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Malaria control: an interview with Dr Jo Lines

Malaria is a tropical, mosquito-borne disease. It is found all over the tropics, in every continent but diminished now a great deal in most of Latin America, most of Asia. Still 90% of the world’s deaths due to malaria – are in Africa and most of them are in young children in Africa.

16 Jan 2013

Stem cell transplantation prevents decrease in heart function associated with DMD

Researchers have shown that transplanting stem cells derived from normal mouse blood vessels into the hearts of mice that model the pathology associated with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) prevents the decrease in heart function associated with DMD.

16 Jan 2013

GE Healthcare submits Optison sNDA to aid in detection of cardiovascular diseases

GE Healthcare today announced that it has filed a supplemental new drug application (sNDA) that will allow the company to manufacture Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), within its own facility.

16 Jan 2013

Study explains how Timothy syndrome mutation causes wiring defects that underlie cognition

A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder, Timothy syndrome, and observed defects in brain wiring, according to a study led by scientist Ricardo Dolmetsch and published online yesterday in Nature Neuroscience.

16 Jan 2013

Children with chronic medical conditions more likely to use alternative medicine

Children who regularly see specialists for chronic medical conditions are also using complementary medicine at a high rate, demonstrates recently published research from the University of Alberta and the University of Ottawa.

15 Jan 2013

Spirituality associated with poor mental health

Individuals who describe themselves as spiritual are more likely to have used drugs, or be dependent on drugs, and also more likely to have generalized anxiety and neurotic disorders than those who are neither spiritual nor religious, research shows.

15 Jan 2013

Spacemen upset sodium balance theories

Levels of salt in the body and sodium in the urine fluctuate over fixed cycles that are independent of salt intake, shows a space simulation study.

15 Jan 2013

Arterial versus venous graft debate continues

Researchers say that there is no significant reduction in angiographic graft failure with arterial grafts compared with saphenous vein grafts in revascularization of the right coronary system.

15 Jan 2013

Cannabis use may worsen illness course in bipolar disorder

Cannabis use disorder is associated with a more severe illness course among patients with bipolar disorder, researchers report.

15 Jan 2013

Depression, mania in BD I have differential social adjustment effects

Results from a UK study show that depression and mania symptoms have specific and differential effects on social adjustment in patients with bipolar disorder.

15 Jan 2013

Stroke need not delay bypass surgery

The time since a stroke need not determine when patients undergo elective coronary artery bypass grafting, say researchers.

15 Jan 2013

Beta blocker use linked to NSCLC patient survival

Beta blockers may boost survival in patients undergoing definitive radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer, suggests research published in the Annals of Oncology.

14 Jan 2013

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction prevalent in at-risk inpatients

Asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction is present in about 5% of general medical inpatients who have at least one risk factor for heart failure, research shows.

14 Jan 2013

Research scrambles previous findings on health impact of eggs

Increased egg consumption is not associated with a higher risk for coronary heart disease or stroke in the general population, research suggests.

14 Jan 2013

Monitor white blood cell count in pertussis infants

Researchers say that taking early and repeat white blood cell counts could help determine which children with pertussis are at highest risk for death.

14 Jan 2013

Passive smoking raises dementia risk

Researchers say that individuals exposed to passive smoking are at a significantly increased risk for severe dementia syndromes.

14 Jan 2013

Obesity not linked to bipolar disorder course

Obesity is not significantly associated with psychiatric disease course in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), Canadian researchers report.

14 Jan 2013

Salt intake linked to socioeconomic class

Research suggests that salt intake in the UK is highest in people of low socioeconomic class.

14 Jan 2013

White matter abnormalities may indicate genetic risk for bipolar disorder

White matter abnormalities in the right temporal lobe may be a marker of genetic risk for bipolar disorder, results from a US study suggest.

14 Jan 2013

U.S. trails 16 other affluent countries in life expectancy, health status

It's no news that the U.S. has lower life expectancy and higher infant mortality than most high-income countries. But a magisterial new report says Americans are actually less healthy across their entire life spans than citizens of 16 other wealthy nations.

11 Jan 2013