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** ACID REFLUX / GERD News **
Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%
http://mnt.to/a/4dHQ
Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study.The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against these cancers, while prescription medications do not.
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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Alcohol Impairment Goes Beyond BAC Number
http://mnt.to/a/4dHG
Drivers may think they have the green light to drive when their blood alcohol levels fall below the legal limit or the buzz wears off, but that's not the case, says a Purdue University expert.
Treatment For Cocaine Addiction In Animal Model
http://mnt.to/a/4dGG
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unraveled the molecular foundations of cocaine's effects on the brain, and identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers say.
Food Addiction Could Help Explain The Global Obesity Epidemic
http://mnt.to/a/4dGD
Research presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioural reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine.
Addictive Behaviour - A Choice Or A Brain Disease?
http://mnt.to/a/4dGC
New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation.
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Class Of Drugs Discovered That Could Lead To The Development Of A Silver Bullet For Combatting Alzheimer's Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4dG7
Researchers at USC have found that a class of pharmaceuticals can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's Disease in mice.The drugs, known as "TSPO ligands," are currently used for certain types of neuroimaging.
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Omega Oils Protect The Heart From Mental Stress
http://mnt.to/a/4dHP
The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
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** ARTHRITIS / RHEUMATOLOGY News **
Socioeconomic Factors Affect Satisfaction Following Knee Replacement Surgery
http://mnt.to/a/4dFJ
Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery.
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** AUTISM News **
Children With Autism Benefit From Enrichment Therapy
http://mnt.to/a/4dGb
Children with autism showed significant improvement after six months of simple sensory exercises at home using everyday items such as scents, spoons and sponges, according to UC Irvine neurobiologists.
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** BIRD FLU / AVIAN FLU News **
H7N9 Bird Flu Virus May Be Human Transmissible
http://mnt.to/a/4dJZ
The novel H7N9 bird flu virus may be human transmissible through direct contact as well as through airborne exposure, according to a new study.Scientists came up with this conclusion after discovering that the virus, which has already killed 36 people in China, can spread between ferrets.
Low Population Immunity Predicted If New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 Escalates Into A Human Pandemic
http://mnt.to/a/4dFN
The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds.
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** BLOOD / HEMATOLOGY News **
Superiority Of Bivalirudin Over Heparin Questioned
http://mnt.to/a/4dGN
Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Socioeconomic Factors Affect Satisfaction Following Knee Replacement Surgery
http://mnt.to/a/4dFJ
Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head
http://mnt.to/a/4dJJ
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA)Â have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function.New research published today in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reveals that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours.
Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head
http://mnt.to/a/4dJH
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA)Â have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function.New research published today in the Journal of Biological Chemistry reveals that an enzyme called MMP-8 (matrix metalloproteinase-8) could be acting as a locator to the immune system, which then becomes activated to attack tumours.
Study Clarifies Roles Of Anti-Angiogenic Proteins In Discouraging Metastasis And Reveals Potential Anti-Metastasis Drug
http://mnt.to/a/4dG3
By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%
http://mnt.to/a/4dHQ
Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study.The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against these cancers, while prescription medications do not.
Radioactive Nanoparticles Developed That Target Cancer Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4dGc
Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.
Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dG9
An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report.
New Tumour Killer Developed By Scientists
http://mnt.to/a/4dFQ
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumour cells.This molecule is based on a natural protein present in human breast milk, which has been found to have strong and wide-ranging tumour killing properties when bound to certain lipids.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
Omega Oils Protect The Heart From Mental Stress
http://mnt.to/a/4dHP
The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Superiority Of Bivalirudin Over Heparin Questioned
http://mnt.to/a/4dGN
Results from a large observational study reported at EuroPCR 2013 question whether bivalirudin is superior to heparin in the absence of GPIIb/IIIa blockade, showing similar 30-day mortality in patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE-ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffolds Emerging As The Dominant Device Of The Future For Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
http://mnt.to/a/4dGL
The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013.
1-Year TAVI Outcomes Post-Approval Showed A Large Treatment Effect In Terms Of Symptom Relief And Improved Quality Of Life
http://mnt.to/a/4dFX
One-year results from SOURCE XT - one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date - reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems.
Results Of The BIOFLOW-II Substudy: Biodegradable Stent Proves Non-Inferior To Drug-Eluting Stent
http://mnt.to/a/4dFW
The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic endpoint of in-stent late lumen loss at nine months in the results of an imaging substudy reported at EuroPCR 2013 today.
