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• Autism severity linked to genetics, ultrasound, study finds
• New virus gets official name, influenza D
• Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds
• Zika reference strain sequenced, will aid in diagnosis, screening
• Career advice for young allergy patients
• It's a boy: Controlling pest populations with modified males
• Induced labor after water breakage poses no harm to mothers or babies, research finds
• Doctors: Beware of low diastolic blood pressure when treating hypertension
• Strain differences in Zika infection gene patterns
• Tight DNA packaging protects against 'jumping genes,' potential cellular destruction
• Safety net programs don't support high rates of trauma in participants
• Researchers take step toward eliminating cancer recurrence
• One more reason to swear off tobacco: The inflammatory trap induced by nicotine
• Why pneumococci affect primarily humans
• Serendipitous finding leads scientists to propose mechanism to explain benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Genome-wide Toxoplasma screen reveals mechanisms of parasitic infections
• New study explores concerns of African American breast cancer survivors
• Immersion pulmonary edema may cause swimming deaths during triathlons
• 'Care chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state
• Impact of cancer screening in California over past 15 years
• Genetic diversity of enzymes alters metabolic individuality
• New role of adenosine in the regulation of REM sleep discovered
• When silencing phantom noises is a matter of science
• Rotten egg gas could help protect diabetics from heart complications
• Trauma's epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors
• Lung disease costs set to rise to £2.5bn per year, experts project
• Is your school ready for an opioid overdose?
• Chemical in plastics linked to genital abnormalities in baby boys
• Study reveals gap in market for wearable technologies that monitor sedentary behavior
• Living with the risk of Alzheimer's disease
• Synthetic heart valves could help surgeons improve surgical skills
• Nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions, review suggests
• More than 57,000 children become overweight or obese during primary school
• Size of Zika epidemic may be underestimated, study suggests
• Combination drug therapy for asthma patients is safe, study shows
• Increasing number of US adults using marijuana as fewer people perceive the drug as harmful
• Concerns over glutathione skin bleaching in the UK
• Patients with cancer at heightened risk of injuries during diagnosis
• High alcohol intake associated with slightly decreased female fertility
• Persistent childbirth pain increases risk of postnatal depression
• Internet and mobile devices prompt positive lifestyle changes
• Study on multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis supports improved education of clinicians
• Gaming for gut research
• Newer epilepsy drugs taken while pregnant not linked to lower IQs in children
• Out of sync: How genetic variation can disrupt the heart's rhythm
• Parents' psychiatric disease linked to kids' risk of suicide attempt, violent offending
• Sexual function problems occur after heart attack, disparities exist between men and women

Autism severity linked to genetics, ultrasound, study finds Posted: 01 Sep 2016 12:21 PM PDT For children with autism and a class of genetic disorders, exposure to diagnostic ultrasound in the first trimester of pregnancy is linked to increased autism severity, according to a new study.

New virus gets official name, influenza D Posted: 01 Sep 2016 11:04 AM PDT A new influenza virus that affects cattle has an official name. influenza D. The executive committee of the International Committee of Taxonomy of Virus announced a new genus, Orthomyxovirdae, with a single species, Influenza D virus, because of its distinctness from other influenza types -- A, B and C.

Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds Posted: 01 Sep 2016 10:55 AM PDT Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students led by bullying researcher.

Zika reference strain sequenced, will aid in diagnosis, screening Posted: 01 Sep 2016 10:55 AM PDT An international team of researchers has sequenced a strain of the Zika virus that will be used as a World Health Organization reference strain to identify Zika virus infection in the blood, thus making it easier to diagnose the disease. While the reference material will undergo formal WHO review in October, the agency has given the go-ahead for the strain's use given the urgent need of medical products to diagnose and treat Zika.

Career advice for young allergy patients Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:54 AM PDT Approximately one-third of apprentices in Germany are at elevated risk of occupational asthma, allergies, and dermatitis. A new study used a systematic search of the literature as the basis for investigating the advice doctors should give to young people with allergic sensitization or a manifest prior allergic disorder, regarding their future careers.

