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Friday, March 19, 2010
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Beware the new Facebook password reset scam
If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Social media better than sex?
It's not surprising that so many people rely on social media, for both work and play, every day - a statistic highlighted in the latest Retrevo Gadgetology Report on social-media usage. by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore CNET News

3D glasses: One for each set
With the coming of 3D television comes the invasion of 3D glasses. The problem is that there are no standards so they will work only with the brand of TV with which they're shipped. by Erica Ogg CNET News

Study: Businesses start to embrace Windows 7
A new survey shows that businesses are increasingly planning their move to Windows 7, with more than half of those questioned planning to have some machines running the operating system in their corporations by the end of the year. by Ina Fried CNET News

How the butterfly botnet was broken
A joint operation by researchers from Canadian security firm Defense Intelligence and Spain's PandaLabs led to the arrest of three men in Spain earlier this month in connection with the Mariposa botnet. by Tom Espiner ZDNet UK

Wikileaks poses 'security threat' to US Army
A leaked US Army intelligence report, classified as secret, says the Wikileaks website poses a significant "operational security and information security" threat to military operations. by Declan McCullagh CNET News

Companies' outsourcing spend to increase
A recent Gartner survey found that 85 percent of organizations anticipate their spending with external service providers ESP to increase or stay the same when the economy returns, pointing to a return to growth in the IT services market in 2010. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia

Drudge Report, TechCrunch hit by ad malware
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves in an unpleasant position last week when visitors to their sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Obama lines up with copyright owners
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama was a young technology fan who appeared to be an establishment outsider. But he now appears to have lined up on the side of copyright owners. by Greg Sandoval CNET News

Why no one cares about privacy anymore
Google co-founder Sergey Brin adores the company's social network called Google Buzz. We know this because an engineer working five feet from Brin used Google Buzz to say so. by Declan McCullagh CNET News

Judges uphold Word patent-infringement ruling
A US Court of Appeals panel has upheld a judgement that Microsoft infringed on another company's patent with its custom XML tags in Word 2003 and Word 2007. by David Meyer ZDNet UK

Target offers mobile coupons
Mobile coupons are coming to mega-retailer Target, which will allow shoppers all over the U.S. to use their mobile handset to get discounts on all kinds of products. by Marguerite Reardon CNET News

Browser choice not coming to Asia
Microsoft rivals have indicated that they will not be pushing for a similar action in the Asia-Pacific region. by Liau Yun Qing ZDNet Asia

Twitter aims to filter out malicious links
Twitter is launching a new service designed to stop users of the social-media site from getting duped by phishing links that steal their login credentials and other attacks. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Potential console killer OnLive to go live June 17
OnLive, a streaming video game service that, if properly implemented, could threaten traditional console makers. by Daniel Terdiman CNET News

Drudge Report accused of serving malware
For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines. by Elinor Mills CNET News

Curt Schilling's 38 Studios, EA in Big Huge game deal
Ex-baseballer Curt Schilling's developer 38 Studios has struck a deal with EA to publish an upcoming single-player role-playing game. by Tor Thorsen GameSpot

HP sues Asian firms over patents
Hewlett-Packard has filed a suit against four companies based in Hong Kong and Taiwan, accusing the defendants of patent infringement, according to various reports. by Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia

Apache bug prompts update advice
IT security company Sense of Security has discovered a serious bug in Apache's HTTP web server, which could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of a database. by Colin Ho,ZDNet.com.au

Microsoft re-releases Blue Screen of Death fix
Microsoft is re-releasing the patch that caused Windows systems to crash in February with a Blue Screen of Death. by Richard Thurston ZDNet UK
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Single Institutional Experience With Nephron-Sparing Surgery For Pathologic Stage T3bNxM0 Renal Cell Carcinoma Confined To The Renal Vein
UroToday - Our study of nephron sparing surgery in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) invading the segmental branches of the renal vein is consistent with the trend towards increased utilization of "partial nephrectomy" during surgical management of RCC. This strategy is particularly useful in those with preexisting impairment of renal function and with a modest follow-up we have found good cancer control in these select patients... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fI7xVSfMaqRDlIIwbsFSiRbOyW8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fI7xVSfMaqRDlIIwbsFSiRbOyW8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fI7xVSfMaqRDlIIwbsFSiRbOyW8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fI7xVSfMaqRDlIIwbsFSiRbOyW8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/nRgCsc-noxk" height="1" width="1"/>

Statement From American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown On Congressional Approval Of The PACT Act
We're pleased that Congress has taken another significant step in reducing tobacco use in the U.S. with passage of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009. This measure will support ongoing efforts to protect children and adults from heart disease, stroke and other chronic illnesses linked to tobacco use. The bill regulates Internet and mail-order sales of tobacco products, restricting children's access to tobacco products online and ensuring that all appropriate taxes are paid when tobacco products are sold. This legislation will have a tremendous impact on public health... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vkr2piOCB6T-ZChCP4mDaCi3L9w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vkr2piOCB6T-ZChCP4mDaCi3L9w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vkr2piOCB6T-ZChCP4mDaCi3L9w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vkr2piOCB6T-ZChCP4mDaCi3L9w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/URDUzK58GyY" height="1" width="1"/>

First Patient Treated In Phase II Trial Of Anticancer Hsp90 Inhibitor
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) is to receive a milestone payment triggered by the first patient receiving a drug it helped develop in a Phase II clinical trial. The drug, an Hsp90 inhibitor known as AUY-922, is being tested in a range of cancers. It works by targeting and inactivating a crucial molecule called Hsp90, which cancer cells are dependant on for growth. Hsp90 is a molecular chaperone - a helper molecule that is essential for the cancer-causing properties of the products of many cancer genes... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t95PaYNmzwAInea01lHXrk0UNHo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t95PaYNmzwAInea01lHXrk0UNHo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t95PaYNmzwAInea01lHXrk0UNHo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t95PaYNmzwAInea01lHXrk0UNHo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/EE5-ohneklU" height="1" width="1"/>

First Publication Of Data From Pivotal Clinical Trial For Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy For Epilepsy Published Today In Epilepsia
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced that a landmark publication highlighting results from the pivotal study for Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Therapy for epilepsy, known as SANTE® (Stimulation of the Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus in Epilepsy), was published online today in the medical journal, Epilepsia. The SANTE study, sponsored by Medtronic, is the largest and most rigorous clinical study of DBS therapy for epilepsy in adults with medically refractory epilepsy with partial-onset seizures... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bskveb-zi7tbMM2zMmG643rEjxE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bskveb-zi7tbMM2zMmG643rEjxE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bskveb-zi7tbMM2zMmG643rEjxE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bskveb-zi7tbMM2zMmG643rEjxE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/GLLnBkJVNE4" height="1" width="1"/>

