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- Mind's Decision Making Process Revealed
- New App Will Now Allow You to be in Two Places at a Time!
- Study Finds Haters Spend More Time Hating
- Japan's Clubland Implements Dancing Ban
- New Model for AIDS Looks Promising
- Tips to Handle Your Hair This Summer
- Single Tick Bite may Risk More Than One Pathogen Attack
- Schumacher's Recovery is 'welcome Relief', Ricciardo
- Physical Fitness may Boost Academic Performances in Children
- Pig Whipworm Genome may be Modified to Help Treat Autoimmune Diseases
- Study Shows Cost-Effectiveness of Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation
- New Study Clarifies MERS-Related Abnormality Distribution on CT
- Peer Feedback Through Social Networking Helped Residents Improve Their Surgery Skills
- (Dollar) 2.4 Million NIH Center Grant to Develop a Healthier Environment in Detroit and Beyond
- Job Satisfaction Not Influenced by Occasional Church Attendance
- Menthol Ciggies Lead to Increased Smoking Patterns Among Teens
- Hyperthyroidism Patients More Likely to Take Extended Sick Leave Than Their Healthy Colleagues
- Tiny, Strutting Serama Fowl from Malaysia Gaining Popularity
- Restoration of Hearing in Deaf Possible Via New Research
- Research Suggests Electronic Health Record Patient Safety Issues Persist Long After 'Go Live' Date
- NY Music Auction Banks on Bob Dylan Lyrics
- UN Says It is Worried Over Rise in HIV Cases in Middle East and North Africa
- Health Authorities Confirm Spread of Chikungunya Virus from Caribbean to Central America
- Miriam Hospital Researchers Link AUDs Among South African Men to Unprotected Sex
- US Authorities Say Greater Number of Lab Employees Exposed to Anthrax Than Initially Thought
- Presbyterian Church in US to Support Same-Sex Marriage
- Name Change may Lead to Taiwan Terminating Artifact Loan to Japan
- Biomarker may Help Identifying Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Pope Francis Against Legalizing Drugs
- Report Questions Steps Taken by Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs in Providing the Best PTSD Treatment for Service Members
- Study Sheds Light on Triggers and Treatment of Immediate-Type Allergic Reactions
- Jaipur Foot Proving to be a Boon for More Than a Million Afghans
- Experts Underline Lack of Basic Mental Health Care for Africans
- Being Awake During Surgery Not Linked With Increased Risk of PTSD
- Researchers Identify a New Strategy for Treating Neuroblastoma
- Being Friends With People of Different Race, Religion or Sexual Orientation can Help Avoid Prejudice
- Enhanced Dopamine Neurotransmission Protects Brain in Parkinson's Model
- Most Prostate Cancer Specialists Don't Recommend Active Surveillance for Their Patients
- Sports Physicals are No Substitute for Comprehensive Checkups
- Clostridium Difficile Epidemic Should Concern People at Home As Well
- Diabetes Distress Vs. Depression
- Long-Term Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Reduction in Diabetes Development
| Mind's Decision Making Process Revealed Posted:  A team of researchers have conducted a study on monkeys and found that the changes of mind can be exposed by tracking neural activity when making decisions. Study's lead author, Roozbeh Kiani, explained that the methods used in the study allowed them to see the idiosyncratic nature of decision making that was inaccessible before, and they could now look at the nuances of this dynamic and track changes over a specified period. By recording multiple neurons ... |
| New App Will Now Allow You to be in Two Places at a Time! Posted:  Zabosu, a new app allows you to multitask from two different places. The app, which bills itself as a "remote-controlled human", will provide paid actors, who are freelancers, to do one's work while they are home, CNet reported. A person can direct the actors by sitting at their computer via internet, while the actors would have the Zabosu app on their phone, which they will carry with the camera facing out to take in their surroundings. The ... |
| Study Finds Haters Spend More Time Hating Posted:  Researchers have found that haters spend a lot of time at fewer activities than their non-hater counterparts. It seems that a person's "dispositional attitude" - whether the person is a "hater" or a "liker" - plays an important role in his or her activity level. Assuming that our disposition motivates behavior, Justin Hepler, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Dolores Albarracin, Annenberg School for Communication ... |
| Japan's Clubland Implements Dancing Ban Posted:  Tokyo, which is known as one of the world's clubbing capitals with its wild nightlife, is all set to survive a potentially ruinous police crackdown on -- of all things -- dancing. In the topsy-turvy world of Japan's clubland, party-goers currently risk being arrested for failing to obey "No Dancing" signs at venues. An antiquated law prohibiting dancing after midnight, zealously enforced by police in recent years, has decimated much of Japan's dance ... |
