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Brain area responsible for fear of losing money Neuroresearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues have tied the human aversion to losing money to a specific structure in the brainthe amygdala. The finding, described in the latest online issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers insight into economic behavior, and also into the role of the brain's amygdalae, two almond-shaped clusters of tissue located in the........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/9/2010 9:06:49 AM) Hypertension may predict dementia Hypertension appears to predict the progression to dementia in elderly adults with impaired executive functions (ability to organize thoughts and make decisions) but not in those with memory dysfunction, as per a report in the recent issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Eventhough midlife high blood pressure has been confirmed as a risk factor for the development of dementia in late life, there have been........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/9/2010 9:04:00 AM) Stillbirth in women with fibroids In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting , in Chicago, scientists will unveil findings that show that there is an increased risk of intrauterine fetal death (IUFD), usually known as stillbirth, in women who have fibroids. IUFD, or still birth, is rare and affects only six to seven out of every thousand births. The study, conducted by scientists at Washington........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 8:04:16 AM) Estrogen-only HRT may increase risk of asthma Oestrogen-only hormone replacement treatment (HRT) may increase the risk of developing asthma after the menopause, suggests a large scale study published ahead of print in the journal Thorax The authors base their findings on 57, 664 women, who were quizzed about their use of HRT and development of asthma symptoms every two years between 1990 and 2002. All the women were taking part in the French E3N study, which includes almost 100, 000........Go to the Allergy news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:56:11 AM) Financial hardship and anxiety A new analysis has observed that women with medium or low levels of income are especially susceptible to anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the premalignant breast condition, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Published early online in Cancer, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that women with financial hardship appears to benefit from psychosocial interventions that are designed to........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:39:48 AM) Marijuana ineffective as an Alzheimer's treatment The benefits of marijuana in tempering or reversing the effects of Alzheimer's disease have been challenged in a newly released study by scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. The findings, reported in the current issue of the journal Current Alzheimer Research, could lower expectations about the benefits of medical marijuana in combating various cognitive diseases and help redirect........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:34:39 AM) Killing cancer with nano Using lasers and nanoparticles, researchers at Rice University have discovered a new technique for singling out individual diseased cells and destroying them with tiny explosions. The researchers used lasers to make "nanobubbles" by zapping gold nanoparticles inside cells. In tests on cancer cells, they found they could tune the lasers to create either small, bright bubbles that were visible but harmless or large bubbles that burst the cells. ........Go to the Cancer-blog (Added on 2/5/2010 7:58:53 AM) High sensitivity to stress isn't always bad Children who are particularly reactive to stress are more vulnerable to adversity and have more behavior and health problems than their peers. But a new longitudinal study suggests that highly reactive children are also more likely to do well when they're raised in supportive environments. The study, by researchers at the University of British Columbia, the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley,........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 2/5/2010 7:48:16 AM) Electronic health records need better monitoring The push is on for healthcare providers to make the switch to electronic health records but it is hard to tell how well these complex health information technology systems are being implemented and used, writes a health informatics researcher at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in a Feb. 3 commentary in JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association. To improve monitoring, Dean Sittig, Ph.D., main author and........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 8:18:13 AM) Mother's exposure to bisphenol For years, researchers have warned of the possible negative health effects of bisphenol A, a chemical used to make everything from plastic water bottles and food packaging to sunglasses and CDs. Studies have linked BPA exposure to reproductive disorders, obesity, abnormal brain development as well as breast and prostate cancers, and in January the Food and Drug Administration announced that it was concerned about "the potential effects of BPA........