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Treatment Switch For Neuroblastoma Stem Cell Transplants
Date: Apr-26-2013The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe and Egypt, according to a new study being presented at the 26th annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology in Miami April 24-27. The U.S. regimen was associated with more acute toxicity to the kidneys and liver...
Due Aging Population, Costs To Treat Heart Failure Expected To More Than Double By 2030
Date: Apr-26-2013By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 a year to care for heart failure patients, according to an American Heart Association policy statement. The statement, published online in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure, predicts: The number of people with heart failure could climb 46 percent from 5 million in 2012 to 8 million in 2030. Direct and indirect costs to treat heart failure could more than double from $31 billion in 2012 to $70 billion in 2030...
Interventions Offer New Hope For Autistic Children Who Never Learn To Speak
Date: Apr-26-2013An Autistica consultation published this month found that 24% of children with autism were non-verbal or minimally verbal, and it is known that these problems can persist into adulthood. Professionals have long attempted to support the development of language in these children but with mixed outcomes. An estimated 600,000 people in the UK and 70 million worldwide have autism, a neuro-developmental condition which is life-long...
Published Data Supports Diagnostic Test T2Candida®
Date: Apr-26-2013T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, has announced the publication of research supporting the Company's flagship diagnostic test, T2Candida®, in Science Translational Medicine. The research highlights T2Candida as a breakthrough approach to rapid and sensitive identification of species-specific Candida, a sepsis-causing fungus, directly from whole blood in approximately three hours, or up to 25 times faster than the current gold standard of blood culture...
Clenching Your Hand Can Improve Your Memory
Date: Apr-26-2013Clenching your right hand may help create a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left hand may help you recall the memory later, according to a new study. The research was conducted by a team of experts from Montclair State University, led by Ruth Propper, and was published in the journal PLOS ONE. A previous study from UCLA demonstrated that stimulating key areas of the brain can improve memory. The authors of the current report pointed out that "Unilateral hand clenching increases neuronal activity in the frontal lobe of the contralateral hemisphere...
Online Porn Has Small Effect On Teenage Sexual Behavior
Date: Apr-26-2013Researchers have found that viewing sexually explicit content on the internet or in magazines as a teenager does not influence sexual behavior as much as people think, according to a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. It was believed by many that viewing sexually explicit content could have a negative impact on the sexual behaviors of teenagers. However, not enough research was carried out to come to any concrete conclusions...
Deep Brain Stimulation Alters Binge-Eating Behavior In Mice
Date: Apr-26-2013Stimulating a region of the brain known to be involved in reward decreases binge eating behavior in mice, according to a study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings add to a growing body of evidence supporting the role of the brain's reward system in driving the consumption of palatable food. It could one day pave the way for more effective and lasting treatments for obesity. The numbers of people worldwide living with obesity continues to climb. Recent studies suggest that the consumption of high calorie foods activates regions of the brain associated with reward...
Why Work Experience For Nurses Won't Improve Healthcare
Date: Apr-26-2013An article published today on bmj.com argues that forcing nurses to undergo work experience before their studies will not improve nursing standards. Following a suggestion from the Francis report that nurses should undergo paid work as healthcare assistants prior to study, Elaine Maxwell says that there is no reason to think it makes them better practitioners. She argues that it plays to the popular conception that nursing is purely about caring: without recognising the cognitive skills required...
Latest HIV Vaccine Fails In The US, Government Stops Study
Date: Apr-26-2013A study testing the latest experimental HIV vaccine has been stopped after an independent review board found that it did not prevent HIV infection and did not decrease the amount of HIV in the blood. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that they will stop giving doses of this experimental vaccine. The trial, which began in 2009 is the most recent in a line of unsuccessful HIV vaccine studies...
X-Ray Analysis Could Boost Legumes, Reduce Fertilizer Pollution
Date: Apr-26-2013The overuse of nitrogen fertilizers in agriculture can wreak havoc on waterways, health and the environment. An international team of scientists aims to lessen the reliance on these fertilizers by helping beans and similar plants boost their nitrogen production, even in areas with traditionally poor soil quality. Researchers from the Center of Plant Genomics and Biotechnology at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) and the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the U.S...
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