Health and Medicine News Feed from SciGuru.com for latest discoveries, inventions and developments in health and medical sciences http://www.sciguru.com http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3815/Novel-Antiviral:-LJ-double-o-one-is-shown-to-be-effective-against-more-than-20-viruses/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:32:38 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3815 In our 25 years in microbiology, Dave, we've seen a lot of progress against infectious diseases. At the same time, new pathogens have emerged and now, http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3814/Researchers-Find-New-Translocation;-Weak-Spots-in-DNA-Cause-Genetic-Disease/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:23:12 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3814 A genetics research team based at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia continues to discover recurrent translocations-places in which two chromosom http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813/Beware-the-smell-of-bitter-almonds.-Why-do-many-food-plants-contain-cyanide?-/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:10:50 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3813 In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almonds wafting from the corpse. The detective knows wha http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3812/Study-finds-structural-brain-alterations-in-patients-with-irritable-bowel-syndrome/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:47:08 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3812 A large academic study has demonstrated structural changes in specific brain regions in female patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a conditi http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3811/Excellence-programs-do-not-identify-safest-hospitals-for-bariatric-surgery/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:36:14 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3811 New data emerges this week about the safety of bariatric surgery and the quality of hospitals that perform the increasingly common weight loss procedu http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3808/Study:-Weight-issues-move-up-need-for-walkers,-canes,-other-devices/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:16:25 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3808 Obese older adults are more likely to use walkers, canes and other mobility devices at a younger age, and may run the risk of using them incorrectly, http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3804/Dense-Bones-Linked-to-Raised-Risk-for-Prostate-Cancer/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:53:36 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3804 Men who develop prostate cancer, especially the more aggressive and dangerous forms that spread throughout the body, tend to retain denser bones as th http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3803/Cardiopulmonary-Bypass-in-Children-Undergoing-Heart-Surgery-Does-Not-Affect-Neurocognitive-Function/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:50:12 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3803 School-aged children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) during surgery for congenital heart defects do not appear to suffer any impairments in n http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3799/Calcium-Connections:-Penn-Researchers-Discover-Basic-Pathway-for-Maintaining-Cell's-Fuel-Stores/ Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:34:26 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3799 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine researchers have described a previously unknown biological mechanism in cells that prevents them from ca http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3793/Treatment-to-Prevent-Strokes-Varies-Nationwide-/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:19:26 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3793 Treatment to clear up blockage in the carotid arteries of the neck to prevent stroke is highly variable across the country, potentially illustrating a http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3790/Scientists-Set-Sail-to-Map-the-Arctic-Seafloor/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:03:42 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3790 American and Canadian scientists are setting sail this summer to map the Arctic seafloor and gather data to help define the outer limits of the contin http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3786/Muscle-gene-may-provide-new-treatments-for-obesity-and-diabetes/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:48:52 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3786 Skeletal muscle enables us to walk, run or play a musical instrument, but it also plays a crucial role in controlling disease. Rockefeller University http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3784/New-Compound-Improves-Obesity-Related-Health-Complications-in-NIH-Led-Study/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:50:58 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3784 An experimental compound appears to improve metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity, according to a preliminary study led by researchers at th http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3779/Researchers-have-made-transplantable-lung-grafts-for-rats---Paves-way-for-engineered-human-lung-/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:08 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3779 Hot on the heels of progress toward a liver transplant substitute, researchers have made transplantable lung grafts for rats. The accomplishment could http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3778/Choline-Deficiency-May-Hinder-Fetal-Brain-Development-/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:36:25 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3778 Lack of choline during pregnancy may lead to reduced blood vessel growth in the brain of the developing fetus, a new study in mice suggests. The findi http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3777/Progress-on-a-Universal-Flu-Vaccine/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:29:24 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3777 Researchers have developed a method to generate antibodies that attack a diverse array of influenza viruses in mice, ferrets and monkeys. The accompli http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3776/Johns-Hopkins-Scientists-Discover-Brain's-Guardian-Protein/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:22:10 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3776 Hopkins scientists who have spent years killing off brain cells to figure out why and how they die now say their investigations have also shed light o http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3774/Nanoparticles-Increase-Intensity-of-Quantum-Dots'-Glow/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:51:31 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3774 By linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Labo http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3771/Protein-Links-Plant-Growth-and-Disease-Resistance:-New-function-for-similar-protein-in-Alzheimer's/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:38:10 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3771 Science is exciting when new connections are discovered between parts of the "big picture." In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3768/Disease-genes-that-followed-the-Silk-Road-identified/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:09:16 -0400 http://www.sciguru.com/newsitem/3768 University of Manchester researchers, working as part of a large international consortium, have revealed some of the genetic mutations that lead to Be