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After incomplete spinal cord injury, treadmill step training promotes motor function
Date: Nov-07-2013A large body of evidence shows that spinal circuits are significantly affected by training, and that intrinsic circuits that drive locomotor tasks are located in lumbosacral spinal segments in rats with complete spinal cord transection. However, after incomplete lesions, the effect of treadmill training has been debated, which is likely because of the difficulty of separating spontaneous stepping from specific training-induced effects. According to a study published in Neural Regeneration Research (Vol. 8, No...
Dementia delayed by speaking a second language
Date: Nov-07-2013Those who have been contemplating learning a second language may want to enroll on a course, as researchers have found that being bilingual may help to delay three types of dementias. The study, published in the journal Neurology, is also the first of its kind to report a second language advantage in those who are illiterate, say the researchers - who come from both the University of Edinburgh in the UK and Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India. For their study, the researchers evaluated 648 people from India who were diagnosed with dementia...
Immune-suppressing cells explain newborn infection vulnerability
Date: Nov-07-2013New research suggests that immune-suppressing cells may be a cause of infection vulnerability in newborn infants - and they are the same cells that allow good bacteria to safely colonize an infant's intestines. Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say their findings could "prompt a major shift" in how medical professionals view the threat of neonatal infections, and could have an important bearing on research into new prevention strategies...
'Second opinion' in breast tumor diagnosis offered by computer-aided image analysis
Date: Nov-07-2013Researchers at the University of Chicago are developing computer-aided diagnosis (CADx) and quantitative image analysis (QIA) methods for mammograms, ultrasounds and magnetic resonance images (MRIs) to identify specific tumor characteristics, including size, shape and sharpness, said lead researcher Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology/Medical Physics and director of the Imaging Research Institute at the University of Chicago. Currently, computer-aided detection provides a "second opinion" to a radiologist in locating suspicious regions within mammograms...
Debunking the 'myths' of global medical tourism
Date: Nov-06-2013A team of British researchers is warning governments and health care organizations around the world not to fall for the myths and hype surrounding medical tourism. With the promise of a lucrative market and huge global market opportunities, the appeal of medical tourism is hard to miss. But researchers from London, York, Sheffield and Birmingham, UK, challenge the view that there is an ever-growing number of people prepared to travel across national borders to receive medical treatment...
5th International Conference and Exhibition on Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques, August 18-20th 2014, Beijing
Date: Nov-06-2013Analytical & Bioanalytical Science research envisions a crucial role in determining the outcome values which predominantly have a say in the interdependent pharmaceutical industries, patients and new drug development procedures. Acknowledging this inevitable demand in this globalised era, OMICS Group Conferences once again takes the privilege to organize 5th International Conference and Exhibition on Analytical & Bioanalytical Techniques during August 18-20, 2014 at DoubleTree by Hilton Beijing, China...
New guidelines for diabetes testing in pregnant women
Date: Nov-06-2013Experts have said that diabetes in pregnant women is sometimes missed by traditional screening methods, so a task force from The Endocrine Society has issued a set of guidelines to help health care professionals provide the best diabetes care to pregnant women. The Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) was recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. A chair, selected by the The Endocrine Society, as well as five experts, a methodologist and a medical writer worked together to create the CPG...
Stressed mothers 'transmit stress patterns to offspring'
Date: Nov-06-2013New research suggests that infants born to mothers who have been through stressful life events may experience changes at birth that impact their emotional behavior well into adulthood. This is according to a study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry. Researchers from the University of Haifa in Israel say that previous research conducted in both humans and animals has shown that females who are exposed to stress even before they conceive can have have an impact on offspring...
Gut microbes influence colon cancer risk
Date: Nov-06-2013Scientists have known for some time that inflammation influences the development of colorectal cancer, but now, a new study suggests that gut microbes may also play a role. Writing in the latest online issue of the journal mBio, the researchers describe how they transferred gut microbes from mice with colon tumors to germ-free mice and found it made them prone to getting tumors as well. The human gut harbors trillions of bacteria, fungi and other tiny organisms - known collectively as the gut microbiome - that are important for a healthy gut...
MS and cognition focus of recent studies
Date: Nov-06-2013Three recent studies have been published focused on the cognitive side of multiple sclerosis (MS). Each study was published by researchers at Kessler Foundation (West Orange, N.J.) - studies that could eventually lead to cognitive therapies being approved for reimbursement by insurers. Many know that physically, MS can cause muscle rigidity, pain and paralysis. Lesser known are the cognitive effects -- including fatigue, trouble with memory and speech...
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