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Anxiety / Stress News
1 in 4 Stroke Survivors Develops PTSD One in every four survivors of stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) develops PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) within twelve months, while 1 in 9 has chronic PTSD for longer than a 12 months, researchers from Columbia University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS ONE.	20 June 2013
Missing Link In Connection Between Social Stress And Triple-Negative Breast Cancer May Be Fat Cells In Breast Local chemical signals released by fat cells in the mammary gland appear to provide a crucial link between exposure to unrelenting social stressors early in life, and the subsequent development of breast cancer, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the July 2013 issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research.	20 June 2013

Biology / Biochemistry News
Silver Boosts Effect Of Antibiotics New research shows that low doses of silver can massively boost the effect of antibiotics on bacteria, making them up to 1,000 times more sensitive to the drugs. The researchers hope their discovery will give new life to old antibiotics, including those to which microbes have become resistant.	20 June 2013
Cancer-Proof "Goo" From Naked Mole Rats May Lead To New Treatments Despite its long lifespan, the naked mole rat has never been known to get cancer. Now scientists in the US have discovered this is thanks to a simple chemical in the "goo" of the rodent's skin, which they suggest could lead to new anti-cancer treatments in humans.	20 June 2013
Sugar Molecules Make Long Distance Calls Glycoproteins are an essential part of our body: These sugar-protein hybrid molecules are what makes the protective mucus that lines our lungs and stomach. They are also part of the fluid that lubricates our joints, the synovial fluid, and cover all our cells, with the sugar parts, the glycans, sticking out like a tiny forest of antennae.	20 June 2013

Blood / Hematology News
Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Twice Weekly As Effective As A Daily Regime Daily supplementation of iron tablets to pregnant women does not provide any benefits in birth weight or improved infant growth compared to twice weekly supplementation, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.	20 June 2013

Bones / Orthopedics News
How Bone Adapts To Exercise Likely Affected By Timing Of Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation Taking calcium and vitamin D before exercise may influence how bones adapt to exercise, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Previous Studies Overstated Evidence On Spinal Fusion Product: OHSU Review An analysis by the Evidence-based Practice Center at Oregon Health & Science University has found that previously published clinical trial studies about a controversial bone growth product used in spinal surgeries overstated the product's effectiveness.	20 June 2013

Breast Cancer News
Advanced Breast Cancer Campaign, Here & Now, Launches In The UK As It's Revealed Nearly 8 In 10 Do Not Know That The Disease Is Incurable New research shows significant disparities in UK public's awareness of advanced breast cancer (ABC)versus early breast cancerNew findings from a public survey commissioned by Novartis Oncology have revealed that although 81%1 of UK respondents are aware that early breast cancer can be treated so that a patient is free from disease, 77%1 of respondents were either unsure or did not know that advanced breast cancer cannot be treated so that the patient can become free from the disease.	20 June 2013
New Resistance Mechanism To Chemotherapy Identified In Breast And Ovarian Cancer It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of breast and ovarian cancers are familial in origin, which is to say that these tumours are attributable to inherited mutations from the parents in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2.	20 June 2013
Missing Link In Connection Between Social Stress And Triple-Negative Breast Cancer May Be Fat Cells In Breast Local chemical signals released by fat cells in the mammary gland appear to provide a crucial link between exposure to unrelenting social stressors early in life, and the subsequent development of breast cancer, researchers from the University of Chicago report in the July 2013 issue of the journal Cancer Prevention Research.	20 June 2013

Cancer / Oncology News
Cancer-Proof "Goo" From Naked Mole Rats May Lead To New Treatments Despite its long lifespan, the naked mole rat has never been known to get cancer. Now scientists in the US have discovered this is thanks to a simple chemical in the "goo" of the rodent's skin, which they suggest could lead to new anti-cancer treatments in humans.	20 June 2013
Barrett's Esophagus Study First To Probe NSAID Effects On Mutation Rate Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition.	20 June 2013
Preventing Death Of Eggs During Chemotherapy Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function.	20 June 2013

Cardiovascular / Cardiology News
Adverse Cardiovascular Events May Be Predicted By Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of aortic atherosclerosis can predict the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy individuals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.	20 June 2013
Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Increases With Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta In a study of more than 2,000 adults, researchers found that two MRI measurements of the abdominal aorta - the amount of plaque in the vessel and the thickness of its wall - are associated with future cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke.	20 June 2013

