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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Distorted Thinking In Gambling Addiction: What Are The Cognitive And Neural Mechanisms?
http://mnt.to/a/4cMW
Fascinating new studies into brain activity and behavioural responses have highlighted the overlap between pathological gambling and drug addiction. The research, which is presented at the British Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience (BNA2013) today (Monday) has implications for both the treatment and prevention of problem gambling.
Arsenic Added To Beers By Widely Used Filtering Material
http://mnt.to/a/4cMm
The mystery of how arsenic levels in beer sold in Germany could be higher than in the water or other ingredients used to brew the beer has been solved, scientists announced at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
Hip Or Knee Replacement Benefits About Half Of Patients With Arthritis
http://mnt.to/a/4cLf
Only half of people with arthritis who had a hip or knee replacement reported a significant improvement in pain and mobility after surgery, according to a new study led by Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
Breakthrough In Chemical Crystallography
http://mnt.to/a/4cMg
A research team led by Professor Makoto Fujita of the University of Tokyo, Japan, and complemented by Academy Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, has made a fundamental breakthrough in single-crystal X-ray analysis, the most powerful method for molecular structure determination.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Cells From Patients' Blood Could Be Developed As Treatments For Blood, Heart And Circulatory Diseases
http://mnt.to/a/4cMd
Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients.The technique may enable doctors to prescribe more effective treatments according to the defects identified in patients' cells.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Poor Bone Health, Muscle Fatigue Due To Vitamin D Deficiency Effectively Treated With Supplements
http://mnt.to/a/4cMf
Vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy levels, new research from Newcastle University has shown.A study led by Dr Akash Sinha has shown that muscle function improves with Vitamin D supplements which are thought to enhance the activity of the mitochondria, the batteries of the cell.
Hip Or Knee Replacement Benefits About Half Of Patients With Arthritis
http://mnt.to/a/4cLf
Only half of people with arthritis who had a hip or knee replacement reported a significant improvement in pain and mobility after surgery, according to a new study led by Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
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** BREAST CANCER News **
New Frontiers In Breast Cancer Screening
http://mnt.to/a/4cLk
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a "one strategy fits all" technology.Their review "Beyond Mammography: New Frontiers in Breast Cancer Screening" appears in The American Journal of Medicine.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Common Heart Drug Associated With Increased Cancer Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4cMX
A drug known as amiodarone, used to treat heartbeat irregularities, could raise a person's cancer risk, according to new research published in the journal Cancer.The study reveals that the risk, which the investigators described as "borderline significantly increased", is more prevalent in men and people who take greater doses of amiodarone.
Arrhythmia Drug May Increase Cancer Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4cLm
One of the most widely used medications to treat arrhythmias may increase the risk of developing cancer, especially in men and people exposed to high amounts of the drug. That is the conclusion of a new retrospective study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Adult Stem Cells Isolated From Human Intestinal Tissue For The First Time
http://mnt.to/a/4cLc
For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have isolated adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.The accomplishment provides a much-needed resource for scientists eager to uncover the true mechanisms of human stem cell biology.
Scientists Describe The Mechanics Of Oncogene-Induced Senescence
http://mnt.to/a/4cL5
Researchers from The Wistar Institute explain a new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence. By depriving the cell of the ability to make new nucleotides - the building blocks of DNA molecules - cells can suppress cancer development by forcing a damaged cell into a senescent state, where the cell remains alive yet cannot reproduce.
Potential Drug Target For Infectious Disease Revealed By Scissor-Like Enzyme
http://mnt.to/a/4cL4
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report that a pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host's immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme to cut off cellular communication.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Common Heart Drug Associated With Increased Cancer Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4cMX
A drug known as amiodarone, used to treat heartbeat irregularities, could raise a person's cancer risk, according to new research published in the journal Cancer.The study reveals that the risk, which the investigators described as "borderline significantly increased", is more prevalent in men and people who take greater doses of amiodarone.
Compound In Red Meat, Energy Drinks, Raises Heart Risk Via Gut Bacteria
http://mnt.to/a/4cMw
Researchers in the US have discovered a surprising new connection between red meat and heart risk that involves bacteria living in the gut. Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a compound abundant in red meat and added to popular energy drinks, to produce trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite already suspected of helping to clog up arteries.
Cells From Patients' Blood Could Be Developed As Treatments For Blood, Heart And Circulatory Diseases
http://mnt.to/a/4cMd
Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients.The technique may enable doctors to prescribe more effective treatments according to the defects identified in patients' cells.
