Research News:
Pollution causes 40 percent of deaths
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. meta-analysis of 120 published studies found that water, air and soil pollution causes 40 percent of human deaths worldwide.
David Pimentel, of Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., and a team of Cornell graduate students examined data on the effects of population growth, malnutrition and various kinds of environmental degradation on human diseases. They found environmental degradation, coupled with world population growth, are major causes of malnourishment and cause
rapid increases in human diseases.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Human Ecology.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
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Alzheimer's care-study points to relief for families
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/12/2007 11:37:35 PM MDT
The findings are stunning: Offering simple training to people struggling to care for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease not only eases their burden but can keep patients out of nursing homes for an extra 1 1/2 years.
But the exciting research also runs headlong into a grim reality: Alzheimer's caregivers seldom can make time in their daily grind to seek out that kind of help.
And when they do, they too often find waiting lists for services, or programs geared only toward people with advanced disease and not the larger pool in the purgatory that is dementia's decade-long middle ground between independence and helplessness.
That is one of Dolores Melnick's biggest frustrations.
Her husband refused to enroll in the "day care" for Alzheimer's patients near their Hainesport, N.J., home. It was hosting a singalong, and workers were setting up plastic bowling pins, too childish for Bob Melnick.
That meant no time for her to sneak off to a caregiver support group. On weekdays, she worries about whether he'll be OK because he's home alone while she's at work.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Neurology.
Alzheimer's care-study points to relief for families
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/12/2007 11:37:35 PM MDT
The findings are stunning: Offering simple training to people struggling to care for loved ones with Alzheimer's disease not only eases their burden but can keep patients out of nursing homes for an extra 1 1/2 years.
But the exciting research also runs headlong into a grim reality: Alzheimer's caregivers seldom can make time in their daily grind to seek out that kind of help.
And when they do, they too often find waiting lists for services, or programs geared only toward people with advanced disease and not the larger pool in the purgatory that is dementia's decade-long middle ground between independence and helplessness.
That is one of Dolores Melnick's biggest frustrations.
Her husband refused to enroll in the "day care" for Alzheimer's patients near their Hainesport, N.J., home. It was hosting a singalong, and workers were setting up plastic bowling pins, too childish for Bob Melnick.
That meant no time for her to sneak off to a caregiver support group. On weekdays, she worries about whether he'll be OK because he's home alone while she's at work.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Neurology.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Research News:
Obese moms linked to birth defects
A study says overweight mothers are more likely than those of healthy weight to give birth to babies with defects.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 12:31:26 AM MDT
Chicago - Women who are obese before pregnancy face a higher risk of having babies with a variety of birth defects than women with a healthy weight, a new study suggests. The results involving nearly 15,000 women from eight states found abnormalities of the spine, heart, arms, legs and abdomen, building on previous research that showed heart and spine defects. The greatest risk was for spina bifida.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Obese moms linked to birth defects
A study says overweight mothers are more likely than those of healthy weight to give birth to babies with defects.
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 12:31:26 AM MDT
Chicago - Women who are obese before pregnancy face a higher risk of having babies with a variety of birth defects than women with a healthy weight, a new study suggests. The results involving nearly 15,000 women from eight states found abnormalities of the spine, heart, arms, legs and abdomen, building on previous research that showed heart and spine defects. The greatest risk was for spina bifida.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
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Evolution revolution creates stir
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/09/2007 08:00:20 AM MDT
Washington - Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved. The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution - that one of those species evolved from the other.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Evolution revolution creates stir
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/09/2007 08:00:20 AM MDT
Washington - Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved. The discovery by Meave Leakey, a member of a famous family of paleontologists, shows that two species of early human ancestors lived at the same time in Kenya. That pokes holes in the chief theory of man's early evolution - that one of those species evolved from the other.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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Child Vaccination Rate Declines amid Insurance Gap
Listen to this story... by Patricia Neighmond
All Things Considered, August 7, 2007 · A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds an increasing number of children are not getting vaccinated against certain childhood diseases. Vaccines are funded by a patchwork of public and private sources. While some private health insurance plans cover recommended vaccines for children, an increasing number of plans require patients to pay out of pocket for many of the vaccines. And the vaccines, especially newly recommended ones, are very costly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Child Vaccination Rate Declines amid Insurance Gap
Listen to this story... by Patricia Neighmond
