ScienceDaily Health Headlines -- for the Week of June 19 to June 26, 2011

ScienceDaily Health Headlines

for the Week of June 19 to June 26, 2011

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Posted 2011-06-25:

• Chemist solves riddle of killer diseases
• Interplay between cancer and aging in mice: Aging due to reduction in cell proliferation, not molecular damage, data suggest
• Life expectancy for those with Type 1 diabetes improving
• Drug shows improved kidney function for type 2 diabetics
• Pollinators make critical contribution to healthy diets
• Screen developed to identify new anticancer drug targets
• Tracing cancer back to its source using computer dissection
• Exposure to parental stress increases pollution-related lung damage in children
• Artificial pancreas being developed to ease diabetes burden
• Common drugs linked to cognitive impairment and possibly to increased risk of death, study suggests
• Astronomers reach for the stars to discover new cancer therapy

Posted 2011-06-25:

• Some captive chimpanzees show signs of compromised mental health, research shows
• Sepsis: Leaking blood vessels may be cause of infection-spreading condition, researchers suggest
• Heart valve replacement without opening the chest gives new option for non-operable patients
• Cut down on 'carbs' to reduce body fat, study authors say
• Lithium profoundly prevents brain damage associated with Parkinson's disease, mouse study suggests
• Oxytocin promises hope in Prader-Willi syndrome, research suggests
• Prejudice linked to women's menstrual cycle, study suggests
• Genes at the flick of a light switch: Human cells fitted with synthetic signaling cascade
• Competition between brain cells spurs memory circuit development
• Rare genetic disorder provides unique insight into Parkinson's disease
• Patients with bowel disease eager to test 'fecal' therapy
• Next-generation gene sequencing brings personal genomics closer, IDs mutation in new syndrome
• Physicist's discovery alters conventional understanding of sight
• Imagination can influence perception
• Brain-like computing a step closer to reality
• Effects of stress can be inherited, and here's how
• Compound may provide drug therapy approach for Huntington's disease
• Building a better math teacher
• Slow growth of childhood brain tumors linked to genetic process seen in skin moles
• Potential new approaches to treat myelofibrosis
• No two strands are alike: New mechanism for elongation of viral genome termini
• To fix diabetic nerve damage, blood vessels and support cells may be the real targets of treatment
• Even in flies, enriched learning drives need for sleep, study finds
• Computational software provides rapid identification of disease-causing gene variations
• Planning is key to a healthy and happy retirement, studies find
• Getting more innovative with Facebook?

Posted 2011-06-24:

• A step toward controlling Huntington's disease? Potential new way of blocking activity of gene that causes HD
• Long-term inhaled corticosteroid use increases fracture risk in lung disease patients, study finds
• Smartphone app helps you find friends in a crowd
• Policies that promote healthy eating, activity and sleep are needed to curb obesity in infants, toddlers and preschoolers
• Sleep switch found in fruit flies
• Who goes there? Novel complex senses viral infection
• Large numbers of birth defects seen near mountaintop mining operations
• Hereditary colon cancer syndrome marked by abnormally dense blood vessel growth in mouth
• Deadly drugged driving: Drug use tied to fatal car crashes
• Hybrid Leishmania parasites on the loose
• Cautionary tale for people with diabetes: Dog consumed part of a sleeping patient's toe
• Youth cybercrime linked to friends' influence
• Speed of brain signals clocked: New studies illuminate brain's complex neurotransmission machinery
• Influenza vaccination during pregnancy protects newborns, study suggests
• Obese dieters' brain chemistry works against their weight-loss efforts
• Science education: U.S. report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education, calls on policymakers
• New biomarker may help with early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease
• New technique yields troves of information from nanoscale bone samples
• Blood pressure changes are age-related, study finds
• Stress in the city: Brain activity and biology behind mood disorders of urbanites
• Scientists accurately predict age with saliva sample
• Current strategy for medicating patients may be giving many drug-resistant diseases a big competitive advantage
• Reasons for dramatic rise in cesarean births identified
• Psychologists find link between ovulation and women's ability to identify heterosexual men
• Breakthrough in treatment of hepatitis C
• Tracking down motion perception
• Hospitalizing children with normal CT scans after blunt head trauma is not necessary, study suggests
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual youth bullied, abused more often than peers
• Discovery offers molecular insights into link between Parkinson's and pesticides
• Driving a vehicle with one hand
• Genetic finding offers hope for orphan disease
• The myth of the 'queen bee': Work and sexism
• Drug side effect linked with increased health risks for over 65s, study finds
• Contaminated cocaine triggers decaying, dying skin
• New application for iPhone may support monitoring and research on Parkinson's disease
• Community health worker interventions improve rates of US mammography screening
• Leftover embryonic cells connect gastric reflux and cancer

