forecasts in areas such as agricultural productivity, air quality, renewable energy resources, water management, and the prevention of vector-borne disease. ... > full story
New Way To Help Schizophrenia Sufferers' Social Skills (September 12, 2008) -- Researchers in Australia are investigating a new way to help schizophrenia patients develop their communication and social skills. ... > full story
Infectious Heart Disease Death Rates Rising Again, Say Scientists (September 11, 2008) -- Infectious heart disease is still a major killer in spite of improvements in health care, but the way the disease develops has changed so much since its discovery that nineteenth century doctors would not recognize it, scientists report. ... > full story
Vitamin B12 May Protect The Brain In Old Age (September 11, 2008) -- Vitamin B12, a nutrient found in meat, fish and milk, may protect against brain volume loss in older people, according to a new study. ... > full story
U.S. Hospitals 'Flunk' Colon Cancer, Study Finds (September 11, 2008) -- A new study has found the majority of hospitals don't check enough lymph nodes after a patient's colon cancer surgery to determine if the disease has spread. Leading oncology organizations have recommended a minimum of 12 lymph nodes be examined to determine if colon cancer has metastasized. That affects whether a patient receives chemotherapy, which significantly improves survival. Yet, more than 60 percent of nearly 1,300 institutions in the United States failed to check enough nodes. ... > full story
Dance To The Music: Learning And Exercising At YMCA Can Prevent Diabetes, New Study Says (September 11, 2008) -- Community-based exercise organizations, such as the YMCA, are an effective tool in the fight against diabetes, according to new study. More than 60 million Americans have pre-diabetes, and most of them are unaware. Adults with pre-diabetes are at more than 10 times the normal risk for developing diabetes and at twice the risk for heart attack or stroke. Reaching this growing population is a concern for diabetes educators and physicians. ... > full story
Aberrations In One Region Of One Chromosome Associated With Broad Range Of Disorders In Children (September 11, 2008) -- A submicroscopic variation in a region of human chromosome 1q21.1 is associated with a broad range of disorders and levels of impairment, including mental retardation, autism, heart defects, hand deformities and other conditions. ... > full story
Toward Improved Antibiotics Using Proteins From Marine Diatoms (September 11, 2008) -- Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their study may help fight the growing epidemic of drug-resistant infections. ... > full story
Clinicians Debate Use Of Arthroscopy In Patients With Osteoarthritis (September 11, 2008) -- Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritis of the knee provides no additional benefit to optimized physical and medical therapy, a new study shows. An accompanying editorial, however, points out that the study has some weaknesses and argues strongly that arthroscopy does have a role in some patients with osteoarthritis. ... > full story
Switched-on New Nanotechnology Paints For Hospitals Could Kill Superbugs (September 11, 2008) -- New nanotechnology paints for walls, ceilings, and surfaces could be used to kill hospital superbugs when fluorescent lights are switched on, scientists report. ... > full story
Army Still Using Physicians In Interrogation, Bioethicist Says (September 11, 2008) -- U.S. Army psychiatrists may be participating in the interrogation of detainees, while ignoring recommendations to the contrary from professional medical associations, according to a Penn State bioethicist. ... > full story
Bleeding Gums Linked To Heart Disease (September 11, 2008) -- Bad teeth, bleeding gums and poor dental hygiene can end up causing heart disease, scientists report. ... > full story
Injured Brains 'Work Harder' To Perform At Same Level As Healthy People (September 11, 2008) -- Brain imaging experts have found a distinct "brain signature" in patients who have recovered from head injuries that shows their brains may have to work harder than the brains of healthy people to perform at the same level. ... > full story
As Head And Neck Cancer Risks Evolve, More Treatment Options Emerge (September 11, 2008) -- Recent advances in the treatment of head and neck cancer are bringing patients more treatment options, improved quality of life and opportunities for prevention. These advances include new targeted therapies, refinements in radiation and chemotherapy and the identification of a link with human papillomavirus. ... > full story
Real-world Behavior And Biases Show Up In Virtual World (September 11, 2008) -- Americans are spending increasing amounts of time hanging around virtual worlds in the forms of cartoon-like avatars that change appearances according to users' wills, fly through floating cities in the clouds and teleport instantly to glowing crystal canyons and starlit desert landscapes. Simply fun and games? A new study shows that avatars responded to social cues -- and revealed racial biases -- in the same ways that people do in the real world. ... > full story
