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Young athletes undergoing intense training have higher risk of stress fractures, other overuse injuries

Young athletes who specialize in one sport and train intensively have a significantly higher risk of stress fractures and other severe overuse injuries, even when compared with other injured athletes, according to the largest clinical study of its kind.

22 Apr 2013

CI therapy appears to benefit children with cerebral palsy

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) report that children with cerebral palsy who underwent Constraint Induced Movement therapy (CI therapy) saw a significant increase in grey matter volume in areas of the brain associated with movement.

22 Apr 2013

Clinical Research Forum honors studies with potential to benefit human health and welfare

Ten of the most outstanding clinical research projects from institutions around the country have been selected to receive the Clinical Research Forum's Annual Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awards.

22 Apr 2013

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

MR-guided focused ultrasound is a new technique that involves focusing 1024 beams of ultrasound through the skull to a focal point in the brain, very much like using the sun and a magnifying glass to burn a hole in a sheet of paper.

22 Apr 2013

Indoor tanning increases risk of non-melanoma skin cancer

The widespread liking for sunbeds continues to place a huge amount of individuals at risk of developing non-melanoma skin cancer.

22 Apr 2013

Despite public health efforts, sodium intake continues to rise.

Sodium intake around the world is well in excess of physiological needs and public health authorities agree that chronic excess sodium intake can increase blood pressure and the risk of heart attack and stroke. However, despite recommendations to lower sodium consumption over the last decade, actual intake continues to rise.

22 Apr 2013

Young asthmatic patients have lowest levels of health insurance coverage

It is widely accepted that medical insurance helps older adults with chronic health problems to receive better care. But what about young adults between the ages of 18 and 25, a demographic that also tends to have the lowest levels of health insurance coverage?

22 Apr 2013

IMRT reduces feelings of dry mouth in patients with head and neck cancers

Geneva, Switzerland: Researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to reduce the distressing symptoms of dry mouth in patients treated with radiotherapy for head and neck cancers if the radiation dose to a salivary gland (called the submandibular gland) on the opposite side to the tumour is kept to the minimum.

22 Apr 2013

Photoacoustic imaging helps preserve healthy nodes in patients with metastasized cancer

If a tumour has spread through the lymph nodes, the decision is often taken to exercise caution and remove extra tissue, to prevent it from spreading further. This often involves the removal of healthy lymph nodes.

22 Apr 2013

Even light smoking is associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Number of cigarettes smoked a day and the number of years a person has smoked both increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal Arthritis Research & Therapy. The risk decreases after giving up smoking but, compared to people who have never smoked, this risk is still elevated 15 years after giving up.

22 Apr 2013

Researchers use contrast-computed tomography for anatomical reconstruction of human heart

On April 18th JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) will publish a new video article by Dr. Paul A Iaizzo demonstrating the anatomical reconstruction of an active human heart. The research uses contrast-computed tomography (CT) to allow in-depth 3-D computer modeling of hearts that can be used for prolonged archiving.

22 Apr 2013

3-D brain images provide a better understanding on migraine attack

Wielding a joystick and wearing special glasses, pain researcher Alexandre DaSilva rotates and slices apart a large, colorful, 3-D brain floating in space before him.

22 Apr 2013

Combination of diet and exercise produces better results

A worrisome increase in obesity levels in much of the world suggests that current methods of motivating people to eat healthier food and get more exercise are not all that successful. Much of today's research focuses on ways of delivering messages in order to obtain the best sustained adherence to these two key health behaviors.

22 Apr 2013

Taiwan President participates in international memory walk for Alzheimer's disease

Memory Walks are taking place all around the World during World Alzheimer's Month in September every year, to raise awareness about Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

22 Apr 2013

Despite USPSTF controversial recommendations, mammogram rate did not decline

More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) finds that mammogram rates in the United States have not declined in that age group, or any other. The study results are published in the April 19, 2013 online edition of the journal Cancer.

22 Apr 2013

Sleep related breathing disorders associated with cognitive and behavioral impairment in children

People lobbying for gun control may want to consider another culprit in the post-Newtown search for the answer to our unfathomable questions.

22 Apr 2013

Study identifies potential drug targets that interfere with cancer metabolism

A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer.

22 Apr 2013

Study shows how brain mobilizes to track down person, animal or thing

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that when we embark on a targeted search, various visual and non-visual regions of the brain mobilize to track down a person, animal or thing.

22 Apr 2013

Study shows brachytherapy is underused in the UK

Better outcomes can be achieved for prostate cancer patients using brachytherapy, a highly targeted form of radiotherapy, compared to surgery - this is the finding of a new study conducted by PANAXEA, The University of Twente, Netherlands.

From Elekta 22 Apr 2013

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

Researchers have newly associated nine genetic regions with a rare autoimmune disease of the liver known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). This brings the total number of genetic regions associated with the disease to 16.

22 Apr 2013

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Young athletes undergoing intense training have higher risk of stress fractures, other overuse injuries

CI therapy appears to benefit children with cerebral palsy

Clinical Research Forum honors studies with potential to benefit human health and welfare

Non-invasive brain surgery: an interview with Dr Andres Lozano, University of Toronto

Indoor tanning increases risk of non-melanoma skin cancer

Despite public health efforts, sodium intake continues to rise.

Young asthmatic patients have lowest levels of health insurance coverage

IMRT reduces feelings of dry mouth in patients with head and neck cancers

Photoacoustic imaging helps preserve healthy nodes in patients with metastasized cancer

Even light smoking is associated with increased risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers use contrast-computed tomography for anatomical reconstruction of human heart

3-D brain images provide a better understanding on migraine attack

Combination of diet and exercise produces better results

Taiwan President participates in international memory walk for Alzheimer's disease

Despite USPSTF controversial recommendations, mammogram rate did not decline

Sleep related breathing disorders associated with cognitive and behavioral impairment in children

Study identifies potential drug targets that interfere with cancer metabolism

Study shows how brain mobilizes to track down person, animal or thing

Study shows brachytherapy is underused in the UK

Genetic study defines link between primary sclerosing cholangitis and other autoimmune diseases

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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