| Global study shows diabetes and heart disease can be a deadly combination Posted: 11 Jun 2016 01:56 PM PDT New research has found that patients with type 2 diabetes admitted into the hospital for congestive heart failure face a one in four chance of dying within 18 months. Patients with type 2 diabetes have two to three times the heart disease risk of the general population, but the findings paint a grimmer picture of the outcome for diabetes patients with severe heart disease than was known. |
| World's first vaccine developed against Toxic Shock Syndrome Posted: 11 Jun 2016 09:54 AM PDT Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) is a severe circulatory and organ failure caused by bacterial toxins, usually triggered by bacteria from the Staphylococcus group. Researchers have now developed the world's first safe and effective vaccine against this disease and successfully tested it in a Phase I trial. |
| Older Americans with diabetes living longer without disability, US study shows Posted: 11 Jun 2016 09:53 AM PDT Older Americans with diabetes born in the 1940s are living longer and with less disability performing day to day tasks than those born 10 years earlier, according to new research. |
| Eye study underscores the long-lasting benefits of controlling diabetes Posted: 11 Jun 2016 09:53 AM PDT People with type 2 diabetes who intensively controlled their blood sugar level during the landmark ACCORD Trial Eye Study were found to have cut their risk of diabetic retinopathy in half in a follow-up analysis conducted four years after stopping intensive therapy. |
| Earth scientists push boundaries of 3D modeling Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:37 PM PDT Earth scientists are changing the way they study the geological record, thanks to new advances in three-dimensional modeling. This work will have major implications for the study of geomorphology, geodynamics and climate, say authors. |
| Weight and diet may help predict sleep quality Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT The old adage 'you are what you eat,' may be better phrased as 'your sleep relates to what you eat.' An individual's body composition and caloric intake can influence time spent in specific sleep stages, according to results of a new study. |
| Implantable device cuts obstructive sleep apnea symptoms Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT Since the 1980s, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) -- in which positive pressure is pushed through the nasal airways to help users breathe while sleeping - has been by far the most widely used treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). With more than 18 million people experiencing OSA, a number expected to rise, new results from a case study of a new device implanted in the chest called hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HGNS) offers promise for patients with moderate to severe OSA who cannot tolerate CPAP. |
| Amino acid identified associated with poor performance under sleep restriction Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT The amino acid acetylcarnitine may help predict an individual's neurobehavioral performance during chronic sleep restriction, according to new results. |
| Supporting pollinators could have big payoff for Texas cotton farmers Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT Increasing the diversity of pollinator species can dramatically increase cotton production, according to a new study. In South Texas alone, this could boost cotton production by up to 18 percent, yielding an increase in annual revenue of more than $1.1 million. |
| Alzheimer's researchers find clues to toxic forms of amyloid beta Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT Much of the research on Alzheimer's disease has focused on the amyloid beta protein, which clumps together into sticky fibrils that form deposits in the brains of people with the disease. In recent years, attention has turned away from the fibrils themselves to an intermediate stage in the aggregation of amyloid beta. A new study helps lift the veil on the structure and behavior of these neurotoxic 'oligomers.' |
| Female sex hormone clue to fighting serious immune disease Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:36 PM PDT The results of a study showed for the first time a beneficial effect of estrogens in experimental models of skin fibrosis that are representative of the disease process in systemic sclerosis (SSc). These findings may explain the increased incidence of SSc in women after the menopause, the greater severity of SSc in men, and importantly open up the possibility of developing potential hormone therapies for this difficult-to-treat condition. |
| Genetic clue to development of mouth ulcers in lupus Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT The results of a new study showed for the first time an association between a specific genetic pathway and the development of mouth ulcers in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Linking the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genetic pathway with a specific disease characteristic among SLE patients represents an important step towards unravelling the genetic basis of different SLE clinical presentations. |
| Prolonged repetitive physical workload increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT The results of a new study showed that prolonged repetitive physical workload increases the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although work-related physical activity over many years is known to cause many cases of osteoarthritis (OA) in selected joints, this is the first study to show a link between physical workload and RA. |
| Globalization made economic production more vulnerable to climate change Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT The susceptibility of the global economic network to workers' heat-stress has doubled in the last decade, a new study finds. The analysis shows for the first time how enhanced connectivity of the global network of supply can amplify production losses, as these losses can be spread more easily across countries. |