Terrence Higgins Trust Launches Project Vogue, Dudley's First Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgendered Youth Group, UK
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is launching a new group to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) young people in the Dudley area. Backed by a grant from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All programme, Project Vogue (http://www.projectvogue.org.uk) will provide a safe environment for local young people between the ages of 13 and 24 to meet and discuss the issues that matter to them. The group is also designed for young people who are questioning their sexuality... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaiMEibs_lfCQYJjcUcVQE3iDuk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaiMEibs_lfCQYJjcUcVQE3iDuk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaiMEibs_lfCQYJjcUcVQE3iDuk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vaiMEibs_lfCQYJjcUcVQE3iDuk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/qezwTZYW9J0" height="1" width="1"/>

Shift Workers At More Risk For Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Nurses participating in shift work, especially those working rotating shifts, face a significantly increased risk of developing Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and abdominal pain compared to those working a standard day-time schedule, according to research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology. "We know that people participating in shift work often complain of gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, constipation and diarrhea," says Sandra Hoogerwerf, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzNbQVcWM8MVZv4GMqr8hwoJAYQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzNbQVcWM8MVZv4GMqr8hwoJAYQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzNbQVcWM8MVZv4GMqr8hwoJAYQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VzNbQVcWM8MVZv4GMqr8hwoJAYQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/FReKte-NDsU" height="1" width="1"/>

Pediatric Surgeons Provide Specialized Care To Haiti's Youngest Earthquake Victims, Call For Continued Help And Surgical Rotation
After the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti left thousands of victims in its wake, nearly 20 members of the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) put their lives on hold to travel to Haiti to help its youngest victims. With an estimated 40% of the population of Haiti being under the age of 18, many of the injured were children in need of specialized surgical care. "The first 4 days of our mission, we were operating 22 hours per day, and being ordered to lie down for two hours. It was truly chaos," said Dr. Shawn Safford, of Bethesda, MD, who deployed with the U.S... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAY0-dKituA0zHuRotftvSvxkHs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAY0-dKituA0zHuRotftvSvxkHs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAY0-dKituA0zHuRotftvSvxkHs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wAY0-dKituA0zHuRotftvSvxkHs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/fJR6yPk1sh4" height="1" width="1"/>

FDA Issues Final Rule Restricting Access And Marketing Of Cigarettes And Smokeless Tobacco Products To Youth
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule containing a broad set of federal requirements designed to significantly curb access to and the appeal of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to children and adolescents in the United States. Published March 19, 2010, the new rule becomes effective June 22, 2010, and has the force and effect of law... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qTX2J-RpvLtpkwjDntQt-9FZMkc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qTX2J-RpvLtpkwjDntQt-9FZMkc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qTX2J-RpvLtpkwjDntQt-9FZMkc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qTX2J-RpvLtpkwjDntQt-9FZMkc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/n_Pe6U-pEV0" height="1" width="1"/>

Breakthrough For Babies Born With Severe Cleft Palates After Experiments At ISIS
Scientists working on a treatment for babies born with cleft palates have made a promising breakthrough and the first clinical trials are planned for early next year. Clefts are the most common birth defect in Britain, with one in every 700 babies affected; currently in severe cases radical surgery is required to correct the problem, and in addition future complications can occur as the child grows into an adult... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPvyINKQuzLQ_6aRAQ5UupbSKJk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPvyINKQuzLQ_6aRAQ5UupbSKJk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPvyINKQuzLQ_6aRAQ5UupbSKJk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EPvyINKQuzLQ_6aRAQ5UupbSKJk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/vnUYGSFepHE" height="1" width="1"/>

Risk Of Child Accidents In The Home
Targeted and individually adapted information to the parents of small children would reduce the risk of accidents involving children in the home. This is shown by new research from the Faculty of Health and Society at Malmö University in Sweden. It is in the home that most child accidents occur. One common injury that affects small children is burns... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pzeHVAFYfMZ-0wJdi2SEgnl3AlE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pzeHVAFYfMZ-0wJdi2SEgnl3AlE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pzeHVAFYfMZ-0wJdi2SEgnl3AlE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pzeHVAFYfMZ-0wJdi2SEgnl3AlE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/z1ONBiGWoS8" height="1" width="1"/>

New Omega-3 Preparation Protects Against Bowel Polyps
A new preparation of an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid found naturally in fish, offers hope for thousands of patients at risk of developing an inherited form of bowel cancer, a new study shows. A team of investigators, led by Professor Mark Hull from the University of Leeds, studied patients diagnosed with a rare inherited condition called FAP (familial adenomatous polyposis), thought to be responsible for about one in every 100 bowel cancers... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXsB6gFVfgDzX7iWii7jX7dTRso/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXsB6gFVfgDzX7iWii7jX7dTRso/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXsB6gFVfgDzX7iWii7jX7dTRso/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IXsB6gFVfgDzX7iWii7jX7dTRso/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ULXhh47LXdo" height="1" width="1"/>

What Makes Us Unique? Not Only Our Genes
Once the human genome was sequenced in 2001, the hunt was on for the genes that make each of us unique. But scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, and Yale and Stanford Universities in the USA, have found that we differ from each other mainly because of differences not in our genes, but in how they're regulated turned on or off, for instance... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b0BoPlVBG0QT0pY9OTjIk_muZJU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b0BoPlVBG0QT0pY9OTjIk_muZJU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b0BoPlVBG0QT0pY9OTjIk_muZJU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b0BoPlVBG0QT0pY9OTjIk_muZJU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Fppud6dcYPg" height="1" width="1"/>

Earlier Diagnosis Of Diseases By Automated Biomolecular Probing Of Cells, Proteins And Molecules
Proteins, the cellular building blocks, can be visualized and analyzed in great detail today. Here, Fraunhofer FIT presents a fully automated high-performance microscope. One of its diagnostic applications will be to study the complex interactions of proteins between cells. In tumor diagnostics our microscope allows to classify slightly different types of tumors more precisely and to fine-tune therapy accordingly... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b7XjXnFCUSpNZzpflKSux7edc3w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b7XjXnFCUSpNZzpflKSux7edc3w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b7XjXnFCUSpNZzpflKSux7edc3w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b7XjXnFCUSpNZzpflKSux7edc3w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/Utw_d2TxEuU" height="1" width="1"/>

