Medical Research: Latest News and Information Document List

List of Medical Research Publications:

• Mother's Empathy and Epigenetic Changes to Oxytocin Gene Link

  Research article regarding study that shed light on inter-connectedness among Oxytocin gene, brain structure, and maternal empathy.

• New Bone Bandage Accelerates Repair of a Break

  Pro-Healing Biochemical bandage captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at site of a bone break to accelerate and improve natural healing process.

• New Urine Test Detects Onchocerciasis a Disease that Causes Blindness

  Researchers develop urine diagnostic to detect parasitic worms that cause river blindness or onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 - 120 million people worldwide.

• Mobile Phone Radiation May Affect Adolescent Memory Performance

  Research conducted looked at the relationship between exposure to RF-EMF from wireless communication devices and memory performance in adolescents.

• Tungsten: Concern Over Possible Health Risk by Human Exposure to Tungsten

  New findings could add doubt over the once-universal assumption that tungsten poses little or no health risk to the general human population.

• Cancer Genome Atlas: Identifying Genetic Roots of Cancer

  Scientists have completed genetic sequencing and analyses of over 11,000 tumors from patients, spanning 33 types of cancer - part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project.

• Metabolomics - Promising Tool for Advancing in Treatment Personalization of Oncological Patients

  Metabolomics studies have been successfully applied to get a better understanding of many diseases, including a number of neoplastic processes.

• Effects of Genetic Engineering by Changing DNA

  Scientists involved in the field of genetic research have been moving toward the goal of being able to change DNA.

• Majority in Favor of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Screening

  Recent research indicates most people are in favour of newborn screening for the potentially deadly condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

• Studying Chromosomes Centers May Reveal Link to Down Syndrome

  PCR-based approach to a frontier of the human genome could speed discovery in chromosome-based diseases and birth defects.

• Drinking Glasses Can Contain Potentially Harmful Levels of Lead and Cadmium

  Research reveals enamelled drinking glasses and popular merchandise can contain potentially toxic levels of lead and cadmium.

• Brain Games or Training Have No Effect On Decision Making or Cognitive Function

  Study reveals commercial brain training with Lumosity have no effect on decision-making, and no effect on cognitive function beyond practice effects on the training tasks.

• Hope for Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia and Related Diseases

  Neurodegenerative disease mechanism identified in studies of progressive neurodegenerative diseases provides hope for developing biomarker and potential drug for treating such diseases.

• Left-handed? Slender Face Identified as Marker for Left-Handedness

  Study reveals people with a slender lower face are about 25% more likely to be left-handed.

• Paralyzed Man Moves Legs Using Electrical Stimulation of Spinal Cord

  Electrical stimulation on the spinal cord and physical therapy help man intentionally move his paralyzed legs, stand and make steplike motions.

• Unexpected Link Between Cancer and Autism

  A protein called SHANK prevents spread of breast cancer cells to surrounding tissue and it is known that its absence or gene mutations are related to autism.

• Potential New Causes for TMAU - A Fishy Smelling Body Odor Disorder

  Study provides new insight into causes of trimethylaminura, a genetically transmitted metabolic disorder that leads to accumulation of a chemical that smells like rotting fish.

• Gene Discovery Helps Children with Dystonia and Movement Disorder Walk Again

  Researchers discover new genetic cause for dystonia, a movement disorder, enabling treatment with Deep Brain Stimulation which has been so successful that children have been able to walk again.

• Brain Scans of Children with Tourette's Provides Clues

  Researchers identify areas in the brains of children with Tourette's syndrome that appear markedly different from same areas in other children.

• Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Essential Tremor Proves Safe and Effective

  Researchers explore focused ultrasound for conditions ranging from breast tumors to Parkinsons Disease.

• WellSpringboard - Crowdfunding Medical Breakthroughs

  WellSpringboard is a crowdfunding medical research platform from The University of Michigan Health System.

• Everyone Wants to Help the Ill - But Not the Unemployed

  Research reveals why healthcare costs are running out of control, while costs to unemployment protection are kept in line.

• Candida Yeast Infection and Mental Illness Link

  Study reveals yeast infection linked to mental illness and Candida infections also more common among those with memory loss.

• Course of Human Evolution Could Change With Gene Editing Technology

  New gene-editing technology could eliminate some inherited diseases but also change the course of human evolution.

