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How dense breast tissue drives the early stages of cancer
Date: Feb-14-2014Scientists from The University of Manchester working with IBM Research have identified a key biological mechanism that for the first time explains why women with dense breast tissue are at greater risk of developing breast cancer.The research, published in the journal Cell Cycle, has important implications for future cancer prevention and treatment.Women with higher breast density - detected on mammograms - have more compacted breast tissue and are more likely to develop breast cancer, but until now the reasons for this have been unclear.
How dense breast tissue drives the early stages of cancer
Date: Feb-14-2014Scientists from The University of Manchester working with IBM Research have identified a key biological mechanism that for the first time explains why women with dense breast tissue are at greater risk of developing breast cancer.The research, published in the journal Cell Cycle, has important implications for future cancer prevention and treatment.Women with higher breast density - detected on mammograms - have more compacted breast tissue and are more likely to develop breast cancer, but until now the reasons for this have been unclear.
Strong religious beliefs may drive self-perception of addiction to online pornography
Date: Feb-14-2014People who consider themselves very religious and view Internet porn even once may perceive they are addicted, according to a new Case Western Reserve University's psychology study."This is one of the first studies to examine the link between perceptions of addiction to online pornography and religious beliefs," said Joshua Grubbs, a doctoral student in psychology and lead author of the study.The research, "Transgression as Addiction: Religiosity and Moral Disapproval as Predictors of Perceived Addiction to Pornography," was published in the journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Strong religious beliefs may drive self-perception of addiction to online pornography
Date: Feb-14-2014People who consider themselves very religious and view Internet porn even once may perceive they are addicted, according to a new Case Western Reserve University's psychology study."This is one of the first studies to examine the link between perceptions of addiction to online pornography and religious beliefs," said Joshua Grubbs, a doctoral student in psychology and lead author of the study.The research, "Transgression as Addiction: Religiosity and Moral Disapproval as Predictors of Perceived Addiction to Pornography," was published in the journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Clinical study used live ticks to test for persistent Lyme infection
Date: Feb-14-2014In a first-of-its-kind study for Lyme disease, researchers have used live, disease-free ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people who continue to experience symptoms such as fatigue or arthritis after completing antibiotic therapy. The technique, called xenodiagnosis, attempts to find evidence of a disease-causing microbe indirectly, through use of the natural disease-carrier - in this case, ticks.
Brain process takes paper shape
Date: Feb-14-2014A paper-based device that mimics the electrochemical signalling in the human brain has been created by a group of researchers from China.The thin-film transistor (TFT) has been designed to replicate the junction between two neurons, known as a biological synapse, and could become a key component in the development of artificial neural networks, which could be utilised in a range of fields from robotics to computer processing.
Clinical study used live ticks to test for persistent Lyme infection
Date: Feb-14-2014In a first-of-its-kind study for Lyme disease, researchers have used live, disease-free ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people who continue to experience symptoms such as fatigue or arthritis after completing antibiotic therapy. The technique, called xenodiagnosis, attempts to find evidence of a disease-causing microbe indirectly, through use of the natural disease-carrier - in this case, ticks.
Clinical study used live ticks to test for persistent Lyme infection
Date: Feb-14-2014In a first-of-its-kind study for Lyme disease, researchers have used live, disease-free ticks to see if Lyme disease bacteria can be detected in people who continue to experience symptoms such as fatigue or arthritis after completing antibiotic therapy. The technique, called xenodiagnosis, attempts to find evidence of a disease-causing microbe indirectly, through use of the natural disease-carrier - in this case, ticks.
Pain and mental health problems in adolescence
Date: Feb-14-2014For the first time researchers have studied the kind of physical pain that troubles adolescents with different mental health problems.Professor Marit Sæbø Indredavik at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) thinks that everyone working in the health care system, from medical doctors to psychologists, must be more aware of the chronic pain that can plague young people with mental health woes.
The food industry makes a major shift from artificial to natural
Date: Feb-14-2014Extracts from algae, rosemary and monk fruit could soon replace synthetic ingredients and food additives such as Blue No. 1, BHT and aspartame that label-conscious grocery shoppers are increasingly shunning. Research is enabling this shift from artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives to naturally derived ones, and could soon yield many more natural options, reports Chemical & Engineering News, the weekly news magazine of the American Chemical Society.Melody M.
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