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Study: Mosquitoes able to smell major human host odorants better at night

In work published this week in Nature: Scientific Reports, a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame's Eck Institute for Global Health, led by Associate Professor Giles Duffield and Assistant Professor Zain Syed of the Department of Biological Sciences, revealed that the major malaria vector in Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, is able to smell major human host odorants better at night.

31 Aug 2013

Glucose monitoring systems detect RBC and other interferents in burn patients blood

Glucose monitoring systems with an autocorrect feature that can detect red blood cells (hematocrit), vitamin C and other common interferents in burn patients' blood are better for monitoring care, a pilot study conducted by UC Davis researchers at the School of Medicine and College of Engineering has found.

30 Aug 2013

Mental and substance use disorders responsible for more death and illness worldwide

Mental and substance use disorders were the leading cause of non-fatal illness worldwide in 2010, according to a new analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study, published in The Lancet.

29 Aug 2013

Biostatistician uses statistical and computer modeling for policy development in prostate cancer research

Ruth Etzioni, Ph.D., a biostatistician, is a member of the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

29 Aug 2013

Time to RCC recurrence prognostic threshold challenged

A large study confirms the prognostic value of time to recurrence after surgery for renal cell carcinoma, and also suggests the need to reduce the threshold for early recurrence.

28 Aug 2013

Findings support partial nephrectomy for T1b RCC

Partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy provide comparable cancer control for T1b renal cell carcinoma, yet use of the less radical approach has remained limited in the USA over recent years, study results show.

28 Aug 2013

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Joslin scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health and Italian research institutes, have identified a previously unknown genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in type 2 diabetic patients.

28 Aug 2013

Daily doses of calcium and vitamin supplements may not prevent loss of BMD in women

Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer are widely prescribed calcium and vitamin D supplements to prevent and manage osteoporosis, an unwanted side effect of breast cancer therapies.

28 Aug 2013

Researchers identify genetic locus associated with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetes patients

Researchers have identified a previously unknown genetic locus (the place a gene occupies on a chromosome) significantly associated with increased coronary heart disease risk among patients with type 2 diabetes, but the association was not found in individuals without diabetes, according to a study in the August 28 issue of JAMA.

28 Aug 2013

Even with access to health care, racial variances in HPV vaccine initiation still exist

Even with access to health care, African-American women are less likely to receive the vaccine for human papillomavirus, which reduces the risk for cervical cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

28 Aug 2013

Combining fecal immunological test and colonoscopy may improve detection of colorectal cancer

A strategy that combines two effective colorectal cancer screening methods, fecal immunological test and colonoscopy, may improve prevention and detection of colorectal cancer and reduce costs, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association.

28 Aug 2013

Personalised management: The only way to close mortality gap for AF patients

Personalised management is the only way to close the mortality gap for patients with atrial fibrillation, according to an ESC consensus paper presented at ESC Congress 2013 by Professor Paulus Kirchhof (UK).

27 Aug 2013

Physicians and health professionals need to be on alert for caregiver-fabricated illness in children

While it's rare for a parent to fabricate an illness in their child, a McMaster University researcher says physicians and other health professionals need to be on the alert for this form of child abuse.

27 Aug 2013

Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital to receive transition-to-scale grants

he Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development recently shortlisted 53 finalists from around the world from more than 400 entries. Only 22 teams were awarded grants for their bold, new ideas to save the lives of mothers and newborns in developing countries.

27 Aug 2013

Intracerebral injection of BSC may reduce post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

27 Aug 2013

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression, according to a new study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists that is online ahead of print in Cancer Causes & Control.

27 Aug 2013

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Cognitive deficits following ischemic stroke are common and debilitating, even in the relatively few patients who are treated expeditiously so that clots are removed or dissolved rapidly and cerebral blood flow restored. A new study in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that intracerebral injection of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduces cognitive deficits produced by temporary occlusion of cerebral blood vessels in a rat model of stroke, suggesting that BSCs may offer a new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction.

26 Aug 2013

Health professionals need to be alert for fabricated illness in child, says researcher

26 Aug 2013

BESTCILIA project aims to improve screening, treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia is mainly a lung disease: a rare, genetically heterogeneous disorder resulting from dysfunction of small hair-like organelles (cilia) that clean the upper and lower airways. It can also affect multiple organs beside the respiratory system, and may cause serious impairment and lower quality of life. Its prevalence is estimated to be about 1 in 16,000.

26 Aug 2013

Researchers request all countries to record smoking on death registries

Researchers today [Friday 23 August] call for official death registries in all countries to record whether the dead person was a smoker, in a research Article published in The Lancet.

23 Aug 2013

Mortality News and Research

Study: Mosquitoes able to smell major human host odorants better at night

Glucose monitoring systems detect RBC and other interferents in burn patients blood

Mental and substance use disorders responsible for more death and illness worldwide

Biostatistician uses statistical and computer modeling for policy development in prostate cancer research

Time to RCC recurrence prognostic threshold challenged

Findings support partial nephrectomy for T1b RCC

Genetic variant linked with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetic patients

Daily doses of calcium and vitamin supplements may not prevent loss of BMD in women

Researchers identify genetic locus associated with increased risk of CHD in type 2 diabetes patients

Even with access to health care, racial variances in HPV vaccine initiation still exist

Combining fecal immunological test and colonoscopy may improve detection of colorectal cancer

Personalised management: The only way to close mortality gap for AF patients

Physicians and health professionals need to be on alert for caregiver-fabricated illness in children

Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital to receive transition-to-scale grants

Intracerebral injection of BSC may reduce post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Health professionals need to be alert for fabricated illness in child, says researcher

BESTCILIA project aims to improve screening, treatment of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Researchers request all countries to record smoking on death registries

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