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US Patients Going Straight To Emergency Department, Bypassing Personal Physicians - Every wondered why emergency departments in the USA are so crowded? The answer seems to be in people's changing behaviors over the last few years. Today, only 45% of the 354 million yearly visits for acute care in the USA are made to the patient's personal doctor, while an enormous number are going straight to emergency departments, seeing specialists, or turning up at outpatient care departments as their first point of call for treatment for new health problems, episodes, or a flare-up of a chronic health condition, such as diabetes or asthma ...

If You're Gonna Work Hard At Your Job, You'd Better Work Out Hard At The Gym Too - Heart, published by the BMJ (British Medical Journal) has found that men that are clinically out of shape, and work longer than the conventional workday hours, more likely die of heart disease by 50% compared to males who work the same hours in a week but are in shape. We all know that working long hours is bad for your health, both physical and mental, but there has never been clear definition if there is a direct correlation between work and disease levels, even death rates ...

Dental Sealants Contain Bisphenol A (BPA) Derivatives Which May Seep Into Children's Mouths - A study has revealed that sealants and fillings used on children's teeth may expose them to bisphenol A (BPA), says an article in the medical journal Pediatrics. The researchers say it is not yet clear whether this is hazardous to the long-term health of a child, as exposure does not generally last long. Dental sealants, which contain a variety of BPA derivatives are effective in preventing the majority of dental cavities in children and teenagers ...

Memory Problems Or Mild Cognitive Impairment More Common In Men - Mild cognitive impairment, which may include problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal aging rate, is more common among men than women, say researchers in an article published in the medical journal Neurology, September 7 issue. People with mild cognitive impairment, or MCI can function in everyday activities, but they may have problems with memory, such as remembering people's names, losing the flow of a conversation, and not remembering where they left things. In this latest study, researchers found that men are 1 ...

Olympics 2010; At Least One In Ten Athletes Were Injured In Vancouver - According to research found in the esteemed British Journal of Sports Medicine, at least one in 10 athletes sustained an injury during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Aside, one in 14 fell ill during the games. These relatively high numbers are more than likely to still be an underestimate, authors of the study suggest. This numerical content was based on reports from each of the head international physicians for each of the national Olympic teams represented. Holistically, 82 doctors responsible for 2567 athletes took part in the study ...

Research Shows That You Have To Read The Labels When Counting Carbs - Findings from a recent study in the September/October issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior demonstrates that consumers often read nutritional information on foodstuff labels, and don't clearly understand the true definition of health, weight loss and carbohydrate claims. "Effect of Low-carbohydrate Claims on Consumer Perceptions about Food Products' Healthfulness and Helpfulness for Weight Management" was authored by Judith Labiner-Wolfe, PhD; Chung-Tung Jordan Lin, PhD; and Linda Verrill, PhD. In the early 2000s, when Dr ...

Low Carb Plant Sourced Diet Better Than Animal Sourced One - If you want to live longer, you are better off on a low carb diet which is vegetable based, rather than one whose proteins are sourced from animals, according to a study involving 129,716 men and women published this week in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine. The researchers found lower overall mortality rates and lower death rates from cancer and cardiovascular disease among the low carb veggie people ...

Toddlers With Autism May Fix Their Eyes On Geometric Patterns Rather Than Children Playing - Children with autism may stare at geometric patterns when they are just 14 months old rather than look at kids playing around or doing yoga, say researchers in an article published in Archives of General Psychiatry. Children without autism prefer looking at other kids doing things, the authors added. Autism is known as a complex developmental disability. Experts believe that Autism presents itself during the first three years of a person's life ...

Katharine Spink, Malcolm Moos, And David Schaffer To Present At Advances In Stem Cell Discovery And Development Conference, San Francisco, Oct. 20-22 - Katharine Spink, Ph.D., Vice President of Operations for Geron's Regenerative Medicine Programs; Malcolm Moos Jr., M.D., Ph.D., Medical Officer, at FDA/CBER/OCTGT; and David Schaffer, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Neuroscience at University of California, and Co-Director of the Berkeley Stem Cell Center will give a featured presentations at the 4th Advances in Stem Cell Discovery and Development Conference to be held this year in San Francisco, CA Oct. 20-22, 2010 by GTCbio ...