Caregivers / Homecare News
One In Four Adults In The US Is A Family Caregiver One in four American adults is caring for an elderly or sick family member as more people develop chronic diseases and the population as a whole becomes older, new research finds.The study was conducted by the Pew Research Center and the California HealthCare Foundation, and found that the number of caregivers rose between 2010 and 2013.	20 June 2013

Cervical Cancer / HPV Vaccine News
Vaccine Lowers HPV Infection Rates In Teen Girls The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women has significantly reduced since the introduction of the HPV vaccine, according to a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.	20 June 2013

Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine News
Lifespan Of Fruit Flies Boosted By Nearly 25 Percent By Herbal Extract The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers.	20 June 2013

Diabetes News
Eating More Red Meat Associated With Increased Risk Of Type-2 Diabetes Eating more red meat over time is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a follow-up of three studies of about 149,000 U.S. men and women, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Markers Of Beta-Cell Dysfunction Associated With High Rate Of Progression To Type 1 Diabetes The majority of children at risk of type 1 diabetes who developed 2 or more diabetes-related autoantibodies developed type 1 diabetes within 15 years, findings that highlight the need for research into finding interventions to stop the development of multiple islet autoantibodies, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013
Study Sheds Light On Molecular Basis For Metabolic Health And Disease Inside each of us is our own internal timing device. It drives everything from sleep cycles to metabolism, but the inner-workings of this so-called "circadian clock" are complex, and the molecular processes behind it have long eluded scientists.	20 June 2013
Early Diagnosis Of The Metabolic Syndrome Can Trigger Preventive Treatment Sooner, Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops Researchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults - especially African Americans - at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome.	20 June 2013
Comparing Insulin Degludec And Insulin Glargine Insulin degludec (Tresiba), a new ultra-long-acting insulin, has a similar or reduced risk of recurrent hypoglycemia - low blood sugar - compared with the commercially available insulin glargine, a new meta-analysis study finds.	20 June 2013
Using Patient-Specific Stem Cells Researchers Analyze Causes, Treatment Of Diabetes A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY).	20 June 2013

Endocrinology News
Hormonal Therapy For Transsexualism Safe And Effective Hormonal therapy for transsexual patients is safe and effective, a multicenter European study indicates. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Testosterone Replacement Improves Pain Perception And Tolerance In Men With Low Testosterone Testosterone therapy is associated with decreased pain perception in men with low testosterone levels related to opioid (narcotic) pain relievers (analgesics), a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013

Fertility News

Preventing Death Of Eggs During Chemotherapy
Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function.

20 June 2013

Flu / Cold / SARS News
MERS-CoV Easily Spreads In Hospitals A team of experts who traveled to Saudi Arabia have reported that the new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is easily transmitted in healthcare settings, posing a serious public health threat.	20 June 2013

GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology News
Barrett's Esophagus Study First To Probe NSAID Effects On Mutation Rate Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition.	20 June 2013

Genetics News
Cancer-Proof "Goo" From Naked Mole Rats May Lead To New Treatments Despite its long lifespan, the naked mole rat has never been known to get cancer. Now scientists in the US have discovered this is thanks to a simple chemical in the "goo" of the rodent's skin, which they suggest could lead to new anti-cancer treatments in humans.	20 June 2013
Research Links Two Genes To Obesity And Health Disorders Family DNA may influence development of Metabolic SyndromeTwo genes may be linked to obesity and health disorders according to new research by the TOPS Obesity and Metabolic Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.	20 June 2013
New Resistance Mechanism To Chemotherapy Identified In Breast And Ovarian Cancer It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of breast and ovarian cancers are familial in origin, which is to say that these tumours are attributable to inherited mutations from the parents in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2.	20 June 2013
Identifying Genetic Markers In Overweight Newborns Could Prevent Obesity In Later Life Similar genetic variations occur in both overweight newborns and obese adults, a large study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Genes Of The Y Chromosome Identified Which Could Be Responsible For Its Association With Coronary Artery Disease University of Leicester scientists have discovered a potential genetic contributor to the increased risk of heart disease among men.A team of researchers including clinicians and scientists have made an important step forward in search of the mechanisms underlying increased risk of coronary artery disease in men who carry a particular type of the Y chromosome (haplogroup I).	20 June 2013
Discovery Reveals The Secret Of DNA Methylation Methylation refers to a chemical modification of DNA and this modification can occur in millions of positions in the DNA sequence. Until now, scientists believed that this epigenetic phenomenon actively reduced the expression of certain genes.	20 June 2013
Researchers Discover A Way To Detect New Viruses In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses even when doctors have not identified a particular virus as the likely source of an infection.	20 June 2013

