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Improving The Lives Of Citizens And Soldiers Through Traumatic Injury Research

Date: Oct-16-2012
New studies offer vivid examples of how advances in basic brain research help reduce the trauma and suffering of innocent landmine victims, amateur and professional athletes, and members of the military. The research was presented at Neuroscience 2012, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health. From the playing field to the battlefield, neuroscientists are gaining better understanding of what happens to the brain when it suffers traumatic injury or repeated hits...

News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: 16 October 2012

Date: Oct-16-2012
1. Short-term Sleep Deprivation Significantly Decreases Insulin Sensitivity in Fat Cells  Over Time, Regular Sleep Deprivation May Lead to Metabolic Disorders Such as Diabetes and Obesity Short-term sleep deprivation reduces insulin sensitivity in the body's peripheral tissue, including fat cells. Over time, this can lead to metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, as insulin helps to regulate appetite and energy metabolism...

Adipose Stromal Cells Promote Tumor Growth In Obese People

Date: Oct-16-2012
Adipose tissue cells (called adipose stromal cells) which expand in obese people promote and support tumor growth, researchers at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reported in the journal Cancer Research. The authors believe they have discovered why obese cancer patients usually have poorer prognoses compared to slim people. These are fat progenitor cells, the authors explained. Cells that can turn into various types of cells. They fortify the vessels that provide essential blood to tumors. Mikhail Kolonin, Ph.D...

Basic Brain Organization Means What You Hear Could Depend On What Your Hands Are Doing

Date: Oct-16-2012
A new finding could lead to strategies for treating speech loss after a stroke and helping children with dyslexia; interestingly, it might also explain one reason people perceive a presidential candidate's speech differently New research links motor skills and perception, specifically as it relates to a second finding - a new understanding of what the left and right brain hemispheres "hear...

News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Oct. 15, 2012

Date: Oct-16-2012
Hypertension: It's all in your head Hypertension affects nearly 1 billion people worldwide and increases the risk for diseases of the heart, kidney, and brain. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in brain cells has been linked to hypertension, but the exact pathological mechanisms are unknown. In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Robin Davisson at Cornell University examined the role of ER stress in hypertensive mice. They determined that the circumventricular subfornical organ (SFO) was the primary location of hypertension-linked ER stress...

Removing Foreign Objects From Children's Noses By 'Mother's Kiss'

Date: Oct-16-2012
A technique called the "mother's kiss" for removing foreign objects from the nasal passages of young children appears to be a safe and effective approach, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "The mother's kiss appears to be a safe and effective technique for first-line treatment in the removal of a foreign body from the nasal cavity," writes Dr. Stephanie Cook, Buxted Medical Centre, Buxted, United Kingdom, with coauthors. "In addition, it may prevent the need for general anesthesia in some cases...

Silicon-Rich Water Reduces Aluminium Levels And Could Help Us To Measure The Metal's Relationship With Alzheimer's

Date: Oct-16-2012
Drinking silicon-rich mineral water may reduce aluminium levels in people with Alzheimer's, which could allow us to measure the effects of aluminium on the disease, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. This small study by Keele University took place over 12 weeks with 29 participants, 15 of whom had Alzheimer's disease. The participants were asked to drink one litre of silicon-rich mineral water a day, and levels of aluminium and cognitive function were measured...

Novel 3D Stent Demonstrates Safety And Efficacy In Treatment Of PAD

Date: Oct-16-2012
New data presented at the annual VIVA (Vascular InterVentional Advances) conference has shown that a stent with unique three-dimensional geometry, BioMimics 3D™, demonstrated an excellent safety profile and promising clinical performance at both six and twelve months in the treatment of patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) undergoing femoropopliteal artery intervention...

Weight Loss Surgery Boosts Risk For Substance Abuse

Date: Oct-16-2012
Patients who have had bariatric weight loss surgery could be at an elevated risk of substance use (alcohol, cigarette smoking, drug use) following surgery, especially those who underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, who seemed to be at a higher risk for alcohol use after surgery. This report, published in Archives of Surgery, describes previous studies that relates bariatric weight loss surgery candidates to individuals addicted to other substances such as nicotine and alcohol...

Why Are Teens More Likely To Take Risks? Study Explains

Date: Oct-16-2012
Teens are more likely to take risks and act daring than children younger than them or adults, because most of the time, they are more accepting of consequences that are unknown, not because they are actually drawn toward risky situations, according to findings by Yale School of Medicine researchers published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. A 2011 study said that researchers from the University of Pittsburg discovered, through tests on rats, new insight into neuron activity in adolescents' brains which helped explain why teens consider rewards over consequences...