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Mental Health of Soldiers can be Influenced by Public Support
Effects of Mutant IDH1 and IDH2 Inhibitors in Primary Tumor Models Demonstrated in New Research
New Boss Appointed for France's Louvre Museum
Research Sheds Light on How Senescence Halts Growth of Potential Cancers
Women Mostly Likely To Benefit From T-DM1 Identified by Biomarkers
Liver Transplant Eligibility Criteria High for Marijuana Users
New Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumor
Traumatic Brain Injury and How It Affects Individuals
New Caffeinated Products Increase Health Concerns
MRI Scans may Help Detect 'Dangerous Plaques'
New Effective Vaccination For HIV, All Thanks To Antibodies
Nepal More Likely to Achieve Only Four Development Goals
Robot Therapy Vs Pet Therapy For Pediatric Patients
The Science Behind Einstein's 'Turbulence'
Hepatitis A Virus Cloaks Itself in Membranes Hijacked from Infected Cells
Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Hindered by Shift of Language Function to Right Hemisphere
Growth Performance Not Affected by Feeding Corn Germ to Pigs
New Drug Options to Target Genetic Vulnerability of Lung Cancer
Safety Gains for Teen Passengers Highlighted in National Teen Driving Report
Meditation Increases Compassionate Behavior
Diet Pill to Prevent Obesity, Coming Soon
Experimental Drug Active in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancers
Magic Mushroom Drugs Could Treat Severe Depression: Study

Mental Health of Soldiers can be Influenced by Public Support

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The authors of a new study from the University of Alberta think that the chances of Canadian soldiers experiencing combat-related stress disorders can be reduced by events like Red Fridays, Tickets for Troops and the yellow ribbon campaign. David Webber, a PhD student in the U of A's Department of Psychology, and his supervisor Jeff Schimel recently published a paper in iPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletin/i, positing that the level of public support ...

Effects of Mutant IDH1 and IDH2 Inhibitors in Primary Tumor Models Demonstrated in New Research

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The effect of genetic mutations in triggering tumor development is yet to be fully explored. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs in the fields of cancer metabolism and rare metabolic genetic diseases, announced today the publication of two articles in the journal iScience/i by Agios scientists and their collaborators demonstrating the effects of the company's small molecule isocitrate ...

New Boss Appointed for France's Louvre Museum

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Jean-Luc Martinez, an expert in Greek sculpture was named as the new boss of the famed Louvre museum. He has been interviewed by the French President Francois Hollande himself. The 49-year-old takes charge of one of the world's biggest museums and will oversee a number of projects including the controversial opening of a Louvre outpost in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, slated for 2016. The deal has stirred debate in the French art ...

Research Sheds Light on How Senescence Halts Growth of Potential Cancers

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A new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence has been explained by researchers from The Wistar Institute. 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. According to the researchers, their findings may offer a new strategy to strengthen the effects ...

Women Mostly Likely To Benefit From T-DM1 Identified by Biomarkers

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The amount of HER2 on the tumor of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer may determine their responsiveness to the drug trastuzumab emtansine. Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug on Feb. 22, 2013. These findings were presented by JosA (Copy Right) Baselga, M.D., Ph.D., physician-in-chief at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, N.Y., at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. "EMILIA was a landmark phase III clinical ...

Liver Transplant Eligibility Criteria High for Marijuana Users

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An anonymous survey reports that the use of marijuana, incarceration and psychiatric diagnosis like repeated suicide attempts may lower a patient's eligibility for a liver transplant.. The study published in the April issue of iLiver Transplantation/i, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society, also found that most providers would not offer transplants to patients with advanced age, those severely ...

New Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumor

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A study of the NeuroBlate Thermal Therapy System shows that it may prove to be a safe and minimally invasive procedure to treat recurrent glioblastoma. The study, which appears April 5 in the iJournal of Neurosurgery/i online, was written by lead author Andrew Sloan, MD, Director of Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, who also served as co-Principal Investigator, as well as Principal ...

Traumatic Brain Injury and How It Affects Individuals

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More than three million Americans face traumatic brain injury each year, a condition that is associated with physical, cognitive and emotional problems. Taking an in-depth look at the impact of TBI on sexuality, an investigative team critically reviews fourteen studies representing a collective study sample of nearly 1,500 patients, partners, spouses, control individuals, and rehabilitation professionals to examine brain injury and sexuality. It is published in iNeuroRehabilitation: ...

New Caffeinated Products Increase Health Concerns

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Health experts are now concerned all thanks to the introduction of caffeinated gum by Wrigley's, which may help soothe commuters on the run. Last month, Wrigley announced that they were introducing a caffeine-infused gum, called Alert Energy Gum, which with its 40 mg of caffeine in every stick of gum has the same amount of caffeine as approximately half a cup of coffee. In recent years, caffeine has appeared in a wide range of products from lollipops ...

MRI Scans may Help Detect 'Dangerous Plaques'

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The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at a risk of thrombosis, researchers say. The findings, which appear in the March issue of iCirculation Cardiovascular Imaging/i, offer a non-invasive application in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease of the human vascular system associated with lipid (cholesterol) accumulation ...