| New Model for AIDS Looks Promising Posted:  HIV-1 virus, which is responsible for most cases of AIDS is actually a very selective virus. It does not readily infect species other than its usual hosts - humans and chimpanzees. While this would qualify as good news for most mammals, for humans this fact has made the search for effective treatments and vaccines for AIDS that much more difficult; without an accurate animal model of the disease, researchers have had few options for clinical studies of the virus. New ... |
| Tips to Handle Your Hair This Summer Posted:  When it comes to handling the hair this summer, the latest trend is to keep the hair away from the face. Beauty expert Samantha Kochchar said that an up do could make one's look casual or formal depending on how one did it, but it will always make one's look glamorous and chic. Rod Anker, Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa, said that up-style was always in vogue and now that it's warmer, one should do it more often. Anker added ... |
| Single Tick Bite may Risk More Than One Pathogen Attack Posted:  Individuals who are bitten by a blacklegged tick have a higher risk of being exposed to more than one pathogen at the same time. The new research, published online today in the journal emPLOS ONE/em, was conducted by scientists at Bard College, Sarah Lawrence College, and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. "We found that ticks are almost twice as likely to be infected with two pathogens-the bacterium that causes Lyme disease and the protozoan ... |
| Schumacher's Recovery is 'welcome Relief', Ricciardo Posted:  The fact that the racing legend Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma is a 'welcome relief' according to Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo. Schumacher's manager Sabine Kehm confirmed that the seven-time world champion had been transferred to Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland from the intensive care unit in Grenoble, France, where he was kept in a coma following his life-threatening ski accident on December 29 last year. According to News.com.au, ... |
| Physical Fitness may Boost Academic Performances in Children Posted:  Physical fitness may play an important role in boosting brain health and improving academic performance of youngsters, researchers claim. Cardiorespiratory capacity, muscular strength, and motor ability are components of physical fitness that have documented potential to improve health, each of which may have different effects on the brain and, therefore, academic performance. Irene Esteban-Cornejo, MSc, Autonomous University of Madrid, said that as ... |
| Pig Whipworm Genome may be Modified to Help Treat Autoimmune Diseases Posted:  The entire genome sequence of Trichuris suis, a parasitic worm found in pig has been presented by a team consisting of 11 institutions from 6 countries. Understanding the genetics mechanisms underlying the pig parasite may aid to modify the human immune response that could result in better treatments for autoimmune diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and multiple sclerosis. The human whipworm (Trichuris) infects around 1 billion people ... |
| Study Shows Cost-Effectiveness of Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation Posted:  In a study published in iTobacco Control/i, researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute have demonstrated the cost-effectiveness of the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation (OMSC). It is an intervention that includes in-hospital counseling, pharmacotherapy and post-hospital follow-up, compared to usual care among smokers hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The ... |
| New Study Clarifies MERS-Related Abnormality Distribution on CT Posted:  In Saudi Arabia, researchers have identified key defining characteristics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in CT imaging of patients confirmed as having the disease. The study found that the most common CT finding in hospitalized patients with MERS infection is suggestive of an organizing pneumonia pattern. "A few studies have described variable degrees of lung opacities in patients with MERS, but did not clearly address their exact distribution," ... |
| Peer Feedback Through Social Networking Helped Residents Improve Their Surgery Skills Posted:  UCLA researchers found that surgical residents who received anonymous feedback from their peers through a social networking site on their robotic surgery skills improved more than those who did not receive any peer feedback on their procedures. The study is the first to examine the use of social networking to facilitate peer review of surgical procedure videos, said senior author Dr. Jim Hu, UCLA's Henry E. Singleton Professor of Urology and director of robotic ... |
| (Dollar) 2.4 Million NIH Center Grant to Develop a Healthier Environment in Detroit and Beyond Posted:  With over (Dollar) 2.4 million in new federal funding, experts will study how exposures to stressors that are prevalent in the urban industrialized environment - both chemical and non-chemical - impact human health in Detroit and beyond. The experts include Wayne State University researchers, regional collaborators at Henry Ford Health System, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, and community partners. The grant, Center for Urban Responses to Environmental ... |
