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Posted 2011-07-23:
- New target found for nitric oxide's attack on salmonella bacteria
- Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
- Test for classifying force used in bottle stabbings: New study aids understanding of force required for creating injury
- Positive teens become healthier adults: Adolescents with a sunny outlook on life may have better health in their adult years
Posted 2011-07-23:
- How to combat hospital-acquired infections and life-threatening toxins
- Collaboration encourages equal sharing in children but not in chimpanzees
- Quick test to diagnose bacterial or viral infection
- Can feeling too good be bad? Positive emotion in bipolar disorder
- Small hippocampus associated with depression in the elderly: Risk factor or shrinkage?
- Multiple sclerosis research: Myelin influences how brain cells send signals
- Smartphone making your eyes tired? Images placed in front of the screen increase visual discomfort
- Anti-malaria drug chloroquine finding may lead to treatments for arthritis, cancer and other diseases
- Gardening in the brain: Cells called microglia prune the connections between neurons, shaping how the brain is wired
- Obesity accelerates progression of cirrhosis, study suggests
- Computer simulations aid understanding of bacterial resistance against commonly used antibiotics
- Optimism associated with lower risk of having stroke
- Breastfeeding may prevent asthma, research suggests
- Benign or cancerous? Gene test predicts cancer potential in pancreatic cysts
- Metabolic syndrome increases risk of both major types of primary liver cancer
- Popular TV shows teach children fame is most important value, psychologists report; Being kind to others fell dramatically in importance over 10 years
- Memories may skew visual perception
- Liver, belly fat may identify high risks of heart disease in obese people
- Juvenile diarrhea virus analyzed down to the atomic level
- Targeting toxin trafficking in plants and bacteria
- Do we buy cosmetics because they are useful or because they make us feel good?
- Vascular changes linked to dementia, experts say
- New mechanism in the regulation of human genes
- Detrimental weight loss: Scientists discover link between fat-cleaving enzymes and cancer-associated cachexia
- No difference in women's and men's self-esteem in youth and early adulthood, study finds
Posted 2011-07-22:
- Key to help women fight infections during pregnancy
- Scientists complete first mapping of molecule found in human embryonic stem cells
- Kidney dopamine regulates blood pressure, life span
- Skin sentry cells promote distinct immune responses
- Chronic pain in homeless people not managed well, study finds; Almost half reported using street drugs to treat their pain
- Researchers identify seventh and eighth bases of DNA
- Workings of brain protein suggest therapies for Fragile X Syndrome and autism
- Hospital bacteria outbreak linked to nasal spray
- Stronger social safety net leads to decrease in stress, childhood obesity
- Sperm coat protein may be key to male infertility
- Drug improves brain function in condition that leads to Alzheimer's
- Study highlights success of brain surgery for severe epilepsy
- Controlling movements with light
- Washing away good and bad luck: People believe it works
- Scientists create vaccine against heroin high
- Spanish Fabry disease patients appear to react differently to the rest of Europe
- Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients
- Caffeine consumption linked to female infertility, study suggests
- When injured muscles mistakenly grow bones: Researchers discover brain chemical that causes strange, serious complication
- Gene therapy to reverse heart failure ready for clinical trials; Therapeutic effectiveness and safety of 'next great thing in heart failure' demonstrated
- Evolution provides clue to blood clotting
- Animal model sheds light on rare genetic disorder, signaling pathway
- Fast prediction of axon behavior: Computer modeling method may lead to more accurate and capable electrodes to stimulate nerves
- Health gains from multiple sclerosis drugs come at a high price, study finds
- Genetic map of African-Americans to aid study of diseases, human evolution
- Exploring keys to melanoma progression
- New breast cancer drug: Promising results of PI3K inhibitor study
- E-cigarette or drug delivery device? Questions about safety, usage and future implications of new nicotine delivery products
- Patients who used mail-order pharmacy for new statin prescriptions achieved better cholesterol control, study finds
- Health-care reform must involve psychologists, medical providers, educate patients, expert says
- Is anesthesia dangerous?
