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Young stars, exploding supernovae, and active black holes produced powerful winds 10 billion to 12 billion years ago. These winds were the spoon that lifted the iron from the…
Stanford researchers show how universe’s violent youth seeded cosmos with iron
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859-323-2399University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 30, 2013) A new study led by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Assistant Director for Research Nathan Vanderford cites a combination of factors that prevent…
New study analyzes barriers to cancer research commercialization
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574-631-2965University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame researchers have, for the first time, identified the enzymes that are detrimental to diabetic wound healing and those that are beneficial to repair the wound.
There are…
Notre Dame research finding may help accelerate diabetic wound healing
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310-206-0511University of California – Los Angeles
Life scientists from UCLA’s College of Letters and Science have discovered fundamental rules of leaf design that underlie plants’ ability to produce leaves…
The secret math of plants: UCLA biologists uncover rules that govern leaf design
A new testing method can better detect potentially fatal hormone imbalances in patients with end-stage kidney disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism…
Source: Testing technique could lengthen lifespan of dialysis patients
Older individuals hospitalized with a serious condition may face a slimmer risk of surviving if their thyroid hormone levels are low, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology…
Source: Low thyroid levels may signal heightened risk of death in hospitalized patients
New research refutes the scientific community’s long-held belief that the body needs a specific protein to produce steroid hormones like testosterone, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s journal Endocrinology.
Source: Testosterone production study challenges 25-year-old scientific dogma
WEDNESDAY Oct. 30, 2013 — Parental perceptions can be way off when it comes to what their kids are exposed to while surfing the Internet, according to a new study that puts an e-spin on the enduring generation gap. The survey of 456 parent-child pairs revealed that although nearly…
Source:Think You Know What Your Child’s Up to Online? Think Again
A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart failure patients to potentially help relieve their debilitating symptoms of fatigue, shortness of…
Multidisciplinary team tests innovative heart failure therapy in global clinical trials
Stephanie Walker had a form of sleepwalking which saw her cut her legs
She would wake up to find her bedclothes soaked in blood
She feared she might hurt her parents or brother in her sleep
Doctors tried giving her sleeping pills to put her into such a deep sleep that she wouldn’t get up…
‘I cut myself with knives in my sleep’: Woman, 22, finally finds cure for bizarre disorder that left her severely injured
Among people with mental illnesses,
left-handed people are more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders
than mood disorders like depression
11% of people diagnosed with mood disorders are left-handed, compared to 40% of those with schizophrenia
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LEFT-handed people are more likely to be schizophrenic than depressed
Lesley Boden was seven-and-a half months pregnant when she suffered an unexplained cardiac death which killed her unborn
daughter, Rosina Eleanor
Her pregnancy had been ‘reassuringly normal’ with no problems
Coroner recorded verdict of death by natural causes caused by sudden…
Pregnant army major died in her sleep just weeks before she was due to give birth, killing her baby daughter
During tests, blind people identified when lights had been switched on
Scans also found the change in light activated parts of their brains
Researchers discovered light is registered by a part of the retina that is separate from the rods and cones that control sight
This suggests certain…
Light activates the brain in BLIND people: Scans reveals that those with no sight can still tell if a bulb is switched on
Grapevine leafroll (GLD) is considered as the most economically important virus disease affecting wine grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) in many grapevine-growing regions. GLD produces distinct symptoms in red- and white-berried cultivars.
In this study, we determined the complete genome sequence of…
Molecular characterization and impacts of a Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 2 strain causing asymptomatic infection in a wine grape cultivar
In the present study, we show the correlation of quantum chemical structural descriptors with the activation barriers of the Diels-Alder ligations. A set of 72 non-catalysed Diels-Alder reactions were subjected to quantitative structure-activation barrier relationship (QSABR) under the…
Quantitative structure-activation barrier relationship modeling for Diels-Alder ligations utilizing quantum chemical structural descriptors
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing, along with obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2DM), with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginala) women in Australia particularly affected. GDM causes serious complications in pregnancy, birth, and the longer term, for women and their…
Postpartum care for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus across urban, rural and remote locations: a protocol for a cohort linkage study
Up to 50% of chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) patients experience considerable pain and disability and remain on sick-leave. No evidence supports the use of physiotherapy treatment of chronic WAD, although exercise is recommended.