Hearing / Deafness News
Adolescent Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to results of a new study. Findings showed that obese adolescents had increased hearing loss across all frequencies and were almost twice as likely to have unilateral (one-sided) low-frequency hearing loss.	20 June 2013

Heart Disease News
Adverse Cardiovascular Events May Be Predicted By Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of aortic atherosclerosis can predict the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy individuals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.	20 June 2013
Early Diagnosis Of The Metabolic Syndrome Can Trigger Preventive Treatment Sooner, Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops Researchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults - especially African Americans - at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome.	20 June 2013
Genes Of The Y Chromosome Identified Which Could Be Responsible For Its Association With Coronary Artery Disease University of Leicester scientists have discovered a potential genetic contributor to the increased risk of heart disease among men.A team of researchers including clinicians and scientists have made an important step forward in search of the mechanisms underlying increased risk of coronary artery disease in men who carry a particular type of the Y chromosome (haplogroup I).	20 June 2013
Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Increases With Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta In a study of more than 2,000 adults, researchers found that two MRI measurements of the abdominal aorta - the amount of plaque in the vessel and the thickness of its wall - are associated with future cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke.	20 June 2013

HIV / AIDS News
Study Details Age Disparities In HIV Continuum Of Care Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Survey Reveals Male On Male Consensual Sex And Sexual Assault Common In South Africa A survey of adult South African men published in this week's PLOS Medicine, shows that while overlapping sexual relationships with women appear to be common, roughly one in 20 men reported consensual sexual contact with a man, approximately one in ten reported being sexually assaulted by another man, and around 3% reported perpetrating such an assault.	20 June 2013

Immune System / Vaccines News
MMR Booster Vaccine Does Not Appear To Worsen Disease Activity In Children With Juvenile Arthritis Among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who had undergone primary immunization, the use of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster compared with no booster did not result in worse JIA disease activity, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013
Newborn Vaccination For Rotavirus In Africa Is Effective Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration.	20 June 2013

Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News
Silver Boosts Effect Of Antibiotics New research shows that low doses of silver can massively boost the effect of antibiotics on bacteria, making them up to 1,000 times more sensitive to the drugs. The researchers hope their discovery will give new life to old antibiotics, including those to which microbes have become resistant.	20 June 2013
MERS-CoV Easily Spreads In Hospitals A team of experts who traveled to Saudi Arabia have reported that the new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is easily transmitted in healthcare settings, posing a serious public health threat.	20 June 2013
Vaccine Lowers HPV Infection Rates In Teen Girls The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women has significantly reduced since the introduction of the HPV vaccine, according to a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.	20 June 2013
Purdue Researchers Seek Treatment For New MERS Coronavirus A pair of Purdue University researchers who in the past created compounds to block the SARS virus are now tackling the new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV.The team's successful work on SARS paved the way for them to swiftly work on MERS CoV, reducing parts of the process that would normally take years to a matter of months, said Andrew Mesecar, the Walther Professor of Cancer Structural Biology and a professor of biological sciences and chemistry.	20 June 2013
In Vietnam, New Virus Isolated From Patients With Severe Brain Infections Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.	20 June 2013
Newborn Vaccination For Rotavirus In Africa Is Effective Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration.	20 June 2013
Researchers Discover A Way To Detect New Viruses In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses even when doctors have not identified a particular virus as the likely source of an infection.	20 June 2013
Airway Infection Reduced In Pediatric Intensive Care Patients By Multidisciplinary Initiative An initiative that combines a multidisciplinary health care approach with a range of preventive measures could cut the rate of a common airway infection among children in intensive care by more than half, a new study suggests.	20 June 2013

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Study Finds Need For Improvement On State Health Care Price Websites "With rising health care costs and 30 percent of privately insured adults enrolled in high-deductible health care plans, calls for greater health care price transparency are increasing. In response, health plans, consumer groups, and state governments are increasingly reporting health care prices.	20 June 2013

