Health Medicine Posted August 30, 2013: Mos

Posted August 30, 2013:

• Mosquitoes Smell You Better at Night


• Study Reveals the Face of Sleep Deprivation


• Brain Imaging Study Reveals the Wandering Mind Behind Insomnia


• Drug Design Success Propels Efforts to Fight HIV With a Combination of 2 FDA-Approved Drugs


• Exercising One Day a Week May Be Enough for Older Women


• Individualized Criteria for Diagnosing Obesity Urged


• Overweight and Obese Women Are Equally Capable of the Impulse Control That Lean Women Exhibit


• Increased Use Menthol Cigarette Found Among Young People


• Rheumatoid Arthritis: Biologics in Second-Line Therapy Show Benefit, Study Suggests


• Balancing Act: Cell Senescence, Aging Related to Epigenetic Changes


• Dueling Infections: Parasitic Worms Limit the Effects of Giardia, and Vice Versa


• Liver Cancer Due to Chronic Inflammation: Tumor Growth Follows Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis)


• Botany and Health: Very Small Chemical Changes to Dietary Flavonoids Cause Very Large Effects on Human Immune System


• New Understanding of Formation of Cilia: Cilia Provide Mobility to Cells, and Defects Are Implicated in Many Disease


• A Novel Locus Identified for Glaucoma in Dandie Dinmont Terrier Dog Breed


• Promising New Angle for Drugs to Prevent Stroke and Heart Attack

Posted August 29, 2013:

• Collagen Clue Reveals New Drug Target for Untreatable Form of Lung Cancer


• Spider Venom Reveals New Secret: Once Injected Into a Bite Wound, Venom of Brown Recluse Spider Causes Unexpected Reaction


• Collagen Patch Speeds Repair of Damaged Heart Tissue in Mice


• Eating Whole Fruits Linked to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes


• A Wine a Day ... Keeps the Psychiatrist Away? Light Drinking Linked to Lower Risk of Depression


• Stroke Systems of Care Essential to Reducing Deaths, Disabilities


• Simple Urine Test May Help Identify Individuals With Diabetes at Risk for Cognitive Decline


• Genomic Study Reveals Why Children in Remission from Rheumatoid Arthritis Often Experience Recurrences


• Toward an Early Diagnostic Tool for Alzheimer's Disease


• Protein Predicts Breast Cancer Prognosis


• Mutations in a Gene That Impacts Immune Function Increase Susceptibility to Prostate Cancer


• Time for Tech Transfer Law to Change? Doctor Looks at History of Bayh-Dole, and Says Yes


• New Report: Call for President Obama Urged to 'Remove Public Veil of Ignorance' Around State of US Health


• Poor Concentration: Poverty Reduces Brainpower Needed for Navigating Other Areas of Life


• Protein That Protects Nucleus Also Regulates Stem Cell Differentiation


• Alcohol Breaks Brain Connections Needed to Process Social Cues


• Now Hear This: Scientists Discover Compound to Prevent Noise-Related Hearing Loss


• Genetic Mutation Found in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer


• Learning How the Brain Takes out Its Trash May Help Decode Neurological Diseases


• Digesting Milk in Ethiopia: A Case of Multiple Genetic Adaptations


• Scientists Map Molecular Mechanism That May Cause Toxic Protein Buildup in Dementing Disorders


• Researchers Track Huntington's Disease Progression Using PET Scans


• Jet Lag: Why the Body Clock Is Slow to Adjust to Time Changes


• Single Gene Change Increases Mouse Lifespan by 20 Percent


• New Strategy Against High-Risk Leukemia


• Lupus Erythematosus and Sunlight Induced DNA Crash


• Gene That Causes Devastating Mitochondrial Diseases Identified


• Bad to the Bone: Some Breast Cancer Cells Are Primed to Thrive


• Statins May Slow Human Aging by Protecting Against Telomere Shortening: A Feature of Senescent Cells


• 'Safe' Levels of Environmental Pollution May Have Long-Term Health Consequences


• Antibiotic-Resistant Strains of Salmonella Tracked from Farm to Fork


• Substance Use by Adolescents on an Average Day Is Alarming


• Doubling the Daily Allowance of Protein Intake With Diet and Exercise Protects Muscle Loss


• Potential Diagnostic Marker for Zinc Status Offers Insights Into the Effects of Zinc Deficiency