Previous randomised controlled studies did not…
Effects of neck-specific exercise with or without a behavioural approach in addition to prescribed physical activity for individuals with chronic whiplash-associated disorders: a prospective randomised study
The serpin family comprises of a structurally similar, yet functionally diverse, set of proteins. Named originally for their function as serine proteinase inhibitors, many of its members are not inhibitors but rather chaperones, involved in storage, transport, and other roles.
Serpins are…
Update of the human and mouse SERPIN gene superfamily
Kessler Foundation scientists correlated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) findings with the negative impact of outdoor temperature on cognitive functioning in multiple sclerosis (MS). This study, “Warmer outdoor temperature is associated…
Source: MS study correlates fMR with negative effect of warmer weather on cognitive status
The World Health Organization estimates more than 70 million couples worldwide are unable to conceive each year, with close to a third of those cases attributable solely to issues with male fertility—including low sperm count and low sperm motility (a…
Source: Racing sperm to boost results of in vitro fertilization
New insights into how human cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading cause of birth defects associated with infection spreads from pregnant mother to fetus and from organ to organ in newborns provides translational researchers an exciting new avenue for…
Source: Research points to potential window for treating CMV and preventing mother-to-child transmission
Would you consider traveling to Mexico or India for a less-expensive rhinoplasty or breast augmentation procedure? Many Americans are doing just that—and the trend is having an impact on the market for cosmetic plastic surgery, according to an article…
Source: Rise of medical tourism shows impact on cosmetic surgery market
Young athletes in the U.S. face a “culture of resistance” to reporting when they might have a concussion and to complying with treatment plans, which could endanger their well-being, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National…
Source: Extensive study on concussions in youth sports finds ‘culture of resistance’ for self-reporting injury
A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart failure patients to potentially help relieve their…
Source: Nerve stimulation in neck may reduce heart failure symptoms
30 October 2013: First aid teams are set to improve the survival of heart attack patients with the first pocket-sized manual on acute cardiac conditions. The toolkit was created by expert members of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of…
Source: First aid teams set to improve heart attack survival with pocket manual
The repair of ruptured tendons often requires the use of a graft to bridge gaps between the torn tendon and bone. A tissue-engineered collagen graft can reduce the complications associated with other types of tendon grafts, but it may not be able to…
Source: Novel technique for suturing tissue-engineered collagen graft improves tendon repair
New research on myopia—how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the…
Source: Alarming increasing incidence of myopia
(Garrison, NY) As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public…
Source: Bloomberg’s health legacy: Urban innovator or meddling nanny?
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will appeal a high court ruling that upholds Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide — and is urging that the wheels of justice should turn quickly. Read more about the doctor-assisted suicide ruling Assisted suicide: 3 things to know The legal…
Source:Doctor-assisted suicide ban to be appealed in B.C.
A P.E.I. woman who’s struggled with an eating disorder says she didn’t get the help she needed from the health-care system, and many health professionals agree up-to-date training is needed. Natalie Sullivan saw six health professionals on P.E.I., but none could help her with her…
Source:Eating disorder training dated, doctors worry
An unnamed teenager holds her son in Bangkok in March. Every day, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth in developing countries, the United Nations Population Fund says. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters) Teen pregnancies in the developing world are declining, but more than 7 million girls under the…
Source:7.3 million teens give birth in developing world
30 October 2013 Last updated at 10:26 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Sebelius: “I am as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch” US President Barack Obama’s embattled…
Source:Apology for Obamacare woes
30 October 2013 Last updated at 10:18 ET By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Youth unemployment in the UK is a “public health time bomb waiting to explode”, according to a review by the World Health…
Source:Neets are ‘public health time bomb’
President Barack Obama’s top health official apologized for wasting consumers’ time as they tried to use the crippled website that allows them to buy government mandated health insurance under the health care overhaul known as Obamacare. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
Source:US health official apologizes for Obamacare site
(Garrison, NY) As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public health, “reaching beyond infectious…
Source:Bloomberg’s health legacy: Urban innovator or meddling nanny?
