Sex Of Baby Drives Response To Pregnancy Stress
University of Adelaide research is showing that the sex of the baby determines the way it responds to stressors during pregnancy and its ability to survive pregnancy complications.
Male and female babies during pregnancy show different growth and development patterns following stressors during pregnancy such as disease, cigarette use [...]
New HIV Model Suggests Killer T Cell For Vaccine
Limited success in modelling the behaviour of the complex, unusual and unpredictable HIV virus has slowed efforts to develop an effective vaccine to prevent AIDS.
A new improved modelling system, developed by Chinese researchers, which attempts to incorporate more of the virus’ random behavioural dynamics, suggests that a [...]
Biochemist Unlocks Gene’s Role In Breast-Tumour Growth
New research led by McGill Biochemist Dr. William Muller helps explain why breast-milk cells lose their structure, causing them to clump up in strange ways and sometimes become cancer tumors. With the support of Chen Ling and Dongmei Zuo at McGill’s Goodman Cancer Centre, Muller has discovered how one [...]
New Treatment Option For Major Cause Of Blindness In Adults
A drug may be more effective against the leading cause of adult blindness than laser treatments, a new study has shown.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine participated in a national multi-center trial comparing treatments for diabetic macular edema, a swelling of [...]
Regular Aerobic Exercise Is Good For The Brain
Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a non-human primate model. The findings are available in the journal Neuroscience.
While [...]
One-Off Bowel Test Could Greatly Reduce Cancer Deaths
A short, one-off sigmoidoscopy test to locate tumors and polyps in the colon using a small camera and a flexible tube could reduce deaths from bowel cancer by 40 per cent, concluded a UK trial involving 55 to 64 year olds.
You can read a report on the trial, [...]
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4 Comments »Parents Can Help Overweight Kids With Body Image
When parents maintain a healthy body image and weight-control strategies, overweight adolescent children tend to follow their example, a new study reveals.
“There was a pretty strong association between parent body satisfaction and adolescent body satisfaction,” said Taya Cromley, Ph.D., who led the study at University of California, San [...]
Parents Update: Pediatric Cancer Myths & Facts
“Your child has cancer.” They are words every parent can’t imagine hearing.
However, many parents are still in the dark about what causes pediatric cancer, how it is treated and the quality of life for children following treatment. To help parents better understand pediatric cancer and bring greater awareness to [...]
Pediatric Care – On Your Cell Phone And In Your Neighborhoods
Having a baby is a very exciting time for new parents, with all the preparation and anticipation that comes with it. But how do parents find help and assistance-from prenatal care to parenting tips? Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHUSON) have [...]
Diabetes Raises Risk For Post-Surgical Mortality In Cancer Patients
Undergoing surgical cancer treatment holds greater risk for people who also have diabetes than it does for people who just have cancer, according to a study being published this month in Diabetes Care.
The study, conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, found that people who have both [...]
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