Philadelphia, Pa. – Examining the blood "metabolomics" profile of smokers immediately after they had a cigarette revealed activation of pathways involved in cell death, inflammation, and other forms of systemic damage, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center. They say their findings, presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Meeting, is the best analysis for chemicals unequivocally produced by smoking and indicates the potential toll that carcinogens and toxins poise to ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – In the largest study to date of the Arthritis Foundation's Tai Chi program, participants showed improvement in pain, fatigue, stiffness and sense of well-being. Their ability to reach while maintaining balance also improved, said Leigh Callahan, PhD, the study's lead author, associate professor in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and a member of UNC's Thurston Arthritis Research Center. "Our study shows that there are significant benefits of the Tai Chi course for individuals with all types of arthritis, including ...

Hamilton, ON (November 7, 2010) – In an important breakthrough, scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from adult human skin. The discovery, published in the prestigious science journal Nature today, could mean that in the foreseeable future people needing blood for surgery, cancer treatment or treatment of other blood conditions like anemia will be able to have blood created from a patch of their own skin to provide transfusions. Clinical trials could begin as soon as 2012. Mick Bhatia, scientific director of McMaster's Stem Cell ...

Hospital for Special Surgery physicians who focus on lupus, scleroderma and related conditions are traveling from New York City to Atlanta this week to share their recent findings at the 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Special Surgery investigators will present advances that may influence the future of clinical care. Topics include prevention strategies for helping orthopedic patients avoid falls, quality of life in children with lupus, understanding joint pain caused by a commonly used breast cancer medication, lupus-related ...

Using pests as part of an insect birth control program helps to get rid of them, UA researchers find. A new approach that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing large numbers of sterile moths has virtually eliminated of the world's most destructive cotton pests from Arizona. The novel control strategy, published in the Nov. 7 advance online publication of the journal Nature Biotechnology, has allowed growers to maintain high cotton yields without spraying insecticides to control pink bollworm. "We are running the pesticide treadmill in reverse," ...

ATLANTA, GA — Lupus puts children at higher risk for coronary artery disease when they become adults, but routinely using statins doesn't provide enough benefit to warrant their regular use in children and adolescents, according to the largest study of pediatric lupus patients to date. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes widespread inflammation and organ damage. Children with lupus show early signs of atherosclerosis -- the fatty tissue buildup that is the precursor to clogged arteries. Previous research also indicates risk for heart attack and stroke in premenopausal ...

"Anecdotally, we can see the transformative effect," says Dr. Mechael, who, sponsored by the mHealth Alliance, has recently completed an analysis of 2,400 published mHealth reports. Working with WHO, she found that many countries either have already or are considering introducing mHealth into their health systems. mHealth is so new, however, "the data is just not there yet to prove the case," says Dr. Mechael. Many different groups and organizations are carrying out countless pilot projects. That presents a potential barrier to expansion. "Most projects are designed as ...

St. Louis, MO, November 8, 2010 – The economic recession impacts many aspects of our lives including an increase incidence of food insecurity. This can have serious consequences for those suffering from chronic illnesses like diabetes. For diseases like diabetes, in which nutrition and menu planning play a key role in treatment, food insecurity can be devastating. A study in the November/December issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior explores how technology advancement in the form of telemedicine can provide cost-effective ways to treat those with diabetes ...

PHILADELPHIA — Young mice that experienced the psychosocial stress of prolonged separation from their mothers had a higher incidence and faster onset of breast tumors compared with young mice who did not experience this stressful life event. Specifically, neonatal mice separated from their mothers for a prolonged period of time developed mammary tumors twice as fast as mice that experienced short or no maternal separation. The results of this study, conducted by Leslie Kerr, Ph.D., associate professor of biology and psychology at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, ...

A new study has found that women who receive silicone implants after a double mastectomy are more satisfied with their breasts than women who receive saline implants. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings may help physicians and breast cancer survivors as they together make decisions related to postmastectomy reconstructive surgery. Women who have one or both of their breasts removed as a treatment for breast cancer may wish to undergo breast reconstructive surgery with implants. Such postmastectomy implants ...

Applying a vapor rub is effective for treating children with night-time cough and congestion and improves sleep for children with cold symptoms, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. "Upper respiratory infections are the most common acute illnesses in the world," said Ian Paul, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of pediatrics and public health sciences. "Symptoms caused by these infections are disruptive for children, and often disturb sleep for both ill children and their parents, with an impact on subsequent daytime activities. Safe and effective, ...

An Indiana University study found that Indiana spends more on the health care consequences of substance abuse than on its prevention. Eric Wright, director of the Center for Health Policy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, said that for every dollar Indiana spends on services dealing directly and indirectly with substance abuse, 66 cents are used for health care-related consequences while only 1 cent pays for prevention/intervention initiatives. When compared with other states in the region, Indiana spends less than most states on substance abuse ...

Innovative Custom Products, Inc. (ICP), owner of CureCeuticals, announced today that its CureCeuticals Fresh Me Up All Natural Body and Pet Sprays and its OTC CureCeuticals Itchy Scaly Skin Lotion formulated with the best of the best ingredients from around the world are being debuted in the 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards Official Gift Bags for Presenters and Performers. The 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards on November 11, 2010 in Las Vegas will air live on the Univision Network from 8 - 11 p.m. ET/PT (7 p.m. Central). According to Sherry Williams, Vice President, CureCeuticals ...

