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** ADHD News **
A Third Of Autism Cases Also Have ADHD Symptoms
http://mnt.to/a/4dWh
According to new research carried out at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, nearly a third of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) between the ages of four to eight also showed clinically significant symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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** ALCOHOL / ADDICTION / ILLEGAL DRUGS News **
Researchers Studying Cocaine Craving Focus On A Brain Protein And An Antibiotic
http://mnt.to/a/4dSS
A new study conducted by a team of Indiana University neuroscientists demonstrates that GLT1, a protein that clears glutamate from the brain, plays a critical role in the craving for cocaine that develops after only several days of cocaine use.
Canine Companionship Helps Improve Moods Among Teens In Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/4dSR
Lindsay Ellsworth is prescribing a new, mood-boosting therapy for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment: shelter dogs.On Friday afternoons, about four dogs from the Spokane Humane Society take a field trip to Excelsior Youth Center as a group of teenage boys eagerly await their arrival.
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** ALLERGY News **
New UK Coins Increase Nickel Skin Allergy Risk 4 Fold
http://mnt.to/a/4dT4
In a bid to save 10 million pounds a year the British Treasury is replacing copper-nickel five and ten pence coins with new nickel-plated steel versions. However, while no UK health assessment has taken place, scientists in Sweden have analyzed the allergy risk after the Swedish state bank announced it will reduce traces of nickel in Swedish coinage.
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** ALZHEIMER'S / DEMENTIA News **
Alzheimer's Medications Lower Heart Attack And Death Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4dTS
Medications that are prescribed for early-stage Alzheimer's disease appear to reduce the risk of heart attack and early death, researchers from Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, reported in the European Heart Journal.
In Highly Educated Pre-Alzheimer's Patients, PET Finds Increased Cognitive Reserve Levels
http://mnt.to/a/4dT9
Highly educated individuals with mild cognitive impairment that later progressed to Alzheimer's disease cope better with the disease than individuals with a lower level of education in the same situation, according to research published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Protein Modification May Help Control Alzheimer's And Epilepsy
http://mnt.to/a/4dT6
In the brain, cell-to-cell communication is dependent on neurotransmitters, chemicals that aid the transfer of information between neurons. Several proteins have the ability to modify the production of these chemicals by either increasing or decreasing their amount, or promoting or preventing their secretion.
Researchers Closer To A Blood Test For Alzheimer's Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4dSX
Alzheimer researchers in Spain have taken a step closer to finding a blood test to help in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.With approximately 75% of the estimated 36 million Alzheimer's sufferers worldwide yet to receive a reliable diagnosis, the potential impact on the lives of possible sufferers, present and future, could be huge.
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** ANXIETY / STRESS News **
Cancer Survivors And Partners More Prone To Anxiety Than Depression
http://mnt.to/a/4dTQ
Long-term cancer survivors are not at a much higher risk of developing depression compared with healthy people, but they are more likely to experience anxiety.The finding was published today in The Lancet Oncology and outlines that not only are the survivors at risk for anxiety, but their partners face similar levels of depression and higher levels of anxiety than the survivors themselves.
Physical Symptoms Often Manifest In Stressed Middle-Aged Women
http://mnt.to/a/4dSH
In four out of ten cases, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint. This is shown by a study of 1,500 women carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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** AUTISM News **
A Third Of Autism Cases Also Have ADHD Symptoms
http://mnt.to/a/4dWh
According to new research carried out at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, nearly a third of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) between the ages of four to eight also showed clinically significant symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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** BIOLOGY / BIOCHEMISTRY News **
Enzyme That Finds Unwanted DNA In Cells Revealed
http://mnt.to/a/4dVm
Two new studies published in Nature recently reveal the structure and mechanism of an enzyme called cGAS that detects DNA found in the wrong place inside mammal cells and triggers an immune response.
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** BODY ACHES News **
Physical Symptoms Often Manifest In Stressed Middle-Aged Women
http://mnt.to/a/4dSH
In four out of ten cases, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint. This is shown by a study of 1,500 women carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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** BONES / ORTHOPEDICS News **
Genetic Secrets To Developmental Dysplasia Of The Hip Revealed
http://mnt.to/a/4dT5
Research from Thomas Jefferson University is laying the foundation for a genetic test to accurately identify hip dysplasia in newborns so that early intervention can be initiated to promote normal development.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
How And Where Breast Tumor Cells Become Dormant And What Causes Them To Become Metastatic
http://mnt.to/a/4dT7
The long-standing mystery behind dormant disseminated breast tumor cells and what activates them after years and even decades of latency may have been solved. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have identified the microenvironment surrounding microvasculature - the small blood vessels that transport blood within tissues - as a niche where dormant cancer cells reside.