Clinician And Patient Preferences Clash Over Information Sharing Before Transplantation
Most kidney donors and recipients are in favor of exchanging personal health information that may influence success before scheduling a living organ donor transplant, while healthcare professionals are more reluctant, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The results suggest that clinicians should consider supporting and facilitating more information sharing before transplantation. Living kidney donation is a complex decision, with multiple medical, legal, and ethical aspects... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TiUFPJxTIg7Vun88hE6pTer1gGQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TiUFPJxTIg7Vun88hE6pTer1gGQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TiUFPJxTIg7Vun88hE6pTer1gGQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TiUFPJxTIg7Vun88hE6pTer1gGQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/-fx63TIzXjY" height="1" width="1"/>

Asian Smokers Use Quitlines
Telephone counseling programs for smoking cessation, popularly known as "quitlines," are an increasingly common way for smokers to quit. Every state in the U.S. now has one. However, most of them provide counseling services in English and Spanish only. The only quitline so far to offer counseling in multiple Asian languages is the California Smokers' Helpline. Since 1993, the Helpline has been counseling smokers in Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects), Korean and Vietnamese, in addition to English and Spanish... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ_F47bRN1RQ3WQybBUHLCJ0RNg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ_F47bRN1RQ3WQybBUHLCJ0RNg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ_F47bRN1RQ3WQybBUHLCJ0RNg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JQ_F47bRN1RQ3WQybBUHLCJ0RNg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/mJSrCUREw0w" height="1" width="1"/>

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Physicians Present Findings At American College Of Cardiology Scientific Meeting
Physician scientists from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute presented new findings on the effectiveness of routine aspirin therapy for preventing heart disease, a drug therapy for atrial fibrillation and the role left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may play in weight reduction for obese patients with chronic end-stage heart failure who are considered for heart transplantation. These presentations were made at the American College of Cardiology's Scientific Session in Atlanta. Brief highlights from these studies are included below... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MNuXH0_zd_EKcQeyOAm_WhPB-mQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MNuXH0_zd_EKcQeyOAm_WhPB-mQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MNuXH0_zd_EKcQeyOAm_WhPB-mQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MNuXH0_zd_EKcQeyOAm_WhPB-mQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/liwnS_ONI9E" height="1" width="1"/>

Surgeon Re-attaches Teen's Arm After Boating Accident
Kristen Kilpatrick could see the whirling propeller approaching after her fishing boat lurched forward, plunging her into the cold lake. "The motor creates this weird funneling and it just sucks you in. I just curled up into a little ball," the Texas Christian University sophomore recalled. On a May 2009 weekend whim, she and friends had gone to the lake on her family's ranch near Hico, located southwest of Stephenville. The engine was brutally unforgiving. "It was like a huge freight train coming at you. I thought to myself, 'I can't believe I'm going to die at age 18,'" Ms... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gFY1VlosaZKd0s1lMMmyNPqRfCA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gFY1VlosaZKd0s1lMMmyNPqRfCA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gFY1VlosaZKd0s1lMMmyNPqRfCA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gFY1VlosaZKd0s1lMMmyNPqRfCA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/KqxJNTX5kXY" height="1" width="1"/>

Cancer Prevention Institute Of California Study Of Breast Cancer In Asian American Women Reveals Rising Occurrences
Research scientists from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) released the results of a study of breast cancer in Asian women which examined their cancer rates by ethnicity, age and immigrant status. The findings challenge the notion that breast cancer rates are uniformly low across the population of Asian women and indicate rising rates of occurrences in specific ethnic groups. CPIC scientists studied Asian populations in California, the state with the largest and most diverse Asian population in the U.S... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bo1jzPMoBDE1JlZpqG1xG5T42Rc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bo1jzPMoBDE1JlZpqG1xG5T42Rc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bo1jzPMoBDE1JlZpqG1xG5T42Rc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bo1jzPMoBDE1JlZpqG1xG5T42Rc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/lVImbJr13Ss" height="1" width="1"/>

FDA Approves Drug To Treat Condition That Causes Elevated Ammonia Levels
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Carbaglu (carglumic acid) Tablets to treat a condition that results in too much ammonia in the blood. The condition, N-acetylglutamate synthase or NAGS deficiency, is an extremely rare, genetic disorder that can be present in babies soon after birth. NAGS deficiency and the resulting elevated levels of ammonia (hyperammonemia). can be fatal if it is not detected and treated rapidly. DNA testing can confirm the diagnosis of NAGS... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WUPTwuy703y818HeC7-40FDvTwM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WUPTwuy703y818HeC7-40FDvTwM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WUPTwuy703y818HeC7-40FDvTwM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WUPTwuy703y818HeC7-40FDvTwM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/zxKmiOLt1Vk" height="1" width="1"/>

Studies Show Significant Increases Of C. Difficile Infections (CDI)
Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) are quickly becoming a significant issue in healthcare based upon recent studies. Preliminary data collected from nursing homes and highlighted in a Supplementary Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory shows that almost 40 percent of gastrointestinal infections reported are CDIs. "Our first look at infection data submitted from Pennsylvania nursing homes confirms what prior studies have found in hospitals -- C... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-wJQ-afy8_9dUaBHnP4W4eCQAoI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-wJQ-afy8_9dUaBHnP4W4eCQAoI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-wJQ-afy8_9dUaBHnP4W4eCQAoI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-wJQ-afy8_9dUaBHnP4W4eCQAoI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/AR45Y49DRvg" height="1" width="1"/>

Financial Interests Should Be Clearer To Increase Trust In Science Suggests Study Of Research Behind Anti Diabetes Drug
A new US study published this week that investigated the research behind the anti-diabetes drug rosiglitazone (GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia) found that nearly all the scientific authors who provided results in favour of the drug had financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, and while this may not prove industry's interests influenced the research, it suggests a need for greater disclosure of financial relationships to increase trust in scientific work said the authors... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8fbwp6E9rSJcHZU6LmenxFCkQc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8fbwp6E9rSJcHZU6LmenxFCkQc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8fbwp6E9rSJcHZU6LmenxFCkQc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8fbwp6E9rSJcHZU6LmenxFCkQc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/DR1chF5IFqE" height="1" width="1"/>

ProPSA Measurements In Serum And Tissue Are Associated With Treatment Necessity Among Men Enrolled In Expectant Management For Prostate Cancer
UroToday.com - We identified 75 men with available tissue from an initial diagnostic biopsy - of whom 71 had both benign-adjacent and cancer biopsy tissue as well as serum available from the time of diagnosis. Applying the Epstein T1c small tumor criteria, 39 men developed an unfavorable biopsy (Gleason grade6 or 2 cores with cancer or 50% of a core with cancer or a palpable nodule) requiring treatment, while 32 maintained favorable biopsies throughout a median follow-up of 3.7 years... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2HbqaaaF-622k2XxuTYk1IfeEE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2HbqaaaF-622k2XxuTYk1IfeEE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2HbqaaaF-622k2XxuTYk1IfeEE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/b2HbqaaaF-622k2XxuTYk1IfeEE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/y9KoSGjXCrM" height="1" width="1"/>