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 8:11:59 AM) Waiting for birth or inducing In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting , in Chicago, scientists will unveil findings that show that waiting for birth is as effective as inducing labor in cases of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). Intrauterine growth restriction means that the fetus is substantially smaller than normal. The condition affects about 10% of pregnant women. At birth........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 7:42:44 AM) Genes and premature labor New evidence that genetics play a significant role in some premature births may help explain why a woman can do everything right and still give birth too soon. Research presented today at the 30th Annual Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) meeting ― The Pregnancy Meeting ― showed that the genes of both the mother and the fetus can make them susceptible to an inflammatory response that increases the risk of preterm labor........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 7:39:03 AM) Reducing complications of obesity Eventhough obesity is a risk factor for diabetes and coronary heart disease worldwide, only some obese individuals go on to develop these metabolic complications, while others are relatively protected. Defining these protective factors could help researchers prevent disease in the wider population. To this end, a research team at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, led by Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, recently added new details........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 2/3/2010 2:21:53 PM) How some prostate cancer cells become more aggressive? Prostate cancer cells are more likely to spread to other parts of the body if a specific gene quits functioning normally, as per new data from scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Certain prostate cancer cells can be held in check by the DAB2IP gene. The gene's product, the DABIP protein, acts as scaffolding that prevents a number of other proteins involved in the progression of prostate cancer cells from over-activation. When those........Go to the Prostate-cancer-blog (Added on 2/3/2010 8:08:54 AM) Three Brain Diseases Linked to Same Neural Protein For the first time, scientists from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have observed that three different degenerative brain disorders are linked by a toxic form of the same protein. The protein, called Elk-1, was found in clumps of misshaped proteins that are the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and Huntington's disease. "These results suggest a molecular link between the presence of inclusions and........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/3/2010 7:37:07 AM) Clean, biodegradable structure for stem cell growth Medical scientists were shocked to discover that virtually all human embryonic stem cell lines being used in 2005 were contaminated. Animal byproducts used to line Petri dishes had left traces on the human cells. If those cells had been implanted in a human body they likely would have been rejected by the patient's immune system. Even today, with new stem cell lines approved for use in medical research, there remains a risk that these cells........Go to the Research news blog (Added on 2/3/2010 7:33:16 AM) Curing More Cervical Cancer Patients Cervical cancer is highly curable when caught early. But in a third of cases, the tumor responds poorly to treatment or recurs later, when cure is much less likely. Quicker identification of non-responding tumors appears to be possible using a new mathematical model developed by scientists at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute. The model uses........Go to the Cervical cancer blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:23:07 AM) Approval of oncology drugs at FDA Over a two and half year period, beginning in 2005 when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's oncology drug product's office began reviewing marketing applications, a total of 60 new oncology and hematology drugs were evaluated, of which 53 were approved, as per a new article published online January 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute To provide an overview of recent regulatory actions by the FDA's Office of Oncology Drug........Go to the Cancer-blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:18:00 AM) Multiple sclerosis and the season Prior studies have shown multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are more often born in spring than in any other season, indicating that there is an environmental risk factor for the disease. A paper in the journal Neurology, evaluated for f1000 Medicine by Emmanuelle Waubant and Ellen Mowry, now suggests that this seasonal effect is mediated by the gene HLA-DRB1. In a number of European populations, the HLA-DRB1*15 allele of this gene is linked to........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:14:45 AM) Early detection of Alzheimer's disease Investigators from the International Center for Biomedicine and the University of Chile, in collaboration with the Center for Bioinformatics of the Universidad de Talca, have discovered that two drugs, the benzimidazole derivatives lanzoprazole and astemizole, appears to be suitable for use as PET (positron emission tomography) radiotracers and enable imaging for the early detection of Alzheimer's Disease. The study is reported in the current........