Genetic Testing Could Protect Younger African Americans With Breast Cancer And Their Relatives
http://mnt.to/a/4dSP
A high percentage of African-American women with breast cancer who were evaluated at a university cancer-risk clinic were found to carry inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast cancer.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Cancer Survivors And Partners More Prone To Anxiety Than Depression
http://mnt.to/a/4dTQ
Long-term cancer survivors are not at a much higher risk of developing depression compared with healthy people, but they are more likely to experience anxiety.The finding was published today in The Lancet Oncology and outlines that not only are the survivors at risk for anxiety, but their partners face similar levels of depression and higher levels of anxiety than the survivors themselves.
New Strategy For Defeating Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dTL
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
Study Finds Bladder Cancer Recurrence And Mortality Could Improve With Better Treatment Compliance
http://mnt.to/a/4dTz
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center led by Dr. Karim Chamie, assistant professor-in-residence in the department of urology, have found that the burden of bladder cancer on the population is very high, and that more intense surveillance and treatment in the first two years after diagnosis could reduce the number of patients whose cancer returns after treatment and lower the death rate from this disease.
Genetic Signature Of Deadly Brain Cancer Identified
http://mnt.to/a/4dTb
A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas - the most common form of malignant brain cancer. The findings, which appear in the journal Cell Reports, provide scientists with rich new potential set of targets to treat the disease.
Nivolumab Tested For Safety In Kidney Cancer
http://mnt.to/a/4dST
Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center presented a poster on a phase I clinical trial of Nivolumab, a PD-1 receptor blocking antibody, being used in combination with other drugs in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
Treatment Decisions: Doctor's Advice For Cancer Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dSN
Patients' desire for participation changes over the course of the diseaseWhat treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role.
Researchers Reveal Potential New Way To Suppress Tumor Growth
http://mnt.to/a/4dSF
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center, have identified a new mechanism that appears to suppress tumor growth, opening the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs.
Hope Offered By New Treatment For Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dSD
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
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** CARDIOVASCULAR / CARDIOLOGY News **
When Angry, Talk: Describing Emotional Situations Alters Heart Rate, Cardiac Output
http://mnt.to/a/4dVT
Physiological reactions to emotional situations depend on whether someone is askingThe act of describing a feeling such as anger may have a significant impact on the body's physiological response to the situation that elicits the emotion, according to research published June 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Karim Kassam from Carnegie Mellon University and Wendy Mendes from the University of California San Francisco.
Alzheimer's Medications Lower Heart Attack And Death Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4dTS
Medications that are prescribed for early-stage Alzheimer's disease appear to reduce the risk of heart attack and early death, researchers from Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, reported in the European Heart Journal.
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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **
Genetic Screening Declined By Many Despite Good Prognosis
http://mnt.to/a/4dSM
Even if Australians with newly diagnosed bowel cancer were routinely tested for a genetic predisposition to further cancers, one in three people would still not take the necessary steps to use that information to prevent further disease.
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** COMPLIANCE News **
Study Finds Bladder Cancer Recurrence And Mortality Could Improve With Better Treatment Compliance
http://mnt.to/a/4dTz
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center led by Dr. Karim Chamie, assistant professor-in-residence in the department of urology, have found that the burden of bladder cancer on the population is very high, and that more intense surveillance and treatment in the first two years after diagnosis could reduce the number of patients whose cancer returns after treatment and lower the death rate from this disease.
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** COSMETIC MEDICINE / PLASTIC SURGERY News **
UCLA Scientists Isolate And Characterize New Population Of Stress-Resistant Pluripotent Stem Cells In Fat Tissue Removed During Liposuction
http://mnt.to/a/4dWd
Cell Population Could Revolutionize Regenerative MedicineResearchers from the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have isolated a new population of primitive, stress-resistant human pluripotent stem cells easily derived from fat tissue that are able to differentiate into virtually every cell type in the human body without genetic modification.
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** DEPRESSION News **
Feeling Happy Or Sad Changes Oral Perceptions Of Fat For Mildly Depressed Individuals
http://mnt.to/a/4dVR
Oral perceptions of fat, taste stimuli altered by mood, state of mindSubjects with mild, subclinical depression rate the taste of high-fat and low-fat foods similarly when in a positive or negative mood, according to research published June 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Petra Platte and colleagues from the University of Wurzburg, Germany.
Cancer Survivors And Partners More Prone To Anxiety Than Depression
http://mnt.to/a/4dTQ
Long-term cancer survivors are not at a much higher risk of developing depression compared with healthy people, but they are more likely to experience anxiety.The finding was published today in The Lancet Oncology and outlines that not only are the survivors at risk for anxiety, but their partners face similar levels of depression and higher levels of anxiety than the survivors themselves.
