Archive: 16/10/2012

Researcher examines the relationship between gum disease and arthritis

Adelaide scientists have found that mice with gum disease develop worse arthritis.

Oct 16, 2012

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Children at risk of eating disorders have higher IQ and better working memory, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Children at risk for eating disorders on average have a higher IQ and better working memory but have poorer attentional control, according to researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). The ...

Oct 16, 2012

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Neuroscientists find Broca's area is really two subunits, each with its own function

A century and a half ago, French physician Pierre Paul Broca found that patients with damage to part of the brain's frontal lobe were unable to speak more than a few words. Later dubbed Broca's area, this region is believed ...

Oct 16, 2012

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Survey shows program boosts Latino parents' child knowledge, confidence

While many Latino children enter school hampered by weak preliteracy skills, a new program tied to Head Start successfully equips parents to close these gaps, according to findings out today from the University of California, ...

Oct 16, 2012

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3-D technology boosts project to aid heart surgery

(Medical Xpress)—Efforts to improve preparation for heart surgery are the focus of a collaboration of Arizona State University biomedical engineering researchers and physicians at Phoenix Children's Hospital and St. Joseph's ...

Oct 16, 2012

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Researchers reveal how Trop2 protein drives tumor growth in prostate, other epithelial cancers

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers led by Tanya Stoyanova and Dr. Owen Witte of UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have determined how a protein known as Trop2 drives the growth ...

Oct 16, 2012

Study examines role of microglial cells as both defenders and fighters in the nervous system

(Medical Xpress)—In many pathologies of the nervous system, there is a common event - cells called microglia are activated from surveillant watchmen into fighters. Microglia are the immune cells of the nervous system, ...

Oct 16, 2012

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Large-scale study confirms link between creativity and mental illness

(Medical Xpress)—People in creative professions are treated more often for mental illness than the general population, there being a particularly salient connection between writing and schizophrenia. This according to researchers ...

Oct 16, 2012

Comparing animal and human cancers for mutual benefit

(Medical Xpress)—A diagnosis of cancer once spelled the end for our animal companions but the launch today of a specialty cancer clinic, led by one of Australia's leading veterinary oncologists at the University of Sydney, ...

Oct 16, 2012

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Two-gene test predicts which patients with heart failure respond best to beta-blocker drug, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A landmark paper identifying genetic signatures that predict which patients will respond to a life-saving drug for treating congestive heart failure has been published by a research team co-led by Stephen ...

Oct 16, 2012

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