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Aerobic walking program alleviates lower back pain, says Tel Aviv University researcher

Lower back pain is a common complaint, and treatment often requires many hours of physical therapy over multiple weekly clinic visits - a costly commitment.

6 Mar 2013

Researchers look at how parental coping and religious behaviors influence drinking outcomes

Religious college students report less alcohol use than their classmates - and the reason may have to do with how their parents handle stress, according to new research by a Michigan State University scholar.

6 Mar 2013

U.N. member states gather in New York for 57th meeting of Commission on the Status of Women

"Member states of the United Nations will gather in New York for the next two weeks to discuss the elimination of violence against women and girls," GlobalPost's "Rights" blog reports, noting "the United Nations' annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold meetings, discussions, debate and make decisions on how to deal with this sweeping and all-encompassing issue."

6 Mar 2013

Human Connectome Project releases brain imaging and behavioral data to scientific community

The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavor to link brain connectivity to human behavior, has released a set of high-quality imaging and behavioral data to the scientific community. The project has two major goals: to collect vast amounts of data using advanced brain imaging methods on a large population of healthy adults, and to make the data freely available so that scientists worldwide can make further discoveries about brain circuitry.

6 Mar 2013

Visceral fat directly linked to increased risk for colon cancer, study reveals

Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

6 Mar 2013

Scientists report successful blocking of tumor development in genetic mouse model of human cancer

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report the first successful blocking of tumor development in a genetic mouse model of an incurable human cancer.

6 Mar 2013

Automatic cuts to take toll on community health centers

Estimates suggest these centers will serve about 900,000 fewer patients in 2013 because of the sequester.

6 Mar 2013

Case of immigrant with XDR-TB shows global vulnerability to infectious diseases, Wall Street Journal reports

The Wall Street Journal profiles the case of a man infected with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) who is being detained in South Texas after a "three-month odyssey through 13 countries -- from his homeland of Nepal through South Asia, Brazil, Mexico, and finally into Texas -- show[ing] the way in which dangerous new strains of the disease can migrate across the world unchecked."

6 Mar 2013

Study finds inconsistency in scoring methods that have been developed to evaluate NICUs

Scoring methods commonly used to evaluate Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU) are inconsistent, according to new research from the University of Michigan.

6 Mar 2013

New research findings could lead to development of effective therapies for anxiety disorders

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a specific group of cells in the brainstem whose activation during rapid eye movement sleep is critical for the regulation of emotional memory processing.

6 Mar 2013

Scientists discover key biochemical step underlying heart failure

Some 5.8 million Americans suffer from heart failure, a currently incurable disease. But scientists at Temple University School of Medicine's (TUSM) Center for Translational Medicine have discovered a key biochemical step underlying the condition that could aid the development of new drugs to treat and possibly prevent it.

6 Mar 2013

New tool can help determine senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates

A UC San Francisco team has developed a tool that can help determine - and perhaps influence - senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates.

6 Mar 2013

European scientists find root cause of age-related dementia

A team of European scientists from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and the Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases at the University of Cologne in Germany has taken an important step closer to understanding the root cause of age-related dementia.

6 Mar 2013

Explaining the factors behind health care spending's modest increases

USA Today analyzes this trend and details some of the reasons that could be driving it.

6 Mar 2013

Endocrine Society issues position statement on estradiol measurement

In a Position Statement unveiled today, The Endocrine Society advocates that all methods for measuring estrogens, which play a crucial role in human biology, be made traceable to a common standard.

6 Mar 2013

EGCG in green tea controls generation of metal-associated amyloids associated with Alzheimer's

Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain.

6 Mar 2013

Link between family support in pregnancy and reduced postpartum depression symptoms

Women who receive strong social support from their families during pregnancy appear to be protected from sharp increases in a particular stress hormone, making them less likely to experience depression after giving birth, a new study by UCLA life scientists indicates.

6 Mar 2013

University of Manchester leads systems medicine research network for inflammatory bowel disease

The University of Manchester is leading a €12 million systems medicine research network to identify better treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease like Crohn's Disease.

6 Mar 2013

New Concordia research uses dynamic mathematical model to estimate gas emission

Pulp and paper producers are among Canada's most important industries and also one of the largest producers of wastewater. Estimating the greenhouse gas emissions in this wastewater has become a priority for the industry.

6 Mar 2013

New NIH collaborative initiative aims to accelerate search for biomarkers in Parkinson's

Last month, the National Institutes of Health announced a new collaborative initiative that aims to accelerate the search for biomarkers -- changes in the body that can be used to predict, diagnose or monitor a disease -- in Parkinson's disease, in part by improving collaboration among researchers and helping patients get involved in clinical studies.

6 Mar 2013

Research News and Research

Aerobic walking program alleviates lower back pain, says Tel Aviv University researcher

Researchers look at how parental coping and religious behaviors influence drinking outcomes

U.N. member states gather in New York for 57th meeting of Commission on the Status of Women

Human Connectome Project releases brain imaging and behavioral data to scientific community

Visceral fat directly linked to increased risk for colon cancer, study reveals

Scientists report successful blocking of tumor development in genetic mouse model of human cancer

Automatic cuts to take toll on community health centers

Case of immigrant with XDR-TB shows global vulnerability to infectious diseases, Wall Street Journal reports

Study finds inconsistency in scoring methods that have been developed to evaluate NICUs

New research findings could lead to development of effective therapies for anxiety disorders

Scientists discover key biochemical step underlying heart failure

New tool can help determine senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates

European scientists find root cause of age-related dementia

Explaining the factors behind health care spending's modest increases

Endocrine Society issues position statement on estradiol measurement

EGCG in green tea controls generation of metal-associated amyloids associated with Alzheimer's

Link between family support in pregnancy and reduced postpartum depression symptoms

University of Manchester leads systems medicine research network for inflammatory bowel disease

New Concordia research uses dynamic mathematical model to estimate gas emission

New NIH collaborative initiative aims to accelerate search for biomarkers in Parkinson's

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