A University of Iowa-led study came to a surprising and encouraging conclusion: Concession stands can benefit financially from offering healthy foods instead of just junk food, Beyond that, consumers are pleased to have the helathy choices available. A release from the university reports that in the fall of 2008, researchers asked the booster club in Muscatine, Iowa to add healthy foods such from apples and string cheese to its concessions menu while also putting healthier ingredients in big sellers like nachos and popcorn.
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Solving The Lithium Problem
A safer form of lithium is on the horizon, researchers say.
The drug, one of the most widely used to treat bipolar disorder has a serious drawback of toxicity.
But investigators from the University of South Florida discovered that an oral variation, lithium salicylate, maintains steady levels of the drug for up to 48 hours without the toxic “spike” that happens with the rapid absorption of FDA-approved lithium carbonate.
Their study results appear in RSC Advances, the journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
A New Understanding of Metastasis
In their deadly journey through the body, cancer cells travel much more efficiently than had been previously thought, a new study shows.
Researchers, whose findings were reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, developed a new mathematical formula that they say better reflects the behavior of cells as they travel through 3-D environments.
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Subtyping Breast Ca to Identify High Risk Women
A University of South Florida-led study has refined a personalized approach to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. A release from the university explains that a method called molecular subtyping can help doctors better determine which of their breast cancer patients are at high risk of getting breast cancer again. This sophisticated genetic profiling of an individual's specific tumor offers an additional resource to help identify patients who would most benefit from chemotherapy and those who would not.
Smart Phone Could Help Doctors to Diagnose Illness
Along with all their other functions, smart phones may soon be able to diagnose diseases in real time.
Researchers from the University of Houston are developing a diagnostic system that could be read using only a smart phone and a $20 lens attachment.
This new device, like essentially all diagnostic tools, relies on spotting specific chemical interactions between something that causes a disease – a virus or bacteria, for example – and a molecule that bonds with that one thing only, like a disease-fighting antibody.
Docs Not Sure Which Tests to Order
A survey of primary care physicians suggests they often face uncertainty in ordering and interpreting clinical laboratory tests, and would welcome better electronic clinical decision support tools.
The results of the survey, done at the University of Illinois in Chicago and sponsored by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were published in the March-April 2014 issue of The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.
Good News for Lifelong Exercisers
Along with its salutary effects on the heart, weight, and other facets of health, physical activity also helps to regenerate muscle mass, which tends to diminish as people age. That’s the finding of research done at the University of Utah and other institutions published in the March 6th 2014 in the journal Free Radical Biology and Medicine.
There is No Beating the Breathalyzer
St. Patrick’s day will be here soon and parades are already happening in many communities around the country. Because this is a celebration typically associated with quaffing green beer or otherwise imbibing, The American Chemical Society wants to remind you that you need a designated driver if you’ll be drinking. A release from the society says that when it comes to have a breathalyzer test, ”If you think you can beat it, think again; chemistry will land you in cuffs.”
Diagnosing Parkinson’s-Related Dementia
Researchers have determined that it may now be possible to identify Parkinson's patients who will go on to develop dementia.
A study conducted by researchers from the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal used magnetic resonance imaging in reaching its conclusion. The findings were published in the journal Brain.
Parkinson’s is usually associated with problems such as trembling, but patients also have a six times greater risk of developing dementia than do those who don’t have Parkinson’s.
Use Common Sense When Wearing Body Slimmers
By Family Health Team at the Cleveland Clinic
Ladies, we all know the marvels achievable with shapewear – those slimming, stretchy undergarments that can help you go down a dress size and make your body seem smaller and firmer.
Osteoporosis and Strength Training
By Neil Short, Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach
Osteoporosis is called the “silent disease” and for good reason. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), more than 50% of women over the age of 50 have it, and few will know until they fall and break a bone.
And it doesn’t stop there. The NOF estimates that a full 20% of seniors who break their hip will die within one year from complications due to surgery or recovery, and most end up in nursing homes well before their time.
A Blood Test for Alzheimer’s
There’s an Alzheimer’s blood test now – a procedure that can detect whether a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s within three years.
The test has a 90 percent accuracy rate.
Described in the April issue of Nature Medicine, the test could lead to the development of treatment for early-stage Alzheimer’s, when therapy would be more effective at slowing or preventing onset of symptoms.
New Theory on the Cause of Endometriosis
Changes to two previously unstudied genes are the centerpiece of a new theory regarding the cause and development of endometriosis, a chronic and painful disease affecting 1 in 10 women.
How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads
The system that allows the sharing of genetic material among bacteria, and therefore the spread of antibiotic resistance has been uncovered by a team of scientists at Birkbeck, University of London and University College London.
Driving? Better Not Drink — At All
For older drivers, as little as one drink may be too much, according to new research.
Investigators from the University of Florida analyzed how drinking legally non-intoxicating levels of alcohol affect the driving skills of people aged 25 to 35 and those aged 55 to 70.
Clues to the Mystery of Disease
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have devised a new biochemical technique that will allow scientists to delve much deeper than ever before into the specific cellular circuitry that keeps us healthy or causes disease.
10 Things Docs & Older Patients Should Question
“Choosing Wisely”, and initiative of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, has released a 2014 update from the American Geriatrics Society listing 10 procedures and tests that should not be routinely performed or prescribed for older patients: