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The Chemical Behind Cancer Resistance In Naked Mole Rats Identified
Date: Jun-22-2013Two researchers at the University of Rochester have discovered the chemical that makes naked mole rats cancer-proof. Their research paper was published in the journal Nature. The findings could eventually lead to new cancer treatments in people, said study authors Andrei Seluanov and Vera Gorbunova. Naked mole rats are small, hairless, subterranean rodents that have never been known to get cancer, despite having a 30-year lifespan...
Study Validates Maps Of The Brain's Resting State
Date: Jun-22-2013Kick back and shut your eyes. Now stop thinking. You have just put your brain into what neuroscientists call its resting state. What the brain is doing when an individual is not focused on the outside world has become the focus of considerable research in recent years. One of the potential benefits of these studies could be definitive diagnoses of mental health disorders ranging from bipolar to post-traumatic stress disorders...
70 Percent Of Americans On Prescription Drugs
Date: Jun-22-20137 out of every 10 Americans are on prescription drugs, and more than half of the country are on at least two, according to an analysis conducted by Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center researchers. The most commonly prescribed drugs were antibiotics, antidepressants and opioids. Study author Jennifer St. Sauver, Ph.D., a member of the Mayo Clinic Population Health Program in the Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, said that the data gathered from the Rochester Epidemiology Project in Olmsted County, Minn...
Concerns Raised About Antiviral Therapy In Some Cases Of Cervical Cancer
Date: Jun-22-2013A new understanding of the genetic process that can lead to cervical cancer may help improve diagnosis of potentially dangerous lesions for some women, and also raises a warning flag about the use of anti-viral therapies in certain cases - suggesting they could actually trigger the cancer they are trying to cure. The analysis provides a clearer picture of the chromosomal and genetic changes that take place as the human papillomavirus sometimes leads to chronic infection and, in less than 1 percent of cases, to cervical cancer...
Predictors Of Hookup Behaviors Identified Among First-Year College Women
Date: Jun-22-2013Casual, no-strings sexual encounters are increasingly common on college campuses, but are some students more likely than others to "hook up"? A new study by researchers with The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, published online by the Archives of Sexual Behavior, suggests there are certain factors and behaviors associated with sexual hookups, particularly among first-year college women...
Cohesive Plan For First Responders Aims To Improve Survival After Mass Shootings
Date: Jun-22-2013In early April, senior leaders from medical, law enforcement, military, and fire/rescue agencies met in Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss one question: how can first responders improve survival after a mass casualty event? The preliminary results of this discussion are now available in "Improving Survival from Active Shooter Events: The Hartford Consensus," * a concept paper published in the June issue of the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, official publication of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma...
Large Racial Disparities In Drug Treatment Success Rates Between States
Date: Jun-22-2013A University of Iowa study reveals significant disparities between minority and white clients in success rates for completing substance abuse treatment programs. Moreover, these disparities vary widely from state to state. "Our findings suggest that for most states there's something amiss," says Stephan Arndt, Ph.D., UI professor of psychiatry and biostatistics. "There are strong racial and ethnic disparities for people in being able to complete substance abuse treatment programs successfully, and those disparities are something we need to set as targets to remove...
HIV-Derived Antibacterial Shows Promise Against Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Date: Jun-22-2013A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has developed antibacterial compounds, derived from the outer coating of HIV, that could be potential treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections and appear to avoid generating resistance. These new agents are quite small, making them inexpensive and easy to manufacture. The research was published in the June 2013 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy...
Infertile Men Have Higher Cancer Risk
Date: Jun-22-2013Men who have no sperm have a higher risk of developing cancer than other males, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine reported in Fertility and Sterility (June 20th, 2013 issue). When a man has no measurable level of sperm in his semen he has azoospermia, he is azoospermic. Fertility experts estimate that approximately 1% of men are azoospermic, and that about 20% of male infertility problems are because of azoospermia...
European Commission Grants Export Waiver To FDA For US Drug Manufacturers
Date: Jun-22-2013The USA is now a "listed country" with the European Commission. This means that American companies do not need to get an export certificate from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) before delivering certain pharmaceutical products to the European Union. The waiver comes into effect from July 1st, 2013. Without it, all US companies shipping APIs (active pharmaceutical ingredients) to the European Union have to submit documentation to the FDA first, showing that the product was manufactured according to Europe's GMP (good manufacturing practices)...
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