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Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News
The Effects Of Smoking And Alcohol Use On Risk Of Upper Aero-Digestive Cancers Upper aero-digestive tract cancers (UADT), especially those of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, are often referred to as alcohol-related cancers as it has been shown repeatedly that heavy drinkers, in particular, are at increased risk.	04 Aug 2011

Alzheimer's / Dementia News
Researchers Develop Reliable, Accurate Blood Test For Alzheimer's Scientists from Durin Technologies, Inc., and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-School of Osteopathic Medicine have developed a blood test that uses human protein microarrays to detect the presence of specific antibodies in the blood that can be used to diagnose Alzheimer's disease with unprecedented accuracy.	04 Aug 2011
Subjective Memory Impairment As A Sign Of Alzheimer's Disease Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, and Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen in Bonn succeeded for the first time in demonstrating that even in merely subjective cases of memory deterioration changes may be visible in certain brain structures.	04 Aug 2011

Arthritis / Rheumatology News
Rheumatoid Arthritis Assessment Delays Are "Unacceptable" A study of eight European countries published online in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases reports that the delays in specialist assessment of patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis are "unacceptably long".	04 Aug 2011
Mayo Clinic Examines Why Knee Osteoarthritis Afflicts More Women Than Men A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon suspects that the nagging pain and inflammation that women can experience in their knees may be different from what men encounter, and she has been chosen to lead a novel U.	04 Aug 2011

Autism News

Published Study Has Implications For Understanding Brain Disorders Rooted In Development, Such As Autism Scientists at the Allen Institute for Brain Science have taken an important step in identifying how the brain organizes itself during development. The findings, published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, describe - in more detail than ever before - the consequences of the loss of a key molecule involved in establishing proper brain architecture during brain development.

04 Aug 2011

Heart Disease News
Pulse Oximetry Detects Congenital Heart Disease In Newborns, Should Be Included In Routine Care An article published online first in The Lancet reveals that a quick, non-invasive test measuring blood oxygen levels in newborns can detect a larger number of cases of life-threatening congenital heart defects than current standard approaches and should be included into the routine assessment of all newborns prior to their discharge from hospital.	04 Aug 2011
Pradaxa (dabigatran Etexilate) Gains European Approval For Stroke Prevention In Atrial Fibrillation EMA (European Medicines Agency) has approved Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) for stroke prevention in individuals with AF (atrial fibrillation) who are at risk of stroke. This is the first stroke prevention drug in 50 years for patients with atrial fibrillation, Pradaxa makers, Boehringer Ingelheim informed.	04 Aug 2011
Method Of Delivering Growth Factors Could Lead To Revolutionary Heart Disease Treatment Ever since the Nobel Prize for nerve growth factor was awarded more than 30 years ago, researchers have been searching for ways to use growth factor clinically.University of Pittsburgh Professor Yadong Wang has developed a minimally invasive method of delivering growth factor to regrow blood vessels.	04 Aug 2011
Adversity In Childhood May Increase Risk For Adult Heart Disease The risk of coronary heart disease in middle age is moderately higher for men and women who grew up in adverse family settings, according to a new analysis of medical records and surveys of more than 3,500 people.	04 Aug 2011

IT / Internet / E-mail News
Hackers Could Remotely Manipulate Medical Devices Used By Diabetics Insulin pumps are vulnerable to determined hackers who could also remotely mess up the readings of blood-sugar monitors, Jerome Radcliffe, a security researcher who has diabetes revealed at the Black Hat computer security conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.	04 Aug 2011
Why Children Watch Multi-Screens New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, examines the relationship children have with electronic viewing devices and their habits of interacting with more than one at a time.	04 Aug 2011
Hospital Workflow And Schedules Improved By Automated Workflow System A new customised IT business management system developed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers and capable of improving the scheduling of resources and workflow in surgical theatres has been successfully demonstrated in a German hospital.	04 Aug 2011
Improving Office Worker Posture Using Webcam Tool A multidisciplinary team at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed a new training method using a desktop webcam to improve ergonomic posture and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) among office workers using computers.	04 Aug 2011
The Use Of FRAX® In Clinical Practice Clarified By New IOF-ISCD Review FRAX® is a computer-based algorithm developed by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases to help predict the 10-year risk of fragility fracture. Now with 34 specific country models, FRAX is being used increasingly by physicians around the world to help assess their patients' fracture risk in the course of a clinical assessment.	04 Aug 2011

Mental Health News
More Being Prescribed Psychiatric Medications With No Diagnosis 59.5% of antidepressant prescriptions were made with no diagnosis in 1996, in 2007 the figure rose to 72.7%, researchers reported in Health Affairs. Antidepressant drugs are today the third most commonly prescribed class of drugs in the USA.	04 Aug 2011

Seniors / Aging News
Baby Born In 2011 Nearly 8 Times More Likely To Reach 100 Than One Born In 1931, UK A twenty year old British person has a three times greater chance of reaching 100 years of age than a person who is 80 (their grandparents), and 1.6 times the chance compared to their 50-year-old parents, a new analysis issued by the Department of Work and Pensions, UK, revealed today.	04 Aug 2011
Dermatologists Have Firm Grip On New Treatments For The Aging Hand When it comes to revealing a person's age, hands down, the back of the hand is more telling than the face and neck. Fortunately, dermatologists are applying new technologies to add volume to the hand as well as remove dark brown "age spots" to reverse these telltale signs of aging.	04 Aug 2011
Older Women's Cognitive Function Influenced By Neighborhood Status Older women who live in a lower socioeconomic status neighborhood are more likely to exhibit lower cognitive functioning than women who live in more affluent neighborhoods, according to a new RAND Corporation study.	04 Aug 2011
New Robot Boasts The Latest In Sensor Technology, Promises A Brighter Future For Japan's Elderly Population A new robot using high-precision tactile sensors and flexible motor control technology has taken Japan one step closer to its goal of providing high-quality care for its growing elderly population.	04 Aug 2011
Satisfaction In Body Function, Body Appearance Differs In Older Men And Women Study looks at predictors of change in mid-life and older adults; finds physical activity improves satisfactionWhen it comes to satisfaction with body function and body appearance, older men and women have different opinions, although physical activity does improve satisfaction in both sexes, according to new study by a Baylor University researcher.	04 Aug 2011

Sexual Health / STDs News
HIV Rates Grow Among Young Black Gay Men In USA Overall, HIV infections in the USA have remained stabe at about 50,000 new cases each year between 2006 through 2009. However, among young black MSM (men who have sex with men) rates have increased at an alarming rate, according to a new CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) report.	04 Aug 2011
Genital Warts Cost NHS £17 Million Annually, UK The Health Protection Agency researched and published online in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, that genital warts cost the NHS in England almost £17 million a year. According to the author, a large number of cases and costs of genital warts could be prevented by using the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.	04 Aug 2011

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