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Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo

Friday, 30 Jul 2010 00:42:22 GMT

(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study from Australian researchers determined that transforaminal injection of steroids was a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation. Full details of the study appear in the August issue of Pain Medicine, a journal...

Clinical trials can be improved by managing the learning curve

Friday, 30 Jul 2010 00:42:16 GMT

(Duke University Medical Center) Researchers at Duke University Medical Center looked for a learning curve phenomenon in the data record of a large, multi-site clinical trial. Their findings point to ways to improve the quality of future trials through better training and simulation exercises.

30 million women to benefit from health reform law

Friday, 30 Jul 2010 00:42:05 GMT

(Commonwealth Fund) Thirty million women will benefit from the new health reform law over the next decade, either through new or strengthened insurance coverage, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund. The law will stabilize and reverse the growing exposure to health costs...

Western diet link to ADHD

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:53 GMT

(Research Australia) A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a "Western-style" diet in adolescents. The research findings have just been published online in the international Journal of Attention Disorders. Leader of...

UCLA scientists for the first time identify a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 14:41:19 GMT

(University of California - Los Angeles) UCLA scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and the development of new and more effective targeted treatments for the disease.

Chances of hurricane hitting Texas discussed at UH conference

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 13:43:32 GMT

(University of Houston) University of Houston researchers are doing things a little differently with a new model they developed to predict the number of hurricanes that could strike Texas this year. This and other hurricane-related topics will be discussed at a public conference from 8...

Braddock Mayor John Fetterman to receive the ESA's Regional Policy Award

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 10:42:00 GMT

(Ecological Society of America) The Ecological Society of America will present its third annual Regional Policy Award to Mayor John Fetterman of Braddock, Pennsylvania at its 95th Annual Meeting on August 1, 2010, in Pittsburgh. The award recognizes a regional or local policymaker who has...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to arterial stiffness in black teens

Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 07:45:13 GMT

(The Endocrine Society) Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke, in black teens according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Black teens taking...

Current list of MAK and BAT values presented with 61 modifications and new entries

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 17:43:21 GMT

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area has presented the 2010 list of MAK and BAT values containing new data on 61 substances. These values for the...

Electronic cigarettes require more suction than conventional brands

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 14:41:43 GMT

(University of California - Riverside) Stronger suction is required to smoke "electronic cigarettes" than conventional brands, with possible adverse effects on human health, researchers at the University of California, Riverside report. Using a smoking machine to compare the smoking...

AWARD Fellowship highlights critical role of African women in agricultural research

Wednesday, 28 Jul 2010 09:41:39 GMT

(Burness Communications) A passion fruit pathologist, a catfish breeder, and a pigeon pea researcher are among the 60 outstanding women agricultural scientists from 10 African countries who received a fellowship today from African Women in Agricultural Research and Development. The...

Reform of primary care could reduce diagnostic errors

Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:31 GMT

(Baylor College of Medicine) Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health-care system, and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of a new and evolving model of comprehensive and coordinated primary care could potentially...

Adherence to recommended exercise improves physical function, reduces pain for OA patients

Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:21 GMT

(Wiley-Blackwell) Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee or hip who adhere to the recommended home physical therapy exercises and physically active lifestyle experience more improvement in pain, physical function, and self-perceived effect according to a study from researchers in the...

63 percent of women report sexual problems with orgasm proving biggest issue in teens and 20s

Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 09:41:47 GMT

(Wiley-Blackwell) Almost two-thirds of females attending a general urology practice reported that they suffered from sexual dysfunction. Dysfunction rose with age in all categories except orgasm, with 54 percent of women aged from 18 to 30 reporting orgasm problems, significantly higher...

Biology, computer science combine efforts to fight cancer

Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010 09:41:40 GMT

(University of Houston) The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded $2.4 million to the University of Houston to fund promising young cancer researchers working on new multidisciplinary approaches to fighting cancer. The money will fund postdoctoral scientists at UH...

Once bitten, twice shy -- a temperature switch triggers aversive memory

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 17:41:38 GMT

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Neurobiologists can now activate specific nerve cells to study the association between sensations and negative experiences.

