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Obesity Epidemic Linked To Brain Mechanisms: America's rising rates of obesity in virtually all age groups is partly due to biological factors, researchers from the Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center reported in the journal Cell Metabolism. Approximately one third of all American adults are obese today, and the percentage continues to rise, says the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Co-author, Randy Seeley, PhD, said: "While we don't usually think of it this way, body weight is regulated...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/SQG3pSYNSZ4" height="1" width="1"/
Obama Plans To Combat Alzheimer's: A statement released by The Obama Administration claims there are going to be new measures taken against battling Alzheimer's disease. One of these efforts includes a $50 million increase in the amount of money that will be used towards new, advanced research. Also, the administration says their Fiscal Year 2013 budget will increase by $80 million for Alzheimer's exploration. The announcement adds that a $26 million increase will be made in terms of provider education, public awareness, advances in data infrastructure, and care-giver support...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/2eZze_9q03U" height="1" width="1"/
Spanking Undermines A Child's Long-Term Development: Spanking children may harm their long-term development, making them more aggressive towards their peers, siblings, parents, as well as spouses later in life, researchers from the University of Manitoba and Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, report in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Their study tracked children for two decades. Physical punishment refers to any type, regardless of its motive, be it out of frustration, desperation or love, the researchers explained...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WkXqL3-SXp0" height="1" width="1"/
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: President, Founder and CEO of Black AIDS Institute, Phill Wilson, released a letter in light of the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, stating that the Institute will be releasing their 8th annual State of AIDS in Black America Report. He comments that "It will highlight a reality that would have been unthinkable not long ago. Wilson continues: "We are at a deciding moment in the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic; we now possesses the tools we need to the the AIDS epidemic...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/8pm6TWE7rzU" height="1" width="1"/
Is Economy Class Air Travel Linked To Blood Clot Risk? Apparently Not: "Economy Class Syndrome" is a myth, your risk of developing a blood clot during a long-distance economy trip by plane is not higher than in first class, researchers report in an article published in Chest. The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has issued new evidence-based guidelines which address some of the risk factors linked to DVT (deep vein thrombosis) - it says that there is no compelling evidence linking economy class air travel to the development of DVT...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/h0tXtnV01WE" height="1" width="1"/
Online Dating Falls Short, But Offers Some Benefits: Online dating has become a billion dollar industry and is today a common way for people to meet potential mates - however, a new report written by researchers from Northwestern University and published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest has said that online dating websites fall short of their potential, make several phony claims, but do offer some benefits. Just two decades ago, online dating did not exist. Nowadays, thousands of websites claim to be able to help us seek out our long-lost soulmate, and set us on our way to living happily ever after...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/brtJSKW5aiQ" height="1" width="1"/
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Feb. 6, 2012: IMMUNOLOGY: How a stomach-colonizing bacterium protects against asthma The bacterium Helicobacter pylori can be found colonizing the stomach lining of almost half the world's population. Although persistent infection with Helicobacter pylori increases an individual's risk of developing stomach cancer, it also decreases their risk of developing asthma. A team of researchers led by Anne Muller, at the University of Zürich, Switzerland, has now identified a cellular mechanism by which persistent infection with Helicobacter pylori protects mice from developing allergic asthma...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/sW0nbOsikKU" height="1" width="1"/
Potential Biomarker Identified For Osteoarthritis: Henry Ford Hospital researchers have identified for the first time two molecules that hold promise as a biomarker for measuring cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis. Researchers say the concentration of two molecules called non-coding RNAs in blood were associated with mild cartilage damage in 30 patients who were one year removed from reconstruction surgery to repair an anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injury...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/OYU4HjmTkTk" height="1" width="1"/