Posted 2011-06-23:

• Corporal punishment: Mothers' self-recorded audio gives unique real-time view of spanking
• Molecular glue sticks it to cancer
• Gold nanoparticles help earlier diagnosis of liver cancer
• Angioplasty may be feasible for liver transplantation candidates with heart disease
• Powerful, intoxicated, anonymous: The paradox of the disinhibited
• Weaker brain 'sync' may be early sign of autism
• Trigger to fatal neurodegenerative disease uncovered using computer simulation
• Church congregations can be blind to mental illness, study suggests
• Source of mystery pain uncovered
• Angioplasty with stents may be safe in long-term for low-risk heart patients
• Nudging doctors in intensive care unit reduces deaths, study finds; Physicians for critically ill need 'copilots' to remind them of important details
• New discoveries in diabetes suggest novel ways to treat, delay the disease
• Cause of a hereditary form of blindness discovered
• The end for ATV Johannes Kepler
• An explanation of how advertising music affects brand perception
• Abnormal brain structure linked to chronic cocaine abuse
• A mother's determination, next-generation sequencing provide solutions for twins
• Surprising connection between two types of perception
• Smoking may increase risk of prostate cancer recurrence, death
• Diabetic kidney disease on the rise in America, despite improved diabetes care
• Lyme disease tick adapts to life on the (fragmented) prairie
• Stem cell model offers clues to cause of inherited ALS
• Strawberries boost red blood cells, study finds
• Common rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis medications are associated with reduced diabetes risk
• Anti-smoking policies for adults also reduce kids' smoking
• Intensive-dose statin therapy associated with increased risk of diabetes
• Most heart-attack patients needing procedure at another hospital not transferred in recommended time
• Yeast genomes: Genetic codes for species of yeasts identified and compared
• Depression, age, other factors linked to dependence after stroke
• Out of sync: Neural activity is disrupted in autistic toddlers
• Positive results for unprotected left main coronary artery PCI with drug-eluting stents
• It's not about the money for long-term care nurses
• Still hope for GAD diabetes vaccine, researchers believe

Posted 2011-06-22:

• Smoking during pregnancy lowers levels of 'good' HDL cholesterol in children
• Decoding chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Forensics: Lamps and spectrometers used to age bruises precisely
• Hypnosis/local anesthesia combination during surgery helps patients, reduces hospital stays, study finds
• Exercise associated with longer survival after brain cancer diagnosis
• Device could improve harvest of stem cells from umbilical cord blood
• Vitamin D deficiency is associated with different types of obesity in black and white children
• Do kids prefer playmates of same ethnicity?
• First genetic mutation linked to heart failure in pregnant women
• Blueberries help lab rats build strong bones
• Adulterated cocaine causing serious skin reactions; With up to 70 percent contaminated, doctors warn of potential public health epidemic
• What do we pay attention to?
• Can humans sense Earth's magnetism? Human retina protein can function as light-sensitive magnetic sensor
• Resveratrol studies confirms potential health boost
• Millions with peripheral artery disease not getting vital medications, study finds
• 'Smart materials' that make proteins form crystals to boost research into new drugs
• Marriage improves odds of surviving colon cancer
• Breakthrough in the search for new treatments for multiple sclerosis
• Natural Alzheimer's weapon suggests better treatment
• Link between low birth weights and obesity later in life: Altering hormone levels changes cellular development in the brain
• Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds
• Heart disease: Stabalizing vulnerable plaques could wipe out half of coronary events, report suggests
• Study compares two types of botulinum toxin for cosmetic use
• Energy drinks linked to substance use in musicians, study shows
• Genius of Einstein, Fourier key to new computer vision that mimics how humans perceive 3-D shapes
• Every second counts when performing CPR: Increase in survival when AED used less than 10 seconds after CPR pause
• Exercise training program improves outcomes in 'Grinch Syndrome' patients
• Need a nap? Find yourself a hammock
• Unexpected function of dyslexia-linked gene: Controlling cilia of cells
• Discoveries in mitochondria open new field of cancer research
• How the immune system responds to hepatitis A virus
• Learning from mom boosts low-income kids' school readiness
• Thousands of patients prescribed high-risk drugs, Scottish study finds
• Certain drugs lower risk of diabetes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis
• Diabetic kidney disease more prevalent in US
• Being a smoker at time of prostate cancer diagnosis linked with increased risk of death
• New evidence of the benefits of home dialysis for kidney patients

