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PSA levels appear to be more predictive of three year prostate cancer risk in African-American men compared with Caucasian men with a family history of prostate cancer, according to a paper published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news154704137.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:22:45 EST news154704137 Older African American women who have experienced high levels of family violence throughout their lives are more likely to suffer worse physical and mental health than their counterparts, found a Temple researcher in the February issue of the Journal of Women's Health. http://www.physorg.com/news154694436.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:41:34 EST news154694436 Spending time with a grandparent is linked with better social skills and fewer behavior problems among adolescents, especially those living in single-parent or stepfamily households, according to a new study. http://www.physorg.com/news154628158.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:16:29 EST news154628158 People with a family history of melanoma may have a greater risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting in Seattle, April 25 to May 2, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news154024656.html Medicine & Health Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:38:04 EST news154024656 (PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg." http://www.physorg.com/news152548038.html Other Sciences Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:27:35 EST news152548038 People who lose a job or who are in the midst a financial crisis often are reluctant to talk about their struggles and may isolate themselves from friends and family. http://www.physorg.com/news151941398.html Other Sciences Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:57:25 EST news151941398 Half of family carers of people with dementia report some abusive behaviour towards the person they are caring for and one third report 'significant' levels of abuse, according to new research from UCL (University College London) published today in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). http://www.physorg.com/news151911523.html Medicine & Health Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:39:24 EST news151911523 Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research sheds light on the basic biology of the immune system, as well as on the effectiveness of drugs such as the anti-leukemia medication Gleevec/Imatinib. http://www.physorg.com/news151343235.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:47:15 EST news151343235 (PhysOrg.com) -- It seems the ill-advised roads taken early in life are mostly one-way. http://www.physorg.com/news151330573.html Medicine & Health Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:16:13 EST news151330573 Consumers now have a new tool to organize and share their family health histories. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday released an updated version of its "My Family Health Portrait." http://www.physorg.com/news151175138.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:05:38 EST news151175138 The work of Forsyth scientist Peter Jezewski, DDS, Ph.D., has revealed that duplication and diversification of protein regions ('modules') within ancient master control genes is key to the understanding of certain birth disorders. Tracing the history of these changes within the proteins coded by the Msx gene family over the past 600 million years has also provided additional evidence for the ancient origin of the human mouth. http://www.physorg.com/news151141584.html Biology Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:46:24 EST news151141584 Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic fragments. As a team of scientists from Berlin and Bochum (Germany), Innsbruck (Austria), and Leiden (The Netherlands) report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, cobalt-aspirin complexes have potential as cytostatics. http://www.physorg.com/news151046764.html Chemistry Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:26:04 EST news151046764 The number of people who need colonoscopies to screen for colorectal cancer is outpacing the number of endoscopists available to perform them, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. http://www.physorg.com/news151002863.html Medicine & Health Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:14:23 EST news151002863 As 2008 comes to a close, Akron, Ohio, Children's Hospital has compiled "10 Kids' Health Issues to Watch" in 2009. This year's list includes both mental and physical health issues. However, one common thread factors into many of these issues and so became the country's focus of attention: the economy. The financial crunch, here and around the world, will undoubtedly affect the physical and mental health of parents and kids throughout 2009 - and beyond. http://www.physorg.com/news150398654.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:24:14 EST news150398654 In a first of its kind study, a first-degree family history of prostate cancer has no impact on the treatment outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with brachytherapy (also called seed implants), and patients with this type of family history have clinical and pathologic characteristics similar to men with no family history at all, according to a January 1 study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. http://www.physorg.com/news150115064.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:37:44 EST news150115064 A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December 31, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology and will appear in the January 6, 2009, print issue of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news150023581.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:13:01 EST news150023581 Critically ill patients frequently have uncertain prognoses, but their families overwhelmingly wish that physicians would address prognostic uncertainty candidly, according to a new study out of the University of San Francisco Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news149749529.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:05:29 EST news149749529 The country's economic crisis could have lasting effects on children from families that fall into poverty, according to a new paper by researchers from Iowa State University's Institute for Social and Behavioral Research. http://www.physorg.com/news149271850.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:24:10 EST news149271850 The best chance of "reeling-in" an unmarried father and building the foundations for a stable family life are the critical months of pregnancy, says new research from the University of Maryland. http://www.physorg.com/news148565272.html Other Sciences Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:07:52 EST news148565272 A group of five endemic and recently extinct Hawaiian songbird species were historically classified as "honeyeaters" due to striking similarities to birds of the same name in Australia and neighboring islands in the South Pacific. Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution, however, have recently discovered that the Hawaiian birds, commonly known as the oo's and the kioea, share no close relationship with the other honeyeaters and in fact represent a new and distinct family of birds -unfortunately, all of the species in the new family are extinct, with the last species of the group disappearing about 20 years ago. http://www.physorg.com/news148223790.html Biology Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:16:30 EST news148223790 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new Penn State study shows that family lifestyle has a significant impact on teenagers` weight. Children are heavier if their families skip or miss some meals, such as breakfast, or if their families watch TV or play video games for several hours a day. This is true regardless of the teenager`s genetic risk of being overweight. http://www.physorg.com/news148151108.html Medicine & Health Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:05:08 EST news148151108 Overweight siblings of children with type 2 diabetes are four times more likely to have abnormal glucose levels compared to other overweight children. Because abnormal glucose levels may indicate risk for diabetes or diabetes itself, these children could benefit from screening tests and diabetes prevention education. http://www.physorg.com/news148067860.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:57:40 EST news148067860 Although the link between early screening and prostate cancer survival is well established, men are less likely to go for early screening unless they have a wife or significant other living with them, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://www.physorg.com/news147927939.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:05:39 EST news147927939 Teens who have never done drugs, but engage in other risky behaviours such as drinking, smoking and being sexually active, are more likely to use crystal meth, medical researchers at the University of Alberta have concluded. Among teens already doing other drugs, those with unstable family environments are most likely to do crystal meth, found the research team led by Dr. Terry Klassen, a professor in the Department of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. http://www.physorg.com/news146248469.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:34:29 EST news146248469 A University of Iowa-led international research team has found a new gene associated with the brain disorder epilepsy. While the PRICKLE1 gene mutation was specific to a rare form of epilepsy, the study results could help lead to new ideas for overall epilepsy treatment. http://www.physorg.com/news146220085.html Medicine & Health Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:41:25 EST news146220085 The researchers dated remains from four multiple burials discovered in Germany in 2005. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other - an unusual practice in Neolithic culture. http://www.physorg.com/news146162107.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:35:07 EST news146162107 New data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting outlines new data, which assesses breast cancer risk among women with a strong family history of breast cancer, but without a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation. This may facilitate earlier detection and prevention among high-risk women. http://www.physorg.com/news146146651.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:17:31 EST news146146651 Doctors know that you're at a higher risk for breast, colon and prostate cancers if they've been found in your family. Brain cancer can now be placed on that same list, says a new study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Utah. http://www.physorg.com/news145714744.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:19:04 EST news145714744 One quarter of all family caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients succumb to the stress of providing care to a loved one and become hospital patients themselves, according to an Indiana University study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news145545206.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:13:26 EST news145545206 It is a common belief that girls tend to internalize their problems, becoming depressed or anxious, while boys externalize their problems, turning to violence against people or property. A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy found that this idea did not hold for African-American youth who were in the juvenile justice system. For them, whether they internalized or externalized depended not on gender but on what was happening within their families. http://www.physorg.com/news145199183.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:06:23 EST news145199183