Cryopreservation Techniques Bring Hopes For Women Cancer Victims And Endangered Species (September 11, 2008) -- Emerging cryopreservation techniques are increasing hope of restoring fertility for women after diseases such as ovarian cancer that lead to destruction of reproductive tissue. The same techniques can also be used to maintain stocks of farm animals, and protect against extinction of endangered animal species by maintaining banks of ovarian tissue or even nascent embryos that can be used to produce offspring at some point in the future. ... > full story
Popular Surgery Provides No Relief For Osteoarthritis Of The Knee, Study Finds (September 11, 2008) -- A landmark study shows that a routinely practiced knee surgery is ineffective at reducing joint pain or improving joint function for sufferers of osteoarthritis. ... > full story
Cortisol And Fatty Liver: Researchers Find Cause Of Severe Metabolic Disorders (September 11, 2008) -- A healthy body stores fat in the form of so-called triglycerides in specialized fatty tissue as an energy reserve. Under certain conditions the delicate balance of the lipid metabolism gets out of control and fat is accumulated in the liver, leading to the dreaded fatty liver. This increases the risk of many metabolic diseases, such as the metabolic syndrome known as "deadly quartet". This combination of fatty liver, obesity, diabetes and hypertension is regarded as the primary cause of life-threatening vascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. ... > full story
Why Delaying Gratification Is Smart (September 11, 2008) -- If you had a choice between receiving ,000 right now or ,000 ten years from now, which would you pick? Previous research suggests that higher intelligence is related to better self-control, but the reasons for this link are unknown. ... > full story
Help From Herpes? Coinfection Induces Acyclovir To Inhibit HIV (September 11, 2008) -- A surprising interaction may enable development of new HIV treatment strategies by exploiting infection with multiple pathogens. The research demonstrates that a drug commonly used to treat herpes directly suppresses HIV in coinfected tissues and thus may be beneficial for patients infected with both viruses. ... > full story
Variety In The Splice Of Life: Chromosome Breaks Are Surprisingly Complex (September 11, 2008) -- When chromosomes break, trouble usually ensues; chromosome abnormalities are the single biggest cause of birth defects in humans. But a new study of translocations, in which two chromosomes swap segments of DNA, shows that the chromosomes can splice the pieces together in a variety of ways with no ill effects. ... > full story
Abuse Of Painkillers Can Predispose Adolescents To Lifelong Addiction (September 11, 2008) -- Researchers reveal that adolescent mice exposed to the painkiller Oxycontin can sustain lifelong and permanent changes in their reward system -- changes that increase the drug's euphoric properties and make such adolescents more vulnerable to the drug's effects later in adulthood. ... > full story
Immaturity Of The Brain May Cause Schizophrenia (September 11, 2008) -- The underdevelopment of a specific region in the brain may lead to schizophrenia in individuals. According to research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Brain, dentate gyrus, which is located in the hippocampus in the brain and thought to be responsible for working memory and mood regulation, remained immature in an animal model of schizophrenia. ... > full story
Brush Your Teeth To Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease (September 11, 2008) -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. However, many people with cardiovascular disease have none of the common risk factors such as smoking, obesity and high cholesterol. Now, researchers have discovered a new link between gum disease and heart disease that may help find ways to save lives. ... > full story
Pain Appears Common Among Patients With Parkinson's Disease (September 11, 2008) -- Pain appears to be more common in individuals with Parkinson's disease than in those without, suggesting that pain is associated with the condition, according to a new report. ... > full story
Researcher Begins Study Of Osama Bin Laden Audio Tapes (September 11, 2008) -- More than 1,500 audio cassette tapes taken in 2001 from Osama bin Laden's former residential compound in Qandahar, Afghanistan, are yielding new insights into the radical Islamic militant leader's intellectual development in the years leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. ... > full story
How Parkinson's Develops: Protein Found That Regulates Gene Critical To Dopamine-releasing Brain Cells (September 11, 2008) -- Researchers have identified a protein they say appears to be a primary player in maintaining normal functioning of an important class of neurons -- those brain cells that produce, excrete and then reabsorb dopamine neurotransmitters. These molecules command numerous body functions, ranging from management of behavior and mood to control of movement, and one day may hold the key to why and how some people develop Parkinson's and other brain diseases. ... > full story
