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• High blood pressure during pregnancy could elevate risk of future stroke
• Overnight dialysis boosts kidney health, reduces risk of heart disease
• Training, Mediterranean diet cuts health risks in obese individuals
• Housework isn't as healthy as people think
• Scientists discover genetic disease that causes recurrent respiratory infections
• Nursing homes win high marks for quality, antipsychotic prescribing remains problematic
• Bladder bacteria vary in women with common forms of incontinence
• Home schooled children leaner than traditionally schooled kids
• Weighing up blood-thinners: Is warfarin always the best choice?
• 3D images from PET/CT scans help surgeons envision tumors
• The pig, the fish and the jellyfish: Tracing nervous disorders in humans
• Toxin-emitting bacteria being evaluated as potential multiple sclerosis trigger
• Traumatic injuries in elderly patients often underestimated
• Miscarriage perceptions vs. Reality: Public understanding not in sync with facts
• Vertebral augmentation for spinal fractures offers greater survival, overall cost savings
• Lawsuits increasing over skin-related laser surgery performed by non-physicians
• Helping abdominal surgery patients recover sooner
• Diaphragm pacing system benefits patients with ALS
• Unlocking a brighter future for locked-in syndrome
• A mother's high cholesterol before pregnancy can be passed on to children
• More US teens susceptible to HSV-1 infection, a cause of genital herpes
• All probiotics are not the same in protecting preemies from common, life-threatening illness
• The NICU environment: Not all silence is golden
• Two-drug combination improves survival in pancreatic cancer
• Suffering from breast cancer increases the risk of another tumour by 39%
• Cancer cells' communication path blocked
• High serum fatty acid protects against brain abnormalities

High blood pressure during pregnancy could elevate risk of future stroke Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:45 AM PDT High blood pressure during pregnancy could dramatically raise a woman's lifetime risk of stroke, according to a study.

Overnight dialysis boosts kidney health, reduces risk of heart disease Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:45 AM PDT Receiving dialysis at home while sleeping not only improves kidney health and quality of life for people with kidney disease, it could also decrease their risk of heart disease.

Training, Mediterranean diet cuts health risks in obese individuals Posted: 18 Oct 2013 05:45 AM PDT Lifestyle programs focused on high-intensity interval training combined with nutritional counseling on the Mediterranean diet have shown dramatic results for improving the heart health of people with abdominal obesity, finds a study.

Housework isn't as healthy as people think Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:48 PM PDT Claiming housework as exercise may be a mistake finds research. For the same amount of time people who included housework in their self recorded moderate to vigorous physical activity tended to be heavier than those whose time was spent in other forms of exercise.

Scientists discover genetic disease that causes recurrent respiratory infections Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:45 AM PDT Scientists have discovered a rare genetic disease that predisposes patients to severe respiratory infections and lung damage.

Nursing homes win high marks for quality, antipsychotic prescribing remains problematic Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:44 AM PDT The District of Columbia Department of Health (DOH) has released a study investigating prescribing of antipsychotics to District seniors. The study combines pharmaceutical marketing data collected by the District with publicly available data on nursing home quality and Medicare drug claims.

Bladder bacteria vary in women with common forms of incontinence Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:44 AM PDT Women with common forms of urinary incontinence have various bacteria in their bladder, according to data. Researchers also found that some of these bacteria may differ based on their incontinence type.

Home schooled children leaner than traditionally schooled kids Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:14 AM PDT The results of a recent study show kids that are home-schooled are leaner than kids attending traditional schools.

Weighing up blood-thinners: Is warfarin always the best choice? Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:12 AM PDT Patients who are responding below par to the anticoagulant drug warfarin have several options. They can undergo even more blood tests to monitor their response to the different dosages of this medication which is prescribed to prevent strokes, or they could start using one of the newer, yet more expensive, anticoagulants on the market. In the long run, the latter option could actually be more cost-effective and improve a patient's quality of life.

3D images from PET/CT scans help surgeons envision tumors Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:11 AM PDT A hologram-like display of a patient's organs based on molecular PET/CT images helps surgeons plan surgery by allowing them to see detailed anatomical structure, peel away layers of tissue, and see all sides of a tumor, before entering the operating room to excise it.

The pig, the fish and the jellyfish: Tracing nervous disorders in humans Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:09 AM PDT The pig, the jellyfish and the zebrafish have been used to gain a greater understanding of hereditary forms of diseases affecting the nervous system. In this project, the focus was on a specific gene in pigs, SYN1, which encodes the protein synapsin, which is involved in communication between nerve cells. Synapsin almost exclusively occurs in nerve cells in the brain. Parts of the gene can thus be used to control an expression of genes connected to hereditary versions of the nerve disorders.