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:07:19 AM) Most patients gain weight after getting a new knee You'd think folks who've had knee replacement surgery -- finally able to walk and exercise without pain -- would lose weight instead of put on pounds, but surprisingly that's not the case, as per a University of Delaware study. Scientists Joseph Zeni and Lynn Snyder-Mackler in the Department of Physical Therapy in UD's College of Health Sciences observed that patients typically drop weight in the first few weeks after total knee arthroplasty........Go to the Rheumatology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:04:22 AM) Can blocking a frown? Your facial expression may tell the world what you are thinking or feeling. But it also affects your ability to understand written language correlation to emotions, as per research that was presented today to the Society for Personal and Social Psychology in Las Vegas, and would be reported in the journal Psychological Science. The newly released study reported on 40 people who were treated with botulinum toxin, or Botox. Tiny applications........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 7:58:08 AM) Children with cochlear implants Children who have cochlear implants (CI) rank their quality of life (QOL) equal to their normally hearing (NH) peers, indicates new research in the February 2010 issue of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery A cochlear implant is an electronic device that restores partial hearing to the deaf. It is surgically implanted in the inner ear and activated by a device worn outside the ear. Unlike a hearing aid, it does not make sound louder or........Go to the ENT news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 7:41:04 AM) Stopping Schizophrenia Before It Starts? The onset of schizophrenia is not easy to predict. Eventhough it is linked to as a number of as 14 genes in the human genome, the previous presence of schizophrenia in the family is not enough to determine whether one will succumb to the mind-altering condition. The disease also has a significant environmental link. As per Prof. Ina Weiner of Tel Aviv University's Department of Psychology, the developmental disorder, which commonly manifests........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 1/29/2010 8:24:27 AM) How pancreatic cancer able to defeat drugs Scientists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have found one reason that pancreas cancer tumors are so difficult to treat with drugs. They have shown how a molecular switch steps up pancreas cancer cell survival as well as resistance to a standard chemotherapy drug, and have identified alternate routes cancer cells take to avoid the effects of the treatment. The findings, by a group led by Andrew M. Lowy,........Go to the Pancreatic cancer blog (Added on 1/29/2010 8:10:43 AM) Change in mammography guidelines The methodology and evidence behind a widely publicized change in national mammography guidelines is questionable, as per a review in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JDMS), published by SAGE. In November 2009, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine discussing the screening techniques for the early detection of breast cancer. A few isolated portions of that report,........Go to the Breast-cancer-blog (Added on 1/29/2010 8:08:54 AM) 'Overweight' adults age 70 Adults aged over 70 years who are classified as overweight are less likely to die over a ten year period than adults who are in the 'normal' weight range, as per a newly released study published recently in the Journal of The American Geriatrics Society Scientists looked at data taken over a decade among more than 9,200 Australian men and women aged between 70 and 75 at the beginning of the study, who were assessed for their health and........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 1/28/2010 12:17:27 AM) Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease At Scott & White Memorial Hospital, a multi-disciplinary team of neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurophysiologist, neuropsychology experts and a movement disorders specialist are offering hope to some Parkinson's patients with a therapy called Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). DBS involves placing a thin wire that carries electrical currents deep within the brain on Parkinson's patients who are no longer benefitting from medications, and have........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:21:00 AM) Proper vaccine refrigeration vital Every year, billions of dollars worth of vaccines are shipped to thousands of medical providers across the country, and every year doctors must dispose of tens of millions of dollars worth of those vaccines because they became too warm or too cold while in storage. Now, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with funding from and in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have........Go to the Infectious disease blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:17:02 AM) Human growth hormone: Not a life extender People profoundly deficient in human growth hormone (HGH) due to a genetic mutation appear to live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone, a newly released study shows. The findings suggest that HGH may not be the "fountain of youth" that some scientists have suggested. "Without HGH, these people still live long, healthy lives, and our results don't seem to support the notion that lack of HGH slows or accelerates the........Go to the Health news blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:12:34 AM) CT to diagnose appendicitis Preoperative computed tomography (CT) may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, as per a newly released study appearing in the recent issue of the journal Radiology "We observed that rising utilization of preoperative CT over the past decade, along with advances in CT technology, coincided with a significant decrease in negative appendectomies among women 45 years and younger," said........Go to the Infectious disease blog (Added on 1/26/2010 8:54:32 AM) Childhood obesity and cardiovascular disease risk By as early as 7 years of age, being obese may raise a child's risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, as per a newly released study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). "This newly released study demonstrates that the unhealthy consequences of excess body fat start very early," said........Go to the Pediatric news blog (Added on 1/26/2010 8:52:41 AM) Cartilage repair can improve life Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the ten most disabling diseases in the developed world and is set to become more of a financial burden on health services as average life expectancy increases. OA is the most common form of arthritis, affecting nearly 27 million Americans or 12.1% of the adult population of the United States, as per Laurence et al. A 2001 study showed that the disease costs US health services about $89.1 billion,2 and indirect........Go to the Rheumatology news blog (Added on 1/25/2010 8:20:29 AM) Prostate cancer is treated differently Scientists at Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego and his colleagues have observed that prostate cancer therapys varied significantly between county hospitals and private providers. Patients treated in county hospitals are more likely to undergo surgery while patients treated in private facilities tend to receive radiation or hormone treatment. These findings were published online by the journal Cancer on January 25.........Go to the Prostate-cancer-blog (Added on 1/25/2010 7:57:00 AM) Fast food menus with calorie information In a newly released study, the amount of calories selected by parents for their child's hypothetical meal at McDonald's restaurants were reduced by an average of 102 calories when the menus clearly showed the calories for each item. This is the first study to suggest that labeled menus may lead to significantly reduced calorie intake in fast food restaurant meals purchased for children. Led by researcher Pooja S. Tandon, MD, from Seattle........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 1/25/2010 7:47:56 AM)

Lower detection of prostate cancer with PSA screening in US Fewer prostate cancers were detected by prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening in the U.S. than in a European randomized trial because of lower screening sensitivity, as per a new brief communication published online February 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute To compare the PSA screening performance in a clinical trial with that in a population setting, Elisabeth M. Wever, MSc, Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical........Go to the Prostate-cancer-blog (Added on 2/9/2010 9:05:41 AM) Energy Released From a Virus During Infection Within a virus's tiny exterior is a store of energy waiting to be unleashed. When the virus encounters a host cell, this pent-up energy is released, propelling the viral DNA into the cell and turning it into a virus factory. For the first time, Carnegie Mellon University physicist Alex Evilevitch has directly measured the energy linked to the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that........Go to the Infectious disease blog (Added on 2/8/2010 8:10:26 AM) Genetic variant linked to biological aging Researchers announced recently (7 Feb) they have identified for the first time definitive variants linked to biological ageing in humans. The team analyzed more than 500,000 genetic variations across the entire human genome to identify the variants which are located near a gene called TERC. The study in Nature Genetics published recently by scientists from the University of Leicester and King's College London, working with University of........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:57:53 AM) Family meals, adequate sleep and limited TV A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekday television viewing time. In a large sample of the U.S. population, the study showed that 4-year-olds living in homes with all three routines had an almost 40 percent lower prevalence of........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:41:00 AM) Beer and bone health A newly released study suggests that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon, a key ingredient for increasing bone mineral density. Scientists from the Department of Food Science & Technology at the University of California, Davis studied commercial beer production to determine the relationship between beer production methods and the resulting silicon content, concluding that beer is a rich source of dietary silicon. Details of this........