Older Women Who Get Little Sleep May Have A Higher Risk Of Falling (September 11, 2008) -- Women age 70 and older who sleep five hours or less per night may be more likely to experience falls than those who sleep more than seven to eight hours per night, according to a new report. Additionally, the use of sleep medications does not appear to influence the association between sleep and risk of falling. ... > full story
Sexual Harassment 10 Times More Likely In Casual And Contract Jobs (September 11, 2008) -- Women employed in casual and contract jobs are up to 10 times more likely to experience unwanted sexual advances than those in permanent full time positions, a University of Melbourne study has found. ... > full story
Potential Approach To Treatment Of Hepatitis B Virus Infection (September 11, 2008) -- Researchers have found that hepatitis B virus infection can be treated with therapeutic approaches targeting host cell proteins by inhibiting a cellular gene required for HBV replication or by restoring a response abrogated by HBV. This provided a potential approach to the prevention and treatment of HBV infection. ... > full story
Calculating How Breast Cancers Will Respond To Tamoxifen (September 11, 2008) -- A discovery by Australian scientists could help clinicians decide which women with breast cancer will make good candidates for anti-estrogen therapies, such as tamoxifen, and which will not. ... > full story
UK Children's Physical Activity Levels Hugely Overestimated (September 11, 2008) -- UK children's physical activity levels have been greatly overestimated, with true levels likely to be around six times lower than national data suggest, finds new research. ... > full story
Over 1 In 4 South African Men Report Using Physical Violence Against Their Female Partners (September 11, 2008) -- A first-ever, national study conducted in South Africa found that 27.5 percent of men who have ever been married or lived with a partner report perpetrating physical violence against their current or most recent female partner. ... > full story
Bacteria's Sticky Glue Is Clue To Vaccine, Says Scientist (September 10, 2008) -- Sticky glue secreted by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus could be the clue scientists have been searching for to make an effective vaccine against MRSA, medical researchers report. ... > full story
Golf-related Eye Injuries In Children Are Rare, But Can Be Devastating (September 10, 2008) -- Pediatric golf injuries are rare but can be devastating to the eye and vision system, according to a report in the Archives of Ophthalmology. ... > full story
A New Addiction: Internet Junkies (September 10, 2008) -- While compulsive gambling is only beginning to be addressed by mental health professionals, they must now face a new affliction: Internet addiction. ... > full story
Sleek Probe To Map Earth's Gravity (September 10, 2008) -- The European Space Agency is launching a new satellite to map variations in the Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy. The satellite will give UK scientists vital information about ocean circulation and sea level change needed to improve climate forecast models. ... > full story
Human Embryonic Stem Cell Secretions Minimize Tissue Injury After Heart Attack (September 10, 2008) -- A novel way to improve survival and recovery rate after a heart attack was reported in the journal Stem Cell Research. This method, developed in laboratory research with pigs, is the first noncell based therapeutic application of human embryonic stem cells. It entails using secretions from stem cells. ... > full story
World's Largest-ever Study Of Near-Death Experiences (September 10, 2008) -- The University of Southampton is launching the world's largest-ever study of near-death experiences this week. The University of Southampton is launching the world's largest-ever study of near-death experiences this week. The AWARE (AWAreness during REsuscitation) study is to be launched by the Human Consciousness Project -- an international collaboration of scientists and physicians who have joined forces to study the human brain, consciousness and clinical death. ... > full story
Researchers Identify Natural Tumor Suppressor (September 10, 2008) -- Researchers have identified a key step in the formation -- and suppression -- of esophageal cancers and perhaps carcinomas of the breast, head and neck. By studying human tissue samples, they found that Fbx4, a naturally occurring enzyme, plays a key role in stopping production of another protein called Cyclin D1, which is thought to contribute to the early stages of cancer development. ... > full story
Magnetic Resonance And Radar Technology United In One Prototype: New Process To Improve Diagnostic Images (September 10, 2008) -- Don't move a muscle! Patients certainly have to take this request to heart if they have to lie in a magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) device – otherwise movement artifacts result on the images produced by the MRT. With the aid of an ultra-broadband radar device, these vital movements during measurement can be taken into consideration and the MRI measurements can be corrected. ... > full story
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