Wine and Design recently held a Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser at its painting party studio located at 231 Bickett Boulevard in Raleigh. The event, held on October 16th in honor of Durham resident Cindy Grant, raised close to $200, which will be used to help reduce Grant's medical expenses. Grant, who is 45, was diagnosed with metastic breast cancer in May 2011. Her treatment at UNC Hospitals began with two weeks of finding a golf ball-sized tumor in her right breast. During those two weeks, Grant had a battery of tests that included a biopsy of the tumor, harvesting ...

NIH-funded trial shows that therapy with bone-marrow derived cells does not improve heart function after six months; future clinical benefits still possible. Stem cells obtained from bone marrow, known as BMCs, can be safely injected into people 2-3 weeks following a heart attack, reports a new clinical trial supported by the National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. However, while safe, the BMCs did not improve heart function six months after their administration. This study, called LateTIME (Transplantation In Myocardial ...

HOUSTON -- Results of a study by Baylor College of Medicine physicians underscore the important role that clinical genetic evaluation can have in the management plan of patients with retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye. The report documents the success of using a multi-disciplinary team approach to achieving the goal of providing genetic evaluation and testing of all retinoblastoma patients at Texas Children's Cancer Center over an eight-year period. Results were published in the Archives of Ophthalmology. "Integrating genetic evaluation into retinoblastoma ...

While elite female marathon runners have fewer coronary plaques than their sedentary counterparts, they developed the same plaque volume and percent stenosis when it occurs, according to study findings presented Nov. 14 at the at the American Heart Association (AHA) scientific sessions in Orlando, Fla. This differs from their counterpart elite male runners who developed significantly more plaque volume than their sedentary counterparts. Recent coronary artery studies suggest that elite male marathon runners may paradoxically have increased plaque formation. However, ...

topseos.co.uk, the independent authority on search vendors in the United Kingdom, has released their list of the best link building companies in the United Kingdom for the month of November 2011. Online Media Direct has been named the best link building company based on the results of the in-depth evaluation carried out by topseos.co.uk. Thousands of online marketing companies offering link building services were considered for the evaluation process. Link building services are evaluated using a meticulous evaluation process which aims to identify the best service providers ...

PHILADELPHIA - A recent study found no significant difference in the outcome for patients who received carotid artery stenting (CAS) at more than 30 days post-transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke versus those who received CAS at 30 days or less post-event. Surgical literature recommends that the removal of plaque from the carotid artery take place within 14 days of a TIA or stroke for the best outcomes. However, little is known about the optimal timing of carotid artery stenting for these patients. Nicholas J. Ruggiero, II, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.S.C.A.I., F.S.V.M., ...

PHILADELPHIA – A new study shows that carotid artery stenting (CAS) following prior same-side carotid artery revascularization is safe, effective and results in lower incidences of in-hospital death, stroke and heart attack compared to first-time CAS for carotid artery stenosis. This study received "Best of Session" recognition and will be presented in an abstract format at the American Heart Association annual meeting on November 14 at 9:30 AM in Orlando, FL. "The optimal management of carotid artery stenosis following prior revascularization is unclear in the available ...

GAO RFID Asset Tracking (www.GAORFIDAssetTracking.com) is offering this 2.45 GHz gain adjustable active RFID reader. This RFID reader is specially designed for applications where long reading distance is required and is commonly used in applications such as personnel location, logistics, warehouse management, closed loop asset tracking and high value asset tracking. This gain adjustable active RFID reader, model 217001, is equipped with an omni-directional, standard whip antenna which allows the reader to identify transponder tagged items up to 100 meters in all directions. ...

A high childhood IQ may be linked to subsequent illegal drug use, particularly among women, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The authors base their findings on data from just under 8,000 people in the 1970 British Cohort Study, a large ongoing population based study, which looks at lifetime drug use, socioeconomic factors, and educational attainment. The IQ scores of the participants were measured at the ages of 5 and 10 years, using a validated scale, and information was gathered on self reported levels of psychological ...

Use of the contraceptive pill is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer around the globe, finds research published in BMJ Open. Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in the developed world and the use of the contraceptive pill has soared over the past 40 years, say the authors. The research team used data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the United Nations World Contraceptive Use report to pinpoint rates of prostate cancer and associated deaths and the proportion of women using common methods of contraception for ...

HAMILTON -- Voters prefer to choose candidates with lower-pitched voices, according to new findings by researchers at McMaster University. A team from the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behavior found that study subjects were more inclined to vote for men with lower-pitched voices, suggesting that perceptions developed long ago may be still be influencing the way we choose leaders. "We're looking at men's low voice-pitch as a cue to dominance, which is related to leadership," says graduate student Cara Tigue, lead author of the paper, published on-line ...

Attention Talk Radio presents host and attention coach Jeff Copper with Dr. Russell Ramsay who discuss various forms of treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and then organize and put them into a context everyone can understand. Dr. Russell Ramsay is currently co-director of the University of Pennsylvania Adult ADHD Treatment and Research Program and an associate professor of clinical psychology in psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (now known as Palo ...