New Effective Vaccination For HIV, All Thanks To Antibodies

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Monitoring of the evolution of a type of antibody in an HIV infected individual has provided new insights to enable vaccinations strategies that mimic it. The kind of antibody studied is called a broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibody, and details of its generation could provide a blueprint for effective vaccination, the study's researchers said. The study was spearheaded by Duke University and included analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratory. ...

Nepal More Likely to Achieve Only Four Development Goals

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A joint press statement by the UN Development Program and the government of Nepal revealed that Nepal is likely to achieve only four out of eight development goals. "Nepal is likely to achieve MDGs targets such as reducing the proportion of people below national poverty line, achieving 100 percent enrollment in primary education, reducing child and maternal mortality, and access to improved drinking water facilities," the press release stated. However, ...

Robot Therapy Vs Pet Therapy For Pediatric Patients

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Though pet therapy can help patients better cope with stress and pain, access to an animal companion is not always possible. Robotic animals may offer the same benefits, as explored in a fascinating study presented in a target="_blank" href="http:www.liebertpub.com/cyber"iiCyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking/i/i/a, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a target="_blank" href="http:www.liebertpub.com"publishers/a. The article is ...

The Science Behind Einstein's 'Turbulence'

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Till date, there's no valid mathematical theory to explain turbulence. David Radice and Luciano Rezzolla from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute/AEI) in Potsdam have now taken a major step toward solving this problem. For the first time, a new computer code has provided relativistic calculations that give scientists a better understanding of turbulent processes in regimes that can be found in astrophysical ...

Hepatitis A Virus Cloaks Itself in Membranes Hijacked from Infected Cells

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Traditionally, viruses have been classified into two types; one 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. "The whole universe of virology is divided into two types ...

Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery Hindered by Shift of Language Function to Right Hemisphere

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A compensatory reorganization of language function to right hemispheric brain regions bodes poorly for language recovery among stroke patients, researchers have found. Patients who recovered from aphasia showed a return to normal left-hemispheric language activation patterns. These results, which may open up new rehabilitation strategies, are available in the current issue of iRestorative Neurology and Neuroscience/i. "Overall, approximately 30% ...

Growth Performance Not Affected by Feeding Corn Germ to Pigs

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Recent reports have indicated that inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs. Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois indicates that corn germ can be included at up to 30 percent in diets fed to growing pigs. "In previous research, we had seen that pigs do very well on diets containing 10 percent corn germ, so we wanted to investigate if higher inclusion rates can be used," said Hans Stein, professor of animal sciences ...

New Drug Options to Target Genetic Vulnerability of Lung Cancer

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A vulnerability of certain lung cancer cells that can be exploited for new therapies has been identified by physician-researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Although researchers have long known that mutant versions of the KRAS gene drive tumor formation and are key to cell survival in non-small cell lung cancer, the blocking of activated KRAS has proven difficult. For years, investigations have explored stopping lung cancer at this junction, which also would ...

Safety Gains for Teen Passengers Highlighted in National Teen Driving Report

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Encouraging trends among teen passengers have been highlighted in a new report on teen driver safety by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm (Regd) . In 2011 more than half of teen passengers (54 percent) reported "always" buckling up. From 2008 to 2011, risky behaviors of teen passengers (ages 15 to 19 years) declined: the number of teen passengers killed in crashes not wearing seat belts decreased 23 percent; the number of teen passengers ...

Meditation Increases Compassionate Behavior

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Meditation has a positive effect on compassion and virtuous behavior, says study. Several religious traditions have suggested that mediation does just that, but there has been no scientific proof-until now. This study-funded by the Mind and Life Institute-invited participants to complete eight-week trainings in two types of meditation. After the sessions, they were put to the test. Sitting in a staged waiting room with three chairs ...

Diet Pill to Prevent Obesity, Coming Soon

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Scientists are moving a step closer to developing a pill that can prevent obesity. The breakthrough could lead to a long-lasting cure for the problem, which has reached epidemic proportions in the UK. Researchers from the University of East Anglia said that their findings could lead to development of drugs that can be given in childhood to those predisposed to obesity or later in life as people pile on the pounds, the Daily Express reported. But ...

Experimental Drug Active in Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancers

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DMUC5754A - a novel experimental drug was found to show promising results in women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancers, find clinical trials. "If the activity of this drug is confirmed in additional trials, this will represent a novel type of therapy for ovarian cancer, with effectiveness in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, which is the hardest type of ovarian cancer to treat," said Joyce F. Liu, M.D., M.P.H., an instructor in medicine at Dana-Farber ...

Magic Mushroom Drugs Could Treat Severe Depression: Study

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Drugs made from magic mushrooms could help treat depression, says study. Scientists believe that the chemical psilocybin, the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms, can turn down parts of the brain that are overactive in severely depressive patients, the Guardian reported. The drug appears to stop patients dwelling on themselves and their own perceived inadequacies. However, a bid by British scientists to carry out trials of psilocybin ...