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Biological Causes Of Migraine Discovered
Date: Jun-24-2013Researchers have discovered some of the main biological causes of migraine by identifying several different genetic regions that are responsible for triggering the attacks. Migraines affect approximately 14% of adults, it is classed as the seventh disabler in the Global Burden of Disease Survey 2010. It has been very hard to study the disorder because no biomarkers have been identified during migraine attacks. However, in this study, the team managed to identify 12 different genetic regions which play a role in the risk of migraine...
Engineering Evidence For Safer Medical Devices
Date: Jun-24-2013Medical devices play an important role in enhancing patients' quality of life and supporting the healthcare system. However, there is a need for improved methods of demonstrating their safety, performance and efficacy according to a joint report published tomorrow by the Royal Academy of Engineering and The Academy of Medical Sciences...
UPMC'S 'Big Data' Technology Shows Promise In Breast Cancer Research
Date: Jun-24-2013Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this "big data" technology for accelerating scientific discoveries and the promise of personalized medicine. With the foundational architecture of UPMC's new enterprise data warehouse in place, Pitt researchers recently were able to electronically integrate for the first time clinical and genomic information on 140 patients previously treated for breast cancer...
The Link Between Circadian Rhythms And Aging
Date: Jun-24-2013MIT study finds that a gene associated with longevity also regulates the body's circadian clock Human sleeping and waking patterns are largely governed by an internal circadian clock that corresponds closely with the 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. This circadian clock also controls other body functions, such as metabolism and temperature regulation. Studies in animals have found that when that rhythm gets thrown off, health problems including obesity and metabolic disorders such as diabetes can arise...
Depression Treatment Failing Two Thirds Of Patients
Date: Jun-24-2013Global depression survey conducted by leading healthcare analysts reveals a large proportion of poorly controlled depression patients Despite one third of patients suffering from depression failing to respond at all to current treatment, with a further third only experiencing a partial improvement of symptoms, sales of drugs for depression generated an estimated $5.6bn in the US, Japan and major European markets in 2012, according to research carried out by analysts at Datamonitor Healthcare...
Tumour "Tweets" Influence Other Cells
Date: Jun-24-2013Groundbreaking research from Australia reveals that brain tumours release small bits of information, rather like "tweets", that interact with blood vessel cells in a way that causes them to undergo significant changes. The researchers believe the discovery may lead to new treatments...
Prenatal Smoke Exposure Associated With Adolescent Hearing Loss
Date: Jun-24-2013Prenatal smoke exposure was associated with hearing loss in a study of adolescents, which suggests that in utero exposure to tobacco smoke could be harmful to the auditory system, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Exposure to second-hand smoke (SHS) is a public health problem and exposure to tobacco smoke from in utero to adulthood is associated with a wide variety of health problems, the authors write in the study background. Michael Weitzman, M.D...
Does Your Salad Know What Time It Is? Managing Vegetables' 'Internal Clocks' Postharvest Could Have Health Benefits
Date: Jun-24-2013Does your salad know what time it is? It may be healthier for you if it does, according to new research from Rice University and the University of California at Davis. "Vegetables and fruits don't die the moment they are harvested," said Rice biologist Janet Braam, the lead researcher on a new study this week in Current Biology. "They respond to their environment for days, and we found we could use light to coax them to make more cancer-fighting antioxidants at certain times of day." Braam is professor and chair of Rice's Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology...
Potential Drug Compound That Attacks Parkinson's Disease On Two Fronts Designed
Date: Jun-24-2013Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a compound that could counter Parkinson's disease in two ways at once. In a new study published recently online ahead of print by the journal ACS Chemical Biology, the scientists describe a "dual inhibitor" - two compounds in a single molecule - that attacks a pair of proteins closely associated with development of Parkinson's disease...
High Costs Of Raising A Child Challenges State's Most Vulnerable Caregivers: Grandparents
Date: Jun-24-2013Raising a child is not cheap. Now try raising one on a fixed income and long past the age one associates with parenthood: 65 years and older. More than 300,000 grandparents in California have primary responsibility for their grandchildren, and of this group, almost 65,000 are over the age of 65. More than 20,000 care for their grandkids without any extended family assistance at home...
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