| Incontinence takes mental toll on younger women  | Middle-aged women are more likely to suffer depression from a common medical problem that they find too embarrassing to talk about: urinary incontinence. | Read More »  Testing method promising for spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis  | A medical test previously developed to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers has been adapted to measure the same toxin in people suffering from spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, offering a potential tool to reduce symptoms. | Read More » Metabolic molecule drives growth of aggressive brain cancer  | A new study has identified an abnormal metabolic pathway that drives cancer-cell growth in a particular subtype of glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer. The finding could lead to new therapies for a subset of patients with glioblastoma. | Read More » Helping pet owners make tough choices  | Perhaps the hardest part of owning a pet is making difficult decisions when a beloved companion becomes seriously ill. That's why researchers are developing a new tool to help people assess their ailing pets' quality of life, a key factor in decisions about when to order life-prolonging procedures and when an animal's suffering means it's time to let go. | Read More » Depression in postmenopausal women may increase diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk  | Postmenopausal women who use antidepressant medication or suffer from depression might be more likely to have a higher body mass index, larger waist circumference and inflammation -- all associated with increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. | Read More » Experts propose restoring invisible and abandoned trials 'to correct the scientific record'  | Experts are today calling for all unpublished and misreported trials to be published or formally corrected within the next year to ensure doctors and patients rely on complete and accurate information to make decisions about treatments. | Read More » Severe maternal complications less common during home births, study suggests  | Women with low risk pregnancies who choose to give birth at home have a lower risk of severe complications than women who plan a hospital birth, finds a new study. | Read More » Using math to kill cancer cells  | Scientists have outlined how advanced mathematical modelling can be used in the fight against cancer. The technique predicts how different treatments and genetic modifications might allow cancer-killing, oncolytic viruses to overcome the natural defences that cancer cells use to stave off viral infection. | Read More » Overweight and obese patients less likely to achieve remission in early rheumatoid arthritis  | Overweight and obese patients are less likely to achieve successful remission in early rheumatoid arthritis compared to those of normal weight. | Read More » Geneticists solve mystery of EEC Syndrome's variable severity in children  | By identifying a protein that acts as a genetic modifier, scientists have solved the mystery of why some infants are born with a grave syndrome consisting of cleft palate and major deformities of the skin and limbs, while other infants with the same predisposing genetic mutation bear little or no sign of the illness, called EEC. | Read More » Nanoparticles helping to recover more oil  | When petroleum companies abandon an oil well, more than half the reservoir's oil is usually left behind as too difficult to recover. Now, however, much of the residual oil can be recovered with the help of nanoparticles and a simple law of physics. | Read More » Developmental protein plays role in spread of cancer  | A protein used by embryo cells during early development, and recently found in many different types of cancer, apparently serves as a switch regulating the spread of cancer, known as metastasis, report researchers. | Read More » Memory-boosting chemical identified in mice  | Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by researchers studying how cells respond to biological stress. | Read More » Key mechanism boosts the signaling function of neurons in brain  | Scientists have discovered a key mechanism that boosts the signalling function of neurons in the brain. | Read More » Why are there so many youth baseball-throwing injuries?  | Surgeons and sports medicine specialists may have some answers as to why youth baseball pitching injuries continue to rise despite the implementation of nationally recommended pitching limits. | Read More » E-commerce's future is in creating 'swift guanxi,' or personal and social rapport  | Despite the reputation of online marketplaces being distant and impersonal, through social technologies such as instant messaging, they can create the sense of personal and social relationships between buyers and sellers, termed "swift guanxi" in China, to facilitate loyalty, interactivity and repeat transactions, according to new research. | Read More » Sugar overload can damage heart  | Too much sugar can set people down a pathway to heart failure, according to a new study. | Read More » Current affairs make life hard for stickleback dads  | This Father's Day, spare a thought for three-spined stickleback fish – who may have been having a tough time this year, according to biologists. | Read More » New poll finds few Massachusetts residents worried about future terror attacks  | Approaching the two-month anniversary of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, a new poll shows that only one-in-eight Massachusetts residents are very concerned about a terrorist attack where they live. The poll also indicated distinct party-line divisions regarding which government officials and agencies were to blame for failing to prevent the attack. | Read More » Unauthorized immigrants account for only 1. 4 percent of U. S. medical spending  | A new study finds that immigrants have lower health care expenditures than legal residents. | Read More » Smoking in the entrances to bars increases the presence of nicotine inside  | The protection provided by the smoking ban decreases when people can still smoke outside the venue. For the first time, a study has analyzed the effects of the modification to the Spanish tobacco control law, implemented in 2011 in hospitality venues in Spain. The findings show that smoking on terraces and in the entrances to bars and restaurants increases the concentration of nicotine and particulate matter, which affects clients and hospitality professionals alike. | Read More » Smile's better to boost small businesses, says new research  | A simple smile and a friendly greeting can make customers feel much more loyal towards small independent companies, according to new research. | Read More » Farmworkers feel the heat even when they leave the fields  | Researchers conducted a study to evaluate the heat indexes in migrant farmworker housing and found that a majority of the workers don't get a break from the heat when they're off the clock. | Read More » Could novel drug target autism and fetal alcohol disorder?  | A surprising new study reveals a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol disorder. Both have social impairment symptoms and originate during brain development. The study found male offspring of rat mothers given alcohol during pregnancy have social impairment and altered levels of autism-related genes found in humans. But the damage was reversed with a thyroid hormone given to the mothers during pregnancy. | Read More » Chronic drinking and exposure to particulate matter dramatically decreases lung function  | Alveolar macrophage (AM) function plays a critical role in protecting the lungs by removing particulates. Chronic drinking causes persistent oxidative stress in the lungs, leading to impaired AM function. A new rodent study shows that chronic drinking appears to intensify lung damage caused by particulate matter. | Read More » Finasteride, medication for male pattern hair loss, may also decrease drinking  | Finasteride is a synthetic drug for the treatment of male pattern hair loss and an enlarged prostate. Rodent research has shown that finasteride can reduce alcohol intake. A preliminary study of men with finasteride-related sexual side effects indicates that finasteride may decrease drinking. | Read More » Tobacco laws for youth may reduce adult smoking  | States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking may consider implementing stringent tobacco restrictions on teens. Scientists discovered that states with more restrictive limits on teens purchasing tobacco also have lower adult smoking rates, especially among women. | Read More » Medical researchers design variant of main painkiller receptor  | Scientists have developed a variant of the mu opioid receptor that has several advantages when it comes to experimentation. This variant can be grown in large quantities in bacteria and is also water-soluble, enabling experiments and applications that had previously been very challenging or impossible. | Read More » Stress test and brain scans pinpoint two distinct forms of Gulf War illness  | New research suggests that Gulf War illness may have two distinct forms depending on which brain regions have atrophied. In a study of Gulf War veterans, researchers say their findings help explain why clinicians have consistently encountered veterans with different symptoms and complaints. | Read More » Medications to prevent clots not reaching some patients  | Researchers report that hospitalized patients do not receive more than one in 10 doses of doctor-ordered blood thinners prescribed to prevent potentially lethal or disabling blood clots, a decision they say may be fueled by misguided concern by patients and their caregivers. | Read More » | |
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