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Blast injury. - Plurad DS.
Explosions can cause devastating injuries by various wounding mechanisms. Injuries due to the primary pressure wave are rarely life threatening and those that are lethal are uncommon. We reviewed the pathophysiology of blast-related injuries and their impl...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 27, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Annual high-dose vitamin D3 and mental well-being: randomised controlled trial
Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry Area: News According to the results of a randomised, placebo-controlled study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, an annual high dose of vitamin D3 did not improve the mental health of older community-dwelling women; this does not support the hypothesis that vitamin D supplementation may have a beneficial effect on mood. The authors note that recent advances in the understanding of neural physiology strengthen the argument for a link between vitamin D status and mental health. Although there is epidemiological evidence for a positive association betwee...
Source: NeLM - News - April 27, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Can traumatic memories be erased?
Could veterans of war, rape victims and other people who have seen horrific crimes someday have the traumatic memories that haunt them weakened in their brains? In a new study, UCLA life scientists report a discovery that may make the reduction of such memories a reality. "I think we will be able to alter memories someday to reduce the trauma from our brains," said the study's senior author, David Glanzman, a UCLA professor of integrative biology and physiology and of neurobiology. The study appears in the April 27 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, a premier neuroscience journal. Glanzman, a cellul...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 27, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Chilli peppers 'help to burn fat'
Conclusion This study tested the effects of eating hot red pepper at mealtimes on post-meal energy expenditure, body temperature and appetite. It found that, compared with eating no cayenne pepper with the meal, 1g of pepper reduced salt, sweet and fatty food cravings and also increased energy expenditure. The effect was greater in people who did not normally eat spicy peppers compared with those who reported being regular users. The study is valuable in that it evaluated amounts of hot pepper that are likely to be consumed as part of a normal diet, whereas previous studies have evaluated unusually high amounts of hot pepp...
Source: NHS News Feed - April 27, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Food/diet Obesity Source Type: news

Tenure Track Faculty, Biology - Cuyahoga College - Cleveland, OH
Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, has a full-time tenure track faculty opportunity beginning Fall 2011. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:Teach a full range of courses including Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Ecology/Environmental courses, Biological Chemistry, and nonmajor Biology. Work with department members on program development. Develop and implement progressive educational methodologies and materials. Advise students, maintain office hours, and participate in departmental and college sponsored professional activities. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:Master's degree or higher in biology or a master's degree with 18 ...
Source: AIBS Classifieds - April 26, 2011 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Classifieds Tags: Other Positions Available Source Type: news

PhD studentship, University of Bristol
Via www.jobs.ac.uk. A PhD studentship entitled 'The regulation of ultradian rhythmicity of adrenal glucocorticoid secretion' is available within the Henry Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol. The project will involve the mechanisms underlying the response of the adrenal cortex to ACTH, most specifically looking at the molecular mechanisms involved in the very rapid synthesis and secretion of glucocorticoid hormones. The work will involve in vivo studies, cell culture, molecular studies including chromatin immunoprecipitation and qPCR, and studies to investigate post-t...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - April 26, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

New Perspectives On Ion Selectivity
The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series examines the ion selectivity of cation-selective channels and transporters. The series appears in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology. According to Perspectives Editor Olaf Andersen in his introduction, a key tool in most recent studies on ion selectivity has been the so-called "toy models," which emphasize the fluid-like features of the selectivity filter and allow for the isolation of key features...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 26, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

An Overview of Health Psychology
According to the American Psychological Association, health psychologists “help patients manage chronic disease and avoid preventable diseases” by “incorporating psychological theory and research to develop methods to assist patients in maintaining healthy lifestyles.” If you haven’t yet heard of health psychology, you will soon. Clinical health psychologist Amanda Withrow, Ph.D., who has spent over a decade working with patients with chronic illnesses, says health psychology has seen significant growth in the last 30 years. This could reflect the shift that’s occurring in the way we perceive our health. Accord...
Source: Psych Central - April 25, 2011 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: General Healthy Living Professional Psychology American Psychological Association Chronic Disease Chronic Illnesses Chronic Pain Clinical Health Clinical Psychologist Final Word Health Issues Health Psychologist Health Psychologi Source Type: news