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** DIABETES News **
Bariatric Surgery For Moderate Obesity With Diabetes: More Evidence Needed
http://mnt.to/a/4dTW
There is not enough evidence to justify widely recommending bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass for patients with moderate obesity and diabetes, according to a systematic review from the RAND Corporation published in JAMA this week.
Sleep Apnea A Greater Risk For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Or Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dSQ
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is advising anyone with Type 2 diabetes or hypertension to be evaluated for sleep apnea by a board-certified sleep medicine physician. The recommendation comes as the group of international clinicians and researchers meets in Baltimore for SLEEP 2013, the foremost gathering of sleep experts annually.
Change In Gut Microbiota May Predict Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dSJ
Intestinal bacteria may have a greater influence on us than was previously thought. In a study published in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, show that patients with type 2 diabetes have an altered gut microbiota.
Shift Workers May Be At Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dSt
A new study suggests that night work may impair glucose tolerance, supporting a causal role of night work in the increased risk of Type 2 diabetes among shift workers.Results show that peak glucose levels were 16 percent higher during one night of simulated shift work, compared with one day of a simulated daytime work schedule.
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** EPILEPSY News **
Protein Modification May Help Control Alzheimer's And Epilepsy
http://mnt.to/a/4dT6
In the brain, cell-to-cell communication is dependent on neurotransmitters, chemicals that aid the transfer of information between neurons. Several proteins have the ability to modify the production of these chemicals by either increasing or decreasing their amount, or promoting or preventing their secretion.
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** EYE HEALTH / BLINDNESS News **
Cognitive Function, IQ Linked To Blood Vessels In The Eye
http://mnt.to/a/4dT2
The width of blood vessels in the retina, located at the back of the eye, may indicate brain health years before the onset of dementia and other deficits, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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** GASTROINTESTINAL / GASTROENTEROLOGY News **
Bariatric Surgery For Moderate Obesity With Diabetes: More Evidence Needed
http://mnt.to/a/4dTW
There is not enough evidence to justify widely recommending bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass for patients with moderate obesity and diabetes, according to a systematic review from the RAND Corporation published in JAMA this week.
Change In Gut Microbiota May Predict Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dSJ
Intestinal bacteria may have a greater influence on us than was previously thought. In a study published in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, show that patients with type 2 diabetes have an altered gut microbiota.
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** GENETICS News **
New Method Of Mass-Producing High-Quality DNA Molecules
http://mnt.to/a/4dTH
A new method of manufacturing short, single-stranded DNA molecules can solve many of the problems associated with current production methods. The new method, which is described in the scientific periodical Nature Methods, can be of value to both DNA nanotechnology and the development of drugs consisting of DNA fragments.
Genetic Signature Of Deadly Brain Cancer Identified
http://mnt.to/a/4dTb
A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas - the most common form of malignant brain cancer. The findings, which appear in the journal Cell Reports, provide scientists with rich new potential set of targets to treat the disease.
Genetic Secrets To Developmental Dysplasia Of The Hip Revealed
http://mnt.to/a/4dT5
Research from Thomas Jefferson University is laying the foundation for a genetic test to accurately identify hip dysplasia in newborns so that early intervention can be initiated to promote normal development.
Genetic Testing Could Protect Younger African Americans With Breast Cancer And Their Relatives
http://mnt.to/a/4dSP
A high percentage of African-American women with breast cancer who were evaluated at a university cancer-risk clinic were found to carry inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast cancer.
Genetic Screening Declined By Many Despite Good Prognosis
http://mnt.to/a/4dSM
Even if Australians with newly diagnosed bowel cancer were routinely tested for a genetic predisposition to further cancers, one in three people would still not take the necessary steps to use that information to prevent further disease.
Researchers Reveal Potential New Way To Suppress Tumor Growth
http://mnt.to/a/4dSF
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center, have identified a new mechanism that appears to suppress tumor growth, opening the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs.
New Oncogene And Potential Target In Lung Cancer: RET Rearrangement
http://mnt.to/a/4dSs
In results presented at ASCO 2013, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study provided important details for a recently identified driver and target in lung adenocarcinoma: rearrangement of the gene RET.
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** HEALTH INSURANCE / MEDICAL INSURANCE News **
Medicaid Expansion Best Financial Option For States
http://mnt.to/a/4dSC
States that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending, at least in the short term, on the cost of treating uninsured residents, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Law Dramatically Reduced Hospital Prices For The Uninsured
http://mnt.to/a/4dSz
To comply with a statewide "fair pricing" law, hospitals throughout California have significantly lowered prices to uninsured patients, with nearly all even going beyond the state mandate and offering free care to those below the poverty line.
