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Parents And Doctors Worried About New Strain Of Hand Mouth And Foot Virus
Date: Aug-24-2012According to dermatologists at John Hopkins Children's Center, parents and pediatricians are worried about a new strain of hand foot and mouth virus. Bernard Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric dermatology at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, and colleague Kate Puttgen, M.D., have reported seeing or consulting almost 50 cases of HMFD in just a few short months. Cohen states that this may be just the beginning due to the fact that pediatricians are seeing such a large number of new cases...
Contaminated Tattoo Inks Linked To Long-term Infections
Date: Aug-24-2012Some tattoo inks are tainted with nontuberculous Mycobacteria which can cause serious infections, including lung diseases, eye problems, several organ infections, and infection of the joints, the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) informed today. The Agency added that Mycobacteria-linked infections are not easy to diagnose and require treatment that may last over six months. The FDA says it has received reports of serious infections which started coming in last year in at least four states...
Pancreatic Cancer Patients' Choices Easier With New Study
Date: Aug-24-2012Almost 45,000 Americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer each year. No matter how the disease is treated, it almost always kills within two years after diagnosis, not leaving good odds for those diagnosed. Depending on the stage of the cancer, aggressive intervention with chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation may add an extra month to a year of survival, but unfortunately that is very rare...
Rise In Autism Rates Partly Due To Older Fathers
Date: Aug-24-2012Older fathers are more likely to pass on new mutations to their offspring than older mothers, researchers from Iceland reported in the journal Nature today. They added that this could partly explain why a higher percentage of children today are born with an autism spectrum disorder, went on to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, or other potentially hereditary syndromes, illnesses or conditions. Previous studies have pointed to several common factors which raise the risk of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism...
Kidney Disease Mechanism Triggers Heart Attacks And Strokes
Date: Aug-24-2012Scientists at Bristol University in the UK have identified a kidney disease mechanism that triggers heart attacks and strokes: the mechanism damages the lining of blood vessels, causing them to leak, which in turn raises the risk of circulatory diseases. Fist author Andy Salmon, Consultant Senior Lecturer in Renal Medicine in the University's School of Physiology and Pharmacology, and colleagues, write about their findings in the August issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Kidney disease affects about 15% of the UK population...
Circumcision Rates Decline - Health Care Costs May Increase
Date: Aug-24-2012According to a new report by researchers at Johns Hopkins, the declining rates of U.S. infant male circumcision could increase avoidable health care costs by more than $4.4 billion. The study is published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The researchers highlight that increased costs result from new cases and higher rates of sexually transmitted infections and related cancers among uncircumcised men and their female partners...
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
Date: Aug-24-2012The biology and genetics of bipolar disorder are not well understood, thus making understanding of the disorder challenging. Now, in a new study, researchers utilize an integrative approach in order to investigate the biology of bipolar disorder. Dr. Inti Pedroso and colleagues examined results of three studies, which examined the association of common gene variants with bipolar disorder throughout the genome. In addition, the team examined a study of gene expression patterns in post-mortem brain tissue from individuals who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Dr...
PSA Testing For Screening Prostate Cancer Has Improved Survival Rates
Date: Aug-24-2012According to a new study published in The Journal of Urology, the introduction of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing for screening and monitoring prostate cancer has improved survival rates for patients whose disease has metastasized to other areas of the body. In addition, PSA testing has resolved the disparity between African American and Caucasian men. Lead researcher Ian M. Thompson, Jr...
30 Minutes Of Exercise Each Day Is Better Than One Hour
Date: Aug-24-2012According to a study published in the American Journal of Physiology, 30 minutes of daily exercise is just as effective for losing weight as 60 minutes. Researchers at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, followed 60 heavy, but healthy Danish men for 13 weeks. 30 participants were assigned to engage in exercise for one hour per day, wearing a heart-rate monitor and calorie counter. The other 30 participants were assigned to 30 minutes per day. The team found that 30 minutes of daily exercise was enough to lose weight. Mads Rosenkilde, Ph.D...
Close Contact For At-Risk Young People After Suicide Attempts Is Not Effective
Date: Aug-24-2012A recent study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), states the previous belief by doctors, patients and researchers that close contact or increased attention towards a young person during the "high-risk" period after they have attempted suicide is not an effective method of treatment. During their study, researchers from Mental Health Services in the Capital Region of Denmark and the University of Copenhagen analyzed the effects of intervention programs and assertive outreach programs in helping adolescents after they have attempted to take their own lives...
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