ScienceDaily Health Headlines
for the Week of June 20 to June 27, 2010
Welcome to another edition of ScienceDaily's newsletter.Posted 2010-06-26:
- Mechanism that may trigger degenerative disease identified
- Chemists find an easier way to synthesize new drug candidates; New method could have a big impact on pharmaceutical business
- Novel radiotracer shines new light on the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients
- Scientists create 3-D models of whole mouse organs
- Ingredient in red wine may prevent some blinding diseases
- Gene therapy a step closer to mass production
- Detecting eye injury
- Study identifies couples’ underlying concerns during a fight
- Virus works with gene to cause Crohn's-like illness
- Silencing hepatitis B virus prevents recurrence of liver cancer
- Tactile sensations influence social judgments and decisions
- More variation in human genome than expected: Surprisingly common transposons or 'jumping genes' are known to cause disease
- Small amount of common preservative increases toxins from harmful bacteria in food, study finds
- Mysterious cilium functions as cellular communication hub, study shows
- Most concussions deliver 95 g's, neuropsychologist says
- Consumer-grade camera detects cancer cells in real time
- Compound found in red wine neutralizes toxicity of proteins related to Alzheimer's
- Women with polycystic ovary syndrome have higher BPA blood levels, study finds
- Teens and alcohol study: After a few drinks, parenting style kicks in
- Researchers develop living, breathing human lung-on-a-chip
- Sight restored to mice afflicted with retinitis pigmentosa
- Progesterone is effective for hot flash treatment and provides an alternative to estrogen, study finds
- Brain stimulation technique boosts language ability in Alzheimer's patients
- Addiction: a loss of plasticity of the brain?
- Popular heart drug may be unsafe for some kidney patients
- Migraine sufferers who experienced childhood abuse have greater risk of cardiovascular disease, study finds
- Novel approach developed to study neurological disorders
- Possible role for Smurf1 in pulmonary arterial hypertension
- How likely is misdiagnosis?
- Scientists implant regenerated lung tissue in rats
- Antihypertensive drugs may protect against Alzheimer's disease
- Breast milk transmits drugs and medicines to the baby
- How embryos fight retroviral infection
- Moldy homes a serious risk for severe asthma attacks in some
- Winning a soccer penalty shootout: cheering convincingly increases changes of success
- Hallmark Alzheimer's disease changes found in retinas of humans and imaged in live animals
- Left or right? Early clues to soccer penalty kicks revealed
- Babies' first bacteria depend on birthing method, says new study
- Ignoring stress leads recovering addicts to more cravings
- Analyzing food and beverages with magnetic levitation
- Drug mitigates toxic effects of radiation in mice
- Gut bacteria could be key indicator of colon cancer risk
- Language of RNA decoded: Study reveals new function for pseudogenes and noncoding RNAs
- Gay men's bilateral brains better at remembering faces, study finds
- How lead exposure damages the brain: New research fills in the picture
- New method of peptide synthesis makes it easier to create drugs based on natural compounds
- Obesity, weight gain in middle age associated with increased risk of diabetes among older adults
- Pre-stored phrases make it easier to be part of a conversation
- Jetting off without the jet lag
- Skins prone to sunburn may be capable of a normal tan
- Mechanism explains complications associated with diabetes
- Young children are skilled negotiators, Swedish research finds
- Polio research gives new insight into tackling vaccine-derived poliovirus
- Can START stop cholesterol build-up?
- Asymetric nanostructures for early and more accurate prediction of cancer
- Abusive mothering aggravates the impact of stress hormones
- Researchers call for support for parents of children with disabilities
- Usefulness of shear wave velocity in managing nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- Endoscopic findings of cytomegalovirus gastritis
- C-reactive protein measurement in children inflammatory bowel disease patients
- A new therapeutic intervention for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- A future strategy for the treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis
- What affects the gastrointestinal symptoms in peritoneal dialysis patients?
- Is it safe for endoscopic piecemeal mucosal resection in treating large sessile colorectal polyps?