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** HEART DISEASE News **
Alzheimer's Medications Lower Heart Attack And Death Risk
http://mnt.to/a/4dTS
Medications that are prescribed for early-stage Alzheimer's disease appear to reduce the risk of heart attack and early death, researchers from Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, reported in the European Heart Journal.
4 Lifestyle Changes Can Protect Your Heart And Reduce Your Risk Of Death
http://mnt.to/a/4dSy
A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence in support of regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and, most importantly, not smoking.
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** HYPERTENSION News **
Study Supports Role For Skin Sodium In Blood Pressure Regulation
http://mnt.to/a/4dSV
It's time to expand the models for blood pressure regulation, according to clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D. Titze and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure.
Sleep Apnea A Greater Risk For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Or Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dSQ
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is advising anyone with Type 2 diabetes or hypertension to be evaluated for sleep apnea by a board-certified sleep medicine physician. The recommendation comes as the group of international clinicians and researchers meets in Baltimore for SLEEP 2013, the foremost gathering of sleep experts annually.
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** IMMUNE SYSTEM / VACCINES News **
Enzyme That Finds Unwanted DNA In Cells Revealed
http://mnt.to/a/4dVm
Two new studies published in Nature recently reveal the structure and mechanism of an enzyme called cGAS that detects DNA found in the wrong place inside mammal cells and triggers an immune response.
Blocking Immune Overreaction
http://mnt.to/a/4dSq
The immune system can run awry in many ways. Some examples of undesirable immune responses include those directed against the host (autoimmunity), transplanted organs (transplant rejection), or a harmless substance (allergies).
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** INFECTIOUS DISEASES / BACTERIA / VIRUSES News **
Listeria Food Poisoning Risky For Elderly And Pregnant Women
http://mnt.to/a/4dTV
Pregnant women and seniors need to be especially careful to avoid listeria-tainted foods, because they are at the highest risk of food poisoning, complications and death, says a new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Change In Gut Microbiota May Predict Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dSJ
Intestinal bacteria may have a greater influence on us than was previously thought. In a study published in the prestigious journal Nature, researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, show that patients with type 2 diabetes have an altered gut microbiota.
Tuberculosis, Anthrax, And Other Diseases May Be Treated More Effectively By New Kind Of Antibiotic
http://mnt.to/a/4dSx
Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis - a severe food-borne illness - eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, thanks to a team of scientists led by Kenneth Keiler, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University.
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** LUNG CANCER News **
New Oncogene And Potential Target In Lung Cancer: RET Rearrangement
http://mnt.to/a/4dSs
In results presented at ASCO 2013, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study provided important details for a recently identified driver and target in lung adenocarcinoma: rearrangement of the gene RET.
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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA / MYELOMA News **
New Drug Target Identified In Deadly Form Of Leukemia
http://mnt.to/a/4dTd
A research team led by the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore has identified ways to inhibit the function of a key protein linked to stem cell-like behavior in terminal-stage chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), making it possible to develop drugs that may extend the survival of these patients.
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Researchers Closer To A Blood Test For Alzheimer's Disease
http://mnt.to/a/4dSX
Alzheimer researchers in Spain have taken a step closer to finding a blood test to help in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.With approximately 75% of the estimated 36 million Alzheimer's sufferers worldwide yet to receive a reliable diagnosis, the potential impact on the lives of possible sufferers, present and future, could be huge.
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** MEDICARE / MEDICAID / SCHIP News **
Medicaid Expansion Best Financial Option For States
http://mnt.to/a/4dSC
States that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending, at least in the short term, on the cost of treating uninsured residents, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
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** MENTAL HEALTH News **
UK GPs At High Risk Of Burnout
http://mnt.to/a/4dWj
Nearly half of all General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are at a very high risk of burning out and are jeopardizing their mental health, according to a PULSE survey.PULSE is a UK medical journal that focuses on general practice (primary care).
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** MRI / PET / ULTRASOUND News **
In Highly Educated Pre-Alzheimer's Patients, PET Finds Increased Cognitive Reserve Levels
http://mnt.to/a/4dT9
Highly educated individuals with mild cognitive impairment that later progressed to Alzheimer's disease cope better with the disease than individuals with a lower level of education in the same situation, according to research published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
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** MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS News **
A New Approach To Multiple Sclerosis
http://mnt.to/a/4dTc
In his article, "Pathoetiology of multiple sclerosis: are we barking up the wrong tree?", Peter K. Stys of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, argues that while the majority of the medical research community currently approaches MS as an autoimmune disease (much like Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis), for which the trigger is the immune system attacking a particular part of the nervous system, the features of the disease are equally well explained by approaching MS as a neurodegenerative disease (such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's), which is followed by an immune reaction to damage.
Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease And Muscular Degeneration Could Be Impacted By Stem Cell Study
http://mnt.to/a/4dSK
Scientists have taken a vital step forward in understanding how cells from skin tissue can be reprogrammed to become stem cells.New research could pave the way to generate these stem cells efficiently to better understand and develop treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and muscular degeneration.
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
New Strategy For Defeating Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dTL
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
Identifying Pediatric Patients At High Risk Of Stroke Or Brain Hemorrhage
http://mnt.to/a/4dTf
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
A New Approach To Multiple Sclerosis
http://mnt.to/a/4dTc
In his article, "Pathoetiology of multiple sclerosis: are we barking up the wrong tree?", Peter K. Stys of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, argues that while the majority of the medical research community currently approaches MS as an autoimmune disease (much like Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis), for which the trigger is the immune system attacking a particular part of the nervous system, the features of the disease are equally well explained by approaching MS as a neurodegenerative disease (such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's), which is followed by an immune reaction to damage.
Genetic Signature Of Deadly Brain Cancer Identified
http://mnt.to/a/4dTb
A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas - the most common form of malignant brain cancer. The findings, which appear in the journal Cell Reports, provide scientists with rich new potential set of targets to treat the disease.
Cognitive Function, IQ Linked To Blood Vessels In The Eye
http://mnt.to/a/4dT2
The width of blood vessels in the retina, located at the back of the eye, may indicate brain health years before the onset of dementia and other deficits, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Hope Offered By New Treatment For Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dSD
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
Insight Into Nature Vs. Nurture Offered By Songbird Study
http://mnt.to/a/4dSB
JoVE has published a research technique that allows neural imaging of auditory stimuli in songbirds via MRI. The technique, developed by Dr. Annemie Van der Linden and her laboratory at the University of Antwerp in Belgium, will be one of the first published in JoVE Behavior, a new section of the video journal that focuses on observational and experimental techniques that seek to understand human and animal behavior through physiological, neurological, and genetic means.
Increase In Neurons That Produce Histamine Discovered In Narcolepsy Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dSv
A new study provides surprising evidence that people with narcolepsy have an increased number of neurons that produce histamine, suggesting that histamine signaling may be a novel therapeutic target for this potentially disabling sleep disorder.
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** NUTRITION / DIET News **
Pregnant Women Should Be Aware Of Unintentional Chemical Exposure
http://mnt.to/a/4dWg
Pregnant women should be aware of the sources and routes of chemical exposure in order to minimize danger to their unborn baby, even though it is still unknown what effects these chemicals could have, suggests research from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
Listeria Food Poisoning Risky For Elderly And Pregnant Women
http://mnt.to/a/4dTV
Pregnant women and seniors need to be especially careful to avoid listeria-tainted foods, because they are at the highest risk of food poisoning, complications and death, says a new Vital Signs report issued by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Cheese Comes From Plants, Many British Kids Believe
http://mnt.to/a/4dTT
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has just revealed that a shockingly high percentage of primary school children are not eating enough fruit and vegetables and that a large proportion of them believe that cheese comes from plants and that fish fingers are made from chicken.
Decoding Food Purchasing Behaviours
http://mnt.to/a/4dTK
New research links key marketing factors to quality of food purchasesBreakthrough research by Kusum Ailawadi, professor of Marketing at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth, can change the way companies think about marketing their products to consumers and shows that, contrary to most current corporate marketing approaches, low-sugar products will be on the rise.
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** OBESITY / WEIGHT LOSS / FITNESS News **
UCLA Scientists Isolate And Characterize New Population Of Stress-Resistant Pluripotent Stem Cells In Fat Tissue Removed During Liposuction
http://mnt.to/a/4dWd
Cell Population Could Revolutionize Regenerative MedicineResearchers from the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have isolated a new population of primitive, stress-resistant human pluripotent stem cells easily derived from fat tissue that are able to differentiate into virtually every cell type in the human body without genetic modification.
Bariatric Surgery For Moderate Obesity With Diabetes: More Evidence Needed
http://mnt.to/a/4dTW
There is not enough evidence to justify widely recommending bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass for patients with moderate obesity and diabetes, according to a systematic review from the RAND Corporation published in JAMA this week.
Obese Patients Trust Diet Advice From Overweight More Than Normal Weight Doctors
http://mnt.to/a/4dTR
A team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that obese people are more likely to trust weight-related guidance from physicians who are overweight compared to those who are of normal weight.
Physicians Call For New Tax On Sugary Drinks, Fatty Foods; Tax Hike On Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages
http://mnt.to/a/4dT8
Go ye and sin no more - or pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing them on sugary drinks and fatty foods would lead many people to cut back, improving public health.
4 Lifestyle Changes Can Protect Your Heart And Reduce Your Risk Of Death
http://mnt.to/a/4dSy
A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence in support of regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and, most importantly, not smoking.
