Day June 11, 2013

The heart’s regular rhythm is crucial to the delivery of oxygenated blood and nutrients to all the organs of the body. It is regulated by a bundle of cells called “the pacemaker,” which use electrical signals to set the pace…

A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has for the first time found that a mother’s higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants was associated with more frequent and vigorous fetal motor activity.…

At least among mice, females have innate protection from certain digestive conditions, according to a new Michigan State University study. While it’s tricky to draw conclusions for human health, the findings could eventually help scientists better understand and treat the…

Physicians and researchers from Sherbrooke, Montreal and Quebec City have conducted a study that has led to the discovery of a gene that causes multiple intestinal atresia (MIA), a rare and life-threatening hereditary disorder that affects newborns. In addition to…

Health organisations need to give careful consideration to schemes which encourage people with chronic diseases to seek support from peers, to avoid the potential negative effects, new research shows. The study was led by the University of Exeter Medical School…

Telephone-based counseling, when combined with physician advice, can help breast cancer survivors become more physically active, which can improve quality of life and lessen the side effects of cancer treatment, according to new research from The Miriam Hospital. Researchers say…

(HealthDay)—By extracting blood utilization data from electronic medical records and applying it to a proposed algorithm, a cost-saving, institution-specific maximum surgical blood order schedule (MSBOS) can be created, according to a study published in the June issue of Anesthesiology. In…

We all have our pet peeves, some worse than others. But, there is such a thing as common courtesy that sometimes isn’t common among people. Here are 7 things that can be considered ot common courtesy: 1. Leaving the toilet…

Here’s a sweet way to start the week, kiddos! (What? Normal people start their weeks on Monday? I was at an Ashtanga workshop all weekend–cut me some slack!) Another edition to our Celebrities Without Makeup series! They might not be…

The Obama administration said Monday it would comply with a judge’s order to allow women and girls of any age to purchase emergency contraception, ending its efforts to restrict the drug’s availability. The reversal on the politically sensitive issue means…

(Medical Xpress)—For years, Kay Greenlee couldn’t wash the windows in her home without hurting. The Terre Haute woman suffers from fibromyalgia and allergic reactions prevented her from taking medicine to relieve pain in her legs and shoulders. Now, thanks to…

(Medical Xpress)—More than a third of university students say their diets have been affected by a lack of funds, according to the results of a new Massey University/Westpac survey. The survey, which was conducted by the Fin-Ed Centre (Financial Education…

Singapore is telling doctors to be more vigilant against dengue fever as the mosquito-borne disease surges this year. The Southeast Asian city-state has had more than 9,000 cases and two deaths since January. The illnesses counted so far in 2013…

“An ailment not to be treated,” read the prescription for a spinal cord injury on an Egyptian papyrus in 1,700 B.C. Not much has changed in the intervening millennia. Despite decades of research, modern medicine has made little headway in…

There is growing evidence that a gene variant that reduces the plasticity of the nervous system also modulates responses to treatments for mood and anxiety disorders. In this case, patients with posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, with a less functional…

C.R. writes: Apparently, many people today are too confident. No, really. A study suggests that people underestimate what they don’t know—and overestimate what they do know. Could it be all that constant self-esteem building we’ve been focused on instilling in…

Do you get self-esteem from being in a relationship? A fascinating article scheduled for publication in the journal Psychological Science shows that both men and women do – but that the source of self-esteem from relationships is different based on…

The FLABEL project (‘Food Labelling to Advance to Better Education for Life’) was the first EU-funded research programme to examine nutrition labelling when it was launched three years ago. Now having ended, has it made an impact in the food…

Commenting on thousands of tests on beef products carried out in March and April that showed one out of 20 to be tainted with horsemeat, the bloc’s Health Commissioner Tonio Borg said this was “low but I would have preferred…

Oliver A. Cornely, M.D., from the University Hospital of Cologne in Germany, and colleagues conducted two double-blind trials involving 1,105 patients with CDAD, 183 of whom had cancer, to treatment with fidaxomicin or vancomycin. The researchers found that the cure…

Michaela A. Dinan, Ph.D., from the Duke University Research Institute in Durham, N.C., and colleagues retrospectively analyzed Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Medicare data for 46,544 Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with NSCLC (46,935 cases) between 1998 and 2007. Change in the…

Many of you heard about the White House Mental Health Conference but weren’t able to watch or listen to the event. It was held Monday, June 3rd, 2013, and most of us were at work or school. There is a…

Edward Snowden wrote: “I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions,” but “I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are…

The JC polyomavirus is clearly opportunistic. It infects half the population but lethally destroys brain tissue only in immunocompromised patients—and it may be outright sneaky, too. Even as a new research paper allays fears that common mutant forms of the…

“We chose to study soccer players, because soccer is the most popular sport worldwide,” said Michael L. Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and medical director of…

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On special days, after dawn prayers at the mosque, father of two Ameer returns home to put on makeup from the collection he shares with his wife. Usually, however, he settles for a colourful headscarf of the sort worn by…

“We know there are children suffering abuse who don’t show obvious signs of mistreatment, and the task force wanted to learn more about what primary care practices can do to help them,” task force member Dr. David Grossman said in…

“Twice-yearly cleanings have been recommended for over 50 years without supporting evidence,” study author William Giannobile, a professor of dentistry and biomedical engineering at the University of Michigan, said in a university news release. But the results of this study…

“Fears continue that the current cephalosporins will become ineffective. Decreased susceptibility and increasing evidence of treatment failures to cefixime, with no new licensed agents, and no alternative drugs to which resistance has not been reported raise the very real possibility…

A Belgian scientist treated small numbers of fibromyalgia patients with “occipital nerve stimulation,” which rouses the occipital nerves just beneath the skin at the back of the neck using an implanted device. Dr. Mark Plazier found that pain scores dropped…

Edward Snowden wrote: “I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions,” but “I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are…

Richard R. Rubin, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues examined the correlation between depressive symptoms and ADM with subsequent CVD risk factors in the Look Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) trial. Depressive symptoms, assessed using…

Katherine S. Virgo, Ph.D., M.B.A., from Emory University in Atlanta, and colleagues analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of participants in the 2009 Survey of Physician Attitudes Regarding the Care of Cancer Survivors. Comparisons were made between PCP and…

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network executive committee is hearing from medical experts on how lungs are allocated to young people who need transplants. Committee member Alexandra Glazier said during the Monday teleconference that judicial intervention is “not an appropriate…

But the U.N. chief told the General Assembly Monday that despite the “important progress,” more must be done to target AIDS in countries and communities where it is still spreading—and this will require additional funds. “In more than 56 states,…

Guneet Kaur Jasuja, Ph.D., from Boston University, and colleagues examined the correlation between circulating estradiol and estrone levels and diabetes risk for 1,458 men participating in the Framingham Heart Study generation 2. Correlations between hormone levels at examination 7 (1998…