Genetic Variant Increases Risk Of Common Type Stroke: A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists in a study published online in Nature Genetics. This is one of the few genetic variants to date to be associated with risk of stroke and the discovery opens up new possibilities for treatment. Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide (more than one in 10 of all deaths, and over six million deaths annually), and also in developed countries is a major cause of chronic disability. As the world's populations age the impact of stroke on wellbeing is likely to increase further...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/yapJ1aEfPWs" height="1" width="1"/
Faster, More Efficient Protein Labeling Developed By Chemists: North Carolina State University researchers have created specially engineered mammalian cells to provide a new "chemical handle" which will enable researchers to label proteins of interest more efficiently, without disrupting the normal function of the proteins themselves or the cells in which they are found. Protein labeling is used by researchers in a variety of fields to help them understand how these important molecules affect the normal functioning of cells...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/_-TX4yuuUco" height="1" width="1"/
Key To Immune Cell's 'internal Guidance' System Discovered: University of British Columbia researchers have discovered the molecular pathway that enables receptors inside immune cells to find, and flag, fragments of pathogens trying to invade a host. The discovery of the role played by the molecule CD74 could help immunologists investigate treatments that offer better immune responses against cancers, viruses and bacteria, and lead to more efficient vaccines. The findings are published in this week's edition of Nature Immunology...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/GwAcJrCGxEU" height="1" width="1"/
More Accurate Diagnosis Of Genetic Mutations Expected Using New Virtual Tool: DNA sequencing to detect genetic mutations can aid in the diagnosis and selection of treatment for cancer. Current methods of testing DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing, occasionally produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret. Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed a free software program, Pyromaker, that can more accurately identify such complex genetic mutations...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/X_xmgjFa-Uk" height="1" width="1"/
Preventing Obesity Through Positive Parenting During Early Childhood: Programs that support parents during their child's early years hold promise for obesity prevention, according to a new study in the online issue of Pediatrics. Today, one out of five American children is obese. Young children who are overweight are five times more likely than their peers of normal weight to be obese by adolescence. Obese children and adolescents, especially low-income and minority youth, are at increased risk for a range of medical, social and academic problems...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/KVUN0IxyDlA" height="1" width="1"/
Smoking Speeds Up Male Cognitive Decline: A male regular smoker has a higher risk of rapid cognitive decline, compared to his counterparts who do not smoke, researchers from University College London, England, reported in Archives of General Psychiatry. The authors add that the evidence has been mounting regarding the link between smoking and dementia in elderly individuals - smoking has been found to push up the total number of patients with dementia around the world. Séverine Sabia, Ph.D., and team set out to determine what impact smoking might have on men during their transition from middle age to old age...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/VwQJVVzR4P4" height="1" width="1"/
How Autoreactive T Cells Slip Through The Cracks: Immune cells capable of attacking healthy organs "see" their targets differently than do protective immune cells that attack viruses, according to work published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. During development, T lymphocytes are screened for their ability to recognize normal tissue. Such autoreactive cells are typically purged, but some slip by these safeguards and may contribute to autoimmune disease...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/8LiSuTtqcjo" height="1" width="1"/
Based On CE Analysis Of Oral Medications, ACP Recommends Metformin To Treat Type 2 Diabetes: The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar. ACP also recommends that clinicians add a second drug to metformin when treatment with metformin and lifestyle changes fail to control blood sugar levels. Citing insufficient evidence, ACP does not recommend one class of drug over another as a second medication...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/9pVoFg4NWUU" height="1" width="1"/
A Child's Long-Term Development May Be Harmed By Physical Punishment: An analysis of research on physical punishment of children over the past 20 years indicates that such punishment is potentially harmful to their long-term development, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Over the past 20 years, a growing body of research clearly indicates that children who have experienced physical punishment tend to be more aggressive toward parents, siblings, peers and, later, spouses, and are more likely to develop antisocial behaviour...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Qu-MOLf4Xxw" height="1" width="1"/