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:38:50 AM) Soft drink consumption and pancreatic cancer Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most deadly, and only 5 percent of people who are diagnosed are alive five years........Go to the Pancreatic cancer blog (Added on 2/8/2010 7:37:33 AM) Possible source of beta cell destruction Doctors at Eastern Virginia Medical School's Strelitz Diabetes Center have been stalking the culprit responsible for Type 1 diabetes. Now, they are one step closer. Members of a research team at the center, led by Jerry Nadler, MD, professor and chair of internal medicine and director of the center, have been studying the role of the enzyme 12-Lipoxygenase (12-LO) in the development of Type 1 diabetes. They hope that targeting this enzyme........Go to the Diabetes-watch-blog (Added on 2/5/2010 7:54:14 AM) Barriers to screening for colorectal cancer Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Despite evidence and guidelines supporting the value of screening for this disease, rates of screening for colorectal cancer are consistently lower than those for other types of cancer, particularly breast and cervical. Although the screening rates in the target population of adults over age 50, have increased from 20-30 percent in 1997 to nearly 55........Go to the Colon-cancer-blog (Added on 2/5/2010 7:52:40 AM) Plant derivative may fight cancer Medical College of Georgia scientists are seeking to refine cancer therapy with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine. Celastrol, derived from trees and shrubs called celastracaea, has been used for centuries in China to treat symptoms such as fever, chills, joint pain and inflammation. The MCG scientists think it may also play a role in cancer therapy by inactivating a protein mandatory for cancer growth. ........Go to the Cancer-blog (Added on 2/4/2010 8:20:06 AM) Risk of stroke lower for recent Ontario immigrants Recent immigrants to Ontario have a 30 per cent lower risk of stroke than long term residents, as per preliminary study results from scientists at St. Michael's Hospital and the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). "What we learned could translate into long-term health benefits for the whole population," says Dr. Gustavo Saposnik, a neurologist at St. Michael's Hospital. "We need to do further research but the study points to........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 8:09:51 AM) Sutures cause fewer complications than staples In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting , in Chicago, scientists will present findings that there were less complications for women, after having a cesarean delivery, if sutures were used instead of staples to close the wound. When Suzanne Basha, M.D. began her career as an obstetrician/gynecologist, she was surprised to find nothing in the literature that........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 7:41:49 AM) Treating depression during pregnancy with acupuncture In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting , in Chicago, scientists will unveil findings that show that acupuncture appears to be an effective therapy for depression during pregnancy. "Depression during pregnancy is an issue of concern because it has negative effects on both the mother and the baby as well as the rest of the family," said Dr. Schnyer, one of the........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 2/4/2010 7:33:19 AM) Gene variation makes alcoholism less likely in some Exposure to severe stress early in life increases the risk of alcohol and drug addiction. Yet surprisingly, some adults sexually abused as children - and therefore at high risk for alcohol problems - carry gene variants that protect them from heavy drinking and its effects, as per scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers, from the university's Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, say the finding........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/3/2010 8:14:41 AM) New weight-loss supplement as good as 20-minute walk A new weight-loss supplement tested by the University of Oklahoma Health and Exercise Science Department has the potential to burn as a number of calories as a 20-minute walk, as per Joel T. Cramer, assistant professor of exercise physiology. Cramer says General Nutrition Centers contracted with OU to test the weight-loss benefits of the nutritional supplement called the tri-pepper blend, which contains black pepper, caffeine and a........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 2/3/2010 8:11:37 AM) Women should be allowed to eat, drink during labor The traditional practice of restricting food and fluids during labour does not provide any benefits, finds a new review co-authored by a Queen's University Associate Professor. "Based on our review, there is no convincing and existing evidence to support restriction of fluids, and perhaps food, for women during labour. Women should be able to choose for themselves," says Dr. Joan Tranmer of the Queen's School of Nursing. Practitioners........Go to the OBGYN news blog (Added on 2/3/2010 7:59:21 AM) Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Fat tissue in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, as per a research studyconducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, or PCOS, is the most........Go to the Ovarian cancer blog (Added on 2/2/2010 9:21:15 AM) Counseling for obesity and smoking Reducing obesity and smoking have become national priorities in the United States. Research has shown that intensive counseling can positively impact each problem. However, because such counseling is typically not covered by medical insurance, cost can be a barrier. As per a research findings reported in the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia,........Go