and vegetables as young adults were much less likely to have plaque build up in their arteries 20 years later compared with those who consumed lower amounts of these foods according to research to be presented at the American College of Cardiology's 63rd Annual Scientific Session.
and we need to know what dietary components are said most important Michael D. Miedema M d. M p h. a cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute and the lead investigator of the study.
and women 18-30 years of age and has collected extensive data on medical socioeconomic psychosocial and behavioral characteristics.
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The project fostered by the Okinawan government involves three activities by the medical agricultural and food industries:
In order to assess the effects of the resistant-starch rice the project also involves medical and physiological studies by the University of the Ryukyus Osaka Prefectural University and Ishikawa Prefectural University.
and Tissue Bank in Sioux falls. Director Marcy Dimond says her organization provides tissue to qualified South dakota programs conducting medical research.
Nearly 1. 6 billion people worldwide depend on forests as a source of food medicines timber and fuel.
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seven times bigger was said just too much Steven Salzberg professor of medicine and biostatistics at Johns hopkins university one of the directors of the loblolly genome assembly team who was also an author on the papers.
This work supports the field epidemiology studies that had identified live poultry markets as the likely source of the outbreak says Suarez.
Medical professionals sometimes use honey successfully as a topical dressing but it could play a larger role in fighting infections the researchers predicted.
In this study published in the Journal of Public health Dr. Helena Laroche an assistant professor of internal medicine
and pediatrics at the University of Iowa and her research team along with researchers from the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (B. E. N. Center) identified two successful strategies
and Sarah Tishkoff a Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor with appointments in Penn Medicine's Department of Genetics and Penn Arts and Sciences'Department of biology.
and Sabah A. Omar of the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Tishkoff will be discussing this work and other studies of African genetic variation at the meeting Evolution of Modern Humans:
A Texas Tech University veterinary epidemiologist has found that although there are significant societal benefits to the practice an increase in death loss of cattle raises questions about welfare implications of its use.
#No greater injury risk on artificial playing surfaces, study showsnew research presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found no greater injury risk for athletes
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This personalized medical approach exemplifies the power of current research tools and shows the immense potential of applying these technologies for future patients said Tyler Mark Pierson MD Phd a pediatric neurologist and member of the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai.
Pierson a member of the research faculty at the Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute is first author of an article in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology that published online March 3 ahead
of print. Pierson was a member of the National institutes of health's Undiagnosed Diseases Program when he was introduced to the patient and his family.
he was diagnosed with early-onset epileptic encephalopathy of unknown etiology. The patient had experienced treatment-resistant seizures since 3 months of age
Genome-scale sequencing is a powerful new tool in medical diagnostics. The data it returns
The rapid bench-to-bedside story of the GRIN2A variation in this family is an example of the coalescence of expertise in medicine medical genomics and basic science around a single child.
This is the type of collaboration that will be needed in an age where we will struggle to connect vast data-collecting capability with the health of individual people said David Adams MD Phd pediatrician and biochemical geneticist at NHGRI.
It is conceivable that earlier intervention of this personalized medicine approach could have altered the course of the disorder and possibly the child's neurological development.
Pierson has continued his work with rare undiagnosed neurogenetic diseases at Cedars-Sinai with the Pediatric Neurogenetics and Neuromuscular Clinic and his laboratory in the Regenerative Medicine Institute.
and sales of making changes to concession-stand offerings in school settings writes the research team led by Helena Laroche assistant professor in internal medicine and pediatrics at the UI and the study's corresponding author.
it's that there was no hint of any benefit said nutrition expert Christopher Gardner Phd professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research center
and senior author of the study which will be published March 10 in the Annals of Family Medicine.
or the symptoms become more severe they should seek medical attention. Antihistamine drugs work by blocking the histamine from affecting these cells.
By taking medicine early you can prevent the symptoms before they begin Dr. Rosenstreich said.
and evolution as viewed through the lens of surveillance methods utilized by scientists from around the world said study lead and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Associate Director of Wildlife Epidemiology Dr. Sarah Olson.
To find out about tobacco exposure researchers based themselves on urine samples collected during the medical check-up in the third trimester of pregnancy
he is a researcher at the UPV/EHU's department of Preventative Medicine and Public health as well as a participant in the research.
These findings are important as prevention of preterm delivery is of major importance in modern obstetrics.
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The American Journal of Preventive medicine published the e-Care study. One patient said'It's like having a dietitian in your pocket'said Beverly B. Green MD MPH a family doctor at Group Health an associate investigator at Group Health Research Institute and an assistant clinical
professor in family medicine at the University of Washington (UW) School of medicine. The patients really loved this intervention
#Ancient Chinese medicine put through its paces for pancreatic cancerthe bark of the Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) has traveled a centuries-long road with the healing arts.