• Social Media - Study of Patient Experience Sharing

  Research shows social media beneficial for sharing and building upon patient experiences.

• Genetic Cause of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA) Identified

  Researchers identify new mutation responsible for Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA), a degenerative and ultimately fatal movement disorder.

• Short or Overweight? Socioeconomic Factors Link

  Research reveals being a shorter man or overweight woman leads to lower chances in life - including lower income.

• Brain Waves May Spread by Electrical Fields

  Discovery could lead to possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy and better understand healthy physiology.

• MicroRNA: A General Overview

  Micro RNA (miRNA) is a small non-coding RNA molecule, containing about 22 nucleotides, found in plants, animals, and some viruses, which functions in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression.

• Hope for Huntington's Disease Patients

  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Researchers Identify Promising Molecule for Treatment of Huntington's Disease.

• Gene Editing - A Future Disease Cure?

  Gene Editing has potential to help with diseases like cystic fibrosis or sickle cell anemia, and diseases where a single gene is broken.

• New ResearchKit Studies for Autism, Epilepsy & Melanoma - Apple

  Apple announces new ResearchKit, enabling new studies on autism, epilepsy and melanoma for medical research.

• Schistosomiasis Japonica: Skin Hyperthermia Treatment

  Using hyperthermia to prevent and treat schistosomiasis as a result of its heat sensitivity.

• DNA Sequencing for Urinary Tract Infection Treatment

  Urinary tract infections (UTIs) could be treated quickly and efficiently using DNA sequencing device.

• Detecting Klinefelter Syndrome Disorder in Boys

  Klinefelter syndrome is the most common disorder of the male sex chromosomes, yet is rarely diagnosed in children.

• Epigenetic Inheritance: Facts and General Information

  General facts and information regarding Epigenetic inheritance, the transmission of information from a cell or multicellular organism to its descendants without that information being encoded in the nucleotide sequence of genes.

• Predicting if Children with DiGeorge Syndrome will Develop Autism or Psychosis

  Genetic differences between people with chromosomal deletion, 22q11.2, or DiGeorge syndrome, who have autism and those with psychosis.

• The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI)

  Information regarding The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), a non-profit biotech that focuses on ALS research.

• Can You Hear Inaudible Sound Such as Wind Turbines

  EMRP project asks if wind farms are harmful to humans, experts examine hearing in lower limit range of audible frequency range (infrasound), and upper limit range (ultrasound).

• Google Maps for Human Body at Cellular Level

  Using Google algorithms to zoom in and out from the whole joint down to cellular level as you would with Google Maps.

• The Personal Genome Project (PGP) at Harvard

  Information regarding the Harvard Personal Genome Project, the founding project in the PGP network.

• Growing Muscle from Cells to Produce a Graft

  Scientists grow leg muscle starting from engineered cells cultured in a dish to produce a graft for implanting.

• Synthetic Triheptanoin Oil May Help Huntington's Disease

  Study reveals a synthetic triglyceride oil called triheptanoin may provide hope for people with Huntingtons disease.

• Tobacco Smoke Toxins Can Increase SCI Pain and Worsen MS

  Neurotoxin called acrolein found in tobacco smoke thought to increase pain in people with spinal cord injury.

• Converting Skin Cells into Sensory Neurons that Detect Body Sensations

  Method to convert human skin cells into specialized neurons that detect pain, itch, touch and other bodily sensations.

• New Approach for Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

  The research paves a way for improving the efficacy of an already ALS approved drug, if the findings hold true in human clinical trials.

• Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Combination Therapy for Ewing Sarcoma

  Researchers have identified a promising new triple-drug combination therapy that exploits DNA repair problem in Ewing sarcoma tumors.

• ALS is a Protein Aggregation Disease

  Researchers at Cornell University uncover new insight into underlying causes of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

• Over 400 Genes Linked to Height Determination

  Largest genome-wide association study to date roughly doubles the number of known gene regions influencing human height to more than 400.

• Study Finds Copper Compound May Help Lou Gehrig's Disease Patients

  Researchers find copper compound may form basis for therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrigs disease.

• Daily Tomato Pill Improves Blood Vessels in Cardiovascular Disease Patients

  A daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease.

• New Delhi Metallo-Beta Lactamase (NDM-1)

  Information regarding SuperBug NDM-1 an enzyme that renders bacteria resistant to several antibiotics. A sign that a person is infected with bacteria carrying NDM-1 is the failure of antibiotic treatments.

