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Consuming grapes may protect against organ damage associated with metabolic syndrome

Consuming grapes may help protect against organ damage associated with the progression of metabolic syndrome, according to research presented Monday at the Experimental Biology conference in Boston. Natural components found in grapes, known as polyphenols, are thought to be responsible for these beneficial effects.

23 Apr 2013

Study: About 42% of screened veterans with blast injuries have irregular hormone levels

Up to 20 percent of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq have experienced at least one blast concussion. New research suggests that nearly half these veterans may have a problem so under-recognized that even military physicians may fail to look for it.

23 Apr 2013

Experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, restore drug-sensitivity

A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) suggests that an unusual experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, reverse resistance to the drug fulvestrant and perhaps improve the effectiveness of other breast-cancer drugs.

23 Apr 2013

Exposure to chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations, say researchers

North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations - causing the so-called "water fleas" to produce more male offspring, and causing reproductive problems in female offspring.

23 Apr 2013

Sleep deprivation affects vascular function and impairs breathing control

With work and entertainment operating around the clock in our modern society, sleep is often a casualty. A bevy of research has shown a link between sleep deprivation and cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, and obesity.

23 Apr 2013

Two studies examine safety of nitrous oxide for surgical anesthesia

Giving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery doesn't increase the rate of complications and death—and might even decrease the risk of such events, according to a pair of studies in the May issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society.

23 Apr 2013

Highly active ART does not appear to impair heart function, study suggests

Long-term use of highly active antiretroviral therapies does not appear to be associated with impaired heart function in children and adolescents in a study that sought to determine the cardiac effects of prolonged exposure to HAART on children infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics, a JAMA Network publication.

23 Apr 2013

Tree nuts consumption helps improve health

Three new studies involving tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) were presented this week at the Experimental Biology Meeting in Boston, MA.

23 Apr 2013

White button mushrooms can help maintain weight loss, say researchers

New research published as an abstract in The FASEB Journal and presented at Experimental Biology 2013 (EB 2013) on Monday, April 22 ties mushrooms to positive health outcomes in the area of weight management.

23 Apr 2013

EI trumps IQ reveals how well dental students work with patients

IQ directly relates to how students perform on tests in the first two years of dental school. But emotional intelligence trumps IQ in how well dental students work with patients, report researchers from Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine and Weatherhead School of Management.

23 Apr 2013

TSRI scientists find way to directly turn bone marrow stem cells into brain cells

In a serendipitous discovery, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells.

23 Apr 2013

$Johns Hopkins researchers find that diagnostic errors accounted for largest fraction of claims$

Johns Hopkins researchers find that diagnostic errors accounted for largest fraction of claims

In reviewing 25 years of U.S. malpractice claim payouts, Johns Hopkins researchers found that diagnostic errors — not surgical mistakes or medication overdoses — accounted for the largest fraction of claims, the most severe patient harm, and the highest total of penalty payouts.

23 Apr 2013

Integral Molecular releases MPS antibody discovery platform

ntegral Molecular, Inc., a leader in membrane protein reagents and services, announces the launch of its Membrane Protein Solutions antibody discovery platform.

23 Apr 2013

Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) receives funding from the Scottish Funding Council

The University of Glasgow is set to boost its contribution to global medical research and the Scottish economy following the announcement of funding to build a major research centre.

23 Apr 2013

Research findings could provide a way to treat onset, progression of Parkinson's disease

The earliest signs of Parkinson's disease can be deceptively mild. The first thing that movie star Michael J. Fox noticed was twitching of the little finger of his left hand.

23 Apr 2013

Findings open new possibilities for research, testing treatments to combat obesity

Joslin scientists report significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown adipose tissue and the generation of new BAT cells.

23 Apr 2013

University of Utah researchers develop novel technique to identify RNA cytosine methyltransferases

Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have developed a novel and powerful technique to identify the targets for a group of enzymes called RNA cytosine methyltransferases in human RNA.

23 Apr 2013

Eating mushrooms can help increase, maintain vitamin D levels, find BUSM researchers

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have discovered that eating mushrooms containing Vitamin D2 can be as effective at increasing and maintaining vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin D) as taking supplemental vitamin D2 or vitamin D3.

23 Apr 2013

Women & Infants Hospital physician to study treatment options for heavy menstrual bleeding

Kristen A. Matteson, MD, MPH, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Women & Infants Hospital and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, has earned a $1.6 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health to study the effectiveness of two treatments options for heavy menstrual bleeding.

23 Apr 2013

$Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF$

Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF

Although hip fractures in older patients are known to be a major cause of long term disability and increased risk of death, less is known about the relationship between surgical delay after hip fracture and mortality risk.

23 Apr 2013

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Consuming grapes may protect against organ damage associated with metabolic syndrome

Study: About 42% of screened veterans with blast injuries have irregular hormone levels

Experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, restore drug-sensitivity

Exposure to chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations, say researchers

Sleep deprivation affects vascular function and impairs breathing control

Two studies examine safety of nitrous oxide for surgical anesthesia

Highly active ART does not appear to impair heart function, study suggests

Tree nuts consumption helps improve health

White button mushrooms can help maintain weight loss, say researchers

EI trumps IQ reveals how well dental students work with patients

TSRI scientists find way to directly turn bone marrow stem cells into brain cells

Johns Hopkins researchers find that diagnostic errors accounted for largest fraction of claims

Integral Molecular releases MPS antibody discovery platform

Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) receives funding from the Scottish Funding Council

Research findings could provide a way to treat onset, progression of Parkinson's disease

Findings open new possibilities for research, testing treatments to combat obesity

University of Utah researchers develop novel technique to identify RNA cytosine methyltransferases

Eating mushrooms can help increase, maintain vitamin D levels, find BUSM researchers

Women & Infants Hospital physician to study treatment options for heavy menstrual bleeding

Belgian investigators present study results of hip fracture in older patients at ESCEO13-IOF

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