Fibrosis is a process of uncontrolled scarring around the tumor gland said Dr. Kumar a professor of urology in the School of medicine at the Health Science Center and the study's principal investigator.
'said Kari Nadeau MD Phd associate professor of pediatrics at the medical school and an immunologist at Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford.
and Cohen published in the journal Pediatrics in October 2013. The earlier piece drawn from the same sample of five and six year olds provided evidence that young children recognize cigarette brands.
Professor Bruce Fitt professor of plant pathology at the University of Hertfordshire's School of Medical and Life sciences said:
but all the signs and epidemiological studies point towards anthocyanins the vegetable pigments that afford them their red colour.
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and vegetables are associated with higher Body Mass Index (BMI) in young children in low-and middle-income households according to American University researchers in the journal Pediatrics.
The new three-year study has been awarded £157000 from Britain's Medical Research Council as part of funding earmarked to boost understanding of the impact of health-related studies on society and the economy.
While recent studies have provided anecdotal reports of the presence of honeybee parasites in other pollinators this is the first study to determine the epidemiology of these parasites across the landscape.
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It's used to calculate the correct human dosage of a medicine tested on mice among many other things.
and medicines as well as wild animal-sourced foods increase the likelihood that subsistence farmers with access to natural ecosystems meet their nutrition and health needs.
and personal accounts as well as medical and death records from hospitals physicians cemeteries and municipalities. They compared this with instrumental data for the Palmer Drought Severity Index
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Algae have huge potential as a next generation renewable resource to manufacture a whole range of essential products including food medicines and fuel.
which can be turned into high-value products including food and medicines. If we can make algae biorefineries commercially viable we will have developed a new industry founded on an environmentally-kind raw material
***Algae research into new medicines wins awarddrug discovery company IOTA Pharmaceuticals has chosen the University of Greenwich as its academic partner to research the potential of the microalga Dunaliella as a route to new medicines.
Over half of all human medicines originate from natural products says Dr David Bailey CEO of IOTA Pharmaceuticals.
but scientists say using foods-as-medicine in large-scale clinical trials --which demand an intense level of accuracy
and stability you would find in a pharmaceutical medicine but that was 100%fruit simple to take
The black raspberry formulations are currently being used in a clinical study of men with prostate cancer undergoing surgery.
if the black raspberry preparations coupled with different types of diets can improve post-surgery outcomes versus a control group of men with diet interventions only.
and chief of the Division of Global Health in the UC San diego Department of Family and Preventive medicine and colleagues estimate that in 2011 almost 396000 Californians (12.3 percent of the state's population of smokers) smoked on a measurable basis
and red wine said Loyola University Health System preventive heart specialist Sara Sirna MD. Red wine and dark chocolate taste great
and have heart-healthy components said Dr. Sirna who also is a professor of medicine at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of medicine.
but it provides a preventative approach to all the medical costs associated with degenerative diseases. These are not pills that go in
When you look at how much the United states spends on medical costs associated with these diseases you see it's a huge burden on the economy
and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston have developed a simple highly sensitive and efficient test for the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis that could have great impact on global health.
#Whole diet approach to lower cardiovascular risk has more evidence than low-fat dietsa study published in The American Journal of Medicine reveals that a whole diet approach which focuses on increased intake of fruits vegetables nuts
and increased polyunsaturated fats says study co-author James E. Dalen MD MPH Weil Foundation and University of Arizona College of Medicine.
--and perhaps even stronger than many of the medications and procedures that have been the focus of modern cardiology explains co-author Stephen Devries MD FACC Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology (Deerfield IL) and Division of Cardiology
The last fifty years of epidemiology and clinical trials have established a clear link between diet atherosclerosis
Lead scientist Dr Nita Forouhi from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge commented this research highlights that specific foods may have an important role in the prevention of type 2 diabetes
They call for improved labeling similar to those on food to help inform doctors pharmacists and patients about the content of medicines.
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A new study in the American Journal of Health Behavior finds that simple training in effective smoking cessation strategies can motivate anyone--even those without a medical background--to encourage their friends family
and their loved ones'health says lead study author Myra Muramoto M d. of the University of Arizona Department of Family and Community Medicine.
Norman Edelman M d. senior medical advisor for the American Lung Association remarked that the study shows quite clearly that you can train people without medical knowledge to deliver informative messages.
The researchers who report their findings in the online version of the journal Environmental Toxicology
The results of the epidemiological study appear Feb 5 2014 in the online issue of Neurology the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
which these environmental toxins contribute to Parkinson's pathogenesis especially in genetically vulnerable individuals said study author Beate Ritz a professor of epidemiology at the Fielding School of Public health at UCLA. This suggests several potential interventions to reduce Parkinson's occurrence
Then the researchers found that those participants in the epidemiologic study with a genetic variant in the ALDH gene were increased at risk of Parkinson's when exposed to these pesticides.