NHS Choices: Six Warning Signs Of Cancer - More than 1/3 people in the UK will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. The good news is that some cancers can be cured if detected early enough. The key is to be aware of unexplained changes to your body, and to know the common signs and symptoms of cancer. While many cancer symptoms are common of other illnesses and usually nothing to worry about, you should see your GP if you have any of the below warning signs. This is so your GP can check your symptoms and either rule out cancer, or get you treated immediately ...

INL Selects Vistec's Electron-Beam Lithography System EBPG5200 For Nanotechnology Research - Vistec Lithography, a leading supplier of advanced electron-beam lithography systems has announced today that the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) in Braga, Portugal has placed an order for Vistec's electron-beam lithography system EBPG5200. The Portuguese Laboratory is the first fully international research organization in Europe in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology ...

Non-stick Cookware And Waterproof Fabrics Linked To Higher Cholesterol Levels In Kids - Chemicals used in the production of non-stick cookware and waterproof fabrics, known as perfluoroalkyl acids, can get into children's blood and raise their LDL cholesterol levels ("bad cholesterol" levels), says an article published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Examples of perfluoroalkyl acids include PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) and PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonate). LDL stands for low density lipoprotein, known as "bad cholesterol". HDL stands for high density lipoprotein, known as "good cholesterol" (see further down for an explanation on cholesterol) ...

Indresh Srivastava, Ph.D., To Give A Featured Presentation At The 5th Biological Therapeutics Conference Oct 20-22, San Francisco, CA - Indresh Srivastava, Ph.D., Head of Protein Biology, Novartis, will give a featured presentation at the 5th Biological Therapeutics Research and Development Conference to be held in San Francisco, CA on Oct. 20-22, 2010 by GTCbio as part of the 6th Annual Modern Drug Discovery and Development Summit ...

Roche And ReMYND Enter Into A Strategic Alliance To Develop First-In-Class Disease-Modifying Treatments For Parkinson's And Alzheimer's Disease - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and reMYND announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop novel therapeutics that could slow down neurodegeneration in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's patients by inhibiting α-synuclein and tau toxicity. The collaboration will focus on two of reMYND's pre-clinical small molecule programmes targeting α-synuclein and tau related pathologies in appropriate model systems as well as potential back-up classes. Roche and reMYND will form joint teams to progress the programmes towards clinical studies ...

Freerice 2.0: Feeding Minds While Feeding The Hungry - Does the word arundinaceous mean long and thin or someone who talks too much? Is an aleconner a beer-taster or a kind of bird? Does scunner mean deep dislike or something you'd find on a boat? Questions like these have stumped millions of people across the globe since 2007, when Freerice.com - the world's only vocabulary game that feeds the hungry - took the web by storm. Since then, the viral brain teaser has raised enough rice to feed more than 4.2 million people for a day in countries like Uganda and Bangladesh ...

Immutep Announces Final Results In Phase I/II Chemoimmunotherapy Trial In Metastatic Breast Cancer - Immutep S.A. announced the publication of a clinical research paper showing that its lead product, IMP321, given with first-line paclitaxel achieved clinical benefit in 90 per cent of metastatic breast carcinoma (MBC) patients. Correlations were observed with both the patients' monocyte (i.e. the primary target cell for IMP321) count before treatment and the degree of activation of monocytes during treatment. The study was an open-label fixed-dose-escalation trial carried out in three cancer centers in the Paris region. The lead center was the René Huguenin Cancer Centre in Saint Cloud ...

Southampton Heart Experts Implant Europe's First 'Slinky' Stent - Heart specialists at Southampton General Hospital are the first in Europe to implant an innovative 'slinky' coil to open a patient's blocked artery. Stents are used to create permanent blood flow in previously blocked arteries of coronary heart disease or heart attack patients during angioplasty, a procedure in which cardiologists inflate an artery with a small balloon, clear it and insert a permanent coil ...

Hans-Joachim Bohm, Mathai Mammen, Tom Novak And Others To Present At 6th Modern Drug Discovery And Development Summit, Oct 20-22, San Francisco - The at 6th Modern Drug Discovery and Development Summit will feature plenary keynote presentations from Mathai Mammen, Senior Vice President of Research and Early Clinical Development at Theravance; Gilles J. A. Gallant, Vice-President of Clinical Oncology at Human Genome Sciences; Tom Novak, Ph.D,Senior Vice President of Research & Development, Fate Therapeutics; and Hans-Joachim Bohm, Ph.D. Global Head of Chemistry, Roche. Productivity in the pharmaceutical industry is flagging. It is now clear that the traditional pharmaceutical Research & Development model is not sustainable ...

