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UT Southwestern Medical Center receives NIH funds for asthma research

UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium (ICAC).

23 Nov 2009

Air pollution linked with respiratory symptoms in young inner-city children: Study

Exposure shortly after birth to ambient metals from fuel oil combustion and particles from diesel emissions is associated with respiratory symptoms in young inner-city children, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

23 Nov 2009

BMI and co-morbidity do not explain racial survival disparity in colon cancer patients

A new study by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers shows that body-mass index (BMI) and co-existing medical conditions (co-morbidity) do not explain the decreased survival observed among African-Americans compared to Caucasians who also have colon cancer. The study is published online Nov. 23 in Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society.

23 Nov 2009

Children exposed to pollution and indoor allergens face increased risk of asthma

Children who are exposed to high levels of traffic-related pollution and high levels of indoor endotoxin early in life have six times the risk of developing persistent wheezing by age three than children exposed to low levels of traffic and indoor-related pollutants, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

23 Nov 2009

Complicated flow of cellular messages can lead to self-destruction of brain cells, says new study

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which brain cells die following a stroke, as well as a possible way to mitigate that damage. The results of the study were recently published online in Nature Medicine.

23 Nov 2009

UK survey reveals the importance of cancer information services

People looking for detailed information about cancer outside of hospitals need a range of different information sources, reveals a Cancer Research UK survey published in the November issue of Cancer Nursing Practice.

23 Nov 2009

Children exposed to lead and tobacco are 2.4 times more likely to have ADHD

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

23 Nov 2009

Journal highlights debate over collective depression syndrome among asylum-seeking detainees

A new paper by William W Bostock from the School of Government, University of Tasmania, analysing the debate between the psychiatric profession and the Australian government over collective depression syndrome found among asylum-seeking detainees, has been published in the Dove Medical Press journal: Psychology Research and Behavior Management.

23 Nov 2009

New target may promote development of novel therapies for chronic sinusitis

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The finding gives scientists a new target for developing novel therapies to treat this form of the disease, which typically resists all current treatments.

23 Nov 2009

Potential therapeutic strategy to improve cognition in Down syndrome identified: DSRTF

The Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation (DSRTF) announces the identification of a new potential therapeutic strategy to address cognitive decline and improve cognition in Down syndrome. The findings were published in Science Translational Medicine on November 18, 2009 by DSRTF-supported researchers, Drs. Ahmad Salehi, William Mobley, and colleagues at Stanford and UCSD Schools of Medicine.

23 Nov 2009

Combination therapy improves survival rates of patients with head and neck cancer

Cancer Research UK scientists have found that a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy improves survival from advanced head and neck cancer in patients who are not able to have surgery.

23 Nov 2009

Genes from same 'family' interact with each other to prevent skin cancer, says new study

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have shown, for the first time, how two genes from the same 'family' can interact with each other to stop cancer in its tracks - according to new findings published in Molecular Cell.

23 Nov 2009

Scientists discover new potential target for treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, or white blood cells. By exploiting this mechanism, researchers have been able to powerfully suppress tumor formation in lab testing and in animal models.

22 Nov 2009

Inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair chosen

Renowned B.C. kinesiologist and heart disease researcher Dr. Scott Lear is the inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Research at St. Paul's Hospital, established in partnership with Simon Fraser University (SFU).

21 Nov 2009

America's Got Talent Donald Braswell to participate in "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert

Donald Braswell, 4th place winner from TV's "America's Got Talent" 2008 season, and William Stokking, retired principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, are featured in the "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert for Sara Ann Kronrot, a six-year-old Collingswood girl with profound cerebral palsy.

21 Nov 2009

World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010: Researchers invited to contribute their abstracts

Researchers are invited to contribute their abstracts to the World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 (IOF WCO - ECCEO10), the largest global meeting devoted to all aspects of osteoporosis and osteoarthritis research and patient care. The Congress will be held in Florence, Italy from May 5-8, 2010.

21 Nov 2009

Stop & Shop Supermarket warns customers to discard unused portions of recalled products by Unilever

Following a recall by Unilever The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company removed from sale Shedd's Country Crock ® Side Dishes DELUXE Cheddar Broccoli Rice and Shedd's Country Crock ® Side Dishes DELUXE Four Cheese Pasta due to an undeclared sulfite allergen.

21 Nov 2009

CPRIT’s cancer research funding awards: 403 proposals still in contention

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced today that 403 of the nearly 900 proposals submitted are still in contention for CPRIT’s inaugural cancer research funding awards. The applications for the Individual Investigator Research Award and the High Impact/High Risk Research Award will now undergo a second, more intense peer review evaluation by seven committees over the next six weeks beginning the end of this month.

21 Nov 2009

Review of study presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

Adding the cholesterol drug niacin to a statin improved HDL ("good") cholesterol levels and significantly reduced carotid arterial plaque buildup measured with ultrasound within 8 months, with further improvement seen at the end of the study (14 months).

21 Nov 2009

Cancer promoting gene identified

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth and progression to metastasis. Scientists hope the finding could lead to an effective therapy to target and inhibit the expression of this gene resulting in inhibition of cancer growth.

21 Nov 2009

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UT Southwestern Medical Center receives NIH funds for asthma research

Air pollution linked with respiratory symptoms in young inner-city children: Study

BMI and co-morbidity do not explain racial survival disparity in colon cancer patients

Children exposed to pollution and indoor allergens face increased risk of asthma

Complicated flow of cellular messages can lead to self-destruction of brain cells, says new study

UK survey reveals the importance of cancer information services

Children exposed to lead and tobacco are 2.4 times more likely to have ADHD

Journal highlights debate over collective depression syndrome among asylum-seeking detainees

New target may promote development of novel therapies for chronic sinusitis

Potential therapeutic strategy to improve cognition in Down syndrome identified: DSRTF

Combination therapy improves survival rates of patients with head and neck cancer

Genes from same 'family' interact with each other to prevent skin cancer, says new study

Scientists discover new potential target for treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Inaugural recipient of the Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair chosen

America's Got Talent Donald Braswell to participate in "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert

World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010: Researchers invited to contribute their abstracts

Stop & Shop Supermarket warns customers to discard unused portions of recalled products by Unilever

CPRIT’s cancer research funding awards: 403 proposals still in contention

Review of study presented at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions

Cancer promoting gene identified

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