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Lifting weights reduces lymphedema symptoms following breast cancer surgery, Penn research shows

(PHILADELPHIA) -- Breast cancer survivors who lift weights are less likely than their non-weightlifting peers to experience worsening symptoms of lymphedema, the arm- and hand-swelling condition that plagues many women following surgery for their disease, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research published in the August 13 issue of the New England Journal of M

Aug 12, 2009

Health

Stanford researchers call for drug labels to disclose lack of comparison with existing medications

STANFORD, Calif. -- The labeling information that comes with prescription drugs tells you what's known about the medication, but researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine think it's high time that the labeling tell you what isn't known.

Aug 12, 2009

Health

Vision improvement after gene therapy maintained at 1 year for inherited retinal blindness

PHILADELPHIA -- One year after a trio of young adults received gene therapy for an inherited form of blindness, researchers have documented that the patients are still experiencing the same level of remarkable vision improvements previously measured within weeks.

Aug 12, 2009

Health

ADA publishes practice guidelines for nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury

CHICAGO -- The American Dietetic Association has published new evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines for registered dietitians on nutrition care for patients with spinal cord injury. The guidelines contain systematically developed recommendations to assist practitioners in appropriate nutrition care, with specific recommendations on:

Aug 12, 2009

Health

No experience required: Category-specific brain organization in sighted and blind humans

A new study finds a surprising similarity in the way neural circuits linked to vision process information in both sighted individuals and those who have been blind since birth.

Aug 12, 2009

Brain & Behavior

Hebrew U. researchers shed light on the brain mechanism responsible for processing of speech

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded for the first time in devising a model that describes and identifies a basic cellular mechanism that enables networks of neurons to efficiently decode speech in changing conditions.

Aug 12, 2009

Health

Cardiac arrest resuscitation: Passive oxygen flow better than assisted ventilation

Arizona researchers have added another piece to the mounting body of evidence that suggests during resuscitation efforts to treat patients in cardiac arrest…

Aug 12, 2009

Health

Scientific community urges officials and public to use latest evidence as guide in H1N1 prevention and protection procedures

WASHINGTON, DC (August 11, 2009) - As flu season draws nearer along with the potential for resurgence in H1N1, leading infectious diseases doctors, hospital epidemiologists, and infection preventionists urge officials to base recommendations for the public and healthcare workers on scientific knowledge and frontline experience gained from the outbreak this summer.

Aug 12, 2009

Health

What are factors associated with use of gastric cancer screening services in Korea?

The mortality of gastric cancer is decreasing despite the increasing incidence in Korea. This can be explained by surgical technique development and early detection by endoscopic screening or upper gastrointestinal study.

Aug 12, 2009

Health

Budesonide is not beneficial for the treatment of diarrhea in metastatic melanoma patients

PHILADELPHIA -- Patients with stage III or IV melanoma taking ipilimumab and the oral steroid budesonide to reduce side effects did not have less diarrhea, a known side effect of ipilimumab, according to results of a phase II trial published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Aug 11, 2009

Health

A synthetic derivative of the kudzu vine can reduce drinking and prevent relapse

Kudzu extracts have been used in Chinese folk medicine to treat alcoholism for about 1,000 years. Daidzin is an anti-drinking substance in kudzu. A synthetic form of daidzin, called CVT-10216, can successfully reduce drinking and prevent relapse in preclinical rodent models.

Aug 11, 2009

Health

Exercise and Mediterranean-type diet combined associated with lower risk for Alzheimer's

NEW YORK -- Both being more physically active and adhering to a Mediterranean-type diet appears to be associated with reduced Alzheimer's risk, according to a new report in the August 12, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

Aug 11, 2009

Health

Study examines decrease in delivery-related rate of death of infants born at term

During about the last 20 years, the risk of delivery-related death at birth or shortly thereafter for term infants has decreased nearly 40 percent in Scotland, with the largest contributing factor being a decrease in the number of deaths caused by a lack of oxygen for the baby during the childbirth process, according to a study in the August 12 issue of JAMA.

Aug 11, 2009

Health

UCF scientists control living cells with light; advances could enhance stem cells' power

University of Central Florida researchers have shown for the first time that light energy can gently guide and change the orientation of living cells within lab cultures. That ability to optically steer cells could be a major step in harnessing the healing power of stem cells and guiding them to areas of the body that need help.

Aug 11, 2009