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| Study shows further benefits of noscapine for prostate cancer Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(MedInsight Research Institute) Noscapine, a non-addictive derivative of opium, has previously been shown to have anti-cancer properties. This is the first study examining noscapine's potential as a prophylactic agent against prostate cancer. |
| Conventional infection control measures found effective in reducing MRSA rates Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) Scientists at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center found that an emphasis on compliance with non-pathogen specific infection control practices such as hand hygiene, efforts to reduce device-related infections and chlorhexidine bathing (a daily bath with the same antibacterial agent used by surgeons to "scrub in" before an operation), is successful in reducing rates of health-care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The findings were presented today at the Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections. |
| ACP urges Congress to vote 'yes' on comprehensive health reform legislation Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians, representing 129,000 internal medicine physician and medical student members, said today that Congress should cast the final votes needed to get comprehensive health care reform enacted into law. Without reform, ACP said, tens of millions of Americans stand to lose access to affordable health care and out-of-control spending will trigger an unprecedented fiscal and budgetary crisis. |
| Even oysters pay taxes Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Southern California) Study of oyster genes associated with growth suggests that fast-growing animals have better tuned ribosomal factories for making proteins, USC marine biologists say. |
| Broad application of bipolar diagnosis in children may do more harm than good Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(The Hastings Center) Troubled children diagnosed with bipolar disorder may fare better with a different diagnosis, according to researchers at The Hastings Center.The researchers support an emerging approach, which gives many of those children a new diagnosis called severe mood dysregulation or temper dysregulation disorder with dysphoria. |
| March Of Dimes honored with Research!America advocacy award Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(March of Dimes Foundation) The March of Dimes received Research!America's 2010 Advocacy Award for its decades of advocacy for maternal and child health. It was honored for its work to create the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, initiate the PREEMIE and Newborn Screening Saves Lives acts. With its partners, it campaigned to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program. It also supports the National Institutes of Health and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. |
| Transcription factors may dictate differences between individuals Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Researchers are only beginning to understand how individual variation in gene regulation can have a lasting impact on one's health and susceptibility to certain diseases. Now, an ambitious survey of the human genome has identified differences in the binding of master regulators called transcription factors to DNA that affect how genes are expressed in different people. |
| SNM warns patients about imaging test delays due to worldwide Mo-99 shortage Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Society of Nuclear Medicine) Molybdenum-99, or Mo-99, is a radioactive substance produced in only five nuclear reactors in the world -- two of which are out of service due to extended repairs. From March 21 until April 11, the medical community will experience one of the most significant disruptions ever in the supply of Mo-99. |
| Residency match results not encouraging for adults needing primary care Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(American College of Physicians) The number of US medical students choosing internal medicine residencies inched higher from 2009 but not enough to significantly impact the shortage of primary care physicians. |
| GenWay Biotech extends the You Test You program overseas Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(GenWay Biotech) GenWay's You Test You Cancer Assessment program will soon be offered in numerous countries worldwide. The first agreement has been executed for Greece and other European agreements are underway. |
| Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute physicians present findings at ACC scientific meeting Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A study questions the effectiveness of routine aspirin therapy in preventing heart disease, while another suggests that LVADs may aid in weight loss for obese patients awaiting a heart transplant. |
| Tryptophan-enriched diet reduces pig aggression Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(United States Department of Agriculture-Research, Education, and Economics) Feeding the amino acid tryptophan to young female pigs as part of their regular diet makes them less aggressive and easier to manage, according to a study by Agricultural Research Service scientists and cooperators. |
| Studies examine Third Eye Retroscope during colonoscopy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Two new studies show an increase in polyp detection rates using the Third Eye Retroscope (TER), a retrograde viewing device, during colonoscopy. The first study found that TER added to standard colonoscopy detected 13.2 percent more polyps than colonoscopy alone, including 11 percent additional adenomas (precancerous polyps). A second study examined endoscopist experience using TER and its impact on polyp detection rates, concluding that polyp detection rates improved significantly with TER. |
| Shift workers at more risk for irritable bowel syndrome, U-M study says Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Michigan Health System) Nurses participating in shift work, especially those working rotating shifts, face a significantly increased risk of developing irritable bowel syndrome and abdominal pain compared to those working a standard day-time schedule, according to research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. |
| Females shut down male-male sperm competition in leafcutter ants Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Danish researchers who have studied ants at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama since 1992 discovered that in both ant and bee species in which queens have multiple mates, a male's seminal fluid favors the survival of its own sperm over the other males' sperm. However, once sperm has been stored, leafcutter ant queens neutralize male-male sperm competition with glandular secretions in their sperm-storage organ. |
| Robertson Foundation donates $10.2 million for Duke Cell Therapy Center Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Duke University Medical Center) A $10.2 million commitment from the Robertson Foundation to create a state-of-the-art Translational Cell Therapy Center will advance Duke Medicine's pioneering cell therapy research and treatment programs for children and adults with cancer, cerebral palsy, stroke and brain injuries suffered at birth. |
| Study details machinery of immune protection against inflammatory diseases like colitis Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists report a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colitis. |
| WPI receives $1.2 million NIST award for pioneering study of wireless body area networks Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) The Center for Wireless Information Network Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a three-year, $1.2 million award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to conduct a groundbreaking study of the propagation of radio waves around and through the human body. Led by Professor Kaveh Pahlavan, the research will help speed the development of and create standards for body area networks, which are expected to have variety of medical applications. |
| Engineers: Weak laser can ignite nanoparticles, with exciting possibilities Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Florida) University of Florida engineering researchers have found they can ignite certain nanoparticles using a low-power laser, a development they say opens the door to a wave of new technologies in health care, computing and automotive design. |
| Manufacturing antibodies Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(EUREKA) New antibodies and recombinant proteins with a key signaling role in immune response to disease have been produced through collaboration between molecular immunology institutes in the Czech Republic and Germany and a private company. The proteins have their own direct uses in immunization and are also the starting point for production of novel, highly specific antibodies with a wide range of biomedical applications. All of the new products are already being marketed commercially. |
| Bloomberg School of Public Health awarded $15 million for laboratory renovation and modernization Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will receive nearly $15 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for renovation and modernization of laboratory space at its main facility. The grant was awarded by the National Center for Research Resources, part of the NIH. The renovation includes updating labs and new infrastructure in the 45-year old Hume Wing, which was built in 1964 and houses 25 percent of the School's research laboratories. |
| Multifunctional polymer neutralizes both biological and chemical weapons Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) In an effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, a joint effort of the University of Pittsburgh and its clinical partner UPMC, have synthesized a single, multifunctional polymer material that can decontaminate both biological and chemical toxins. They described the findings recently in Biomaterials. |
| Looming unemployment harms older workers' health Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(The Gerontological Society of America) Downsizing and demotions at the workplace can be a health hazard for people over age 50, according to research reported in a recent issue of the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences. |
| Stem cells used to model infant birth defect Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT |
(Children's Hospital Boston) Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston recently discovered that infantile hemangiomas originate from stem cells, and have used these stem cells to better understand this tumor in the laboratory. In the March 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, they show that steroids target hemangioma stem cells specifically, reveal their mechanism of their action and suggest other possible ways to halt and shrink hemangiomas. |
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