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Some 'healthy' vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease

2013-11-11
Some 'healthy' vegetable oils may actually increase risk of heart disease Health Canada should reconsider health claim for omega-6 oils on food labels Some vegetable oils that claim to be healthy may actually increase the risk of heart disease, and Health Canada ...

Better police surveillance technologies come with a cost, scholar says

2013-11-11
Better police surveillance technologies come with a cost, scholar says CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The ever-increasing adoption of digital surveillance technologies by local police departments may dramatically improve the efficiency of criminal investigations, ...

Scholar: Empower Congress to bolster separation of powers

2013-11-11
Scholar: Empower Congress to bolster separation of powers CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Although it may not receive high marks these days as a public body, Congress should actually be empowered so it can uphold the constitutional checks and balances that ...

APOL1 gene speeds kidney disease progression and failure in blacks, regardless of diabetes status

2013-11-11
APOL1 gene speeds kidney disease progression and failure in blacks, regardless of diabetes status Penn Medicine leads scientific and data coordinating center for national kidney study PHILADELPHIA—A large study co-authored by Penn Medicine ...

Expanding primary care capacity by reducing inefficiency

2013-11-11
Expanding primary care capacity by reducing inefficiency LEBANON, NH – Producing more healthcare providers is often touted as the principle solution to the looming shortage in the primary care workforce. A quicker and less costly ...

Transforming the physician workforce through competitive graduate education funding

2013-11-11
Transforming the physician workforce through competitive graduate education funding LEBANON, NH – Graduate Medical Education (GME) has fallen short in training physicians to meet changes in the U.S. population and health care delivery ...

How sleep aids visual task learning

2013-11-11
How sleep aids visual task learning Research presented at SfN Neuroscience 2013 PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — As any indignant teacher would scold, students must be awake to learn. But what science is showing with increasing sophistication is how the ...

Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start

2013-11-11
Exercise during pregnancy gives newborn brain development a head start As little as 20 minutes 3 times per week is enough to enhance brain activity This news release is available in French. MONTREAL and SAN DIEGO, NOVEMBER 10, 2013 – As little ...

Single-cell genome sequencing gets better

2013-11-11
Single-cell genome sequencing gets better Most complete genome sequences from single E. coli cells and individual neurons from the human brain generated by new sequencing approach from UC San Diego bioengineers and colleagues Researchers led by bioengineers ...

Racial difference in blood clotting warrants a closer look at heart attack medications

2013-11-11
Racial difference in blood clotting warrants a closer look at heart attack medications (PHILADELPHIA) Thomas Jefferson University researchers have discovered that the formation of blood clots follows a different molecular route in African Americans ...

Research by Saint Louis University scientists offers way to disrupt fibrosis

2013-11-11
Research by Saint Louis University scientists offers way to disrupt fibrosis Nature Medicine paper pinpoints where, how to intervene ST. LOUIS – A team of scientists that includes Saint Louis University researchers has identified a new way to intervene in the molecular ...

The contribution of coding variants to psoriasis much smaller than thought

2013-11-11
The contribution of coding variants to psoriasis much smaller than thought The latest study was published online in Nature Genetics November 10, 2013, Shenzhen, China - Coding variants in immune disease-related genes play only a small part in the overall genetic risk for psoriasis, according ...

Hope for transplant patients as study finds key to organ scarring

2013-11-11
Hope for transplant patients as study finds key to organ scarring Uni of Edinburgh news release Patients with damaged organs could be helped by new treatments after scientists have discovered how tissues scar. Researchers say that the finding could pave ...

Cause of genetic disorder found in 'dark matter' of DNA

2013-11-11
Cause of genetic disorder found in 'dark matter' of DNA For the first time, scientists have used new technology which analyses the whole genome to find the cause of a genetic disease in what was previously referred to as 'junk DNA' For the first time, scientists ...

All aboard the nanotrain network

2013-11-11
All aboard the nanotrain network VIDEO: Nanotrain transport system created by Oxford University scientists in action: The time-lapse ...

'Saving our fish' needs more than a ban on discarding

2013-11-11
'Saving our fish' needs more than a ban on discarding Banning the practice of throwing unmarketable or over-quota fish back into the sea is just one of the measures needed to deliver sustainable fisheries according to new research from the University of East Anglia ...

Fast-mutating DNA sequences shape early development; guided evolution of uniquely human traits

2013-11-11
Fast-mutating DNA sequences shape early development; guided evolution of uniquely human traits Gladstone-led study reveals new insight into origins of our species SAN FRANCISCO, CA—November 11, 2013—What does it mean to be human? According to scientists ...

Un-junking junk DNA

2013-11-11
Un-junking junk DNA A study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shines a new light on molecular tools our cells use to govern regulated gene expression. The study was published on line in advance of print November ...

Research reveals roles for exercise and diet in aging, depression

2013-11-11
Research reveals roles for exercise and diet in aging, depression Lifestyle changes in diet and exercise show promise for learning, depression in teens, and more SAN DIEGO — New studies released today underscore the potential impact of healthy lifestyle choices in treating ...

Research reveals new understanding, warning signs, and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis

2013-11-11
Research reveals new understanding, warning signs, and potential treatments for multiple sclerosis SAN DIEGO — Scientists are gaining a new level of understanding of multiple sclerosis (MS) that may lead to new treatments and approaches to controlling the chronic disease, ...

New evidence on the biological basis of highly impulsive and aggressive behaviors

2013-11-11
New evidence on the biological basis of highly impulsive and aggressive behaviors For want of a receptor: Some behaviors shaped during early development SAN DIEGO — Physical and chemical changes in the brain during development can potentially play a role in some delinquent ...

Gun use in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985

2013-11-11
Gun use in PG-13 movies has more than tripled since 1985 Researchers worry about effects on teen viewers COLUMBUS, Ohio – The amount of gun violence shown in PG-13 films has more than tripled since 1985, the year the rating was introduced. In fact, the most popular ...

Young breast cancer patients with poorer financial status may experience delays in seeking care

2013-11-11
Young breast cancer patients with poorer financial status may experience delays in seeking care Researchers who sought to determine why breast cancers are more deadly in young women found that only a minority of young women experience long delays between the time they detect ...

Experts examine success of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating older veterans' depression

2013-11-11
Experts examine success of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating older veterans' depression Researchers have found significant and equivalent reductions in depressive symptoms for both older and younger veterans undergoing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ...

Transcription factor may protect against hepatic injury caused by hepatitis C and alcohol

2013-11-11
Transcription factor may protect against hepatic injury caused by hepatitis C and alcohol More damage seen when FOXO3 suppressed, according to report in The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, November 11, 2013 – New data suggest that the transcription ...
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