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** PAIN / ANESTHETICS News **
Increasing Rates Of Emergency C-Section And Accompanying Emergency Anesthesia
http://mnt.to/a/4dSL
There is an increasing need for safe emergency anaesthesia as cases of emergency Caesarean section (CS) continue to rise, said experts speaking at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA).
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** PALLIATIVE CARE / HOSPICE CARE News **
New Research Reveals Terminally Ill Willing To Talk About Where They Want To Die
http://mnt.to/a/4dTJ
A study undertaken by a team from Marie Curie Hospice Edinburgh, published in British Medical Journal Supportive and Palliative Care, has revealed new insights into the preferences and wishes of people with terminal illness.
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** PARKINSON'S DISEASE News **
Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease And Muscular Degeneration Could Be Impacted By Stem Cell Study
http://mnt.to/a/4dSK
Scientists have taken a vital step forward in understanding how cells from skin tissue can be reprogrammed to become stem cells.New research could pave the way to generate these stem cells efficiently to better understand and develop treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and muscular degeneration.
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** PEDIATRICS / CHILDREN'S HEALTH News **
Cheese Comes From Plants, Many British Kids Believe
http://mnt.to/a/4dTT
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has just revealed that a shockingly high percentage of primary school children are not eating enough fruit and vegetables and that a large proportion of them believe that cheese comes from plants and that fish fingers are made from chicken.
New Strategy For Defeating Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dTL
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
Identifying Pediatric Patients At High Risk Of Stroke Or Brain Hemorrhage
http://mnt.to/a/4dTf
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Genetic Secrets To Developmental Dysplasia Of The Hip Revealed
http://mnt.to/a/4dT5
Research from Thomas Jefferson University is laying the foundation for a genetic test to accurately identify hip dysplasia in newborns so that early intervention can be initiated to promote normal development.
Baby's Ability To Roll Unaffected By Sleeping On Back
http://mnt.to/a/4dSW
Baby, keep on rolling. A campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants' rolling abilities, according to University of Alberta research.
Canine Companionship Helps Improve Moods Among Teens In Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/4dSR
Lindsay Ellsworth is prescribing a new, mood-boosting therapy for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment: shelter dogs.On Friday afternoons, about four dogs from the Spokane Humane Society take a field trip to Excelsior Youth Center as a group of teenage boys eagerly await their arrival.
Hope Offered By New Treatment For Neuroblastoma
http://mnt.to/a/4dSD
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein.
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** PREGNANCY / OBSTETRICS News **
Pregnant Women Should Be Aware Of Unintentional Chemical Exposure
http://mnt.to/a/4dWg
Pregnant women should be aware of the sources and routes of chemical exposure in order to minimize danger to their unborn baby, even though it is still unknown what effects these chemicals could have, suggests research from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
Increasing Rates Of Emergency C-Section And Accompanying Emergency Anesthesia
http://mnt.to/a/4dSL
There is an increasing need for safe emergency anaesthesia as cases of emergency Caesarean section (CS) continue to rise, said experts speaking at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA).
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** PRIMARY CARE / GENERAL PRACTICE News **
UK GPs At High Risk Of Burnout
http://mnt.to/a/4dWj
Nearly half of all General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are at a very high risk of burning out and are jeopardizing their mental health, according to a PULSE survey.PULSE is a UK medical journal that focuses on general practice (primary care).
Treatment Decisions: Doctor's Advice For Cancer Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dSN
Patients' desire for participation changes over the course of the diseaseWhat treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
UK GPs At High Risk Of Burnout
http://mnt.to/a/4dWj
Nearly half of all General Practitioners (GPs) in the UK are at a very high risk of burning out and are jeopardizing their mental health, according to a PULSE survey.PULSE is a UK medical journal that focuses on general practice (primary care).
Ultra High-Risk Patients With Schizophrenia At Long-Term Risk For Psychotic Disorder
http://mnt.to/a/4dWc
JAMA Psychiatry Study HighlightsUltra high-risk (UHR) patients with schizophrenia appear to be at long-term risk for psychotic disorder, with the highest risk during the first two years after entry to a specialist clinic according to a study by Barnaby Nelson, Ph.
Cognitive Function, IQ Linked To Blood Vessels In The Eye
http://mnt.to/a/4dT2
The width of blood vessels in the retina, located at the back of the eye, may indicate brain health years before the onset of dementia and other deficits, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
Canine Companionship Helps Improve Moods Among Teens In Treatment
http://mnt.to/a/4dSR
Lindsay Ellsworth is prescribing a new, mood-boosting therapy for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment: shelter dogs.On Friday afternoons, about four dogs from the Spokane Humane Society take a field trip to Excelsior Youth Center as a group of teenage boys eagerly await their arrival.
