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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
NFL Players May Be At Higher Risk Of Death From Alzheimer's And ALS
http://mnt.to/a/486V
New research shows that professional football players may be at a higher risk of death from diseases that damage the cells in the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease and ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), compared to the general U.
Why Does Alzheimer's Disease Affect Twice As Many Women As Men?
http://mnt.to/a/486D
A group of experts has developed consensus recommendations for future research directions to determine why nearly two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are women. The recommendations are published in a Roundtable discussion in Journal of Women's Health, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Stress Can Cause People To Retain As Much Salt As Eating French Fries.
http://mnt.to/a/4887
A recent study, which will be presented at the Behavioral Economics, Hypertension Session of the Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference in Prato, Italy, has revealed that around 30% of African Americans retain too much sodium, about the same amount we would consume from eating a small order of french fries.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Study Uncovers Simple Way Of Predicting Severe Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery
http://mnt.to/a/486J
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Marital Happiness And Coping Mechanisms Help Pregnant Moms
http://mnt.to/a/4889
Pregnant women commonly develop post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression when they learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD). The intense stress can be reduced by a healthy relationship with their spouse and positive coping mechanisms, reported experts from the Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in The Journal of Pediatrics.
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** COSMETIC MEDICINE / PLASTIC SURGERY News **
Study Uncovers Simple Way Of Predicting Severe Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery
http://mnt.to/a/486J
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer.
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** DIABETES News **
Junk DNA Not Junk After All
http://mnt.to/a/488b
A staggering batch of over 30 papers published in Nature, Science, and other journals this month, firmly rejects the idea that, apart from the 1% of the human genome that codes for proteins, most of our DNA is "junk" that has accumulated over time like some evolutionary flotsam and jetsam.
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** FLU / COLD / SARS News **
Harnessing Anticancer Drugs For The Future Fight Against Influenza
http://mnt.to/a/486M
Medical Systems Virology group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki, together with its national and international collaborators, developed a new cell screening method that can be used to identify potential anti-influenza drugs.
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** GENETICS News **
Junk DNA Not Junk After All
http://mnt.to/a/488b
A staggering batch of over 30 papers published in Nature, Science, and other journals this month, firmly rejects the idea that, apart from the 1% of the human genome that codes for proteins, most of our DNA is "junk" that has accumulated over time like some evolutionary flotsam and jetsam.
DNA Sequences Need Quality Time Too - Guidelines For Quality Control Published
http://mnt.to/a/486L
Like all sources of information, DNA sequences come in various degrees of quality and reliability. To identify, proof, and discard compromised molecular data has thus become a critical component of the scientific endeavor - one that everyone generating sequence data is assumed to carry out before using the sequences for research purposes.
Can Gene Therapy Cure Fatal Diseases In Children?
http://mnt.to/a/486K
That low bone density causes osteoporosis and a risk of fracture is common knowledge. But an excessively high bone density is also harmful. The most serious form of excessively high bone density is a rare, hereditary disease which can lead to the patient's death by the age of only five.
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Animal Study Finds Anti-HIV Vaginal Ring Can Prevent Virus Transmission
http://mnt.to/a/486T
Population Council scientists have found that a vaginal ring releasing an anti-HIV drug can prevent the transmission of SHIV in macaques. This study provides the first efficacy data on the delivery of a microbicide from a vaginal ring, and indicates strong potential for the success of such rings in women.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Stress Can Cause People To Retain As Much Salt As Eating French Fries.
http://mnt.to/a/4887
A recent study, which will be presented at the Behavioral Economics, Hypertension Session of the Psychogenic Cardiovascular Disease Conference in Prato, Italy, has revealed that around 30% of African Americans retain too much sodium, about the same amount we would consume from eating a small order of french fries.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Harnessing Anticancer Drugs For The Future Fight Against Influenza
http://mnt.to/a/486M
Medical Systems Virology group at the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) at the University of Helsinki, together with its national and international collaborators, developed a new cell screening method that can be used to identify potential anti-influenza drugs.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Adolescents In Foster Care Require Guidelines For Safe Social Media Use, MU Expert Says
http://mnt.to/a/486B
About 73 percent of online American teens use social networking sites, such as Facebook, to share photos, interests and experiences with others, according to Pew Research Center. For youths in the foster care system, sharing information online presents additional safety and privacy issues.
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** MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY / ALS News **
NFL Players May Be At Higher Risk Of Death From Alzheimer's And ALS
http://mnt.to/a/486V
New research shows that professional football players may be at a higher risk of death from diseases that damage the cells in the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease and ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), compared to the general U.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Study Uncovers Simple Way Of Predicting Severe Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery
http://mnt.to/a/486J
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Marital Happiness And Coping Mechanisms Help Pregnant Moms
http://mnt.to/a/4889
Pregnant women commonly develop post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression when they learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD). The intense stress can be reduced by a healthy relationship with their spouse and positive coping mechanisms, reported experts from the Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Can Gene Therapy Cure Fatal Diseases In Children?
http://mnt.to/a/486K
That low bone density causes osteoporosis and a risk of fracture is common knowledge. But an excessively high bone density is also harmful. The most serious form of excessively high bone density is a rare, hereditary disease which can lead to the patient's death by the age of only five.
Children Exposed To 2 Phthalates Have Elevated Risk Of Asthma-Related Airway Inflammation
http://mnt.to/a/486G
Children exposed to diethyl phthalate (DEP) and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP)-phthalate chemicals commonly found in personal care and plastic products-have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation, according to researchers at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health.
Adolescents In Foster Care Require Guidelines For Safe Social Media Use, MU Expert Says
http://mnt.to/a/486B
About 73 percent of online American teens use social networking sites, such as Facebook, to share photos, interests and experiences with others, according to Pew Research Center. For youths in the foster care system, sharing information online presents additional safety and privacy issues.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Marital Happiness And Coping Mechanisms Help Pregnant Moms
http://mnt.to/a/4889
Pregnant women commonly develop post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression when they learn from prenatal diagnosis that they are carrying a fetus with a congenital heart defect (CHD). The intense stress can be reduced by a healthy relationship with their spouse and positive coping mechanisms, reported experts from the Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in The Journal of Pediatrics.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Researchers Observe Modified Methylation Patterns In A Group Of Prostate Cancers
http://mnt.to/a/486N
In about half of all prostate tumours, there are two genetic areas that are fused with one another. When this is not the case, the exact way cancer cells originate in prostate tumours was not clear until now.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
Children Exposed To 2 Phthalates Have Elevated Risk Of Asthma-Related Airway Inflammation
http://mnt.to/a/486G
Children exposed to diethyl phthalate (DEP) and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP)-phthalate chemicals commonly found in personal care and plastic products-have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation, according to researchers at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Children Exposed To 2 Phthalates Have Elevated Risk Of Asthma-Related Airway Inflammation
http://mnt.to/a/486G
Children exposed to diethyl phthalate (DEP) and butylbenzyl phthalate (BBzP)-phthalate chemicals commonly found in personal care and plastic products-have elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation, according to researchers at Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at the Mailman School of Public Health.
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