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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
New Study: Alcohol Harms The Brain Immediately A nice drink cannot do any harm? Brain says no. A new study by a Chinese research group shows that even low doses of alcohol can harm the brain immediately though not permanently. "We were investigating the acute effects of low and high doses of alcohol by diffusion tensor imaging, wondering whether the consequences of alcohol administration can be observed by the measurement of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and fractional anisotropy (FA)", said Dr.	31 May 2011
Obesity Greater Risk For Fatty Liver Than Moderate Amounts Of Alcohol Being overweight and resistant to insulin constitute a greater risk for fatty liver than was previously thought, according to a study from Linköping University in Sweden that is now being published in the journal Annals of Medicine.	31 May 2011
The Alcohol Industry Needs More Scrutiny The influence of "Big Alcohol" in the health arena deserves as much scrutiny as Big Pharma and Big Tobacco, especially in light of evidence of bias in funded research, unsupported claims of benefit, and inappropriate promotion and marketing by the alcohol industry, says a new editorial in this week's PLoS Medicine.	31 May 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Similarities Cause Protein Misfolding A large number of illnesses stem from misfolded proteins, molecules composed of amino acids. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now studied protein misfolding using a special spectroscopic technique.	31 May 2011
Thesis Studies Difficulties In Diagnosing Dementia Type Many patients receive an incorrect dementia diagnosis. This is shown by a study carried out by neuropathology researchers in Lund, Sweden."It is true that we know of around 70 different types of dementia, but these findings are shocking.	31 May 2011
New Study: What's Bad For One's Heart Is Bad For One's Brain - Early Alzheimer Related To Risk Factors Such As Hypertension Or Smoking What factors increase the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease at a relatively early age? A new Brazilian study attempts to answer that question by looking at the influence that schooling and cardiovascular risk factors might have on the age of onset of the illness.	31 May 2011
Neurodegeneration From Noncoding RNA May Promote Alzheimer's Disease Researchers pinpoint a small RNA that spurs cells to manufacture a particular splice variant of a key neuronal protein, potentially promoting Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other types of neurodegeneration.	31 May 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Data Presented At Two Global Medical Congresses Reinforce Benefit Of Enbrel® (etanercept) For Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Conditions Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) announced new results from multiple studies of ENBREL, further expanding the body of evidence supporting the efficacy and safety profile of ENBREL, the most prescribed biologic by rheumatologists in the United States (U.	31 May 2011
Augurex Reports Positive Data For RA Blood Test And Drug Target At The Annual European Congress Of Rheumatology (EULAR) Augurex Life Sciences Corp. reported that in London at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Conference, leading arthritis researchers presented important data on Augurex's rheumatoid arthritis (RA) biomarker blood test and novel drug target.	31 May 2011

Autism News
Autism: New Research May Lead To Improved Diagnosis Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism, according to researchers at Columbia University in New York City, who used the technique to document language impairment in autistic children.	31 May 2011
New Research May Lead To Improved Diagnosis Of Autism Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) may provide an early and objective indicator of autism, according to researchers at Columbia University in New York City, who used the technique to document language impairment in autistic children.	31 May 2011

Flu / Cold / SARS News
Link Between Influenza Vaccination In Pregnancy And Reduced Risk Of Premature Birth A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that there might be an association between maternal immunization with inactivated influenza vaccine during pregnancy and reduced likelihood of prematurity and the baby being small for gestational age.	31 May 2011

Headache / Migraine News
New Study: Migraine After Menopause Is Predictable The prognosis for a reduction in migraine attacks after menopause improves if there had been a strong relationship between headache and menses during a woman's fertility years. This and related conclusions are part of a new study presented today at the 21st Meeting of the European Neurological Society (ENS) in Lisbon.	31 May 2011
New Study: Helicobacter Pylori Infection Increases Severity And Frequency Of Migraine Helicobacter pylori infections are commonly linked to symptoms such as nausea and abdominal pain. Now, a group of Iranian researchers from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Islamic Azad University, Najafabd Branch, showed that Helicobacter pylori infections can affect one's head as well as stomach.	31 May 2011