Acucela And Otsuka Pharmaceutical Receive FDA Fast Track Designation For ACU-4429 In Patients With Dry AMD
Acucela Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing new treatments for blinding eye diseases, and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., today announced that they have received Fast Track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for ACU-4429, an investigational oral treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration (dry AMD)... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_q8Yhd34ynLit_SB4q_DFFicVrE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_q8Yhd34ynLit_SB4q_DFFicVrE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_q8Yhd34ynLit_SB4q_DFFicVrE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_q8Yhd34ynLit_SB4q_DFFicVrE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/JTtapIaMOu8" height="1" width="1"/>

Study Shows Prevenar 13 Is Immunogenic In Young Children Previously Vaccinated With Prevenar
According to results from a Phase III safety and immunogenicity study presented today, Prevenar 13 (Pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine, [13-valent, adsorbed]) was shown to be immunogenic and generally well tolerated in healthy young children who had received at least three prior doses of Prevenar (Pneumococcal Saccharide Conjugated Vaccine, Adsorbed). These data were presented today at the 7th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD) in Tel Aviv, Israel... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zVL3aQSrMQBFzzJ65tJ4MZwOg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zVL3aQSrMQBFzzJ65tJ4MZwOg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zVL3aQSrMQBFzzJ65tJ4MZwOg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X-zVL3aQSrMQBFzzJ65tJ4MZwOg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/cTDa8CqjBeo" height="1" width="1"/>

Alkermes Announces Initiation Of Multidose Phase 1 Clinical Study Of ALKS 37 For The Treatment Of Opioid-Induced Constipation
Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) announced the initiation of a multidose phase 1 clinical study of ALKS 37, an orally active, peripherally-restricted opioid antagonist with potential to block the effects of opioid agonists on gastrointestinal motility, commonly referred to as opioid-induced constipation (OIC). The randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, repeat-dose study will assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of daily oral administration of two dose levels of ALKS 37 for a seven day period in approximately 24 healthy volunteers... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mwlNYLYDHLgXfE6h-CP-luvIZ_8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mwlNYLYDHLgXfE6h-CP-luvIZ_8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mwlNYLYDHLgXfE6h-CP-luvIZ_8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mwlNYLYDHLgXfE6h-CP-luvIZ_8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/P_r8ZI-1Li4" height="1" width="1"/>

Subretinal Implant Restores Unprecedented Level Of Vision To Blind Patients
Retina Implant, AG, a leading developer of subretinal implants for the visually impaired, today announced scientific revelations discovered during the company's first human clinical trial. The results achieved in the 11 patients that were involved in the trial exceeded the company's expectations for their first trial. In fact, a few of the patients were able to see objects and shapes so clearly they could combine letters to form words and recognize foreign objects... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8c9F1C1VUFfw_Mj6lxlNmWx8LY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8c9F1C1VUFfw_Mj6lxlNmWx8LY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8c9F1C1VUFfw_Mj6lxlNmWx8LY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/B8c9F1C1VUFfw_Mj6lxlNmWx8LY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/eXD7KdMO-1Q" height="1" width="1"/>

Teva Provides Update On Generic Temodar(R)
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq:TEVA) announced today that the parties to the patent litigation regarding Barr's U.S. generic version of Schering's Temodar® have entered into an agreement pending resolution of Schering's appeal to the Federal Circuit of the U.S. District Court's decision holding the '291 Patent unenforceable. Under the terms of the agreement, subject to limited exceptions, Teva will only market a generic product should the Federal Circuit uphold the District Court's decision... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGONZH1mJ4qgJtvztckypechlhI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGONZH1mJ4qgJtvztckypechlhI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGONZH1mJ4qgJtvztckypechlhI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VGONZH1mJ4qgJtvztckypechlhI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/6XYMwOexfZs" height="1" width="1"/>

The Leading Outpatient Sex Addiction Treatment Facility Expands Program To Accommodate Overwhelming Demand
Southern California's Sexual Recovery Institute (SRI), the leading outpatient treatment center for sex addiction, has announced additional Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP). The expansion is a result of increased awareness of sex addiction issues as the mainstream media begins to shed light on high profile scandals and subsequent treatment methods. The IOP is a short term, low cost alternative to residential treatment that provides education, guidance and specific treatment toward healing from sexual addiction, sexual compulsivity and related intimacy disorders... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DF1Es0_KKhRKkjlV-pl_cBvH2Ng/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DF1Es0_KKhRKkjlV-pl_cBvH2Ng/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DF1Es0_KKhRKkjlV-pl_cBvH2Ng/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DF1Es0_KKhRKkjlV-pl_cBvH2Ng/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/ZmxrUdKIm0U" height="1" width="1"/>

Before Spring Break: Explain The Science Of Why Girls Can't Drink Alcohol Like Boys
Spring break is here and many teenage girls may be tempted to take their first drink. The Science Inside Alcohol Project of the American Association for the Advancement of Science suggests that parents, teachers and caregivers help girls delay that first drink by telling them what scientific research shows regarding their ability to handle alcohol compared to boys. There's reason to worry. The number of teens who use alcohol rose 11% from 2008 to 2009, according to a new report from the Partnership for a Drug Free America. Teens are drinking younger and more often... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kw92DgEiEelnGbUU8eSmZmF2e2Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kw92DgEiEelnGbUU8eSmZmF2e2Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kw92DgEiEelnGbUU8eSmZmF2e2Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Kw92DgEiEelnGbUU8eSmZmF2e2Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/NKJn0HQCqpo" height="1" width="1"/>

CPEX Pharmaceuticals Announces Preliminary Results From Its Phase 2a Clinical Trial Of Nasulin™
CPEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: CPEX) reported preliminary results related to its Phase 2a proof-of-concept clinical trial of the Company's nasal insulin product, Nasulin™. The study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Nasulin versus placebo over a 6-week treatment period in subjects with Type 2 diabetes who were being treated with basal insulin and oral anti-diabetes agents... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y3yTcJjy0hXgBQcYQsJp8__ftZ8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y3yTcJjy0hXgBQcYQsJp8__ftZ8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y3yTcJjy0hXgBQcYQsJp8__ftZ8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y3yTcJjy0hXgBQcYQsJp8__ftZ8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/1TLNbIG2odM" height="1" width="1"/>