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** PUBLIC HEALTH News **
Postoperative Patient Care Program Associated With Reduction Of Common Postoperative Complications
http://mnt.to/a/4dWb
JAMA Surgery Study HighlightsA study by Michael R. Cassidy, M.D., and colleagues at the Boston University Medical Center, suggests that I COUGH, a standardized postoperative care program emphasizing patient education, early mobilization, and pulmonary interventions, is associated with reduced risk of postoperative pneumonia and unplanned intubation.
Physicians Call For New Tax On Sugary Drinks, Fatty Foods; Tax Hike On Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages
http://mnt.to/a/4dT8
Go ye and sin no more - or pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing them on sugary drinks and fatty foods would lead many people to cut back, improving public health.
New UK Coins Increase Nickel Skin Allergy Risk 4 Fold
http://mnt.to/a/4dT4
In a bid to save 10 million pounds a year the British Treasury is replacing copper-nickel five and ten pence coins with new nickel-plated steel versions. However, while no UK health assessment has taken place, scientists in Sweden have analyzed the allergy risk after the Swedish state bank announced it will reduce traces of nickel in Swedish coinage.
Enrollees In Family Transition Program Lost 9 Months Of Life Expectancy
http://mnt.to/a/4dT3
U.S. workfare programs have been praised by some for cutting welfare rolls and improving the economic well-being of families. But little is known about how these policies affected participants' health and mortality.
Older Drivers More Open To Talking About 'Driving Retirement'
http://mnt.to/a/4dSY
Clinicians often wait too long before talking to elderly patients about giving up driving even though many may be open to those discussions earlier, according to a new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the CU College of Nursing.
Law Dramatically Reduced Hospital Prices For The Uninsured
http://mnt.to/a/4dSz
To comply with a statewide "fair pricing" law, hospitals throughout California have significantly lowered prices to uninsured patients, with nearly all even going beyond the state mandate and offering free care to those below the poverty line.
4 Lifestyle Changes Can Protect Your Heart And Reduce Your Risk Of Death
http://mnt.to/a/4dSy
A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence in support of regular exercise, eating a Mediterranean-style diet, keeping a normal weight and, most importantly, not smoking.
Enhancing Indoor Lighting May Improve Office Workers' Physical Well-Being And Sleep Quality
http://mnt.to/a/4dSw
A new study demonstrates a strong relationship between workplace daylight exposure and office workers' sleep, activity and quality of life.Compared to workers in offices without windows, those with windows in the workplace received 173 percent more white light exposure during work hours and slept an average of 46 minutes more per night.
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** SCHIZOPHRENIA News **
Ultra High-Risk Patients With Schizophrenia At Long-Term Risk For Psychotic Disorder
http://mnt.to/a/4dWc
JAMA Psychiatry Study HighlightsUltra high-risk (UHR) patients with schizophrenia appear to be at long-term risk for psychotic disorder, with the highest risk during the first two years after entry to a specialist clinic according to a study by Barnaby Nelson, Ph.
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** SENIORS / AGING News **
Older Drivers More Open To Talking About 'Driving Retirement'
http://mnt.to/a/4dSY
Clinicians often wait too long before talking to elderly patients about giving up driving even though many may be open to those discussions earlier, according to a new study from the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the CU College of Nursing.
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
ATS Publishes Clinical Practice Guidelines On Sleep Apnea And Driving
http://mnt.to/a/4dTx
The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical practice guidelines on sleep apnea, sleepiness, and driving risk on non-commercial drivers.The new guidelines, which are an update of a 1994 ATS statement on this topic, appear in the June 1, 2013 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Baby's Ability To Roll Unaffected By Sleeping On Back
http://mnt.to/a/4dSW
Baby, keep on rolling. A campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants' rolling abilities, according to University of Alberta research.
Sleep Apnea A Greater Risk For Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Or Hypertension
http://mnt.to/a/4dSQ
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is advising anyone with Type 2 diabetes or hypertension to be evaluated for sleep apnea by a board-certified sleep medicine physician. The recommendation comes as the group of international clinicians and researchers meets in Baltimore for SLEEP 2013, the foremost gathering of sleep experts annually.
Enhancing Indoor Lighting May Improve Office Workers' Physical Well-Being And Sleep Quality
http://mnt.to/a/4dSw
A new study demonstrates a strong relationship between workplace daylight exposure and office workers' sleep, activity and quality of life.Compared to workers in offices without windows, those with windows in the workplace received 173 percent more white light exposure during work hours and slept an average of 46 minutes more per night.
Increase In Neurons That Produce Histamine Discovered In Narcolepsy Patients
http://mnt.to/a/4dSv
A new study provides surprising evidence that people with narcolepsy have an increased number of neurons that produce histamine, suggesting that histamine signaling may be a novel therapeutic target for this potentially disabling sleep disorder.
