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Archive for March, 2008

Health & medicine

  • Health Policy
  • Today’s Healthcare
  • Diseases and Conditions
  • Teen Health
  • Workplace Health
  • Children’s Health

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  • List of medical topics
  • Pediatrics
  • Sports medicine
  • Surgery

The 2007 survey results demonstrate a significant change in the level of support for national health insurance. Nearly every medical specialty showed an increase in levels of support for national health insurance.

(Read the full post about ‘Majority Of US Physicians Favor National Health Insurance’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Psychology Research
  • Nervous System
  • Brain Tumor

Mind & Brain

  • Neuroscience
  • Language Acquisition
  • Brain Injury

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  • Cerebral contusion
  • Thalamus
  • Neocortex (brain)
  • Brain damage

"We found a three-to-four-fold higher overall prevalence of cerebral microbleeds compared to other studies," according to study author Monique M.B. Breteler, MD, PhD, with the Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

(Read the full post about ‘Brain Lesions More Common Than Previously Thought’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Accident and Trauma
  • Health Policy

Mind & Brain

  • Spirituality
  • Child Psychology

Matter & Energy

  • Transportation Science
  • Energy Policy

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  • Gas laws
  • Laws of thermodynamics
  • Road-traffic safety
  • Psychiatric service dog

 Lilliard Richardson, professor in the MU Truman School of Public Affairs, and David J. Houston, associate professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, compared the changes in helmet laws across all 50 states and the District of Columbia from 1975 through 2004.

(Read the full post about ‘Fatality Rates Increase With Repeal Of Helmet Laws, Study Finds’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Lung Cancer
  • Brain Tumor
  • Cancer
  • Skin Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Lymphoma

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  • Protein microarray
  • Tumor suppressor gene
  • Heat shock protein
  • Metastasis

"With many diseases, the problem has been that we really don’t know what to look for," said Weihong Tan, a professor of chemistry and the lead author of the paper.* "What we’ve done is create a technique to identify the biomarkers despite that limitation."

Doctors often diagnose cancer and other diseases based on the appearance of a tumor or a patient’s symptoms.

(Read the full post about ‘New Technique Identifies Molecular ‘Biomarkers’ For Disease’…)

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Successful tests of a vaccine for the Ebola virus in primates has scientists hoping to adapt the treatment for humans.

“We are seeing more and more naturally occurring human outbreaks of this deadly disease. With worldwide air travel and tourism, the virus can now be transported to and from remote regions of the world. And it has huge potential as a possible weapon of bioterrorism,” Dr. Anthony Sanchez, from the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, said in a release. “We desperately need a protective vaccine.”

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(Read the full post about ‘Ebola vaccine shows promise in primates’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Chronic Illness
  • Nervous System
  • Diseases and Conditions

Mind & Brain

  • Disorders and Syndromes
  • Neuroscience
  • Huntington’s Disease

Reference

  • Spinal muscular atrophy
  • Sensory neuron
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Calorie restricted diet

The team identified several genetic mutations in the TDP-43 gene by studying ALS patients from France and Quebec.

(Read the full post about ‘New Gene Responsible For Lou Gehrig’s Disease Identified’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Breast Cancer
  • Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Brain Tumor
  • Prostate Cancer
  • Skin Cancer

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  • Metastasis
  • Isoflavone
  • BRCA1
  • Tumor suppressor gene

In the new study, Hsueh-Fen Juan and colleagues focused on ATP synthase, a key protein involved in producing the energy-rich molecules of ATP that power all life processes. For years researchers thought that the protein existed only in mitochondria, structures located inside cells that convert nutrients into energy.

(Read the full post about ‘Blocking Key Energy Protein Kills Cancer Cells, First Evidence Provided’…)

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Health & medicine

  • Stem Cells
  • Nervous System
  • Prostate Cancer

Mind & Brain

  • Parkinson’s
  • Neuroscience
  • Disorders and Syndromes

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  • Embryonic stem cell
  • Stem cell treatments
  • Sensory neuron
  • Dementia with Lewy bodies

"Previously, we were able to coax these multipotent stem cells to differentiate into cartilage cells," said lead author Hugh S.

(Read the full post about ‘Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson’s Disease’…)

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Health & Medicine

  • Fertility
  • Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Gynecology

Mind & Brain

  • Nutrition Research
  • Intelligence
  • Child Development

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  • Appetite
  • High fructose corn syrup
  • Uterine fibroids
  • Hormone

Ghrelin, the so-called "hunger hormone," is produced in the stomach and brain, induces food intake, and operates through a brain region that controls cravings for food and other energy sources. Ghrelin decreases the HOXA 10 gene that is involved in developmental programming of the uterus.

(Read the full post about ‘Hormone That Controls Hunger And Appetite Also Linked To Reduced Fertility’…)

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Health & medicine

  • HIV and AIDS
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Sexual Health

Mind & Brain

  • Gender Difference
  • Child Psychology
  • Social Psychology

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  • Transmission (medicine)
  • Trichomoniasis
  • HIV test
  • Sexually transmitted disease

The results of the survey reveal pervasive negative views of HIV-positive women and a high level of discomfort in interacting with them.

(Read the full post about ‘Stigma Clings Stubbornly To Women Living With HIV/AIDS’…)

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