New screening strategy to prevent cardiovascular complications in sports Conventional echocardiography is simple, accurate and cost effective Istanbul, Turkey – 13 December 2013: Echocardiography with conventional M-mode and 2D modalities is a simple ...

Wrist fracture significantly raises risk of hip fracture Asian study shows patients with Colles' fracture are at higher risk than patients with osteoporosis to have a subsequent hip fracture within one year; Colles' fracture and ...

Scientists and practitioners don't see eye to eye on repressed memory Skepticism about repressed traumatic memories has increased over time, but new research shows that psychology researchers and practitioners still tend to hold different ...

Obstetric care may differ at rural versus urban hospitals, reports Medical Care Study finds rising cesarean section rates nationally; induction of labor increases more sharply at rural hospitals Philadelphia, Pa. (December 13, 2013) – Rates of unnecessary ...

Snail fever expected to decline in Africa due to climate change The dangerous parasite Schistosoma mansoni that causes snail fever in humans could become significantly less common in the future a new international study led by researchers from ...

New analysis shows that physician scientists are less likely to be engaged in biomedical research than in past Bethesda, MD – A new analysis published in The FASEB Journal describes the declining participation of physician scientists ...

Turning a blind eye Study by USC Marshall faculty examines the impact of moral preferences on ethical Would you let other people's ethical preferences determine whether you act unethically on their behalf? Or would you instead rely on your own ...

Congregations' smaller racial groups feel less belonging and are less involved, Baylor study finds Even in multiracial congregations, the experiences of all racial groups are not equal, researchers say People who are part of a congregation's largest racial group ...

Hormones in the crosshairs UCSB anthropologists find that among Tsimane men, successful hunting boosts testosterone and cortisol levels. While small-scale horticulture is a relatively recent addition to the human repertoire of food provisioning, ...

Half of psychiatrists reject private and federal insurance, preferring cash Researchers warn that just when the need for mental health services is recognized on a national level, access to help is declining at an alarming rate NEW YORK (December 11, ...

Bacterium infecting cystic fibrosis patients genetically evolves to live in lungs and evade antibiotic treatments Research by University of Ottawa and University of Calgary scientists opens the door to more effective treatments for life-threatening disease The ...

Breast cancer treatment selection is improved by genomic tests at Jefferson Breast Care Center Molecular subtyping enables more accurate prognosis and treatment selection, according to research presented at San Antonio conference ...

Neuroscience method of optogenetics as good as electrical stimulation PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Neuroscientists are eagerly, but not always successfully, looking for proof that optogenetics – a celebrated technique that uses pulses of visible light ...

PIK3CA gene mutations make HER2- and hormone receptor-positive breast cancers treatment-resistant SAN ANTONIO — Women with breast cancer characterized by high levels of the protein HER2 and hormone receptors gained much less benefit from presurgery ...

Exercise improves drug-associated joint pain in breast cancer survivors SAN ANTONIO — Breast cancer survivors taking aromatase inhibitors (AIs) such as anastrozole, letrozole, and exemestane experienced a reduction in joint pain if they exercised ...

New drug combination delayed disease progression for subgroup of women with metastatic breast cancer SAN ANTONIO — Adding the drug dasatinib to a standard antihormone therapy, letrozole, doubled the time before disease progressed for women with ...

Antihormone therapy anastrozole may provide new option for breast cancer prevention SAN ANTONIO — Breast cancer incidence among postmenopausal women at high risk for developing the disease was significantly reduced by the antihormone therapy ...

Combining mutants results in 5-fold lifespan extension in C. elegans Research highlights possibility of combination therapy for aging What are the limits to longevity? New research in simple animals suggests that combining mutants can lead to radical ...

Temple scientists studying mitochondrial calcium handling yield new disease targets (Philadelphia, PA) – When things go wrong, cells turn to built-in safety mechanisms for survival. One of those mechanisms involves calcium uptake by mitochondria, ...

Partially blocking blood vessels' energy source may stop cancer growth, blindness & other conditions VIDEO: This is a confocal time-lapse video imaging of a control (A; DMSO) ...

Surprise: Duck-billed dinosaurs had fleshy 'cocks comb' A rare, mummified specimen of the duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosauraus regalis described in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on December 12 shows for the first time that those dinosaurs' heads were adorned with a ...

Exercise can reduce drug-related joint pain in breast cancer patients, study shows SAN ANTONIO— Women being treated with breast cancer drugs known as aromatase inhibitors can markedly ease the joint pain associated with the drugs by engaging in moderate ...

Where water is limited, researchers determine how much water is enough Just how thirsty are our crops? Today, December 12, JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, has published an environmental research technique that could turn the age-old ...

First test to predict acute mountain sickness Vulnerable people can modify their behavior and take preventative medication Istanbul, Turkey – 12 December 2013: The first test to identify acute mountain sickness has been developed by a team of researchers ...

Salmonella jams signals from bacteria-fighting mast cells DURHAM, N.C. – A protein in Salmonella inactivates mast cells -- critical players in the body's fight against bacteria and other pathogens -- rendering them unable to protect against bacterial ...