Medical Devices / Diagnostics News
2 Biomarkers Better Than 1 In The Diagnosis Of Concussion Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United States. The University of Rochester Medical Center just added significant evidence by reporting in the Journal of Neurotrauma that it might be clinically useful to measure two brain biomarkers instead of one.	20 June 2013
Researchers Discover A Way To Detect New Viruses In research published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Saint Louis University researchers describe a technology that can detect new, previously unknown viruses. The technique offers the potential to screen patients for viruses even when doctors have not identified a particular virus as the likely source of an infection.	20 June 2013

Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP News
30 Percent Of Hospital Readmissions Could Be Prevented With Medicare penalties on hospitals with higher-than-expected rates of 30-day readmissions expected to rise in 2014, more hospitals are evaluating the most accurate methods for tracking readmissions of patients.	20 June 2013

Men's Health News
Genes Of The Y Chromosome Identified Which Could Be Responsible For Its Association With Coronary Artery Disease University of Leicester scientists have discovered a potential genetic contributor to the increased risk of heart disease among men.A team of researchers including clinicians and scientists have made an important step forward in search of the mechanisms underlying increased risk of coronary artery disease in men who carry a particular type of the Y chromosome (haplogroup I).	20 June 2013
Survey Reveals Male On Male Consensual Sex And Sexual Assault Common In South Africa A survey of adult South African men published in this week's PLOS Medicine, shows that while overlapping sexual relationships with women appear to be common, roughly one in 20 men reported consensual sexual contact with a man, approximately one in ten reported being sexually assaulted by another man, and around 3% reported perpetrating such an assault.	20 June 2013
Testosterone Replacement Improves Pain Perception And Tolerance In Men With Low Testosterone Testosterone therapy is associated with decreased pain perception in men with low testosterone levels related to opioid (narcotic) pain relievers (analgesics), a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013

MRI / PET / Ultrasound News
MRI Screening May Help Identify Spinal Infections From Contaminated Drug Injections Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the site of injection of a contaminated lot of a steroid drug to treat symptoms such as back pain resulted in earlier identification of patients with probable or confirmed fungal spinal or paraspinal infection, allowing early initiation of medical and surgical treatment, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013
Adverse Cardiovascular Events May Be Predicted By Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of aortic atherosclerosis can predict the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular events in otherwise healthy individuals, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.	20 June 2013

MRSA / Drug Resistance News
Silver Boosts Effect Of Antibiotics New research shows that low doses of silver can massively boost the effect of antibiotics on bacteria, making them up to 1,000 times more sensitive to the drugs. The researchers hope their discovery will give new life to old antibiotics, including those to which microbes have become resistant.	20 June 2013

Neurology / Neuroscience News
Drug Compound Attacks Parkinson's Disease On Two Fronts A "dual inhibitor" - two compounds in a single molecule - was found to attack a pair of proteins linked to the development of Parkinson's disease, researchers from the Scripps Research Institute, Florida, reported in the journal ACS Chemical Biology.	20 June 2013
Study Of Dietary Intervention Examines Proteins In Brain The lipidation states (or modifications) in certain proteins in the brain that are related to the development of Alzheimer disease appear to differ depending on genotype and cognitive diseases, and levels of these protein and peptides appear to be influenced by diet, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Identification Of Brain Regions Involved In Impersonations And Accents Could Impact Recovery From Brain Injury And Stroke A study, led by Royal Holloway University researcher Carolyn McGettigan, has identified the brain regions and interactions involved in impersonations and accents.Using an fMRI scanner, the team asked participants, all non-professional impressionists, to repeatedly recite the opening lines of a familiar nursery rhyme either with their normal voice, by impersonating individuals, or by impersonating regional and foreign accents of English.	20 June 2013
Linking Brain-Cell Activity And Behavior In Smell Recognition Behind the common expression "you can't compare apples to oranges" lies a fundamental question of neuroscience: How does the brain recognize that apples and oranges are different? A group of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has published new research that provides some answers.	20 June 2013
2 Biomarkers Better Than 1 In The Diagnosis Of Concussion Scientists are scrambling to gather data for the FDA to support the need for a blood test to diagnose brain injury in the United States. The University of Rochester Medical Center just added significant evidence by reporting in the Journal of Neurotrauma that it might be clinically useful to measure two brain biomarkers instead of one.	20 June 2013
In Vietnam, New Virus Isolated From Patients With Severe Brain Infections Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease.	20 June 2013
Neurosurgical Outcomes In Smokers The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known. In a more immediate sense, smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for many surgical procedures.	20 June 2013
Infant Weight Gain In First Month And IQ Linked New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age.The study was led by University of Adelaide Public Health researchers, who analysed data from more than 13,800 children who were born full-term.	20 June 2013