Shift Workers May Be At Increased Risk For Type 2 Diabetes
http://mnt.to/a/4dSt
A new study suggests that night work may impair glucose tolerance, supporting a causal role of night work in the increased risk of Type 2 diabetes among shift workers.Results show that peak glucose levels were 16 percent higher during one night of simulated shift work, compared with one day of a simulated daytime work schedule.
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** SMOKING / QUIT SMOKING News **
Physicians Call For New Tax On Sugary Drinks, Fatty Foods; Tax Hike On Tobacco, Alcoholic Beverages
http://mnt.to/a/4dT8
Go ye and sin no more - or pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing them on sugary drinks and fatty foods would lead many people to cut back, improving public health.
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
UCLA Scientists Isolate And Characterize New Population Of Stress-Resistant Pluripotent Stem Cells In Fat Tissue Removed During Liposuction
http://mnt.to/a/4dWd
Cell Population Could Revolutionize Regenerative MedicineResearchers from the UCLA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology have isolated a new population of primitive, stress-resistant human pluripotent stem cells easily derived from fat tissue that are able to differentiate into virtually every cell type in the human body without genetic modification.
Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease And Muscular Degeneration Could Be Impacted By Stem Cell Study
http://mnt.to/a/4dSK
Scientists have taken a vital step forward in understanding how cells from skin tissue can be reprogrammed to become stem cells.New research could pave the way to generate these stem cells efficiently to better understand and develop treatments for diseases such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and muscular degeneration.
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** STROKE News **
Identifying Pediatric Patients At High Risk Of Stroke Or Brain Hemorrhage
http://mnt.to/a/4dTf
Measuring blood flow in the brain may be an easy, noninvasive way to predict stroke or hemorrhage in children receiving cardiac or respiratory support through a machine called ECMO, according to a new study by researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
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** TROPICAL DISEASES News **
Weather May Influence Transmission Of West Nile, Other Threats
http://mnt.to/a/4dTg
Urban epidemics resulting from viral diseases, such as West Nile fever and chikungunya fever, are transmitted by infected mosquitoes.According to Virginia Tech scientists, mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to dangerous viruses and more likely to transmit them to people.
Ghana Malaria Partnership A Success Through Innovative Thinking And 12 Million Bednets
http://mnt.to/a/4dSZ
In a report to be released this month, the Promoting Malaria Prevention and Treatment (ProMPT) Project will describe an innovative model for distributing over 12 million mosquito nets to prevent the transmission of malaria in Ghana.
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** TUBERCULOSIS News **
Tuberculosis, Anthrax, And Other Diseases May Be Treated More Effectively By New Kind Of Antibiotic
http://mnt.to/a/4dSx
Diseases such as tuberculosis, anthrax, and shigellosis - a severe food-borne illness - eventually could be treated with an entirely new and more-effective kind of antibiotic, thanks to a team of scientists led by Kenneth Keiler, an associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University.
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** UROLOGY / NEPHROLOGY News **
Study Finds Bladder Cancer Recurrence And Mortality Could Improve With Better Treatment Compliance
http://mnt.to/a/4dTz
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center led by Dr. Karim Chamie, assistant professor-in-residence in the department of urology, have found that the burden of bladder cancer on the population is very high, and that more intense surveillance and treatment in the first two years after diagnosis could reduce the number of patients whose cancer returns after treatment and lower the death rate from this disease.
Nivolumab Tested For Safety In Kidney Cancer
http://mnt.to/a/4dST
Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center presented a poster on a phase I clinical trial of Nivolumab, a PD-1 receptor blocking antibody, being used in combination with other drugs in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) at the ASCO Annual Meeting.
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** VASCULAR News **
How And Where Breast Tumor Cells Become Dormant And What Causes Them To Become Metastatic
http://mnt.to/a/4dT7
The long-standing mystery behind dormant disseminated breast tumor cells and what activates them after years and even decades of latency may have been solved. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have identified the microenvironment surrounding microvasculature - the small blood vessels that transport blood within tissues - as a niche where dormant cancer cells reside.
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** WATER - AIR QUALITY / AGRICULTURE News **
Pregnant Women Should Be Aware Of Unintentional Chemical Exposure
http://mnt.to/a/4dWg
Pregnant women should be aware of the sources and routes of chemical exposure in order to minimize danger to their unborn baby, even though it is still unknown what effects these chemicals could have, suggests research from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
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** WOMEN'S HEALTH / GYNECOLOGY News **
Physical Symptoms Often Manifest In Stressed Middle-Aged Women
http://mnt.to/a/4dSH
In four out of ten cases, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint. This is shown by a study of 1,500 women carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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