• Bariatric Surgery Linked to Major Health Benefits

  Bariatric surgery has positive effects not only on weight loss but also on diabetes and heart disease.

• Mutant Protein in Muscle Linked to Kennedy's Disease or Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

  New study indicate mutant protein levels in muscle cells, not motor neurons, fundamentally involved in SBMA, suggesting an alternative and promising new avenue of treatment.

• Using Google Glass During Medical Surgery

  Published study investigates tested applicability of Google Glass in daily pediatric surgical practice.

• Neural Prosthetics: New Hope for Medically Disabled

  Information on research into neural prosthetic devices that surgeons can implant in brain tissue to compensate for disabilities to the human nervous system.

• How Emotions are Mapped in the Human Body

  Researchers find most common emotions trigger strong bodily sensations and the bodily maps of these sensations were topographically different for different emotions.

• LASIK Eye Surgery Came from Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner

  Interesting information on the discovery of LASIK Eye Surgery involving a turkey bone.

• Advances in Genetic Sequencing Diagnose Paralympic Hopeful's Rare Condition

  Tom Staniford has an extremely rare condition where he is unable to store fat under his skin yet has type 2 diabetes and suffered hearing loss as a child.

• Executioner Protein Provides New Options for Stroke ALS and SCI

  Latest findings show that oxidation results in a much more targeted attack to specific parts of the cell.

• Omalizumab - Highly Effective in Treating Severe Hives and Itch

  Commonly used asthma drug is highly effective in treating teens and adults chronically afflicted with hives and severe itchy rash.

• New Antivirals Block Progression of Flu Virus

  Researchers have discovered a new antiviral that targets the host rather than viruses which could prevent viruses from acquiring drug resistance.

• Sunken Chest Syndrome - Non-surgical Treatment

  Using a vacuum bell to treat pectus excavatum a common congenital deformity of the chest wall caused by overgrowth of cartilage in the ribs and sternum.

• Stem Cell Agency Funds Huntington's Disease Research

  California stem cell agency approves grant proposal for researchers at UC Davis Health System toward FDA approved cellular therapy for HD patients.

• How Our Hearing Sense Works

  Researchers have gained important new insights into how our sense of hearing works when cells turn that hair movement into brain electrical signals.

• Promising New Treatment Direction for Fabry Disease

  Promising new treatment for a rare childhood metabolic disorder known as Fabry disease.

• Lyme Disease Research - More Aggressive Treatments

  Standard treatment following a tick bite is 2 weeks of antibiotics however longer more aggressive treatment with antibiotics can help prevent Lyme disease.

• Controlling Movements with Light

  We are now going to use this method to find out exactly what goes wrong in the nerve cells in movement disorders such as ataxias.

• Chloroquine May Lead to Treatment for Arthritis, MS, Cancer, and Other Diseases

  Chloroquine represses inflammation which may provide new strategies for treating inflammation and autoimmune diseases such as arthritis multiple sclerosis and certain cancers.

• Myelofibrosis - New Potential Treatment

  New study sheds light on possible new approach to treat the bone marrow disease known as myelofibrosis by inhibiting an enzyme that connects extracellular fibers.

• Spinal Muscular Atrophy - New Approaches

  New findings reveal loss of the SMA gene makes nerve fibers from the spinal cord unable to navigate toward and form synapses with the muscles they are meant to control.

• Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Research Shows Promise

  Medical researchers may have uncovered a novel approach to treat Huntingtons disease an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease.

• Discovery May Block ALS Disease Process

  Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center research discovery may block ALS disease process.

• Advances in Genetic Studies of Fanconi Anemia

  Fanconi anaemia is a rare hereditary disease which mainly affects the bone marrow and causes it to produce less blood cells.

• Converting Skin Cells to Beating Heart Cells

  Converting adult skin cells directly into beating heart cells without the process of generating embryonic-like stem cells.

• Discovery May Offer Cure for Human Papillomavirus

  Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the name for a group of viruses that includes more than 100 types.

• Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases is Feasible

  Disability caused by a group of chronic infectious diseases found in very poor populations can now be substantially reduced according to a new report by WHO.

• Why People Who are Deaf Have Enhanced Vision

  Persons who are deaf or blind often report enhanced abilities in their remaining senses.

• Physicians Unfamiliar with Chagas Disease Survey Shows

  Survey reveals Chagas disease information among obstetricians and gynecologists severely limited and highlights need for increased awareness.

