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Genes Contribute To Problem Drinking To A Greater Extent In African-American Than European American Women
Date: Jun-17-2013An early age at first drink (AFD) is associated with a greater risk for subsequent alcohol use disorders (AUDs). While African Americans (AAs) generally report an older AFD and fewer alcohol-related problems than European Americans (EAs), few studies have explored the association between AFD and problem drinking across ethnicity...
One Side Effect Of Finasteride, For Male Pattern Hair Loss, May Be Decreased Drinking
Date: Jun-17-2013Finasteride is a synthetic drug for the treatment of male pattern hair loss (MPHL) and an enlarged prostate. The side effects of finasteride for treatment of these two conditions can include increased rates of sexual dysfunction, such as low libido and erectile dysfunction; in fact, some men who have discontinued the medication continue to experience persistent sexual side effects...
A Pilot Hazard Assessment Of Carbon Nanomaterials
Date: Jun-17-2013Carbon nanotubes and graphene can cause lung inflammation in rats in an experimental setting, but carbon black and graphite nanoplatelets do not, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology. Carbon nanotubes, graphene, and graphite nanoplatelets are strong, and conduct electricity, meaning that they have been incorporated in to everyday industrial applications, such as microelectronics and lightweight materials. Another carbon-based nanomaterial, carbon black, has been used for decades in car tyres to improve grip and stability...
Primary Care Doctor Shortage Set To Get Worse, USA
Date: Jun-17-2013The serious shortage of primary care doctors in America will get much worse unless the country reforms its graduate medical education system, researchers from the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) reported in Academic Medicine. Less than 25% of newly qualified doctors go into primary care, and just 4.8% move into rural areas, the authors added. This serious problem will only get worse unless some fundamental changes are introduced...
CJD Cases Not Linked To Food Consumption, Canada
Date: Jun-17-2013The cases of confirmed and probable Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are not because of food consumption, Dr. Paul Van Buynder, Chief Medical Health Officer, Fraser Health, British Columbia, Canada announced in a public statement. Dr. Buynder expressed concern that social media, the press and TV are reporting the small number of possible CJD cases being investigated as being connected to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), otherwise known as "mad cow disease". Fraser Health has looked into six possible cases of CJD over the last twelve months...
Osteoporosis Drug Bazedoxifene Stops Growth Of Breast Cancer Cells
Date: Jun-17-2013Bazedoxifene, an osteoporosis medication which is approved in Europe, stops the growth of breast cancer cells, including those that are resistant to current medications, researchers from the Duke Cancer Institute reported at ENDO 2013 - The Endocrine Society's Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, June 15th, 2013. The team explained that bazedoxifene not only blocks estrogen so that it cannot fuel breast cancer cell growth, but it also makes sure the estrogen receptor is killed off - it flags the estrogen receptor for destruction...
Molecular Vulnerabilities Linked In Autism And Fetal Alcohol Disorder
Date: Jun-17-2013In a surprising new finding, a Northwestern Medicine® study has found a common molecular vulnerability in autism and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Both disorders have symptoms of social impairment and originate during brain development in utero. This the first research to explore a common mechanism for these disorders and link their molecular vulnerabilities. The study found male offspring of rat mothers who were given alcohol during pregnancy have social impairment and altered levels of autism-related genes found in humans. Female offspring were not affected...
Why Rename Schizophrenia With "Psychosis Susceptibility Syndrome"?
Date: Jun-17-2013Renaming "Schizophrenia" is the subject of discussion in a new Forum in the journal Psychological Medicine. Two authors propose a new name "Psychosis Susceptibility Syndrome" and experts comment. The authors of the article, Aadt Klijn and Bill George, from the Dutch Association of and for People with a Psychotic Vulnerability (Anoiksis), reflect what several commentators have been saying for a long time...
Protein Aggregation Implicated In Neurodegenerative Diseases Also Critical For Normal Cells
Date: Jun-17-2013The propensity of proteins to stick together in large clumps - termed "protein aggregation" - is the culprit behind a variety of conditions including Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and mad cow diseases. With this notoriety, protein aggregation is considered to be a bad accident of nature that happens when protein structure is mismanaged. But new research published online in the Cell Press journal Developmental Cell shows that, when kept in balance, protein aggregation has beneficial functions that allow cells to organize themselves in both time and space...
Scientists At A*STAR's Genome Institute Of Singapore Unify, Optimise And Simplify Sequencing Analytics Of Diseases
Date: Jun-16-2013Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a revolutionary method to quickly cut through noise and generate a unified and simplified analysis of high-throughput biological data from, for example, patient samples. The technique, known as a pre-whitening matched filter, is well known in electrical engineering and widely used in cell phones and radar...
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