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Mental Illness And Heavy Cannabis Use Often Go Hand-In-Hand
Date: Apr-04-2013People with mental illnesses are more than seven times more likely to use cannabis weekly compared to people without a mental illness, according to researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) who studied U.S. data. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit substance globally, with an estimated 203 million people reporting use. Although research has found links between cannabis use and mental illness, exact numbers and prevalence of problem cannabis use had not been investigated...
New Method Developed To Kill Pathogenic Bacteria Without Antiobiotics Or Chemicals
Date: Apr-04-2013Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. This innovation represents an alternative to the use of antibiotics or chemical decontamination in food supply systems...
Effects On Self-Esteem And Social Functioning Support Early Intervention And Treatment Of Boys With Gynecomastia
Date: Apr-04-2013Persistent breast enlargement (gynecomastia) negatively affects self-esteem and other areas of mental and emotional health in adolescent males, reports the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Even mild gynecomastia can have adverse psychological effects in boys, according to the study by ASPS Member Surgeon Dr. Brian I. Labow and colleagues of Boston Children's Hospital...
How A Monoamine Neurotransmitter Acts To Coordinate A Compound Movement Through Two Different Receptors In C. elegans
Date: Apr-04-2013New research by scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School shows at the single cell level how an external stimulus sets off a molecular chain reaction in the transparent roundworm C. elegans, a process in which a single neurotransmitter coordinates and times two separate actions. These findings shed new light on how neurons translate sensory input into actions and may one day pave the way to understanding how misfiring neurons contribute to motor symptoms in neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease. Details of the study were published online by PLOS Biology...
How Antibodies Neutralize Mosquito-Borne Virus
Date: Apr-04-2013Researchers have learned the precise structure of the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus pathogen while it is bound to antibodies, showing how the infection is likely neutralized. The findings could help researchers develop effective vaccines against the infection, which causes symptoms similar to dengue fever, followed by a prolonged disease that affects the joints and causes severe arthritis. In recent outbreaks, some cases progressed to fatal encephalitis. The researchers studied "virus-like particles," or non-infectious forms of the virus...
Baldness Linked To Higher Risk Of Coronary Heart Disease
Date: Apr-04-2013Male pattern baldness is linked to a higher risk of coronary heart disease, but only if it is on the top/crown of a man's head. The finding came from a new study published in the journal BMJ Open which also showed that a receding hairline is not associated with an elevated risk of the disease. The investigators searched the Medline and Cochrane Library databases for studies published on male pattern baldness and coronary heart disease. The experts found 850 potential reports that were published between 1950 and 2012...
Polio To Be Eradicated By 2018
Date: Apr-03-2013The World Health Organization has stated that they aim to eradicate polio by the year 2018. Since 1988, when the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched, immunization efforts have significantly reduced the number of polio cases. However, in order to achieve full eradication of the disease, there needs to be a great deal more funding. They estimate that the six year plan to eradicate the polio will cost close to $5.5 billion...
Biomechanical Origins Of Common Eye Diseases Easier To Study With New "Stretched Tissue" Approach
Date: Apr-03-2013Until now, researchers looking for the origins of eye diseases like detached retina and glaucoma have focused on biochemical processes. Now using approaches based on new technology that grows retinal tissue under tension similar to how it grows in nature, researchers in Sweden suggest biomechanical processes may also play an important part and help explain why people suffer vision loss in these eye diseases...
Mortality Rates At Rural Hospitals Unusually High
Date: Apr-03-2013Death rates for medicare beneficiaries being treated at critical access hospitals in rural areas increased from 2002 to 2010, while rates in other hospitals fell, according to new research published in JAMA. The analysis, led by Karen E. Joynt, M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, examined data from over 10 million Medicare patients who experienced a heart attack, pneumonia, or congestive heart failure between 2002 and 2010...
Generics And Patent Strategies Update, Central London
Date: Apr-03-2013SMi Group have announced that there are now just 6 weeks left until they open their doors to the 16th annual conference on Generics and Patent Strategies to be held in to be held in central London on 13th-14th May 2013. The conference comes at a perfect time and will address the hottest topics and key challenges faced within the Generics industry today...
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