Stephen Turner And Michael R. Jackson To Present At Assay And Drug Discovery Technologies Conference, San Diego, Sept. 20-21, 2010 - Stephen Turner, Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Pacific Biosciences and Michael R. Jackson, Vice President, Drug Discovery and Development of Burnham Medical Research Institute will give a keynote presentation at the 5th Assay and Drug Discovery Technologies Conference to be held this year in San Diego, CA Sept. 20-21, 2010 by GTCbio. DNA polymerases possess performance characteristics far beyond what first and second generation sequencing technologies have achieved ...

Hospital Funding First Step Only To Rural Health Fix, Australia - The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) has welcomed the re-election of the Gillard Government, and has welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement that the next round of federal hospitals funding will be available for regional and rural hospitals. But the Association has warned that fixing the rural health crisis will require much more than just one round of hospital funding-it will need a systematic, big picture approach that also builds the rural health workforce and ensures the sustainability of rural practices and health services into the future ...

New Online Training For CPR In General Practice, Australia - GPs have indicated that they want more educational support in regards to managing cardiorespiratory resuscitation (CPR) in general practice, which has prompted the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to develop two new online learning activities with a focus on CPR. Dr Ronald McCoy, RACGP spokesperson, said that completing the CPR Theory Online activity and Accredited Basic CPR 2010 activity would enable GPs to refresh both their theory and skills in CPR through its blended learning format ...

College Of GPs Calls On Labor Party To Invest Directly Into General Practice, Australia - The RACGP welcomes the Labor Party into government, and urges the new government to maintain a strong focus on issues affecting the healthcare sector, especially in relation to general practice. RACGP President Dr Chris Mitchell said that the College was looking forward to working with the new government to improve access to high quality healthcare for everyone and calls on the government to keep investing directly into general practice ...

Universal Screening Of Newborns For Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Recommended - Today, The Endocrine Society released a new clinical practice guideline on the diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). The guideline features a series of evidence-based clinical recommendations developed by an expert task force ...

Hallucinogen Found To Safely Ease Anxiety In Advanced-Stage Cancer Patients - In the first human study of its kind to be published in more than 35 years, researchers found psilocybin, an hallucinogen which occurs naturally in "magic mushrooms," can safely improve the moods of patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety, according to an article published online in the Archives of General Psychiatry ...

RSPH Announces New Qualifications In Pest Management, UK - Following extensive consultation with the pest control industry, RSPH is pleased to announce that the following qualifications have received their accreditation from Ofqual, the regulatory body for qualifications, and can now be offered by approved centres: Level 2 Award in Pest Management Level 2 Certificate in Pest Management Level 3 Diploma in Pest Management The RSPH has amended and developed its pest control qualification portfolio in response to changes in the government regulations regarding accredited qualifications ...

Epitwin: Largest Ever Epigenetics Project Launched - One of the most ambitious large-scale projects in Human Genetics has been launched: Epitwin will capture the subtle epigenetic signatures that mark the differences between 5,000 twins on a scale and depth never before attempted, providing key therapeutic targets for the development of drug treatments. The project is a collaboration between TwinsUK, a leading twin research group based at King's College London, and BGI, one of the world's largest genomic organisations headquartered in Shenzhen, China ...

New Training Accreditation For The Third Sector From Royal Society Of Public Health, UK - A new accreditation programme is launched, by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), which is designed specifically for smaller enterprises in the Third Sector which offer training to their staff, supporters or the general public. As the health and well being sector enters a period of tremendous change, it is vital that all the participants are able to identify high quality training that is relevant to their needs ...

The Role Of CEP290 In Maintaining Ciliary Function Defined By Researchers - A new study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology helps define the role of an important ciliary protein, CEP290. The results could be applied toward targeted gene therapy in cilia-related diseases. Mutations in human CEP290 cause cilia-related disorders that range in severity from isolated blindness to perinatal death. CEP290 mutations are known to cause Meckel syndrome, Joubert syndrome, and NPHP - the most common syndromic form of cystic kidney disease in childhood - among others ...

Poor Public Awareness Highlights Radiotherapy's 'Cinderella' Status - Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures* published by Cancer Research UK today (Tuesday). The survey of more than 2,000 people from across the UK also reveals just 14 per cent are aware that half of all cancer patients could benefit from radiotherapy as part of their treatment. Cancer Research UK believes lack of public awareness about radiotherapy's importance in treating cancer is having a serious impact on providing world class treatment for the UK ...

