Older People Who Diet Without Exercising Lose Valuable Muscle Mass (September 22, 2008) -- A group of sedentary and overweight older people placed on a four-month exercise program became more fit and burned off more fat, compared to older sedentary people who dieted but did not exercise. The new study also showed that when older people diet without exercising, they lose more lean muscle compared to those who exercise. When they combined weight loss with exercise, it nearly completely prevented the loss of lean muscle mass. ... > full story
Minimally Invasive Surgery Alleviates Pain Caused By Hip Impingement (September 22, 2008) -- The pain due to injury caused by an impingement within the hip joint can be alleviated by means of two surgical techniques in a minimally invasive manner. Arthroscopy is the technique preferred for those cases where the injury is less serious while the femoroacetabular osteoplastica after a small incision is for more serious injuries, according to doctors. ... > full story
Project To Turn Plant Cells Into Medical Factories (September 22, 2008) -- A large four-year project is launching in Europe to develop methods for production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds using plant cells as a production host in an effective and controlled manner. The methods based on plant biotechnology are an alternative to chemical synthesis. By controlling the cell metabolism of a 'green factory', i.e. a living plant cell, it is possible to affect the production of desired high-value compounds. This kind of metabolic engineering also stimulates the cells towards producing completely new compounds. ... > full story
Monitoring Outcomes Of Suicide Attempts In Pregnancy Can Better Assess Drug Dangers (September 22, 2008) -- Monitoring the health of children born to women who attempted suicide while pregnant can shed light on which medicines and what doses are particularly dangerous to developing fetuses, according to researchers from Hungary who publish their findings in a series of reports in a special issue of Toxicology and Industrial Health. ... > full story
Estrogen Reduces Risk Of Fracture After Menopause, Study Suggests (September 22, 2008) -- From the end of the 1970s to the late 1990s there was a significant reduction in the incidence of hip and distal forearm fractures among Oslo women in the early phase after menopause. Part of this decline can be explained by the large increase in the use of hormone replacement therapy after menopause in the same period, a new study shows. ... > full story
Small Changes To Transport Systems Could Mean Big Benefits For Older People (September 22, 2008) -- A new study has pinpointed how simple, low-cost measures could revolutionize older peoples' ability to use transport systems effectively, safely and with confidence. ... > full story
Vanderbilt Researchers Seek To Make Standardized Tests Accessible (September 22, 2008) -- Standardized testing is an inescapable part of modern education; however, these tests often fail to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities. Researchers have developed a decision-making instrument called the Test Accessibility and Modification Inventory to address the issue of accessibility for students with special needs. ... > full story
Scientists Trace Extensive Networks Regulating Alternative RNA Splicing (September 22, 2008) -- Scientists have succeeded in tracing intricate biochemical networks involving a class of proteins that enable genes to express themselves in specific tissues at particular moments in development. ... > full story
Bisexual Community Reports Need For Improvements In Mental Health Services (September 22, 2008) -- New research sheds light on the mental health of bisexual people in Ontario by looking at the context of mental health issues in this group. The Bisexuality, Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being Research Project evaluated the experiences of bisexual people based on three main determinants of health, and the results demonstrated that social biphobia and stereotypes about bisexuals have far reaching negative effects on the mental health and well-being of bisexual people. ... > full story
Receptor Activation Protects Retina From Diabetes Destruction (September 21, 2008) -- Diabetes can make the beautifully stratified retina look like over-fried bacon. A drug known for it pain-relieving power and believed to stimulate memory appears to prevent this retinal damage that leads to vision loss, researchers say. ... > full story
New Model Predicts Long-term Survival Of Critically Ill Patients (September 21, 2008) -- The long term survival of critically ill patients may now be predicted, using a new model. The study used clinical and long term survival data of a heterogenous group of 11,930 patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia. ... > full story
Face Blindness Research Shows Emotions Are Key In The Study Of Face Recognition (September 21, 2008) -- Recognizing faces is usually an effortless process. However, a minority of people have difficulties identifying the person they are meeting or remembering people they have met before. These problems can be dramatic, where those affected fail to recognize the face of their spouse or child or even their own face. New research on face blindness demonstrates the importance of using naturalistic emotional faces and bodies for a better understanding of developmental face disorders. ... > full story
Internationally Adopted Children Hit Puberty Earlier, Study Finds (September 21, 2008) -- A Canadian study has found that some girls adopted from China begin puberty as early as eight and boys as early as 10-years-old. ... > full story
Cardiologists Find Physical Exams Just As Good For Assessing Heart Failure (September 21, 2008) -- Patient history and physical examination, traditionally the cornerstone diagnostic tool for medical care, may still be among the most accurate and cost-efficient methods to assess patients with congestive heart failure, researchers have found. ... > full story