| X-ray snapshot of butterfly wings reveals underlying physics of color Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT A team of physicists that visualized the internal nanostructure of an intact butterfly wing has discovered two physical attributes that make those structures so bright and colorful. |
| Milky Way now hidden from one-third of humanity Posted: 10 Jun 2016 02:35 PM PDT The Milky Way, the brilliant river of stars that has dominated the night sky and human imaginations since time immemorial, is but a faded memory to one third of humanity and 80 percent of Americans, according to a new global atlas of light pollution produced by Italian and American scientists. |
| New mathematics accurately captures liquids, surfaces moving in synergy Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:09 AM PDT A new mathematical framework allows researchers to capture fluid dynamics coupled to interface motion at unprecedented detail. The framework, called "interfacial gauge methods" rewrites the equations governing incompressible fluid flow in a way that is more amenable to accurate computer modeling. |
| 'Now-or-never bottleneck' explains language acquisition Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:08 AM PDT We are constantly bombarded with linguistic input, but our brains are unable to remember long strings of linguistic information. How does the brain make sense of this ongoing deluge of sound? |
| New way to control oxygen for electronic properties Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:08 AM PDT Researchers have found they could use a small electric current to introduce oxygen voids, or vacancies, that dramatically change the conductivity of thin oxide films. |
| Scoliosis linked to disruptions in spinal fluid flow Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:08 AM PDT Irregular fluid flow through the spinal column brought on by gene mutations is linked to a type of scoliosis that can affect humans during adolescence, a new study in zebrafish suggests. Also found in people, these genes damage the hair-like projections called motile cilia that move fluid through the spinal canal and lead to a curvature of the spine. |
| Damage to tiny liver protein function leads to heart disease, fatty liver Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:07 AM PDT For the first time, it has been discovered that a tiny liver protein that when disrupted can lead to the nation's top killer -- cardiovascular disease -- as well as fatty liver disease, a precursor to cancer. |
| Native Olympia oysters more resilient to ocean acidification, study finds Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:06 AM PDT Native Olympia oysters, which once thrived along the Pacific Northwest coast until over-harvesting and habitat loss all but wiped them out, have a built-in resistance to ocean acidification during a key shell-building phase after spawning, according to a new study. Researchers believe this may have implications for the future of the commercial oyster industry. |
| Generating unclonable patterns to fight counterfeiting Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:06 AM PDT In a multinational collaboration, researchers have developed a new method to produce unique reflecting patterns that can be applied on valuable objects. As these patterns can't be cloned or copied, they could be used to identify products unambiguously in order to avoid counterfeiting. |
| Cancer-causing virus strikes genetically vulnerable horses Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:06 AM PDT A new study shows genetic differences in immune function partly account for why some horses get sarcoid tumors while others do not. |
| Many with migraines have vitamin deficiencies, says study Posted: 10 Jun 2016 11:06 AM PDT A high percentage of children, teens and young adults with migraines appear to have mild deficiencies in vitamin D, riboflavin and coenzyme Q10 -- a vitamin-like substance found in every cell of the body that is used to produce energy for cell growth and maintenance. |
| New tool brings personalized medicine closer Posted: 10 Jun 2016 09:18 AM PDT A powerful tool for exploring and determining the inherent biological differences between individuals, has now been developed, which overcomes a major hurdle for personalized medicine. |
| Discovery of molecular protection linked to a degenerative neuromuscular disease Posted: 10 Jun 2016 08:27 AM PDT Kennedy's disease leads to progressive muscle wastage. It is a condition that affects only men and it appears between 40 and 50 years of age. There is no specific treatment available. In individuals with this disease, muscle cells and motor neurons die over the years because they accumulate a protein that is mutated. Researchers discover that this protein has a self-protective mechanism through which the deleterious effects of the mutation are delayed. |
| Peanut allergy prevention strategy is nutritionally safe, study suggests Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:47 AM PDT Introducing peanut-containing foods during infancy as a peanut allergy prevention strategy does not compromise the duration of breastfeeding or affect children's growth and nutritional intakes, new findings show. |
| Light is information's new friend: 100x increase in amount of information 'packed into light' Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:44 AM PDT A research team demonstrates over 100 patterns of light used in an optical communication link, potentially increasing the bandwidth of communication systems by 100 times. |
| The Hawthorne Effect hinders accurate hand hygiene observation, study says Posted: 10 Jun 2016 06:44 AM PDT When healthcare providers know they are being watched, they are twice as likely to comply with hand hygiene guidelines. This is in comparison to when healthcare providers do not know someone is watching, according to a new study. This phenomenon -- called The Hawthorne Effect -- impacts the ability to capture accurate human behavior because individuals modify their actions when they know they are being observed. |