Posted 2011-07-21:
- As new data wave begins, a gene study in one disease reveals mutations in an unrelated disease
- EHEC 2011 outbreak: Scientists publish prospective genomic characterization
- Work engagement, job satisfaction, and productivity: They're a virtuous cycle
- Cancer drugs may help treatment of schizophrenia
- Gene required to maintain male sex throughout life discovered: Loss of gene Dmrt1 leads to male cells becoming female
- Team sports: For kids, it's more than just a game
- First artificial neural network created out of DNA: Molecular soup exhibits brainlike behavior
- Newly designed molecule blocks chlamydia bacteria
- Improved method to create induced pluripotent stem cells
- Inherited Alzheimer's detectable 20 years before dementia
- Household smoke increases severity of bronchiolitis in babies
- Environmental pollutants lurk long after they 'disappear'
- Rock-paper-scissors players are natural copycats
- Be still my eyebrows: Liars under scrutiny can't completely suppress facial expressions, researchers say
- Experimental drug raises 'good' cholesterol, may help control diabetes
- Possible drug targets for common non-Hodgkin's lymphoma discovered
- Time and numbers mix together in the brain
- Vegetarian diet may protect against common bowel disorder
- Does food act physiologically like a 'drug of choice' for some?
- Standard three-drug H. pylori therapy beats newer four-drug regimens in Latin America study
- Informed-consent forms should be shortened, simplified, bioethicists say
- Gene therapy delivered once to blood vessel wall protects against atherosclerosis in rabbit studies
- Cardiac disorder may affect broader range of patients than previously reported
- E-health records should play bigger role in patient safety initiatives, researchers advocate
- Heartburn treatment may extend survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients
- How the early human embryo acquires its shape through 'organizer' cells
- Therapy appears to reduce rate of chemotherapy-induced early menopause for women with breast cancer
- It's simple: Increasing complexity of models does not necessarily increase their accuracy
- Researchers create the world's most advanced genetic map: New biological atlas focuses on African American genomics
- Add unwanted pregnancy to travails of women in war-torn lands
- Schools failing pupils with sickle cell disease, U.K. study suggests
Posted 2011-07-20:
- New lung-cancer gene found: Cancer biologists identify a driving force behind the spread of an aggressive type of lung cancer
- Falls may be early sign of Alzheimer's
- Testosterone deficiency and replacement therapy in men
- Stated calories on menus of certain restaurants appear to be accurate overall
- Making blood sucking deadly for mosquitoes
- Physical activity linked to lower rates of cognitive impairment
- Gradual bone reduction seen in some birth control pill users
- Painful legacy of teen sports
- Patients who use anti-depressants are more likely to suffer relapse, researcher finds
- Over half of Alzheimer's cases may be preventable, say researchers
- Mothers with breastfeeding difficulties more likely to suffer postpartum depression, study finds
- Exposure to secondhand smoke associated with hearing loss in adolescents
- Research in 'Westie' dogs may hold answers to similar human diseases
- New anti-cancer agents show promise for treating aggressive breast cancers
- Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows
- Neural signature of 'mental time travel': Memories formed in the same context become linked, evidence shows
- Soy/milk protein dietary supplements linked to lower blood pressure
- ID1 protein boosts lung cancer in smokers, non-smokers; Potential anti-oncogenic target
- 'Simon says': Preschool-age kids in different countries improve academically using self-regulation game
- Single traumatic brain injury may prompt long-term neurodegeneration
- Melanoma screening by physicians associated with finding more cancers than patient self-detection
- Antibiotic disrupts termite microflora, reducing fertility, longevity
- Decisions, decisions, decisions ...