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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **
Research Letter, Viewpoint, Invited Commentary Examine Cervical Cancer Screening Intervals
http://mnt.to/a/4cMF
JAMA Internal Medicine Study HighlightsA research letter by Zahava Berkowitz, M.S.P.H., M.Sc., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and colleagues found that most of the 2,087 primary care clinicians surveyed recommended Papanicolaou (pap) tests sooner than recommended by guidelines after co-testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Some Women With HIV Become Infected By Cancer-Causing Forms Of HPV That Are Not Covered By Current Vaccines
http://mnt.to/a/4cMv
Women with HIV acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7.
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Dangerous Plaque May Be Detected By MRI Measure Of Blood Flow Over Atherosclerotic Plaque
http://mnt.to/a/4cM9
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for thrombosis.
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** CONFERENCES News **
Globalizing Biosimilars Products, 20-22 May 2013, Seoul, Korea
http://mnt.to/a/4cMx
The market for biologics is growing at nearly twice the rate of Pharma as a whole. Given their often high costs compared to chemical-based traditional pharmaceuticals, this trend is placing increasing financial pressure on healthcare budgets.
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** CROHN'S / IBD News **
Adult Stem Cells Isolated From Human Intestinal Tissue For The First Time
http://mnt.to/a/4cLc
For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have isolated adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.The accomplishment provides a much-needed resource for scientists eager to uncover the true mechanisms of human stem cell biology.
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** DEPRESSION News **
Online Professional Treatment Would Likely Be Welcomed By Mothers With Postpartum Depression
http://mnt.to/a/4cLg
Mothers suffering from postpartum depression after a high-risk pregnancy would turn to online interventions if available anonymously and from professional healthcare providers, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.
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** DIABETES News **
Advancing Tissue Engineering By Building Better Blood Vessels
http://mnt.to/a/4cLd
One of the major obstacles to growing new organs - replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys - is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the University of Michigan could help overcome this roadblock.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Rodents Recognize Objects Using Sophisticated Perceptive Strategies
http://mnt.to/a/4cL2
Sight is such a spontaneous activity that we are unaware of the complexity of the brain mechanisms it implies. For instance, we easily recognize objects, which appear to look always the same, without realizing that we observe them from ever-changing points of view and that their image - the luminance profile cast onto the retina - varies significantly each time we look at them.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
Compound In Red Meat, Energy Drinks, Raises Heart Risk Via Gut Bacteria
http://mnt.to/a/4cMw
Researchers in the US have discovered a surprising new connection between red meat and heart risk that involves bacteria living in the gut. Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a compound abundant in red meat and added to popular energy drinks, to produce trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite already suspected of helping to clog up arteries.
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** GENETICS News **
Increasing The Biological Understanding Of The Origins Of Obesity
http://mnt.to/a/4cMt
An international research team has identified seven new gene loci linked to obesity. Researchers were also able to show that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are similar to those that cause milder forms of overweight and obesity.
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** HIV / AIDS News **
Some Women With HIV Become Infected By Cancer-Causing Forms Of HPV That Are Not Covered By Current Vaccines
http://mnt.to/a/4cMv
Women with HIV acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7.
HIV Vaccine Development May Be Guided By Antibody Evolution
http://mnt.to/a/4cLh
Observing the evolution of a particular type of antibody in an infected HIV-1 patient, a study spearheaded by Duke University, including analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has provided insights that will enable vaccination strategies that mimic the actual antibody development within the body.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Some Women With HIV Become Infected By Cancer-Causing Forms Of HPV That Are Not Covered By Current Vaccines
http://mnt.to/a/4cMv
Women with HIV acquire cancer-causing forms of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are not included in the current HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 on Sunday, April 7.
In An Animal Model Of Ovarian Cancer, Engineered T Cells Kill Tumors But Spare Normal Tissue
http://mnt.to/a/4cMh
The need to distinguish between normal cells and tumor cells is a feature that has been long sought for most types of cancer drugs. Tumor antigens, unique proteins on the surface of a tumor, are potential targets for a normal immune response against cancer.
HIV Vaccine Development May Be Guided By Antibody Evolution
http://mnt.to/a/4cLh
Observing the evolution of a particular type of antibody in an infected HIV-1 patient, a study spearheaded by Duke University, including analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has provided insights that will enable vaccination strategies that mimic the actual antibody development within the body.
