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Study: Blue light proves to have powerful bacteria-killing ability

Blue light has proven to have powerful bacteria-killing ability in the laboratory. The potent antibacterial effects of irradiation using light in the blue spectra have now also been demonstrated in human and animal tissues. A series of groundbreaking articles that provide compelling evidence of this effect are published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

16 Dec 2013

Moderate consumption of alcohol can improve immune response to vaccination

It's the time of year when many of us celebrate the holidays with festive foods and drinks, including alcohol. No better time then to ask if it is true, as is widely held, that moderate consumption of alcohol is beneficial to health.

16 Dec 2013

New Memorandum of Understanding signed to create partnership in neuroscience research

Today, Congressmen Steve Israel (D-NY) and Chaka Fattah (D-PA) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding dedicated to creating a partnership in neuroscience research, and in particular, research on Alzheimer's disease.

16 Dec 2013

Potential dual benefits to tackling LUTS progression risk factors

Research shows that several risk factors associated with Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease also predict the progression of storage and voiding lower urinary tract symptoms in men, suggesting that targeting these could have multiple benefits.

16 Dec 2013

Incision technique shows potential for bladder neck contracture

A US team reports that deep lateral transurethral incisions are a promising technique for the treatment of recurrent bladder neck contracture in men following prostate surgery.

16 Dec 2013

Fat mass not linked to lung function in children with asthma

A study suggests that the relationship between body mass and lung function in children with asthma is more nuanced than previously thought.

16 Dec 2013

Insomnia impact on sleepiness and vigilance performance differs by age

Insomnia may affect people in different ways as they age, results of a prospective, 10-year study suggest.

16 Dec 2013

Chest wall resection effective for recurrent mesothelioma

Salvage chest wall resection could lengthen survival in patients with isolated chest wall recurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma, research indicates.

16 Dec 2013

Low vitamin D a consequence not a cause of ill health

Low vitamin D status is a marker of ill health rather than an underlying cause of disease, say the authors of a systematic review published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

16 Dec 2013

‘Window for intervention’ to forestall hypertensive cognitive decline

Newly diagnosed hypertension is predictive of cognitive decline in middle-aged individuals and is worse in those with poorly controlled blood pressure, Dutch researchers have found.

16 Dec 2013

Interactive booklet boosts parents’ RTI confidence

An interactive booklet given to parents in primary care can help them to be more knowledgeable and feel more confident about when and when not to consult a doctor for their child’s respiratory tract infections.

16 Dec 2013

Erlotinib ‘dose-to-rash’ strategy effective in advanced NSCLC

Erlotinib as first-line therapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer is equivalent to chemotherapy with regard to overall survival, an “all-comers” phase II trial has shown.

16 Dec 2013

Bay Area Lyme Foundation announces Emerging Leader Award for promising scientist in Lyme research

The Bay Area Lyme Foundation today announced the first annual Bay Area Lyme Foundation 'Emerging Leader Award' and a $100,000 grant which will be given to a promising scientist who embodies the future of leadership in Lyme disease research.

16 Dec 2013

Two UTHealth professors elected fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Two professors at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston - Barry Davis, M.D., Ph.D., and Kevin Morano, Ph.D. - have been elected fellows into the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science.

16 Dec 2013

Queen's University professor wins Gold Award for Innovation for research on male infertility

A Queen's University Professor has received international recognition for her research into male infertility.

16 Dec 2013

Drug abuse appears to foster brain changes that resemble schizophrenia

Teens who were heavy marijuana users -- smoking it daily for about three years -- had abnormal changes in their brain structures related to working memory and performed poorly on memory tasks, reports a new Northwestern Medicine- study.

16 Dec 2013

Diabetes most common among older men and those living in the South

About 8.8 percent of the privately insured population in 2012 had diabetes or was diagnosed as being at high risk for diabetes, up from 8.3 percent in 2011, but the rates of disease varied depending on age, gender and region of the country, says a new report from HCCI. In 2012, over one quarter of men between the ages of 55-64 and nearly one in 10 Southerners had diabetes or were at risk for diabetes.

16 Dec 2013

Switching chemotherapy does not improve survival in metastatic breast cancer patients with CTCs

For women with metastatic breast cancer who had elevated amounts of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in their blood after a first line of chemotherapy, switching immediately to a different chemotherapy did not improve overall survival or time to progression, according to the results of a phase III clinical trial presented here at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 10-14.

16 Dec 2013

NTU researchers find way to block invasion of Malaria parasite in blood cells

Scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have discovered a key process during the invasion of the blood cell by the Malaria parasite, and more importantly, found a way to block this invasion.

16 Dec 2013

Research: Released prisoners seven times more likely to commit suicide than general population

Research on the mortality of released prisoners is sparse and what research has been conducted has mainly focused on drug-related causes of death. This is a systematic review to investigate the risk of suicide in recently released prisoners.

16 Dec 2013