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New Details Uncovered Of Natural Anticancer Mechanism
Date: Jun-14-2013Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified key triggers of an important cancer-blocking mechanism in cells. Termed "oncogene-induced senescence," this mechanism can block most cancer types, and is commonly experienced when incipient skin cancers turn instead into slow-growing moles. Tumors that achieve malignancy often do so by defeating or circumventing this growth barrier - which is why scientists have been eager to find out precisely how it works...
Reducing Health Risks To Humans On Future Missions Into Deep Space
Date: Jun-14-2013Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel. The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on future missions into deep space...
Research Could Lead To New Ways To Combat Chlamydia
Date: Jun-14-2013A protein secreted by the chlamydia bug has a very unusual structure, according to scientists in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. The discovery of the protein's shape could lead to novel strategies for diagnosing and treating chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease that infects an estimated 2.8 million people in the U.S. each year. The protein, Pgp3, is secreted by Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes chlamydia. Pgp3's shape is very distinguishable - sort of like an Eiffel Tower of proteins...
Despite High Risk Of Serious Side Effects, Patients Still Use Over-The-Counter NSAIDs
Date: Jun-14-2013A new study presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that one in eight patients at risk of developing a serious adverse drug event (ADE) is taking over-the-counter (OTC) non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), often to treat a musculoskeletal complaint. Of these high risk OTC NSAID users, over one-third had taken the medication for more than 7 days, and 3% had exceeded the maximum recommended daily dosage...
Joint Damage Successfully Identified In Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date: Jun-14-2013A new study presented at EULAR 2013, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, demonstrates the efficacy of the ARASHI method at evaluating radiographic (X-ray) joint damage in RA. The study validated the use of ARASHI to assess joint damage in RA, and clarified the pattern of progression of damage during two-year TNF-blocking therapies. In addition to concluding the success of the scoring method, the data also showed that hip and knee joints with pre-existing damage were predisposed to continue destruction, even during two-year treatment with TNF-blocking therapies...
Doctors Find Tablets More Useful Than Smartphones
Date: Jun-14-2013Doctors find tablets more useful than smartphones for clinical purposes, according to new survey results measuring tablet and smartphone usage among electronic health record (EHR) and non-EHR users. The two reports, titled "Mobile Usage in the Medical Space 2013" and "Tablet Usage by Physicians 2013", found that doctors who use EHRs and a smartphone or tablet mainly use their handheld devices for sending and reading emails...
Dads Who Are Caregivers Often Treated Disrespectfully At Work
Date: Jun-14-2013If policy-makers want to do something about falling birth rates, they may want to take a look at improving how people are treated at work when they step outside of traditional family roles at home. New studies show that middle-class men who take on non traditional caregiving roles are treated worse at work than men who stick closer to traditional gender norms in the family. Women without children and mothers with non-traditional caregiving arrangements are treated worst of all...
Pediatric Fever-Induced Seizures Reduced By Common Drug
Date: Jun-14-2013Fever-induced childhood seizures, known as febrile seizures, can be terrifying for parents to witness. The full-body convulsions, which mostly affect children six months to five years old, can last from mere seconds up to more than 40 minutes. Currently, children are not treated with daily anticonvulsant medication to prevent these seizures even when they recur repeatedly because toxic side effects of existing treatments outweigh potential benefits. While scientists know these seizures typically occur when a fever is above 100...
Are Today's Doctors Too Scruffy?
Date: Jun-14-2013Scruffiness suggests lack of personal hygiene, argues senior doctor Personal view: Put your ties back on: scruffy doctors damage our reputation and imply declining standards of cleanliness Informal dress among doctors "erodes the image of doctors as responsible and competent" and "also intimates a lack of personal hygiene" argues a consultant microbiologist on bmj.com today. In 2007, the Department of Health said doctors should not wear ties in the interest of hospital hygiene...
Severe Maternal Complications Less Common During Home Births - But Only For Women At Low Risk Who Have Previously Given Birth
Date: Jun-14-2013Research: Severe adverse maternal outcomes among low risk women with planned home versus hospital births in the Netherlands: nationwide cohort study Women with low risk pregnancies who choose to give birth at home have a lower risk of severe complications than women who plan a hospital birth, finds a study published on bmj.com today. However, the authors stress that the overall risk of severe problems is small and the results are significant only for women who have previously given birth - not for first-time mums...
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