New research on myopia—how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. This special…
Source:Alarming increasing incidence of myopia
The repair of ruptured tendons often requires the use of a graft to bridge gaps between the torn tendon and bone. A tissue-engineered collagen graft can reduce the complications associated with other types of tendon grafts, but it may not be able to support full load bearing until integrated…
Source:Novel technique for suturing tissue-engineered collagen graft improves tendon repair
Tests confirmed polio in 10 out of 22 children in Deir al-Zour Province in northeastern Syria who became ill this month, said Oliver Rosenbauer, a spokesman for the World Health Organization. Results of tests on the other 12 children are expected soon, he added. “With population…
Source:U.N. Confirms an Outbreak of Polio in Syria
Pfizer, the maker of Viagra and the fibromyalgia treatment Lyrica, said Tuesday that net income fell to $2.59 billion, or 39 cents a share, from $3.21 billion, or 43 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding $1.27 billion in one-time items, Pfizer said income would have been $3.86…
Source:Pressure From Generic Drugs Shrinks Profit at Pfizer
Ms. Drelich, a social worker licensed in New York State with more than 25 years of experience in the field, is the founder of New York Elder Care Consultants. She is an active member of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers and is a former president of the Greater New…
Source:Ask an Expert: Advice About Assisted Living for Aging Relatives, Part 3
Ms. Mills is a past president of the American Society of Genealogists and the Board for Certification of Genealogists. From 1987 to 2002 she edited The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal. She developed and for decades headed the advanced methodology track at the…
Source:Ask an Expert: Taking Questions on How to Research Family History
Across the country, the audit found that 27 per cent of people with Type 1 diabetes met the ideal blood glucose level, along with 66 per cent of Type 2 patients. Some 52 per cent of Type 1 patients and 38 per cent of Type 2 patients, or a total of more than 1.2 million patients from the…
Source:NHS failing to check diabetes patients
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association will appeal a high court ruling that upholds Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide — and is urging that the wheels of justice should turn quickly.
Read more about the doctor-assisted suicide ruling
Assisted suicide: 3 things to know
The legal…
Doctor-assisted suicide ban to be appealed in B.C.
A P.E.I. woman who’s struggled with an eating disorder says she didn’t get the help she needed from the health-care system, and many health professionals agree up-to-date training is needed.
Natalie Sullivan saw six health professionals on P.E.I., but none could help her with her…
Eating disorder training dated, doctors worry
An unnamed teenager holds her son in Bangkok in March. Every day, 20,000 girls below age 18 give birth in developing countries, the United Nations Population Fund says. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)
Teen pregnancies in the developing world are declining, but more than 7 million girls under the…
7.3 million teens give birth in developing world
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Sebelius: “I am as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch”
US President Barack Obama’s embattled…
Apology for Obamacare woes
30 October 2013
Last updated at 10:18 ET
By James Gallagher
Health and science reporter, BBC News
Youth unemployment in the UK is a “public health time bomb waiting to explode”, according to a review by the World Health…
Neets are ‘public health time bomb’
President Barack Obama’s top health official apologized for wasting consumers’ time as they tried to use the crippled website that allows them to buy government mandated health insurance under the health care overhaul known as Obamacare.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen…
US health official apologizes for Obamacare site
(Garrison, NY) As New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg prepares to leave office, a commentary by a leading bioethicist analyzes his controversial public health policies and concludes that he is an urban innovator who created a new paradigm of public health, “reaching beyond infectious…
Bloomberg’s health legacy: Urban innovator or meddling nanny?
New research on myopia—how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry.
This special…
Alarming increasing incidence of myopia
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) — sometimes known as the “winter blues” — is an “equal-opportunity oppressor,” according to Norman Rosenthal, M.D., in his comprehensive book Winter Blues Survival Guide: A Workbook for Overcoming SAD. This form of clinical depression affects people…
Source:Are You Struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder?