to the Weight watcher's blog (Added on 2/2/2010 9:19:41 AM) Tailoring treatment for rheumatoid arthritis Investigators have identified a biomarker that could help doctors select patients with rheumatoid arthritis who will benefit from treatment with drugs such as Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-antagonist drug. The study, led by scientists at Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with rheumatologists at University of Southern California, appears in the recent issue of the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism. "While our study waccording........Go to the Rheumatology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:16:05 AM) Handling of milk in restaurants One-third of samples of milk and dairy products analysed in various restaurants exceed the microbe contamination limits set by the European Union, as per a research studycarried out by scientists from the University of Valencia (UV). The experts advise against keeping milk in jugs and suggest that these foodstuffs need to be better handled. "Out of all the dairy products we analysed, 35% of the samples exceeded the maximum contamination........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:13:34 AM) Hip Fractures In Grandfathers The study, reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, shows that hip fractures in grandfathers are associated with low bone density and reduced bone size in their grandsons. "This is the first time this risk factor for low bone mass has been demonstrated across two generations," says associate professor Mattias Lorentzon, who led the research team at the Sahlgrenska Academy. "This new risk factor appears to be........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:08:22 AM) New computational tool for cancer treatment A number of human tumors express indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which mediates an immune-escape in several cancer types. Scientists in the Molecular Modeling group at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Dr. Benot J. Van den Eynde's group at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd (LICR) Brussels Branch developed an approach for creating new IDO inhibitors by computer-assisted structure-based drug design. The study........Go to the Cancer-blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:06:02 AM) brain protein for synapse development A newly released study from UC Davis Health System identifies for the first time a brain protein called SynDIG1 that plays a critical role in creating and sustaining synapses, the complex chemical signaling system responsible for communication between neurons. The research, reported in the Jan.14 issue of the journal Neuron, fills a major gap in understanding the molecular foundations of higher cognitive abilities as well as some brain........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 8:02:12 AM) HIV researchers solve key puzzle Scientists have made a breakthrough in HIV research that had eluded researchers for over 20 years, potentially leading to better therapys for HIV, as per a research findings published recently in the journal Nature The researchers, from Imperial College London and Harvard University, have grown a crystal that reveals the structure of an enzyme called integrase, which is found in retroviruses like HIV. When HIV infects someone, it uses........Go to the Infectious disease blog (Added on 2/1/2010 7:42:01 AM) May need less sleep as you age A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP suggests that healthy elderly adults without sleep disorders can expect to have a reduced "sleep need" and to be less sleepy during the day than healthy young adults. Results show that during a night of eight hours in bed, total sleep time decreased significantly and progressively with age. Elderly adults slept about 20 minutes less than middle-aged adults, who slept 23 minutes less than........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 2/1/2010 7:36:23 AM) Doctors cut back hours when risk of malpractice suit rises A newly released study shows that the number of hours physicians spend on the job each week is influenced by the fear of malpractice lawsuits. Economists Eric Helland and Mark Showalter observed that doctors cut back their workload by almost two hours each week when the expected liability risk increases by 10 percent. The study, reported in the new issue of the Journal of Law and Economics, notes that the decline in hours adds up to the........Go to the Society medical news blog (Added on 1/29/2010 8:18:46 AM) Parkinsonism trends in US The largest epidemiological study of Parkinson's disease in the United States has observed that the disease is more common in the Midwest and the Northeast and is twice as likely to strike whites and Hispanics as blacks and Asians. The study, based on data from 36 million Medicare recipients, is both the first to produce any significant information on patterns of Parkinson's disease in minorities and to show geographic clusters for the........Go to the Neurology news blog (Added on 1/28/2010 7:45:48 AM) Using computers while suffering from Rheumatoid arthritis A recent study by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh observed that workers with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were comparable to non-impaired individuals in keyboarding speed. Individuals who were trained in touch typing demonstrated faster typing speeds than those using a visually-guided ("hunt and peck") method, regardless of impairment. Scientists also noted slightly impaired mouse skills in workers with RA. Results of this study........Go to the Rheumatology news blog (Added on 1/28/2010 7:37:53 AM) Parents' perceptions of their childs competence As per a newly released study, there is no direct link between parents' own level of physical activity, and how much their child may exercise. In fact, parents' perceptions of their children's athleticism are what have a direct impact on the children's activity. The study by Oregon State University scientists Stewart Trost and Paul Loprinzi, reported in the journal Preventive Medicine, studied 268 children ages 2 to 5 in early childhood........