Day October 12, 2015

In a study of more than 5,000 children, Australian researchers said they found that cesarean section delivery was not linked with a higher risk of health problems in childhood. “This study suggests that some of the previously reported associations between…

The most important thing to remember when your heart gets broken is to be gentle with yourself. Know that it is going to take time to heal. If your heart was wide open in the relationship, the hole that it…

It is Mental Health Awareness Month and while advocates across America and the world speak out for dignity and social justice for persons with mental illness, a groundbreaking report entitled Gender Injustice has just been released. This report reveals that…

Academic studies can be fascinating… and totally confusing. So we decided to strip away all of the scientific jargon and break them down for you.  The Background Watching “Law Order” is a lot like eating Oreos — once you start,…

The bad news: Diabetes in pregnancy is a serious – and often undiagnosed – complication that puts millions of women and babies at risk of death and lifelong illness. The good news: This week, FIGO (the International Federation of Gynecology…

Treadmills. Microwave ovens. And hospital waiting rooms. Time, it seems, appears to stand still in each of these places. Yet an abbreviated power walk or a cold Lean Cuisine pale in comparison to a loved one in an operating suite.…

Study design The study design was a randomized controlled trial of daily community applied FES to the ankle dorsiflexors in gait compared with usual care (control group). Participants Participants were referred to the study by Physiotherapists and Paediatric Rehabilitation Consultants.…

Subjects Twenty normal subjects, recruited among pulmonary fellows or attending physicians were studied: 10 were smokers (minimum of 5 pack-years) and 10 were non-smokers. Exclusion criteria were current use of any medication, the presence of any acute or chronic lung…

The factors affecting uptake of cervical screening among HIV infected women at Mildmay Uganda are categorized in six major themes; risk perception, barriers to access, availability and access to information on cervical cancer and related services, facility factors such as…

First of all we would like to thank the referees for their comments and suggestions that were addressed as follows: Reviewer’s report 1: Prof. Ollivier Hyrien, University of Rochester This manuscript deals with studying the contribution of PRC1 to the…

Changes in gene expression during head repair and regeneration As a first step in our screen, we measured changes in gene expression on days two, three, and four of regeneration following amputation of one side of the head. We chose…

In this section, the problem is formulated and the process of how the noise-compensated image is reconstructed is discussed. Problem formulation The acquired MRI magnitude image, V, can be expressed as the following relationship 35]: (1) where s is the…

One important novel finding of our study was that exercise intervention during pregnancy significantly reduced BMI increases in women with GDM. The results stood after we combined the analysis of dietary intervention and exercise intervention. The association between exercise intervention…

The objective of the present study was to examine the clinical outcomes of ECPR in adult patients with post-cardiotomy refractory CA. Results showed that among 24 adult patients who received ECPR support for post-cardiotomy refractory CA, the mean ECMO duration…

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Bowel cancer can be divided up into four distinct diseases, each with its own set of biological characteristics, a major new study reports. The research could allow doctors to treat each type of bowel cancer differently – and drive the…

Pregnancy test. Credit: public domain Pregnant women with elevated blood-sugar levels are more likely to have babies with congenital heart defects, even if their blood sugar is below the cutoff for diabetes, according to a new study from the Stanford…

IMAGE: Illustration of a cycloparaphenylene, or nanohoop, that has been doped with nitrogen atoms. Research in the University of Oregon lab of Ramesh Jasti has shown the combination of nitrogen and… view more Credit: Courtesy of Ramesh Jasti EUGENE, Ore. —…

IMAGE: The smell of apple cider vinegar attracts fruit flies to the upper right quadrant of this experimental enclosure. view more Credit: Chun-Chieh Lin, Johns Hopkins Medicine In what they say was a lucky and unexpected finding, researchers at Johns Hopkins…

As a growing population of older adults begins transitioning to assisted living or home health care, more attention has focused on improving the adults’ quality of care while keeping costs low. New research from the University of Missouri suggests adding…

In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of high dose flu vaccine, researchers found that shots with four times the strength of standard flu shots significantly reduced the risk of being hospitalized during the influenza season.…

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The first comprehensive assessment of the acrylamide content of smokeless tobacco products (STPs) has shown that exposure to acrylamide through STP use is much smaller than –approximately 1% of — exposure from the diet or from cigarette smoking. Acrylamide is…

A multicenter study of young patients with bipolar disorder provides what may be the most scientifically rigorous demonstration to date that lithium — a drug used successfully for decades to treat adults with the condition — can also be safe…

Using a multidisciplinary approach, researchers, led by those at Baylor College of Medicine, revealed in unprecedented detail the three-dimensional structure of biologically active DNA. A report on their work appears online in the journal Nature Communications. “The beautiful double-helical structure…

If we embrace lifestyle changes and new technology, we improve our prospects of staying healthy in old age, getting good care and reducing our dependence on others. This is the message of a new report summarizing the conclusions …

Elizabeth Hong, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, works on the two-photon laser scanning microscope in her lab. Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech You walk by a bakery, smell the scent of fresh cookies, and are immediately reminded of baking with your grandmother as…

The latest Special Issue from ecancermedicalscience collects four new research articles on the topic of cervical cancer prevention in Latin America. Cervical cancer is an “enormous burden” for Latin American society, and the third leading cause of cancer deaths among…

In this Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015 photo, a Samaritans sign is posted near the Bourne Bridge, in Bourne, Mass. For decades the Samaritans have offered phone counseling to the desperate and distraught. But increasingly the group is turning to text…

When the Places for People outreach team found Chandra Thirdkill, she was about 40 years old and had been homeless for two years. Her struggles, however, began as a teen. Everyone looked at her like she was ugly, she thought.…

The most striking trend of the past half-century is that individuals are travelling further but not more often. The total number of trips people make on average in a year has remained fairly stable since 1965, as has the time…

The first comprehensive assessment of the acrylamide content of smokeless tobacco products (STPs) has shown that exposure to acrylamide through STP use is much smaller than –approximately 1% of — exposure from the diet or from cigarette smoking. Acrylamide is…

Fast facts: Drug of choice for adult bipolar disorder appears safe for kids too Most definitive study to date shows short-term effectiveness, safety of lithium for pediatric bipolar disorder Analyses now under way to affirm long-term safety of lithium for…

Dietary nutrients are critical for brain structure and function, so they have a potentially profound impact on mental health. An increasingly robust body of research points to the detrimental effect of unhealthy diets and nutrient deficiencies, and to the protective…

A retrospective study reveals the cost of inpatient hospitalizations caused by non-lethal Firearm Related Injuries (FRIs) and gun violence in the USA at $679 million annually. The authors also found that FRIs disproportionately affects the young (18-24 year olds), poor…

Kidney stones rank among the most common illnesses. Their recurrence might be prevented with the right postoperative care. However, for this to be effective, composition of the stones should be known. Fraunhofer researchers are developing a system for rapid analysis…

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today released its second updated and expanded Beers Criteria–lists of potentially inappropriate medications for older adults who are not receiving hospice or palliative care, and one of the most frequently cited reference tools in the…