A University of Iowa study shows that loss or chemical inhibition of a protein, known as acid sensing ion channel protein (ASIC1a), reduces innate fear behavior in lab animals, making normally timid mice relatively fearless.
Geisinger Health System was recently named a 2007 Computerworld Honors Laureate, an honor that recognizes Geisinger?s innovations in using information technology in healthcare. The award was accepted on behalf of Geisinger by chief innovation and technology officer, Ronald A. Paulus, MD.
New research has shown that work-related stress is a cause of clinical depression and anxiety among young adults. In a study of almost 900 32-year olds, 14 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men experiencing stress at work – and with no prior mental health problems – had a first episode of depression or anxiety at age 32.
The results of a study conducted in Ghana show that breastfeeding babies as early as within the first hour of birth can save hundreds of thousands of infants’ lives in developing countries.
As children approach their teen years, parents often worry about how to protect them from new risks and potential dangers. Experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a campaign to educate parents about one of the things they can do to protect their children at 11 and 12 years of age and for years to come: make sure they are vaccinated against serious, sometimes life-threatening diseases such as meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, and cervical cancer.
Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units in hospitals. NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI) Immunology & Molecular Diagnostic Research Unit Team Leader, Dr James Chin, says it is commonly believed that each time an antibiotic is used only pathogens or disease-causing bacteria will be killed.
A nurse researcher at the Cancer Care Research Centre, based at the University of Stirling is using a research fellowship of more than ?90,000 from Cancer Research UK to provide support for people with head and neck cancers.
At a time when national rates of cesarean delivery have climbed above 30%, a four-year study of patients receiving an alternative method of obstetric care experienced a significantly lower rate of cesarean births, according to a study published in the current issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
About 80 percent of patients referred to a specialist by their primary care physician complete the referral within three months finds a study of 776 patients from the offices of 133 physicians in 81 practices and 30 states.
With the recent approval of the first vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), this study takes a closer look at the implications for counseling about cervical cancer prevention in primary care.