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:21:54 AM) Ffighting the deadly staph infection Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Israel's Weizman Institute of Science have observed that two antibiotics working together might be more effective in fighting pathogenic bacteria than either drug on its own. Individually, lankacidin and lankamycin, two antibiotics produced naturally by the microbe streptomyces, are marginally effective in warding off pathogens, says Alexander Mankin, professor and associate director of........Go to the Infectious disease blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:16:04 AM) Transferrin to fight anemia January 26, 2010 (BRONX, NY) A newly released study shows that a protein found in blood alleviates anemia, a condition in which the body's tissues don't get enough oxygen from the blood. In this animal study, injections of the protein, known as transferrin, also protected against potentially fatal iron overload in mice with thalassemia, a type of inherited anemia that affects millions of people worldwide. Implications of the study,........Go to the Health news blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:11:24 AM) New potential to treat COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined by emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis. It destroys the normal architecture of the lung and inhibits the mechanical aspects of breathing, which prevents necessary gas exchange. Patients suffer from coughing fits, wheezing, and increased occurence rate of lung infections. These symptoms are linked to changes in the architecture of the lung. The air sacs, which commonly inflate with air........Go to the Lung news blog (Added on 1/27/2010 8:09:11 AM) Antidepressants and lactation difficulties As per a newly released study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), women taking usually used forms of antidepressant drugs may experience delayed lactation after giving birth and may need additional support to achieve their breastfeeding goals. Breastfeeding benefits both infants and mothers in a number of ways as breast milk is easy to digest and contains antibodies that........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 1/26/2010 8:50:13 AM) Virtual colonoscopy is effective Computed tomographic colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, remains effective in screening older patients for colorectal cancer (CRC), produces low referral for colonoscopy rates similar to other screening exams now covered by Medicare, and does not result in unreasonable levels of additional testing resulting from extracolonic findings, as per a research studyreported in the recent issue of Radiology. CT colonography employs........Go to the Colon-cancer-blog (Added on 1/26/2010 8:46:13 AM) Benefits of psychodynamic psychotherapy Psychodynamic psychotherapy is effective for a wide range of mental health symptoms, including depression, anxiety, panic and stress-related physical ailments, and the benefits of the treatment grow after therapy has ended, as per new research published by the American Psychological Association. Psychodynamic treatment focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering. Its hallmarks are self-reflection and self-examination, and the........Go to the Psychology news blog (Added on 1/25/2010 7:59:35 AM) Lung cancer patients who quit smoking People diagnosed with early stage lung cancer can double their chances of survival over five years if they stop smoking compared with those who continue to smoke, finds a study published on bmj.com today. This is the first review of studies to measure the effects of continued smoking after diagnosis of lung cancer and suggests that it appears to be worthwhile to offer smoking cessation therapy to patients with early stage lung cancer. ........Go to the Lung-cancer-blog (Added on 1/22/2010 8:24:30 AM)

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Cancer is a very common disease, approximately one out of every two American men and one out of every three American women will have some type of cancer at some point during the course of their life. Cancer is more common in the elderly and 77 percent of cancers occur in people above age 55 or older. Cancer is also common in children.

Breast Cancer

In the year 2005, a total of 211,240 women would be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. Breast cancer ranks second as the leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. Until recently breast cancer topped the list of leading causes of cancer deaths in women, but lately lung cancer has claimed the top position. Read breast cancer news and topics on breast cancer treatment.

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