Health Insurance / Medical Insurance News
HHS To Reduce Premiums, Make It Easier For Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions To Get Health Insurance The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced new steps to reduce premiums and make it easier for Americans to enroll in the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan. Premiums for the Federally-administered Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) will drop as much as 40 percent in 18 States, and eligibility standards will be eased in 23 States and the District of Columbia to ensure more Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to affordable health insurance.	31 May 2011
HHS Secretary To Announce Steps To Make It Easier For Americans With Pre-Existing Conditions To Get Health Insurance On Tuesday May 31, HHS Secretary will join Suzanne Hannon, PCIP Member, John Berry, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and John H. Klippel, CEO and Founder, Arthritis Foundation, to make an announcement on the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), a program made possible by the Affordable Care Act, for people who are unable to purchase coverage due to their medical condition.	31 May 2011

Heart Disease News
Researchers Bringing Failing Hearts Back From The Brink A promising cancer treatment drug can restore function of a heart en route to failure from high blood pressure, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.The drug, a type of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor being evaluated in numerous ongoing clinical trials, has been shown to reverse the harmful effects of autophagy in heart muscle cells of mice.	31 May 2011
Threshold Haemoglobin And Mortality In People With Stable Coronary Disease In this week's PLoS Medicine, Anoop Shah of University College London and colleagues report that, in people with stable coronary disease, there were threshold haemoglobin values below which mortality increased in a graded, continuous fashion.	31 May 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Affymetrix Selects BioDiscovery As OncoScan™ FFPE Express Preferred Software Provider Affymetrix, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFFX) today announced a co-marketing agreement naming BioDiscovery, Inc. its preferred software provider for Affymetrix OncoScan™ FFPE Express Service data analysis.	31 May 2011
Human Health At Risk From 'E-Waste Pollution' In addition to its damaging effect on the environment and its illegal smuggling into developing countries, researchers have now linked e-waste to adverse effects on human health, such as inflammation and oxidative stress - precursors to cardiovascular disease, DNA damage and possibly cancer.	31 May 2011
The Convergence Of Plant Biology And Computational Wizardry Over time, plants have evolved to adapt to a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. Unfortunately, they are facing a new and difficult challenge ahead.Ever since the Industrial Revolution, their environment has become more unpredictable and more extreme, at the same time as the world's population is growing.	31 May 2011
SMS Support Improves Breastfeeding Rates, Australia New mums are four times more likely to stop breastfeeding after eight weeks, than mothers who have received text message support, according to a world first study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).	31 May 2011
Elekta To Feature Certified MOSAIQ EHR At Electronic Health Records Lab During The 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting For the fifth straight year, Elekta has been selected to demonstrate at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Lab, June 4-6, at McCormick Place in Chicago.	31 May 2011

Mental Health News
Mental Health Heart Link Already Established, Says Charity New research has suggested people with significant mental illness may not be receiving the care they need after a heart attack. Researchers from the University of Leicester compared the care given to those with and without serious mental disorders and found the number of mentally ill people who died of acute coronary events, like a heart attack, was higher than expected.	31 May 2011
PTSD May Be Linked To Heart Disease Risk And Premature Death Individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are likely to have a higher chance of developing heart disease and to die prematurely, US researchers reported in the American Journal of Cardiology.	31 May 2011
Feeling "In Control" Tied To Lower Risk Of Depression Among African American Men African American men who feel "in control" of their lives are less likely to suffer from depressive symptoms, according to a study published recently in the journal Research on Social Work Practice.	31 May 2011

Pharmacy / Pharmacist News
Changing The Indian Culture In Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) are the sixth global leading cause of death among hospitalised patients and the incidence of serious ADRs in hospitalised patients is 6.7 per cent (Joshi et al).	31 May 2011
People With MS Caught In Medicare "Donut Hole" Finding Critical Relief Under Affordable Care Act In Their Costs For Prescription Medications As the average cost of MS in the United States is nearly $70,000 a year, with the overall annual economic cost of MS being an estimated $28 billion, people living with MS face high out-of-pocket costs even when covered by health insurance.	31 May 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
Do Birth Control Pills Containing Drospirenone Raise Blood Clot Risk? FDA Orders Safety Review The FDA informs that new data regarding birth control pills containing drospirenone are being evaluated to determine what the risk of blood clots is. Drospirenone is a synthetic progestin - a female sex hormone.	31 May 2011
Elements Behavioral Health Assembles Expert Panel To Address Men In Power And Evolving Hypersexuality Diagnosis While stories of "men in power behaving badly" continue to dominate headlines, and the professional psychiatric community debates over whether "hypersexual disorder" should be included in the DSM-5, Elements Behavioral Health has assembled a group of experts to address common misconceptions and educate major constituent groups.	31 May 2011

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