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Behavior problems associated with diminished academic achievement in depressed adolescents

Behavior problems, not depression, are linked to lower grades for depressed adolescents, according to a study in the December issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

29 Nov 2012

Study identifies toxic flame retardants in many home couches across the U.S.

Scientists are reporting an increasing use of flame retardants in the main gathering spot for adults, children and family pets in the home - the couch. In a study published in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology, they describe the first efforts to detect and identify the flame retardants applied to the foam inside couches found in millions of family rooms and living rooms across the U.S.

29 Nov 2012

University of Toronto engineering team to continue work on designing waterless, hygienic toilet

A University of Toronto engineering team has received a major grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to continue work on designing for a waterless, hygienic toilet that is safe and affordable for people in the developing world.

29 Nov 2012

Scientists discover synchronous brain activity between two guitarists

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together, and even when musicians play different voices. In a study published November 29th in Frontiers in Neuroscience, Johanna S-nger and her team used electrodes to record the brain waves of guitarists while they played different voices of the same duet.

29 Nov 2012

Loyola receives $60,666 American Heart Association grant for cardiac research

The American Heart Association has awarded Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine $60,666 for cardiac research in 2012, bringing the lifetime total the AHA has awarded to Loyola to more than $10 million.

29 Nov 2012

Musical Moments for MS honors Kessler Foundation expert with Medical Excellence Award

John DeLuca, PhD, Vice President for Research and Training at Kessler Foundation, was named this year's recipient of the Medical Excellence Award by Musical Moments for MS. Dr. DeLuca will be honored at the 10th Anniversary of Musical Moments for MS on Tuesday, December 11 at NJPAC in Newark, NJ.

29 Nov 2012

Cancer-related fatigue and exercise: an interview with Dr Fiona Cramp

It is likely that there is more than one reason why people with cancer experience fatigue. The causes are likely to include side effects of the treatment that people are receiving for cancer as well as the direct effects of the cancer.

28 Nov 2012

Factors increasing risk for pertussis in children evaluated

Research shows that children with pertussis infection are significantly less likely to have had all five diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis vaccine doses than uninfected children.

28 Nov 2012

Biomarker for ALS progression shows promise

Levels of a neurofilament subunit in cerebral spinal fluid, serum, or plasma may predict disease progression in individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, report researchers.

28 Nov 2012

Dutasteride delays PSA progression

The 5α-reductase inhibitor, dutasteride, delays the clinical progression of prostate cancer in patients with prostate-specific antigen levels that have failed to reduce adequately following radical therapy for localized disease, report researchers.

28 Nov 2012

School status may affect later smoking susceptibility

A low peer status in adolescence could significantly increase the risk for heavy and regular smoking in adulthood, researchers suggest.

28 Nov 2012

Brain effects of high-altitude sickness retained long term

Mountaineers who experience high-altitude cerebral edema often retain traces of the bleed in their brains for many years afterward, show study findings.

28 Nov 2012

Polydipsia linked to brain alterations in schizophrenia

Psychogenic polydipsia is associated with significantly reduced left insula volume in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

28 Nov 2012

Bleeding risk modifies perioperative beta-blocker benefits

Perioperative use of beta blockers seems to be beneficial unless patients experience heavy bleeding, in which case it may be detrimental, say researchers.

28 Nov 2012

Digoxin for atrial fibrillation questioned

Experts are calling into question the widespread use of digoxin for atrial fibrillation, in the wake of findings linking the drug to increased mortality.

28 Nov 2012

Two-route drug combination best for horse joint pain

A combination of systemic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs plus intrasynovial glucocorticosteroids is superior to either medication alone in improving outcomes for lame horses with perisynovial pain of the metacarpophalangeal joint, report Dutch researchers.

28 Nov 2012