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Supplying prescriptions as three month supply
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Purchasing prescription drugs in a three-month supply rather than a one-month supply has long been regarded as a way to reduce the cost of drugs for patients and third-party payers. New research from the University of Chicago quantifies the savings for the first time. An analysis of 26,852 prescriptions filled for 395 different drugs from 2000-2005 showed that patients who purchased their drugs in three-month supplies rather than with one-month supplies saved on average 29% in out-of-pocket costs. After factoring in third-party payers, including Medicare, Medicaid and insurance companies, total savings averaged 18%...........
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
A new weapon against allergies and asthmaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step toward crafting pharmaceuticals to fight these often life-endangering conditions in a new way........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Depression in the mother and asthma in the childEmail this article to a colleague.
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Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, as per research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American children with asthma - a population disproportionately affected by this inflammatory airway disorder - the Hopkins researchers observed that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six-months of the study. On the other hand, children whose mothers reported fewer depressive symptoms had less frequent asthma symptoms........ (Source...
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 20, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
As women ageEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, researchers are describing how the protein content of women's saliva change with advancing age. The discovery could lead to a simple, noninvasive test for better diagnosing and treating certain age-related diseases in women, they suggest in a report in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication. These diseases include lupus, Sjgrens syndrome (linked to dry mouth and dry eye), and other immune-related disorders that affect millions of women worldwide, oft...
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Why hepatitis is harder on men?Email this article to a colleague.
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Researchers in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting men harder than women. Their study has been published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, a monthly publication........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Activation of immune system in schizophreniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. The causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown, and this hinders the development of effective therapys. One theory is that infections caught early on in life might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, but to date any direct evidence of this has not been forthcoming........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Liver protective effects of green teaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Several studies have shown that lipid peroxidation stimulates collagen production in fibroblasts and hepatic stellate cells (HSC), and plays an important role in the development of liver fibrosis. Hepatoprotective effects of green tea against carbon tetrachloride, cholestasis and alcohol induced liver fibrosis were reported in many studies. However, the hepatoprotective effect of green tea in dimethylnitrosamine (DMN)-induced models has not been studied........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Smoking and seizureEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School also observed that long-term, moderate intake of caffeine or alcohol does not increase the chance of having a seizure or developing epilepsy. This is the first prospective study to examine the potential risks linked to cigarette smoking, caffeine intake, and alcohol consumption as they independently relate to epilepsy. Full findings of this study are currently available online and will appear in the February 2010 issue of Epilep...
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 19, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
Vitamin A deficiency in womenEmail this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of UK women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A due to a previously undiscovered genetic variation, researchers at Newcastle University have found. The team, led by Dr Georg Lietz, has shown that almost 50 per cent of women have a genetic variation which reduces their ability to produce sufficient amounts of vitamin A from beta-carotene........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Morphine may stimulate cancer growthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Eventhough morphine has been the gold-standard therapy for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells. Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Transcendental meditation for college studentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Transcendental Meditation technique appears to be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, as per a newly released study to be reported in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. "The Transcendental Meditation Program, a widely-used standardized program to reduce stress, showed significant decreases in blood pressure and improved mental health in young adults at risk for hypertension," said David Haaga, PhD, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at American University in Washington, D.C........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Hazards of outdoor second-hand smokeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard. The study, believed to be the first to assess levels of a nicotine byproduct known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors, found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group. The results appear in the recent issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Brain's ability to reorganizeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do this, scientists suggest, is that in at least some circumstances, blindness can heighten other senses, helping individuals adapt........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Catching circulating cancer cellsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by scientists at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, can provide critical information for examining and diagnosing cancer metastasis, determining patient prognosis, and monitoring the effectiveness of therapies........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Those in coed college housing engage in more binge drinkingEmail this article to a colleague.
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A newly released study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing. More than 500 students from five college campuses around the country took part in the study:....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
US gets D on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report CardEmail this article to a colleague.
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For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the healthy start they deserved. In the 2009 Premature Birth Report card, seven states improved their performance by one letter grade and two fared worse. Criteria that affect preterm birth improved in a number of states:....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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What makes pandemic H1N1 tick?Email this article to a colleague.
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As the number of deaths correlation to the pandemic H1N1 virus, usually known as "swine flu," continues to rise, scientists have been scrambling to decipher its inner workings and explain why the incidence is lower than expected in elderly adults. In a study available online and appearing in a future issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher and his collaborators in California show that the molecular makeup of the current H1N1 flu strain is strikingly different from prior H1N1 strains as well as the normal seasonal flu, particularly in structural parts of the viru...
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Nanoparticles causes DNA damage in miceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, as per a comprehensive study conducted by scientists at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. The TiO2 nanoparticles induced single- and double-strand DNA breaks and also caused chromosomal damage as well as inflammation, all of which increase the risk for cancer. The UCLA study is the first to show that the nanoparticles had such an effect, said Robert Schiestl, a professor of pathology, radiation oncology and environmental health sciences, a Jonsson Cancer Center scie...