- Optimal surgical procedure for duodenal gastrointestinal stromal tumors
- Brave brains: Neural mechanisms of courage uncovered in study of fear of snakes
- Structural basis for incidence of skin cancers in a genetic disorder discovered
- Loneliness, poor health appear to be linked
- Lowering homocysteine levels with folic acid and vitamin B12 does not appear to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, study finds
- US ranks last among 7 countries on health system performance, new report says
- Genetically modified cell procedure may prove useful in treating kidney failure
- Exercise trumps creatine in cardiac rehabilitation
- New medical weapons to protect against anthrax attacks
- Computer program detects depression in bloggers' texts
- Imaging reveals how brain fails to tune out phantom sounds of tinnitus
- New vaccine strategies could safely control Rift Valley fever
- REM sleep deprivation plays a role in chronic migraine
- Neuroscientists can predict your behavior better than you can
- Getting estrogen's benefits without cancer risk
- Amniotic membrane used to repair human articular cartilage
- Going barefoot in home may contribute to elderly falls
- Adverse childhood experiences linked to frequent headache in adults
- Humans have a mighty bite, new research shows
- High levels of fructose, trans fats lead to significant liver disease, says study
- Decay of baby teeth may be linked to obesity, poor food choices, study suggests
- Brain structure corresponds to personality
- New lung cancer drug shows dramatic results for shrinking tumors: Phase III clinical trial being offered
- Mothers' high blood sugar in pregnancy is linked to children's reduced insulin sensitivity
- Exercise may be an effective and nonpharmacologic treatment option for alcohol dependence
- Filtering donor blood reduces heart, lung complications
- Coffee may protect against head and neck cancers
- No link between early childhood cancers and living near mobile phone base station during pregnancy, says study
- Many clinicians maintain positive attitudes toward industry marketing activities
- Genetic septet in control of blood platelet clotting
- Implementing comparative effectiveness research: Lessons from the mammography screening controversy
- Caring for an elderly, sick spouse sometimes has positive elements
- Gap in preventive care exists among Latinos, study shows
- The reality of human stem cell research in Europe
- Informal childcare curbs chances of infants being breastfed, study finds
- Underinsured African-American women have worse breast cancer outcomes, study finds
- Growing brain is particularly flexible: How the brain changes during growth
- Insight into cells could lead to new approach to medicines
- Chlordecone exposure and risk of prostate cancer
- Can a Victoria's Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?
- Lemurs lose weight with 'life-extending' supplement resveratrol
- Ear tubes appear safe for children with cochlear implants
- People who suppress anger are more likely to become violent when drunk
- Brain signs of schizophrenia found in babies
- Portable media players associated with short-term hearing effects
- Well-defined quantity of antioxidants in diet can improve insulin resistance, study finds
- Bioengineers create simulator to test blood platelets in virtual heart attacks
- Puberty and sleep regulation can influence alcohol use during early adolescence
- World's first plastic antibodies in live organisms: Stop spread of bee venom in mice
- Alcohol consumption lowers risk of developing several arthritic conditions, study finds
- Studying cells in 3-D could reveal new cancer targets
- Bacteria in the nose and throat: Most comprehensive comparative analysis
- Bone replacement from laser melting
- Some types of arousal can lead to unhealthy choices, study finds
- Early-life exposure to BPA may affect testis function in adulthood
- More than skin deep, tanning product of sun's rays
- Harmful bacteria carried by pigeons
- Seasonality of child abuse a myth, study finds
- Early menopause linked to higher risk of future cardiovascular disease, study finds
- Children with special needs are at increased risk for oral disease
- Can multiple sclerosis attacks be minimized in a war zone?
