Study reveals drinking alcohol reduces breast milk supply in women
...hol Awareness Month an annual program designed to shed light on the importance of identifying alcoholism and intervention breastfeeding mothers are now armed with scientific data highlighting the health risks associated with moderate alcohol consumption during lactation. For centuries, physicians and mi...OHSU researchers demonstrate how Alzheimer's disease impacts important brain cell function
...rsity's Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) have shed light on the brain cell damage caused by Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hope that by gaining a better understanding of the disease's cellular impacts, progress can be made towards developing a treatment. The research is reported in the current ...Lupus and the role of Epstein-Barr virus
...in African Americans. In addition, their findings shed new light on variation in a T-cell response gene that might influence immune responsiveness to EBV among lupus patients. Participants in the Carolina Lupus Study included 230 patients recently diagnosed with lupus. Ranging widely in age, the ...Painless test using teardrops may speed diagnosis of Sjgren's syndrome
...new painless technique would require that patients shed as little as a single teardrop, collected in a doctors office using special filter papers. The teardrop would then be analyzed in the laboratory for newly discovered protein biomarkers and results can be obtained in as little as one hour, Tomosugi sa...Child sex abuse policy recommendations published in Science magazine
...al science journal "is a tremendous opportunity to shed light on an important and neglected area." "Science is most needed where passion overshadows reason," Spiegel said. "Jennifer Freyd has applied the tools of science to this contentious area, helping us understand the effects of trauma in the family ...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...pment that may lead to autism. Still, the results shed new light on when autism starts and how early it can be detected. "This is an important breakthrough in our understanding of the initial behavioral signs of autism," says Peter Szatmari, Director of the Offord Centre and a member of the Canadian rese...A candidate biomarker to improve treatment of lupus patients
...cience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ), the findings shed important light on the role of interferon, a protein critical to immunity released into the bloodstream, in the progression of SLE. Supported by the Alliance for Lupus Research, the Lupus Research Institute, the Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Researc...Obese workers' pay lower due to health costs, Stanford study finds
... forces are powerful," she said. The findings also shed light on the question of who bears the cost of obesity-related health care. While it is often assumed that obese workers' medical expenses are passed on to their employers and normal-weight co-workers, the Stanford study indicates that obese workers ...Study suggests antibiotic may limit or prevent vision problems caused by diabetes
...dy in rats confirmed the results. "This study has shed more light on the processes that lead to vision loss in those with diabetes," Levison said. "We hope that these discoveries will lead to new treatments for diabetic retinopathy, which remains a leading cause of blindness." In addition to Krady and Le...Still have to swab those tonsils, Mayo Clinic study finds
... streptococci -- commonly known as strep throat -- shed enough DNA that the infection could be detected toward the front of the mouth. She explains that a certain amount of DNA is needed in order for a strep test to come out positive. "We found you have to go all the way to the back of the throat to swab...New insights into role of tumor necrosis factor on sex hormone production in rheumatoid arthritis
...://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritis ), shed new light on suppression of androgen by TNF in RA patients, as well as on the different nature of inflammation in RA from the most common inflammatory disease: osteoarthritis (OA). To get a clear picture of how TNF affects hormone production ...Breast cancer uses growth factors to lure stem cells
...nd cells normally keep some proteins they make and shed others, Dr. Adam says. Much as a blood test can show what proteins are being secreted in the body, the researchers looked in the cell culture media where the cancer cells resided to see what proteins were being secreted. "We wanted to see what kin...Shrinking brains but healthy memory - does brain matter matter?
...d women. "The PATH Through Life project is set to shed much information on health, wealth and happiness, and hopefully show the way for health care and targeting of support to better meet the needs of individuals at different stages of life," Professor Christensen said....Study sheds light on the developmental origins of polycystic ovarian syndrome
...ht is the birth weight of one's mother." The study shed light on three aspects of the developmental origins of PCOS, he concluded. "There are reproductive consequences of metabolic programming events that occur during foetal development; we may need to look further back up the generations and look at more...New model may better predict outcomes for children with autism and autistic spectrum disorders
...treatment's success. Additionally, the model might shed light into causes of ASD, as yet unknown. Children with ASD from different causes may follow different developmental paths," says Dr. Coplan, and studying those patterns may help researchers to better identify causes for the diseases. Dr. Coplan has ...Mood lighting: Penn researchers determine role of serotonin in modulating circadian rhythm
...he brain, Sehgal and colleagues hope to be able to shed light on the possible role of circadian activity on affective disorders. The interplay of serotonin, light, and the circadian system suggests a close relationship between circadian regulation and mental health. Sehgal's co-authors are Quan Yuan, Fan...Scientists studying ways to help community college employees lose weight and keep it off
...h foods should support employees who are trying to shed excess pounds. "In North Carolina, obesity account...ers both, along with cash incentives for those who shed pounds and achieve a healthy weight....Study aims to help elderly recover after surgery
...dinburgh have begun a year long study that aims to shed light on the best ways of helping elderly people to maintain their physical independence and recover after operations. The study will draw in volunteers from central and south Edinburgh, who will attend training sessions at the Royal Infirmary. The g...Researchers identify gene set linked to breast cancer's spread to lungs
... there, how virulent it will become. The findings shed new light on the biology of breast cancer metastasis, and could lead to a possible prognostic tool and new targets for breast cancer treatment. "Our work shows that the ability of a tumor to form metastases depends on the combined action of multipl......antly renewed around a thousand billion cells are shed from the top of the villi every day. Professor Watson and his team found that this renewal process leaves 'gaps' in the lining of the bowel which, in healthy tissue, are immediately filled with a glue-like substance that plugs the gaps. The research...