Prime Minister Has Support Of Psychologists To Address Community Challenges, Australia - The Australian Psychological Society (APS) congratulates Julia Gillard on her re-appointment as Prime Minister of Australia and looks forward to working productively with the Gillard government to address pressing community issues including health reform. "This government is coming in at a time when the community is facing major challenges," APS president Professor Bob Montgomery said. "The APS is calling on this new government to address those challenges including inclusive health reform, improving access to mental health care and addressing the impact of climate change on the community ...

Urgent Action Needed To Ensure UK Patients Get Their Medicines, UK - Urgent action is needed to tackle the worsening problems UK patients are facing when trying to receive their medicine prescriptions. In response to the results of a medicine stock survey of pharmacists conducted by Chemist & DruggistMagazine, the ABPI has expressed serious concerns about the risks for patients and is calling for urgent Government action to tackle the root cause of the problem - those who are selling medicines intended for UK patients overseas to take advantage of exchange rates for profit ...

Memory Problems More Common In Men? - A new study shows that mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may affect more men than women. The research is published in the September 7, 2010, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Mild cognitive impairment is a condition in which people have problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal rate of aging. The study found that MCI was 1.5 times higher in men compared to women. MCI often leads to Alzheimer's disease ...

Visual Pattern Preference May Be Indicator Of Autism In Toddlers - Using eye-tracking methods, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic geometric patterns than they do looking at social images - a viewing pattern not found in either typical or developmentally delayed toddlers. The results of the study suggest that a preference for geometric patterns early in life may be a signature behavior in infants who are at-risk for autism. This preference was found in infants at-risk for autism as young as 14 months of age ...

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: September 7, 2010 - 1. A Low-carb Diet Based on Animal Protein May Increase Death Risk Evidence shows that a low-carbohydrate diet produces weight loss and improves some cardiovascular risk factors. However, health effects of a low-carbohydrate diet may depend on the type of protein and fat consumed. Researchers followed 85,168 women and 44,548 men on a low-carbohydrate diet for 26 and 20 years respectively. The patients ate either an animal-based (emphasizing animal sources of fat and protein) low-carbohydrate diet, or a vegetable-based low-carbohydrate diet ...

Many Hospital Emergency Department Visits Could Be Treated Elsewhere, Study Finds - About 17 percent of all visits to hospital emergency departments across the United States could be treated at retail medical clinics or urgent care centers, potentially saving $4.4 billion annually in health care costs, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Conditions that could be treated safely outside hospitals include minor infections, strains, fractures and lacerations, according to findings published in the September edition of the journal Health Affairs ...

Key To Slowing Rise Of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Is Pharmaceutical Conservation - The United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections, according to an analysis just released. Evidence indicates that our nation's supply of antibiotics is being depleted by resistance, which occurs when infection-causing microbes mutate or change so that they no longer respond to widely-used treatments. Most proposals to solve this problem focus on giving pharmaceutical companies financial incentives to develop new drugs that could replace those that are no longer working ...

Treatment Of Pain To Feature At PAC10, Australia - The management of persistent pain requires a different approach to that of acute pain. Whereas the initial problem can be addressed with acute pain, persistent pain requires restoration of physical, psychological and social function with minimisation of distress, decreasing the pain to a tolerable level rather than a cure and addressing the whole person in the rehabilitative process. Rehabilitation physician Dr Stephen de Graaff says adjustment and compensation in terms of skills and lifestyle are necessary, and a patient needs to participate in their wellbeing ...

Consumers Misled By Low-Carbohydrate Claims - Food manufacturers advertise a variety of foods on grocery store shelves by using nutrient claims on the front of packaging. A study in the September/October issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior evaluates how consumers are interpreting certain carbohydrate-related content claims and the effects of claims on consumer perceptions of food products. Findings from this study reveal that consumers misinterpret low carbohydrate claims to have health benefits and weight loss qualities beyond their nutrition facts ...

Southport: Work Starts On Phase Two Of "The Uk's Most Advanced Dementia Care Centre", Birch Abbey - Work has started on Phase Two of what has already been hailed as the UK's most advanced new dementia care facility, Birch Abbey , Southport. Just weeks after the "new" £5 million Birch Abbey opened in Alexandra Road, Southport, Dan Lingard, chief executive of the centre's owner, iPersonally, gave the go-ahead to demolish the original building which will be replaced by a further extension. "The response and level of interest locally has been phenomenal - we are having to ramp up and bring forward our recruitment campaign because Phase One has been so successful," said Dan Lingard ...

