Early parental program improves long-term childhood outcomes
• Children's Health • • Public Health • Jan 19 15
Children whose parents participated in a prenatal program aimed at enhancing couples’ co-parenting relationship were better adjusted at age seven than children whose parents…
Rare mutations do not explain ‘missing heritability’ in asthma
• Asthma • Jan 19 15
Despite a strong suspected link between genetics and asthma, commonly found genetic mutations account for only a small part of the risk for developing…
To beet or not to beet? Researchers test theories of beet juice benefits
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • Jan 19 15
Athletes who down beet juice before exercising to increase blood flow and improve performance may be surprised at the results of a recent study…
Michigan autoworkers fare worse when it comes to the heart
• Diabetes • • Heart • Jan 19 15
A Michigan State University study is the first to indicate that the state’s autoworkers are at a higher risk of heart disease compared to…
Study identifies geographic clusters of underimmunization in Northern California
• Immunology • • Public Health • Jan 19 15
Researchers used spatial analysis software and electronic medical records to identify clusters of underimmunization and vaccine refusal among Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California,…
Is it possible to reset our biological clocks?
• Public Health • Jan 19 15
Imagine being able to easily get over all of the discomfort and problems of jet lag or night-shift work. Science is not quite there,…
Brain recalls old memories via new pathways
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 15
People with anxiety disorders, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often experience prolonged and exaggerated fearfulness. Now, an animal study suggests that this…
Genes and environment contribute to personal and peer drinking during adolescence and beyond
• Genetics • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Jan 19 15
Alcohol use typically begins during adolescence, within social contexts, and is often correlated with the drinking of one’s peers. A new study of how…
Bacteria could contribute to development of wound-induced skin cancer
• Cancer • • Infections • Jan 12 15
Researchers at King’s College London have identified a new mechanism by which skin damage triggers the formation of tumours, which could have important therapeutic…
Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women
• Gender: Female • • Heart • Jan 12 15
A large international study, published today in The Lancet, has shown conclusively that statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women.
Whether…
Restoring vision to the blind
• Eye / Vision Problems • Jan 08 15
Scientists have long known that species such as amphibians and fish can regenerate retinal cells - so why can’t mammals? This and related questions…
An avocado a day keeps the cardiologist away
• Food & Nutrition • • Heart • Jan 08 15
Adding an avocado to your daily diet may help lower bad cholesterol, in turn reducing risk for heart disease, according to health researchers.
Avocados…
Mom’s exercise habits good for blood pressure in kids
• Children's Health • • Physical activity -exercise • Jan 06 15
It’s been well established among doctors and researchers alike, that babies with lower birth weight have a greater risk of having high blood pressure…
Skin microbes trigger specific immune responses
• Immunology • • Infections • Jan 06 15
New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that naturally colonize the skin,…
Men’s diets are related to local offerings, unlike women’s
• Dieting • • Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Male • Jan 06 15
Canadian men’s eating habits are associated with the availability of healthy food sources in their residential neighbourhood but women’s are not, according to researchers…
Poor vitamin D status linked to longer respiratory support in ICU patients, study finds
• Respiratory Problems • Jan 06 15
Vitamin D status may influence the duration of respiratory support needed for surgical intensive care patients, according to a new cohort study conducted by…
Cancer treatment potential discovered in gene repair mechanism
• Cancer • • Genetics • Dec 31 14
Case Western Reserve researchers have identified a two-pronged therapeutic approach that shows great potential for weakening and then defeating cancer cells. The team’s complex…
Enzyme’s alter ego helps activate the immune system
• Immunology • Dec 29 14
Already known to cut proteins, the enzyme SPPL3 turns out to have additional talents, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins. In its…
Text messaging reminders increase second dose influenza vaccinations in children
• Children's Health • • Immunology • Dec 29 14
Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose…
Comparing analgesic effect of manual vs laser acupuncture for lateral epicondylalgia
• Neurology • • Pain • Dec 29 14
A team of researchers from China Medical University and Da-Chien General Hospital in Taiwan (R.O.C.) recently compared the analgesic effect of laser acupuncture and…
Binge drinking disrupts immune system in young adults, study finds
• Immunology • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Dec 29 14
Binge drinking in young, healthy adults significantly disrupts the immune system, according to a study led by a researcher now at Loyola University Chicago…
High-fat diet, obesity during pregnancy harms stem cells in developing fetus
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • Dec 26 14
Physician-scientists at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital reveal a high-fat diet and obesity during pregnancy compromise the blood-forming, or hematopoietic, stem cell system in the…
Project pinpoints 12 new genetic causes of developmental disorders
• Children's Health • • Genetics • • Neurology • Dec 26 14
The first results to emerge from a nationwide project to study the genetic causes of rare developmental disorders have revealed 12 causative genes that…
Optogenetics captures neuronal transmission in live mammalian brain
• Brain • • Neurology • Dec 26 14
Neurons, the cells of the nervous system, communicate by transmitting chemical signals to each other through junctions called synapses. This “synaptic transmission” is critical…
Resistance to anti-viral drug may be more likely in cystic fibrosis patients
• Infections • • Respiratory Problems • Dec 19 14
A drug called ganciclovir is given to lung transplant patients to protect against a life-threatening virus that is common after transplantation.
Ganciclovir reduces…