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San Diego School of Medicine receives grant to provide professional training to senior drivers

For the seventh consecutive year, the Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety (TREDS) program at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has been awarded a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) that will help keep our roadways and senior drivers safe through professional training.

27 Nov 2013

Research: Human neural stem cells could improve blood flow in critical limb ischemia

New research has shown human neural stem cells could improve blood flow in critical limb ischemia through the growth of new vessels. Critical limb ischemia is a disease that severely obstructs arteries and reduces the blood flow to legs and feet. CLI remains an unmet clinical problem and with an ageing population and the rise in type II diabetes, the incidence of CLI is expected to increase.

27 Nov 2013

Biochemist receives grant to identify pathway to regulate DNA damage repair in cancer cells

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are often used to kill cancer cells by causing irreparable DNA damage. However, some cancer patients resist chemotherapy and radiation due to a highly active DNA damage repair system.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers find that hay fever and allergies make migraines worse

People with migraine who also battle allergies and hay fever (rhinitis) endure a more severe form of headaches than their peers who struggle with migraine, but aren't affected by the seasonal or year-round sniffles, according to researchers from the University of Cincinnati, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Vedanta Research.

26 Nov 2013

BUSM & BMC win GCE grant to develop next-generation condom using nanotechnology

The department of radiology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

26 Nov 2013

Scientists find link between social and economic status and ADHD in the UK

Scientists have found evidence of a link between social and economic status and childhood attention deficit disorder in the UK.

26 Nov 2013

High-fat food consumption during puberty may increase the risk of breast cancer

New findings show that eating a high-fat diet beginning at puberty speeds up the development of breast cancer and may actually increase the risk of cancer similar to a type often found in younger adult women.

26 Nov 2013

Administration: HealthCare.gov on target to work for most by Nov. 30

Administration officials and consumer advocates say that the enrollment website serving residents of 36 states is becoming easier for people to use, but insurers warn that flaws continue to hinder health plans. Officials acknowledge that some users will continue to experience outages and error messages. Meanwhile, Bloomberg looks at the president's efforts to monitor the situation.

26 Nov 2013

UK researchers identify a gene that regulates alcohol consumption

UK researchers have discovered a gene that regulates alcohol consumption and when faulty can cause excessive drinking. They have also identified the mechanism underlying this phenomenon.

26 Nov 2013

Cognitive impairment predates psychosis onset

People at clinical or familial risk for schizophrenia have similar cognitive deficits to those in patients with first-episode schizophrenia, a study shows.

26 Nov 2013

Researchers develop new microsystem for testing drugs to treat epilepsy, MG and cystic fibrosis

Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Quebec at Montreal, have developed a new microsystem for more efficient testing of pharmaceutical drugs to treat diseases such as cystic fibrosis, MG (myasthenia gravis) and epilepsy.

26 Nov 2013

Auditory processing disorder diagnosis: an interview with Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou, UCL Ear Institute

It is a listening or hearing disorder, which is due to the brain’s defective analysis of sounds, so that individuals who are affected with this disorder cannot make sense of what they hear.

26 Nov 2013

SIMM and Crown Bioscience collaborate to build MCT center in China

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Crown Bioscience, Inc., announced today that they have reached an agreement to form a strategic collaboration focused on translational oncology and to join forces to build a mouse clinical trial (MCT) center at Crown Taicang campus, Taicang, Jiangsu province, China --SIMM-Crown Mouse Clinical Trial Center, or SCMC.

26 Nov 2013

Study of sexual health and lifestyles in Britain reveals changing sexual attitudes and behaviour

Results published today in The Lancet give the most detailed picture yet of the British population’s sex lives over the last 10 years, as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) survey.

26 Nov 2013

State highlights: What will Va.'s new governor do with state's mental health system?; Kancare gets nursing home critics; patient access to records in Wis.

In the wake of the Creigh Deeds family tragedy, it seems instructive to look ahead to how Gov.-elect Terry McAuliffe plans to deal with Virginia's mental health system.

26 Nov 2013

Virginia Tech professor named AAAS Fellow for contributions to plant science

John Jelesko, an associate professor of plant pathology, physiology and weed science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

26 Nov 2013

Viewpoints: Senate should reconsider treaty on protections for people with disabilities; HHS treading wrong way on payments for bone marrow donors

About a year ago the Senate fell five votes short of ratifying an international treaty that would improve protections for the disabled. It was an ignoble spectacle as the opponents rebuffed Bob Dole, a former colleague and disabled veteran, who came to the Senate floor to lobby for it.

26 Nov 2013

Research News and Research

San Diego School of Medicine receives grant to provide professional training to senior drivers

Research: Human neural stem cells could improve blood flow in critical limb ischemia

Biochemist receives grant to identify pathway to regulate DNA damage repair in cancer cells

Researchers find that hay fever and allergies make migraines worse

BUSM & BMC win GCE grant to develop next-generation condom using nanotechnology

Scientists find link between social and economic status and ADHD in the UK

High-fat food consumption during puberty may increase the risk of breast cancer

Administration: HealthCare.gov on target to work for most by Nov. 30

UK researchers identify a gene that regulates alcohol consumption

Cognitive impairment predates psychosis onset

Researchers develop new microsystem for testing drugs to treat epilepsy, MG and cystic fibrosis

Auditory processing disorder diagnosis: an interview with Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou, UCL Ear Institute

SIMM and Crown Bioscience collaborate to build MCT center in China

Study of sexual health and lifestyles in Britain reveals changing sexual attitudes and behaviour

State highlights: What will Va.'s new governor do with state's mental health system?; Kancare gets nursing home critics; patient access to records in Wis.

Virginia Tech professor named AAAS Fellow for contributions to plant science

Viewpoints: Senate should reconsider treaty on protections for people with disabilities; HHS treading wrong way on payments for bone marrow donors

Vitamin pills can do more harm than good

Alternative treatment for autism focuses on controlling the 'fight or flight' response

Health law commentaries: 'A reader's guide' to possible 'traumas to come;' California shows the way to success

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