Archive for August 2nd, 2012

Clusters Of Congenital Anomalies Likely To Go Unnoticed Due To Lack Of Nationwide Surveillance

One baby in every 45 was born with a congenital anomaly in 2010 according to the second annual report by the British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers (BINOCAR), released today (Thursday). The report [1] by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London collates data from six regional registers [2], one more than for 2009, [...]

Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Offered New Hope By Change In Drug Regimen

A study co-authored by a Loyola researcher and published in the New England Journal of Medicine is offering new hope to women with advanced breast cancer. The study found that combing two drugs that normally are each given as single agents significantly extended the lives of women with metastatic breast cancer. Kathy Albain, MD, a [...]

Tool That Helps Dietitians Deliver Info Clients Need And Can Understand

If you’ve consulted with a nutrition educator about how best to lose weight or manage your diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, you may not have learned as much as you could have, said a University of Illinois professor of nutrition extension. “Only 80 percent of the dietitians we surveyed did any pre-assessment of [...]

Brain Aging May Be Accelerated By Concussions And Head Impacts

Concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain’s natural aging process by causing signaling pathways in the brain to break down more quickly than they would in someone who has never suffered a brain injury or concussion. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology and the U-M Health System looked [...]

Physiologists Have Identified The Biological Mechanism That Could Be Responsible For Cold Feet

Cold feet – those chilly appendages that plague many people in the winter and an unlucky few all year round – can be the bane of existence for singles and couples alike. In a new study, scientists led by Selvi C. Jeyaraj of the Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have identified a biological mechanism [...]