• Genes that Influence Human Height

  Combination of large number of genes in an individual helps to determine a persons stature.

• World's First Transcontinental Anesthesia

  Researchers and anesthesiologists will ultimately apply drugs intravenously which are then controlled remotely through an automated system.

• Leap Forward in Early Detection for Alzheimer's and Cancer

  The work could pave the way for new tools to detect early stages of Alzheimers and cancer at the molecular level.

• Vaccine Has Cut Child Cases of Bacterial Pneumonia

  Children admitted to hospitals with bacterial pneumonia decreased by a fifth following introduction of a vaccine.

• Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Fused Chromosomes by Making a Human Model

  People with dicentric chromosomes can continue to function in a way that does not threaten their overall health.

• Chagas Disease T. cruzi and Dogs

  Many of the dogs are not in good shape with parasites and worms and they just get scraps to eat, however eliminating the dogs is not an option.

• Surgery Linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

  Possibility of transmission of the sporadic form of CJD through general surgery.

• Non-Stick Cookware and Carpet Coating Linked to Thyroid Disease

  People with higher concentrations of PFOA in their blood have higher rates of thyroid disease.

• Too much Television Wastes Lives and Causes Premature Death

  High correlation between cardiovascular disease and the amount of time spent sitting watching television.

• Ongoing Human Evolution Could Explain Rise in Certain Medical Disorders

  Pressures of human evolution could explain rise of disorders such as autism autoimmune diseases and reproductive cancers.

• Regenerating the Nerves - Combat Injuries

  Treating wounded service men and women a new medical emphasis known as regenerative medicine.

• New Therapy Targets for Amyloid Disease

  Major step forward in our understanding of amyloid fibrils which play a role in such a large number of diseases.

• Microchip Detects Type and Severity of Cancer

  Nano-materials microchip determines type and severity of cancer so it can be detected earlier for effective treatment.

• Obesity Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers a Year in Europe

  The number of new cases of obesity-related esophageal cancer was particularly high in the UK relative to the rest of Europe.

• Using Magnetism to Turn Drugs On and Off

  Combining magnetism with nanotechnology to turn drugs on and off in the human body.

• Lasers Promise Better Artificial Joints and Arterial Stents

  Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants.

• Artificial Intelligence Helps Diagnose Cardiac Infections

  Software designed to mimic the human brain may help diagnose cardiac infections without invasive exam.

• Study Rejects Cancer Fear of Most Common Heartburn Treatments

  Fears about the cancer causing effects of heartburn drugs put to rest after largest ever study.

• Lead in Bone Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

  Bone lead associated with higher risk of death particularly from cardiovascular disease.

• Red Wine Health Benefits

  Mystery unraveled that has perplexed scientists since red wine was first discovered to have health benefits.

• Stressing Out Paying Bills Causes Weight Gain

  Relationship between weight gain and stress in difficulty paying bills strained family relationships depression or anxiety disorder.

• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reviews Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Psychiatric Diseases

  Therapeutic trials investigate effectiveness of deep brain stimulation in depression obsessive compulsive disorder and Tourettes syndrome.

• Risk of Transmission of Huntington's Disease to Children

  Researchers quantified probability of male who carries high normal variant of Huntingtons Disease gene having a child who develops the disease.

• Obesity and Diabetes Double Risk of Heart Failure

  The twin epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes will continue to fuel an explosion in heart failure.

• Caffeine Beneficial for Males with Lou Gehrig's Disease

  Study investigates role of dietary intervention for ALS focused on an antioxidant popular in diets worldwide coffee.

• Vaccine for E. coli Diarrheal Diseases Discovered

  Vaccine discovered for a strain of E. coli that kills 2 million to 3 million children each year in the developing world.

• Rare Eye Retinal Disorder Treatment Success

  Patients with a rare blinding eye disease saw their vision improve after treatment with drugs to suppress their immune systems.

• Hospital Infections - Research may Lead to New Non-antibiotic Drugs

  Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most serious hospital infections or pathogens a common cause of lung infections.

• Mayo Clinic and IBM Host Medical Language Initiative

  Biomedical informatics researchers at Mayo Clinic and IBM launched a Web site for the newly founded Open Health Natural Language Processing Consortium.

