Breast Cancer :: New link between estrogen and breast cancer
The female sex hormone estrogen turns on a gene linked to breast cancer, according to new research by Brisbane scientists.
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Bacteria :: New light-sensing ability discovered in disease-causing bacteria
The bacteria that cause brucellosis can sense light and use the information to regulate their virulence, according to a study in the August 24 issue of the journal Science. The discovery comes after 120 years of research into the disease, which causes abortions in livestock and fevers in humans. Researchers found that two other bacteria, including a species that attacks plants, sense light using the same type of protein structure, and at least 94 more species possess the code for it in their DNA.
Infection :: UAB researchers discover process of GBS infection formation
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) collaborated with Researcher Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., from the University of Connecticut to discover important information about Group B Streptococus (GBS), a bacterium that causes serious, life-threatening infection, especially in infants and the elderly.
Bacteria :: Environmental monitoring helps to predict risk of hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease
A new study spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has determined that environmental monitoring of institutional water systems can help to predict the risk of hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia, better known as Legionnaires’ disease.
Cholesterol :: British Heart Foundation comments on side effects of raising HDL cholesterol
Dr Jay Heinecke of the University of Washington School of Medicine this week presented a paper about raising HDL cholesterol at the American Chemical Society.
Burns :: Large burns linked to increased risk of cardiac problems ? British Heart Foundation comments
A study in the online open access journal Critical Care which claims that large burns can trigger cardiac problems and enhanced inflammatory and hypermetabolic responses in patients.
Diabetes :: Diabetes risk for heart attack victims ? nation?s heart charity comments on new research
In response to an article published in the Lancet on 24 August, called Acute myocardial infarction and diabetes, which suggests that heart attack victims are at increased risk of diabetes, Professor Peter Weissberg, Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation (BHF) says:
Diabetes :: UIC studies aspirin-like treatment for type 2 diabetes
The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of 16 sites in the United States taking part in the first large-scale study to test a promising approach to lowering blood glucose levels in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Brain :: Ear drum perforation may be sign of brain injury
Physicians treating patients who have suffered tympanic membrane perforation as a result of blast should also look for signs of comcomitant brain or neurologic injury, according to a study published in the August 23 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Stroke :: Improving the outcome of stroke, UK
The UK urgently needs to reorganise stroke services to improve outcomes for patients, argues a senior doctor in this week?s BMJ.