Call For More Nutrition Training For Doctors, UK
Nutrition needs to become a more important part of doctors' training as leading experts claim that current provision is "patchy". Existing research shows that one in four patients admitted to hospital may be at risk of malnutrition and the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) campaign group warns that doctors working both in hospitals and as GPs often miss the signs of nutritional problems. Better training would help doctors pick up the signs of malnutrition early and refer people to a dietitian more speedily... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uds3GIH0A1gnWGyuUQrWb2PeLWA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uds3GIH0A1gnWGyuUQrWb2PeLWA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uds3GIH0A1gnWGyuUQrWb2PeLWA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uds3GIH0A1gnWGyuUQrWb2PeLWA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/WvqvMbt0Yvk" height="1" width="1"/>

Multifunctional Polymer Neutralizes Both Biological And Chemical Weapons
In an ongoing effort to mirror the ability of biological tissues to respond rapidly and appropriately to changing environments, scientists from the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine have synthesized a single, multifunctional polymer material that can decontaminate both biological and chemical toxins. They described the findings recently in Biomaterials. "Our lab applies biological principles to create materials that can do many things, just like our skin protects us from both rain and sun," said senior investigator Alan Russell, Ph.D... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0agwVtN701dsjzcLos0xsLnMqyg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0agwVtN701dsjzcLos0xsLnMqyg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0agwVtN701dsjzcLos0xsLnMqyg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0agwVtN701dsjzcLos0xsLnMqyg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/hd_T-Ijp0G4" height="1" width="1"/>

Bailout Stenting Successful Treatment For Infants With Constricted Aortas
Cardiac interventionalists and surgeons at University Clinic in Leuven, Belgium have achieved successful stent implantation and follow-up coarctectomy in premature infants suffering from aortic coarctation. Full findings are published in the March issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, the official journal of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Aortic coarctation is a common congenital condition characterized by a narrowing of the aorta, a major blood vessel leaving the heart... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9T61LLlBEzX9iVQzL7q_6qE66I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9T61LLlBEzX9iVQzL7q_6qE66I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9T61LLlBEzX9iVQzL7q_6qE66I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9T61LLlBEzX9iVQzL7q_6qE66I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/smJrzw8Ie7I" height="1" width="1"/>

American Chemical Society National Meeting Starts Sunday In San Francisco
With the number of scientific presentations and attendance promising to break records that have stood for more than two centuries, the American Chemical Society (ACS) invites news media coverage of its 239th National Meeting & Exposition March 21-25 here in the City by the Bay. News media resources for the meeting - which features almost 12,500 technical presentations -are configured for journalists who join the more than 18,000 scientists and others expected to attend the meeting and those who cover it from their home offices... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_IWrlJVn-pW2d6CykKfAwUepTBM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_IWrlJVn-pW2d6CykKfAwUepTBM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_IWrlJVn-pW2d6CykKfAwUepTBM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_IWrlJVn-pW2d6CykKfAwUepTBM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/S8wa9QsEwg4" height="1" width="1"/>

Countries Need To Rethink Their Health Systems In A Regional Context, ESCAP Chief Says
Countries need to rethink their public health systems in a regional context to be in better positions to deal with common cross-border issues such as the spread of highly infectious diseases and to address the reasons why people become ill in the first place, the top United Nations official in Asia and the Pacific said today... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ec8RKmKLVgYQ4k0iSUX0YvfddQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ec8RKmKLVgYQ4k0iSUX0YvfddQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ec8RKmKLVgYQ4k0iSUX0YvfddQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8ec8RKmKLVgYQ4k0iSUX0YvfddQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/17kyFWncjcY" height="1" width="1"/>

Trophos Completes Patient Enrolment In Pivotal Phase 3 Efficacy Study Of Olesoxime In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Trophos SA, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics from discovery to clinical validation for indications with under-served needs in neurology and cardiology, announced today the completion of patient enrolment with over 500 patients recruited into the pivotal phase 3 efficacy study of olesoxime in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The study is supported by the EU FP7 MitoTarget project (see below). The trial protocol has benefited from EMEA Scientific Advice procedure. Efficacy results are expected in the 4th quarter of 2011... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5il7aGAOzHmJkmwXfNLdDVFXwsg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5il7aGAOzHmJkmwXfNLdDVFXwsg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5il7aGAOzHmJkmwXfNLdDVFXwsg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5il7aGAOzHmJkmwXfNLdDVFXwsg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/XXr88dvDBrc" height="1" width="1"/>

Pregnancy May Cause Impairments In Ability To Recall Previously Seen Locations, England
New research has found that pregnant women's ability to remember the position of objects previously seen is reduced as pregnancy progresses. These findings will be presented this week at the annual Society for Endocrinology BES conference in Manchester. Led by research midwife Ms Diane Farrar, the team found that pregnant women's spatial recognition memory ability was reduced during the later stages of pregnancy, and this effect persisted for at least three months following birth... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QuyYTUwOqlMGuYbT0v3ateUf1cQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QuyYTUwOqlMGuYbT0v3ateUf1cQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QuyYTUwOqlMGuYbT0v3ateUf1cQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QuyYTUwOqlMGuYbT0v3ateUf1cQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/z-wsU5-3usY" height="1" width="1"/>

Dr Miriam Stoppard Speaks On Baby And Child Nutrition, England
Visitors to a conference on food allergies were given an insight into the life of leading children's doctor and broadcaster, Dr. Miriam Stoppard, at the University of Portsmouth yesterday. Dr Stoppard, who is a medical doctor and well-known to millions as a leading authority on parenting, child care and women's health, was the keynote speaker at the conference organised by the School of Health Sciences and Social Work (SHSSW)... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nnNDVIkXAUSIwB3F5b8kLmib_6w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nnNDVIkXAUSIwB3F5b8kLmib_6w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nnNDVIkXAUSIwB3F5b8kLmib_6w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nnNDVIkXAUSIwB3F5b8kLmib_6w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/uYb-xUFBKjg" height="1" width="1"/>

Dr. Mike Roizen To Give Keynote Speech At Annual Meeting For The International Anesthesia Research Society
The International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) announces that Dr. Michael Roizen of the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Center will deliver the T.H. Seldon Memorial Lecture, the keynote speech of the 2010 Annual Meeting for the International Anesthesia Research Society, to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Roizen, the renowned author of the bestselling "YOU" books as well as the author of hundreds of articles and numerous works of outstanding scholarship, will deliver an address entitled, "Sweet Sixteen: A Life Just Starting: Yours." The T.H... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a28hF649CUnOvBJWYB4Abn_UbGo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a28hF649CUnOvBJWYB4Abn_UbGo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a28hF649CUnOvBJWYB4Abn_UbGo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/a28hF649CUnOvBJWYB4Abn_UbGo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/bySlFjK5XZk" height="1" width="1"/>

