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Alcohol, Drug Use A Greater Risk For Children Of Deployed Parents
Date: Apr-02-2013In 2010, almost 2 million American children had at least one parent in active military duty. A new University of Iowa study suggests that deployment of a parent puts these children at an increased risk for drinking alcohol and using drugs. Using data from a statewide survey of sixth, eighth, and 11th-grade students in Iowa, the researchers found an increase in 30-day alcohol use, binge drinking, using marijuana and other illegal drugs, and misusing prescription drugs among children of deployed or recently returned military parents compared to children in nonmilitary families...
The Effects Of Traumatic Brain Injury In Older Adults
Date: Apr-02-2013Considerable opportunity exists to improve interventions and outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults, according to three studies published in the recent online issue of NeuroRehabilitation by researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. An Exploration of Clinical Dementia Phenotypes Among Individuals With and Without Traumatic Brain Injury Some evidence suggests that a history of TBI is associated with an increased risk of dementia later in life, but the clinical features of dementia associated with TBI have not been well investigated...
Potential Medical Applications For Swarming Robots
Date: Apr-02-2013Swarms of robots acting together to carry out jobs could provide new opportunities for humans to harness the power of machines. Researchers in the Sheffield Centre for Robotics, jointly established by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, have been working to program a group of 40 robots, and say the ability to control robot swarms could prove hugely beneficial in a range of contexts, from military to medical...
Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery Successfully Tightens A Pregnant Patient's Incompetent Cervix
Date: Apr-02-2013Performing surgery on a pregnant patient is a delicate matter. Risks to both mother and baby must be carefully weighed in every decision a surgeon makes. Recently, at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, a surgeon performed a groundbreaking robotic laparoscopic procedure on a 35-year-old pregnant patient whose cervix was too short to sustain a pregnancy. Read the patient's story here. Dr...
Metabolic Syndrome Risk Reduced By Monounsaturated Fats
Date: Apr-02-2013Canola oil and high-oleic canola oils can lower abdominal fat when used in place of other selected oil blends, according to a team of American and Canadian researchers. The researchers also found that consuming certain vegetable oils may be a simple way of reducing the risk of metabolic syndrome, which affects about one in three U.S. adults and one in five Canadian adults. "The monounsaturated fats in these vegetable oils appear to reduce abdominal fat, which in turn may decrease metabolic syndrome risk factors," said Penny Kris-Etherton, Distinguished Professor of Nutrition, Penn State...
Obesity Slows You Down
Date: Apr-02-2013BYU researchers find obesity decreases physical activity Physical activity and its relation to obesity has been studied for decades by researchers; however, almost no one has studied the reverse - obesity's effect on physical activity. So BYU exercise science professor Larry Tucker decided to look at the other side of the equation to determine if obesity leads to less activity. The findings, no surprise, confirmed what everyone has assumed for years...
Advances Driving Clinical Applications Of Tissue Engineering And Regenerative Medicine
Date: Apr-02-2013Explosive growth in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine has led to innovative and promising applications and techniques, many of which are now being tested in human clinical trials. Hot topics, research advances, and transformative publications that are driving the field forward are highlighted in a comprehensive overview of the field presented in Tissue Engineering, Part B, Reviews, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers. The article is available on the Tissue Engineering website...
Cell Reprogramming During Liver Regeneration
Date: Apr-02-2013During embryonic development, animals generate many different types of cells, each with a distinct function and identity. "Although the identities of these cells remain stable under normal conditions, some cells can be persuaded to take on new identities, through reprogramming," says Ben Stanger, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania...
Statin Side Effects Are Usually Overcome
Date: Apr-02-2013Statin side effects commonly make people discontinue treatment, but most patients who go back to them overcome the side effects and remain on their medication long term, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. The authors believe that the majority of statin-related side effects are bearable and probably have other causes. It is possible that they may be specific to the individual statin medication, rather than the entire drug class, they added...
Physical And Mental Activity Greatly Improve Cognitive Function Among Older Adults
Date: Apr-02-2013A new study published in JAMA revealed that inactive, older adults, suffering from cognitive complaints, who completed 12 weeks of physical plus mental activity, experienced significant improvement in their cognitive function. However, there was little difference between the control and intervention group. Within the next 40 years, public health authorities expect an explosion of dementia cases as people live longer. Some potential strategies to prevent or delay dementia among asymptomatic individuals include a variety of behavioral interventions...
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