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** ALLERGY News **
Improper Rinsing Of Sinuses With Neti Pots Can Be Dangerous, FDA Says
http://mnt.to/a/47V3
Neti pots are little teapot-like devices which people use to rinse out their sinuses. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that if they are not used properly, the user runs a risk of developing serious infections, even potentially fatal ones.
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** AUTISM News **
Father's Age Linked To Risk Of Autism In Children
http://mnt.to/a/47TV
Older fathers are more likely to pass on new mutations to their offspring than older mothers, researchers from Iceland reported in the journal Nature today. They added that this could partly explain why a higher percentage of children today are born with an autism spectrum disorder, went on to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, or other potentially hereditary syndromes, illnesses or conditions.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Scientists In Germany Study Cancer Survival After The Fall Of The Iron Curtain
http://mnt.to/a/47Tj
Data from the 1970s and 1980s show that people affected by cancer survived significantly longer in West Germany than cancer patients behind the Iron Curtain. Looking at a diagnosis period from 1984 to 1985 in the former German Democratic Republic, 28 percent of colorectal cancer patients, 46 percent of prostate cancer patients, and 52 percent of breast cancer patients survived the first five years after diagnosis.
Why Humans May Be More Susceptible To Cancer And Other Diseases
http://mnt.to/a/47T9
Chimpanzees rarely get cancer, or a variety of other diseases that commonly arise in humans, but their genomic DNA sequence is nearly identical to ours. So, what's their secret? Researchers reporting in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, a Cell Press journal, have found that differences in certain DNA modifications, called methylation, might play a role.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Heart Risk Prediction Improves With Calcium Scan
http://mnt.to/a/47Tb
A review of six screening tools for identifying people at high risk for heart disease who are misclassified as intermediate risk using the current standard, suggests the best one is a CT scan that looks for calcium build-up in the arteries around the heart.
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** COPD News **
New Model Shows How Human Lungs Brush Out Intruders
http://mnt.to/a/47T7
A runny nose and a wet cough caused by a cold or an allergy may not feel very good. But human airways rely on sticky mucus to expel foreign matter, including toxic and infectious agents, from the body.
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** CYSTIC FIBROSIS News **
New Model Shows How Human Lungs Brush Out Intruders
http://mnt.to/a/47T7
A runny nose and a wet cough caused by a cold or an allergy may not feel very good. But human airways rely on sticky mucus to expel foreign matter, including toxic and infectious agents, from the body.
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** EAR, NOSE AND THROAT News **
Improper Rinsing Of Sinuses With Neti Pots Can Be Dangerous, FDA Says
http://mnt.to/a/47V3
Neti pots are little teapot-like devices which people use to rinse out their sinuses. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that if they are not used properly, the user runs a risk of developing serious infections, even potentially fatal ones.
Soprano Singing Apes On Helium
http://mnt.to/a/47T8
Have you ever heard an opera singing ape? Researchers in Japan have discovered that singing gibbons use the same vocal techniques as professional soprano singers. The study, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, explains how recording gibbons singing under the influence of helium gas reveals a physiological similarity to human voices.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: August 2012
http://mnt.to/a/47Tk
Boost for Efforts to Prevent Microbial Stowaways on Interplanetary Spacecraft Efforts to expunge micro-organisms from spacecraft assembly cleanrooms, and the spacecraft themselves, inadvertently select for the organisms that are often the most fit to survive long journeys in space.
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** GENETICS News **
Father's Age Linked To Risk Of Autism In Children
http://mnt.to/a/47TV
Older fathers are more likely to pass on new mutations to their offspring than older mothers, researchers from Iceland reported in the journal Nature today. They added that this could partly explain why a higher percentage of children today are born with an autism spectrum disorder, went on to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, or other potentially hereditary syndromes, illnesses or conditions.
