UT Houston launches geriatric training with $3.25 million in grant, matching funds
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will launch a new program, Training Excellence in Aging Studies, to promote geriatrics training for physicians through a prestigious $2 million award from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and $1.25 million in matching funds....
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Med school discovery could lead to better cancer diagnosis, drugs
(Florida State University) A Florida State University College of Medicine research team led by Yanchang Wang has discovered an important new layer of regulation in the cell division cycle, which could lead to a greater understanding of the way cancer begins....
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Study of ancient and modern plagues finds common features
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The Plague of Athens is one of 10 historically notable outbreaks described in an article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by authors from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. The phenomenon of widespread, socially disruptive disease outbreaks has a long history prior to HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, H5N1 avian influenza and other emerging diseases of the modern era, note the authors....
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17th Annual Congress on Women's Health convenes
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A prestigious group of physicians, nurses, and allied health care providers will gather in Williamsburg, Va. on March 27-29, 2009, at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information on cutting-edge therapeutic protocols, novel diagnostic procedures, and innovative research advances that impact patient care....
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A new world of research possibilities with 'Emerging Model Organisms'
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) How can moss help us to treat Alzheimer's disease? What can the lamprey immune system tell us about evolution? To answer these and other questions, scientists are increasing the array of experimental model organisms. These novel species -- some relatively new to the laboratory and others undergoing a recent expansion -- are the focus of "Emerging Model Organisms," a new laboratory manual just released by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press....
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First Lady Laura Bush's Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research extends to Panama
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center marked the beginning of a collaborative effort to eradicate breast cancer in Panama through the Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research of the Americas today at an event with Laura Bush, the First Lady of the United States, and Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos, the First Lady of Panama....
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Ability to quit smoking may depend on ADHD symptoms, Columbia researchers find
(Columbia University Medical Center) Tobacco use is more prevalent and smoking cessation less likely among persons with attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder In a study of smokers with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, those who exhibited elevated hyperactivity and impulsivity, with or without inattention, showed lower quit rates after eight weeks than those with inattention symptoms alone or those without the ADHD symptoms....
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Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
(Imperial College London) Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives....
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The Danisco Award 2008 goes to D.Sc. Barbara Ann Halkier from Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen
(University of Copenhagen) Associated Professor, D.Sc. Barbara Ann Halkier, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology at the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, has been granted the Danisco Award 2008. She received the prestigious award for her excellent research into secondary metabolites, which are biologically active substances in, for instance, plants. In particular, her research has focused on biosynthetic pathways, regulation and transport of glucosinolates in cruciferous plants....
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Heart patients are often not treated in accordance with guidelines
(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Many patients with cardiovascular disease are not given adequate drug therapy. This is the result of an international study. In the current edition of Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, Uwe Zeimer et al. present the German results of this prospective, one-year survey....
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Mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and cancer give clues to new therapies
(European Science Foundation) Cardiovascular conditions leading to heart attacks and strokes are treated quite separately from common cancers of the prostate, breast or lung, but now turn out to involve some of the same critical mechanisms at the molecular level....
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New study data: JANUVIA (sitagliptin)
(GCI Health) New data presented at the 61st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America showed JANUVIA (sitagliptin), a diabetes medicine from Merck & Co. Inc., significantly reduced blood sugar levels in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes and was not associated with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). In this study of 206 patients aged 65 to 96 years, there were no reports of hypoglycemia in either the JANUVIA or the placebo groups. Advanced age contributes to the risk of hypoglycemia....
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Household exposure to toxic chemicals lurks unrecognized, researchers find
(Brown University) Many women are surprised to learn the extent of personal, in-home contamination caused by exposure to everyday consumer products, according to a team of researchers including Brown University sociologist Phil Brown and 2008 Ph.D. recipient Rebecca Gasior Altman. The study, published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, is one of the first accounts of participants' responses to learning personal exposure data, research critical to environmental science and public health....
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Scientists honored for contributions to cancer fight
(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) The American Cancer Society -- the nation's leading voluntary health organization and largest non-governmental funder of cancer research and discovery -- will present its highest honor, the Medal of Honor, to four Americans who have made outstanding contributions to the fight against cancer....
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New MacArthur network to examine impact of aging society
(The Gerontological Society of America) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is creating a new inter-disciplinary research network to help America prepare for the challenges and opportunities posed by our aging society....
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Fall babies: Born to wheeze?
(American Thoracic Society) It is said that timing is everything and that certainly appears to be true for autumn infants. Children who are born four months before the height of cold and flu season have a greater risk of developing childhood asthma than children born at any other time of year, according to new research....
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Long-term antibiotics reduce COPD exacerbations, raise questions
(American Thoracic Society) Long-term use of a macrolide antibiotic may reduce the frequency of exacerbations in patients with moderate to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by as much as 35 percent, according to a London-based study....
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Pollution at home lurks unrecognized, instead attributed to large-scale environmental disasters
(American Sociological Association) Although Americans are becoming increasingly aware of toxic chemical exposure from everyday household products like bisphenol A in some baby bottles and lead in some toys, women do not readily connect typical household products with personal chemical exposure and related adverse health effects, according to research from the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior....
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Memory mission explores new territory in neuroscience
(Research Australia) Astrophysicists peer into the far corners of deep space for dark matter, but for neuroscientists at the Queensland Brain Institute exploring the unknown is much closer to home....
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Red, red wine: How it fights Alzheimer's
(University of California - Los Angeles) UCLA scientists have discovered the mechanism behind how compounds in red wine called polyphenols slow the cognitive declines of Alzheimer's....
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