http://en.redtram.com/ medicalnewstoday.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:35:43 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 148474 | Workplace Literacy Schemes Are Too Short To Improve Skills http://en.redtram.com/go/232927587/top100/ 232927587 It is clear from our research that policymakers are mistaken in expecting immediate and major effects on productivity,' says Professor Wolf. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:55 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927587/top100/ 148474 | Explore The Science Of Familiar Things -- And Discover The 'Joy Of Chemistry' http://en.redtram.com/go/232927573/top100/ 232927573 Now in paperback, this highly accessible guidebook to understanding 'everyday enigmas' was named an "Outstanding Academic Title" by the American Library Association's review journal Choice , which highly recommended The Joy of Chemistry, noting it "covers nearly all the subjects Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927573/top100/ 148474 | The Center For Science Writings Presents 'The Evolution Of God,' Dec. 2 http://en.redtram.com/go/232927557/top100/ 232927557 In his new book "The Evolution of God," the bestselling journalist Robert Wright, renowned for his popular works on evolutionary psychology, presents a radical interpretation of the evolution of religion and of our concepts of God. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:44 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927557/top100/ 148474 | Swine Flu Transmission Could Be Reduced By 21 Percent By School Closure http://en.redtram.com/go/232927535/top100/ 232927535 Niel Hens, from Hasselt and Antwerp University, Belgium, led a team of European researchers in using previously published data from Belgium, England & Wales, Finland, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, Poland and The Netherlands to estimate the effects of school closure on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927535/top100/ 148474 | Knockouts In Human Cells Point To Pathogenic Targets http://en.redtram.com/go/232927514/top100/ 232927514 In most human cell cultures genes are present in two copies: one inherited from the father and one from the mother. Gene inactivation by mutation is therefore inefficient because when one copy is inactivated, the second copy usually remains active Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927514/top100/ 148474 | Our Skin Helps Us "Hear" Speech http://en.redtram.com/go/232927486/top100/ 232927486 The study is the work of professor Bryan Gick from the Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada and PhD student Donald Derrick. A paper on their work was published in Nature on 26 November. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:14 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927486/top100/ 148474 | Four University Of Montreal Discoveries To Be Commercialized By Univalor And Cognitive Sensing Inc. http://en.redtram.com/go/232927471/top100/ 232927471 Univalor, which commercializes discoveries from the Université de Montréal and its affiliated institutions, and CSI have announced the signature of a license agreement giving CSI exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and market four scientifically proven products developed by Jocelyn Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:35:08 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927471/top100/ 148474 | American College Of Physicians To Recognize Melvin R. Kaplan, M.D., F.A.C.P. http://en.redtram.com/go/232927448/top100/ 232927448 At its April 22, 2010 meeting in Toronto, the American College of Physicians will present Dr. Kaplan with the Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award for Devotion of a Career in Internal Medicine to the Care of Patients, an honor Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927448/top100/ 148474 | Eradicating MRSA With New Plasma Technology http://en.redtram.com/go/232927423/top100/ 232927423 Two prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g. hands and feet) in hospitals and public spaces where bacteria can pose a lethal threat; and another to shoot bacteria-killing agents into infested chronic wounds and Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927423/top100/ 148474 | Magic Box For Mission Impossible - Improved Communication For Rescue Workers http://en.redtram.com/go/232927404/top100/ 232927404 On September 11, firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers faced a terrifying rescue effort in the World Trade Center complex. They battled to save people from the collapsing Twin Towers, searched for survivors, tackled fires and evacuated as many people Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:34 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927404/top100/ 148474 | Heparanase-Specific ShRNA: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy In Human Gastric Cancer http://en.redtram.com/go/232927396/top100/ 232927396 A research team from China reported such research examining the effects of HPA-specific shRNA on the cultured gastric cancer cells. Results showed that stable transfection of HPA-specific shRNA, but not of scrambled shRNA and mock vector, resulted in reduced mRNA Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:32 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927396/top100/ 148474 | Etiologic Factors Of Gastric Cardiac Adenocarcinoma Among Men In Taiwan http://en.redtram.com/go/232927376/top100/ 232927376 A research article published on November 21, 2009 in the World Journal of Gastroenterology addresses this problem. A research team from Taiwan investigated the etiologic factors shared by lifestyles, diet, and other environmental exposures associated with GCA among men in Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927376/top100/ 148474 | Earlier Diagnosis Of Ocular Pathologies Such As Keratitis And Macular Degeneration http://en.redtram.com/go/232927349/top100/ 232927349 Scientists from the UGR have studied the image quality in subjects affected by one of these two pathologies, finding a greater amount of ocular aberrations and a higher level of scattering (term associated with the dispersion that light suffers when Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927349/top100/ 148474 | Unstable Structural Elements Of The Heart Muscle Lead To Heart Failure http://en.redtram.com/go/232927324/top100/ 232927324 Primary heart muscle disease with decreased cardiac pump function leading to enlargement of the heart chambers (dilated cardiomyopathy) is one of the most frequent causes of chronic heart failure. Six new cases per 100,000 people occur each year; 20 percent Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927324/top100/ 148474 | HIV/AIDS Treatment Specific To Each Patient Moves Closer To Reality http://en.redtram.com/go/232927304/top100/ 232927304 By "priming" the immune system, as with a vaccine, to fight the specific strain of HIV/AIDS infecting a given patient, the scientists believe they have developed a therapy that shows immense promise and could be an even more effective weapon Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:56 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927304/top100/ 148474 | Resistance To Parkinson's Disease Boosted By Hormone Ghrelin http://en.redtram.com/go/232927287/top100/ 232927287 Parkinson's disease is caused by a degeneration of dopamine neurons in an area of the midbrain known as the substantia nigra, which is responsible for dopamine production. Reduced production of dopamine in late-stage Parkinson's causes symptoms such as severe difficulty Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:51 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927287/top100/ 148474 | News From The American Journal Of Pathology, December 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/232927272/top100/ 232927272 A group led by Dr. Jian-xing Ma at The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK has demonstrated that the Wnt signaling pathway plays a role in diabetic retinopathy. Their report can be found in the December 2009 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:46 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927272/top100/ 148474 | Patients Unlikely To Benefit From Free E-Samples Of Prescription Drugs http://en.redtram.com/go/232927249/top100/ 232927249 Is it a good deal? Not according to a study of such direct-to-consumer offers on the Internet by a research team led by Dr. William G. Weppner of the University of Washington (UW) Department of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927249/top100/ 148474 | Breast Cancer Campaign: Breast Cancer Research Funding To Establish Effectiveness Of Radiotherapy http://en.redtram.com/go/232927231/top100/ 232927231 Dr Laura Smith, at the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, has been awarded a pilot grant by Breast Cancer Campaign, to study why some types of breast cancers are difficult to destroy with radiotherapy. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927231/top100/ 148474 | Developed By Engineers, Doctors At UCLA - Novel Material That Could Help Fight Arterial Disease http://en.redtram.com/go/232927211/top100/ 232927211 Also known as hardening of the arteries, peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, is a common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs. The condition is considered a red flag for vascular disease, heart attack and Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:33:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/232927211/top100/