- Of lice and man: Researchers sequence human body louse genome
- Novel pathway may open doors for new blood pressure treatments
- Cardiac imaging breakthrough helps determine diminished blood flow to the heart
- Electronic health records could give rise to more liability risk, experts argue
- Cancers of sweat glands, other skin-related structures may be increasing in United States
- Updated HIV therapy guidelines would reduce risk of transmission, save lives, billions in costs, study finds
- Greater religiosity during adolescence may protect against developing problem alcohol use
- Employers took many measures to protect employees and avoid business impact of H1N1 flu outbreak
- Genome sequence may lead to better methods to target lice
- Sequencing of the human body louse genome: Important step toward control of disease-vector insect
- New link between pollution, temperature and sleep-disordered breathing
- 1000 Genomes Project releases data from pilot projects on path to providing database for 2,500 human genomes
- Wearable sensors with diagnostic capabilities
- Common Alzheimer's medication helps skills necessary for safe driving, study suggests
- Poor control of diabetes may be linked to low vitamin D
- Alternative pathway to malaria infection identified
- New guideline helps determine brain death in adults
- Stomach hormone ghrelin increases desire for high-calorie foods, study finds
- Prior exposure to seasonal influenza may explain the mildness of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic
- Many people with diabetes do not know or heed dangers of hot weather
- Child welfare services need radical changes to guard against abuse, experts urge
- Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy
- Molecular discovery suggests new strategy to fight cancer drug resistance
- Fructose sugar makes maturing human fat cells fatter, less insulin-sensitive, study finds
- Stroke recovery goes 3-D: Canadian video game takes rehab to the next level
- Gene therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in mice, experimental technique shows
- Oral bacteria may offer probiotic potential against upper respiratory infections
- Sequencing a single genome yields cause of inherited bone disorder
- When do newborns first feel cold?
- Certain obese people are not at high risk of heart disease, diabetes, study finds
- Therapeutic potential of embryonic stem cells
- Physical model describes structures of viral capsids
- Gabapentin opens window of communication
- Battle of the bugs leaves humans as collateral damage
- Cutting carbs is more effective than low-fat diet for insulin-resistant women, study finds
- Feared side effect of Alzheimer's drugs is unlikely, new model suggests
- Brain MRI in children: 'Incidental' findings yield disclosure dilemmas for doctors, patients
- Women who consume large amounts of tea have increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis, study finds
- Protein identified that modulates metabolic dysfunction in obesity
- In pursuit of the energy of life: Researchers decipher makeup of generators in cellular power plants
- Understanding genetic mixing through migration: A tool for clinicians as well as geneaologists
- Benefits and risks of menopausal hormone therapy: New scientific statement
- Physician-journalist guidelines proposed in wake of Haiti earthquake
- New test may simply and rapidly detect Lyme disease
- Understanding robustness in organisms -- a potential weapon against infectious diseases
- LCD television waste could help prevent bacterial infections
- More than just baby blues: How postpartum depression arises and how it could be prevented
- Deadly effect of arsenic in drinking water measured in Bangladesh study
- Surveillance may be suitable treatment option for patients with low-risk prostate cancer
- Physicists help biologists to understand protein folding
- Faster employees may indirectly motivate colleagues to increase production
- Circadian clock in pancreas directly linked to diabetes
- Coffee or tea: Enjoy both in moderation for heart benefits, Dutch study suggests
- Vitamin D deficiency confirmed as common across a range of rheumatic conditions
- Children with home computers likely to have lower test scores, study finds
- Awake sedation for brain surgery may shorten hospital stay
- Rheumatoid arthritis patients face double the risk of suffering heart attack, study finds
- Anxiety/panic disorder most frequent disabling comorbid disorder in Tourette syndrome patients, study finds
- Targeting disease remission has socio-economic benefits over low disease activity
- Primary Sjogren's Syndrome: Blood deficiencies are strong predictors of poor outcome
- Experts explore emerging evidence linking diabetes and cancer
- Low calcium intake linked with increased risk of osteoporosis and hypertension in postmenopausal women
- Love ballad leaves women more open to a date
- Gut-residing bacteria trigger arthritis in genetically susceptible individuals
- Experimental Marburg vaccine prevents disease two days after infection
- New evidence that smokeless tobacco damages DNA and key enzymes
- Fuzzy logic predicts cell aging
- Why do certain diseases go into remission during pregnancy?