Award in Molecular Toxicology (T32es015457. Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by University of California Los angeles (UCLA) Health Sciences.
#Painting robot lends surgeons a hand in the operating roomwould you let an artist perform lifesaving surgery on you?
and canvas. His invention a creative blend of art and science could one day lend doctors a hand in practicing complex robot-assisted surgeries without having to step foot in an operating room.
and that prompted the idea of robotic surgery. Lee said painting and surgery have more in common than initially meets the eye.
A painter has to be nimble and precise with his brushstrokes much like a surgeon must be nimble and precise with a scalpel.
Practicing in a surgeon's studiocurrently surgical robots are controlled by a human operator and do not perform procedures autonomously.
In addition to teaching the robot to paint autonomously Lee also explored the idea of using his robot as a training tool for surgeons who need practice operating a Da vinci surgical arm.
A study at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden has shown now that the insulin-producing beta cells increase in number and performance after the surgery.
The small study involved gastric bypass surgery on just four pigs but is the only study of its kind and therefore unique.
since it also helps the further refinements of surgical methods says Jan Hedenbro surgeon at Aleris Obesitas who has collaborated with Lund University Diabetes Centre on the project.
developmenta joint study published in Cell by the teams headed by Miquel Coll at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
The biomedical applications of these hormones as anti-tumor agents and to facilitate somatic cell reprogramming (the cells that form tissues) to stem cells are also being investigated.
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Premature birth is now the second leading cause of death among children worldwide and most premature babies are born in low-resource settings where many of the basic technologies
and approaches that lead to improved outcomes are said unavailable Dr. Elizabeth Molyneux a pediatrician at QECH who co-authored the report with colleagues from Rice QECH Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Malawi.
The improvement that we saw for premature babies with respiratory distress syndrome mirrored the improvement that was seen in the United states
#Bacterial toxin potential trigger for multiple sclerosisresearchers from Weill Cornell Medical College have added to the growing body of evidence that multiple sclerosis may be triggered by a toxin produced by common foodborne bacteria.
and is with the exception of trauma the most frequent cause of neurological disability beginning in early to middle adulthood.
the same cells that die in MS lesions says Jennifer Linden of Weill Cornell Medical College who presented the research.
and their interaction with genetic susceptibility says Jason R. Richardson associate professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical school and a member of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences
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and grown in the laboratory before being injected under the skin as a vaccine weekly for four weeks and then once every two months according to Jeremy Rudnick MD neuro-oncologist in the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery
whose glioblastoma multiforme has returned following surgical removal. Potential participants will be screened for eligibility requirements and undergo evaluations and medical tests at regular intervals.
The committee is likely to approve these tablets which will mark great improvement in the fight against allergy said allergist Michael Foggs MD president of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI.
Board-certified allergists can help patients make good short-term and long-term choices. It is unknown whether the new allergy tablets will allow sufferers to eat ragweed relatives like avocado melons and some fruits like allergy shots permit.
Researchers at the University of Zurich's Centre for Evolutionary Medicine have discovered that the population of the medieval town of Dalheim had a similar genetic predisposition for milk digestion to present-day Germans and Austrians.
and showing the audience a jar of them says Lovisa Heyman a Phd student in Experimental Medical science.
The study published in the journal Pediatrics raises the possibility that measurement of tobacco exposure could be used in clinical practice to target smoking cessation efforts
or in the hospital and may be used to predict future hospitalizations says Robert Kahn MD MPH associate director of general and community pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's and senior author of the study.
and probable medicinal purposes--and the first chemically attested evidence for the importation of grape wine from southern or Central europe as early as 1100 BC demonstrating both the social and cultural prestige attached to wine and the presence
There are some aspects of our cancer risk that are outside of our control said Varvares who is also a SLUCARE otolaryngologist.
Dermatologists recommend applying sunscreen every couple of hours if you'll be outside. Avoid tanning beds altogether as evidence suggests high incidence of skin cancer for users.
Though you may not look forward to them preventive screenings offer some of medicine's best methods for catching cancer before it becomes deadly.
A woman who carries the BRCA breast cancer gene for example who has watched families members die at an early age may choose preventive mastectomy rather than risk extremely high odds of developing the same illness.
Genetic screening took center stage last year as actress Angelina jolie shared her decision to have a preventive mastectomy in response to her own genetic risk.
Shailaja Yerrapragada of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston; Paulina Estrada-de Los santos of the department of microbiology at Mexico's Instituto Politã cnico Nacional Prolongaciã n de Carpio y Plan de Ayala;
According to a new study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Preventive medicine the belief that e-cigarettes pose less of a health risk may lead to increased experimentation with e-cigarettes among young adults.
Investigators from the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health University of Minnesota looked at whether or not there was a relationship between perceived notions about the harmfulness of e-cigarettes relative to cigarettes and subsequent e-cigarette use among young adults.