Nutrition / Diet News
SaltSmart Consortium Endorses Plan To Halve Dietary Salt Consumption In The Americas By 2020 To promote the prevention of cardiovascular disease, a multisector consortium convened by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) this week endorsed a plan to reduce dietary salt consumption in the Americas by half by the year 2020.	20 June 2013
Study Of Dietary Intervention Examines Proteins In Brain The lipidation states (or modifications) in certain proteins in the brain that are related to the development of Alzheimer disease appear to differ depending on genotype and cognitive diseases, and levels of these protein and peptides appear to be influenced by diet, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Eating More Red Meat Associated With Increased Risk Of Type-2 Diabetes Eating more red meat over time is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a follow-up of three studies of about 149,000 U.S. men and women, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Healthy Living Learned By Example Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.	20 June 2013
How Bone Adapts To Exercise Likely Affected By Timing Of Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation Taking calcium and vitamin D before exercise may influence how bones adapt to exercise, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Twice Weekly As Effective As A Daily Regime Daily supplementation of iron tablets to pregnant women does not provide any benefits in birth weight or improved infant growth compared to twice weekly supplementation, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.	20 June 2013
Infant Weight Gain In First Month And IQ Linked New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age.The study was led by University of Adelaide Public Health researchers, who analysed data from more than 13,800 children who were born full-term.	20 June 2013

Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness News
Research Links Two Genes To Obesity And Health Disorders Family DNA may influence development of Metabolic SyndromeTwo genes may be linked to obesity and health disorders according to new research by the TOPS Obesity and Metabolic Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin.	20 June 2013
Your Weight, Eating Behavior, Likely Impacted By What You Believe Causes Obesity Whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise predicts his or her actual body mass, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.	20 June 2013
Healthy Living Learned By Example Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.	20 June 2013
Study Sheds Light On Molecular Basis For Metabolic Health And Disease Inside each of us is our own internal timing device. It drives everything from sleep cycles to metabolism, but the inner-workings of this so-called "circadian clock" are complex, and the molecular processes behind it have long eluded scientists.	20 June 2013
Identifying Genetic Markers In Overweight Newborns Could Prevent Obesity In Later Life Similar genetic variations occur in both overweight newborns and obese adults, a large study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Adolescent Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to results of a new study. Findings showed that obese adolescents had increased hearing loss across all frequencies and were almost twice as likely to have unilateral (one-sided) low-frequency hearing loss.	20 June 2013
Helping Prevent Obesity Among Children Via Community-Based Programs When it comes to confronting childhood obesity, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conclude that community-based approaches are important. A systematic review of childhood obesity prevention programs found that community-based intervention programs that incorporate schools and focus on both diet and physical activity are more effective at preventing obesity in children.	20 June 2013

Ovarian Cancer News
New Resistance Mechanism To Chemotherapy Identified In Breast And Ovarian Cancer It is estimated that between 5% and 10% of breast and ovarian cancers are familial in origin, which is to say that these tumours are attributable to inherited mutations from the parents in genes such as BRCA1 or BRCA2.	20 June 2013

Pain / Anesthetics News
Barrett's Esophagus Study First To Probe NSAID Effects On Mutation Rate Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition.	20 June 2013
Testosterone Replacement Improves Pain Perception And Tolerance In Men With Low Testosterone Testosterone therapy is associated with decreased pain perception in men with low testosterone levels related to opioid (narcotic) pain relievers (analgesics), a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013

Parkinson's Disease News
Drug Compound Attacks Parkinson's Disease On Two Fronts A "dual inhibitor" - two compounds in a single molecule - was found to attack a pair of proteins linked to the development of Parkinson's disease, researchers from the Scripps Research Institute, Florida, reported in the journal ACS Chemical Biology.	20 June 2013

