http://www.physorg.com/health-news/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on health, medicine, medicine technology and health sciences. Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University. http://www.physorg.com/news177951030.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:51:27 EST news177951030 The World Health Organisation said Friday that a mutation had been found in samples of the swine flu virus taken following the first two deaths from the pandemic in Norway. http://www.physorg.com/news177945959.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:27 EST news177945959 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. http://www.physorg.com/news177945339.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:16:30 EST news177945339 (PhysOrg.com) -- When foreign invaders trip the immune system`s alarm, antibodies need to be specially sculpted to attack them head on. New research now shows that gene segments called enhancers control the reshuffling of antibody genes that makes such a precise and coordinated attack possible. http://www.physorg.com/news177931573.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:38:53 EST news177931573 (PhysOrg.com) -- Glaxo-SmithKline has joined forces with Nabi Pharmaceuticals to produce a vaccine to help smokers give up their addiction permanently. http://www.physorg.com/news177922617.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:30:02 EST news177922617 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research has obvious implications for large compensation awards in law courts but also has wider implications for general public health. http://www.physorg.com/news177927882.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:26:06 EST news177927882 (PhysOrg.com) -- Will advances in neuroscience make the justice system more accurate and unbiased? Or could brain-based testing wrongly condemn some and trample the civil liberties of others? The new field of neurolaw is cross-examining for answers. http://www.physorg.com/news177927125.html Medicine & Health Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:13:16 EST news177927125 They were in a deep sleep, yet sounds, such as a teakettle whistle and a cat's meow, somehow penetrated their slumber. The 25 sounds presented during the nap were reminders of earlier spatial learning, though the Northwestern University research participants were unaware of the sounds as they slept. http://www.physorg.com/news177862726.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:19:20 EST news177862726 (PhysOrg.com) -- UCSF scientists studying nerve cells in fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia. http://www.physorg.com/news177861724.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:03:08 EST news177861724 Researchers have shown how an experimental drug might restore the function of nerves damaged in spinal cord injuries by preventing short circuits caused when tiny "potassium channels" in the fibers are exposed. http://www.physorg.com/news177858348.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:09:48 EST news177858348 Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France. http://www.physorg.com/news177852930.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:01 EST news177852930 A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur development of a new vaccine against infection from Lyme disease, which is spread through tick bites. http://www.physorg.com/news177850772.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:40 EST news177850772 Phthalates are important components of many consumer products, including toys, cleaning materials, plastics, and personal care items. Studies to date on phthalates have been inconsistent, with some linking exposure to these chemicals to hormone disruptions, birth defects, asthma, and reproductive problems, while others have found no significant association between exposure and adverse effects. http://www.physorg.com/news177849290.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:36:06 EST news177849290 Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday. http://www.physorg.com/news177839808.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:57:59 EST news177839808 (PhysOrg.com) -- Bird flu viruses would have to make at least two simultaneous genetic mutations before they could be transmitted readily from human to human, according to research published today in PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news177839355.html Medicine & Health Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:53:30 EST news177839355 A whirlwind of activity is under way to apply the findings of the $3 billion Human Genome Project to improve health care in the United States and around the world. http://www.physorg.com/news177788607.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:01 EST news177788607 Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard. http://www.physorg.com/news177782677.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:20:08 EST news177782677 At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the brain to collect experiences needed for normal cognitive development. http://www.physorg.com/news177777639.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:41:41 EST news177777639 (PhysOrg.com) -- Visually impaired people appear to be fearless, navigating busy sidewalks and crosswalks, safely finding their way using nothing more than a cane as a guide. The reason they can do this, researchers suggest, is that in at least some circumstances, blindness can heighten other senses, helping individuals adapt. http://www.physorg.com/news177773741.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:04 EST news177773741 Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells. Two new studies advance that argument and demonstrate how shielding lung cancer cells from opiates reduces cell proliferation, invasion and migration in both cell-culture and mouse models. http://www.physorg.com/news177772193.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:10:49 EST news177772193 The pedal-to-the-metal signals driving the growth of several types of cancer cells lead to a common switch governing the use of glucose, researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have discovered. http://www.physorg.com/news177769436.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:27:39 EST news177769436 A well-known Eastern medicine supplement may help avoid the most common cause of liver transplantation, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding came as a surprise to the scientists, who used a number of advanced genetic and genomic techniques in mice to identify a molecular pathway that counters acetaminophen toxicity, which leads to liver failure. http://www.physorg.com/news177703404.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:10:03 EST news177703404 The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ability to walk. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than those who didn't receive stem cells. http://www.physorg.com/news177704058.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:30:02 EST news177704058 At the moment a newborn switches from amniotic fluid to breathing air, another profound shift occurs: nerve cells in the brain convert from hyperexcitability to a calm frame against which outside signals can be detected. http://www.physorg.com/news177701546.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:34:29 EST news177701546 (PhysOrg.com) -- Childhood is changing rapidly around the world, and the forces of modernization have a significant impact on shaping the intellectual development of children, researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Pitzer College have found. http://www.physorg.com/news177697113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:50:02 EST news177697113 (PhysOrg.com) -- The genesis of one the planet's most lethal viruses, HIV, has been caught on tape. New imaging experiments show individual HIV genomes -- strands of RNA - docking on the inner membrane of an infected cell wall as they are ensconced by HIV structural proteins. http://www.physorg.com/news177696439.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:07:49 EST news177696439 If you eat fish to gain the heart-health benefits of its omega-3 fatty acids, baked or boiled fish is better than fried, salted or dried, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news177694021.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:27:45 EST news177694021 (AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it. http://www.physorg.com/news177690830.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:34:41 EST news177690830 (PhysOrg.com) -- The Journal of Neuroscience reports this week that musicians are better than non-musicians at recognizing speech in noisy environments.  The finding from a study conducted by neurobiologists at Northwestern University in Chicago is the first biological evidence that musicians' have a perceptual advantage for "speech-in-noise." http://www.physorg.com/news177683204.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:28:17 EST news177683204 A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking. http://www.physorg.com/news177676420.html Medicine & Health Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:10:01 EST news177676420