It turns out nice guys can finish first, and David Rand has the evidence to prove it. Rand, a post-doctoral fellow in Harvard's Department of Psychology and a Lecturer in Human Evolutionary Biology, is the lead author of a new paper, which found that dynamic, complex social networks encourage their members to be friendlier and more cooperative, with the possible payoff coming in an expanded social sphere, while selfish behavior can lead to an individual being shunned from the group and left – literally – on their own. As described this week in the Proceedings of ...

Patients who received a short course of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) over the telephone from trained therapists reported that they felt "better" or "very much better" at the end of a six-month treatment period, and also three months after it ended. The Arthritis Research UK-funded trial led by the University of Aberdeen working with the University of Manchester was the first-ever trial of telephone-delivered CBT for people with chronic widespread pain. Cognitive behavioural therapy is a psychological method of helping people manage their pain by identifying and ...

Debbi Dachinger is an award-winning, syndicated radio host on "Dare to Dream." She knows first-hand what it is like to discover life's passions and experience them. In the book "Dare to Dream: This Life Counts," she discusses ways to handle goal obstacles such as trust, time management, finances, playing small, clarity, support, failure, fear, and doubts, as well as other miscellaneous dream busters. Additionally, the book and guide contains inspiring success stories, exercises, new ideas, inspiring motivation, examples, patterns of extremely successful ...

(Toronto – Nov. 14, 2011) – Clinician-scientists in the Princess Margaret Cancer Program have found a promising approach to treating leukemia, using an old drug in a new way. The proof-of-concept research published today in Cancer Cell (10.1016/j.ccr.2011.10.015) describes how the Canadian team discovered that the antibiotic tigecycline targets and destroys leukemia stem cells by cutting off the cell's energy production. "If you think of all the cells in the body as a power grid, we've discovered that tigecycline can cause a power outage in leukemia stem cells, while ...

CLEVELAND/ORLANDO – University Hospitals Case Medical Center researchers could still be close to giving heart attack patients a second chance…just not as they originally thought. LateTIME was a study of adult stem cells (autologous) harnessed from bone marrow that were believed to have the ability to improve heart function after an attack if injected into the heart within two weeks of the attack. Results are being released today at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and published this week in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The results ...

CLEVELAND -- An estimated 300,000 people in North America are afflicted with dystonia, a disorder characterized by a progressive loss of motor control. Patients with generalized dystonia grapple with involuntary muscle spasms that lead to uncontrolled twisting and turning in awkward, sometimes painful postures. Although cognition, intelligence and life span are often normal, the disorder can have a devastating impact on quality of life, as its victims frequently struggle to perform simple activities of daily living. At University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center's Neurological ...

Savvy consumers are set to benefit from shopping online during the 2011 holiday season. That's the outlook of the popular online shopping portal, http://www.CyberMondayDiscountCodes.com . The publisher of the website reports the country's top retailers are developing online deals for 2011 Black Friday and Cyber Monday that will rival anything they've ever offered before. "We're seeing more deep discounts and free shipping offers than in previous years", says Vic Salazar, the publisher of CyberMondayDiscountCodes.com. Salazar adds, "Retailers are recognizing ...

CHICAGO – Women who survive breast cancer show significant neurological impairment, and outcomes appear to be significantly poorer for those treated with chemotherapy, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most common public health problems, with a worldwide estimated incidence of 39 per 100,000 individuals annually. Although primary BC has not been associated historically with neurological problems, a growing body of evidence suggests that patients are at increased ...

CHICAGO – Vitamin D levels are significantly lower in patients with recurrent inflammatory spinal cord disease, according to a study published Online First by Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Vitamin D is a steroid vitamin that promotes the intestinal absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorus. In recent years, low levels of vitamin D have been linked to a variety of autoimmune conditions, including multiple sclerosis (MS, a disease of the central nervous system marked by numbness, weakness, loss of muscle coordination, and problems with ...

CHICAGO – Telephone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy and an exercise program, both separately and combined, are associated with short-term positive outcomes for patients with chronic widespread pain, and may offer benefits for patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "In the United States, mean [average] per-patient costs (including pain and non-pain-related medication, physician consultations, tests and procedures, and emergency department visits) in the ...

CHICAGO – Retinal microvascular changes appear to be associated with development of disability in performing activities of daily living among older adults, and retinal signs may be useful in predicting outcomes among this population, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "We have recently found that a higher burden of retinal signs was associated with poor executive function and physical function in a cross-sectional analysis," the authors write as background information in the article. "Based on ...

CHICAGO – Integrating genetic testing into the management of retinoblastoma by using a multidisciplinary team approach is associated with more timely evaluation of patients and ensuring that all members of the patient's health care team are aware of genetic implications with regard to cancer risk, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. "Retinoblastoma is a rare malignant tumor of the developing retina, with an incidence of one case in 16,000 to 18,000 live births," the authors write as background information ...

With the launch of TODD|Co:, Todd Rosholt combines his 20 years of experience in the event industry with his vast network of strategic thinkers and solution providers to offer his clients a new model for driving success. "We approach every project and client from the same starting point: What if you did things differently? What if you didn't make assumptions? What if you tried something new? What if you were willing to fail to succeed? "When you throw those barriers away, a whole universe of potential opens up," said Rosholt. "Success for live events ...