Mobile phone operator, Orange today announced the return of the award winning* online game Balloonacy, the world's first Internet balloon race. Building on the success of the last Balloonacy campaign in which over 40,000 'pilots' flew balloons across a racecourse of over 1,500 selected websites racking up a total of 63 million online miles, the latest campaign is set to be bigger and better and most importantly, an even richer digital experience. As before, 'pilots' all begin from the same starting point - the Balloon Race home page -- then in an unique digital experience, ...

One Texas real estate investment firm has harnessed the power of the Internet to market commercial space for lease. Fort Worth-based RDS Real Estate has seen website traffic triple since implementing its new marketing strategy. "Internet marketing is a very effective tool in today's business world," says Ron Sturgeon, owner of RDS Real Estate. "When consumers are looking to rent or buy industrial properties, we want them to find our site. That's our specialty, after all." As part of its strategy, the commercial real estate firm has tried to capture search traffic ...

ESCO Corporation's Turbine Technologies (TT) Group recently signed a contract with The Offshore Group to continue manufacturing in Mexico at its operations in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico through 2017. The company occupies 33,500 square feet of industrial space at the Roca Fuerte Industrial Park. ESCO TT, the first tenant at The Offshore Group's Guaymas industrial park, will soon celebrate the tenth anniversary of its Mexico manufacturing operations. "ESCO Turbine Technologies is excited to continue its relationship with The Offshore Group which has provided us with exceptional ...

CiCi's Pizza top pizza makers will compete for the title of "Ultimate Pizza Artist" and the coveted crystal pizza cutter as CiCi's launches its first-ever Pizza Throwdown. In addition to a year's worth of bragging rights, CiCi's team members from across the nation will compete for a flat screen TV. Winners of the four regional contests will compete in the finals, hosted by CiCi's Pizza, in Dallas in January 2011. "We know that we have some of the most attentive and talented pizza professionals in the business," CiCi's Pizza CEO Mike Shumsky said. "CiCi's Pizza Throwdown ...

High Speed Design Center (HSDC) and PacketMicro announced today that they are offering a family of handheld TDR BladeProbes and an impedance standard substrate to the US market. The high-bandwidth, fixed-pitch probe design enables accurate and repeatable impedance measurements for high-speed PCB development and manufacturing. "The BladeProbe offering provides the best combination of performance, accuracy and price," said Ben Chia, HSDC President. "BladeProbe and impedance standard substrate help designers and manufacturing houses to correlate their impedance measurements. ...

The largest ever clinical trial in patients hospitalised with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults everywhere in the world. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust, is published today online in the journal The Lancet. An international consortium of researchers, led by Professor Nick White of the Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme in Bangkok, Thailand, compared treatment with artesunate, which is used in Asia to treat severe malaria, ...

Philadelphia, PA, November 7, 2010 – Approximately 600,000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States annually to treat benign disorders of the pelvis. More than two-thirds are performed through an abdominal incision. In an evidence-based position statement published online today in The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology, the AAGL, a medical specialty society of over 5,000 gynecologic surgeons, advocates the practice of performing these procedures vaginally or laparoscopically in a minimally invasive manner, thus reducing morbidity and facilitating a faster ...

Federal health care reform legislation holds out the promise of a more independent life for people with disabilities, but whether or not that dream can become a reality will be determined by regulations yet to be written. While much attention has been focused on the debate over health care reform and the Republican party's vow to repeal it, many people may not realize the regulations that will govern provisions helping those with disabilities remains a work in progress. Heather A. McCabe, J.D., assistant professor in Indiana University's School of Social Work, said individuals ...

Daniel Baum, the chief operating officer of the Real Estate Group New York, a brokerage in Manhattan, said he felt the market had softened enough that there might be room for negotiation, particularly in areas that recent graduates would consider better suited for their parents, like the Upper East Side. In certain neighborhoods, he said, "there may be opportunity to get concessions from landlords; maybe one month's free rent or a chunk of the brokerage commission." To understand the rental market, brokers and recent first-time renters recommend searching the Internet ...

Smashing online hit show Fashion News Live lends its host Rocco Leo Gaglioti on Seth Green's Control TV, giving Tristan Couvares one-on-one hosting advice in preparation for the AXE event Thursday. No one was expecting celebrity star Jamie Kennedy to grab Tristan's 'boys' during his first interview! Luckily, prior to the event celebrity fashion host expert and mentor Rocco Leo Gaglioti streamed live on the ControlTv website lending all of his helpful tips and warnings! One of these must-know warnings was looking out for celebrities acting a little too friendly sometimes--if ...

Tucker Smallwood and Ron Bottitta star in The Sunset Limited at the Rogue Machine Theatre at 5041 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA from November 6 th through Dec. 19 th. , 2010. The Sunset Limited was written by Cormac McCarthy and directed by John Perrin Flynn. The synopsis of the play: "On a subway platform in New York City, an ex-con from the South saves the life of an intellectual atheist who wasn't looking for salvation. Now, the reformed murderer ventures to offer salvation of another kind, bringing the failed suicide victim back to his Harlem apartment for an articulate ...

AdventureSmith Explorations (http://www.adventuresmithexplorations.com/), the active travel company that secures matches between adventure-seeking clients and a treasure trove of small, expedition ships, has a land-based face as well that focuses on distinctive wilderness lodges and boutique hotels that promote proximity to nature and authentic culture. "While we have been experiencing unprecedented growth in all areas, tours on terra firma are now the fastest growing segment of our overall business," said Todd Smith, AdventureSmith Explorations owner and founder. "Many ...