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** CHOLESTEROL News **
Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dJY
Certain statins - also known as cholesterol-lowering medications - could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor), according to the study, published in BMJ.
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** COPD News **
Spirometry Reveals Over-Diagnosis Of COPD Among Uninsured Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dGJ
More than 40 percent of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic "gold standard" for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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** CROHN'S / IBD News **
Earlier Diagnosis And Intervention Likely Following Identification Of Biomarkers For Inflammatory Bowel Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4dFY
Using the Department of Defense Serum Repository (DoDSR), University of Cincinnati researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown symptoms.
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
Study Evaluates Prevalence Of Multiple Health Concerns Among Patients With The Alopecia Areata
http://mnt.to/a/4dHD
JAMA Dermatology Study HighlightsA study by Kathie P. Huang, M.D., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined the prevalence of comorbid (co-existing) conditions among patients with alopecia areata (AA), an autoimmune disease that presents with nonscarring hair loss from some or all hair-bearing areas of the body, typically the scalp.
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** DIABETES News **
Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dJY
Certain statins - also known as cholesterol-lowering medications - could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor), according to the study, published in BMJ.
Mass Spectrometers Offer Insight Into The Dazzling Impact Of Insulin In Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4dFT
Australian scientists have charted the path of insulin action in cells in precise detail like never before. This provides a comprehensive blueprint for understanding what goes wrong in diabetes.
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** ECZEMA / PSORIASIS News **
Itch And Pain Have Separate Brain Circuits
http://mnt.to/a/4dHX
US scientists have found a molecule that triggers the sensation of itching in mice. They say the finding solves a mystery about itching: it is not a low level of pain but a separately wired circuit with a direct line into the brain.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Visual Test Associated With High IQ
http://mnt.to/a/4dHR
Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired abilities to see large motions in high-IQ people, according to a new study.
Treatment For Glaucoma May Lead To Droopy Eyelids
http://mnt.to/a/4dFM
Prostaglandin analogues (PGAs), drugs which lower intraocular pressure, are often the first line of treatment for people with glaucoma, but their use is not without risks. PGAs have long been associated with blurred vision, dryness, changes in eye color and other side effects.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%
http://mnt.to/a/4dHQ
Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study.The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against these cancers, while prescription medications do not.
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** GENETICS News **
A "Genetic Thermometer" May In The Future Reveal How Healthy You Are You For Your Age
http://mnt.to/a/4dGB
JoVE has published details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. The method is demonstrated by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Many Mexican Young Adults Have A Genetic Predisposition To Obesity
http://mnt.to/a/4dG6
As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosá½·.
Computational Study Tracks E. coli Cells' Regulatory Mechanisms
http://mnt.to/a/4dG5
Environment is not the only factor in shaping regulatory patterns - and it might not even be the primary factor, according to a new Rice University study that looks at how cells' protein networks relate to a bacteria's genome.
Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis
http://mnt.to/a/4dG4
A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
Spirometry Reveals Over-Diagnosis Of COPD Among Uninsured Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dGJ
More than 40 percent of patients being treated for COPD at a federally funded clinic did not have the disease, researchers found after evaluating the patients with spirometry, the diagnostic "gold standard" for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffolds Emerging As The Dominant Device Of The Future For Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
http://mnt.to/a/4dGL
The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Dietary Exposure To Certain Plastics May Play A Hidden Role In Epidemic Increases In Childhood Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dGd
Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears To Be As Safe As Previously Used Vaccine
http://mnt.to/a/4dGP
The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Vaccine.
Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dG9
An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report.
New Mouse Model Helping To Keep Stem Cells Strong
http://mnt.to/a/4dG8
When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete these cell populations, potentially leading to the development of serious blood conditions such as cancer.
Low Population Immunity Predicted If New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 Escalates Into A Human Pandemic
http://mnt.to/a/4dFN
The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds.
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
H7N9 Bird Flu Virus May Be Human Transmissible
http://mnt.to/a/4dJZ
The novel H7N9 bird flu virus may be human transmissible through direct contact as well as through airborne exposure, according to a new study.Scientists came up with this conclusion after discovering that the virus, which has already killed 36 people in China, can spread between ferrets.
