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New genetic screen paves the way for long-sought treatments for liver disease

Chronic liver failure is a major health problem that causes about one million deaths around the world each year. A study published April 11th by Cell Press in the journal Cell reveals a new type of screen for identifying genes ...

Medical research created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regulating density of alcohol outlets a promising strategy to improve public health

Regulating alcohol outlet density, or the number of physical locations in which alcoholic beverages are available for purchase in a geographic area, is an effective strategy for reducing excessive alcohol consumption and ...

Health created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PET scans monitor brain circuits activated by light, opening new window to brain diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Building on their history of innovative brain-imaging techniques, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have developed a new way ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new treatment option for alcohol dependence: Reduced consumption rather than abstinence

A potential new treatment for alcoholism called nalmefene is effective and safe for reducing alcohol consumption in alcohol dependent individuals, says a new study published this week in Biological Psychiatry.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Alcohol consumption has no impact on breast cancer survival

Although previous research has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the disease. In fact, ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Incarceration, marijuana use and suicide attempts may hinder liver transplant eligibility

Results from an anonymous survey of U.S. transplant providers report that incarceration, marijuana use, and psychiatric diagnoses, particularly suicide attempts, may lower patients' eligibility for liver transplantation. ...

Other created Apr 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Body Mass Index and coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease (CHD) increases with BMI, as well as with age, finds an article published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine. The research from the Million Women Study indicates that increased weight ...

Health created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Children of deployed parents at higher risk for alcohol, drug use

In 2010, almost 2 million American children had at least one parent in active military duty. A new University of Iowa study suggests that deployment of a parent puts these children at an increased risk for drinking alcohol ...

Addiction created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Major health benefits of music uncovered

(Medical Xpress)—In the first large-scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music, a team led by Prof. Daniel J. Levitin of McGill University's Psychology Dept. has been able to show ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

People with depression may not reap full benefits of healthy behaviors

Depression may inhibit the anti-inflammatory effects typically associated with physical activity and light-to-moderate alcohol consumption, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research provides clues to alcohol addiction vulnerability

(Medical Xpress)—A Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center team studying alcohol addiction has new research that might shed light on why some drinkers are more susceptible to addiction than others.

Addiction created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ultrasound to combat liver tumours

Liver tumours are either benign or malignant; if malignant then they can be primary or secondary. In Europe, a solitary lesion in the liver is more likely to be a metastatic carcinoma than a primary liver ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study sounds warning on drinking and skiing

One in five people ski having consumed alcohol, and 29 percent of these hurtle down the piste over the legal limit for driving, an Austrian survey showed Thursday.

Health created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nurses can play key role in reducing deaths from world's most common diseases

Nurses and midwives can play a critical role in lessening people's risk of cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes, according to a groundbreaking new report issued by the World Health Organization ...

Health created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain-mapping increases understanding of alcohol's effects on first-year college students

(Medical Xpress)—A research team that includes several Penn State scientists has completed a first-of-its-kind longitudinal pilot study aimed at better understanding how the neural processes that underlie responses to alcohol-related ...

Addiction created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0