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: Feb. 7 2012: 1. American College of Physicians Issues New Clinical Practice Guideline for Drug Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes ACP Recommends Metformin to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Based on Comparative Effectiveness Analysis of Oral Medications The American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends that clinicians add metformin as the initial drug treatment for most patients with type 2 diabetes when lifestyle modifications such as diet, exercise, and weight loss have failed to adequately improve high blood sugar...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/QFgmkOk6JFs" height="1" width="1"/
A Particular Breast Cancer Subtype May Respond To Drugs Targeting Chromosomal Instability: Another layer in breast cancer genetics has been peeled back. A team of researchers at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center (KCC) led by Richard G. Pestell, M.D., PhD., FACP, Director of the KCC and Chair of the Department of Cancer Biology, have shown in a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that the oncogene cyclin D1 may promote a genetic breakdown known as chromosomal instability (CIN). CIN is a known, yet poorly understood culprit in tumor progression...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/fQfDCzjzLJk" height="1" width="1"/
Directing Stem Cells To Increase Bone Formation And Bone Strength: A research team led by UC Davis Health System scientists has developed a novel technique to enhance bone growth by using a molecule which, when injected into the bloodstream, directs the body's stem cells to travel to the surface of bones. Once these cells are guided to the bone surface by this molecule, the stem cells differentiate into bone-forming cells and synthesize proteins to enhance bone growth...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/iYlemJu-fxI" height="1" width="1"/
Researchers Find Additional Benefits Of Cord Blood Cells In Mice Modeling ALS: Repeated, low-dose injections of mononuclear cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hUCB, tradename: U-CORD-CELL™) have been found effective in protecting motor neuron cells, delaying disease progression and increasing lifespan for mice modeling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, report University of South Florida researchers and colleagues from Saneron CCEL Therapeutics, Inc., and the Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Their study was published online in the journal PLoS ONE...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/hS6dg33bKRc" height="1" width="1"/
Simultaneously Confronting HIV/AIDS, Malaria, And The Need For Clean Water Improves Health At A Lower Cost: The great paradox of global health efforts is that regions of the world most plagued by poverty, poor infrastructure and rampant disease are often the most difficult to deliver care to. In addition, when development and public health agencies focus their efforts on one individual disease or another, instead of taking a unified approach, their programs can work at cross-purposes, contributing to rising costs and lost lives...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/rBSjW5sGzd8" height="1" width="1"/
New Analysis Finds No Antidepressant-Suicide Link In Youths: In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine did not increase - or decrease - suicidality in children compared to placebo treatment. An analysis built on data from 41 trials and more than 9,000 patients also found that two different popular antidepressant drugs were effective at reducing suicidal behavior and depressive symptoms in adult and geriatric patients...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/rtmLd9Wxa0A" height="1" width="1"/
Clues To Common Birth Defect Found In Gene Expression Data: Researchers at MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC), The Jackson Laboratory and other institutes have uncovered 27 new candidate genes for congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a common and often deadly birth defect. Their sophisticated data-filtering strategy, which uses gene expression during normal development as a starting point, offers a new, efficient and potentially game-changing approach to gene discovery...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/5N2EqxzCfg4" height="1" width="1"/
New Prostate Cancer Drug Target Identified: Research led by Wanguo Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a new protein critical to the development and growth of prostate cancer. The findings are published online in the Early Edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, available the week of February 6, 2012. Dr. Liu and his team discovered a protein called ARD1 which is involved with the male hormone, androgen, and its receptor. Prostate cancer is a hormone-regulated disease and the main hormone is androgen...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/OIn8P0RCn5o" height="1" width="1"/