Obesity Boot Camps Not The Answer; But Gym Class Is.
Obesity boot camps are not the answer to the nation's waistline problem, says Deborah J. Wray, associate professor in the department of kinesiology at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. "Many programs have developed out of a desire to take advantage of the money that can be made from the obesity epidemic," she writes in the March 2010 issue of the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. "Many of these camps are designed to get kids in shape in a six-to 10-week period, but they are short-term fixes, just like diets." "Short-term camps will not work in the long term... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XLCW_HaHgBrWfzCNfK1rPz7XYaI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XLCW_HaHgBrWfzCNfK1rPz7XYaI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XLCW_HaHgBrWfzCNfK1rPz7XYaI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XLCW_HaHgBrWfzCNfK1rPz7XYaI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/SNqiVWIXk7I" height="1" width="1"/>

Study Details Machinery Of Immune Protection Against Inflammatory Diseases Like Colitis
Scientists report a protein made by a gene already associated with a handful of human inflammatory immune diseases plays a pivotal role in protecting the intestinal tract from colitis. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators led the research, which points to possible new strategies for combating colitis. Colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with colon damage, resulting in abdominal pain, bleeding and other symptoms. The work also expands the link between the Nlrp3 protein and Crohn's disease, said Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, Ph.D., assistant member of the St... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iz_A73lvm_pNyWPpqbClvI80sW8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iz_A73lvm_pNyWPpqbClvI80sW8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iz_A73lvm_pNyWPpqbClvI80sW8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iz_A73lvm_pNyWPpqbClvI80sW8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/7IZppNZGD6A" height="1" width="1"/>

Adding Common Genetic Variants To Breast Cancer Risk Models Offers Only Small Benefit
Scientists report that breast cancer risk assessment models, which predict a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, do not perform better when they include common inherited genetic variants recently linked to the disease. Therefore, recommendations for breast cancer screening or treatments will remain unchanged for most women. The study, led by investigators from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, appears in the March 18, 2010, New England Journal of Medicine... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q0Ti8gJ7ri5XAiYSimMj2X1dLxg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q0Ti8gJ7ri5XAiYSimMj2X1dLxg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q0Ti8gJ7ri5XAiYSimMj2X1dLxg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/q0Ti8gJ7ri5XAiYSimMj2X1dLxg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/4Jiw3VTKYQs" height="1" width="1"/>

The Role Of Haptic Feedback In Laparoscopic Training Using The LapMentor II
UroToday.com - Increasing attention is being directed to the use of simulation in training laparoscopic surgery as it is becoming the standard of care for many surgical diseases. The debate continues in the literature as to the necessity of haptic or tactile feedback as an important component of a laparoscopic simulator for teaching these surgical skills. The Simbionix LapMentor II has the capability of providing tactile feedback for its basic skills training. However, this software adds an estimated cost of $30,000 to this simulator without the haptic feedback... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F62nh6tBkXrsHnivh27NeZfv8QU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F62nh6tBkXrsHnivh27NeZfv8QU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F62nh6tBkXrsHnivh27NeZfv8QU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/F62nh6tBkXrsHnivh27NeZfv8QU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/IdLTx6hPSAs" height="1" width="1"/>

Solid-Pseudopapillary Neoplasm Of The Pancreas Or Pancreatic Endocrine Tumor?
Solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN) of the pancreas is relatively rare. There are some similarities between SPN and pancreatic endocrine tumor (PET), especially the non-functioning ones, in clinical and pathological manifestations. Even the results of immunohistochemistry reported in the literature showed that the expression profiles of the two tumors overlapped, which sometimes results in difficulty distinguishing the two entities... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQktN2pD8OIdJYyym36i2NGIVZc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQktN2pD8OIdJYyym36i2NGIVZc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQktN2pD8OIdJYyym36i2NGIVZc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQktN2pD8OIdJYyym36i2NGIVZc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/AMCuwtlnLCc" height="1" width="1"/>

Study Finds Selenium Protects Men Against Diabetes
The role of selenium in diabetes has been controversial, with some studies suggesting that it raises diabetes risk and others finding that it is protective. Now, research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition and Metabolism, has shown that, for men, high plasma selenium concentrations are associated with a lower occurrence of dysglycemia. Tasnime Akbaraly, from the University of Montpellier, worked with a team of researchers to follow 1162 healthy French men and women for nine years, monitoring plasma selenium concentrations and incidence of dysglycemia... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/istzxBRYz-o6T8lFzuipggaIHqA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/istzxBRYz-o6T8lFzuipggaIHqA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/istzxBRYz-o6T8lFzuipggaIHqA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/istzxBRYz-o6T8lFzuipggaIHqA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/_sTolRKANOk" height="1" width="1"/>

Fungi Can Change Quickly, Pass Along Infectious Ability
Fungi have significant potential for "horizontal" gene transfer, a new study has shown, similar to the mechanisms that allow bacteria to evolve so quickly, become resistant to antibiotics and cause other serious problems. This discovery, published Thursday in the journal Nature, suggests that fungi have the capacity to rapidly change the make-up of their genomes and become infectious to plants and possibly animals, including humans. They are not nearly as confined to the more gradual processes of conventional evolution as had been believed, scientists say... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2b5PGmZslHpG5pQes21BxCc_Vtk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2b5PGmZslHpG5pQes21BxCc_Vtk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2b5PGmZslHpG5pQes21BxCc_Vtk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2b5PGmZslHpG5pQes21BxCc_Vtk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/eOWHgHzOrqw" height="1" width="1"/>

51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference From The Genetics Society Of America
More than 1600 basic research scientists who study genetic models in Drosophila (fruit flies) are expected to attend the 51st Annual Drosophila Research Conference in Washington, DC, April 7-11, 2010. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMFor the complete program and Schedule of Events, see http://www.drosophila-conf.org/cgi-bin/dros10-cgi/drosSOE.pl. Plenary Sessions, Thursday, April 8, 8:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Control of Organ Size and Tumorigenesis by the Hippo Signaling Pathway... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8TTM2PPySAtby5e9tUOoEeQ8Wg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8TTM2PPySAtby5e9tUOoEeQ8Wg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8TTM2PPySAtby5e9tUOoEeQ8Wg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j8TTM2PPySAtby5e9tUOoEeQ8Wg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/73-O65FwgW4" height="1" width="1"/>

