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Exercise May Prevent Alcohol From Damaging The Brain
Date: Apr-18-2013Aerobic exercise can help prevent and even reverse some brain damage linked to high alcohol intake, according to new research carried out at the University of Colorado Boulder. The finding, published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, suggests that routine aerobic exercise such as running, bicycling, and walking may help reduce the damage to the brain's "white matter" among people who drink alcohol excessively...
People Are Happier When They Are Having More Sex Than Their Peers
Date: Apr-18-2013Most people are happier if they know they are having sex more often than their friends, according to new research published by Tim Wadsworth, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. We already know that people are happier if they know they are earning more money than their peers. This is one of the first studies to evaluate what relative impact sexual activity has on people's happiness when they compare themselves with others...
Unique Modification To Microtubules Makes Nerve Cells' Cytoskeleton Singularly Robust
Date: Apr-18-2013How do nerve cells -- which can each be up to three feet long in humans -- keep from rupturing or falling apart? Axons, the long, cable-like projections on neurons, are made stronger by a unique modification of the common molecular building block of the cell skeleton. The finding, which may help guide the search for treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, was reported in the journal Neuron by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Microtubules are long, hollow cylinders that are a component of the cytoskeleton in all cells of the body...
Improving Care And Reducing Costs By Sharing Individual Health Information
Date: Apr-18-2013Information collected from individual patients at doctor's office and hospital visits could be used to improve health care and reduce costs on a national scale, according to a discussion paper released by the Institute of Medicine. As health care records move to electronic systems, there is an opportunity to compile information taken from individuals and use it to conduct large studies that advance the entire health care system, said Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH, the Regenstrief Institute investigator and Purdue University professor who led the team of experts that wrote the paper...
Innovative Design Enables Runners To Read On A Treadmill
Date: Apr-18-2013A new innovation allows treadmill users to work their bodies and brains at the same time. The system, called ReadingMate, adjusts text on a monitor to counteract the bobbing motion of a runner's head so that the text appears still, said Ji Soo Yi, an assistant professor of industrial engineering at Purdue University. "Not many people can run and read at the same time," said Yi, working with doctoral candidate Bum chul Kwon. "This is because the relative location of the eyes to the text is vigorously changing, and our eyes try to constantly adjust to such changes, which is burdensome...
Guests Encouraged To 'Go Sun Smart'
Date: Apr-18-2013A group of researchers led by San Diego State University communication professor Peter Andersen have teamed up with 40 resorts nationwide to encourage vacationers to be smart about sun protection through Go Sun Smart. The program, funded by the National Institute of Health, kicked off in March at the PGA Golf Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and Lago Mar Resort and Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It will continue to roll out to resorts all over North America this summer. "Our goal is to see if we can get guests at outdoor resorts to be more sun smart," said Andersen...
Propranolol Could Improve Working Memory In Autism
Date: Apr-18-2013People with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have trouble communicating and interacting with others because they process language, facial expressions and social cues differently. Previously, researchers found that propranolol, a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure, anxiety and panic, could improve the language abilities and social functioning of people with an ASD. Now, University of Missouri investigators say the prescription drug also could help improve the working memory abilities of individuals with autism...
Heavy Drinking And Sedentary Lifestyle Pose Risks To Brain Health But Aerobic Exercise Can Help
Date: Apr-18-2013Aerobic exercise can slow cognitive decline, and decrease negative neural changes associated with normal aging and several diseases. A new study investigates if aerobic exercise may also prevent or repair alcohol-related neurological damage, finding that it may in fact protect white matter integrity from alcohol-related damage. Results will be published in the September 2013 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research and are currently available at Early View. "Engaging in regular aerobic exercise has been found to improve learning, memory, and self-control," said Hollis C...
Despite Superbug Crisis, Progress In Antibiotic Development 'Alarmingly Elusive'
Date: Apr-18-2013Policy Update: Time Dwindling to Meet IDSA Goal of 10 New Antibiotics by 2020 Despite the desperate need for new antibiotics to combat increasingly deadly resistant bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only one new systemic antibiotic since the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) launched its 10 x '20 Initiative in 2010 -- and that drug was approved two and a half years ago...
The Effectiveness Of Breast Cancer Treatment Could Be Improved By Nanodiamonds
Date: Apr-18-2013Recently, doctors have begun to categorize breast cancers into four main groups according to the genetic makeup of the cancer cells. Which category a cancer falls into generally determines the best method of treatment. But cancers in one of the four groups - called "basal-like" or "triple-negative" breast cancer (TNBC) - have been particularly tricky to treat because they usually don't respond to the "receptor-targeted" treatments that are often effective in treating other types of breast cancer...
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