All Things Considered, August 7, 2007 · A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds an increasing number of children are not getting vaccinated against certain childhood diseases. Vaccines are funded by a patchwork of public and private sources. While some private health insurance plans cover recommended vaccines for children, an increasing number of plans require patients to pay out of pocket for many of the vaccines. And the vaccines, especially newly recommended ones, are very costly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Research News:
McDonald's label tricks tots' taste buds
STUDY LOOKS AT POWER OF ADS
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 02:36:16 AM MDT
Chicago - Anything made by McDonald's tastes better, preschoolers said in a study that powerfully demonstrates how advertising can trick the taste buds of young children. To the kids, even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better when wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
McDonald's label tricks tots' taste buds
STUDY LOOKS AT POWER OF ADS
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 08/07/2007 02:36:16 AM MDT
Chicago - Anything made by McDonald's tastes better, preschoolers said in a study that powerfully demonstrates how advertising can trick the taste buds of young children. To the kids, even carrots, milk and apple juice tasted better when wrapped in the familiar packaging of the Golden Arches.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Monday, August 6, 2007
Research News:
Exercise 5 days a week for optimum health
BY CZERNE M. REID
A simple piece of health advice - to exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week - is still a good idea a dozen years after a team of experts first gave it. So says a report recently released by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. It has been 12 years since University of South Carolina professor Russell Pate led a team of experts who published the recommendations in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." Extensive research since then has shown the original ideas to be sound. "The 30-minute guideline is holding up - it has stood the test of time," said Pate, who is on the team - led by William Haskell of Stanford University - that put together the new report in the journal "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Exercise 5 days a week for optimum health
BY CZERNE M. REID
A simple piece of health advice - to exercise 30 minutes a day, five days a week - is still a good idea a dozen years after a team of experts first gave it. So says a report recently released by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Heart Association. It has been 12 years since University of South Carolina professor Russell Pate led a team of experts who published the recommendations in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." Extensive research since then has shown the original ideas to be sound. "The 30-minute guideline is holding up - it has stood the test of time," said Pate, who is on the team - led by William Haskell of Stanford University - that put together the new report in the journal "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise."
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
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Birds help get the bugs out of sapped pine
By Katy Human Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 06:03:26 AM MDT
Hanging upside-down to gobble insects from pine boughs, chickadees and other birds do pine forests a great service - helping trees grow faster, by as much as a third, according to a new study. Fewer aphids and other sap-sucking bugs plague the trees when birds are around, said Kailen Mooney, a doctoral graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Ecology.
Birds help get the bugs out of sapped pine
By Katy Human Denver Post Staff Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 06:03:26 AM MDT
Hanging upside-down to gobble insects from pine boughs, chickadees and other birds do pine forests a great service - helping trees grow faster, by as much as a third, according to a new study. Fewer aphids and other sap-sucking bugs plague the trees when birds are around, said Kailen Mooney, a doctoral graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Ecology.
Friday, August 3, 2007
Research News:
Mice bred to carry schizophrenia gene
Scientists say the advance should provide better test subjects over the previous method of injecting mice with mind-altering drugs.
By Chris EmeryThe Baltimore SunArticle Last Updated: 07/31/2007 01:49:06 AM MDT
Baltimore - Johns Hopkins scientists have genetically engineered mice that carry a human gene linked to schizophrenia, an advance they say could open new research into a debilitating disease that affects millions. Researchers hope the schizophrenic mice will be better test subjects than current mice, which often get injections of mind-altering drugs to induce schizophrenic symptoms and behavior.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Full Text (PDF).
Mice bred to carry schizophrenia gene
Scientists say the advance should provide better test subjects over the previous method of injecting mice with mind-altering drugs.
By Chris EmeryThe Baltimore SunArticle Last Updated: 07/31/2007 01:49:06 AM MDT
Baltimore - Johns Hopkins scientists have genetically engineered mice that carry a human gene linked to schizophrenia, an advance they say could open new research into a debilitating disease that affects millions. Researchers hope the schizophrenic mice will be better test subjects than current mice, which often get injections of mind-altering drugs to induce schizophrenic symptoms and behavior.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Full Text (PDF).
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Research News:
Brain-injured man speaks after 6 years
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 10:59:43 AM MDT
NEW YORK—A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, which allows him to be spoon-fed, rather than relying on nourishment through a tube in his belly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Read more about this story in the journal Nature.
Brain-injured man speaks after 6 years
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer
Article Last Updated: 08/01/2007 10:59:43 AM MDT
NEW YORK—A brain-damaged man who could communicate only with slight eye or thumb movements for six years can speak again, after stimulating electrodes were placed in his brain, researchers report. The 38-year-old also regained the ability to chew and swallow, which allows him to be spoon-fed, rather than relying on nourishment through a tube in his belly.
The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal Nature.
Read more about this story in the journal Nature.
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