| Job Satisfaction Not Influenced by Occasional Church Attendance Posted:  A congregation's beliefs about work attitudes and practices affect a churchgoer on the job, researchers have suggested. They add that the amount of influence depends on how involved the person is. Jerry Z. Park, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology in Baylor's College of Arts and Sciences, said they already knew that about 60 percent of American adults are affiliated with congregations, but we wanted to delve into whether that carries over from weekend worship ... |
| Menthol Ciggies Lead to Increased Smoking Patterns Among Teens Posted:  Teens who use menthol cigarettes smoke more cigarettes per day than their peers who smoke non-menthols, say researchers. The findings from the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at the University of Waterloo mark the first time that menthol cigarettes have been directly linked to elevated nicotine addiction among youth in Canada. Sunday Azagba, a scientist at Propel and lead author on the paper, said the appeal of menthol cigarettes among youth ... |
| Hyperthyroidism Patients More Likely to Take Extended Sick Leave Than Their Healthy Colleagues Posted:  People who have hyperthyroidism are more likely to take sick leave for extended periods than their healthy colleagues, usually in the first year after diagnosis. This is according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (iJCEM/i). Hyperthyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland is overactive. The thyroid, which is located in the front of the neck, secretes hormones that regulate ... |
| Tiny, Strutting Serama Fowl from Malaysia Gaining Popularity Posted:  The tiny chicken owned by Mohamad Hatta Yahaya strutted its rich yellow plumage for a stone-faced judge. "Yes my hero, puff out your chest!" Mohamad Hatta cried out above the din of fellow fowl-owners as his (Dollar) 10,000 bird pranced to victory in a "beauty contest" for serama chickens outside the capital Kuala Lumpur. The breed -- among the world's smallest chickens with adults weighing less than 500 grammes (17 oz) -- has been a favoured pet in its native ... |
| Restoration of Hearing in Deaf Possible Via New Research Posted:  A new research can help deaf individuals hear, researchers have claimed. Spiral ganglion cells are essential for hearing and their irreversible degeneration in the inner ear is common in most types of hearing loss. Adult spiral ganglion cells are not able to regenerate. However, new evidence in a mouse model shows that spiral ganglion stem cells present in the inner ear are capable of self-renewal and can be grown and induced to differentiate into mature ... |
| Research Suggests Electronic Health Record Patient Safety Issues Persist Long After 'Go Live' Date Posted:  Research published online in the emJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association/em says that patient safety issues related to electronic health records (EHRs) persist long after the 'go live' date. Sophisticated monitoring systems are needed to unearth the complex mix of human and technological causes behind these problems, say the authors. EHRs can improve the quality of patient care, but recent evidence suggests that their use can also ... |
| NY Music Auction Banks on Bob Dylan Lyrics Posted:  Auctioneers in New York hope that a collection of rock memorabilia, which includes handwritten song lyrics from legendary singer Bob Dylan, will fetch over (Dollar) 3-5 million. Auction house Sotheby's says other highlights include a peacock jumpsuit worn by Elvis Presley worth (Dollar) 200,000 to (Dollar) 300,000 and a John Lennon piano also played by Lou Reed. Richard Austin, head of Tuesday's two-part sale at Sotheby's, said the auction celebrates various rock performers ... |
| UN Says It is Worried Over Rise in HIV Cases in Middle East and North Africa Posted:  UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibe has revealed that the organization was worried over a sharp rise in new cases of HIV infections in the Middle East and North Africa. While the epidemic remains very "concentrated" within the region, with homosexuals, sex workers, migrants and drug addicts comprising the vast majority of cases, the Arab world has seen a dramatic increase in new cases in recent years. This compares with a fall in global infection rates of 35 ... |
| Health Authorities Confirm Spread of Chikungunya Virus from Caribbean to Central America Posted:  After the first case of mosquito-borne chikungunya virus was reported in El Salvador, health authorities revealed that the virus is rapidly spreading to other Central American counties. The virus -- rarely fatal, but nevertheless serious -- sparks high fevers and severe joint aches, as well as headaches, nausea and extreme fatigue. "We are facing a new illness in the country, but we are working to fight it," said El Salvador Health Minister Violeta Menjivar, ... |