The Pathway To Losing Fat Is Heavily Influenced By A Hormone Produced In The Heart: It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that the heart also plays a role in breaking down fat. In their study, published February 6 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Sheila Collins, Ph.D. and colleagues detail how hormones released by the heart stimulate fat cell metabolism. These hormones turn on a molecular mechanism similar to what's activated when the body is exposed to cold and burns fat to generate heat...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/wGa_Y6sq4Ds" height="1" width="1"/
As A Control Measure During Pandemic Outbreaks, School Closures Should Be Considered: Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study. Using high-quality data about the incidence of influenza infections in Alberta during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the researchers show that when schools closed for the summer, the transmission of infection from person to person was sharply reduced...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/8UVwwj9WL-4" height="1" width="1"/
Increased Risk Of Fatal Side Effects From 3 'Targeted' Cancer Drugs: Treatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that the risk remains low, but should be taken into account by physicians and patients. The incidence of fatal complications was 1.5 percent in patients who received any of the three drugs, which block the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase receptors in cancer cells, according to the study published February 6 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Z0N6pdipo1E" height="1" width="1"/
Taste Receptors Discovered In Pancreatic Beta Cells Can Sense Fructose And Stimulate Insulin Secretion: Taste receptors on the tongue help us distinguish between safe food and food that's spoiled or toxic. But taste receptors are now being found in other organs, too. In a study published online the week of February 6 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) discovered that beta cells in the pancreas use taste receptors to sense fructose, a type of sugar. According to the study, the beta cells respond to fructose by secreting insulin, a hormone that regulates the body's response to dietary sugar...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/UMqzGRx8_NQ" height="1" width="1"/
Oncology Translational Imaging For Early Phase Anticancer Drug Development - Conference, 14-15 March 2012, London: Join SMi at their 8th annual Imaging in Cancer Drug Development conference to be held on the 14th 15th March 2012 in London, that promises to be interactive and informative. With an increasing verity of imaging modalities available and each of them offering benefits at different stages and in different ways, there is a great deal of benefit that can be gained from their implementation...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ah1oyVp7SLU" height="1" width="1"/
Silver Compounds Found To Be Toxic To Cancer: The internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects. Results from the study at the University of Leeds, published in Dalton Transactions, show that particular silver compounds are as toxic to cancer cells as the platinum-based drug Cisplatin, which is widely used to treat a range of cancers. But the crucial difference is that silver is thought to be much less toxic to healthy human cells, and in some cases, can be beneficial...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/J4ut7OhCv30" height="1" width="1"/
Study Identifies Molecular Switch That Allows Melanoma To Resist Therapy: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that as many as one in 51 men and women will be diagnosed with melanoma - the deadliest form of skin cancer - at some point during their lifetimes. A research team led by Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D. at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) is working to unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and progression of this disease in hopes of improving prevention and treatment strategies...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/v25rOyvPWLc" height="1" width="1"/
'Biopsy In A Blood Test' - Effective New Diagnostic For Cancer: Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) - breakaway cells from patients' solid tumors - from cancer patients. The findings, reported in five new papers, show that the highly sensitive blood analysis provides information that may soon be comparable to that from some types of surgical biopsies...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/vOpMSBBMeSc" height="1" width="1"/
After Concussion, Over-Reliance On Computer Tests In Return-To-Plan Decisions Questioned: A new study by researchers at Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus and Pace University is critical of the widespread use of computerized neuropsychological tests (CNT) in decisions regarding when athletes can return to play after suffering a concussion. "Our knowledge of the effects of concussions continues to evolve," said Thomas Redick, assistant professor of psychology at IUPUC. "We should continue to ask ourselves what the best practices are when dealing with a brain injury, which is what a concussion is...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/RhAQ59W83bs" height="1" width="1"/