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Structural brain changes in Alzheimer's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a study that promises to improve diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a fast and accurate method for quantifying subtle, sub-regional brain volume loss using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The study will be published the week of November 16 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Parental Monitoring to Reduce Marijuana UseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in many serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer. As such, it is critical to prevent marijuana use by adolescents and numerous behavioral and medical researchers have been trying to establish the best means of prevention........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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A powerful combination punch against breast cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A powerful new breast cancer therapy could result from packaging one of the newer drugs that inhibits cancer's hallmark wild growth with another that blocks a primordial survival technique in which the cancer cell eats part of itself, scientists say. While they are powerful killers of some breast cancer cells, new drugs called histone deacetylase inhibitors, or HDAC inhibitors, also increase self-digestion, or autophagy, in surviving, mega-stressed cells, Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center scientists reported during the Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics International Conference this week in Boston. The confer...
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Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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While mothers have known that feeding their kids milk builds strong bones, a newly released study by scientists at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City suggests that Vitamin D contributes to a strong and healthy heart as well and that inadequate levels of the vitamin may significantly increase a person's risk of stroke, heart disease, and death, even among people who've never had heart disease........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Potential treatment for Huntington's diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have observed that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells (the electrical activity in the brain that allows nerve cells to communicate with one another) protects the brain from the misfolded proteins linked to Huntington's disease. In contrast, excessive extrasynaptic activity (aberrant electrical activity in the brain, commonly not linked to communication between nerve cells) enhances the misfolded proteins' deadly effects. Scien...
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Delivering antioxidant to injured heart cellsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart. Injecting the enzyme-containing particles into rats' hearts after a simulated heart attack reduced the number of dying cells and resulted in improved heart function days later........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Just looking at your loved onesEmail this article to a colleague.
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"The very thought of you the mere idea of you". from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain? . Yes, as per a newly released study by UCLA psychology experts that underscores the importance of social relationships and staying socially connected........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Protein Might Prevent CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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One difficulty with fighting cancer cells is that they are similar in a number of respects to the body's stem cells. By focusing on the differences, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have found a new way of tackling colon cancer. The study is presented in the prestigious journal Cell. Molecular signal pathways that stimulate the division of stem cells are generally the same as those active in tumour growth. This limits the possibility of treating cancer as the drugs that kill cancer cells also often adversely affect the body's healthy cells, especially stem cells. A newly released study from Karolinska Institutet, conduc...
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How youths view parental control?Email this article to a colleague.
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A newly released study has observed that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's believed to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are very controlling, young people no longer make this distinction and view both types of parental control negatively........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Exercising up to the end of pregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Contrary to more conservative customs, exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus. This is what has been indicated in a study carried out by scientists of the Universidad Politcnica de Madrid (Polytechnic University of Madrid), which also shows the positive relationship between the weight of sedentary mothers before pregnancy and the body size of their babies. The conclusions appear in the International Journal of Obesity....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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How long they stay in schoolEmail this article to a colleague.
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Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics. A professor in Queen's School of Policy Studies and Department of Economics, Dr. Lehrer shares the RAND Corporation's Victor R. Fuchs Research Award with Jason Fletcher of Yale University. Their prize-winning paper, recently reported in the journal Forum for Health Economics and Policy, examines the effects of adolescent health on educational outcomes........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Drug ads can be harmful to your healthEmail this article to a colleague.
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While the debate over prescription drug advertising persists, a newly released study released online in the American Journal of Public Health offers guidelines for improving drug ads in order to minimize potential harm and maximize benefits. The study reveals that while there are some benefits from prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA), there are significant risks that are magnified by the prominence of DTCA........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Concerns about nanoparticlesEmail this article to a colleague.
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In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, researchers are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles in municipal sewage therapy plants their main gateway into the environment. Their study will be published online November 12 in ACS' journal Environmental Science and Technology....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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What helps you to live longer?Email this article to a colleague.
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A team led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found a clear link between living to 100 and inheriting a hyperactive version of an enzyme that rebuilds telomeres - the tip ends of chromosomes. The findings appear in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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A view inside the bodyEmail this article to a colleague.
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James Oliver picked up an Xbox game controller, looked up to a video screen and used the device's buttons and joystick to fly through a patient's chest cavity for an up-close look at the bottom of the heart. And there was a sight doctors had never seen before: an accurate, 3-D view inside a patient's body accessible with a personal computer. A view doctors can shift, adjust, turn, zoom and replay at will. Software that uses real patient data from CT and MRI scans. Software doctors can use to plan a surgery or a round of radiation treatment. Software that can be used to teach physiology and anatomy. Software that puts virtu...
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How to curb health care expenses?Email this article to a colleague.
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Slowing the growth in U.S. health care spending will most likely require adoption of an array of strategies as well as an improved approach to moving promising strategies into widespread use, as per a new analysis by the RAND Corporation. The most-promising option for curbing health care spending is changing the way doctors and hospitals are paid to provide care, but implementing such a system must overcome significant obstacles in order to be successful, as per the study published online by the New England Journal (NEJM)....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Use dark chocolate to fight stressEmail this article to a colleague.