Society Responds To Consultation On Pharmacy Needs Assesments, UK
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society responded to the Department of Health's consultation on the draft regulations under the Health Act 2009: Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs). The draft Health Bill proposes that the Primary Care Trusts develop and publish Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs). The PNAs will be used as the basis for determining market entry to NHS pharmaceutical services provision and to introduce new quality requirements for contractors... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CtqsU2j7q_7tw_piMEqCzdMOLZY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CtqsU2j7q_7tw_piMEqCzdMOLZY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CtqsU2j7q_7tw_piMEqCzdMOLZY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CtqsU2j7q_7tw_piMEqCzdMOLZY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/_2TfY7K1Etc" height="1" width="1"/>

2010 Canadian Stroke Congress
Co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Stroke Network, and the Canadian Stroke Consortium, the Canadian Stroke Congress brings together leading stroke experts to exchange ideas and present the latest breaking research in prevention, treatment, rehab, and recovery. The Congress takes place in Quebec City from June 7 to 8, 2010. Pre-conference workshops take place on June 6. Meeting details are available at http://www.strokecongress.ca... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gXJs5qkIfRWQ6EPpNGOZgK0SCEI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gXJs5qkIfRWQ6EPpNGOZgK0SCEI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gXJs5qkIfRWQ6EPpNGOZgK0SCEI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gXJs5qkIfRWQ6EPpNGOZgK0SCEI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/GYhGwGiPM50" height="1" width="1"/>

Antisoma Initiates Phase IIb Trial Of AS1411 In Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
Antisoma plc (LSE: ASM; USOTC: ATSMY) announces that it has started a randomised, controlled, multi-territory, phase IIb trial of AS1411 in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Dr Ursula Ney, Chief Operating Officer of Antisoma, said: "AML is a devastating disease for which new treatment options are desperately needed. This phase IIb trial builds on earlier positive phase II findings, and is designed to pave the way for a registration trial of AS1411 in AML." The phase IIb trial is enrolling patients with AML in first relapse or refractory to one prior treatment... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UmS8AQLo8RWQ04wgepNVbiex0x4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UmS8AQLo8RWQ04wgepNVbiex0x4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UmS8AQLo8RWQ04wgepNVbiex0x4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UmS8AQLo8RWQ04wgepNVbiex0x4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/OsjkCFrilXY" height="1" width="1"/>

In Patients With Refractory Partial And Secondarily Generalized Seizures, Deep Brain Stimulation Reduces Epileptic Seizures
A recent study organized by Stanford University researchers found patients with refractory partial and secondarily generalized seizures had a reduction in seizures after deep brain stimulation. This multi-center clinical trial determined that the benefits of stimulation of the anterior nuclei of thalamus for epilepsy (SANTE) persisted and by 2 years there was a 56% reduction in seizure frequency. Full findings of this study are available early online in Epilepsia, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International League Against Epilepsy... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CDajkKWSPwQhAkJfdF6cEY0ILU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CDajkKWSPwQhAkJfdF6cEY0ILU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CDajkKWSPwQhAkJfdF6cEY0ILU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0CDajkKWSPwQhAkJfdF6cEY0ILU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/HF58Vm2ca9k" height="1" width="1"/>

France's National Program To Reduce HAIs Reports Important Successes; Uses Mandatory Reporting
Researchers evaluating France's national infection control program for healthcare facilities found significant decreases in the rates of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) since 2004. The drop in HAIs, including MRSA and surgical site infections, could be attributed to important changes in the national infection control system. France's national, regional and local coordinating centers have been reorganized to help facilities throughout the country comply and conform with mandatory public reporting requirements and key program objectives... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVNEGfaVsL3r43xA5AC4iEjg31I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVNEGfaVsL3r43xA5AC4iEjg31I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVNEGfaVsL3r43xA5AC4iEjg31I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bVNEGfaVsL3r43xA5AC4iEjg31I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/K8A-TEiOhIc" height="1" width="1"/>

New Chemotherapy Combination Shows Promise In Endometrial Cancer
Researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report that in a small study of women with advanced or recurrent endometrial cancer, gemcitabine and cisplatin, when used in combination, produced a response rate in fifty percent of patients. Jubilee Brown, M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Gynecologic Oncology, presented the findings at the plenary session of the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists' 41st Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTqIrBfJUbjPpwiAPGDpYm3qvnU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTqIrBfJUbjPpwiAPGDpYm3qvnU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTqIrBfJUbjPpwiAPGDpYm3qvnU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KTqIrBfJUbjPpwiAPGDpYm3qvnU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/nGPuQjwI7mg" height="1" width="1"/>

Prostate Cancer Treatment Expert Dr. David B. Samadi, MD Responds To Cancer Institute Of New Jersey Study
According to a new study, who you see for prostate cancer heavily determines the treatment you will receive. The study, released by The Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, claims that while most prostate cancer treatment options differ in many aspects, the majority of options are similar across the board. It suggested that the treatment administered depends on the specialty of the doctor providing the treatment... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yT-kohYTU0tomWsc3b3rI2aNXwQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yT-kohYTU0tomWsc3b3rI2aNXwQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yT-kohYTU0tomWsc3b3rI2aNXwQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yT-kohYTU0tomWsc3b3rI2aNXwQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/0ztWvMjI2oM" height="1" width="1"/>

Stem-Cell Development Influenced By Geometry
University of Chicago scientists have successfully used geometrically patterned surfaces to influence the development of stem cells. The new approach is a departure from that of many stem-cell biologists, who focus instead on uncovering the role of proteins in controlling the fate of stem cells. "The cells are seeing the same soluble proteins. In both cases it's the shape alone that's dictating whether they turn into fat or bone, and that hasn't been appreciated before," said Milan Mrksich, Professor in Chemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, who led the study... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJuW8AHEDdVP6i8Z1IYKFd12Ods/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJuW8AHEDdVP6i8Z1IYKFd12Ods/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJuW8AHEDdVP6i8Z1IYKFd12Ods/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LJuW8AHEDdVP6i8Z1IYKFd12Ods/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/NsQx7kQ3Slc" height="1" width="1"/>

Are You Surrounded By Risk? - American Diabetes Association
To combat the growing diabetes epidemic, the American Diabetes Association is asking Americans -- "What will you do to Stop Diabetes? Know your risk." On March 23, the 22nd annual American Diabetes Association Alert Day(SM), the Association is encouraging people to join the Stop Diabetes movement by taking the Diabetes Risk Test (at stopdiabetes.com or 800-DIABETES) to find out if they are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and how they can take action to prevent the disease... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rqydfCcSRNMKI61rsxXRMj6_07c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rqydfCcSRNMKI61rsxXRMj6_07c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rqydfCcSRNMKI61rsxXRMj6_07c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rqydfCcSRNMKI61rsxXRMj6_07c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/X-XVSyDMxQs" height="1" width="1"/>