New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears To Be As Safe As Previously Used Vaccine
http://mnt.to/a/4dGP
The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Vaccine.
Computational Study Tracks E. coli Cells' Regulatory Mechanisms
http://mnt.to/a/4dG5
Environment is not the only factor in shaping regulatory patterns - and it might not even be the primary factor, according to a new Rice University study that looks at how cells' protein networks relate to a bacteria's genome.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
Study Clarifies Roles Of Anti-Angiogenic Proteins In Discouraging Metastasis And Reveals Potential Anti-Metastasis Drug
http://mnt.to/a/4dG3
By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer.
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA / MYELOMA News **
Radioactive Nanoparticles Developed That Target Cancer Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4dGc
Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.
New Mouse Model Helping To Keep Stem Cells Strong
http://mnt.to/a/4dG8
When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete these cell populations, potentially leading to the development of serious blood conditions such as cancer.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Scaffolds Emerging As The Dominant Device Of The Future For Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
http://mnt.to/a/4dGL
The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013.
Inexpensive, Accurate Way To Detect Prostate Cancer Could Facilitate Commercially Available, At-Home Urine Tests
http://mnt.to/a/4dGK
Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published in the /i>Journal of the American Chemical Society.
1-Year TAVI Outcomes Post-Approval Showed A Large Treatment Effect In Terms Of Symptom Relief And Improved Quality Of Life
http://mnt.to/a/4dFX
One-year results from SOURCE XT - one of the largest, post-approval transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) registries to-date - reported today at EuroPCR 2013 show good clinical outcomes in routine clinical practice, with high rates of device success for all access approaches, valve sizes and delivery systems.
Results Of The BIOFLOW-II Substudy: Biodegradable Stent Proves Non-Inferior To Drug-Eluting Stent
http://mnt.to/a/4dFW
The Orsiro stent, which is a novel stent platform eluting sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer, demonstrated non-inferiority to the Xience Prime everolimus-eluting stent for the primary angiographic endpoint of in-stent late lumen loss at nine months in the results of an imaging substudy reported at EuroPCR 2013 today.
Mass Spectrometers Offer Insight Into The Dazzling Impact Of Insulin In Cells
http://mnt.to/a/4dFT
Australian scientists have charted the path of insulin action in cells in precise detail like never before. This provides a comprehensive blueprint for understanding what goes wrong in diabetes.
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** MEDICAL STUDENTS / TRAINING News **
40% Of Medical Students Unconsciously Biased Against Obese People
http://mnt.to/a/4dHS
According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people.The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed that doctors generally have an anti-fat bias which results in obese people not receiving the same level of respect as slim people.
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** MEN'S HEALTH News **
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Abdominal Fat Accumulation In Men
http://mnt.to/a/4dGH
A new study from researchers in Japan indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality.
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** MRSA / DRUG RESISTANCE News **
Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C
http://mnt.to/a/4dFV
In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Scientists Develop Worm EEG To Test The Effects Of Drugs
http://mnt.to/a/4dJL
Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs.NeuroChip is a microfluidic electrophysiological device, which can trap the microscopic worm Caenorhadbitis elegans and record the activity of discrete neural circuits in its 'brain' - a worm equivalent of the EEG.
Itch And Pain Have Separate Brain Circuits
http://mnt.to/a/4dHX
US scientists have found a molecule that triggers the sensation of itching in mice. They say the finding solves a mystery about itching: it is not a low level of pain but a separately wired circuit with a direct line into the brain.
Visual Test Associated With High IQ
http://mnt.to/a/4dHR
Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired abilities to see large motions in high-IQ people, according to a new study.
Treatment For Cocaine Addiction In Animal Model
http://mnt.to/a/4dGG
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unraveled the molecular foundations of cocaine's effects on the brain, and identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers say.
Addictive Behaviour - A Choice Or A Brain Disease?
http://mnt.to/a/4dGC
New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation.
Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dG9
An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report.
Risk Factors For Rupture Or Bleeding Of Arachnoid Cysts In Children
http://mnt.to/a/4dFS
Arachnoid cysts are a common type of brain lesion that is usually harmless, but with a risk of rupture or bleeding. A new study identifies risk factors for rupture or bleeding in children with "incidentally" detected arachnoid cysts, reports the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Identification Of Orphan Receptors In The Brain May Lead To Treatments For Neurological Diseases
http://mnt.to/a/4dFK
Researchers at Emory University have identified a protein that stimulates a pair of "orphan receptors" found in the brain, solving a long-standing biological puzzle and possibly leading to future treatments for neurological diseases.