How often do you clean your hands? A study at Rhode Island Hospital observed staff on 161,526 occasions to monitor how often they cleaned their hands (ie, hand hygiene) between July 2008 to December 2012 and found that hand hygiene compliance improved from 60 percent to 89 percent. The study is…
Source:Study measures impact of education, information on hand hygiene compliance
Like humans, young rats that give birth have a reduced risk of breast cancer later in life. But a new study shows that this protective effect in animals is negated if they’re exposed to an obesity-linked hormone during pregnancy. The study, to be published online Nov. 1 in Cancer…
Source:Pregnant rats exposed to obesity hormone lose birth’s protective effect on breast cancer
Our skin plays host to millions of beneficial and potentially disease-causing microorganisms; however, whether our immune system influences these microbial communities to prevent disease is unknown. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers have explored the microbes living on…
Source:Human immune system shapes skin microbiome
Preserved specimens of the brains of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss and Göttingen physician Conrad Heinrich Fuchs, taken over 150 years ago, were switched – and this probably happened soon after the death of both men in 1855. This is the surprising conclusion reached by Renate Schweizer,…
Source:Unravelling the true identity of the brain of Carl Friedrich Gauss
You are what you eat — but apparently, who you eat with is pretty important too. Research shows that eating alone means eating a less nutritious diet, for post 50s. The European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC Norfolk) has shown that loneliness and social isolation have a…
Source:Loneliness Can Harm The Diet Of Post 50s
By Zhenya Gershman artist, art historian, educator and contributing author to LuxEcoLiving I “met” my parents not long after they first fell in love. I say first — because for as long as I know them they continue to fall for each other deeper and deeper. I grew up surrounded…
Source:Home Is Not Where You Live But Where You Love
With the way the world is going, it’s clear that ego has been the guiding force in everything — actions and outcomes of lives of individuals, groups and societies stem from unconscious connections to the acronym FACE. F-A-C-E are four tools that our small ego personalities use to…
Source:Face Up to F.A.C.E
Looking for a good excuse to spend another night out with friends? You’re in luck. New research suggests that hanging out with friends a couple of times a week is good for your health. Awesome–whose car are we taking? “The figure of twice a week comes from our findings that…
Source:Social Experiment Offers Perfect Excuse For Another Night Out With Friends (VIDEO)
Halloween may not seem like it counts as part of the official holiday season, but this first fall event really does mark the beginning of a very busy, intensely social, and calorie-laden few months that we dread for our bodies and crave for our spirits. But you really don’t have to…
Source:Healthy Treats Without Tricking Your Body
(CBS News) Spreading rumors and mocking someone’s appearance may seem like schoolgirl behavior, but new research finds women can also bring that attitude into the adult world. The study calls this type of action “indirect aggression.” Tracy Vaillancourt, the study’s…
Source:Women use “indirect aggression” to succeed, study says
Scientific evidence shows that people take pleasure in others’ pain, a study claims. A collection of four experiments showed biological and self-reported evidence that people experienced happiness when someone they were jealous of or despised had something negative happen to them. The…
Source:Study reveals people physically take pleasure in others pain
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Amy Blumeamyblume@marshall.usc.edu 213-740-5552USC Marshall School of Business Predicts by 2015, average media consumption will be 15.5 hours a day per person Americans consume an enormous amount of media daily via television, radio, phone and computer. As you read…
Source:USC CTM releases report on Americans’ media consumption
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Jenny Ryanjenny.ryan@nrcresearchpress.comCanadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press) A tribute to Canadian researchers among the first to recognize the toxin-producing E. coli published today in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology Many Canadian scientists and…
Source:Canadian discoveries pivotal to the science of toxins and illness associated with E. coli
Imerslund-Grasbeck Syndrome (IGS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by juvenile megaloblastic anaemia. IGS is caused by mutations in either of the genes encoding the intestinal intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 receptor complex, cubam.
The cubam receptor proteins cubilin and amnionless are…
Detailed investigations of proximal tubular function in Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome
Overweight adolescents are more likely to have dysfunctional eating behaviours compared to normal weight adolescents. Little is known about the effects of obesity treatment on the psychological dimensions of eating behavior in this population.ObjectiveTo examine the effects of a prescriptive…
Effect of a prescriptive dietary intervention on psychological dimensions of eating behavior in obese adolescents
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) — sometimes known as the “winter blues” — is an “equal-opportunity oppressor,” according to Norman Rosenthal, M.D., in his comprehensive book Winter Blues Survival Guide: A Workbook for Overcoming SAD. This form of clinical depression affects people…
Are You Struggling with Seasonal Affective Disorder?