Rethinking The Mechanism Underlying The Well-Documented Efficacy Of Hepatitis A Vaccine
http://mnt.to/a/4cL6
Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types - those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or in the environment.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Total Dengue Virus Infections Are Triple Current Estimates Worldwide, Say Experts
http://mnt.to/a/4cMk
There are about 390 million people infected with the dengue virus annually worldwide, triple the World Health Organization's estimate, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust reported in the journal Nature.
Offensive Weapons Used By Bacteria Against Each Other
http://mnt.to/a/4cL7
A new study which was performed jointly at Umea University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane.
Potential Drug Target For Infectious Disease Revealed By Scissor-Like Enzyme
http://mnt.to/a/4cL4
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report that a pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host's immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme to cut off cellular communication.
Natural Protection Against Lyme borreliosis Found In Wild Mice
http://mnt.to/a/4cKY
Springtime spells tick-time. Lyme borreliosis is the most common tick-borne disease in Switzerland: around 10,000 people a year become infected with the pathogen. The actual hosts for Borrelia, however, are wild mice.
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** IT / INTERNET / E-MAIL News **
Polymers Likely To Improve Following Accidental Discovery
http://mnt.to/a/4cMb
Chemical Engineering Professor Tim Bender and Post-Doctoral Fellow Benoit Lessard's discovery of an unexpected side product of polymer synthesis could have implications for the manufacture of commercial polymers used in sealants, adhesives, toys and even medical implants, the researchers say.
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** LIVER DISEASE / HEPATITIS News **
Liver Transplant Eligibility May Be Affected By Incarceration, Marijuana Use And Suicide Attempts
http://mnt.to/a/4cL8
Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation.
Rethinking The Mechanism Underlying The Well-Documented Efficacy Of Hepatitis A Vaccine
http://mnt.to/a/4cL6
Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types - those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on whether it is in a host or in the environment.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Polymers Likely To Improve Following Accidental Discovery
http://mnt.to/a/4cMb
Chemical Engineering Professor Tim Bender and Post-Doctoral Fellow Benoit Lessard's discovery of an unexpected side product of polymer synthesis could have implications for the manufacture of commercial polymers used in sealants, adhesives, toys and even medical implants, the researchers say.
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** MELANOMA / SKIN CANCER News **
Scientists Describe The Mechanics Of Oncogene-Induced Senescence
http://mnt.to/a/4cL5
Researchers from The Wistar Institute explain a new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence. By depriving the cell of the ability to make new nucleotides - the building blocks of DNA molecules - cells can suppress cancer development by forcing a damaged cell into a senescent state, where the cell remains alive yet cannot reproduce.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
UK Parents Who Kill Their Children: Study Findings
http://mnt.to/a/4cKV
Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide.
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** MRI / PET / ULTRASOUND News **
Computer Can "See" Our Dreams
http://mnt.to/a/4cMj
fMRI scans can reveal the visual images we have in our brains while we are dreaming, researchers from Japan reported in the journal Science. Put simply, they have found a way of seeing our dreams.
Dangerous Plaque May Be Detected By MRI Measure Of Blood Flow Over Atherosclerotic Plaque
http://mnt.to/a/4cM9
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for thrombosis.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Distorted Thinking In Gambling Addiction: What Are The Cognitive And Neural Mechanisms?
http://mnt.to/a/4cMW
Fascinating new studies into brain activity and behavioural responses have highlighted the overlap between pathological gambling and drug addiction. The research, which is presented at the British Neuroscience Association Festival of Neuroscience (BNA2013) today (Monday) has implications for both the treatment and prevention of problem gambling.
Odorant Receptors Found In Non-Olfactory Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4cMr
In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose.
Computer Can "See" Our Dreams
http://mnt.to/a/4cMj
fMRI scans can reveal the visual images we have in our brains while we are dreaming, researchers from Japan reported in the journal Science. Put simply, they have found a way of seeing our dreams.
The Impact Of Traumatic Brain Injury On Sexuality And The Importance Of Rehabilitation Strategies
http://mnt.to/a/4cMc
Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem.
Rodents Recognize Objects Using Sophisticated Perceptive Strategies
http://mnt.to/a/4cL2
Sight is such a spontaneous activity that we are unaware of the complexity of the brain mechanisms it implies. For instance, we easily recognize objects, which appear to look always the same, without realizing that we observe them from ever-changing points of view and that their image - the luminance profile cast onto the retina - varies significantly each time we look at them.
