Author Interviews / 16.08.2011
Zinc Lozenges and Common Cold Duration
Depending on the total dosage of zinc and the composition of lozenges, zinc lozenges may shorten the duration of common...
C. difficile, Hospital Acquired / 11.08.2011
BI C. difficile strain found common in Chicago hospitals
An outbreak strain of Clostridium difficile, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and sometimes life-threatening inflammation of the colon, is common...
August 11, 2011 (Aurora, CO)--In an article published online this week in Nature Genetics, a University of Colorado Cancer Center...
Breast Cancer, Nature / 11.08.2011
Report: NSAIDS reduce the severity of postpartum breast cancers in animal models
Published online on Aug. 7, 2011, the journal Nature Medicine reports that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including ibuprofen reduce the severity...
Boston, MA – A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers finds a strong association between the...
Genetic Research, Nature, Vanderbilt / 10.08.2011
New Multiple Sclerosis Gene Associations Discovered
An international team of scientists has identified 29 new genetic variants linked to multiple sclerosis, providing key insights into the...
Mental Health Research, Nature, Schizophrenia / 07.08.2011
Sporadic Mutations cause more than half the cases of Schizophrenia
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have shown that new, or "de novo," protein-altering mutations—genetic errors that are present in patients...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 1, 2011) — A groundbreaking new study published in the journal, Health Affairs, suggests that increases in...
August 4 2011 Newswise — Wearing compression stockings may be a simple low-tech way to improve obstructive sleep apnea in patients...
Stem Cells / 04.08.2011
Making sperm from stem cells in a dish
Researchers have found a way to turn mouse embryonic stem cells into sperm. This finding, reported in the journal Cell...
Brain Cancer - Brain Tumors / 04.08.2011
Scientists map genetic mutations in the second-most common form of brain cancer, oligodendroglioma
Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have completed a comprehensive map of genetic mutations occurring in the second-most common form...
Poorly controlled asthma more than doubles healthcare costs associated with the disease and threatens educational achievement through a dramatic increase...
Breast Cancer, Cancer Research, Nature / 03.08.2011
New Breast Cancer Strategies Presented at Conference
ORLANDO, Fla. — August 3, 2011 — In their lifetime, women have more than a 12 percent risk of being...
Breast Cancer / 03.08.2011
Potential Links between Maternal Diet in Pregnancy and Breast Cancer in Daughters
ORLANDO, Fla. — August 3, 2011 — During pregnancy, women are counseled to refrain from consuming certain types of foods,...
ORLANDO, Fla. — August 3, 2011 — Research into new methods to prevent and slow metastatic breast cancer will be...
Depression, Mental Health Research / 03.08.2011
Study examines relapses after hospitalization for depression
For Immediate Release – August 3, 2011 – (Toronto) – Twenty-five percent of people who were hospitalized for depression were...
Depression, Mental Health Research / 03.08.2011
The power of positive thoughts and emotions to treat depression
New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2011—Positive activity interventions (PAIs) offer a safe, low-cost, and self-administered approach to managing depression and...
A relatively simple and inexpensive method may be used to determine whether a lung cancer patient is a candidate for...
Breast Cancer / 01.08.2011
Combining dasatinib with Tamoxifen, may overcome Tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer
August 1 20100 PHILADELPHIA—Taking a leukemia chemotherapy drug may help breast cancer patients who don't respond to tamoxifen overcome resistance to...
PITTSBURGH—Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example,...
Reston, Va.–Two new studies published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) provide insight intothe potential...
Smoking, Tobacco Research / 01.08.2011
Young African American Men and “alternative” Tobacco Products
Alexandria, VA — Tobacco related disease is a primary source of mortality for African American men. Recent studies suggest that...
Discovers new asthma gene in African-Americans, replicates 4 others A new national collaboration of asthma genetics researchers has revealed a novel...
DETROIT – Kezhong Zhang, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics and of immunology and microbiology in the School...
Breast Cancer, Nature / 29.07.2011
Study examines how blood protein levels change as breast cancer develops before it is clinically detectable
SEATTLE – Using a "systems biology" approach – which focuses on understanding the complex relationships between biological systems – to...
Gout / 28.07.2011
US Gout prevalence increases over last 2 decades
A new study shows the prevalence of gout in the U.S. has risen over the last twenty years and now...
Women with breasts that appear dense on mammograms are at a higher risk of breast cancer and their tumors are...
Diabetes, JCEM, Nature, UCLA / 28.07.2011
Increased muscle mass may lower risk of pre-diabetes
Study shows building muscle can lower person's risk of insulin resistance A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's...
Breast Cancer, Cancer Research / 27.07.2011
Scientists Develop New Therapy for HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Newswise — PHILADELPHIA — Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer may have an alternative therapy when they develop resistance to trastuzumab,...
Infections, JAMA, Urinary Tract Infections / 26.07.2011
Antibiotic appears more effective than cranberry capsules for preventing urinary tract infections
In premenopausal women who have repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs), the antibiotic trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) appeared more effective than cranberry capsules...