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New safety concern related to antipsychotic treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Overall, antipsychotic medications are reasonably effective, and fairly well tolerated treatments for mood and psychotic disorders. However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight ...


Ultrasound enhances noninvasive Down syndrome tests

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The addition of a "genetic sonogram" maximizes the accuracy of non-invasive testing for Down syndrome, said a Baylor College of Medicine researcher who was lead author of a landmark study in the current issue of Obstetrics an ...


Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...


Researcher offers a greater incentive to eat your greens

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland PhD candidate and nutritionist Christine Houghton is set to investigate whether broccoli could help in the fight against diabetes.


New DNA test uses nanotechnology to find early signs of cancer

New DNA test uses nanotechnology to find early signs of cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using tiny crystals called quantum dots, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a highly sensitive test to look for DNA attachments that often are early warning signs of cancer.


New method for detecting nitroxyl will boost cardiac drug research

New method for detecting nitroxyl will boost cardiac drug research

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wake Forest University scientists have developed a new research tool in the pursuit of heart medications based on the compound nitroxyl by identifying unique chemical markers for its presence in biological ...


Lack of sleep could be more dangerous for women than men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Women who get less than the recommended eight hours sleep a night are at higher risk of heart disease and heart-related problems than men with the same sleeping patterns.


Stanford researchers find a quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes

Researchers find quicker, cheaper way to sort isotopes

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's the summer grass that tickles your feet or the red Bordeaux smacking on your palette, nearly every part of the world around you carries special chemical markers. These markers, ...


Melon research sweetened with DNA sequence

Melon research sweetened with DNA sequence

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People smell them, thump them and eyeball their shape. But ultimately, it's sweetness and a sense of healthy eating that lands a melon in a shopper's cart.


Inflammation markers linked more with fatal than nonfatal cardiovascular events in elderly

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine shows that for elderly people at risk of cardiovascular disease, the presence of inflammatory markers in the blood can identify that an individual is at ...


New tracking approach will help protect polar bears

New tracking approach will help protect polar bears

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new approach to tracking polar bears, developed by Queen's University researchers, will shed more light on the potentially endangered Arctic animal and help boost the economy of Canada's north.


Research uncovers clues to virus-cancer link

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

In a series of recently-published articles, a research team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has uncovered clues to the development of cancers in AIDS patients.


I-SPY trial offers key insights into locally advanced breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists are reporting two findings that could influence the way researchers screen for, treat and assess prognosis for women with locally advanced breast cancer, an aggressive form of the disease. One finding offers a ...


Scientists identify new gene linked to autism risk, especially in boys

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA scientists have discovered a variant of a gene called CACNA1G that may increase a child's risk of developing autism, particularly in boys. The journal Molecular Psychiatry publishes the findings in its ...


Eating fish, nuts and olive oil may be associated with reduced risk of age-related blindness

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Regularly eating fish, nuts, olive oil and other foods containing omega-three fatty acids and avoiding trans fats appears to be associated with a lower risk for the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, according ...