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When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes new graphic warning labels for tobacco products, they can survive a First Amendment challenge if they depict health consequences and their effectiveness is supported by adequate scientific evidence, says a Georgetown University Medical Center public health expert and attorney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-fda-graphic-tobacco-amendment-legal.html Health Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:10:03 EST news290711190 A social media push boosted the number of people who registered themselves as organ donors 21-fold in a single day, Johns Hopkins researchers found, suggesting social media might be an effective tool to address the stubborn organ shortage in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-facebook-effect-social-media-boosts.html Other Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:10:01 EST news290711220 The distribution of white matter brain abnormalities in some patients after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) closely resembles that found in early Alzheimer's dementia, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-concussion-patients-alzheimer-like-brain-abnormalities.html Neuroscience Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:08 EST news290711302 Researchers have identified a new virus in patients with severe brain infections in Vietnam. Further research is needed to determine whether the virus is responsible for the symptoms of disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-virus-isolated-patients-severe-brain.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:03 EST news290710830 Women in the U.S. exposed to high levels of air pollution while pregnant were up to twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in areas with low pollution, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). It is the first large national study to examine links between autism and air pollution across the U.S. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-exposure-high-pollution-pregnancy-child.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:02 EST news290710878 In a study of more than 2,000 adults, researchers found that two MRI measurements of the abdominal aorta—the amount of plaque in the vessel and the thickness of its wall—are associated with future cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke. Results of the study are published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-atherosclerosis-abdominal-aorta-future-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:01 EST news290711265 Using drugs to treat an infection could allow other co-existing conditions to flourish, a study in wild animals has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-infection-tail-parasite.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:36:19 EST news290716540 Four more people have died from the MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll from the SARS-like virus in the kingdom to 32, the health ministry said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-saudi-deaths-mers-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:03 EST news290710552 Moderate drinking during pregnancy - 3 to 7 glasses of alcohol a week - does not seem to harm fetal neurodevelopment, as indicated by the child's ability to balance, suggests a large study published in the online only journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-moderate-pregnancy-baby-neurodevelopment.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:02 EST news290710747 The average salt content of packaged bread sold in the UK has fallen by 20 per cent over the past decade. But salt levels still vary widely, indicating that further targets are required, finds research published in the online only journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-average-uk-salt-content-packaged.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:30:01 EST news290710784 (HealthDay)—Doctors should avoid ordering certain antibiotics for older patients who take cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor, Canadian researchers say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-statins-antibiotics-toxic-reaction.html Cardiology Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:20:29 EST news290712022 By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better chance at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate in the U.S. on how to allocate scarce donor organs for transplant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-patients-lab-grown-body.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:20:01 EST news290710503 (HealthDay)—Although spring arrived late this year in parts of the United States, the summer allergy season will still be strong, according to a sinus expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-seasonal-allergies.html Immunology Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:19:40 EST news290711974 Many men with low-risk, localized prostate cancers can safely choose active surveillance or "watchful waiting" instead of undergoing immediate treatment and have better quality of life while reducing health care costs, according to a study by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-safe-cost-saving-low-risk-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:00:02 EST news290710703 Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have identified in the most aggressive forms of cancer a gene known to regulate embryonic stem cell self-renewal, beginning a creative search for a drug that can block its activity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-undruggable-druggable-cancer-drug.html Cancer Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:53:23 EST news290710394 Low testosterone worsens the harmful effects of obesity in the nervous system, a new study in mice finds. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-obesity-brain-inflammation-testosterone-worse.html Medical research Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:52:21 EST news290710333 A Yale project involving the independent review of a bone growth product's safety has yielded results, which are published in the June 18 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The findings are part of the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project's novel partnership with Medtronic, Inc., to study and release all of the company's clinical trial research data on recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-safety-bone-growth-product-ushers.html Other Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:51:57 EST news290710309 The quality of wakefulness affects how quickly a mammal falls asleep, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a study that identifies two proteins never before linked to alertness and sleep-wake balance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-quality-hours-ease-falling.html Health Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:51:08 EST news290710256 A special type of in vitro fertilization, or IVF, may increase the risk for insulin resistance among children conceived in this way, according to a new study from Greece. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-vitro-technique-insulin-resistance-offspring.html Diabetes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:46:10 EST news290709963 A missing brain enzyme increases concentrations of a protein related to pain-killer addiction, according to an animal study. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-enzyme-linked-drug-addiction.html Addiction Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:45:22 EST news290709916 When it comes to confronting childhood obesity, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conclude that community-based approaches are important. A systematic review of childhood obesity prevention programs found that community-based intervention programs that incorporate schools and focus on both diet and physical activity are more effective at preventing obesity in children. The results of the study appear online in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-community-based-childhood-obesity.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:28 EST news290709861 A team from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center of Columbia University has generated patient-specific beta cells, or insulin-producing cells, that accurately reflect the features of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-stem-cells-treatment-diabetes.html Medical research Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:44:08 EST news290709841 An international team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has identified a highly promising new anti-tuberculosis compound that attacks the tuberculosis (TB) bacterium in two different ways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-compound-excels-persistent-drug-resistant-tuberculosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:43:31 EST news290709792 Researchers have found that antibodies against the human papillomavirus (HPV) may help identify individuals who are at greatly increased risk of HPV-related cancer of the oropharynx, which is a portion of the throat that contains the tonsils. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-scientists-biomarker-hpv-related-oropharynx-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:41:42 EST news290709694 The elderly may benefit from implantable cardioverter defibrillators as much as younger people, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-elderly-benefit-implantable-defibrillators.html Cardiology Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:07 EST news290694566 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and investigators have reduced the deadlines for initiation of trials with the goal of reaching more patients in need of new treatments, according to a study published June 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-timeline-reforms-nci-sponsored-clinical.html Cancer Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:06 EST news290694476 Age disparities exist in the continuum of care for patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) with people younger than 45 years less likely to be aware of their infection or to have a suppressed viral load, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-age-disparities-hiv-continuum.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:05 EST news290699471 Differences in parental beliefs and attitudes regarding the effects of media on early childhood development may help explain increasing racial/ethnic disparities in child media viewing/habits, according to a study by Wanjiku F. M. Njoroge, M.D., of Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-parental-cultural-attitudes-beliefs-child.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:04 EST news290699310 The lipidation states (or modifications) in certain proteins in the brain that are related to the development of Alzheimer disease appear to differ depending on genotype and cognitive diseases, and levels of these protein and peptides appear to be influenced by diet, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-dietary-intervention-proteins-brain.html Neuroscience Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:03 EST news290695554 Eating more red meat over time is associated with an increased risk of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a follow-up of three studies of about 149,000 U.S. men and women, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-red-meat-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:01 EST news290699376