Identifying Which Cells Communicate With Each Other In The Brain By Flipping A Neural Light Switch
http://mnt.to/a/4cKX
There are cells in your brain that recognize very specific places, and have that as one of their main jobs. These cells, called place cells, are found in an area behind your temple called the hippocampus.
Hallucinations Of Musical Notation
http://mnt.to/a/4cKW
Professor of neurology, physician, and author Oliver Sacks M.D. has outlined case studies of hallucinations of musical notation, and commented on the neural basis of such hallucinations, in a new paper for the neurology journal Brain.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Study Suggests Strict School Meal Standards Associated With Improved Weight Status Among Students
http://mnt.to/a/4cMB
A study suggests that states with stricter school meal nutrition standards were associated with better weight status among students who received free or reduced-price lunches compared with students who did not eat school lunches, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.
Compound In Red Meat, Energy Drinks, Raises Heart Risk Via Gut Bacteria
http://mnt.to/a/4cMw
Researchers in the US have discovered a surprising new connection between red meat and heart risk that involves bacteria living in the gut. Gut bacteria digest L-carnitine, a compound abundant in red meat and added to popular energy drinks, to produce trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite already suspected of helping to clog up arteries.
More Oil Produced Faster By Microalgae For Energy, Food Or Products
http://mnt.to/a/4cMs
Scientists described technology that accelerates microalgae's ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days using standard industrial fermentation.
Odorant Receptors Found In Non-Olfactory Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4cMr
In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same receptors for sensing odors that exist in the nose.
Improving The Food System, Reducing Waste And Making Life Better For Everyone
http://mnt.to/a/4cMq
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described that often-invisible waste in food - 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United States alone - and the challenges of feeding a global population of 9 billion in a keynote talk at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Chocolate Infused With Fruit Juice Has 50 Percent Less Fat
http://mnt.to/a/4cMn
Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making "fruit-juice-infused chocolate," a scientist said.
Poor Bone Health, Muscle Fatigue Due To Vitamin D Deficiency Effectively Treated With Supplements
http://mnt.to/a/4cMf
Vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy levels, new research from Newcastle University has shown.A study led by Dr Akash Sinha has shown that muscle function improves with Vitamin D supplements which are thought to enhance the activity of the mitochondria, the batteries of the cell.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
Kids Who Use Smaller Plates Are Less Likely To Become Obese
http://mnt.to/a/4cMZ
Kids who use smaller plates to serve themselves food are less likely to become obese.The finding came from a new study conducted by researchers from Temple University and was published in the journal Pediatrics.
Increasing The Biological Understanding Of The Origins Of Obesity
http://mnt.to/a/4cMt
An international research team has identified seven new gene loci linked to obesity. Researchers were also able to show that the genetic mechanisms that cause extreme obesity are similar to those that cause milder forms of overweight and obesity.
Improving The Food System, Reducing Waste And Making Life Better For Everyone
http://mnt.to/a/4cMq
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described that often-invisible waste in food - 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United States alone - and the challenges of feeding a global population of 9 billion in a keynote talk at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Chocolate Infused With Fruit Juice Has 50 Percent Less Fat
http://mnt.to/a/4cMn
Already renowned as a healthy treat when enjoyed in moderation, chocolate could become even more salubrious if manufacturers embraced new technology for making "fruit-juice-infused chocolate," a scientist said.
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** OVARIAN CANCER News **
Personalized Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise In Trial
http://mnt.to/a/4cN2
Delegates at a conference in the US this week are hearing about early results of a trial of a new personalized ovarian cancer vaccine that offers new hope for the large number of patients who relapse after treatment.
In An Animal Model Of Ovarian Cancer, Engineered T Cells Kill Tumors But Spare Normal Tissue
http://mnt.to/a/4cMh
The need to distinguish between normal cells and tumor cells is a feature that has been long sought for most types of cancer drugs. Tumor antigens, unique proteins on the surface of a tumor, are potential targets for a normal immune response against cancer.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Kids Who Use Smaller Plates Are Less Likely To Become Obese
http://mnt.to/a/4cMZ
Kids who use smaller plates to serve themselves food are less likely to become obese.The finding came from a new study conducted by researchers from Temple University and was published in the journal Pediatrics.