Estrogen 'Flooding Our Rivers,' Montreal Study Finds (September 21, 2008) -- A water treatment plant from Canada's second biggest city, Montreal, is dumping 90 times the critical amount of certain estrogen products into the river. It only takes one nanogram (ng) of steroids per liter of water to disrupt the endocrinal system of fish and decrease their fertility. ... > full story
Positive Thinking Trial In UK Aims To Prevent Childhood Depression (September 21, 2008) -- More than 7,000 school pupils from across the United Kingdom will be taking part in the trial of a new positive thinking program led by the University of Bath designed to prevent children developing problems with depression. ... > full story
New Colorectal Screening Procedure Is Accurate And Less Invasive, Trial Finds (September 21, 2008) -- A major clinical trial for colorectal screening finds that more patients stand to benefit from a comprehensive, less invasive method to accurately detect colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps. ... > full story
Adults With Aortic Valve Disorder Do Not Experience Reduction In Survival Rate (September 21, 2008) -- Young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve, a congenital heart abnormality, experience subsequent cardiac events but do not appear to have lower survival rates compared to the general population, according to a new study. ... > full story
Mom's Beliefs May Impact Their Kids' Alcohol Use, Study Finds (September 21, 2008) -- Mothers, take note. If you really want to curb your teens' chances of using alcohol, help them develop a self-view that doesn't include drinking. According to a new Iowa State University study, the power of positive thinking by moms may limit their children's alcohol use. ... > full story
Longevity, Cancer And Diet Connected: New Research In Worms Could Apply To Humans (September 20, 2008) -- Researchers have discovered a connection between genes that could hold the key to a longer, healthier life. Using worms that share similar genetics to humans, scientists have identified a previously unknown link between two genes -- one associated with aging, the other with certain types of cancer. ... > full story
Easier-to-hit 'Targets' Could Help Older People Make The Most Of Computers (September 20, 2008) -- Older people could make better use of computers if icons, links and menu headings automatically grew bigger as the cursor moves towards them. ... > full story
Stem Cells May Solve Mystery Of Early Pregnancy Breast Cancer Protection (September 20, 2008) -- The answer to why an early pregnancy seems to protect against breast cancer could rest with a decrease in stem cells found after animals have given birth, said researchers in a report in the journal Stem Cell. ... > full story
Overbearing Parents Foster Obsessive Children, New Study Finds (September 20, 2008) -- Parents watch your nagging. A new study from the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada, has found that parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or obsessive passion for their favorite hobby. ... > full story
Programmed Cell Death Contributes Force To Movement Of Cells (September 20, 2008) -- In addition to pruning cells out of the way during embryonic development, the much-studied process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, has been newly found to exert significant mechanical force on surrounding cells. ... > full story
Prosthetic Vein Valve Designed To Direct Blood Flow Shows Promising Pre-clinical Results (September 20, 2008) -- Engineers have developed a prosthetic vein valve to help improve the lives of those suffering from a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency. The valve was designed to replace damaged, non-functioning valves. ... > full story
Sole Use Of Impaired Limb Improves Recovery In Spinal Cord Injury (September 20, 2008) -- A new study finds that following minor spinal cord injury, rats that had to use impaired limbs showed full recovery due to increased growth of healthy nerve fibers and the formation of new nerve cell connections. These findings help explain how physical therapy advances recovery, and support the use of rehabilitation therapies that specifically target impaired limbs in people with brain and spinal cord injuries. ... > full story
Optical Sensors Make MRI Scans Safer (September 20, 2008) -- Magnetic resonance scans will be safer for children and other patients needing anaesthesia, thanks to new kinds of optical sensors. ... > full story
Collaboration Helps Police Address Job Stress (September 20, 2008) -- Mangled bodies, gunfire, high-speed chases and injured children are just a few events witnessed by police officers and soldiers serving in dangerous hot spots around the world. These traumas take a high toll on the police officers and soldiers, who suppress human emotions to get the job done and can be reluctant to share their experiences in an effort to spare others from their ordeals, according to a September Police Quarterly article. ... > full story
Thin Men More Vulnerable To Osteoporosis And Bone Fractures Than Other Older Men (September 20, 2008) -- Obesity and weight increase leads to an increased risk of many chronic diseases, and the advice is therefore to maintain a stable healthy weight. Now, research shows that there may be disadvantages to being thin. Men who have low weight in middle age and who reduce their weight, increase the chance of osteoporosis and fracture. The findings are now published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. ... > full story
Harnessing New Technology To Keep Older People Behind The Wheel For Longer (September 20, 2008) -- A new study has highlighted the key role technology could play in extending the age at which people can drive safely on our roads. ... > full story
Incontinence Affects A Substantial Proportion Of Women; Prevalence Increases With Age (September 20, 2008) -- Nearly one-quarter of women surveyed, and more than one-third of older women, report at least one pelvic floor disorder, which includes urinary and fecal incontinence and the shifting of a pelvic organ, according to a new study. These disorders become more prevalent with increasing age and weight. ... > full story