Teenage Self-Injury Identified And Treated By Radiologists - Using ultrasound and a minimally-invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, according to a new study published in the online edition and October print issue of the journal Radiology. "This is a new way for radiologists to impact public and mental health," said the study's senior author, William E. Shiels II, D.O., chairman of the Department of Radiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and president of The Children's Radiological Institute ...

Scientists Decode Words From Brain Signals - In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, University of Utah researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain. "We have been able to decode spoken words using only signals from the brain with a device that has promise for long-term use in paralyzed patients who cannot now speak," says Bradley Greger, an assistant professor of bioengineering ...

Men Are More Likely To Develop Mild Cognitive Impairment Than Women - Alzheimer's Society Comment - Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may affect more men than women research published in the journal Neurology claims. The study of 2,050 people aged 70-89 living in Olmstead County, Minnesota found MCI was 1.5 times higher in men than women with 19 percent of men having MCI compared to 14 percent of women. The study also found that people with a low level of education or who had never married also had a higher rate of MCI. MCI includes problems with memory or thinking beyond that explained by the normal rate of aging and often leads to Alzheimer's disease ...

New Treatment Activates Death Program In Cancer Cells - Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it's a personal disease. Each case is unique and based on a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Conventional chemotherapy employs treatment with one or more drugs, assuming that these medicines are able to both "diagnose" and "treat" the affected cells. Many of the side effects experienced by chemotherapy patients are due to the fact that the drugs they are taking aren't selective enough ...

Blocking HMGB1 May Benefit Cancer Patients - Like some people, cells eat when they are under pressure - but they consume parts of themselves. A multi-function protein helps control this form of cannibalism, according to a study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. Cells often respond to hunger or stress by digesting some of their contents. The process, known as autophagy, helps free nutrients and clean up cytoplasmic trash such as worn-out organelles and misshapen proteins ...

Low Pre-Natal Vitamin D Doubles Schizophrenia Risk - Newborn babies with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found. The research team used tiny samples of blood taken as part of routine screening from newborn babies in Denmark. They then compared vitamin D concentrations in babies who later developed schizophrenia with healthy controls - and the study confirmed those with low vitamin D had a twofold increased risk of developing the disorder. Vitamin D, or the "sunshine hormone", is the result of sunshine on the skin ...

'Brinavess'? (Vernakalant) For Infusion Approved In The European Union For Rapid Conversion Of Recent Onset Atrial Fibrillation - MSD (known in the and as Merck) (NYSE:MRK) and Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME/ TSX: COM) announced that the intravenous (IV) formulation of 'Brinavess'? (vernakalant) has been granted marketing approval in the European Union (EU), and for the conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation (AF) to sinus rhythm in adults. The full indication is for the rapid conversion of recent onset AF to sinus rhythm in adults: for non-surgery patients with AF of seven days or less and for post-cardiac surgery patients with AF of three days or less ...

Katter Misses Health Mark By Country Mile - Rural Doctors Association Of Australia - Bob Katter has shown a lack of understanding of the health needs of rural Australians, with country hospitals and health services barely getting a look-in on his 20 point wish list. Dr Nola Maxfield, President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA), said she was extremely disappointed with the low priority he has given rural health. "Health services are consistently listed as the number one concern for rural Australians," Dr Maxfield said ...

Ten-Fold Rise In Obesity Surgery In England Since 2000 - The use of bariatric or weight loss surgery has increased ten-fold in NHS hospitals in England since 2000, finds a study published on bmj.com. One reason for this rapid rise is increased demand from obese patients as they become more aware of surgery as a viable treatment option, suggest the researchers. Bariatric surgery is performed on people who are dangerously obese, for the purpose of losing weight ...

Any New Financial Transaction Tax Must Dedicate A Proportion Of Its Funds To Health - As Finance Ministers from the European Union gather in Brussels for a formal meeting to discuss the establishment of an EU-wide financial transaction tax, international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières calls on them to dedicate a proportion of the receipts from any fundraising mechanism to global health. "The EU is in a unique position to act here," said Dr. Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Director of MSF's Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines ...

European Medicines Agency Holds First Scientific Workshop On Nanomedicines - On 2-3 September 2010, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) hosted the first international scientific workshop on nanomedicines. Some 200 European and international participants from 27 countries including Australia, Canada, India, Japan and the United States discussed benefits and challenges arising from the application of nanotechnologies to medicines. Participants included representatives from patients' organisations, health care professionals' organisations, academia, regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical industry ...