It's a boy: Controlling pest populations with modified males Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:52 AM PDT Populations of New World screwworm flies -- devastating parasitic livestock pests in Western Hemisphere tropical regions -- could be greatly suppressed with the introduction of male flies that produce only males when they mate.

Induced labor after water breakage poses no harm to mothers or babies, research finds Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:52 AM PDT Natural, spontaneous deliveries and induced deliveries following the rupture of the amniotic sac in the mother share similar neonatal outcomes, contradicting common wisdom, new research suggests.

Doctors: Beware of low diastolic blood pressure when treating hypertension Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:52 AM PDT By analyzing medical records gathered over three decades on more than 11,000 Americans participating in a federally funded study, researchers say they have more evidence that driving diastolic blood pressure too low is associated with damage to heart tissue.

Strain differences in Zika infection gene patterns Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:50 AM PDT Scientists have revealed molecular differences between how the African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells. The results could provide insights into the Zika virus' recent emergence as a global health emergency, and also point to inhibitors of the protein p53 as potential leads for drugs that could protect brain cells from cell death.

Tight DNA packaging protects against 'jumping genes,' potential cellular destruction Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:50 AM PDT Scientists discovered that the major developmental function of heterochromatin -- a form of tight DNA packaging found in chromosomes -- is likely the suppression of virus-like DNA elements known as transposons or 'jumping genes,' which can otherwise copy and paste themselves throughout the genome, potentially destroying important genes, and causing cancers and other diseases.

Safety net programs don't support high rates of trauma in participants Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:50 AM PDT A recent study found that a high number of participants in a federal cash assistance program have suffered significant childhood adversity, exposure to violence as adults and other poverty-related stressors, highlighting the need to take participants' past trauma into account.

Researchers take step toward eliminating cancer recurrence Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:50 AM PDT Scientists have made an important step toward eliminating cancer recurrence by combining immunotherapy with chemotherapy. Specifically, they found that chemotherapy alone leads to two types of dormant cancer cells that are not killed outright and become resistant to additional chemotherapy, but when combined with immunotherapy, a majority of dormant cells also is destroyed.

One more reason to swear off tobacco: The inflammatory trap induced by nicotine Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:48 AM PDT A new link between nicotine and inflammation has been revealed by researchers who report that nicotine strongly activates immune cells to release DNA fibers decorated with pro-inflammatory molecules, so called neutrophil extracellular traps. The continuous exposure to these NETs can harm the tissue and could explain the hazardous consequences of tobacco consumption for human health.

Why pneumococci affect primarily humans Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:48 AM PDT A special variant of a sugar molecule in the human nose might explain why pneumococcal infections are more common in humans than in other animals, researchers report. The discovery can help in the search for a broader vaccine able to protect against all types of pneumococci.

Serendipitous finding leads scientists to propose mechanism to explain benign prostatic hyperplasia Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:48 AM PDT Benign prostatic hyperplasia affects about half of men between 51 and 60 years of age, and nine out of 10 men older than 80. How BPH happens, however, is still open for debate. A new report outlines a new mechanism that can explain the development of BPH and suggest strategies to improve the response to androgen-targeting therapies.

Genome-wide Toxoplasma screen reveals mechanisms of parasitic infections Posted: 01 Sep 2016 09:48 AM PDT Researchers have conducted the first genome-wide screen in Apicomplexa, a phylum of single-celled parasites that cause diseases such as malaria and toxoplasmosis. The screen sheds light into the vast, unstudied reaches of parasite genomes, uncovering for instance a protein common to all apicomplexans.

New study explores concerns of African American breast cancer survivors Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:35 AM PDT Researchers have examined the biggest challenges for African American women after receiving breast cancer treatment. One of the main concerns was the problem of medical mistrust. Women expressed concern that the information they received was inferior to Caucasians leaving them less prepared to deal with survivor challenges after treatment completion.