Toxin-emitting bacteria being evaluated as potential multiple sclerosis trigger Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT A research team has identified a bacterium it believes may trigger multiple sclerosis, a chronic, debilitating disorder that damages myelin forming cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Traumatic injuries in elderly patients often underestimated Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT Traumatic injuries can be more severe for older adults, yet they often do not get the right level of care, according to a study.

Miscarriage perceptions vs. Reality: Public understanding not in sync with facts Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT The majority of Americans inaccurately believe miscarriage is rare and misunderstand its causes, creating an often isolating and guilt-ridden experience for those who experience it. These are the findings in the first-ever national survey to assess attitudes and perceptions towards miscarriage.

Vertebral augmentation for spinal fractures offers greater survival, overall cost savings Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:38 AM PDT A study of 69,000 Medicare patient records shows that people with spine compression fractures who undergo operations to strengthen back bones with cement survive longer and have shorter overall hospital stays than those who stick with bed rest, pain control and physical therapy.

Lawsuits increasing over skin-related laser surgery performed by non-physicians Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:35 AM PDT A study published has found that lawsuits related to procedures when non-physicians are operating the laser, such as laser hair removal, are increasing, particularly outside of a traditional medical setting.

Helping abdominal surgery patients recover sooner Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:35 AM PDT A new recovery program for abdominal surgery patients is helping patients go home sooner while making them more comfortable both before and after surgery.

Diaphragm pacing system benefits patients with ALS Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:34 AM PDT ALS patients using diaphragm pacing experienced improved quality of life, with better sleep and daytime functioning, better breathing, and less fatigue.

Unlocking a brighter future for locked-in syndrome Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:07 AM PDT A team of researchers has found that stroke patients living with Locked-In Syndrome who cannot move, swallow or even breathe on their own, can regain a remarkable level of independence with technological help.

A mother's high cholesterol before pregnancy can be passed on to children Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:07 AM PDT What leads to high cholesterol? Your genes and lifestyle factors may not explain it all. A study has connected some of the risk for high cholesterol in adults to their mother's cholesterol levels before she even became pregnant.

More US teens susceptible to HSV-1 infection, a cause of genital herpes Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:06 AM PDT A new study suggests a growing number of US adolescents lack antibodies that may help protect them later in life against an increasingly important cause of genital herpes. The findings show that fewer of today's teens have been exposed in their childhood to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), a common cause of cold sores, than US adolescents in previous years. Without these antibodies, today's teens may be more susceptible to genital infections also caused by the virus.

All probiotics are not the same in protecting preemies from common, life-threatening illness Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:06 AM PDT Treating premature infants with probiotics, the dietary supplements containing live bacteria that many adults take to help maintain their natural intestinal balance, may be effective for preventing a common and life-threatening bowel disease among premature infants.

The NICU environment: Not all silence is golden Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:06 AM PDT Medical technology has improved the survival rates of premature infants, but adverse developmental outcomes are a continuing problem. Researchers have turned their attention to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where premature infants spend their first few weeks or months, for potential answers. In a new study, researchers studied the relationship between different room types in the NICU and the developmental outcomes of the children at 2 years of age.

Two-drug combination improves survival in pancreatic cancer Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:02 AM PDT Investigators have published results of a study showing that administering paclitaxel and gemcitabine in combination significantly improves one- and two-year survival in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer versus gemcitabine alone, the first-line treatment or most standard approach for this type of cancer to date.

Suffering from breast cancer increases the risk of another tumour by 39% Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:02 AM PDT Women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer are 39% more likely to develop a second cancer in a different part of the body. Such is the conclusion of a recent study. The study suggests that this increased risk could be due to the similar risk factors involved in both cancers, or to the side effects of the treatment received by breast cancer patients.

Cancer cells' communication path blocked Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:02 AM PDT Cancer researchers have discovered the path used by exosomes to enter cancer cells, where they stimulate malignant tumour development. They have also succeeded in blocking the uptake route in experimental model systems, preventing the exosomes from activating cancer cells.

High serum fatty acid protects against brain abnormalities Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:01 AM PDT According to a new study, high long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower the risk of small brain infarcts and other brain abnormalities in the elderly. In the Cardiovascular Health Study in the USA, 3,660 people aged 65 and older underwent brain scans to detect so called silent brain infarcts, or small lesions in the brain that can cause loss of thinking skills, dementia and stroke. Scans were performed again five years later on 2,313 of the participants.

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