News tagged with dysregulation


Estrogen fuels autoimmune liver damage

A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics and antibiotics. Researchers say these ...

Medical research created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Structure that edits messenger RNA transcripts defective in two different forms of motor neuron diseases

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are degenerative motor neuron diseases in which the key mutated genes are involved in RNA metabolism. This similarity suggests that a ...

Medical research created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High levels of glutamate in brain may kick-start schizophrenia

An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia, reports a study from investigators at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) published ...

Neuroscience created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Israel rocket attacks increase miscarriage likelihood, research shows

Rocket attacks in Sderot, Israel significantly increase the likelihood of miscarriages, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Borderline personality disorder: The "perfect storm" of emotion dysregulation

Originally, the label "borderline personality disorder" was applied to patients who were thought to represent a middle ground between patients with neurotic and psychotic disorders. Increasingly, though, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

How do happiness and sadness circuits contribute to bipolar disorder?

Bipolar disorder is a severe mood disorder characterized by unpredictable and dramatic mood swings between the highs of mania and lows of depression. These mood episodes occur among periods of 'normal mood', termed euthymia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smoking affects heart surgery outcome even a year after quitting

Smoking cessation even a year prior to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery does not fully normalize the changes smoking has made to the saphenous (leg) veins used for the surgery and may lead to later graft failure, ...

Health created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A key gene for brain development

(Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause ...

Genetics created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Are we closer to understanding the cause of deadly sepsis?

Following an infection, dysregulation of the immune system can result in a systemic inflammatory response and an often fatal condition called severe sepsis or septic shock. Sepsis is not uncommon, yet its ...

Medical research created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sleep duration affects hunger differently in men and women

A new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that adults get could lead to reduced food intake, but the hormonal process differs between men and women.

Health created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obesity promotes prostate cancer by altering gene regulation

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive prostate disease. New research, published in BioMed ...

Cancer created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Four gene loci predispose people to most common subtype of migraine

An international research group has identified four new gene loci predisposing people to the most common subtype of migraine, migraine without aura. About two-thirds of migraine sufferers belong to this group. ...

Genetics created Jun 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen is responsible for slow wound healing in women

Estrogen causes wounds in women to heal slower than in men - who have lower levels of estrogen - says a new study published in the April 2012 issue of the FASEB Journal. In the report, scientists from the University of Californ ...

Medical research created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic mutation leads to cold allergy, immune deficiency and autoimmunity

Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation in three unrelated families that causes a rare immune disorder characterized by excessive and impaired immune function. Symptoms of this ...

Medical research created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Add some spice to your food and boost your disease-prevention power

The holidays are over, January has arrived, and many of us enter the New Year determined to live our lives a little healthier than last.

Health created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1