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Sleep disturbances may influence vascular cognitive decline

Patients with vascular cognitive impairment without dementia have distinct abnormal sleep patterns that may be related to their cognitive deficits, researchers report.

23 Sep 2013

Genes play meaningful role in sleep quality

Researchers have quantified the contribution genetics makes to sleep quality variation in a twin study of middle-aged men.

23 Sep 2013

Framingham model predicts hypertension in young adults

The Framingham Heart Study model for predicting short-term risk for hypertension has good discriminatory ability in a biracial population of young adults, say researchers.

23 Sep 2013

Urinary pneumococcal antigen testing ‘useful in children’

Urinary antigen testing is effective in detecting invasive pneumococcal pneumonia in children, say the authors of a UK-based case–control study.

23 Sep 2013

Lpath receives NIH SBIR grant to investigate effect of Lpathomab compound on diabetic neuropathy

Lpath, Inc., the industry leader in lipidomics-based therapeutics, announced receipt of a Notice of Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This $145,000 Phase 1 SBIR grant will support the study of Lpath's therapeutic monoclonal antibody, Lpathomab™, in animal models of diabetic neuropathic pain and diabetic neuropathy.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers lead two major trials to test potential treatments for asbestos-related cancer

University of Leicester researchers are leading two major trials into treatments for a type of cancer which affects those exposed to asbestos.

23 Sep 2013

Undersize school chairs, low desks and overweight backpacks contribute to chronic back pain in adolescents

Undersize school chairs, low desks and overweight backpacks are contributing to chronic back pain in adolescents, according to a study from researchers in Portugal to be published in the International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics.

23 Sep 2013

Older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer are more likely to experience functional disability

Many older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have difficulty accomplishing daily tasks, and African-Americans seem to be disproportionately affected.

23 Sep 2013

Study explains why survival is low in peritoneal dialysis patients

Clinicians and scientists from Keele and Cardiff universities have published data from a landmark study that explains why survival in patients on peritoneal dialysis is low.

23 Sep 2013

Study: Messages coming from muscle receptors are enough to change the internal body representation

People can be easily tricked into believing an artificial finger is their own, shows a study published today [23 September] in The Journal of Physiology.

23 Sep 2013

New regulatory mechanism could help develop novel therapies for cancer

Molecular microbiologists at the University of Southern California (USC) have uncovered intricate regulatory mechanisms within the cell that could lead to novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

23 Sep 2013

First-time mothers who report breastfeeding problems are more likely to abandon this practice

Most new mothers in the United States begin breastfeeding when their children are born, but new research shows that those who report early concerns or problems with breastfeeding are nearly 10 times more likely to abandon breastfeeding within two months.

23 Sep 2013

Humans consuming artificial sweetener are likely to choose high calorie alternatives in future

The results of the new study imply that it is hard to fool the brain by providing it with 'energyless' sweet flavours.

23 Sep 2013

Odour of newborns activates neural reward circuit in mothers, elicits maternal care functions

What woman has not wanted to gobble up a baby placed in her arms, even if the baby is not hers? This reaction, which everyone has noticed or felt, could have biological underpinnings related to maternal functions.

23 Sep 2013

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Encouraging results from the T1DAL study (Targeting effector memory T cells with alefacept in new onset type 1 diabetes), led by Mark R. Rigby MD, PhD from Indiana University and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis and sponsored by the Immune Tolerance Network (ITN) with additional support from JDRF, are published today in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

23 Sep 2013

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

Chronic aggressive behaviour exhibited by some boys from disadvantaged families may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy and early childhood.

23 Sep 2013

Evidence shows that fear memories can be reduced during sleep

A fear memory was reduced in people by exposing them to the memory over and over again while they slept. It's the first time that emotional memory has been manipulated in humans during sleep, report Northwestern Medicine- scientists.

23 Sep 2013

New study on propofol drug may help develop effective anesthetics with fewer side effects

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Imperial College London have identified the site where the widely used anesthetic drug propofol binds to receptors in the brain to sedate patients during surgery.

23 Sep 2013

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

A dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) emigrating to the United States has resulted in a "brain drain" explored in the dissertation of Vanderbilt student Akhenaten Tankwanchi, a portion of which was published recently in PLOS Medicine.

23 Sep 2013

Sodium-potassium pump is pivotal to body's function

The story of the sodium-potassium pump has strong ties to Denmark. In 1997, the Danish scientist Jens Chr. Skou received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, and over the years, research on the pump has remained a strong focus area at Aarhus University.

23 Sep 2013

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Sleep disturbances may influence vascular cognitive decline

Genes play meaningful role in sleep quality

Framingham model predicts hypertension in young adults

Urinary pneumococcal antigen testing ‘useful in children’

Lpath receives NIH SBIR grant to investigate effect of Lpathomab compound on diabetic neuropathy

Researchers lead two major trials to test potential treatments for asbestos-related cancer

Undersize school chairs, low desks and overweight backpacks contribute to chronic back pain in adolescents

Older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer are more likely to experience functional disability

Study explains why survival is low in peritoneal dialysis patients

Study: Messages coming from muscle receptors are enough to change the internal body representation

New regulatory mechanism could help develop novel therapies for cancer

First-time mothers who report breastfeeding problems are more likely to abandon this practice

Humans consuming artificial sweetener are likely to choose high calorie alternatives in future

Odour of newborns activates neural reward circuit in mothers, elicits maternal care functions

Researchers report encouraging results from T1DAL study on type 1 diabetes

Boys’ chronic aggressive behavior may be due to epigenetic changes during pregnancy, early childhood

Evidence shows that fear memories can be reduced during sleep

New study on propofol drug may help develop effective anesthetics with fewer side effects

Migration trends of SSA-educated physicians to America have increased over the last decade

Sodium-potassium pump is pivotal to body's function

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