http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from North Carolina State University (Medical Xpress)—NC State professor of veterinary internal medicine Ed Breitschwerdt has spent the last couple of decades working with Bartonella, bacteria historically associated with "cat scratch disease." Bartonella is increasingly recognized as a cause of persistent intravascular infection that can result in severe health effects. Research from Breitschwerdt's laboratory and others has led to the discovery of more than 30 new Bartonella species, as well as numerous chronically infected animal "reservoirs" for the bacteria and a variety of insects that can transmit Bartonella to both humans and animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bartonellosis-stealth-pathogen.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:40:54 EST news286004447 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have developed a new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation from the X-rays. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-x-ray-approach-track-surgical-devices.html Surgery Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:00 EST news285326331 New research from North Carolina State University finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-seniors-video-games-emotional-well-being.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:17:13 EST news281704624 Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-coat-spinal-polymer-implants-bioactive.html Medical research Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:20:01 EST news280489428 (Medical Xpress)—A protein known as Sp2 is key to the proper creation of neurons from stem cells, according to researchers at North Carolina State University. Understanding how this protein works could enable scientists to "program" stem cells for regeneration, which has implications for neural therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-lack-protein-sp2-disrupts-neuron.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:56:16 EST news277404968 New research from North Carolina State University, Brigham Young University and the Pennsylvania State University finds that parental involvement is more important than the school environment when it comes to preventing or limiting alcohol and marijuana use by children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-parents-key-alcohol-marijuana-kids.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:09:45 EST news273845372 (Medical Xpress)—Peanuts taste good and are good for you. But a new NC State study shows that putting a bit of skin in the game can make peanut products even healthier while keeping them flavorful. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-peanut-skins-boosts-nutrition.html Health Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:27:22 EST news271063605 (Medical Xpress)—The flame-retardant mixture known as "Firemaster 550" is an endocrine disruptor that causes extreme weight gain, early onset of puberty and cardiovascular health effects in lab animals, according to a new study spearheaded by researchers from North Carolina State University and Duke University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-flame-retardant-firemaster-endocrine-disruptor.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:32:29 EST news270297129 (Medical Xpress)—It's no accident that Dr. Aram Attarian is an expert on camping and outdoor adventure safety. Attarian, a professor of parks, recreation and tourism management at NC State University, has spent 35 years collecting accident reports, first-person accounts and newspaper articles about when things went wrong in outdoor and adventure programs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-eaten-outdoor-safety.html Health Mon, 22 Oct 2012 07:00:18 EST news270107996 (Medical Xpress)—Gaining more insight into predicting how genes affect physical or behavioral traits by charting the genotype-phenotype map holds promise to speed discoveries in personalized medicine. But figuring out exactly how genes interact has left parts of the map invisible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gene-gene-interactions-important-trait-variance.html Genetics Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:20:01 EST news266571673 New research led by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) early in life results in high levels of anxiety by causing significant gene expression changes in a specific region of the brain called the amygdala. The researchers also found that a soy-rich diet can mitigate these effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bpa-affects-gene-anxiety-soy.html Medical research Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:23:29 EST news266242989 A North Carolina State University researcher has created a roadmap to areas of the brain associated with affective aggression in mice. This roadmap may be the first step toward finding therapies for humans suffering from affective aggression disorders that lead to impulsive violent acts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-blueprint-affective-aggression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:54:21 EST news265989253 A new paper from North Carolina State University calls for more research on how to help homeless families with children who are facing mental-health problems, as well as changes in how shelters are treating these families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-highlight-treatment-homeless-families.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 21 Aug 2012 12:20:02 EST news264768076 (Medical Xpress) -- Research from North Carolina State University demonstrates that a relatively new microscopy technique can be used to improve our understanding of human tissues and other biomedical materials. The study focused specifically on eye tissues, which are damaged by scarring in diabetic patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-technique-human-tissues.html Medical research Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:48:58 EST news258277523 New research from North Carolina State University shows that the United States and Great Britain share common risk factors that increase the likelihood of behavioral problems in children – and that Britain's broader social welfare programs don't appear to mitigate those risks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-great-britain-factors-child-behavior.html Health Wed, 16 May 2012 10:48:49 EST news256384118