http://www.generef.com/ GeneRef - Science News, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology, A Global Resource en-us Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:35:01 PST kcowing@spaceref.com (Keith Cowing) mkboucher@spaceref.com (Marc Boucher) Copyright 2009, SpaceRef Interactive Inc. http://www.generef.com/images/generef.sm.jpg http://www.generef.com/ 100 25 Biotethics, Biotech Policy, Regulation, and Legal Issues - GeneRef http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75884 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75884 Research led by a scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has opened the door for the advancement of a new category of painkillers, called TRPV1 antagonists. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75875 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75875 Health authorities should emphasize the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, despite the promotion of cessation drugs by pharmaceutical companies and many tobacco control advocates. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75855 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75855 A new tool may help standardize the use of computed tomography (CT scans) in children with minor head injury and help reduce the number of scans, according to a new study in CMAJ. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:19:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75856 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75856 Governments are under increasing pressure to provide access to expensive new drugs. Canadian patients who want access to drugs that are not publicly insured are seeking to pay for these drugs within public hospitals, states an article in CMAJ. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:19:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75848 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75848 A new national study suggests that preschool-aged children are likely to have a lower risk for obesity if they regularly engage in one or more of three specific household routines: eating dinner as a family, getting adequate sleep and limiting their weekd Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75772 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75772 Exposure to ecstasy or cocaine during adolescence increases the "reinforcing effects" that make people vulnerable to developing an addiction. This is the main conclusion of a research team from the University of Valencia, which has shown for the first tim Thu, 4 Feb 2010 07:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75749 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75749 The fact that glaciers in the Himalayan mountains are thinning is not disputed. However, few researchers have attempted to rigorously examine and quantify the causes. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist Surabi Menon set out to isolate the impa Wed, 3 Feb 2010 12:20:03 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75730 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75730 Three-quarters of nurses providing private and public care experienced workplace violence, but only one in six incidents were formally reported. The majority had been verbally abused, 69 percent had been physically threatened and 52 percent had been physi Wed, 3 Feb 2010 07:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75715 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75715 Preventing patients from leaving psychiatric wards without staff agreement could avoid up to 50 suicide deaths every year, say University of Manchester researchers. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:19:14 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75714 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75714 Between 1997 and 2006, 38 percent of out-of-clinic suicides by mental health patients were carried out by people absent without leave from the hospital. Researchers writing in the open-access journal BMC Psychiatry suggest that measures to improve the war Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:19:13 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75678 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75678 In a study published in the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, found that when primary care clinicians and community counselors collaborated to offer free Mon, 1 Feb 2010 21:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75651 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75651 Our need for stimulation and dopamine's action upon the brain are connected, which explains why people who constantly crave stimulation are in danger of addictive behavior such as drug abuse and gambling. Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:19:17 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75638 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75638 Surgeons who engage in minimally invasive, laparoscopic surgery are providing great benefits to their patients, but possibly to their own detriment. That's the finding of the largest survey ever conducted of surgeons in North America who perform laparosc Mon, 1 Feb 2010 09:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75605 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75605 Whether or not children receive regular dental care is strongly associated with their parents' history of seeking dental care. A new report to appear in the journal Pediatrics is the first to analyze the relationship between parents' and childrens' den Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:19:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75581 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75581 You'd think folks who've had knee replacement surgery -- finally able to walk and exercise without pain -- would lose weight instead of put on pounds, but surprisingly that's not the case, according to a University of Delaware study. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75559 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75559 The American College of Physicians today urged Congressional leaders to "reach agreement on a legislative pathway to provide affordable care to all Americans and ensure that they have access to primary-care physicians and other specialties facing shortage Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:19:14 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75550 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75550 A new study shows doctors work 1.7 hours less per week when medical liability risk increases by 10 percent. Such a decline in hours is the equivalent of one of every 35 physicians retiring without a replacement. Doctors age 55 and older and those with the Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:19:16 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75528 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75528 An innovative cardiac scanner will dramatically improve the process of diagnosing heart conditions. The portable magnetometer is being developed at the University of Leeds, with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council playing a Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:19:15 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75511 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75511 People being treated for schizophrenia are more likely than the general population to have encounters with the criminal justice system in the US. A study published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that schizophrenia patients' involveme Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:19:02 PDT http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75480 http://generef.com/newsstory.rss.html?pid=75480 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and UCLA Researchers Advocate for a National Health Trust for Personal and Public Health. The major innovation of this plan would be to incorporate existing private health insurance plans into a national system that reba Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:19:13 PDT