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Feb 15, 2012 10:46 AM EST

Orthopaedic Smart Device Provides Personalized Medicine

Imagine a smart sensor customized to provide vital, real-time information about a patient's recent orthopaedic surgery. Instead of relying on X-rays or invasive procedures, surgeons will be able to collect diagnostic data from an implantable sensor. A study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Soci...

Feb 14, 2012 04:37 PM EST

MDC Researchers Reveal Molecular Mechanism Underlying Severe Anomalies of the Forebrain

Researchers of the Max DelbrÃ¼ck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch have now identified and described a molecular mechanism underlying the most common malformation of the brain in humans. In holoprosencephaly (HPE), the forebrain (prosencephalon) is only incompletely formed.

Feb 14, 2012 04:35 PM EST

Study Finds Injectable Treatment For Blood Clots In Advanced Cancer Patients Increases

The use of an injectable, clot-preventing drug known as Low Molecular Weight Heparin to treat patients with advanced cancer complicated by blood clots increased steadily between 2000 and 2007, according to a new study published in The Oncologist, funded by the National Cancer Institute and led by Ka...

Feb 14, 2012 04:34 PM EST

Fragmented Sleep, Fragmented Mind: A New Theory of Sleep Disruption And Dissociation

Scientific research has shed new light on dissociative symptoms and dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. This condition seems to arise most often when a vulnerable person meets a therapist with a suggestive line of questioning or encounters sensationalized...

Feb 14, 2012 04:24 PM EST

Best Time For a Coffee Break? There's An App For That

Caffeinated drinks such as coffee and soda are the pick-me-ups of choice for many people, but too much caffeine can cause nervousness and sleep problems.

Feb 14, 2012 04:17 PM EST

New Analysis Provides Clearer Picture of Cancer Risks Associated With Lynch Syndrome

People with Lynch syndrome have a genetic mutation that gives them a high risk of several types of cancer including bowel cancer. The genes that are damaged can't repair any errors that occur in our DNA.

Feb 14, 2012 04:16 PM EST

Diabetes Risk Factors in Young Sri Lankans Much Higher Than Previously Thought

Scientists at King's College London and the National Diabetes Centre (Sri Lanka) have found evidence of a high number of risk factors for type 2 diabetes among the young urban population in Sri Lanka. The study is the first large-scale investigation into diabetes risk among children and young people...

Feb 14, 2012 04:16 PM EST

Malaria Parasite Goes Bananas Before Sex: New Study

New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine or drug development and may explain how the parasite evades the human immune system.

Feb 14, 2012 03:23 PM EST

Taking Depression To Heart

Mental state can play a crucial role in physical health â€” medical professionals have long known about the connection between anxiety and the immune system, for example. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University have found that mental health can also interfere with the heart.

Feb 14, 2012 03:19 PM EST

Finding It Difficult to Make a Purchase? Try Creating Some Distance From the Problem

Consumers who are having trouble making decisions can benefit from creating some psychologicalâ€”or physicalâ€”distance, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Feb 14, 2012 03:16 PM EST

Analyzing the Causes of Obesity In the Romani Ethnic Group

Esther Rebato is a well-known figure in the field of Physical Anthropology. She not only holds the prestigious Alex HrdliÃ¨ka academic medal of the Czech Republic, but she is also the Chair of the Spanish Association of Physical Anthropology. This lecturer at the Department of Genetics, Physical A...

Feb 14, 2012 03:04 PM EST

New Class of Potential Drugs Inhibits Inflammation In Brain

Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a new group of compounds that may protect brain cells from inflammation linked to seizures and neurodegenerative diseases.