Research team awarded prestigious National Institutes of Health grant
(Queen's University) Queen's University professor Daren Heyland and his research team at the Kingston General Hospital Clinical Evaluation Research Unit received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to advance research into meeting the nutrition needs of high risk, critically ill patients....
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Wayne State develops IT solution to help disabled make better wheelchair selections
(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A Wayne State University researcher has introduced computer technology that makes it easier for people who need wheelchairs to select one that best suits their needs....
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Stem-cell-growing surface enables bone repair
(University of Michigan) University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. Their success brings stem cell therapies another step closer....
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Fellowship puts reporters on solid footing as America ages
(The Gerontological Society of America) After two years, 31 participants, and over 120 news stories, the Gerontological Society of America and New America Media have received a new grant to continue the successful MetLife Foundation Journalists in Aging Fellowship Program....
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Study shows how patients use Facebook to solicit kidney donations
(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook....
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Make no mistake - male bosses' errors matter
(Springer) According to a new study, leaders who make mistakes are seen as less competent, less desirable to work for and less effective than leaders who do not. And if the leader is a man making a mistake in a man's world, he is judged more harshly than a woman making the same mistake in a man's world. The work is published online in Springer's Journal of Business and Psychology....
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Prevalence of kidney stones doubles in wake of obesity epidemic
(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) The number of Americans suffering from kidney stones between 2007 and 2010 nearly doubled since 1994, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and RAND....
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'Killer silk:' Making silk fibers that kill anthrax and other microbes in minutes
(American Chemical Society) The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria -- even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anthrax -- in minutes....
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Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's researcher honored twice in a month
(Mayo Clinic) At Mayo Clinic, the name Clifford Jack Jr., M.D., means cutting-edge imaging and Alzheimer's research....
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Common acne medication doubles risk of eye infection
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Dr. Gabriel Chodick of Tel Aviv University says that acne patients who take oral medications like Accutane double their risk of developing an eye infection compared to those who do not. He says that the use of inexpensive artificial tears or eyedrops, which are available over-the-counter at the local pharmacy, can minimize this eye damage....
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Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that's more like mother's milk
(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a healthy "designer fat" that, when added to infant formula, provides a key nutrient that premature babies need in high quantities, but isn't available in large enough amounts in their mothers' milk. The new nutrient, based on hazelnut oil, also could boost nutrition for babies who are bottle-fed for other reasons. The report appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry....
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New process would make anti-malarial drug less costly
(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a new, higher-yield, two-step, less costly process that may ease supply problems and zigzagging prices for the raw material essential for making the mainstay drug for malaria. That disease sickens 300-500 million people annually and kills more than one million. The report on the process, which uses readily available substances and could be easily implemented by drug companies, appears in ACS' journal Organic Process Research & Development....
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Army study: DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease
(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs. The work appears in a recent edition of the online scientific journal PLoS ONE, published by the Public Library of Science....
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Study finds voter genetics may predict election outcomes
(Boston University Medical Center) New studies led by researchers from Boston University School of Medicine shows specific genetic traits may predispose people to their preferences for social, spiritual and political behaviors....
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Cardio fitness levels of breast cancer patients may affect survival
(Duke University Medical Center) Women receiving care for breast cancer have significantly impaired cardio-pulmonary function that can persist for years after they have completed treatment, according to a study led by scientists at Duke University Medical Center....
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Landmark textbook on health care and the US legal system released
(George Washington University) The second edition of 'Law and the American Health Care System' was released by Foundation Press on May 15, 2012. Building on its 1997 predecessor, the second edition textbook offers a comprehensive vision and analysis of the intersection of law and the US health care system. Law and the American Health Care System arrives at a time of unprecedented change in how health care is organized, financed, and delivered....
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'Obesity genes' may influence food choices, eating patterns
(Lifespan) Researchers from the Miriam Hospital say individuals with variations in certain "obesity genes" tend to eat more meals and snacks, consume more calories per day and choose the same high fat, sugary foods....
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Study supports urate protection against Parkinson's disease, hints at novel mechanism
(Massachusetts General Hospital) Use of the antioxidant urate to protect against the neurodegeneration caused by Parkinson's disease appears to rely on more than urate's ability to protect against oxidative damage. In the May issue of the open-access journal PLoS One, researchers from the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases describe experiments suggesting the involvement of a novel mechanism in urate's protection of cultured brain cells against Parkinson's-like damage....
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Robotic-assisted prostate cancer surgery drives up costs, UPMC study finds
(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) In one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the cost of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic surgery for prostate cancer, researchers at UPMC found that this now-dominant surgical approach is significantly more costly than standard open surgery, despite little scientific evidence of long-term improved patient outcomes. The results of the study were published online in the journal Urology....
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Forensics ferret out fire beetle secret
(University of Bonn) Black fire beetles of the genus Melanophila possess unusual infrared sensors. Researchers from the University of Bonn and from the Forschungszentrum Jülich have concluded that the beetles' sensors might even be more sensitive that uncooled infrared sensors designed by humans. Having this natural model opens up new perspectives, such as for early warning systems for forest fires. The results have been published in PLoS ONE....
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