Gene therapy preserves vision in mice with rare blinding disorder
Gene therapy that uses a tiny benign virus to take a gene to the rods and cones of the eye's retina (the light-sensing organ) prevented blindness in mice with a genetic blinding syndrome, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in an online report of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . "The adenoviral vector enabled us to get the gene directly into the photoreceptor," said Dr. Samuel Wu , professor of ophthalmology, neuroscience and molecular physiology and biophysics at BCM and the report's senior author. The mice lacked that gene. Taking it into the cell enabled them to make a protein...
Source: Baylor College of Medicine News - April 25, 2011 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

New perspectives on ion selectivity
(Rockefeller University Press) The latest Perspectives in General Physiology series examines the ion selectivity of cation-selective channels and transporters. The series appears in the May 2011 issue of the Journal of General Physiology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 25, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Prevention of sports injury I: a systematic review of applied biomechanics and physiology outcomes research. - McBain K, Shrier I, Shultz R, Meeuwisse WH, Klügl M, Garza D, Matheson GO.
Objective To analyse published articles that used interventions aimed at investigating biomechanical/physiological outcomes (ie, intermediate risk factors) for sport injury prevention in order to characterise the state of the field and identify important a...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Orofacial trauma in Brazilian basketball players and level of information concerning trauma and mouthguards. - Frontera RR, Zanin L, Ambrosano GM, Flório FM.
Abstract - Orofacial injuries are increasingly considered a public health problem in high impact sports. The purposes of this study were: to assess orofacial trauma (OT) history in basketball players, in relation to wearing mouthguards (MG), facial types...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Concussion information online: evaluation of information quality, content and readability of concussion-related websites. - Ahmed OH, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, McCrory PR.
Background The internet plays an important role in the dissemination of health information to the general public. Information on orthopaedic sports medicine websites has been shown to be of a varying standard, and to date there has been no evaluation of th...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Association of aggressive behaviours with psychiatric disorders, age, sex and degree of intellectual disability: a large-scale survey. - Tsiouris JA, Kim SY, Brown WT, Cohen IL.
Background The link between aggression and mental disorders has been the focus of diverse studies in persons with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). Because of discrepancies in the finding of studies in persons with ID to date, and because of d...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Accidents in the greenhouse-construction industry of SE Spain. - Pérez-Alonso J, Carreño-Ortega A, Vázquez-Cabrera FJ, Callejón-Ferre AJ.
This work analyses the labour accidents in the greenhouse-construction industry of SE Spain for the period 1999-2007 through a sample of 180 accident reports. The accidents were characterised by studying 5 variables in order to know the day of the week in ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

A prospective study of concussions among National Hockey League players during regular season games: the NHL-NHLPA Concussion Program. - Benson BW, Meeuwisse WH, Rizos J, Kang J, Burke CJ.
Background In 1997, the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL Players' Association (NHLPA) launched a concussion program to improve the understanding of this injury. We explored initial postconcussion signs, symptoms, physical examination findings and time ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

"Sport" and "non-sport" concussions. - Sojka P.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 23, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

How meditation might ward off the effects of ageing
A study at a US Buddhist retreat suggests eastern relaxation techniques can protect our chromosomes from degeneratingHigh in the mountains of northern Colorado, a 100-foot tall tower reaches up through the pinetops. Brightly coloured and strung with garlands, its ornate gold leaf glints in the sun. With a shape that symbolises a giant seated Buddha, this lofty stupa is intended to inspire those on the path to enlightenment.Visitors here to the Shambhala Mountain Centre meditate in silence for up to 10 hours every day, emulating the lifestyle that monks have chosen for centuries in mountain refuges from India to Japan....
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 23, 2011 Category: Science Tags: Meditation Ageing Biology Science Health & wellbeing Life and style The Observer Features Source Type: news

