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New Technique Uses Infrared Light To Distinguish Between Different Strains Of S. aureus
Date: Jul-16-2013Scientists at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Vetmeduni Vienna) are hot on the trail of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. The researchers have developed a technique for the rapid and reliable distinction between strains that can cause chronic infections and those that cannot. Using infrared light and artificial intelligence, the scientists present a sophisticated method for the prediction of disease progression. Their results are now published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. The bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S...
New Study Shows There's A Reason Why We "Hear" Our Inner Voice
Date: Jul-16-2013Chances are, you are reading this first sentence and hearing your own voice talking in your head. According to a new study, internal speech makes use of a system that is mostly employed for processing external speech, which is why we can "hear" our inner voice. The study comes from the Department of Linguistics at the University of British Columbia, and is led by researcher Mark Scott, who analyzed a brain signal known as "corollary discharge" - a signal that separates sensory experiences we produce ourselves from experiences that are external...
New ADHD Test Uses Brainwaves
Date: Jul-16-2013A new test of brain waves measured by electroencephalogram (EEG) has been approved for helping to diagnose whether a child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today gave the green light to the NEBA System, which, "along with other clinical information, may help healthcare providers more accurately determine if ADHD is the cause of a behavioral problem," says Christy Foreman, a product evaluation director at the FDA. EEGs record electrical impulses, or waves, produced by neurons - nerve cells - in the brain...
New Estimates Suggest That Prevalence Of Dementia Is Falling In UK
Date: Jul-16-2013The proportion of people with dementia in the UK has fallen, according to new estimates from the first ever study to show how dementia prevalence has changed in the UK population over time, published in The Lancet...
Child Bonding Problem For Some Premature Babies Is "Neurological Brain Effect"
Date: Jul-16-2013Babies born prematurely may have trouble bonding with their parents as a result of "neurological impairments," according to a study published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. Researchers from the University of Warwick in the UK found the majority of premature babies with a very low birth weight were securely attached to their parents, but were at almost double the risk of "disorganized attachment." This is when a child displays conflicting behavior within the parent-child relationship...
Anti-Cancer Effects Found In Women Taking Every-Other-Day Aspirin
Date: Jul-16-2013Taking an aspirin every other day may help healthy women ward off colon cancer according to a new long-term study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Tuesday. However, the researchers, led by Nancy Cook, Associate Biostatistician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, found it took years for this benefit to emerge, and this should be weighed against the raised risk of gastrointestinal bleeding from long-term use of aspirin and the fact the treatment made no difference to cancer deaths...
New Method To Produce Blood Cells From Stem Cells Could Yield A Purer, Safer Cell Therapy
Date: Jul-16-2013A new protocol for reprogramming induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) into mature blood cells, using just a small amount of the patient's own blood and a readily available cell type, is reported on in the current issue of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine. This novel method skips the generally accepted process of mixing iPSCs with either mouse or human stromal cells during the differentiation process and, in essence, ensures no outside and potentially harmful DNA is introduced into the reprogrammed cells...
Alarmingly High Substance Abuse Rates Found Among Street Children In Low-Income Countries
Date: Jul-16-2013Millions of children worldwide live on the streets. A review and analysis of 50 studies on substance abuse by street children in 22 resource-constrained countries has found lifetime substance use to be both common and high, posing serious threats to their health as well as for their chances for reintegration into society. "The most important conclusion to draw from this large number of studies is not only is substance abuse by street children highly prevalent in low-income countries; it is largely ignored," said Paula Braitstein, Ph.D...
New Malaria Intelligence Gathering Unit For 10 Hardest-Hit African Countries
Date: Jul-16-2013The Malaria Situation Room, a joint initiative that will provide critical malaria intelligence in support of ten African countries, was launched today at a special African Union (AU) Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Abuja, Nigeria...
Shortage Of Consultants And Too Many Units, Reveals Latest Census Of Children's Doctors, UK
Date: Jul-16-2013There are too few paediatric consultants across the UK and too many general units to deliver the best possible healthcare for children, according to the latest workforce census conducted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). The RCPCH is warning that unless a radically different model of care is developed, there will be serious safety risks to children and the system will be unable to meet demand. Dr Hilary Cass, President of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said: "The problem is three-fold...
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