• 1,000 Kidney Transplant Milestone by Arizona Mayo Clinic

  Approximately 55 percent of Mayo Clinic 1000 kidney transplants come from living donors.

• Waking up During Surgery Prevention

  Consciousness during general anaesthesia is an extremely distressing condition leading to post-operative psychological trauma.

• Point Genetic Disease Develops in Humans

  The process of RNA splicing is vital to human cell development and survival.

• Redefining DNA: Darwin from the Atom Up

  Producing a self-sustaining molecule capable of Darwinian evolution and reproduction.

• Garden Pea Fights High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease

  Proteins found in a pea show promise as natural food additive or new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.

• New TB Test Will Cut Diagnosis Time

  On-site test to quickly diagnose tuberculosis TB and expose deadly drug-resistant strains that mingle undetected with treatable TB strains.

• Shellfish and Inkjet Printers May Hold Key to Faster Healing

  Traditionally, there have been two ways to join tissue together in the wake of a surgery sutures and synthetic adhesives.

• Spinal Taps Carry Higher Risks for Infants and Elderly

  An X-ray-guided spinal tap procedure fails more than half of the time in young infants and should be used sparingly.

• Potential Pathway for Drug Intervention

  Molecular pathways that direct stem cells to produce glial cells yields insights into neurobiology of Downs syndrome and central nervous system disorders.

• Biomarkers Detected for Chikungunya fever

  Three specific biomarkers provide an accurate indication of the severity of Chikungunya fever CHIKF which is emerging as a threat in South-East Asia.

• Drug Improves Mobility For Some Multiple Sclerosis Patients

  Experimental drug fampridine 4-aminopyridine improves walking ability in some individuals with multiple sclerosis MS.

• Arthritis Hinders Vital Physical Activity for Adults with Heart Disease

  Arthritis affects more than half of adults with heart disease and appears to be a substantial barrier to utilizing physical activity to help manage their condition.

• Dark Cells of Eye Retina Imaged for the First Time

  A layer of dark cells in the eye retina has been imaged in a living retina for the first time.

• When Parents Seek Siblings of their Donor Conceived Children

  Parents who conceived children with help of sperm or egg donors and try to find donors and other children conceived with the donors help often end up creating new forms of extended families.

• Researchers See Brain Memory

  Using functional magnetic resonance imaging researchers can see information people are holding in memory based on patterns of activity in the brain.

• NASA Study Predicted Rift Valley Fever Outbreak

  An early warning system successfully predicted the 2006-2007 outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley fever in northeast Africa.

• New Drug may Prevent Colon Cancer

  Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found a drug being tested to treat a range of human cancers significantly inhibited colon cancer.

• Angiogenesis Poor Survival in patients with Ovarian Cancer

  Increased angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor expression associated with poor survival in women with sex cord-stromal ovarian tumors.

• Climate Change and Disease Spread

  Climate change concerns raised about spread of arboviruses or disease viruses carried by arthropods mosquitoes midges and ticks.

• Vaccines and Autism No Correlation

  New epidemiological and biological studies refute the claim of a link between vaccines and autism.

• Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases Drug Combination is Key

  Combining the benefits of multiple drugs in a single pill may hold the key to treating neurodegenerative diseases.

• Rheumatoid Arthritis - New Treatment Possible

  Findings provide new insight into the pathogenic mechanism of RA and emphasize the importance of PIGF and flt-1 as potential candidates for Rheumatoid Arthritis therapy.

• Omega 3 oils Ease Menopause Depression Symptoms

  Omega 3 oils ease psychological distress and depressive symptoms often suffered by menopausal and perimenopausal women.

• Spinal Fluid Proteins Can Show Lou Gehrig's Disease

  High levels of certain proteins in the spinal fluid could signal the onset of Lou Gehrigs disease.

• I Feel Your Pain: Neural Mechanisms of Empathy

  Study uses brain imaging technique to see if possible to share pain observed in others provides insight into brain mechanisms involved in empathy.

• Acupuncture Pain Relieving Effects Limited

  The pain relieving effects of acupuncture compared with placebo are small and seem to lack clinical relevance.

• Rasagiline Hope for Parkinson's Patients

  The drug Rasagiline slows the progression of Parkinsons disease a brain condition that robs peoples ability to move and function.

• Immune System has Ability to Learn

  Half of the immune system has a hidden talent finding will help scientists understand the human immune system.