Why Humans May Be More Susceptible To Cancer And Other Diseases
http://mnt.to/a/47T9
Chimpanzees rarely get cancer, or a variety of other diseases that commonly arise in humans, but their genomic DNA sequence is nearly identical to ours. So, what's their secret? Researchers reporting in the September issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, a Cell Press journal, have found that differences in certain DNA modifications, called methylation, might play a role.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Heart Risk Prediction Improves With Calcium Scan
http://mnt.to/a/47Tb
A review of six screening tools for identifying people at high risk for heart disease who are misclassified as intermediate risk using the current standard, suggests the best one is a CT scan that looks for calcium build-up in the arteries around the heart.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: August 2012
http://mnt.to/a/47Tk
Boost for Efforts to Prevent Microbial Stowaways on Interplanetary Spacecraft Efforts to expunge micro-organisms from spacecraft assembly cleanrooms, and the spacecraft themselves, inadvertently select for the organisms that are often the most fit to survive long journeys in space.
Catheter-Related Infections May Be Treated At Source Using 'Smart Catheters'
http://mnt.to/a/47Tg
A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary tract infections, scientists reported at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Completely New Way To Fight Bacterial Infections Using 'Naked Darth Vader' Approach
http://mnt.to/a/47Td
Rather than trying to kill bacteria outright with drugs, Universite de Montreal researchers have discovered a way to disarm bacteria that may allow the body's own defense mechanisms to destroy them.
Optimal Treatment For Most Common Infection After Organ Transplantation
http://mnt.to/a/47Tc
Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Catheter-Related Infections May Be Treated At Source Using 'Smart Catheters'
http://mnt.to/a/47Tg
A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary tract infections, scientists reported at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Heart Risk Prediction Improves With Calcium Scan
http://mnt.to/a/47Tb
A review of six screening tools for identifying people at high risk for heart disease who are misclassified as intermediate risk using the current standard, suggests the best one is a CT scan that looks for calcium build-up in the arteries around the heart.
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** MRSA / DRUG RESISTANCE News **
Completely New Way To Fight Bacterial Infections Using 'Naked Darth Vader' Approach
http://mnt.to/a/47Td
Rather than trying to kill bacteria outright with drugs, Universite de Montreal researchers have discovered a way to disarm bacteria that may allow the body's own defense mechanisms to destroy them.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: August 2012
http://mnt.to/a/47Tk
Boost for Efforts to Prevent Microbial Stowaways on Interplanetary Spacecraft Efforts to expunge micro-organisms from spacecraft assembly cleanrooms, and the spacecraft themselves, inadvertently select for the organisms that are often the most fit to survive long journeys in space.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Strong, Sustained Growth In Research Spending In Asian Nations Contrasts With US Cuts And Short-Term Approach - A 'Brain Drain' Could Result
http://mnt.to/a/47Th
Medical research saves lives, suffering and dollars - while also creating jobs and economic activity. The United States has long led the world, with hundreds of thousands of jobs and marketable discoveries generated by government research funding every year.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
New Model Shows How Human Lungs Brush Out Intruders
http://mnt.to/a/47T7
A runny nose and a wet cough caused by a cold or an allergy may not feel very good. But human airways rely on sticky mucus to expel foreign matter, including toxic and infectious agents, from the body.
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** SCHIZOPHRENIA News **
Father's Age Linked To Risk Of Autism In Children
http://mnt.to/a/47TV
Older fathers are more likely to pass on new mutations to their offspring than older mothers, researchers from Iceland reported in the journal Nature today. They added that this could partly explain why a higher percentage of children today are born with an autism spectrum disorder, went on to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, or other potentially hereditary syndromes, illnesses or conditions.
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Doctors Should Wait To Treat Patients After Transplant Surgery, Study Reveals
http://mnt.to/a/47V2
A new study, published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), reveals that Cytomegalovirus (CMV), which is the most common virus to infect organ transplant patients, should not be treated immediately after surgery - and waiting until the patients reach a certain point of recovery is better than prophylactically treating every patient.
Optimal Treatment For Most Common Infection After Organ Transplantation
http://mnt.to/a/47Tc
Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
Catheter-Related Infections May Be Treated At Source Using 'Smart Catheters'
http://mnt.to/a/47Tg
A new "smart catheter" that senses the start of an infection, and automatically releases an anti-bacterial substance, is being developed to combat the problem of catheter-related blood and urinary tract infections, scientists reported at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Optimal Treatment For Most Common Infection After Organ Transplantation
http://mnt.to/a/47Tc
Waiting to treat the commonest viral infections in transplant recipients until they reach a certain threshold is better than prophylactically treating all recipients, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
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