New Edition Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e The most universally respected and read medical text in all of pharmacology, Goodman & Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics represents the pinnacle of authority and accuracy in describing the actions and uses of therapeutic agents in relation to physiology and pathophysiology
Source: AccessMedicine Updates - April 21, 2011 Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: news

Potential Cardio-Protective Mechanism In Heart
New insight into the physiology of cardiac muscle may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that exploit an inherent protective state of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press online on April 19th in the Biophysical Journal, discovers a state of cardiac muscle that exhibits a low metabolic rate and may help to regulate energy use and promote efficiency in this hard-working and vital organ. Muscle cells are highly specialized cells that are able to physically contract and produce force...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Source Type: news

Nuclear weather worsens
(NaturalNews) Every day the news gets worse. Today it was robots telling us that radiation is so hot inside the nuclear plant in Japan that workers will have a hard to impossible time to work in certain areas to recover the plant from worst case scenarios. Radiation levels are just heading up across the board and across continents. Sunday morning the news was so bad that I didn't know what to do or write.I could try screaming but I am not the type...or crying, well that comes almost too easily. Perhaps I am crazy. After all, Ann Coulter got on TV and actually said, "The only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radia...
Source: NaturalNews.com - April 20, 2011 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Study Finds Thirdhand Smoke Poses Danger To Unborn Babies' Lungs
Stepping outside to smoke a cigarette may not be enough to protect the lungs and life of a pregnant woman's unborn child, according to a new study in the American Journal of Physiology. The study, by researchers at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed), found prenatal exposure to toxic components of a newly recognized category of tobacco smoke--known as thirdhand smoke--can have as serious or an even more negative impact on an infants' lung development as postnatal or childhood exposure to smoke...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 19, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Smoking / Quit Smoking Source Type: news

Opinion: The decline of physiology
To the detriment of medical education, UK med schools are teaching physiology courses with less practical laboratory training
Source: The Scientist - April 19, 2011 Category: Science Authors: R.J. Naftalin Source Type: news

Cardiac muscle really knows how to relax: Potential cardio-protective mechanism in heart
(Cell Press) New insight into the physiology of cardiac muscle may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that exploit an inherent protective state of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press online on April 19 in the Biophysical Journal, discovers a state of cardiac muscle that exhibits a low metabolic rate and may help to regulate energy use and promote efficiency in this hard-working and vital organ.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 19, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Extreme Physiology & Medicine
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - April 18, 2011 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Human Physiology Source Type: news

Lecturer in biomedical sciences (two posts), University of Hull
The Hull York Medical School at the University of Hull invites applications from highly motivated and talented individuals for two lectureships in biomedical sciences. The successful candidates will have outstanding research records demonstrating their potential to develop in future academic leaders. The posts are nominally for lecturers in pharmacology and physiology, although this is flexible and all potential candidates will be looked at based on their merits. The posts are "research intensive" with a minimal teaching/administrative load and will be based primary in a new biomedical sciences building at University of ...
Source: Society for Endocrinology - April 18, 2011 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news

Expert Underscores Health Risks Of Sitting Still
The new science of sedentary behavior, or "inactivity physiology," provides sobering evidence that merely sitting can be hazardous to your health, an expert said yesterday at the American College of Sports Medicine's 15th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition. Adults and children who spend 70 percent or more of each waking day working at a desk, riding in a car, watching TV or working at a computer are particularly at risk, said Len Kravitz, Ph.D. "Sitting results in dramatic drops in lipoprotein lipase, which captures fat from blood and uses it as fuel," said Kravitz...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 18, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Sports Medicine / Fitness Source Type: news

Microbiome a Little-Known Branch of Biotech
Joshua Lederberg (1925-2008) was a molecular biologist and visionary who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1958 for discovering bacterial conjugation. His work lead him to study bacteria in space, work in artificial intelligence, and research viral antibodies. During the course of his career, he coined the term microbiome, in reference to the "totality" of microbes, or the genetic makeup and interactions with their environment. One of his legacies is a little-known branch of biotechnology research that is the study of the human microbiome....Read Full Post
Source: About.com Biotech Biomedical - April 17, 2011 Category: Biotechnology Source Type: news