Immersion pulmonary edema may cause swimming deaths during triathlons Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:34 AM PDT Heart abnormalities linked to immersion pulmonary edema were present in a greater-than-expected proportion of triathletes who died during the competition's swim portion, according to a study.

'Care chair' helps detect patients' movements, mental state Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:34 AM PDT Researchers have created a chair that detects daily behavior and mental state of elderly patients or those subject to dementia. It uses the same principle as law enforcement interrogators or customs agents who detect micro facial expressions that last only a fraction of a second but can reveal a person's true emotions.

Impact of cancer screening in California over past 15 years Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:27 AM PDT A new report shows the impact of cancer screening over the past 15 years, identifying areas where increased screening and other cancer-control efforts would save lives and significantly benefit population health.

Genetic diversity of enzymes alters metabolic individuality Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:27 AM PDT New research about genetic diversity and metabolome has been released by scientists. These findings are based on the analysis of blood samples from 512 healthy people.

New role of adenosine in the regulation of REM sleep discovered Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:27 AM PDT The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today's brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a specific subtype of adenosine receptors, the A2A receptors, in the olfactory bulb.

When silencing phantom noises is a matter of science Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:27 AM PDT New study in mice proposes the first gene that could help prevent tinnitus, that ringing in the ears inside one's head when no external sound is present. This discovery is a first step to identify the molecules that could be targeted in treatments to silence the phantom noises, and help thousands of people.

Rotten egg gas could help protect diabetics from heart complications Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:22 AM PDT A gas that was formerly known for its noxious qualities could help people with diabetes recover from heart and blood vessel complications, concludes new research.

Trauma's epigenetic fingerprint observed in children of Holocaust survivors Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:22 AM PDT The children of traumatized people have long been known to be at increased risk for posttraumatic stress disorder, and mood and anxiety disorders. However, according to researchers, there are very few opportunities to examine biologic alterations in the context of a watershed trauma in exposed people and their adult children born after the event.

Lung disease costs set to rise to £2.5bn per year, experts project Posted: 01 Sep 2016 07:22 AM PDT The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per year in England by 2030, research suggests. Researchers say that healthcare services should adapt now to be able to meet the rising demand.

Is your school ready for an opioid overdose? Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:35 AM PDT A new article offers great back-to-school questions for parents to ask teachers, principals, and school administrators to see if their school is ready to handle a possible opioid overdose.

Chemical in plastics linked to genital abnormalities in baby boys Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:33 AM PDT Doctors and researchers know that human-made chemicals commonly found in plastics, foods, personal care products and building materials can interfere with how hormones like estrogen and testosterone work in the body.

Study reveals gap in market for wearable technologies that monitor sedentary behavior Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:31 AM PDT Wearable technology to monitor the time you spend being sedentary could encourage changes in behavior that helps improve health, research reveals. Sedentary behavior monitoring is under-represented in the wearable tech market, a new study has found.

Living with the risk of Alzheimer's disease Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:30 AM PDT What are the expectations of persons who decide to have their risk of Alzheimer's Disease tested? What should doctors pay attention to when ascertaining individual risks? What is the benefit of risk determination for patients and their close others, while options to treat the disease remain insufficient? According to current estimates, the number of individuals suffering from Alzheimer's Disease worldwide is 40 million – and rising. The burdens imposed on the patients, on their caregivers, and on society are considerable.

Synthetic heart valves could help surgeons improve surgical skills Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:28 AM PDT A new invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying on animals. The polyvinyl 'tissue' makes it possible for surgeons and medical residents to practice bypass surgery using the synthetic material as opposed to the current practice of using the arteries and veins of dead pigs or human cadavers.

Nondrug approaches effective for treatment of common pain conditions, review suggests Posted: 01 Sep 2016 06:28 AM PDT Data from a review of US-based clinical trials suggest that some of the most popular complementary health approaches -- such as yoga, tai chi, and acupuncture -- appear to be effective tools for helping to manage common pain conditions.

