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Schizophrenia :: Genetic variation helps to understand predisposition to schizophrenia

Scientists have provided new insight into how a gene is related to schizophrenia. In a study to be published in the August 17 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Amanda J. Law, Medical Research Council Fellow and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Visiting Scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), along with colleagues at NIH describe for the first time a genetic variation that causes a gene to be overexpressed in the human brain. These results may provide a new way to design better drugs to treat schizophrenia.

Heart Disease :: Reductive stress linked to heart disease

Antioxidants are widely considered an important defense against heart disease, but University of Utah researchers have found excessive levels of one antioxidant?reduced glutathione?actually may contribute to the disease.

Mental Health :: High-tech diagnosis yields vital clues into mental illness

Is there a definitive test for mental illness? Not yet, but using advanced neuropsychiatric diagnostic tools including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET), mental health professionals at The Menninger Clinic in Houston are pinpointing the causes of behavioral and psychiatric problems in patients.

Stress :: Self-test for stress and fatigue tested in undersea mission

An undersea mission simulating the space environment will provide data for development of tools to quickly assess stress, fatigue and cognitive fitness in preparation for performing critical mission tasks.

Obesity :: Weight maintenance may be linked to decreased bone density in menopausal women

Women going through menopause gain on average of one pound of body weight each year. New research reveals, however, that efforts to minimize or reverse this trend have the undesirable side effect of decreasing bone mineral density (BMD), putting those who are most successful at controlling weight gain at greater risk of osteoporosis.

Baby :: Safety of polycarbonate baby bottles reconfirmed

The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA), which represents the leading manufacturers of baby bottles in the United States is aware of the panel evaluation of bisphenol A, organized by the Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR).

Celiac Disease :: Oats diet for celiac disease patients

Health Canada has completed its review of recent scientific research on the safety of pure oats, uncontaminated with other cereal grains such as wheat, barley and ryes for people with celiac disease.

Bowel Cancer :: Edinburgh scientists investigate possible ways to prevent bowel cancer

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre have been given a cash boost from Cancer Research UK to help them investigate new ways to prevent bowel cancer.

Smoking :: Canada to ban misleading terms on tobacco products

The Canadian Minister of Health, Tony Clement, announced that proposed regulations to prohibit the use of “light” and “mild” terms were pre-published in Canada Gazette, Part I on August 4, 2007, for a 75 day comment period.

Diabetes :: Scientists show that mitochondrial DNA variants are linked to risk factors for type 2 diabetes

Today, researchers report for the first time that genetic variants in mitochondria?energy-producing structures harboring DNA that are inherited only from the mother?are directly linked to metabolic markers for type 2 diabetes. The study, which highlights the role of mitochondrial genome variation in the pathogenesis of common diseases, is published online in Genome Research (www.genome.org).