| Miriam Hospital Researchers Link AUDs Among South African Men to Unprotected Sex Posted:  Researchers at Miriam Hospital, who observed South African men in informal drinking environments or "shebeens", have found that a majority of them suffer from Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) which has been linked with high prevalence of unprotected sex. Findings support the need for interventions targeting both alcohol and HIV-risk behaviors among South African men who drink alcohol in alcohol-serving venues. The study and its findings are published in the July issue ... |
| US Authorities Say Greater Number of Lab Employees Exposed to Anthrax Than Initially Thought Posted:  Authorities in the US have raised the number of employees at a government science lab who were accidentally exposed to anthrax to 86, up from the initial count of 75. The count "may go up more as more come forward," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Tom Skinner told AFP. The workers at the Atlanta headquarters of the CDC have been given antibiotics and are being monitored for signs of illness. The "unintentional exposure" ... |
| Presbyterian Church in US to Support Same-Sex Marriage Posted:  The Presbyterian Church in the US, which has nearly 1.9 million members, has lent its support to same-sex marriage after giving the green light to its pastors to marry gay and lesbian couples. The decision by the influential mainline Protestant denomination's General Assembly in Detroit, which ends Saturday, follows "much thought, discussion and prayer," it said in a statement. Its pastors will now be able to perform "any such marriage they believe the ... |
| Name Change may Lead to Taiwan Terminating Artifact Loan to Japan Posted:  Taiwan and Japan were embroiled in another diplomatic row after the Taiwanese government revealed that it may terminate a loan of treasured artifacts to Japan after promotional posters changed the name of its national museum. Taiwan protested as a matter of "national dignity" and demanded corrections after some of the Tokyo posters referred to the "Taipei Palace Museum" rather than the "National Palace Museum" which owns the artefacts. The name issue ... |
| Biomarker may Help Identifying Mesenchymal Stem Cells Posted:  A biomarker that can be used to accurately characterize the properties and function of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) has been identified by researchers at Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI). MSCs are the focus of nearly 200 active clinical trials registered with the National Institutes of Health, targeting conditions such as bone fractures, cartilage injury, degenerative disc disease, and osteoarthritis. The finding, ... |
| Pope Francis Against Legalizing Drugs Posted:  While Pope Francis is seen as one of the most liberal heads of the Vatican in recent decades, the 77-year old underlined his opposition to legalizing recreational drugs by stating that such a step will not solve the problem of addiction. "Attempts, however limited, to legalise so-called 'recreational drugs', are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects," Francis told delegates at a drug enforcement ... |
| Posted: Despite spending millions of dollars in improving mental health care to service personnel, a new report published by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reveals that both U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have no system in place to measure the effectiveness of treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) nor have they kept pace with growing demand for PTSD treatment. "Both departments lack a coordinated, consistent, ... |
| Study Sheds Light on Triggers and Treatment of Immediate-Type Allergic Reactions Posted:  The most common triggers of fatal allergic reactions, also known as anaphylaxis, are wasp and bee venoms, legumes (pulses), animal proteins, and some analgesics. The incidence of anaphylaxis is age-dependent. In the current issue of emDeutsches Arzteblatt International/em, Margitta Worm (Berlin) and her co-authors describe the causes and treatment methods for anaphylaxis, based on data from the anaphylaxis registry of the German-speaking countries (Dtsch Arztebl ... |
| Jaipur Foot Proving to be a Boon for More Than a Million Afghans Posted:  An Indian NGO has been providing some much-needed relief to more than a million Afghans, who have lost their limbs in land mine blasts, by providing them with the famous Jaipur foot. The artificial limbs are provided by the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samity (BMVSS), an India based organization based at Jaipur. The BMVSS are the makers of the world famous Jaipur Foot which has benefitted over 1.4 million handicapped persons (specially abled) all over the world. ... |
| Experts Underline Lack of Basic Mental Health Care for Africans Posted:  Underlining the growing need for improved care for mental health problems, over 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have termed the scenario 'acute and urgent' and have urged the governments in Africa to provide at least basic mental health care to their citizens. The experts also call for global mental health objectives to be included among the United Nations' post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals, for a special UN General Assembly High Level Meeting ... |