Systematic Review Examines Electronic Media-Based Behavior Change In Youth
http://mnt.to/a/4cMC
JAMA Pediatrics Study HighlightsA systematic review by Kimberly Hieftje, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, and colleagues examines the type and quality of studies evaluating the effects of electronic media-based interventions that focused on promoting health and safety behavior change in youth.
Study Suggests Strict School Meal Standards Associated With Improved Weight Status Among Students
http://mnt.to/a/4cMB
A study suggests that states with stricter school meal nutrition standards were associated with better weight status among students who received free or reduced-price lunches compared with students who did not eat school lunches, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.
Increased Seat Belt Use Improves A Teen's Chance Of Survival In A Crash
http://mnt.to/a/4cL3
A new report on teen driver safety released by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm® shows encouraging trends among teen passengers. In 2011 more than half of teen passengers (54 percent) reported "always" buckling up.
UK Parents Who Kill Their Children: Study Findings
http://mnt.to/a/4cKV
Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
American College Of Physicians Releases New Prostate Cancer Screening Guidance Statement
http://mnt.to/a/4cMz
Shared-decision making, clear patient preference recommended before PSA testingMen between the ages of 50 and 69 should discuss the limited benefits and substantial harms of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test with their doctor before undergoing screening for prostate cancer, according to new recommendations issued today by the American College of Physicians (ACP).
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Migrants' Happiness Not Affected By Xenophobia
http://mnt.to/a/4cLj
Employment and health problems rather than the xenophobia in their new country, are the biggest reasons that migrants feel less happy than average, a new study says.The British Sociological Association's annual conference in London heard that economic factors such as unemployment and low income, and their own health problems were the most powerful causes of a lowered wellbeing.
Online Professional Treatment Would Likely Be Welcomed By Mothers With Postpartum Depression
http://mnt.to/a/4cLg
Mothers suffering from postpartum depression after a high-risk pregnancy would turn to online interventions if available anonymously and from professional healthcare providers, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.
Differences In Body Representation Between Children And Adults
http://mnt.to/a/4cLb
Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from that of adults, indicating that our sense of physical self develops over time, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
In The Virtual Classroom, Varying Lectures With Tests Improves Attention, Note-Taking, And Retention
http://mnt.to/a/4cKT
The number of online educational offerings has exploded in recent years, but their rapid rise has spawned a critical question: Can such "virtual" classes cut through the maze of distractions - such as email, the Internet, and television - that face students sitting at their computers?The solution, Harvard researchers say, is to test students early and often.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
More Oil Produced Faster By Microalgae For Energy, Food Or Products
http://mnt.to/a/4cMs
Scientists described technology that accelerates microalgae's ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days using standard industrial fermentation.
Old Patent Medicine Remedies From A Museum Collection
http://mnt.to/a/4cMp
What was in Dr. F. G. Johnson's French Female Pills and other scientifically untested elixirs, nostrums and other quack cures that were the only medicines available to sick people during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries?Scientists have provided a glimpse based on an analysis of a museum collection of patent medicines used in turn-of-the-century America.
Arsenic Added To Beers By Widely Used Filtering Material
http://mnt.to/a/4cMm
The mystery of how arsenic levels in beer sold in Germany could be higher than in the water or other ingredients used to brew the beer has been solved, scientists announced at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
Migrants' Happiness Not Affected By Xenophobia
http://mnt.to/a/4cLj
Employment and health problems rather than the xenophobia in their new country, are the biggest reasons that migrants feel less happy than average, a new study says.The British Sociological Association's annual conference in London heard that economic factors such as unemployment and low income, and their own health problems were the most powerful causes of a lowered wellbeing.
Liver Transplant Eligibility May Be Affected By Incarceration, Marijuana Use And Suicide Attempts
http://mnt.to/a/4cL8
Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation.
Increased Seat Belt Use Improves A Teen's Chance Of Survival In A Crash
http://mnt.to/a/4cL3
A new report on teen driver safety released by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm® shows encouraging trends among teen passengers. In 2011 more than half of teen passengers (54 percent) reported "always" buckling up.
The World's Populations Predicted To Stop Growing In 2050
http://mnt.to/a/4cKZ
Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team from the Autonomous University of Madrid to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilise around the middle of the century.
UK Parents Who Kill Their Children: Study Findings
http://mnt.to/a/4cKV
Experts from The University of Manchester have revealed their findings from the most in-depth study ever to take place in the UK into the tragic instances of child killing by parents, known as filicide.
