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How playing surfaces affect athletic performance, injury potential

Students have been jumping up and down for weeks on a variety of playing surfaces in a study to evaluate how each affects athletic performance and injury potential.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 5:43 pm

Modulating the immune system to combat metastatic cancer

Researchers have found that regulatory T cells that infiltrate tumors express proteins that can be targeted with therapeutic antibodies.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 4:20 pm

Promising strategy to help vaccines outsmart HIV

New research highlights an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly-evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS. The method involves the use of cytomegalovirus as a vector to help a vaccine better instruct T cells how to identify and fight the virus.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 4:20 pm

New fluorescent tools for cancer diagnosis

Researchers have developed a multicolor fluorescence labeling method that can be used to visualize miRNAs in tissue sections, such as those recovered from biopsies.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 4:20 pm

Youth with type 2 diabetes at much higher risk for heart, kidney disease

The news about youth and diabetes keeps getting worse. The latest data shows that children with type 2 diabetes are at high risk to develop heart, kidney and eye problems faster and at a higher rate than adults with diabetes.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 4:20 pm

Hormone levels may provide key to understanding psychological disorders in women

Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects associated with stressful experiences, according to a study from UCL.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 4:17 pm

Proteins in migration: New animal model provides important clues on mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease

Scientists have developed a novel experimental model that reproduces for the first time this pattern of alpha-synuclein brain spreading and provides important clues on the mechanisms underlying this pathological process. They triggered the production of human alpha-synuclein in the lower rat brain and were able to trace the spreading of this protein toward higher brain regions. The new experimental paradigm could promote the development of ways to halt or slow down disease development in humans.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 2:48 pm

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Indian Express - India

Frequent heartburn may predict cancers of throat, vocal cord

Frequent heartburn is associated with cancers of throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 5:09 am

Smartphone app to act as cheap disease-detecting device

Researchers have developed an app that can detect toxins, proteins, bacteria and viruses.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 5:07 am

Scientists develop urine-based test to detect breast cancer

The new method can determine severity of cancer before it can be detected with mammogram.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 8:52 am

Fish oil supplements may help fight diabetes

The supplements increase amounts of a hormone associated with lower risk of diabetes.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 6:39 am

Calcium supplements may extend lifespan in women

Taking a calcium supplement up to 1,000 milligrammes perday can help women live longer, says study.

Posted on 23 May 2013 @ 8:19 am

AIDS scientists optimistic of AIDS cure, for some

Experts have high hopes for a treatment that will be given at an early stage of infection.

Posted on 23 May 2013 @ 5:26 am

Passive smoking can make kids aggressive and anti-social: study

Exposure to cigarette smoke at early childhood is dangerous, as a child’s brain is still developing.

Posted on 22 May 2013 @ 10:18 am

BBC - Great Britain

VIDEO: Man plays guitar during brain surgery

A patient has played the guitar while undergoing brain surgery in the US, to help surgeons pinpoint where to place electrodes to treat the effects of his Parkinson’s disease.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 5:51 pm

Neuron growth ‘cuts memory space’

The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 2:11 am

Texting safely on the High Street

The ‘safety belt’ for the walking texter

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 11:44 pm

Chemical ‘makes us scratch itches’

Researchers find a chemical necessary to feel the urge to scratch an itch

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 8:34 am

Higher IQ link to good concentration

People with higher IQs are faster at detecting small moving objects but slower at noticing larger background ones, say US researchers.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 8:26 am

Some statins ‘raise diabetes risk’

Some drugs taken to protect the heart may increase the risk of developing Type-2 diabetes, according to researchers in Canada.

Posted on 24 May 2013 @ 6:44 am

Cancer cell enzymes are ‘good cops’

Enzymes released by cancerous cells have a protective function and are not one of the ‘bad guys’, say researchers from the University of East Anglia.

Posted on 23 May 2013 @ 11:24 pm

Yahoo - United States

Golf-PGA leader Canizares back after meningitis scare

By Tony Jimenez VIRGINIA WATER, England, May 25 (Reuters) – Spain’s Alejandro Canizares is hoping to pull off a remarkable victory at the PGA Championship, three and a half weeks after being diagnosed with viral meningitis. The 30-year-old admitted it was “scary” when he became ill on a flight from the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea to the China Open at the start of the month. “I started getting headaches, didn’t attach too much importance to it, but the next day I woke up with the biggest headache I’ve had in my life,” Canizares told Reuters in an interview on Saturday. …

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 5:54 pm

How to Stay Safe at the Amusement Park

May to September is prime time for fun at the amusement park. From frightening news reports to personal Youtube videos, there is no shortage of amusement-ride scares. But a new study has found that it’s not always the biggest and fastest rides we should fear. Smaller ones, which parents might not consider as dangerous, contribute to injuries of more than 4,000 U.S. children each year.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 10:54 am

Terrified Motorists Get Lift Across Bridge

Between 1,200 to 1,400 calls are made every year to the bridge’s Drivers Assistance Program that provides motorists with a crew member to drive them across if they’re too afraid to drive themselves. After the Thursday collapse of a highway bridge in Mount Vernon, Wash., the number of calls might increase with more fearful drivers wanting to be chauffeured across the Mackinac Bridge.

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 10:50 am

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Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 10:46 am

How to Stay Safe at Amusement Park

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 10:43 am

Real Risks at Amusement Park Not Rollercoasters, Study Finds

Carousels Hurt More Kids Than Bigger, Faster Rides

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 3:30 am

Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital’s plan to curb patient-dumping

By Ronnie Cohen (Reuters) – Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital’s proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services also said it would conduct unannounced inspections of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas to ensure that procedures are in place and working to prevent further instances of so-called patient dumping. …

Posted on 25 May 2013 @ 12:59 am

Time - United States