Birdbooker Report 166
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this is a weekly report about nature, science and history books that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a long-running weekly report listing the wide variety of nature, natural history, ecology, animal behaviour, science and history books that have been newly released or republished in North A...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 17, 2011 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Science and nature Books Zoology Birds guardian.co.uk Blogposts Source Type: news

Neuromuscular training with injury prevention counseling to decrease the risk of acute musculoskeletal injury in young men during military service: A population-based randomized study. - Parkkari J, Taanila H, Suni J, Mattila VM, Ohrankammen O, Vuorinen P, Kannus P, Pihlajamäki H.
The objective of this study was to investigate whether a neuromuscular training programme wi...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Mortality of eating disorders: A follow-up study of treatment in a specialist unit 1974-2000. - Rosling AM, Sparén P, Norring C, von Knorring AL.
OBJECTIVE: To study excess mortality, causes of death, and co-morbidity in patients with eating disorder (ED), treated in a Swedish specialist facility. METHOD: A retrospective cohort study of 201 patients with ED followed from 1974 to year 2001 in the Swe...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Molecular correlates of social dominance: a novel role for ependymin in aggression. - Sneddon LU, Schmidt R, Fang Y, Cossins AR.
Theoretical and empirical studies have sought to explain the formation and maintenance of social relationships within groups. The resulting dominance hierarchies have significant fitness and survival consequences dependent upon social status. We hypothesis...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Lateral process talus fracture in a kayaking injury. - Yan AY, Mesfin A, Schon LC.
[Abstract unavailable] Language: Eng...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Intrinsic risk factors for sport injuries in female volleyball. - Sattler T.
Background/objective To investigate the incidence and injury mechanism as well as intrinsic risk factors for acute sports injuries in female volleyball. Design Prospective epidemiological study. Setting and participants 174 female volleyball players from S...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Epidemiology of cervical spine fractures in the US military. - Schoenfeld AJ, Sielski B, Rivera KP, Bader JO, Harris MB.
BACKGROUND CONTEXT: The epidemiology of cervical spine fractures and associated spinal cord injury (SCI) has not previously been estimated within the American population. PURPOSE: To determine the incidence of cervical spine fractures and associated SCI an...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Effects of olympic style taekwondo kicks on an instrumented head-form and resultant head injury measures. - Fife G, Pieter W, O'Sullivan D, Cook D, Kaminski T.
Background In taekwondo (TKD), concussion incidence is four times greater than in American football. Biomechanical investigations on concussion in TKD is sparse. Objective To examine differences in TKD kicks on resultant head linear acceleration (RLA), hea...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Determining the running-related injury risk factors in long distance runners. - Genin J, Mann R, Theisen D.
Background Increased popularity in long-distance running over the last 30-40 years has induced an increase in the incidence of running-related injuries (RRI). Among others, running experience could be a determining factor in the RRI incidence. Objective To...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Association between intimate partner violence against women and HIV infection - Barros C, Schraiber LB, França-Junior I.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the association between intimate partner violence against women and infection or suspected infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted, based on data from questionnaires applied ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Kicking out childhood obesity
A symposium at the EuroPRevent 2011 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, reviews some of the best examples of using football as a platform to encourage children to eat healthy diets and take regular exercise. Topics: Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology
Source: European Society of Cardiology - April 15, 2011 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Program Empowers Women To Embrace Their Range
Embracing the physical changes that come with age can be a struggle for women in conventional weight-loss programs. However, a new program educates women about the physiology of aging and shares strategies to optimize diet and exercise accordingly, said an expert today at the American College of Sports Medicine's 15th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition. "Body fat shifts as women age," said Liz Applegate, Ph.D., FACSM. "In a woman's 20s and 30s, most fat is concentrated in the hips and thighs. Once a woman turns 40, the fat deposits redistribute toward the stomach...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 15, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Women's Health / Gynecology Source Type: news