Homosexuals' Negative Feelings About Sexuality Predict Poor Mental And Sexual Health (September 20, 2008) -- Researchers have published a study showing that the degree of internalized homonegativity (negative attitude towards homosexuality) among homosexual men is what predicts poor mental and sexual health -- not the act of being homosexual. ... > full story
Natural Childbirth Linked To Stronger Baby Bonding Than C-sections (September 19, 2008) -- The bonds that tie a mother to her newborn may be stronger in women who deliver naturally than in those who deliver by cesarean section, according to a study published by Yale School of Medicine researchers in the October issue of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. ... > full story
Pictures Of Hot Fudge Sundaes Arouse: Understanding Emotions Improves Our Food Choices (September 19, 2008) -- Menus and advertising affect our emotions, and if we understand those emotions, we make better food choices, according to a new study. ... > full story
Fly Studies Reveal Immune Cell Responses To Tumor And Tissue Damage (September 19, 2008) -- A new report reveals the similarities between the immune response to cancer and and the immune response to tissue damage. ... > full story
Security: Checking People At Airports – With Terahertz Radiation (September 19, 2008) -- Within the last few years the number of transport checks -- above all at airports -- has been increased considerably. A worthwhile effort as, after all, it concerns the protection of passengers. Possibilities for new and safe methods of checking people are offered by terahertz radiation. ... > full story
Key Advance In Treating Spinal Cord Injuries Found In Manipulating Stem Cells (September 19, 2008) -- Manipulating stem cells prior to transplantation may hold the key to overcoming a critical obstacle to using stem cell technology to repair spinal cord injuries, scientists have shown. ... > full story
Smart Desks Make Sci-fi A Reality In The Classroom (September 19, 2008) -- Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University. Researchers are designing new learning environments using interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone. ... > full story
Muscle Stem Cell Identity Confirmed By Researchers (September 19, 2008) -- A single cell can repopulate damaged skeletal muscle in mice, say scientists who devised a way to track the cell's fate in living animals. The research is the first to confirm that so-called satellite cells encircling muscle fibers harbor an elusive muscle stem cell. ... > full story
Kids With Obese Friends And Family More Likely To Misperceive Weight (September 19, 2008) -- Kids and teens surrounded by overweight peers or parents are more likely to be oblivious to their own extra pounds than kids from thin entourages, according to a new Canadian study. ... > full story
'Baby' Fat Cells May Be Key To Treating Obesity, Say Researchers (September 19, 2008) -- Immature, or "baby," fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in mice. ... > full story
Novel Anti-cancer Mechanism Found In Long-lived Rodents (September 19, 2008) -- Biologists have found that small-bodied rodents with long lifespans have evolved a previously unknown anti-cancer mechanism that appears to be different from any anticancer mechanisms employed by humans or other large mammals. ... > full story
First Dense Gas Of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules Created (September 19, 2008) -- Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado at Boulder, have applied their expertise in ultracold atoms and lasers to produce the first high-density gas of ultracold molecules -- two different atoms bonded together -- that are both stable and capable of strong interactions. ... > full story
Mother's Flu Shot Protects Newborns (September 19, 2008) -- Newborns can be protected from seasonal flu when their mothers are vaccinated during pregnancy. Researchers observed a 63 percent reduction in proven influenza illness among infants born to vaccinated mothers while the number of serious respiratory illnesses to both mothers and infants dropped by 36 percent. The study is the first to demonstrate that the inactivated influenza vaccine provides protection to both mother and newborn. ... > full story
Finger Lengths Linked To Voluntary Exercise (September 19, 2008) -- If you find yourself lacking in motivation to go for a run or hit the gym, you may want to check your fingers. According to a new study there is a direct correlation between digit length and voluntary exercise. ... > full story
Hormone Discovery Points To Benefits Of 'Home Grown' Fat (September 19, 2008) -- A hormone found at higher levels when the body produces its own "home grown" fat comes with considerable metabolic benefits, according to a new study. The newly discovered signaling molecule is the first example of a lipid-based hormone -- most are made up of proteins -- although the researchers said they expect it will not be the last. ... > full story
Prostate Cancer Genes Behave Like Those In Embryo (September 19, 2008) -- Gene activity in prostate cancer is reminiscent of that in the developing fetal prostate, providing further evidence that all cancers are not equal, researchers report. The finding could help scientists investigate how to manipulate the genetic program to fight a disease whose biology remains poorly understood despite more than half a century of investigation. ... > full story
Accuracy, Efficacy And Ethics Of Abstinence-only Programs Questioned By Public Health Experts (September 19, 2008) -- Studies published in the journal Sexuality Research and Social Policy reveal that abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs fail to change sexual behavior in teenagers, provide inaccurate information about condoms and violate human rights principles. ... > full story
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