One In Ten Cases Of Diabetes Goes Untreated: Rates of diabetes vary widely across developing countries worldwide, according to a new analysis led by Dr. Longjian Liu of Drexel University's School of Public Health. Worldwide, four in five people with diabetes now live in developing countries. Liu's study found that access to healthcare support for diabetes varied widely in developing countries, and that one in 10 diagnosed cases remain untreated. The study is available online and will appear in a future issue of the journal Diabetic Medicine. "Diabetes is now one of the most common non-communicable diseases globally," Liu said...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/mVonedrAqGM" height="1" width="1"/
Harmful Bacteria On Raw Chicken Reduced By A Zap Of Cold Plasma: A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the Journal of Food Protection. Although recent high-profile outbreaks of foodborne illness have involved contaminated fresh produce, the most common source of harmful bacteria in food is uncooked poultry and other meat products. The bacteria responsible for most foodborne illnesses, Campylobacter and Salmonella, are found on upwards of 70 percent of chicken meat tested...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/fTl1l5bqSzI" height="1" width="1"/
Breakthroughs Demonstrate Importance Of Targeted Therapies For Lung Cancer: Different kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, different subgroups of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) show distinct patterns of spread in the body...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/N9nC66w0QXg" height="1" width="1"/
Older Women With High Triglyceride Levels At High Risk Of Stroke: In a surprising finding with significant implications for older women, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and NYU School of Medicine have found that high levels of triglycerides (blood fats) are the strongest risk factor for the most common type of stroke in older women - more of a risk factor than elevated levels of total cholesterol or of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (known as "bad" cholesterol). The study appears online in Stroke. Strokes involve the sudden loss of blood flow to an area of the brain. According to the U.S...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/qHZcRLNDoqE" height="1" width="1"/
Reviewing Ways To Balance The Benefits Of Oxaliplatin With Its Side Effects When Treating Colon Cancer: The drug oxaliplatin is a major reason the prognosis for metastatic colon cancer has gone from an expected survival of several months to a couple years. Unfortunately, the drug can also carry with it debilitating neurological side effects, which generally start as the sensation of pins and needles in fingers and toes and can leave patients unable to walk or dress independently...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/eFCXRKYuO4A" height="1" width="1"/
The Toxic Role Of Tau Oligomers In Alzheimer's: One of the most distinctive signs of the development of Alzheimer's disease is a change in the behavior of a protein that neuroscientists call tau. In normal brains, tau is present in individual units essential to neuron health. In the cells of Alzheimer's brains, by contrast, tau proteins aggregate into twisted structures known as "neurofibrillary tangles." These tangles are considered a hallmark of the disease, but their precise role in Alzheimer's pathology has long been a point of contention among researchers...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/g_xdKNmIkuI" height="1" width="1"/
Non-Invasive DNA Test That Identifies Down Syndrome In Pregnancy Can Also Detect Trisomy 18 And Trisomy 13: A newly available DNA-based prenatal blood test that can identify a pregnancy with Down syndrome can also identify two additional chromosome abnormalities: trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome).The test for all three defects can be offered as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy to women who have been identified as being at high risk for these abnormalities. These are the results of an international, multicenter study published on-line today in the journal Genetics in Medicine...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/pv6uciBJ0Pk" height="1" width="1"/
Growth From Birth To Adulthood And Peak Bone Mass And Density Data From The New Delhi Birth Cohort: Growth in early life may predict adult bone health. Our data showed that greater height and body mass index (BMI) gain in utero and infancy are associated with higher peak bone mass, and greater BMI gain in childhood/adolescence with higher peak bone density. These associations are mediated by attained adult height and BMI. To study the relationship of height and BMI during childhood with adult bone mineral content (BMC), areal density (aBMD) and apparent density (BMAD, estimated volumetric density)...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/fpnIfo4x4s8" height="1" width="1"/
No Breast Cancer Protections From Soy Isoflavone Supplements: Soy isoflavone supplements did not decrease breast cancer cell proliferation in a randomized clinical trial, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Lead researcher Seema A. Khan, M.D., professor of surgery at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, said the results of this study are consistent with the findings of previous studies that were designed to test cancer prevention benefits of dietary supplements. "Simply put, supplements are not food...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Xk8pK5KwFCM" height="1" width="1"/