IOF-ISCD collaboration to create courses setting highest standards in diagnostic training
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) will develop an exciting new series of training courses. The Joint ISCD-IOF Osteoporosis Diagnostic & Management Courses will be held on a worldwide basis, and will offer modules that focus on the principles and practices of osteoporosis diagnostic techniques as well as the latest knowledge on physiology, epidemiology, diagnosis and management of osteoporosis.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 15, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Directional bias in the body while walking through a doorway: its association with attentional and motor factors. - Fujikake H, Higuchi T, Imanaka K, Maloney LT.
Recent studies indicate that cognitively intact individuals experience frequent rightward collisions while walking through narrow doorways. Such a directional bias has been attributed to an attentional bias in spatial perception. However, these studies did...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Deconstructing a Complex Molecular Phenotype: Population-Level Variation in Individual Venom Proteins in Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus c. catenatus). - Lisle Gibbs H, Chiucchi JE.
Identifying the molecular basis for complex adaptations such as the toxic proteins used by venomous snakes to subdue and digest prey is an important step in understanding the evolutionary and functional basis for such traits. Recent proteomics-based analys...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - April 14, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Ophthalmology Faculty To Be Launched By Faculty Of 1000
Leading researchers and clinicians specializing in the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye will select and evaluate key articles and scientific posters in this field for inclusion in the F1000 service. Dr Andrew Lee and Dr Dimitri Azar head up the new Faculty of ten sections; each led by top scientists in the field. About the Heads of Faculty Andrew Lee is Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at The Methodist Hospital in Houston...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 14, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Eye Health / Blindness Source Type: news

Improvements In Embryonic Preimplantation Genetic Screening Techniques
The technique developed is the result of a doctoral thesis by Mariona Rius, member of the research team belonging to the Cell Biology and Medical Genetics Unit of the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at Universitat AutÃ²noma de Barcelona (UAB). The project received funding from the Spanish Health Research Fund and was carried out under the Eugin Research Chair UAB...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 14, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Fertility Source Type: news

You don’t need a degree to become a creature of habit…
Anatomy and physiology; also known as: How Your Body Runs. Short of handing every child a book titled Zen and the Art of Body Maintenance, there ...
Source: USATODAY.com Health - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

EuroPRevent attracts international abstract submissions
At EuroPRevent 2011, being held in Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 April, a total of 420 abstracts of original research in the field of cardiovascular prevention from investigators around the world are being presented. . Here we feature four of the most significant abstracts that deliver important prevention messages. Topics: Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention - Risk Assessment and Management
Source: European Society of Cardiology - April 13, 2011 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Co-Recipients Of 11th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize - Catherine Dulac, Cori Bargmann
The Perl prize carries a $10,000 award and is given to recognize a seminal achievement in neuroscience. Past recipients have included four subsequent winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has named Catherine Dulac, PhD and Cori Bargmann, PhD as co-recipients of the 11th Perl - UNC Neuroscience Prize. Dr. Dulac is the Chair and Higgins Professor in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University and is also an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Bargmann is the Torsten N...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 13, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news

Improvements in embryonic preimplantation genetic screening techniques
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) A short comparative genomic hybridization method has been developed to carry out preimplantation genetic screening by analyzing all chromosomes and transferring selected embryos to the recipient uterus in the same in vitro fertilization cycle. The technique developed is the result of a doctoral thesis by Mariona Rius, member of the research team belonging to the Cell Biology and Medical Genetics Unit of the Department of Cell Biology, Physiology and Immunology at UAB.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - April 13, 2011 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Swallowing Not Required For Bitterness To Induce Nausea
The mere taste of something extremely bitter - even if you don't swallow it at all - is enough to cause that dreaded feeling of nausea and to set your stomach churning, according to a new study reported in the April 12th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. "This work shows that our body and our physiology anticipate the consequences of foods we might eat, even if those foods contain toxins or anti-nutrients," said Paul Breslin of the Monell Chemical Senses Center and Rutgers University...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - April 12, 2011 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology Source Type: news