Posted 2011-06-21:

• Buzz kills: No amount of alcohol safe to drive
• Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells
• Genetic factor controls health-harming inflammation in obese: Trigger holds promise for treating diabetes, other chronic illnesses
• Fat substitutes linked to weight gain: Rats on high-fat diet gained more weight after eating low-calorie potato chips made with fat substitutes
• First ever drug to treat ‘Celtic Gene’ in cystic fibrosis sufferers
• Guidelines for ventilator use help premature infants breathe easier
• Diagnosed autism is more common in an IT-rich region, study finds
• Discovery of parathyroid glow promises to reduce endocrine surgery risk
• Inducing labor is not associated with higher rates of cesarean sections, study finds
• 'My dishwasher is trying to kill me': New research finds harmful fungal pathogens living in dishwasher seals
• Informal daycare not as good for kids' cognitive development as formal daycare, study suggests
• Shock and recall: Negative emotion may enhance memory
• High prevalence and severity of childhood food allergy in the US
• Proteins used to map the aging process
• Dangers of portable pools uncovered
• Genetic mutation linked to asbestos exposure, mouse study suggests
• New genes for risk and progression of rare brain disease identified
• Human vaccine used to cure prostate cancer in mice
• Cholesterol boosts antibiotic resistance in H. pylori
• Early experience found critical for language development
• Experimental radioprotective drug safe for lung cancer patients, says study
• Noncoding RNA may promote Alzheimer's disease
• Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can save lives and money, study suggests
• Pitchers bean more batters in the heat of the summer
• Scientists find candidate for new TB vaccine
• DCIS patients who get invasive breast cancer have higher mortality, study finds
• Grab the leash: Dog walkers more likely to reach exercise benchmarks
• Analysis of studies evaluates tonsillectomy techniques
• In general, hospitals deliver appropriate surgical care to cancer patients with Medicare, study finds
• Acute Hepatitis A evades immune system more effectively than chronic cousin
• Shorter pause in CPR before defibrillator use improves cardiac arrest survival
• Bodychecking and the risk of injury in youth ice hockey
• CDT biomarker ineffective for identifying unhealthy alcohol use among HIV-infected adults
• Prescription for healthier hospital supply chains
• Singing furniture to enhance quality of life
• Ten percent of middle-aged Europeans are on antidepressants, study suggests

Posted 2011-06-20:

• Calorie-burning brown fat is a potential obesity treatment, researchers say
• Barrett's esophagus carries lower risk of malignancy than previously reported, study finds
• College students sleep longer but drink more and get lower grades when classes start later
• Molecular movements could lead to new way to treat cancer
• After 55 years, surgery restores sight
• Fathers benefit from seeking help as parents
• Possible susceptibility genes found in neurodegenerative disorder

Posted 2011-06-19:

• Progress using induced pluripotent stem cells to reverse blindness
• More evidence vitamin D boosts immune response
• New clues about protein linked to Parkinson's disease: Structural biologists measure energy difference between protein variants
• 'Ultrawideband' could be future of medical monitoring
• How many US deaths are caused by poverty and other social factors? About the same as deaths from heart attacks and stroke, study finds
• Dawn of agriculture took toll on health
• A better way to remember
• American Cancer Society report finds continued progress in reducing cancer mortality
• The way you relate to your partner can affect your long-term mental and physical health, study shows