- Probiotic therapy cuts risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia in half for some in ICU, study finds
- Brain study shows that the opinions of others matters
- New complication seen in stem cell therapy: Stem cell recipient developed mysterious masses at injection sites
- Possible mechanism identified for how lithium treats bipolar disorder
- Action of modern drug demonstrates how two ancient human systems interact
- Body-image distortion predicts onset of unsafe weight-loss behaviors
- Connection elucidated between obesity, salt sensitivity and high blood pressure
- Post-traumatic stress disorder: Serotonin system influences vulnerability and treatment
- It's in the bones: Human bone as a biological material for environmental monitoring
- In predominantly African-American communities, people of all races miss out on kidney care
- Malaria threat is as old as humanity, new research shows
- Sleeping sickness study offers insight into human cells
- Blueberry ameliorates hepatic fibrosis, study finds
- Male desire to be strong and protect family key to preventing suicides, study finds
- Rheumatoid arthritis patients in rich countries are three times more likely to receive biologic treatment than those in poor countries
- WHO guidelines on Buruli ulcer need adjustment, experts say
- Sex lives of patients are negatively affected by rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, French study finds
- Partners grieve rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis as much as patients
- Key enzyme in melanoma cell development identified
- From head to toe: Deep insights from whole body MRI
- Orphaned elderly serious casualty of African AIDS epidemic, study finds
- Brain comes hard-wired with working navigational neurons, rat study suggests
- Sense of direction in newborn rat brains is innate, scientists discover
- Dental pulp cells for stem cell banking
- Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants, report says
- Signal like you mean it: Orangutan gestures carry specific intentional meanings, study finds
- Defects in immune system enzyme may increase risk of autoimmune disorders
- Biochemical pathway by which harmful molecule may raise Alzheimer's risk uncovered
- Physical fitness may help reduce chronic disease risk in college students
- Certain proteins extend life span in worms by 30 percent
- Hints from Taiwan that free-range eggs may be less healthy than regular eggs
- Detection of MRSA in cystic fibrosis patients associated with shorter survival
- Teen boys who attempted suicide more like to abuse partners as adults, study finds
- Symptoms of 'male menopause' unzipped
- New world Helicobacter pylori genome sequenced, dynamics of inflammation-related genes revealed
- Little is understood about alcohol's effect on fetal development, researchers say
- Insulin peptide may point to a solution for type 1 diabetes
- Incidence of malaria jumps when Amazon forests are cut, study finds
- Blood relations: New study explores early detection of ovarian cancer
- Can Alzheimer's disease be prevented?
- Computer intelligence predicts human visual attention for first time
- AIDS drugs given to pregnant women block 99 percent of HIV transmission to breastfed babies
- Gene mutation increases thromboembolism risk in women taking tamoxifen
- Maternal or infant antiretrovirals both effective in preventing HIV transmission through breast milk
- Mechanism behind three cancer-causing genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia
- First large-scale analysis of pro-eating disorder websites
- Education matters: Women with college degrees more likely to have health insurance
- NT-proBNP is a predictor of CV risk in arthritis patients taking NSAIDs
- Biologics-naive juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients have elevated risk of cancer
- Smoking cigarettes is a predictor of rheumatoid arthritis and may negatively impact on efficacy of anti-TNFs
- Huge pelvi-abdominal malignant inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
- Experience of arterial reconstruction in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation
- Neonatal diarrheal diseases are challenging clinical conditions
- More action needed to prevent stomach problems in NSAID users, despite recent progress
- Ethical and cost-effective strategy for managing MRI incidental findings
- Medicare cuts increase cancer treatments, study finds
- New combination effective against pancreatic cancer: Substance in broccoli supports cancer therapy, study finds
- Association of genetic factors and brain imaging findings in Alzheimer's disease
- Use of testosterone for 'male menopause' questionable, experts argue
- Hand study reveals brain's distorted body model
- Women who choose boiled coffee run lower risk of breast cancer, Swedish study finds
- Possible link between sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease revealed
- Mutations on three genes could predispose people to suicidal behaviour
- Some people do not taste salt like others
- Mediterranean-style diet improves heart function, twin study shows
- Adding nucleic acid testing to HIV screening may help identify more people with HIV
- Damage to the frontal cortex of the brain affects ability to react quickly to a stimulus
- Higher levels of vitamin B6, common amino acid associated with lower risk of lung cancer
- Putting teeth into forensic science
- Many clinicians may be screening for cervical cancer too frequently
- Can mental activity protect against memory problems in multiple sclerosis?
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