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New archaeological technique gives insight into the day before death
Date: Aug-13-2013The day before the child's death was not a pleasant one, because it was not a sudden injury that killed the 10-13 year old child who was buried in the medieval town of Ribe in Denmark 800 years ago. The day before death was full of suffering because the child had been given a large dose of mercury in an attempt to cure a severe illness. This is now known to chemist Kaare Lund Rasmussen from University of Southern Denmark - because he and his colleagues have developed a new methodology that can reveal an unheard amount of details from very shortly before a person's death...
Study explores how the brain encodes visual objects
Date: Aug-13-2013Opening our eyes and seeing the world before us, full of objects, is a simple action we may take for granted. Yet our brain is constantly carrying out a huge analysis only to let us see a flower, a pen, the face of our children...
The effects of cigarette taxation on alcohol consumption
Date: Aug-13-2013Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the U.S., while heavy drinking ranks as the third leading cause of preventable death. Cigarette taxation has been recognized as one of the most significant policy instruments to reduce smoking. Given that smoking and drinking often occur together, a first-of-its-kind study has examined cigarette taxation and found that increases are associated with modest to moderate reductions in alcohol consumption among vulnerable groups...
What is Kienbock's disease? What causes Kienbock's disease?
Date: Aug-12-2013Kienbock's disease, also known as avascular necrosis of the lunate, occurs when one of the eight small carpal bones in the wrist - the lunate bone - becomes damaged because its blood supply is lost. Kienbock's disease is a rare, debilitating disease process that can lead to chronic pain and dysfunction. In the Journal of Hand Surgery1, avascular necrosis of the lunate is also referred to as "osteonecrosis of the lunate". Avascular necrosis means death, damage or fracture of bone tissue due to interruption of blood supply...
ADHD and texting found to significantly impair teenage driving
Date: Aug-12-2013ADHD and texting both significantly impair driving performance among teenagers, according to a study published online today in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used a driving simulator to test the driving performance of 16- and 17-year-old drivers; approximately half of the study's 61 participants had been diagnosed with ADHD, the other half had not. During the 40-minute driving simulation, researchers measured the speed and lane position of the young drivers as they texted and talked on the phone...
Heart disease plaques: 'theory-changing' discovery
Date: Aug-12-2013Scientists have made a new discovery on how plaques grows inside the walls of arteries, opening doors for new clinical treatments for heart disease, according to a study published in the journal Nature Medicine. Researchers from the University of Toronto and Massachusetts General Hospital say the discovery opposes how scientists previously believed plaques developed within cardiovascular disease. The scientists, who conducted their experiment on mice, found that macrophages replicate inside plaques...
Stomach pain as a kid could mean anxiety as an adult
Date: Aug-12-2013A study from Vanderbilt University reveals children who have regular abdominal pain complaints are more likely to have an anxiety disorder during adulthood. The research, published in Pediatrics, looked at what can happen in adulthood for children who had recurring stomach pain. The research team, led by Dr. Lynn Walker, followed up with young adults who had chronic abdominal pain as children. Results were that out of the 332 patients who previously suffered as kids, 51% had an anxiety disorder as adults...
Understanding epilepsy - genetic breakthrough
Date: Aug-12-2013Scientists have discovered two new genes linked to severe forms of childhood epilepsy, a breakthrough reached with new genetic technology, according to a study published in the journal Nature. Researchers say that the genetic research technique may be a highly effective way of making discoveries about other complex neurological disorders like epilepsy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), epilepsy affects more than 2 million people in the US. More than 300,000 of these are children under the age of 15...
Diabetes Innovations 2013, October 3-5th at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Date: Aug-12-2013Diabetes Innovations 2013, October 3-5th at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. will bring together the best minds in diabetes prevention and management in a powerful marketplace of ideas to foster collaboration, spark innovation, and spur the development of practical and affordable solutions to the impact of diabetes...
Geneticists confirm herbal remedy carcinogen
Date: Aug-12-2013In a study that identifies the striking genetic changes caused by a herb compound, scientists have found a direct link between aristolochic acid - used in a traditional herbal remedy - and upper urinary tract cancers. The researchers say their findings also show the power of genome-wide sequencing, the method they used to find the compound's mutation signature, to spot individual exposure to carcinogens. They write about their work in an August 7th online issue of Science Translational Medicine...
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