Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors
(Purdue University) Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food processing....
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Southampton leads international research exchange to help patients with anxiety disorders
(University of Southampton) Researchers from the University of Southampton are leading an international research exchange that aims to develop a greater understanding of anxiety disorders and develop more effective treatments for patients....
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World class to second class? Confronting the risks to US science and innovation
(Research!America) Research!America 2012 National Health Research Forum is a unique interactive gathering of top policy makers. This discussion brings together heads of federal agencies for health research, as well as nationally recognized leaders from industry, academia and patient advocacy. Two panels will each be followed by Q&A, exploring the current landscape for medical and health research and strategies for maintaining a robust research and development sector in the United States....
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Osteopathic student garners national award for cleft palate research
(Michigan State University) A College of Osteopathic Medicine student has been awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health for his work on identifying the causes leading to cleft palate.Youssef Kousa, a fifth-year candidate in the college's D.O.-Ph.D. program, will receive $65,000 over 21 months for tuition, fees and a stipend....
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Planet under pressure
(Earth System Science Partnership) More than 2,500 leading thinkers in a wide range of global change research areas will present new findings in climate change, environmental geo-engineering, international governance, the future of the oceans and biodiversity, global trade, development, poverty alleviation, food security and more. Authoritative perspectives on today's State of the Planet and recommendations will form a contribution to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 20-22....
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Warning! Collision imminent!
(McGill University) Researchers at The Neuro and the University of Maryland have figured out the mathematical calculations that specific neurons employ in order to inform us of our distance from an object and the 3-D velocities of moving objects and surfaces relative to ourselves....
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Top off breakfast with -- chocolate cake?
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) In a study of nearly 200 clinically obese, non-diabetic adults, professor Daniela Jakubowicz of Tel Aviv University found that a 600-calorie breakfast that includes dessert as well as proteins and carbohydrates can help dieters lose weight and keep it off over the long term. Her research indicates that such a morning meal staves off cravings and defuses psychological addictions to sweet foods....
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Vitamin D deficiency high among trauma patients
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that 77 percent of trauma patients had deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D....
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UT MD Anderson, Texas A&M team up to treat canine lymphoma
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A new immunotherapy for companion dogs with advanced-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma has been shown to improve survival while maintaining quality of life, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports....
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Computer order entry systems reduce preventable adverse drug events
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) New research from Brigham and Women's Hospital examined the impact of a vendor-developed CPOE in five community hospitals in Massachusetts and found that these CPOE systems are effective at reducing drug-related injury and harm. This research is published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine....
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Parents blame child sex abuse victims more if perpetrator is another youth, UNH research shows
(University of New Hampshire) Parents are much more likely to blame and doubt their children when their child has been sexually abused by another adolescent instead of an adult, according to new research from the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire....
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Knee replacement may lower a patient's risk for mortality and heart failure
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) New research presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons highlights the benefits of total knee replacement....
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Competitive soccer linked to increased injuries and menstrual dysfunction in girls
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) In the US, there are nearly three million youth soccer players, and half of them are female. New research presented today at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons found that despite reporting appropriate body perception and attitudes toward eating, elite youth soccer athletes face an increased risk for delayed or irregular menstruation....
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St. Joseph's receives Canada's first whole-body PET/MRI scanner
(Lawson Health Research Institute) Today, Lawson Health Research Institute is receiving a new hybrid imaging scanner that combines magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography. The 10-ton state-of-the-art piece of equipment is being lifted by crane and lowered into its new home this afternoon. The Biograph mMR, manufactured by Siemens, is the first of its kind in Canada....
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Y-90: Are you ready? -- comprehensive liver tumor treatment course returns
(Society of Interventional Radiology) Y-90: Are You Ready? -- an intensive course examining radiation biology, dosimetry, radiation safety, embolotherapy and clinical office management in the use of yttrium-90 in the treatment of cancer -- is being offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Feb. 9-12 in Scottsdale, Ariz. The course is designed to provide focused educational opportunities for interventional radiologists, and SIR encourages fellows-in-training to attend. Limited spaces are still available....
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Comparing yourself to others can have health impacts
(Penn State) Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of over 30 studies focusing on the relationship between social comparisons and health....
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Why the middle finger has such a slow connection
(Ruhr-University Bochum) Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain -- we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps is largely unclear. What effects they can have is now shown by RUB neuroscientists through reaction time measurements combined with learning experiments and "computational modeling." They have been able to demonstrate that inhibitory influences of neighboring "finger nerve cells" affect the reaction time of a finger....
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The dark path to antisocial personality disorder
(Elsevier) With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood," according to the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association....
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Quantifying climate impacts: New comprehensive model comparison launched
(Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) Climate change has impacts on forests, fields, rivers -- and thereby on humans that breathe, eat and drink. To assess these impacts more accurately, a comprehensive comparison of computer-based simulations from all over the world will start this week. For the first time, sectors ranging from ecosystems to agriculture to water supplies and health will be scrutinized in a common framework....
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Counties with thriving small businesses have healthier residents, LSU and Baylor researchers find
(Baylor University) Counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations -- with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes -- than do those that rely on large companies with "absentee" owners, according to a national study by sociologists at LSU and Baylor University....
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