Day June 30, 2014

Myoblasts undergo major changes in their plasma membrane during the initial steps of skeletal muscle differentiation, including major alterations in the distribution of cholesterol. Cholesterol is involved in crucial membrane functions, such as fluidity, and permeability, and in the organization…

Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (June 30) released the findings of its food safety report for last month and the results of surveillance on the use…

Hong Kong (HKSAR) – The Government announced today (June 30) that it will sell by tender four residential sites and one hotel site in the second quarter (i.e. July to September 2014) of this financial year, which are capable of…

Our Tropical Future: A new report on the State of the Tropics has revealed rapid changes in human and environmental health in the Earth’s tropical regions. That report and this four-part series – based on the work of 12 universities…

i i hide captionA child plays in a Beijing park. Health threats caused by pollution have become a major concern in China. Andy Wong/AP A child plays in a Beijing park. Health threats caused by pollution have become a major…

i i hide captionThe Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will monitor carbon dioxide emissions. jhoward/NASA/JPL The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 will monitor carbon dioxide emissions. jhoward/NASA/JPL NASA is preparing to launch a satellite capable of monitoring carbon dioxide emissions from space. The Orbiting…

Let’s face it, adult sleepovers are infinitely better than the ones from your childhood, but they do come with their own set of challenges. Whether this is a casual hookup or someone you’ve been seeing for a while, the first…

There are some super-common sayings we all seem to toss around when we talk about avoiding weight gain: Never skip breakfast, don’t weigh yourself daily, calories in minus calories out… to name just a few. However, researchers from the University of…

She first hit the spotlight as a professional wrestler. But these days, Stacy Keibler has expanded her role in the spotlight as actress and model—and not to mention, a lifestyle blogger and mom-to-be (due date: September) who touts a clean-living…

New study found having a hysteroscopy to check the womb before IVF makes no difference to success rates But some private clinics insist on invasive procedure, which costs £3,000 Hysteroscopies are often carried out under general anesthetic Doctors use a…

A couple of weeks ago Amanda Blair wrote, in the light of of the problems with the South Australian Health Budget, that she could provide savings by being the “Door Bitch” at Emergency Departments and keeping out people she saw…

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) will carry out unique experiments to investigate biomolecular self-assembly at UK and EU synchrotron facilities. From infection to tissue regeneration, biomolecular self-assembly underpins all biological processes. Often viewed as an ‘intermolecular language’, it encodes the…

Brooke Evans suffered stomach pain after eating a Chinese last August The 18-year-old put it down to a food intolerance or an allergy But after being rushed to hospital doctors diagnosed the teenager with a rare form of cancer –…

Breadfruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture It is widely eaten in the Pacific Islands and scientists are encouraging the planting of trees in countries with poor food security One breadfruit, which weighs around seven lbs (3kg) provides…

National Healthy Eating for Children guidelines recommend children should have skim milk Low fat milk only contains 2 percent fat, while full cream has 4 per cent Nutritionists don’t believe regular milk is a problem in child obesity battle By…

Tracy Rainieri, 42, went to the concert at Cardiff City Stadium three months before her wedding Mother-of-one experienced stomach pain and was later rushed to hospital with a burst stomach ulcer After suffering a severe allergic reaction to an anesthetic,…

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) promises to do more to limit abortions if Republicans take control of the U.S. Senate, while Wendy Davis, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, tried to galvanize support a year after her marathon filibuster…

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare-Iowa is the latest to deploy TRU-D SmartUVC, a 5-foot-5 germ-killing ultraviolet robot equipped with the only infection prevention data collection and reporting software on the market. TRU-D is now in use at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo…

The Supreme Court is expected to release its ruling today on a case brought by the owners of Hobby Lobby craft store and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., who object to being forced to offer some types of birth control. The…

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Across Ontario, home care professionals collect standardized information on each client using the Resident Assessment for Home Care (RAI-HC). However, this information is not consistently shared with those professionals who provide services in the client’s home. In this pilot study,…

i i Katherine Streeter for NPR Lauren Kay has never met her therapist in person. The 24-year-old entrepreneur found it difficult to take time off work for appointments. So she started seeing a psychotherapist online. “It’s definitely been different,” she…

Lisa Parkisson, 35, died two days after giving birth to her first child Sent her mother a text on Sunday night, but she was dead by morning Her son Zac is now in the care of her partner and her…

Christine Bryden was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 46 years of age Doctors told her she would be dead in eight years She says she’s had defied the odds by challenging her brain in new ways  She hopes her story encourages…

5.8million visits directly down to patients being unable to see doctor Last week, number of patients at casualty reached a record high Patients finding it increasingly difficult to get a GP appointment By Sophie Borland Published: 19:02 EST, 29 June…

Lib Dem former health minister Paul Burstow said NHS needs extra £15bn Ex Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell calls for more cash as economy grows Former GP Sarah Wollaston warns ‘current levels of service’ unsustainable By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy…

Supercooling and machine perfusion allow transplantation of rat livers preserved for up to four days A system developed by investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Engineering in Medicine allowed successful transplantation of rat livers after preservation for…

ESMO 16 World GI Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer The new combination agent TAS-102 is able to improve overall survival compared to placebo in patients whose metastatic colorectal cancer is refractory to standard therapies, researchers said at the ESMO 16th World…

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a new method for enriching a group of the world’s most expensive chemical commodities, stable isotopes, which are vital to medical imaging and nuclear power, as reported this week in…

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If you believe cancer is a disease that strikes from nowhere with little in your control to prevent it, you’d be mistaken on both counts. Most cases of cancer are considered preventable by positive nutrition and lifestyle choices. Six new…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Franca [email protected] 020-759-42198Imperial College London Researchers have estimated that in 2012-2013 there were 5.77 million AE attendances in England that were preceded by an inability to get a timely GP appointment. Unplanned attendances at accident…

[ | E-mail ] Contact: Leslie [email protected] 416-864-6094St. Michael’s Hospital Birthweights also affected by where parents live IMAGE:A father’s ethnic background can influence a child’s birthweight, according to a new study by Dr. Joel Ray of St. Michael’s Hospital. Click…

Researchers have estimated that in 2012-2013 there were 5.77 million AE attendances in England that were preceded by an inability to get a timely GP appointment. Unplanned attendances at accident and emergency (AE) departments in England have increased by 11…

Age limits on clinical trials need to be more flexible to allow more teenage cancer patients the chance to access new treatments, according to a report from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI), published in the Lancet Oncology today (Monday). “Right now…

The New York Times: A Unanimous Supreme Court: Abortion Rights Lose A Buffer Yet on Thursday the Supreme Court, in McCullen v. Coakley, struck down that law for violating the First Amendment. Massachusetts’s buffer zone, it held, burdened “substantially more…

30 June 2014Last updated at 01:57 By James GallagherHealth editor, BBC News online Women should not worry about using sperm from older donors as the success rate is the same as using a younger man’s sperm, researchers say. The average…

Through a transcriptome microarray analysis, we have isolated Anterior gradient protein 2 (AGR2) as a gene up-regulated in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). AGR2 is a disulfide isomerase over-expressed in several human carcinomas and recently linked to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress.…

In omic research, such as genome wide association studies, researchers seek to repeat their results in other datasets to reduce false positive findings and thus provide evidence for the existence of true associations. Unfortunately this standard validation approach cannot completely…

Chronic inflammation-mediated beta-cell apoptosis is known to decrease beta-cell mass in diabetes leading to reduced insulin secretion. Exposure to pro-inflammatory cytokines can stimulate apoptosis in pancreatic beta-cells. The G protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) is implicated for glucose induced insulin…