Health & Medicine : Science World Report

May 09, 2012 12:40 PM EDT

Molecule Found that Inhibits Estrogen, Key Risk Factor for Endometrial and Breast Cancers

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a molecule that inhibits the action of estrogen. This female hormone plays a key role in the growth, maintenance and repair of reproductive tissues and fuels the development of endometrial and breast cancers. Th...

May 09, 2012 12:33 PM EDT

Mayo Clinic: Exhaustion Renders Immune Cells Less Effective in Cancer Treatment

Rather than stimulating immune cells to more effectively battle cancerous tumors, treatment with the protein interleukin-12 (IL-12) has the opposite effect, driving these intracellular fighters to exhaustion, a Mayo Clinic study has found.

May 08, 2012 03:36 PM EDT

Study Shows Link Between Pre-pregnancy Obesity and Lower Test Scores

Women who are obese before they become pregnant are at higher risk of having children with lower cognitive function - as measured by math and reading tests taken between ages 5 to 7 years - than are mothers with a healthy prepregnancy weight, new research suggests.

May 08, 2012 02:32 PM EDT

Are Women with a History of Violent Experiences More Likely to Have Risky Sex?

Women who have experienced multiple forms of violence, from witnessing neighborhood crimes to being abused themselves, are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, according to a new report in the Psychology of Violence.

May 08, 2012 08:11 AM EDT

Robot Reveals the Inner Workings of Brain Cells

Gaining access to the inner workings of a neuron in the living brain offers a wealth of useful information: its patterns of electrical activity, its shape, even a profile of which genes are turned on at a given moment. However, achieving this entry is such a painstaking task that it is considered an...

May 08, 2012 07:41 AM EDT

Biosignatures Distinguish Between Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis

With a range of diseases, doctors need unique features which they can use to unequivocally identify a patient's illness for an appropriate diagnosis. Scientists therefore search for the biomarkers for an illness or a combination of biomarkers, known as biosignatures, which are as easy as possible to...

May 08, 2012 06:57 AM EDT

Study Finds Psychopaths Have Distinct Brain Structure

Scientists who scanned the brains of men convicted of murder, rape and violent assaults have found the strongest evidence yet that psychopaths have structural abnormalities in their brains.

May 07, 2012 04:52 PM EDT

Overweight? New Research Explains how Proper Sleep is Important for Healthy Weight

If you're counting calories to lose weight, that may be only part of the weight loss equation says a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal.

May 07, 2012 04:30 PM EDT

Research Published in Nature Magazine Uncovers Missing Link in Louis Pasteurâ€™s Life without Oxygen Theory

Dr. Stephen Lee, a professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa, has made a breakthrough that answers a question Louis Pasteur and countless others have struggled with for 150 years: "How do bodily cells function when we are at a high altitude where the ...

May 07, 2012 12:01 PM EDT

South Korea Finds Capsules Containing Powder Made Of Dead Babies

South Korea is cracking down on pills containing the powdered flesh of babies, officials said on Monday.

May 07, 2012 11:52 AM EDT

Scientists "Switch off" Brain Cell Death in Mice

Scientists have figured out how to stop brain cell death in mice with brain disease and say their discovery deepens understanding of the mechanisms of human neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

May 07, 2012 08:28 AM EDT