Doctors don't 'get' their patients

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 15:41:44 GMT

(Springer) US physicians are often poor judges of their patients' health beliefs, according to a new study. However, physicians' understanding is better the more patients are involved by asking questions, expressing concerns, and stating their beliefs and preferences for care. Their...

New invention at the Weizmann Institute

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 15:41:38 GMT

(Weizmann Institute of Science) Weizmann Institute neurobiologists and electrical engineers have invented a new technology that lets the severely disabled communicate or steer a wheelchair by sniffing.

New approach which can help to predict neurodegenerative diseases

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 15:41:32 GMT

(Elhuyar Fundazioa) New investigations, initiated by research workers at CIC bioGUNE and led by Dr. Aitor Hierro, have opened possibilities for making progress in the knowledge and prediction of neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, according to the prestigious...

JCI table of contents: July 26, 2010

Monday, 26 Jul 2010 13:41:35 GMT

(Journal of Clinical Investigation) This release contains summaries, links to PDFs, and contact information for papers to be published July 26, 2010, in the JCI: "Reducing the health risks of obesity without serious side effects"; "Predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients";...

Why the MRC didn't fund research that led to the birth of the world's first test tube baby

Saturday, 24 Jul 2010 19:41:41 GMT

(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Thirty-two years ago today, the world's first baby was born after IVF. However, the work that led to the birth of Louise Brown on July 25, 1978, had to be privately funded after the UK's Medical Research Council decided in 1971...

2 Americans launch idea after viewing Afghan farms

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 13:41:22 GMT

(Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) In the most foreign of countries, following a misunderstood industry, and in the middle of war, two Americans met recently and realized they shared a dream: Helping farmers patch up their land, produce better crops and deliver them safely to hungry...

Report calls for coordinated information on climate change

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:42:34 GMT

(National Academy of Sciences) A comprehensive national response to climate change should be informed by reliable data coordinated through climate services and a greenhouse gas monitoring and management system to provide timely information tailored to decision makers at all levels, says a...

Hijacked supplies for pathogens

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:42:30 GMT

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Legionnaire's disease bacteria tap into the material transport in immune cells.

Strong scientific findings presented at AIDS 2010 point to promise ahead and underscore the need to stay the course

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 10:42:23 GMT

(International AIDS Society) The biennial meeting of the global AIDS community concluded today with clear evidence of tangible progress in HIV research and program scale up, yet facing an urgent need for increased resources, the protection of human rights, and broader use of...

Report finds bioenergy production can expand across Africa without displacing food

Friday, 23 Jul 2010 00:41:48 GMT

(Burness Communications) Crops can be produced for bioenergy on a significant scale in west, eastern and southern Africa without doing damage to food production or natural habitats, according to a report produced by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa, Imperial College London...

U of T researchers find link between childhood physical abuse and heart disease

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 19:41:36 GMT

(University of Toronto) Childhood physical abuse is associated with significantly elevated rates of heart disease in adulthood, according to new findings by University of Toronto researchers, published in this month's issue of the journal Child Abuse & Neglect.

Lack of access to evidence-based HIV prevention and care is a fundamental violation of human rights

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 17:41:48 GMT

(International AIDS Society) The appalling lack of access to scientifically proven interventions for key populations at risk -- including sex workers, men who have sex with men and people who use drugs -- and the lagging scale up of simple and inexpensive treatment regimens to prevent...

Once a delinquent, always a delinquent?

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 10:42:25 GMT

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) Children who come in conflict with the law early on in life do not necessarily become long-term criminals thereafter. This is one of the findings of the Marburg Child Delinquency Study that are described in the current issue of Deutsches Aerzteblatt...

New global report launched by the International AIDS Society recommends a new paradigm for treating injecting drug users: 'Seek, test, treat and retain'

Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 10:42:19 GMT

(International AIDS Society) Against the backdrop of some of the globe's fastest growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a report launched today at AIDS 2010 in Vienna makes the case for a new model for scaling up treatment and prevention of HIV amongst injecting drug users.