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Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone. http://www.physorg.com/news177515840.html Medicine & Health - Research Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:10:01 EST news177515840 Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree relatives, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news177515762.html Medicine & Health - Research Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:56:53 EST news177515762 Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells (the electrical activity in the brain that allows nerve cells to communicate with one another) protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's disease. http://www.physorg.com/news177515236.html Medicine & Health - Research Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:48:15 EST news177515236 (PhysOrg.com) -- Patients do not need to fast before having their cholesterol tested, a major study has found. http://www.physorg.com/news177338824.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:06:15 EST news177338824 (PhysOrg.com) -- A state-of-the-art chest scanner, the first of its kind in the UK, will allow doctors and researchers to spot heart problems that were previously undetectable. http://www.physorg.com/news177338085.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:01 EST news177338085 (PhysOrg.com) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers are studying statins, the class of drugs long associated with lowering cholesterol, as a way to reduce H1N1-related deaths. http://www.physorg.com/news177329653.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:05 EST news177329653 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart functions. The study, which appears on-line in Obesity, also found that measuring a person's body mass index (BMI) does not reliably predict the amount of undesired fat in and around these vital organs. http://www.physorg.com/news177328586.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:20:48 EST news177328586 (PhysOrg.com) -- The UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth received a federal grant to fund research examining brain performance enhancement in America`s fighting men and women through the use of state-of-the-art virtual reality technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news177325903.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:40:01 EST news177325903 (PhysOrg.com) -- On average, our cells encounter a very lethal form of DNA damage 10 times a day. Lucky for us, we have the capacity to repair each and every one of them. New research now reveals exactly how two well-known proteins are involved in the process, a finding that not only helps shed light on cancer but also on how our cells maintain the integrity of our genome. http://www.physorg.com/news177322691.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:50:02 EST news177322691 (PhysOrg.com) -- By matching children with rare or life-threatening diseases and modelling potential disease progression, researchers hope to find new routes forward. http://www.physorg.com/news177321886.html Medicine & Health - Research Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:40:01 EST news177321886 Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announced today that it will participate in a large national study of the effectiveness of testosterone as a treatment for anemia, cardiovascular disease, decreased vitality, impaired memory and sexual function, loss of muscle mass and other health conditions that affect older men. http://www.physorg.com/news177259306.html Medicine & Health - Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:10:02 EST news177259306 An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), in which the body's skeletal muscles and soft connective tissue turns to bone, immobilizing patients over a lifetime with a second skeleton. http://www.physorg.com/news177258526.html Medicine & Health - Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:50:03 EST news177258526 The lipid that accumulates in brain cells of individuals with an inherited enzyme disorder also drives the cell death that is a hallmark of the disease, according to new research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators. http://www.physorg.com/news177253830.html Medicine & Health - Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:11:16 EST news177253830 A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists. http://www.physorg.com/news177249971.html Medicine & Health - Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:20:02 EST news177249971 Faculty of 1000 reviewers examine a study from New Zealand on whether prolonged exposure to the father's semen protects new mothers against pre-eclampsia and having an undersized baby. http://www.physorg.com/news177248387.html Medicine & Health - Research Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:50:01 EST news177248387 (PhysOrg.com) -- Switching from a low-fat, plant-based diet to one high in fat and sugar alters the collection of microbes living in the gut in less than a day, with obesity-linked microbes suddenly thriving, according to new research at the School of Medicine. The study was based on transplants of human intestinal microbes into germ-free mice. http://www.physorg.com/news177180865.html Medicine & Health - Research Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:40:01 EST news177180865 Predicting the side-effects of a drug is not simple task. The human body has more than 1,500 molecules that are known to be involved in various diseases, and often a drug designed to hit one of these targets will also hit others that have similar structures, causing unintended consequences. http://www.physorg.com/news177183252.html Medicine & Health - Research Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:37:10 EST news177183252 Catheter-directed therapy or catheter-directed thrombolysis -- an interventional radiology treatment that uses targeted image-guided drug delivery with specially designed catheters to dissolve dangerous blood clots in the lungs -- saves lives and should be considered a first-line treatment option for massive pulmonary embolism, note researchers in the November Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. http://www.physorg.com/news177155285.html Medicine & Health - Research Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:10:02 EST news177155285 (PhysOrg.com) -- Cell-culture studies looking into how compounds in cinnamon extract affect brain cells are being conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. The researchers have reported findings that the compounds studied prevented isolated brain cells from swelling, one of the many abnormal conditions resulting from traumatic brain injury and stroke due to impaired blood flow to the brain. http://www.physorg.com/news177098493.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:07 EST news177098493 Lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified by measuring either total and HDL cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without the need to fast and without regard to triglyceride levels, according to a study in the November 11 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news177096805.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:20:05 EST news177096805 (PhysOrg.com) -- Using an excimer laser to widen narrowed or obstructed blood vessels in hard-to-reach areas of heart and kidney arteries may be feasible and safe, according to a study by a team of researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University Pauley Heart Center and the Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news177096003.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:01 EST news177096003 People who did not earn a high school diploma could be more likely to get H1N1 and the vaccine might be less effective in them compared to those who earned a diploma, new research shows. http://www.physorg.com/news177087269.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:07:07 EST news177087269 When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result. http://www.physorg.com/news177083076.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:47:16 EST news177083076 Getting a flu shot this fall? Canadians scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate the sting of that vaccine. According to a new Université de Montréal study, published in the latest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), negative and positive emotions have a direct impact on pain. http://www.physorg.com/news177074239.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:39:41 EST news177074239 (PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully restored. http://www.physorg.com/news177062210.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:00:03 EST news177062210 A new study, published in the November 17, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing body of research seeking to evaluate and understand possible sex differences associated with antiplatelet therapies. This study--the first to look at the impact of clopidogrel, one of the most frequently prescribed drugs to prevent and treat heart disease, in women--found it to be effective in reducing cardiovascular (CV) events in both men and women with no statistically significant sex differences in terms of expected clinical benefit or increased harm. http://www.physorg.com/news177059069.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:03 EST news177059069 (PhysOrg.com) -- The first human embryonic stem cell treatment approved by the FDA for human testing has been shown to restore limb function in rats with neck spinal cord injuries - a finding that could expand the clinical trial to include people with cervical damage. http://www.physorg.com/news176993886.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:54:28 EST news176993886 The continual presence in the air of the microbe-derived molecule LPS promotes asthma in some individuals. What prevents inhalation of LPS from promoting asthma in most individuals is not well understood. However, researchers have now ascribed this function in mice to a population of lung immune cells known as lung interstitial macrophages (IMs); this is the first in vivo function described for these cells. http://www.physorg.com/news177059033.html Medicine & Health - Research Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:03 EST news177059033 (PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers have developed a tiny wireless device that can be inserted under a patient?s skin to monitor blood glucose levels over a period of several months. http://www.physorg.com/news177018067.html Medicine & Health - Research Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:20:05 EST news177018067 In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and regular-tasting food can activate the brain's stress system and generate overeating, anxiety, and withdrawal-like symptoms. http://www.physorg.com/news177008257.html Medicine & Health - Research Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:36:41 EST news177008257