- Scientists grow brain cells from skin: Cancer cells and stem cells share same origin, research shows
- Key metabolic pathway implicated in intractable form of breast cancer
- Surgeons' civility in operating room benefits patients, reduces costs, expert finds
- HIV therapies provide near normal lifespan in Africa, study shows
- Screening new colon cancer patients for Lynch syndrome would be cost-effective, study shows
- Stress and alcohol 'feed' each other
- Lower calorie foods purchased in restaurants may contain more calories than listed, new study suggests
- Common test may be unnecessary for bariatric surgery candidates
- Suicide and homicide rates in mental health patients in England and Wales
- New link between Parkinson’s disease and cellular sorting
Posted 2011-07-19:
- Monitoring cellular interactions at nano-scale in more detail than ever before
- Mechanism behind virally-caused vomiting identified
- Adolescent binge drinking can damage spatial working memory
- New therapy provides hope for millions of people suffering from bowel incontinence
- Tumor suppressor protein is a key regulator of immune response and balance
- Personality plays role in body weight: Impulsivity strongest predictor of obesity
- Genes vital to preventing childhood leukemia identified
- Nanotechnology: injections or sampling? New 'molecular syringes' under testing
- Face value: Looks of political candidates are key factor influencing low-information voters
- 'Swine flu' breath test could reduce future vaccination shortages, research suggests
- Natural chemical found in grapes may protect against Alzheimer's disease
- 'Wave of death' is not a herald of brain death
- Significantly more genetic mutations lead to colon cancer
- Dentists can identify people with undiagnosed diabetes
- Massive enzyme footballs control sugar metabolism
- Retired NFL players at higher risk for mild cognitive impairment: Condition can be precursor to Alzheimer's disease
- Genetic mutation linked to Parkinson's disease
- New material could offer hope to those with no voice
- Newer techniques are making cardiac CT safer for children
- New hope for treatment of cocaine addiction
- Stem cells: Nearing goal of using patient's own cells to make stem cells to replace lost or diseased tissue
- An unexpected actor in vaccination: Our own DNA
- Nervous system development: New piece of puzzle discovered
- 'Love your body' to lose weight
- Study examines relationship of acculturation with sun-safe behaviors of US Latinos
- Report reviews incorrect surgical procedures at U.S. Veterans Health Administration facilities
- Another danger of secondhand smoke -- hearing loss
- Steps needed to ensure that home medical devices are easy-to-use and caregivers are well-trained
- Adult day care services provide much-needed break to family caregivers
- Married men seek treatment sooner for heart attacks
- Efficiency -- not cost -- drives value of hospital environmental services, study finds
Posted 2011-07-18:
- Compound to block signaling of cancer-causing protein developed
- Lymphoma drug shrinks dog tumors, could lead to human treatment
- New understanding of biomarkers could lead to earlier diagnosis of fatal diseases
- Source of empathy in the brain?
Posted 2011-07-17:
- Discovery opens new options for improving transfusions
- Scientists discover new role for vitamin C in the eye and the brain
- When the first choice isn't available, why don't consumers choose the obvious second choice?
Posted 2011-07-16:
- High social rank comes at a price, wild baboon study finds
- The genome guardian's dimmer switch: Regulating p53 is a matter of life or death
- Maternal nutrition: What impact does it have on gene expression?
- Your brain on androids
- Shop when you're happy: Positive feelings improve consumer decision-making abilities
- Diabetes drug may prevent or delay development of polycystic ovary syndrome, the most common cause of infertility in women
- Novel compound selectively kills cancer cells by blocking their response to oxidative stress
- Weight-loss surgery cost-effective for all obese, study suggests
- Virtual natural environments and benefits to health
- Size matters: Why do people eat less when they have big forks?
- New gene identified for restless legs syndrome
- Stem cells restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain cancer treatment
- Childhood cancer no higher in vicinity of nuclear power plants, Swiss study suggests
- When the brain remembers but the patient doesn’t
- Swarms of locusts use social networking to communicate
- Breaking the chain: 'Molecular cap' blocks processes that lead to Alzheimer's, HIV
- Novel combined therapy extends life, diminishes pain in brain cancer patients
- Eating disorders impact brain function, new brain research suggests
- First adenovirus to jump between monkeys and humans confirmed
- Protein switch controls how stem cells turn into new heart tissue
- Obstructive sleep apnea linked to blood vessel abnormalities
- Abnormal brain ultrasounds in premature infants indicate future risk of psychiatric disorders
- Editing the genome: Scientists unveil new tools for rewriting the code of life
- Large waist doubles risk of kidney disease mortality, study finds
- Poor bone health may start early in people with multiple sclerosis
- Ghrelin increases willingness to pay for food
- PSA test for men could get a second life for breast cancer in women
- New study may lead to quicker diagnosis, improved treatment for fatal lung disease