Parasites Or Not? Transposable Elements In Fruit Flies: Many living organisms suffer from parasites, which use the hosts' resources for their own purposes. The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down to the DNA scale. Genomes may contain up to 80% "foreign" DNA but details of the mechanisms by which this enters the host genome and how hosts attempt to combat its spread are still the subject of conjecture. Important new information comes from the group of Christian Schlotterer at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna. The findings are published in the prestigious journal PLoS Genetics...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ehu_G16PhTk" height="1" width="1"/
Researchers Weigh Methods To More Accurately Measure Genome Sequencing: Lost in the euphoria of the 2003 announcement that the human genome had been sequenced was a fundamental question: how can we be sure that an individual's genome has been read correctly? While the first full, individual genome was sequenced a decade ago, given the vast genetic variation across the world's seven billion people, not to mention the differences in makeup even among close relatives, the question of accurate sequencing for individuals has continued to vex researchers...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Pjpx1fyc-Xs" height="1" width="1"/
Minimally Invasive Treatment Dissolves Blood Clots In The Brain And Lowers Risk Of Brain Damage After Stroke: Johns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue or removing large pieces of skull. The minimally invasive treatment, they report, increased the number of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) who could function independently by 10 to 15 percent six months following the procedure...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/HP8Tg0MGhjQ" height="1" width="1"/
New Procedure Repairs Severed Nerves In Minutes, Restoring Limb Use In Days Or Weeks: American scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. The team used a cellular mechanism similar to that used by many invertebrates to repair damage to nerve axons. Their results are published in the Journal of Neuroscience Research. "We have developed a procedure which can repair severed nerves within minutes so that the behavior they control can be partially restored within days and often largely restored within two to four weeks," said Professor George Bittner from the University of Texas...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/W84gykNLW88" height="1" width="1"/
Breastfeeding And Lung Function At School Age: Does Maternal Asthma Modify The Effect?: Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study from researchers in Switzerland and the UK. "In our cohort of school age children, breastfeeding was associated with modest improvement in forced mid-expiratory flow (FEF50) in our whole group and with improvements in forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) only in the children of asthmatic mothers," said Claudia E...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/SvGsM86Epw0" height="1" width="1"/
Merck Has Positive Results With New Insomnia Drug: Merck has announced positive results in a phase 3 trial of its insomnia drug. It's a key player in the companies up and coming products, especially considering the loss of patent protection on its top drugs for asthma and allergys. The experimental drug known as suvorexant, uses a new mechanism created to help people sleep, but at the same time aiming to mitigate side effects associated with popular sleep aids. Analysts think that annual sales of the drug could top $500 million within several years. Peter S...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/gwxLxN9H5Rk" height="1" width="1"/
Mild Alzheimer's Might In Fact Be Mild Cognitive Impairment: New revised criteria could mean that a considerable number of patients currently diagnosed with mild or very mild Alzheimer's, might in fact be reclassified as having MCI (mild cognitive impairment), John C. Morris, M.D., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, wrote in Archives of Neurology. The Alzheimer's Association, along with the NIA (National Institute of Aging) revised the criteria for MCI after convening a work group. The new criteria have considerably widened the meaning of functional independence, Dr. Morris explained...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Z46VcwZQkLU" height="1" width="1"/
Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Causes Substantial Bone Loss: A recent study published in The Lancet Oncology shows how exemestane (Aromasin), a drug that prevents the development of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, may significantly worsen age-related bone loss. As an aromatase inhibitor, exemestane works by blocking the synthesis of estrogen, slowing down the growth of cancers that have estrogen receptors. Whilst the drug is effective at preventing the development of cancer, there has been an increasing concern about its effects on bone density and fracture risk...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/mcCHohtrd9M" height="1" width="1"/