The Immune System May Offer Method For Stopping Infection-Caused Inflammation By Targeting Blood Vessels
Treating virulent influenza, sepsis, and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from the University of Utah and Utah State University shows that modulating the body's own overeager inflammatory response to infection may help save more lives. In a study published March 17 in Science Translational Medicine, researchers led by U of U cardiologist Dean Y. Li, M.D., Ph.D... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CSfMNJpibGidHWYnJgzRKOl35DE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CSfMNJpibGidHWYnJgzRKOl35DE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CSfMNJpibGidHWYnJgzRKOl35DE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CSfMNJpibGidHWYnJgzRKOl35DE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/xm98qqdvLwM" height="1" width="1"/>

DNA Nanotechnology Breakthrough Offers Promising Applications In Medicine
A team of McGill Chemistry Department researchers led by Dr. Hanadi Sleiman has achieved a major breakthrough in the development of nanotubes - tiny "magic bullets" that could one day deliver drugs to specific diseased cells. Sleiman explains that the research involves taking DNA out of its biological context. So rather than being used as the genetic code for life, it becomes a kind of building block for tiny nanometre-scale objects... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_SYb93Akq9w_5AkwaRoRqc0eej0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_SYb93Akq9w_5AkwaRoRqc0eej0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_SYb93Akq9w_5AkwaRoRqc0eej0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_SYb93Akq9w_5AkwaRoRqc0eej0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/02THNRClDuQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Discovery Of Switch Mechanism For Controlling Traffic In Cells
Scientists have identified a mechanism that switches on an extremely important process for the proper functioning and survival of our body's cells. Specifically, the fast-track transportation pathway of 'cargo' to and from the surface of the cell. Defects in this trafficking pathway can have severe consequences, leading to numerous diseases such as high cholesterol, neuropathies, sterility and complications in immune response. Understanding the mechanisms underlying these disorders is crucial to developing possible treatments and new therapeutic strategies. Dr. Peter McPherson and Dr... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9UIzPWJ7rzRMuUxGfcmDOYi-rs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9UIzPWJ7rzRMuUxGfcmDOYi-rs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9UIzPWJ7rzRMuUxGfcmDOYi-rs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Q9UIzPWJ7rzRMuUxGfcmDOYi-rs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/VvzczbbgWrA" height="1" width="1"/>

Promise For Improving Hand Function In Teens With Cerebral Palsy: Modified Home Video Game
Engineers at Rutgers University have modified a popular home video game system to help teenagers with cerebral palsy improve hand functions. In a pilot trial with three participants, the system improved the teens' abilities to perform a range of daily personal and household activities. The modified system combined a Sony PlayStation 3 console and a commercial gaming glove with custom-developed software and games to provide exercise routines aimed at improving hand speed and range of finger motion... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/COzJziiia2a2bIsNQp2jpO8mAGU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/COzJziiia2a2bIsNQp2jpO8mAGU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/COzJziiia2a2bIsNQp2jpO8mAGU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/COzJziiia2a2bIsNQp2jpO8mAGU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mnt/healthnews/~4/hLHf0LY8JBM" height="1" width="1"/>

Ice mission given lift-off date
Europe's Cryosat spacecraft is set to launch on 8 April on a mission to map the world's ice fields.

Velociraptor's cousin discovered
Researchers discover a new species of dinosaur that was very closely related to the Velociraptor.

Invisibility cloak created in 3-D
Scientists create the first cloaking device to render an object invisible in three dimensions.

Glowing fly sperm yields results
US researchers using genetically engineered fruit flies with glowing sperm track the seed's progress inside the female in real time.

Rio Tinto signs China mines deal
Rio Tinto says it has signed a deal with China to develop a massive iron ore project in Guinea.

Fears winter harmed UK wildlife
The harsh winter may have had a devastating impact on UK wildlife, British Waterways warns as it launches its annual survey.

Bid in for 132-turbine wind farm
Plans for a major wind farm development in Dumfries and Galloway are submitted to the Scottish government.

UN body rejects bluefin tuna ban
A US- and EU-backed bid to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna fails, raising fears for the species' future.

'Hobbit' island's deeper history
New tool discoveries push back the date for the earliest human occupation of Flores Island, home of the famous hobbit species.

Guess who's a sucker for high-definition television? The octopus
Octopuses respond to high-definition television (HDTV), but seem to ignore normal standard television, scientists discover.

Richard Black on what's happening to our shared environment


Spaceman
Riding the strangest rocket in the world

In pictures
Behind the scenes at London's Natural History Museum

Earth Watch
Tuna defeat carries whiff of cordite and hypocrisy

Subconscious sell
Can brain scanning tell companies how to sell us more?

Springing late
Harsh winter delays this year's spring blooms

Don't give up
More reason than ever to deal with the climate debacle

Hailing the arrival of alien predators
Europe is set to release its first non-native "biological control" species to curb the spread of Japanese knotweed.

Aboriginal whaling rights slipping
Commercial and political interests are abusing historical whaling rights of indigenous people.

Flat-headed cat is now endangered
Habitat loss and deforestation are now endangering the survival of Asia's flat-headed cat, a diminutive and little studied feline species.

In pictures: Arctic peril
Populations of many species living in the high Arctic have declined by one quarter, according to a new assessment.

Planck spies massive dust clouds
Europe's Planck space telescope pictures the colossal swathes of cold dust that spread through the Milky Way galaxy.

New exoplanet like 'one of ours'
A new temperate planet, found 1,500 light-years away from Earth, has similarities to planets within our own Solar System.

Limits of quantum world stretched
Scientists have created the largest-ever "quantum state", a result that has implications for quantum physics and computing.

'Arrogance' undid climate talks
The "disappointing" outcome of December's UN climate summit was largely down to rich nations not listening, says Lord Stern.

Crimean ship found off Balaclava
Ukrainian archaeologists say they have found the HMS Prince, a British naval vessel sunk during the Crimean War.

Monkeys learn more from females
Groups of monkeys pay more attention to females than to males when learning a task, say scientists.

Ads 'exaggerated climate change'
Two government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.

Africans 'take blame for climate'
Many Africans blame themselves for climate change despite relatively low emissions from the continent, a survey of 1,000 people suggests.

'Milestone' for wave energy plans
Seven companies are to push forward plans to generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity from wave and tidal power.

Toxic troubles for climate 'fix'
Spreading iron in the oceans as a climate "fix" could poison marine mammals and birds, scientists show.
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