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** REHABILITATION / PHYSICAL THERAPY News **
The Impact Of Traumatic Brain Injury On Sexuality And The Importance Of Rehabilitation Strategies
http://mnt.to/a/4cMc
Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem.
Study Finds Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Impeded By Shift Of Language Function To Right Hemisphere
http://mnt.to/a/4cL9
In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Study Suggests Elder Abuse Associated With Increased Rates Of Hospitalization
http://mnt.to/a/4cMD
JAMA Internal Medicine Study HighlightsA study by XinQi Dong, M.D., M.P.H., of Rush University Medical Center, and Melissa A. Simon, M.D., M.P.H., of Northwestern University Medical Center, Chicago, suggests elder abuse is associated with increased rates of hospitalization.
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** SEXUAL HEALTH / STDS News **
Researchers Identify Two Bacterial Communities Associated With Trichomonas Infection
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A parasite that commonly causes sexually transmitted infections among women "cultivates" specific bacteria, according to new research carried out by David H. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and his team.
The Impact Of Traumatic Brain Injury On Sexuality And The Importance Of Rehabilitation Strategies
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Each year more than three million Americans are living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that often affect their sexuality, and subsequently their marital stability, identity, and self-esteem.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Computer Can "See" Our Dreams
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fMRI scans can reveal the visual images we have in our brains while we are dreaming, researchers from Japan reported in the journal Science. Put simply, they have found a way of seeing our dreams.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Study Suggests Interventions Are Needed To Sustain Tobacco Abstinence After Release From Prison
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JAMA Internal Medicine Study HighlightsA study by Jennifer G. Clarke, M.D., M.P.H., of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, and colleagues suggests that behavioral intervention provided prior to release from prison improves tobacco abstinence in the community.
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
Cells From Patients' Blood Could Be Developed As Treatments For Blood, Heart And Circulatory Diseases
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Scientists have shed light on a common bleeding disorder by growing and analysing stem cells from patients' blood to discover the cause of the disease in individual patients.The technique may enable doctors to prescribe more effective treatments according to the defects identified in patients' cells.
Advancing Tissue Engineering By Building Better Blood Vessels
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One of the major obstacles to growing new organs - replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys - is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the University of Michigan could help overcome this roadblock.
Adult Stem Cells Isolated From Human Intestinal Tissue For The First Time
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For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have isolated adult stem cells from human intestinal tissue.The accomplishment provides a much-needed resource for scientists eager to uncover the true mechanisms of human stem cell biology.
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** STROKE News **
Study Finds Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Impeded By Shift Of Language Function To Right Hemisphere
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In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery.
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Liver Transplant Eligibility May Be Affected By Incarceration, Marijuana Use And Suicide Attempts
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Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
Total Dengue Virus Infections Are Triple Current Estimates Worldwide, Say Experts
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There are about 390 million people infected with the dengue virus annually worldwide, triple the World Health Organization's estimate, researchers from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust reported in the journal Nature.
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** VASCULAR News **
Dangerous Plaque May Be Detected By MRI Measure Of Blood Flow Over Atherosclerotic Plaque
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for thrombosis.
Advancing Tissue Engineering By Building Better Blood Vessels
http://mnt.to/a/4cLd
One of the major obstacles to growing new organs - replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys - is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from the University of Michigan could help overcome this roadblock.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
More Oil Produced Faster By Microalgae For Energy, Food Or Products
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Scientists described technology that accelerates microalgae's ability to produce many different types of renewable oils for fuels, chemicals, foods and personal-care products within days using standard industrial fermentation.
Improving The Food System, Reducing Waste And Making Life Better For Everyone
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Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could save money by helping to cut food losses now occurring from field to fork to trash bin, an expert said. He described that often-invisible waste in food - 4 out of every 10 pounds produced in the United States alone - and the challenges of feeding a global population of 9 billion in a keynote talk at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society.
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Researchers Identify Two Bacterial Communities Associated With Trichomonas Infection
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A parasite that commonly causes sexually transmitted infections among women "cultivates" specific bacteria, according to new research carried out by David H. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and his team.
Online Professional Treatment Would Likely Be Welcomed By Mothers With Postpartum Depression
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Mothers suffering from postpartum depression after a high-risk pregnancy would turn to online interventions if available anonymously and from professional healthcare providers, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences.
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