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The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research It observed that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Discovery in worms may lead to better cancer treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at Queen's University have found a link between two genes involved in cancer formation in humans, by examining the genes in worms. The groundbreaking discovery provides a foundation for how tumor-forming genes interact, and may offer a drug target for cancer therapy. "When cancer hijacks a healthy system, it can create tumors by causing cells to divide when they shouldn't," says Ian Chin-Sang, a developmental biologist at Queen's and lead researcher on the study. "Certain genes control the normal movement and growth of cells, and by studying how these genes interact, we can understand what is abnormal when cance...
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Healthy Babies by the NumbersEmail this article to a colleague.
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When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result. The condition, known as Intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), prompts doctors to use ultrasound to track a baby's health and determine the best time for delivery. But these measurements are often incomplete, and obstetricians have had to rely on educated guesses about the strength of a fetus's circulatory system........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Handwriting is real problem for children with autismEmail this article to a colleague.
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Handwriting skills are crucial for success in school, communication, and building children's self-esteem. The first study to examine handwriting quality in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has uncovered a relationship between fine motor control and poor quality of handwriting in children with ASD, as per research reported in the November 10, 2009, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, conducted by scientists at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, compared handwriting samples, motor skills, and visuospatial abilities of children with ASD to typically developing chil...
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New direction for HIV vaccine researchEmail this article to a colleague.
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A very close and detailed study of how the most robust antibodies work to block the HIV virus as it seeks entry into healthy cells has revealed a new direction for scientists hoping to design an effective vaccine. "Our study clearly showed that we've been overlooking a very important component of antibody function," says S. Munir Alam, Ph.D., an associate professor of medicine at Duke University Medical Center and main author of the paper appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....... (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Stem cells help paralyzed rats to walkEmail this article to a colleague.
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The first human embryonic stem cell therapy approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical trial to include people with cervical damage. In January, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave Geron Corp. of Menlo Park, Calif., permission to test the UC Irvine therapy in individuals with thoracic spinal cord injuries, which occur below the neck. However, trying it in those with cervical damage wasn't approved because preclinical testing with rats hadn't been completed........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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The world's most common operationEmail this article to a colleague.
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As a number of as 10 million people around the world suffer from cataracts. Thomas Kohnen of the Goethe University in Frankfurt and his coauthors discuss cataract surgery with the implantation of an artificial lens in the current issue of Deutsches rzteblatt International (Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009; 106[43]: 695and#65533;)........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Short meditation could improve painEmail this article to a colleague.
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Living with pain is stressful, but a surprisingly short investment of time in mental training can help you cope. A newly released study examining the perception of pain and the effects of various mental training techniques has observed that relatively short and simple mindfulness meditation training can have a significant positive effect on pain management........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Waiting time for chest painEmail this article to a colleague.
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Emory University Rollins School of Public Health scientists will present Nov. 10 on a range of topics at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Philadelphia, including a study that examined compliance with national recommendations that a doctor screen chest pain patients within 10 minutes of their arrival to the Emergency Department (ED)........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Not enough amyloid beta protein?Email this article to a colleague.
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While too much amyloid beta protein in the brain is associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease, not enough of the protein in healthy brains can cause learning problems and forgetfulness, Saint Louis University researchers have found. The finding could lead to better medications to treat Alzheimer's disease, said John Morley, M.D., director of the division of geriatrics at Saint Louis University and the lead researcher on the study........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Making ice cream a functional foodEmail this article to a colleague.
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A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream tastier and healthier and have contributed to ice cream development and manufacturing for more than a century. Today, MU scientists are working to make ice cream into a functional food, adding nutrients such as fiber, antioxidants and pro-biotics to premium ice cream........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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New imaging techniques pave way for cancer drugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist. "Translating metabolic exchange with imaging mass spectrometry," was published Nov. 8 in Nature Chemical Biology, a prominent scientific journal. The article describes a technique developed by a collaborative team that includes Dr. Paul Straight, AgriLife Research scientist in the department of biochemistry and biophysics at Texas AandM University in College Station, Dr. Pieter Dorrestein, Yu-Liang Yang and Yu...
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Women with denser breasts have higher cancer recurrenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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A newly released study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Reported in the December 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society, the study's results indicate that patients with breast cancer with dense breasts appears to benefit from additional therapies following surgery, such as radiation........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
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Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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The use of postmenopausal hormone treatment has decreased over time in the United States, which scientists suggest may play a key role in the declining rate of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor for breast cancer. "Postmenopausal hormone therapy is linked to increased rates of non-malignant breast biopsies, and early and late stages of cancer. Atypical ductal hyperplasia is linked to the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy and its rates have decreased with the decline in use of this therapy," said researcher Tehillah Menes, M.D., who was the chief of breast service in the Department of Surgery at Elmhurst H...
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Nanomedicine may help spinal cord injuriesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Scientists at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident. The synthetic "copolymer micelles" are drug-delivery spheres about 60 nanometers in diameter, or roughly 100 times smaller than the diameter of a red blood cell........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
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Using imaging mass spectrometry, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable researchers to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. Their study shows how bacteria talk to one another an understanding that may lead to new therapeutic discoveries for diseases ranging from cancer to diabetes and allergies........ (Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert)
Source: Medicineworld.org: New Article Alert - November 9, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: info