Nutritional Supplement Delays Advancement Of Parkinson's And Familial Dysautonomia
http://mnt.to/a/4dFH
Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it's a popular treatment for older people experiencing memory impairment.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Omega Oils Protect The Heart From Mental Stress
http://mnt.to/a/4dHP
The American Heart Association recommends that people eat at least two servings of fish every week. The omega 3 fatty acids in fish oil are thought to have very good properties that can help prevent cardiovascular disease.
Calorie Information In Fast Food Restaurants Used By 40% Of 9-18 Year Olds When Making Food Choices, Study Finds
http://mnt.to/a/4dHB
Girls and obese youth 70-80% more likely to use information than boys and youth with a healthy BMI.A new study published online today in the Journal of Public Health has found that of young people who visited fast food or chain restaurants in the U.
Dietary Exposure To Certain Plastics May Play A Hidden Role In Epidemic Increases In Childhood Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dGd
Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans.
Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C
http://mnt.to/a/4dFV
In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture.
Nutritional Supplement Delays Advancement Of Parkinson's And Familial Dysautonomia
http://mnt.to/a/4dFH
Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it's a popular treatment for older people experiencing memory impairment.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
40% Of Medical Students Unconsciously Biased Against Obese People
http://mnt.to/a/4dHS
According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people.The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed that doctors generally have an anti-fat bias which results in obese people not receiving the same level of respect as slim people.
Food Addiction Could Help Explain The Global Obesity Epidemic
http://mnt.to/a/4dGD
Research presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting shows that high-fructose corn syrup can cause behavioural reactions in rats similar to those produced by drugs of abuse such as cocaine.
Many Mexican Young Adults Have A Genetic Predisposition To Obesity
http://mnt.to/a/4dG6
As many as 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosá½·.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Itch And Pain Have Separate Brain Circuits
http://mnt.to/a/4dHX
US scientists have found a molecule that triggers the sensation of itching in mice. They say the finding solves a mystery about itching: it is not a low level of pain but a separately wired circuit with a direct line into the brain.
Study Suggests Certain Noncancer Pain Conditions Associated With Increased Risk Of Suicide
http://mnt.to/a/4dHC
JAMA Psychiatry Study HighlightsA study by Mark A. Ilgen, Ph.D, of the Veterans Affairs Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan and colleagues examined the associations between clinical diagnosis of noncancer pain conditions and suicide.
Gender Differences In The Prescribing Of Analgesics In Spain
http://mnt.to/a/4dFP
Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides.
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Nutritional Supplement Delays Advancement Of Parkinson's And Familial Dysautonomia
http://mnt.to/a/4dFH
Widely available in pharmacies and health stores, phosphatidylserine is a natural food supplement produced from beef, oysters, and soy. Proven to improve cognition and slow memory loss, it's a popular treatment for older people experiencing memory impairment.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Young Children Who Miss Well-Child Visits Are More Likely To Be Hospitalized
http://mnt.to/a/4dJK
Missing Visits Even More Detrimental For Children with Chronic Health ConditionsYoung children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Managed Care.
Dietary Exposure To Certain Plastics May Play A Hidden Role In Epidemic Increases In Childhood Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dGd
Plastic additives known as phthalates (pronounced THAL-ates) are odorless, colorless and just about everywhere: They turn up in flooring, plastic cups, beach balls, plastic wrap, intravenous tubing and - according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - the bodies of most Americans.
Risk Factors For Rupture Or Bleeding Of Arachnoid Cysts In Children
http://mnt.to/a/4dFS
Arachnoid cysts are a common type of brain lesion that is usually harmless, but with a risk of rupture or bleeding. A new study identifies risk factors for rupture or bleeding in children with "incidentally" detected arachnoid cysts, reports the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **
Inexpensive, Accurate Way To Detect Prostate Cancer Could Facilitate Commercially Available, At-Home Urine Tests
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Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published in the /i>Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Study Clarifies Roles Of Anti-Angiogenic Proteins In Discouraging Metastasis And Reveals Potential Anti-Metastasis Drug
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By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Visual Test Associated With High IQ
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Optical illusions have long been used in neuroscience to point out perceptions into how the brain functions, and now a visual test can detect impaired abilities to see large motions in high-IQ people, according to a new study.