- A LEAP in controlling cardiac fibrillation: Researchers develop a new low-energy defibrillation method
- Half of patients with Parkinson's disease and psychosis treated with antipsychotic agents, including drugs that may worsen Parkinson symptoms, study finds
- Children with public health insurance less likely to receive comprehensive primary care
- Dynamics behind magical thinking and charismatic leadership revealed
Posted 2011-07-15:
- Early-stage melanoma tumors contain clues to metastatic potential
- Benefit of blood glucose lowering to near-normal levels remains unclear
- Secret to successful aging: How 'positivity effect' works in brain
- Mutation in a protein-sorting gene is linked with Parkinson's disease
- Bone marrow transplant survival more than doubles for young high-risk leukemia patients
- Database explains strange survival of irregular verbs
- Soft memory device opens door to new biocompatible electronics
- Cancer gene therapy from camels
- Molecules 'light up' Alzheimer's roots
- Study challenges baby formula claim
- Humans 'predisposed' to believe in gods and the afterlife
- Print your own teeth: Rapid prototyping comes to dentistry
- Brain network connections revealed
- Sudden cardiac death in young athletes: Pediatric cardiologists not always accurate in interpreting ECG results, study finds
- Is meditation the push-up for the brain? Study shows practice may have potential to change brain's physical structure
- Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows
- Why stored transfusion blood may become less safe with age
- New method for making human-based gelatin
- Higher cigarette taxes don't deter all smokers, study finds; Smokers aged 25 to 44 most unresponsive to price increases
- Neuroscientists uncover neural mechanisms of object recognition
- Stem cell 'memory' can boost insulin levels
- Unsolved mystery of kava toxicity
- People at risk for panic buffered from stressor by high levels of physical activity
- Why men are at higher risk for stomach cancer
- Pivotal study in Africa finds that HIV medications prevent HIV infection
- Goalies tend to dive right in World Cup penalty shoot-outs when their team is behind ... why?
- Breathing restored after spinal cord injury in rodent model
- Modulation of inhibitory output is key function of antiobesity hormone
- Health-care model improves diabetes outcomes and health, study finds
- Positive reframing, acceptance and humor are the most effective coping strategies
- Stereotypes can affect how women 'angels' invest, according to new study
- Latin American blueberries found to be 'extreme superfruits'
- Environmental factors predict underserved children's physical activity
- Current, not prior, depression predicts crack cocaine use
Posted 2011-07-14:
- Insight into new drug resistance in hospital microbes
- Short-term hormone therapy plus radiation therapy increases survival for men with early-stage prostate cancer, study finds
- Atomic structure discovered for a sodium channel that generates electrical signals in living cells
- Talking about faith increases hospital patients' overall satisfaction, study finds
- Researchers demystify a fountain of youth in the adult brain
- Molasses extract decreases obesity caused by a high-fat diet, research suggests
- Computerized system to prevent SIDS: 'BabyBeat' also has applications in telemedicine and remote monitoring
- A closer look at the placebo effect
- Immune system suppression linked to blood vessel formation in tumors
- Progesterone inhibits growth of neuroblastoma cancer cells
- New understandings of circadian rhythms
- Efficient process using microRNA converts human skin cells into neurons
- Contact allergies may trigger immune system defences to ward off cancer
- The metabolic effects of antipsychotic drugs
- Respiratory disorders prevalent in the Middle East: Desert climate, chemical warfare, water-pipe smoking contribute to lung diseases
- New means of overcoming antiviral resistance in influenza
- Cancer mortality rates are higher in men than women in U.S., study finds
- Your mother was right: Good posture makes you tougher
- Newly discovered molecule essential to resetting 'body clocks'
- Wireless power could cut cord for patients with implanted heart pumps
- Multiple 'siblings' from every gene: Alternate gene reading leads to alternate gene products
- Accentuating the positive may eliminate the negative in teenagers with anxiety
- Biologists identify new strategy used by bacteria during infection
- Advice to drink eight glasses of water a day 'nonsense,' argues doctor
- Study investigates association between intake of sodium and potassium and deaths among U.S. adults
- Family meals remain important through teen years, expert says
- Bodyguard for the brain: Researchers identify mechanism that seems to protect brain from aging
- Low dose naltrexone: Harnessing the body's own chemistry to treat human ovarian cancer
- No substantial link between swine flu vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome, experts confirm
- Male flirts less happy at work
- Cancer data not readily available for future research
- Existence of 'trial effect' in HIV clinical trials confirmed
- Improving surgical outcomes for children, cancer patients
- Neural mechanisms of object recognition discovered
- Structural factors integral to understanding girls' vulnerability to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
- Stem cell treatment may restore cognitive function in patients with brain cancer
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