Finger Foods During Weaning Help Maintain Healthy Body Weight Later On: A study published in BMJ Open reveals that infants tend to eat healthier and be a healthy weight as they get older if they are allowed to feed themselves with finger foods from the start of weaning (baby led weaning), compared to infants who are spoon fed. According to the researchers, findings from the study indicate that baby led weaning may help prevent childhood obesity. Findings from the study were based on 155 children aged between 20 months and 6.5 years, whose parents filled out a survey regarding their children's food preferences and weaning style...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/2xnOHqyDMQY" height="1" width="1"/
Not Completing Teen Education Raises Risk Of Being On Benefits Later On: A study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reveals that adolescents are nearly three times more likely to be on benefits in the future if they drop out of school than those who complete their education. The researchers examined the self-rated health of nearly 9,000 Norwegian adolescents between the ages of 13 to 19, who were already participating in the Young-HUNT study between 1995 and 1997...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ZBB33ksAjKU" height="1" width="1"/
Children Who Move House A Lot Have Higher Risk Of Illnesses Later: A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that, moving house frequently during childhood appears to raise the risk of poor health in later life. The health of 850 individuals participating in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study, which was based on postcodes, tracked the long term health of individuals aged 15, 35 and 55 in 1987-1988 over a period of two decades, was evaluated by the researchers...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/xGRiHmZUItE" height="1" width="1"/
Bad Immunity Genes - Why do They Survive?: New evidence has been discovered by biologists at the University of Utah as to why people, mice and other vertebrate animals carry thousands of different genes to create major histocompatibility complex (MHCs) proteins, despite the fact that some of those genes make humans vulnerable to autoimmune diseases and infections. Findings from the study will be published online the week of February 6, 2012, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. MHC proteins are found on the surface of most cells in vertebrates and define an individual's tissue type...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/qB_QvHvAxwA" height="1" width="1"/
Green Tea Protects Against Functional Disability Linked To Aging: Regular green tea drinkers have a lower risk of developing functional disability, researchers from Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Functional disability refers to problems with daily chores and activities, such as bathing or dressing. As background information, the authors explained that prior studies had found that consuming green tea reduced the risk of diseases associated with functional disability, such as osteoporosis, cognitive impairment and stroke...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/I6APwxuMFXI" height="1" width="1"/
Child Abuse - 4,569 Hospitalizations And 300 Deaths In One Year, USA: Child abuse injuries resulted in 4,500 hospitalizations and 300 fatalities in just one year in the USA, researchers from Yale School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. This is the first study that has quantified abuse severity and how many children ended up in hospital, the authors added. Child Protective Services had only tracked occurrence of child abuse at a national level. Dr. John M. Leventhal and team set out to find out what the incidence of hospitalizations due to child abuse among children under 18 years of age might be...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/1thxTaYpFIY" height="1" width="1"/
Lung Function At School Age Better Thanks To Breastfeeding: A study by researchers in Switzerland and the UK reveals that breastfeeding is linked to enhanced lung function at school age, especially in children born to asthmatic mothers. The study is published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Claudia E. Kuehni, M.D...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/XmkizAyUIbY" height="1" width="1"/
Teen Secondhand Smoke Exposure Down, But Not Enough: Secondhand Smoke (SHS) exposure among middle and high school students in the USA has dropped over the last ten years, researchers from the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) reported in the March edition of Pediatrics. The authors explained that passengers in cars who accompany smokers run significant health risks, especially if they are children and teenagers. Even though exposure has gone down over the last decade, 22...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/zLZrBC88U9c" height="1" width="1"/
Trevo® Pro System - Good Results In Restoring Function In Stroke Patients: Stryker has just announced the results of the TREVO Study at the International Stroke Conference in New Orleans. TREVO, (Thrombectomy REvascularization of large Vessel Occlusions in acute ischemic stroke) was designed to evaluate Trevo® System's ability to remove the blood clots that cause strokes, restoring the blood flow to the brain, and was one of the first prospective multi-center clinical studies of clot-removing stent retriever technology. The study involved sixty patients at seven leading European stroke centers. An independent core lab measured revascularization...img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/pxPCLvPNWqk" height="1" width="1"/
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