Pediatrics / Children's Health News
Parental Cultural Attitudes And Beliefs Associated With Child's Media Viewing And Habits JAMA Pediatrics Study HighlightsDifferences in parental beliefs and attitudes regarding the effects of media on early childhood development may help explain increasing racial/ethnic disparities in child media viewing/habits, according to a study by Wanjiku F.	20 June 2013
Study Examines Hispanic Youth Exposure To Food, Beverage TV Ads Hispanic preschoolers, children and adolescents viewed, on average about 12 foods ads per day on television in 2010, with the majority of these ads appearing on English-language TV, whereas fast-food represented a higher proportion of the food ads on Spanish-language television, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.	20 June 2013
Healthy Living Learned By Example Kids whose moms encourage them to exercise and eat well, and model those healthy behaviors themselves, are more likely to be active and healthy eaters, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.	20 June 2013
Identifying Genetic Markers In Overweight Newborns Could Prevent Obesity In Later Life Similar genetic variations occur in both overweight newborns and obese adults, a large study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Infant Weight Gain In First Month And IQ Linked New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age.The study was led by University of Adelaide Public Health researchers, who analysed data from more than 13,800 children who were born full-term.	20 June 2013
Newborn Vaccination For Rotavirus In Africa Is Effective Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. Rotavirus causes fever, vomiting and diarrhea, which in infants can cause severe dehydration.	20 June 2013
Airway Infection Reduced In Pediatric Intensive Care Patients By Multidisciplinary Initiative An initiative that combines a multidisciplinary health care approach with a range of preventive measures could cut the rate of a common airway infection among children in intensive care by more than half, a new study suggests.	20 June 2013
Adolescent Obesity Associated With Hearing Loss Obese adolescents are more likely than their normal-weight counterparts to have hearing loss, according to results of a new study. Findings showed that obese adolescents had increased hearing loss across all frequencies and were almost twice as likely to have unilateral (one-sided) low-frequency hearing loss.	20 June 2013
Helping Prevent Obesity Among Children Via Community-Based Programs When it comes to confronting childhood obesity, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conclude that community-based approaches are important. A systematic review of childhood obesity prevention programs found that community-based intervention programs that incorporate schools and focus on both diet and physical activity are more effective at preventing obesity in children.	20 June 2013
Using Patient-Specific Stem Cells Researchers Analyze Causes, Treatment Of Diabetes A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY).	20 June 2013

Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry News
AstraZeneca Moves New Global Head Office To Cambridge AstraZeneca has announced it is opening its new corporate headquarters and global research and development center at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, UK. The site will be ready by 2016, where 2,000 office and research & development staff will work.	20 June 2013
Controversial Deals That Delay Generic Versions Of Drugs Coming Onto The Market Can Be Costly Dr Farasat Bokhari's study shows that moves to investigate and ban pay-to-delay deals - which typically involve a branded manufacturer holding a drug patent paying a rival generic firm to delay the release of its cheaper version - are justified.	20 June 2013

Pregnancy / Obstetrics News
Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Twice Weekly As Effective As A Daily Regime Daily supplementation of iron tablets to pregnant women does not provide any benefits in birth weight or improved infant growth compared to twice weekly supplementation, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.	20 June 2013

Psychology / Psychiatry News
Domestic Violence Affects 1 In 3 Women, WHO Reports One in 3 women worldwide is a victim of physical or sexual violence, resulting in a global health epidemic, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.Most of these females are attacked or abused by their boyfriends or husbands.	20 June 2013
1 in 4 Stroke Survivors Develops PTSD One in every four survivors of stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) develops PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) within twelve months, while 1 in 9 has chronic PTSD for longer than a 12 months, researchers from Columbia University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS ONE.	20 June 2013
Your Weight, Eating Behavior, Likely Impacted By What You Believe Causes Obesity Whether a person believes obesity is caused by overeating or by a lack of exercise predicts his or her actual body mass, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.	20 June 2013

