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Medical News Update from News-Medical.Net - 18th February 2007

DNA-encoded antibody libraries
//Medical Research News
During the past several years, breakthroughs in genomic and proteomic technologies have enabled researchers to more clearly identify the biochemical networks that malfunction when a healthy cell becomes malignant.
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Siestas good for your heart!
//Medical Research News
Siestas could be the latest way of avoiding stress and protecting the heart from disease.
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Shortening chromosomes cause for earlier cancer onset in families with Li-Fraumeni syndrome
//Medical Research News
In families with a high incidence of Li-Fraumeni syndrome, the ends of individuals' chromosomes act somewhat like a lit fuse, according to researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Their findings detail how telomeres, the ends of the chromosomes, shorten with every successive generation, leading to more severe cancers at an earlier age.
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Researchers discover master switch for a tumor suppressive network
//Medical Research News
A decades-old cancer mystery has been solved by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). "We not only found a critical tumor suppressor gene, but have revealed a master switch for a tumor suppressive network that means more targeted and effective cancer therapy in the future," said CSHL Associate Professor Alea Mills, Ph.D.
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New research into human vision
//Medical Research News
Researchers from the Psychology departments of Queen's University Belfast, University College London and Saint Andrew's University have made an important finding which will inform research aimed at the development of intelligent robots capable of seeing in a similar way to humans.
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Tea tree oil can lead to antibiotic resistance
//Medical Research News
Repeated exposure to low doses of Tea Tree Oil - a common ingredient in many beauty products - can increase the chances of suffering from "superbug" infections, University of Ulster scientists have revealed.
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$204M effort to unite and conquer brain disorders
//Medical Research News
Australia's largest united effort to combat brain disorders - the Florey Neuroscience Institutes (FNI) and the Australian Centre for Neuroscience and Mental Health Research - will be officially launched by the Governor of Victoria, Prof David de Kretser AC at a Government House reception at 6:00pm on 22 February 2007.
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For the greater good of mankind - Major project will examine factors which cause common diseases
//Medical Research News
Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente research division are about to embark on one of the largest research projects in the United States.
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New drugs trials could slash treatment times
//Medical Research News
The current incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis are severely straining the capacity of some National Tuberculosis Control Programmes to successfully administer the WHO recommended standard six-month regimen.
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GenoMed discovers African gene
//Medical Research News
GenoMed has announced that it has found the "African gene," responsible for the much higher incidence of diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney failure among people of African ancestry than whites.
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Effect of hydrocortisone treatment modality on glycemic control in patients with septic shock
//Medical Studies/Trials
Changing how critically ill patients are treated with hydrocortisone could reduce hyperglycemia.
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Group exercise helps breast cancer sufferers
//Medical Studies/Trials
Group exercise sessions can help to improve the physical and psychological wellbeing of people diagnosed with breast cancer, a new British Medical Journal study reveals.
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Indicators for risk of heart disease are higher in passive smokers
//Medical Studies/Trials
Exposure to second-hand smoke at work, home or elsewhere results in a disproportionate rise in markers that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, University of Nottingham researchers have found.
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Prevalence of overactive bladder overestimated
//Medical Studies/Trials
According to a recent study overactive bladder is much less common among Finns than earlier research suggests.
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What's the best way to treat twin-twin transfusion syndrome?
//Medical Studies/Trials
It's one of the biggest controversies in fetal surgery and the cause of heated debate among surgeons and maternal-fetal medicine physicians around the world: What's the best way to treat twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), one of the most common conditions requiring fetal surgery and the leading cause of mortality in twins?
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Prospective cardiac monitoring in fetuses at risk of congenital heart block
//Medical Studies/Trials
There is an increased risk of fetal heart problems when mothers carry particular antibodies associated with rheumatic diseases, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference in San Francisco.
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Switching to an aromatase inhibitor provides mortality benefit in early breast carcinoma
//Medical Studies/Trials
For breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen, switching to an aromatase inhibitor within three years significantly improves survival rates, according to a new study.
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Bugs galore on the office desk!
//Medical Studies/Trials
According to the results of a new study when it comes to the workplace, women are "germier" than men.
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Nasal spray vaccine gives kids more protection from flu than shots
//Medical Studies/Trials
In a new study involving thousands of children across the world, a new version of the nasal spray vaccine FluMist has been found to be more effective at preventing influenza than traditional flu shots.
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Watercress shows anti-cancer potential
//Medical Studies/Trials
Eating watercress daily can significantly reduce DNA damage to blood cells, which is considered to be an important trigger in the development of cancer, University of Ulster scientists revealed.
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Survey finds perceived risk of recurrence is low in African American breast cancer survivors
//Women's Health News
A unique survey of African American breast cancer survivors at heightened risk for hereditary breast cancer has found the majority do not believe they have an increased chance of developing the cancer again.
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Women under 25 should be offered cervical screening
//Women's Health News
Last month, the British Medical Journal reported a fall in the number of young women attending smear tests. Now, two senior doctors warn that a new policy not to screen women aged 20-24 may be a factor in falling coverage and could increase the risk of cancer developing in young women.
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Low voter turnout prevents approval of Portugal referendum on abortion restrictions
//Women's Health News
Voters in Portugal on Sunday approved a referendum to legalize abortions during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, but the referendum is invalid because fewer than half of the country's registered voters cast a ballot, the New York Times reports.
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Current arguments for reform of UK Abortion Act
//Women's Health News
The 40th anniversary in October this year of the passing of the UK Abortion Act is certain to be marked by attempts to reopen the debate about lowering the upper limit for legal terminations. In a special report in this week's British Medical Journal, journalist Jonathan Gornall examines current arguments for reform.
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States to spend $13 million in 2007 to dissuade women from abortion
//Women's Health News
States in 2007 have budgeted about $13 million in public funds to subsidize family planning services and pregnancy centers in an attempt to dissuade women from seeking abortions, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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African-American women three times more likely to deliver babies prematurely
//Women's Health News
African-American women are three times more likely to deliver babies three to 17 weeks prematurely than Caucasian women, according to a review of Missouri birth statistics by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Active lifestyle reduces risk of invasive breast cancer
//Women's Health News
Six or more hours per week of strenuous recreational activity may reduce the risks of invasive breast cancer by 23 percent, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center (UWCCC).
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Breast cancer survival rates improved by novel drug sequence
//Women's Health News
Changing the way women are treated for breast cancer could improve their overall chance of survival, according to research published in the Lancet.
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Women who donate eggs for stem cell research face few health risks
//Women's Health News
Women who donate their eggs for stem cell research or in vitro fertilization are not at increased risk of health complications, and most of the risks are a result of the hormones used to stimulate their bodies to release more than one egg, according to a report commissioned by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and released by the Institute of Medicine, Bloomberg reports.
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Pregnancy at 40 and beyond is an independent risk factor for stillbirth
//Women's Health News
Pregnant patients of advanced maternal age (AMA) are at increased risk for a multitude of pregnancy complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus, preeclampsia, placenta previa and intrauterine growth restriction.
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