The Yale School of Public health-led analysis is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Results of laboratory and animal studies are published in the online edition of Stem Cells Translational Medicine
but we now have a human clinical trial underway to assess safety for further study said John Yu MD vice chair of the Department of Neurosurgery director of surgical neuro-oncology medical director
With standard care which includes surgery radiation treatment and chemotherapy median length of survival is 15 months for patients diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme.
and other diseases this century according to a review published today in the New england Journal of Medicine.
I went to a doctor's appointment at George washington Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) here in D c
How do we help that doctor practice medicine more efficiently and effectively? We're not the magic part;
Investors are hearing a lot of pitches about medical devices and energy products these days, and then they see this,
is a hi-tech mobile trailer used for cultivating medicinal marijuana. The aptly-named Big Bud is a fully functional weed farm that features programmable lights,
so what we did was just take it to the next level by implementing hydroponic technology and developing it into a full line of trailers for not only the medical marijuana community,
With more and more states allowing the use of medical marijuana, what I'm seeing is broader acceptance of it.
I mean think of the actual patient that's using medicinal marijuana; it's probably a cancer
The rising risk of electronic medical recordsit was a low-tech burglary. No one thought that it would blossom into a high-tech security breach.
a network of doctors and hospitals in northern California, realized that one of the purloined computers contained the electronic medical data for more than four million patients.
The private medical data were exposed for nearly a year before officials ordered it taken down.
but medical profiles can fetch $50 or more because they give identity thieves a much more nuanced look into a victim s life,
The pharmaceutical industry already uses medical data--for example, pregnant women who use certain medications often will fill out a voluntary questionnaire asking for more information--to market new products as the child grows.
hospitals reported losses or thefts of electronic medical data 364 times from 2010 to 2011 in incidents that affected 18 million patients, according to Associated press reports.
Medical data means big business Today, there is no federal law in the U s. requiring that a patient be notified
Behind the data, a stigma But concern over medical privacy goes beyond privacy law, civil rights or even ethics.
they would be stigmatized for their medical diagnoses. Schizophrenia, depression and other mental illnesses continue to be understood poorly by the public;
Medical Devices: 52,117 patents in 2010; up 6%from 2009. Petroleum & Chemical engineering: 42,304 patents in 2010;
Medical Devices Diagnostics equipment led the way in patent volume, with 35 percent of the industry,
but medical aids and oral administration showed the most growth, with 11 percent over 2009. Top diagnostics firms were all Japanese:
They feel it's unfair for these companies to make huge profits, especially in the field of medicine,
In 1995, the medicine was ready. In 1999, a fixed deposit was created for the tribe to receive $3, 000 annually till 2008.
The solutions--everything from irrigation systems to grain grinders to medical braces--used design innovations to reduce the cost of current solutions.
and this damage affects every aspect of your life from your water to your food to your medicine.
The loss of genetic resources affects how we produce new crops, medicines and the creation of novel products in industry.
which offers us hope for medicines and future food stocks. In the second case we need to prioritize areas
The importance of medicines derived from living things is limited not to the developing world more than half of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United states come from,
Species belonging to many different taxa are invaluable in biomedical research. Examples of health-related ecosystem services include water filtration,
In 2001, a psychologist called the G-spot a gynecologic UFO: much searched for, much discussed,
This time in the form of a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Gynecologist Adam Ostrzenki claims, in this paper, to have located finally the elusive structure. He says he found it in a cadaver of an 83 year old woman from Warsaw,
Ostrzenki himself has created a business around plastic surgery on women's genitalia, something the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists condemned in 2007.
And yes G-spotplasty is offered (in fact, it's on Ostrzenki's own website) despite there being no evidence that the G-spot itself even exists.
And until then, the G-spot will probably remain that same gynecological UFO. Via: Eurekalert Photo:
Citrus surgery? Doctors refine their craft on clementinesyou know what s a great tool for practicing minimally invasive surgery?
Citrus fruit, according to Pamela Andreatta of the University of Michigan Medical school. NPR reports. Laparoscopic surgery is performed with a camera
and surgical instruments inserted through tiny incisions in the body. The traditional model of learning by watching then doing is putting young doctors in operating rooms before they've mastered basic skills,
And while there are surgical simulators on the market oe including high-tech digital systems offering a virtual reality oe she believes the skills crucial to laparoscopic surgery might be taught better with something simple  something like a clementine.
The minimally invasive surgery specialists scored the highest, by far. Residents and nonsurgical faculty scored significantly lower.
with little or no surgical experience, fared the worst. Check out the difference at NPR. You can find clementines or setsumas or tangerine variations all over the world,
The clementine is one of several dozen low-cost simulations Andreatta has developed for teaching minimally invasive surgery.
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