New Advances In Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
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Novel treatments for psychiatric disorders explored at national conferenceDozens of leading psychology researchers are about to descend upon Concordia University for the annual Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies conference (CACBT 2013).
In Moral Decision-Making Empathy Plays A Key Role
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Is it permissible to harm one to save many? Those who tend to say "yes" when faced with this classic dilemma are likely to be deficient in a specific kind of empathy, according to a report published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Human Well-Being Linked To Nature's Benefits
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What people take from nature - water, food, timber, inspiration, relaxation - are so abundant, it seems self-evident. Until you try to quantitatively understand how and to what extent they contribute to humans.
Low Population Immunity Predicted If New Bird Flu Virus H7N9 Escalates Into A Human Pandemic
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The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds.
Socioeconomic Factors Affect Satisfaction Following Knee Replacement Surgery
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Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery.
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** RADIOLOGY / NUCLEAR MEDICINE News **
Radioactive Nanoparticles Developed That Target Cancer Cells
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Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop.
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** RESPIRATORY / ASTHMA News **
H7N9 Bird Flu Virus May Be Human Transmissible
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The novel H7N9 bird flu virus may be human transmissible through direct contact as well as through airborne exposure, according to a new study.Scientists came up with this conclusion after discovering that the virus, which has already killed 36 people in China, can spread between ferrets.
New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears To Be As Safe As Previously Used Vaccine
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The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in Vaccine.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Abdominal Fat Accumulation In Men
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A new study from researchers in Japan indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality.
Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis
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A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.
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** SCHIZOPHRENIA News **
Researchers Eliminate Schizophrenia Symptoms In An Animal Model
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Overexpression of a gene associated with schizophrenia causes classic symptoms of the disorder that are reversed when gene expression returns to normal, scientists report.They genetically engineered mice so they could turn up levels of neuregulin-1 to mimic high levels found in some patients then return levels to normal, said Dr.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
A "Genetic Thermometer" May In The Future Reveal How Healthy You Are You For Your Age
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JoVE has published details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age. The method is demonstrated by the laboratory of Dr. Gil Atzmon at New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Abdominal Fat Accumulation In Men
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A new study from researchers in Japan indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is independently associated with visceral (abdominal) fat accumulation only in men, perhaps explaining gender differences in the impact of OSA on cardiovascular disease and mortality.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Campaign Encourages Smokers To "Talk With Your Doctor" For Help Quitting
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Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfullyBecause a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage smokers to ask a doctor for help.
Tobacco Warning Images Proposed By The European Commission Should Be Reviewed As They Do Not Achieve The Desired Level Of Impact
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The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant.
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** SPORTS MEDICINE / FITNESS News **
Elite Athletes, Dietary Supplements And The Secondary Effects Of Performance-Enhancing Substances
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Most elite athletes consider doping substances "are effective" in improving performance, while recognising that they constitute cheating, can endanger health and entail the obvious risk of sanction.
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** STATINS News **
Statin Drugs May Increase Risk Of Diabetes
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Certain statins - also known as cholesterol-lowering medications - could increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.The risk was most significant in patients taking atorvastatin (Lipitor), rosuvastatin (Crestor) and simvastatin (Zocor), according to the study, published in BMJ.
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
New Mouse Model Helping To Keep Stem Cells Strong
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When infections occur in the body, stem cells in the blood often jump into action by multiplying and differentiating into mature immune cells that can fight off illness. But repeated infections and inflammation can deplete these cell populations, potentially leading to the development of serious blood conditions such as cancer.
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** TUBERCULOSIS News **
World Lung Foundation Warns U.S. Budget Cuts Will Slow The Fight Against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
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World Lung Foundation (WLF) today warned that the sequestration of the United States Federal Budget will have the unintended consequence of slowing efforts to control and eradicate tuberculosis - particularly multi-drug resistant tuberculosis - both in the U.
Drug-Resistant TB Destroyed By Vitamin C
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In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture.
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** VASCULAR News **
Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis
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A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease.
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Gender Differences In The Prescribing Of Analgesics In Spain
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Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs. A study published in Gaceta Sanitaria (Spanish health scientific journal) affirms that this phenomenon is influenced by socioeconomic inequality between genders in the Autonomous Community in which the patient resides.
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