• New Way to Stop Autoimmune Diseases and Transplant Rejection

  New finding opens up a new way to stop autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection in patients.

• Dynamical Theory and 4-D Colorimetric Reveals Function of Living Brain

  Researchers propose a theoretical model of the brains coordination dynamics and apply a novel 4D colorimetric method to human neuro-physiological data collected in the laboratory.

• Impaired Kidney Function Raises Risk of Heart Problems in Elderly

  Elderly people with damaged kidneys are at greater risk of cardiovascular disease heart failure and stroke.

• Antibiotic Resistant Disease ESBL Killing People

  Health officials watch with apprehension as the antibiotic resistant bacteria ESBL continues to kill both people and pigs in Denmark.

• Researchers Assess the State of Stroke Telemedicine

  Stroke telemedicine is a lifesaving practice developed nationally and internationally as a reliable means of aiding patients.

• Slow Bone Healing in Seniors - New Research

  Researchers have unraveled details of how aging causes broken bones to heal slowly in seniors.

• Abnormal DNA Repair Genes may Predict Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

  Abnormalities in genes that repair DNA replication may help identify people at high risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

• Traumatic Brain Injury Severity Reduced with Contraceptive Pill

  Individuals with a traumatic brain injury see severity reduced by progesterone a contraceptive pills for women.

• Liver Disease Marked by Cell Stress

  Researchers make link between onset of cell stress and the development of liver disease in humans.

• New Drug Holds Promise of Normal Diet for Sufferers of Phenylketonuria

  New drug being developed at McGill University is offering Phenylketonuria sufferers hope of being able to eat normal protein rich diet.

• Surgery Provides Good Outcome for Gastrointestinal Cancers

  Research published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds gastrointestinal cancer survival rate of nearly 80 percent.

• Researchers Identify Protein Trigger of Breast Cancer

  New protein trigger in the progression of breast cancer discovered by Canadian researchers at Universite de Montreal and University of Alberta.

• Treadmill Exercise Improves Endurance for Patients with PAD

  Patients with peripheral arterial disease who participated in treadmill exercise improved walking endurance and quality of life.

• Epidurals and Spinal Anesthetics Safer than Previously Reported

  Study into the major complications of epidurals and spinal anesthetics concludes previous studies over estimated the risks of severe complications.

• Tiny Capsules May Provide Drug Delivery that Targets Diseased Cells

  A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells.

• Mustard Gas Studies on U.S. Soldiers Race-Based

  American scientists used mustard gas on soldiers for race based experiments during the Second World War.

• Researchers Unlock Molecular Origin of Blood Stem Cells

  Researchers have identified the location and developmental timeline in which bone marrow stem cells form in the mouse embryo.

• Synthetic HDL Fights Cholesterol

  Northwestern University scientists show synthetic high density lipoprotein HDL could help fight high cholesterol levels and heart disease.

• Unique Skeletal Muscle Design Contributes to Spine Stability

  The design of a muscle along the spinal column may be key to spinal support and a healthy back.

• Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs

  A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows the resistance of the avian flu virus to a major class of antiviral drugs.

• New Therapy may Ease Spinal Muscular Atrophy Symptoms - MU Researchers

  Researchers have discovered a new therapeutic target that improves deteriorating skeletal muscle tissue caused by Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

• Fragile X Syndrome Drug being Evaluated

  Findings by researchers could lead to a new drug for treating Fragile X Syndrome inherited disorder.

• Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression in Children

  Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada Netherlands study.

• Proteins Role in Repairing Damaged Cells Revealed

  University of Michigan researchers discovered a key protein in cells plays a critical role in two processes affecting the development of cancer.

• Folic Acid and Iodine in Australian and New Zealand Bread

  Mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid (Australia) and iodine (Australia and New Zealand) was introduced from September 2009 under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

• Leukaemia Drug Alemtuzumab Treats Multiple Sclerosis

  Scientists have discovered alemtuzumab a drug used to treat leukaemia is effective in combating multiple sclerosis and is more effective than interferon beta-1a.

• Research shows ACTEMRA Improves Rheumatoid Arthritis

  Roche announces new therapy ACTEMRA tocilizumab can significantly inhibit structural damage to joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

• Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) Research

  Critical need to review current treatment strategies for the increasingly common problem of medication overuse headaches (MOH).

• Curing Inflammatory Disease

  Although many inflammatory diseases seem to have a genetic component some are triggered by other processes.