Posted 2011-06-18:

• Tapeworm drug inhibits colon cancer metastasis
• Size matters -- in virulent fungal spores -- and suggests ways to stop a killer
• Surgeons perform first prosthetic bypass graft with patient's stem cells at point-of-care
• Look before you leap: Teens still learning to plan ahead
• Scientists turn memories off and on with flip of switch
• Shorter sleep durations may increase genetic risks for obesity
• Survival niche for cancer cells
• Poor 'gut sense' of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties
• Discovery of a new mechanism of gene control that is associated with cancer
• How the immune system fights back against anthrax infections
• No healing in a vacuum, study finds
• Low fertility in Europe reversed
• Noninvasive brain implant could someday translate thoughts into movement
• Vaccine study supports immune targeting of brain tumors
• Gatekeepers: How microbes make it past tight spaces between cells
• How we come to know our bodies as our own
• Heightened immunity to colds makes asthma flare-ups worse, study suggests
• Lyme disease bacteria take cover in lymph nodes
• Surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler
• Postnatal depression linked to depression in offspring until age 16, study finds
• First diagnostic test for hereditary children's disease
• Structural biologists reveal novel drug binding site in NMDA receptor subunit
• Children as young as ten vomit to lose weight, with highest rates in boys
• Scientists develop a fatty 'kryptonite' to defeat multidrug-resistant 'super bugs'
• Protein found that improves DNA repair under stress
• Plants teach humans a thing or two about fighting diseases
• Roadmap published for dynamic mapping of estrogen signaling in breast cancer
• Focusing heavily on a task results in experience of deafness to perfectly audible sounds
• Father's day, mother's day -- how about co-parents day?
• Etanercept shows promise for treating dermatomyositis, study suggests
• Home learning experiences boost low-income kids' school readiness
• Consumers express their concern about the EHEC bacteria

Posted 2011-06-17:

• New sealant gel is effective in closing spinal wounds following surgery, study finds
• Why ketamine produces a fast antidepressant response
• Does driving a Porsche make a man more desirable to women?
• A stem cell target for expanding waistlines?
• A knockout resource for mouse genetics: Mouse gene knockout resource will empower mammalian gene studies for a generation
• Molecular imaging pinpoints source of chronic back pain
• Bad sleep habits are associated with lower grades from high school through college
• Healing times for dental implants could be cut
• Weekend sleep fails to improve performance, but women handle workweek sleep loss better
• Using living cells as an 'invisibility cloak' to hide drugs
• Understanding alcohol's damaging effects on the brain
• Animal instincts: Why do unhappy consumers prefer tactile sensations?
• Effects of premature birth can reach into adulthood
• Life expectancy in most US counties falls behind world's healthiest nations
• Potential predictor of deadly cancer common in Asia
• U.S. specialty physicians turn away two-thirds of children with public insurance, study shows
• E. coli bacteria more likely to develop resistance after exposure to low levels of antibiotics
• Parkinson's disease: Why dopamine replacement therapy has a paradoxical effect on cognition
• Testing improves memory: Study examines why memory is enhanced by repeated retrieval
• Scientists override errant form of genetic signaling for first time: Changing genetic 'red light' to green holds promise for treating disease
• 'Glowing hands' in the waiting room improves kids' handwashing
• Oral appliance therapy improves craniofacial growth direction and snoring, research finds
• Red-light cameras critical to public safety, traffic researcher finds
• Using olive oil in your diet may prevent a stroke
• Several methods for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease developed
• Sugar-binding protein may play a role in HIV infection
• Sexy doesn't always sell: When do beautiful models help?
• International team works out secrets of one of world's most successful patient safety programmes
• Fortifying corn masa flour with folic acid could prevent birth defects, March of Dimes says
• Risk factor identified for acute aortic dissections
• New stem cell research could aid in battle against bulging waistlines
• Research priorities for minimally invasive treatments for multiple sclerosis patients
• When warming up for the cycling race, less is more
• Depressed, pregnant women receive inconsistent treatment, have longer hospital stays
• Treatment gap leaves many older adults at unnecessary risk of fracture
• Don't stop anonymizing data: Report dispels myths of de-identification

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