Public Health News
Medication Misuse Costs $200 Billion In Avoidable Expenditure The American healthcare system overspends by $200 billion, 8% of its healthcare budget, because medications are not being used responsibly by doctors and patients every year, says a new report issued by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.	20 June 2013
Avoid Using Cell Phones While Walking In Public Using your cell phone while walking may not be the best idea, according to a new report published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. The study revealed that in 2010, over 1,500 pedestrians were treated in emergency rooms across the U.	20 June 2013
Poorest Children Twice As Likely To Acquire Malaria In the poorest nations and towns around the world, children from the most impoverished homes are twice as likely to acquire malaria compared with kids from affluent households.The finding was published in The Lancet, and was the result of a systematic assessment and meta-analysis that established that socioeconomic development should be a mandatory part of efforts to control and eradicate malaria.	20 June 2013
Study Finds Need For Improvement On State Health Care Price Websites "With rising health care costs and 30 percent of privately insured adults enrolled in high-deductible health care plans, calls for greater health care price transparency are increasing. In response, health plans, consumer groups, and state governments are increasingly reporting health care prices.	20 June 2013
30 Percent Of Hospital Readmissions Could Be Prevented With Medicare penalties on hospitals with higher-than-expected rates of 30-day readmissions expected to rise in 2014, more hospitals are evaluating the most accurate methods for tracking readmissions of patients.	20 June 2013
Controversial Deals That Delay Generic Versions Of Drugs Coming Onto The Market Can Be Costly Dr Farasat Bokhari's study shows that moves to investigate and ban pay-to-delay deals - which typically involve a branded manufacturer holding a drug patent paying a rival generic firm to delay the release of its cheaper version - are justified.	20 June 2013
Helping Prevent Obesity Among Children Via Community-Based Programs When it comes to confronting childhood obesity, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conclude that community-based approaches are important. A systematic review of childhood obesity prevention programs found that community-based intervention programs that incorporate schools and focus on both diet and physical activity are more effective at preventing obesity in children.	20 June 2013

Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals News

FDA Graphic Warning Labels For Tobacco Need To Pass A First Amendment Legal Challenge
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their effectiveness is supported by adequate scientific evidence, says a Georgetown University Medical Center public health expert and attorney.

20 June 2013

Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News

Identification Of Brain Regions Involved In Impersonations And Accents Could Impact Recovery From Brain Injury And Stroke
A study, led by Royal Holloway University researcher Carolyn McGettigan, has identified the brain regions and interactions involved in impersonations and accents.Using an fMRI scanner, the team asked participants, all non-professional impressionists, to repeatedly recite the opening lines of a familiar nursery rhyme either with their normal voice, by impersonating individuals, or by impersonating regional and foreign accents of English.

20 June 2013

Respiratory / Asthma News
Study Evaluates Procedures For Diagnosing Sarcoidosis Among patients with suspected stage I/II pulmonary sarcoidosis who were undergoing confirmation of the condition via tissue sampling, the use of the procedure known as endosonographic nodal aspiration compared with bronchoscopic biopsy, the current diagnostic standard, resulted in greater diagnostic yield, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013
Airway Infection Reduced In Pediatric Intensive Care Patients By Multidisciplinary Initiative An initiative that combines a multidisciplinary health care approach with a range of preventive measures could cut the rate of a common airway infection among children in intensive care by more than half, a new study suggests.	20 June 2013

Seniors / Aging News
One In Four Adults In The US Is A Family Caregiver One in four American adults is caring for an elderly or sick family member as more people develop chronic diseases and the population as a whole becomes older, new research finds.The study was conducted by the Pew Research Center and the California HealthCare Foundation, and found that the number of caregivers rose between 2010 and 2013.	20 June 2013
Lifespan Of Fruit Flies Boosted By Nearly 25 Percent By Herbal Extract The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of 24 percent, according to UC Irvine researchers.	20 June 2013

Sexual Health / STDs News
Domestic Violence Affects 1 In 3 Women, WHO Reports One in 3 women worldwide is a victim of physical or sexual violence, resulting in a global health epidemic, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.Most of these females are attacked or abused by their boyfriends or husbands.	20 June 2013
Vaccine Lowers HPV Infection Rates In Teen Girls The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections in girls and women has significantly reduced since the introduction of the HPV vaccine, according to a new study in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.	20 June 2013
Hormonal Therapy For Transsexualism Safe And Effective Hormonal therapy for transsexual patients is safe and effective, a multicenter European study indicates. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013
Survey Reveals Male On Male Consensual Sex And Sexual Assault Common In South Africa A survey of adult South African men published in this week's PLOS Medicine, shows that while overlapping sexual relationships with women appear to be common, roughly one in 20 men reported consensual sexual contact with a man, approximately one in ten reported being sexually assaulted by another man, and around 3% reported perpetrating such an assault.	20 June 2013

Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia News
Study Sheds Light On Molecular Basis For Metabolic Health And Disease Inside each of us is our own internal timing device. It drives everything from sleep cycles to metabolism, but the inner-workings of this so-called "circadian clock" are complex, and the molecular processes behind it have long eluded scientists.	20 June 2013
Ease Of Falling Asleep Determined By Quality Of Waking Hours The quality of wakefulness affects how quickly a mammal falls asleep, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a study that identifies two proteins never before linked to alertness and sleep-wake balance.	20 June 2013

Smoking / Quit Smoking News
FDA Graphic Warning Labels For Tobacco Need To Pass A First Amendment Legal Challenge When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their effectiveness is supported by adequate scientific evidence, says a Georgetown University Medical Center public health expert and attorney.	20 June 2013
Neurosurgical Outcomes In Smokers The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known. In a more immediate sense, smoking in the days and weeks before surgery can lead to morbidity and complications for many surgical procedures.	20 June 2013

Sports Medicine / Fitness News
How Bone Adapts To Exercise Likely Affected By Timing Of Calcium And Vitamin D Supplementation Taking calcium and vitamin D before exercise may influence how bones adapt to exercise, according to a new study. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.	20 June 2013

Stem Cell Research News
Using Patient-Specific Stem Cells Researchers Analyze Causes, Treatment Of Diabetes A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY).	20 June 2013

Stroke News
1 in 4 Stroke Survivors Develops PTSD One in every four survivors of stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) develops PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) within twelve months, while 1 in 9 has chronic PTSD for longer than a 12 months, researchers from Columbia University Medical Center reported in the journal PLoS ONE.	20 June 2013
Earlier Treatment Following Stroke Onset Associated With Reduced Risk Of In-Hospital Death, Higher Rate Of Discharge To Home In a study that included nearly 60,000 patients with acute ischemic stroke, thrombolytic treatment (to help dissolve a blood clot) that was started more rapidly after symptom onset was associated with reduced in-hospital mortality and intracranial hemorrhage and higher rates of independent walking ability at discharge and discharge to home, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013
Identification Of Brain Regions Involved In Impersonations And Accents Could Impact Recovery From Brain Injury And Stroke A study, led by Royal Holloway University researcher Carolyn McGettigan, has identified the brain regions and interactions involved in impersonations and accents.Using an fMRI scanner, the team asked participants, all non-professional impressionists, to repeatedly recite the opening lines of a familiar nursery rhyme either with their normal voice, by impersonating individuals, or by impersonating regional and foreign accents of English.	20 June 2013
Early Diagnosis Of The Metabolic Syndrome Can Trigger Preventive Treatment Sooner, Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops Researchers have developed a risk assessment scoring system that they believe may better identify certain adults - especially African Americans - at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke than does the current system of diagnosing the metabolic syndrome.	20 June 2013
Heart Attack, Stroke Risk Increases With Atherosclerosis In Abdominal Aorta In a study of more than 2,000 adults, researchers found that two MRI measurements of the abdominal aorta - the amount of plaque in the vessel and the thickness of its wall - are associated with future cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke.	20 June 2013

Tropical Diseases News
Poorest Children Twice As Likely To Acquire Malaria In the poorest nations and towns around the world, children from the most impoverished homes are twice as likely to acquire malaria compared with kids from affluent households.The finding was published in The Lancet, and was the result of a systematic assessment and meta-analysis that established that socioeconomic development should be a mandatory part of efforts to control and eradicate malaria.	20 June 2013
MMR Booster Vaccine Does Not Appear To Worsen Disease Activity In Children With Juvenile Arthritis Among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who had undergone primary immunization, the use of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) booster compared with no booster did not result in worse JIA disease activity, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.	20 June 2013

Tuberculosis News
Persistent And Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Effectively Destroyed By New Compound An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways.	20 June 2013

Women's Health / Gynecology News
Domestic Violence Affects 1 In 3 Women, WHO Reports One in 3 women worldwide is a victim of physical or sexual violence, resulting in a global health epidemic, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.Most of these females are attacked or abused by their boyfriends or husbands.	20 June 2013
Preventing Death Of Eggs During Chemotherapy Young women who have cancer treatment often lose their fertility because chemotherapy and radiation can damage or kill their immature ovarian eggs, called oocytes. Now, Northwestern Medicine® scientists have found the molecular pathway that can prevent the death of immature ovarian eggs due to chemotherapy, potentially preserving fertility and endocrine function.	20 June 2013

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