| Being Awake During Surgery Not Linked With Increased Risk of PTSD Posted:  A new study published in the journal Anesthesia (and) Analgesia suggests that there is no evidence linking post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other psychological problems with awareness of patients during anesthesia and surgery. "We found no indication that intraoperative awareness with recall had any long-term effects on patients' psychosocial outcome," concludes the new research by Dr Tanja Laukkala of the Centre for Military Medicine in Helsinki, Finland. ... |
| Researchers Identify a New Strategy for Treating Neuroblastoma Posted:  At Duke Medicine, researchers have identified a new strategy for treating neuroblastoma using a modified version of heparin, a century-old injectable drug that thins the blood to prevent clots from forming. The study, conducted in mice and published June 17, 2014, in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, found that when heparin is altered to remove its blood-thinning properties, it can suppress and shrink neuroblastoma tumors without causing severe bleeding. "Our ... |
| Being Friends With People of Different Race, Religion or Sexual Orientation can Help Avoid Prejudice Posted:  Being in a romantic relationship with a partner who is friends with people from different racial and ethnic groups, religion or sexual orientation may help avoid prejudice and positively influence people who are perceived to be different from themselves, a new study conducted by Wayne State University researchers reveals. The study, "Creating positive out-group attitudes through intergroup couple friendships and implications for compassionate love," currently available ... |
| Enhanced Dopamine Neurotransmission Protects Brain in Parkinson's Model Posted:  Researchers discovered that an increase in the protein that helps store dopamine, a critical brain chemical, led to enhanced dopamine neurotransmission and protection from a Parkinson's disease-related neurotoxin in mice. The research took place at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health. Dopamine and related neurotransmitters are stored in small storage packages called vesicles by the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2). When released from these packages dopamine ... |
| Most Prostate Cancer Specialists Don't Recommend Active Surveillance for Their Patients Posted:  Specialists who treat prostate cancer agree that active surveillance is an effective option - yet most doctors don't recommend it when appropriate for their own patients. This is according to a study in the July issue of emMedical Care/em. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Rather, urologists are more likely to recommend surgery and radiation oncologists are more likely to recommend radiation therapy-the ... |
| Sports Physicals are No Substitute for Comprehensive Checkups Posted:  Nearly half of parents say that any qualified health care provider - not just a child's usual provider - can do a sports physical. This is according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. One quarter of the 434 parents surveyed in the poll took their child to an alternate location for the most recent sports physical, says Sarah J. Clark, M.P.H. , associate director of the National Poll on Children's ... |
| Clostridium Difficile Epidemic Should Concern People at Home As Well Posted:  The Clostridium difficile bacteria poses a major health threat without proper infection prevention in hospitals and now homes, cautions a Case Western Reserve University infection control researcher. While mainly a concern in hospitals, cases of the emC. difficile/em infection (or emC. diff/em) are on the rise in the community, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that has seen increased reports of the infected people who have had ... |
| Diabetes Distress Vs. Depression Posted:  Researchers have long understood there is a strong association between depression and diabetes. But new research presented at the American Diabetes Association's 74th Scientific Sessions (Regd) shows that symptoms of depression in people with type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced through interventions for "diabetes distress," suggesting that much of what is being labeled as depression may not be a co-morbid psychiatric disorder after all, but rather a reaction ... |
| Long-Term Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Reduction in Diabetes Development Posted:  Treatments used to decrease the development of type 2 diabetes continue to be effective an average of 15 years later. This is according to the latest findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, a landmark study funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The results, presented at the American Diabetes Association's 74th Scientific Sessions (Regd) , come more than a decade after the Diabetes Prevention Program, or DPP, reported its original ... |
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