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Air Pollution Exposure In Early Life Linked With Childhood Asthma In Minorities
Date: Jun-21-2013A research team led by UCSF scientists has found that exposure in infancy to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a component of motor vehicle air pollution, is strongly linked with later development of childhood asthma among African Americans and Latinos. The researchers said their findings indicate that air pollution might, in fact, be a cause of the disease, and they called for a tightening of U.S government standards for annual exposure to NO2. The study is reported online currently in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine ahead of print publication...
MU Researcher Says 'Sexual Minority Youth Need Specialized Treatment From Therapists'
Date: Jun-21-2013President Obama officially declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. However, despite advances in civil rights, sexual minority youth are still at greater risk for suicide than their heterosexual peers, according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. A University of Missouri psychology graduate student recently published recommendation to improve psychologists' treatment of sexual minority youth, which could help improve psychological functioning and reduce depression and suicide rates...
Helping Children With Learning Disabilities Using A Computer-Interfaced Drawing Pad
Date: Jun-21-2013For less than $100, University of Washington researchers have designed a computer-interfaced drawing pad that helps scientists see inside the brains of children with learning disabilities while they read and write. The device and research was be presented at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting in Seattle. A paper describing the tool, developed by the UW's Center on Human Development and Disability, was published this spring in Sensors, an online open-access journal...
Deafness - Identifying All Genetic Causes Within Reach
Date: Jun-21-2013Over half of all deafness cases that develop from birth through infancy in industrial nations have a genetic bases. A significant number of people who develop deafness later in life also have a genetic propensity, researchers from Miami University and the University of Miami School of Medicine reported in the journal Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. According to WHO (World Health Organization), more than 360 million people worldwide live with disabling hearing loss...
New Algorithm Measures Heart Rate By Head Movements
Date: Jun-21-2013A new algorithm can measure heart rates of people shown in regular digital video by examining imperceptibly small head movements that come with a rush of blood caused by the heart's contractions. Researchers from MTI's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory developed the algorithm that gave pulse calculations that were consistently within a few beats per minute of those made by electrocardiograms (EKGs). Additionally, it was able to give approximations of the time intervals between beats - a calculation used to pinpoint people who are at risk for cardiac events...
Should Dementia Patients Be GPS Tagged?
Date: Jun-21-2013GPS tracking devices, technology that allows real time tracking, are being encouraged by experts to lower the costs of finding dementia patients who have gotten lost. Scientists debate whether they can actually reduce the risk of harm or whether they are simply quick fixes to suit caretakers in new reports published in British Medical Journal (BMJ). Although GPS trackers are not a universal cure, they do mean that patients can be found faster, explained Rupert McShane, a consultant in old age psychiatry at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. Quick recovery lowers risk, he added...
Iron In Pregnancy For Healthier Babies
Date: Jun-21-2013Pregnant women who take iron supplements have a lower risk of giving birth to a low-weight baby, according to a new study published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). The researchers wanted to find out the effects of prenatal iron use and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes. As one of the main causes of anemia during pregnancy, low iron is a very common nutritional deficiency worldwide. An estimated 32 million pregnant women globally are affected by the condition. Young women, pregnant women and children are at the most risk of iron deficiency...
Good Bacteria To Treat Drug Resistant Infections
Date: Jun-21-2013Researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey have identified two predator microbes that can kill off dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections resistant to antibiotics. The findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, highlight how effective bacteria can be used to fight off infections. Two antibiotic-resistant ocular pathogens (bad bacteria), Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens, were found to be susceptible to good, non-infectious bacteria called Micavibrio aeruginosavorusand Bdellovibrio baceriovorus. In order to find out whether M...
American Medical Association Says Gay Men Should Donate Blood
Date: Jun-21-2013The FDA has banned gay men from donating blood since 1983, however, the American Medical Association has just voted against the ban, saying it is outright discrimination. After the AIDS outbreak nearly three decades ago, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) decided that homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to donate blood, given that the majority of HIV infections were among gay men. However, HIV and AIDS testing in blood donations is much more advanced today than it was then. Currently, only one in every two million blood donations results in an HIV infection...
Ways To Reduce Alcohol Harms Outlined By CAMH Policy Study
Date: Jun-21-2013The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has released a summary report outlining policy strategies to reduce the harms related to alcohol, with a focus on the province of Ontario, Canada. In the report titled 'Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Ontario: A Provincial Summary Report,' CAMH Senior Scientist Norman Giesbrecht outlines Ontario's policy strengths and provides recommendations to help decrease the $2.9 billion attributed annually to the direct and indirect costs of alcohol use in Ontario...
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