More than 57,000 children become overweight or obese during primary school Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:39 PM PDT Every year, 57,100 children who started primary school in England at a healthy weight end up obese or overweight by the time they leave, according to new statistics.

Size of Zika epidemic may be underestimated, study suggests Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:38 PM PDT Official statistics may underestimate the size of the epidemic caused by Zika virus, new research suggests. Some cases of Zika may be misreported as dengue. Uncertainty about the statistics tends to undermine the effectiveness of public policy to prevent and treat diseases, authors of a new report argue.

Combination drug therapy for asthma patients is safe, study shows Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:38 PM PDT A post-marketing safety study mandated by the US Food and Drug Administration has shown that a combination drug therapy for the treatment of asthma is safe and effective.

Increasing number of US adults using marijuana as fewer people perceive the drug as harmful Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT An increasing number of US adults are using marijuana, as fewer people perceive the drug as harmful, according to a survey of over 500000 US adults conducted between 2002 and 2014. As marijuana has become increasingly potent over the past decade, the authors say that the findings suggest the need for improved education and prevention messages regarding the risks of marijuana.

Concerns over glutathione skin bleaching in the UK Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT Skin bleaching with the use of glutathione is on the rise, despite the potential ethical issues and adverse side effects associated with the practice, warns a doctor from England.

Patients with cancer at heightened risk of injuries during diagnosis Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT Patients with cancer have heightened risks of unintentional and intentional injuries during the diagnostic process, reveal findings from a large study.

High alcohol intake associated with slightly decreased female fertility Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT Women who drink 14 or more servings of alcohol a week are slightly more likely to have reduced fertility, suggests a new study. In developed countries, up to 24% of couples experience infertility, defined as time to pregnancy of 12 months or more.

Persistent childbirth pain increases risk of postnatal depression Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT New research shows that women who experience persistent childbirth pain are more likely to develop postnatal depression following the birth of their child.

Internet and mobile devices prompt positive lifestyle changes Posted: 31 Aug 2016 07:37 PM PDT When guided by internet programs or mobile devices, people can become more physically active, eat better, lose a little weight and reduce tobacco and alcohol use. Most studies using these interventions lasted less than six months, making it unclear whether these kinds of behavioral changes will be sustained over the long term.

Study on multiple sclerosis misdiagnosis supports improved education of clinicians Posted: 31 Aug 2016 01:30 PM PDT A new study defines the current problems that lead patients to be misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis and the possible reasons why they are misdiagnosed.

Gaming for gut research Posted: 31 Aug 2016 01:29 PM PDT You may not think of yourself in this way, but in some ways your body is just a host for hundreds of trillions of microbes (including bacteria) that colonize us in fairly unique combinations in our guts, inside our various orifices and on the surface of our skin. These tiny creatures are essential to our survival: we couldn't digest anything without them, for instance. Scientists are increasingly making links between the range of colonies of microorganisms that live on and within us, our lifestyle habits, and our health.

Newer epilepsy drugs taken while pregnant not linked to lower IQs in children Posted: 31 Aug 2016 01:29 PM PDT Two newer epilepsy drugs may not harm the thinking skills or IQs of school-aged children whose mothers took them while pregnant -- but an older drug is linked to cognitive problems in children, especially if their mothers took high doses -- according to new research.

Out of sync: How genetic variation can disrupt the heart's rhythm Posted: 31 Aug 2016 11:30 AM PDT New research shows how deficits in a specific pathway of genes can lead to the development of atrial fibrillation, a common irregular heartbeat, which poses a significant health risk.

Parents' psychiatric disease linked to kids' risk of suicide attempt, violent offending Posted: 31 Aug 2016 10:34 AM PDT Risk for suicide attempts and violent offending by children appears to be associated with their parents' psychiatric disorders, according to a new article.

Sexual function problems occur after heart attack, disparities exist between men and women Posted: 31 Aug 2016 10:31 AM PDT New research investigates what happens to men's and women's sexual function and relationships after a heart attack in an effort to help clinicians develop better care guidelines for patients.

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