Ghost authorship is the failure to name, as an author, an individual who has made a substantial contribution to a scientific article. A study of 44 industry-initiated trials from Denmark in the 1990s found evidence of ghost authorship for 33 trials, which increased to 40 if a person qualifying for authorship was just acknowledged rather than being named as an author.
A review of published data on use of human growth hormone by healthy elderly people found that the synthetic hormone was associated with small changes in body composition but not in body weight or other clinically important outcomes.
Now, overweight obese people can reduce their weight by just chewing chewing gums! These chewing gums will help them to reduce their weight by 25%.
The Cancer Council, New South Wales, Australia, has new guidelines on soy and cancer. Cancer Council recommends soy foods as part of a healthy diet but warn against high-dose supplements for people who have breast or prostate cancer.
A gene that apparently can raise the risk of developing the most common form of dementia – Alzheimer’s disease, has been identified and this may help scientists develop new treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease.
A psychological technique based on Buddhist philosophy and practice may provide a solution for women who struggle with binge eating and bulimia. The technique known as ‘mindfulness’ is being taught to Queensland women to help them understand and deal with the emotions that trigger their binges.
Members of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority discussed the broad principles for handling any research proposals into hybrid and chimera research. The HFEA has received two applications from scientific teams to carry out research using human cells and animal eggs to produce stem cells.
Cough and cold medicines can be harmful, and even fatal, and should be used with caution in children under 2 years of age, said Dr. Adam Cohen, an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study appears in the Jan_12 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the CDC.
According to the National Eye Institute, Americans are facing increasing rates of visual impairment from age-related diseases. The articles in this special issue on vision address three general areas: screening for diabetic retinopathy, basic research on treating and preventing vision loss, and management of patients with low vision.
Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated in two new studies that availability of data supporting testosterone?s efficacy in treating sexual dysfunction and its cardiovascular safety, is very limited.