CGC Genetics Introduces MicroArray Panel For Molecular Diagnosis Of Thrombophilia And Warfarin Pharmacogenetics - CGC Genetics, a 18 year-old European medical genetic testing company has recently expanded to the USA. The company offers a broad menu of more than 1,500 molecular diagnostic, cytogenetic and clinical genomic CLIA laboratory tests that cover all the major disciplines of medicine. One of the company's product offerings is a MicroArray Panel for Molecular Diagnosis of Thrombophilia and Warfarin Pharmacogenetics ...

Intradermal (ID) Flu Vaccine Available Now For The First Time In The UK - Reliable intradermal (ID) flu vaccination1, amplifying the immune response of older vulnerable people, will help to protect them from flu and its complications during this year's flu season.2,3,4,5 Available now in the UK, the Intanza®15µg micro-needle injection system* is simple for healthcare practitioners to use, with a narrow (30G), short (1.5mm) needle that is nearly imperceptible for patients ...

What Are Babies Made Of? Research Shows For Some It Is Sugar, Salt And Not All Things Nice - Children as young as four weeks old are being fed a poor diet of biscuits, ice-cream and soft drinks, according to new Australian research. A study published in the journal Nutrition & Dietetics found some month-old babies had been introduced to high fat, salt and sugar foods, despite health authorities recommending exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age. Researcher Jane Scott and colleagues tracked 587 women from two Perth maternity hospitals through regular phone interviews for 12 months to understand how the new mothers fed their babies ...

Umea Researchers In Pediatrics, More Infants Should Receive Iron Supplements - Giving iron supplements to children with marginally low birth weights (2000-2500 grams) dramatically reduces the risk of developing iron deficiency and anemia. This is shown by Umea researcher Magnus Domellöf and associates in the coming edition of the pediatric scientific journal Pediatrics. It has recently been discovered that both birth weight and the infants' nutrition supply are important risk factors for later morbidity in adulthood ...

Are White Homosexual Men Still Taking Too Many HIV Risks? - Risky sexual behavior among members of a subset of the gay community is still adding to the spread of HIV. Research published in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases has found that young white homosexual men have an important contribution in the local spread of HIV. Despite increased education and awareness of HIV in the Western world, the number of new infections continues to rise each year ...

Interrupting Death Messages To Treat Bone Disease - A surface molecule on bacteria that instructs bone cells to die could be the target for new treatments for bone disease, says a scientist speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting. Blocking the death signal from bacteria could be a way of treating painful bone infections that are resistant to antibiotics, such as those caused by Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Bone disease, or osteomyelitis, affects 1 in 5,000 people around the world ...

Blood Signatures To Diagnose Infection - Coughing and wheezing patients could someday benefit from quicker, more accurate diagnosis and treatment for respiratory infections such as flu, through a simple blood test, according to scientists. Dr. Aimee Zaas, presenting her work at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham describes how simply looking at an individuals blood 'signature' can be used to quickly diagnose and treat ill patients and could even predict the onset of a pandemic ...

Insect Brains Are Rich Stores Of New Antibiotics - Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard according to scientists from the University of Nottingham, who have discovered powerful antibiotic properties in the brains of cockroaches and locusts. Simon Lee, a postgraduate researcher who is presenting his work at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham, describes how the group identified up to nine different molecules in the insect tissues that were toxic to bacteria. These substances could lead to novel treatments for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections ...

Stress Resilience Returns With Feeling For Rhythm - If your body releases cortisol with fixed regularity then you can cope with stress better, says NWO-funded researcher Angela Sarabdjitsingh. She investigated the rhythm of corticosterone production in rats. This rat hormone is comparable to the human stress hormone cortisol. Rats deal considerably less well with stress if the pattern of corticosterone release changes. An irregular release pattern is a characteristic of chronic stress and stress-related diseases. It might therefore be possible to treat these by restoring the rhythm ...

Using SYNTAX Scoring To Indicate The Outcomes From CABG And PCI Procedures In Multivessel Coronary Disease - There have been several studies into the impact of completeness of revascularisation in recent years, yet few clear recommendations are available on the likely clinical outcomes. This topic is not formally addressed in either the European Society of Cardiology guidelines or those jointly issued by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology ...