LiveScience has posted an interesting article about the Dog Catacombs in Egypt, which contain the remains of millions of animals, mostly dogs and jackals. The Dog Catacombs, as they are known, date to 747-730 B.C., and are dedicated to the Anubis, the Egyptians’ jackal-headed god of the dead. They were first documented in the 19th [...]
Goats, cows and sheep are running amok in the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in eastern Libya. ”We really want someone to look at tourism and for companies to invest. Most of the artifacts are still buried. Tourism has been neglected,” said unemployed Shahaat resident Hamdy Bzeiwi, who has seen little of the income that [...]
Double informant data indicate that a considerable percentage of adult survivors of childhood central
nervous system tumors have long-term unmet health care needs, according to a study published online March 8 in
Cancer.
Suicide victims who have back pain or other musculoskeletal diseases (MSD) are older than those
without MSD, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of Spine.
Black and Asian/Pacific Islander women are more likely to experience antenatal depression than
non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in General Hospital Psychiatry.
Patients suffering from osteoarthritis are more sensitive to experimental pain at multiple body sites
compared to healthy controls, according to a study published in the March issue of Arthritis Care &
Research.
Medical abortions by midlevel providers, up to nine weeks' gestation, are as safe and effective as
those provided by doctors, according to a study published online March 31 in The Lancet.
Psychotherapy is associated with improved neural functioning in socially anxious adults, according to
a study published online March 4 in Psychological Science.
The prevalence of patent foramen ovale, a common defect in the wall between the two upper chambers of
the heart, is significantly greater in children who have migraines with aura, according to a study published online
March 31 in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Treatment with growth hormone may result in greater adult height for girls with Turner's syndrome, and
the addition of low-dose estrogen to the treatment regimen may further improve results, according to research
published in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Areas with more surgeons available have fewer deaths from motor vehicle crashes, according to a study
published online March 29 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Military personnel stationed in Iraq may be at immediate and long-term risk of adverse events
associated with exposure to air polluted with fine particulate matter, according to research presented at the
American Chemical Society's Spring 2011 National Meeting & Exposition, held from March 27 to 31 in
Anaheim, Calif.
Officials in Jordan are demanding the return of the earliest Christian writings in existence: some 70 codices written on lead which date back 2,000 years. He says they could be “the major discovery of Christian history”, adding: “It’s a breathtaking thought that we have held these objects that might have been held by the early [...]
About two-thirds of the U.S. population takes in sufficient amounts of vitamin D, but 8 percent may be
at risk for vitamin D deficiency, according to a March data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
Only a small proportion of second cancers are attributable to radiotherapy for primary tumors in
adults, according to a study published online March 30 in The Lancet Oncology.
Supplementation with safflower oil improves glycemia, inflammation, and blood lipids compared to
treatment with conjugated linoleic acid in postmenopausal obese women, according to a study published online Jan.
12 in Clinical Nutrition.
Pacifier use in healthy, full-term newborns, introduced before or after breast-feeding is established,
has little impact on the prevalence or duration of breast-feeding up to four months, according to a review
published online in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.
Online personal health records are less frequently used by racial or ethnic minorities and patients
with low annual income, according to a study published in the March 28 issue of the Archives of Internal
Medicine.
High-quality nursing homes are sued for negligence only marginally less than low-performing nursing
homes, according to an article published in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine.
Patients with heart failure discharged to skilled nursing facilities have an increased risk for
rehospitalization and death, according to a study published online March 29 in Circulation: Heart
Failure.
For children with lupus nephritis-associated end-stage renal disease, disparities in treatment and
mortality exist by several demographic characteristics; also, incidence rates have increased in younger patients
and in African-Americans since 1995, according to two articles published online March 28 in Arthritis &
Rheumatism.
The addition of boceprevir to the standard treatment for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection
appears to result in a higher rate of sustained virologic response both in patients who have never been treated and
those who have received prior treatment, according to two studies published in the March 31 issue of the New
England Journal of Medicine.
Immunohistochemical analysis reveals that basophils infiltrate into skin lesions in numerous skin
diseases, according to a study published online March 4 in Allergy.
Computed tomographic (CT) angiography, especially by modern multidetector CT, is a highly accurate
tool for diagnosing cerebral aneurysms, according to a meta-analysis published online March 9 in the Annals of
Neurology.
The relatively high proportion of patients with type 1 diabetes for 50 years or more without
complications indicates the presence of protective factors, according to a study published in the April issue of
Diabetes Care.
Dieting plus exercise may be better than either alone for improvement in physical function in older
adults who are obese, according to research published in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of
Medicine.
37 pre-Inca tombs, dating between 800 and 1445 A.D., have been found in Southern Peru. Archaeologist Gladys Barreto, who was hired by the Boca del Río consortium to be in charge of executing the construction, said that half of the found tombs contain the remains of children. Also discovered were ceramics, symbolic depictions of boats, [...]
Prostatic artery embolization results in symptom improvement similar to that of transurethral
resection of the prostate (TURP) among patients with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia, without the risks
related to TURP such as sexual dysfunction, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Society of
Interventional Radiology, held from March 26 to 31 in Chicago.
Enhanced intensive care unit cleaning may reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and
vancomycin-resistant enterococci transmission, according to a study published in the March 28 issue of the Archives
of Internal Medicine.
Full-body scanners being deployed by the Transportation Security Administration in airports throughout
the United States do not appear to increase risks related to radiation exposure, according to a special article
published online March 28 in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Age and life expectancy are strong predictors of prostate-specific antigen screening, which appears to
be administered excessively to older men with limited life expectancy, according to research published online March
28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
The health system is inadequately prepared for the challenges of addressing the health needs of
HIV-positive individuals, according to the report "HIV Screening and Access to Care," published
online March 17 by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee has proposed a reduced schedule for
prophylactic rabies vaccine, and the recommendations have been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics
Committee on Infectious Diseases, according to a policy statement published online March 28 in
Pediatrics.
Race and ethnicity have a significant impact on the amount women with breast cancer worry about
recurrence, with less acculturated Latina women being especially susceptible to high levels of worry, according to
a study published online March 28 in Cancer.
More than half the burden of atrial fibrillation results from having one or more elevated
cardiovascular risk factors and is theoretically preventable, according to a study published online March 28 in
Circulation.
Overall mortality declined substantially between 1955 and 2004 in children aged 14 years or younger
and in females aged 15 to 24, but a smaller decline was evident for males aged 15 to 24 years, according to a study
published online March 29 in The Lancet.
Conflicts of interest are prevalent in cardiology clinical practice guidelines, but there is still a
substantial number of experienced expert guideline writers and reviewers without conflicts of interest, according
to a study published in the March 28 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Cannabis use among multiple sclerosis patients is associated with negative impacts on cognitive
function, according to a study published in the March 29 issue of Neurology.
Severely obese people who suffer from migraines experience improvement in their headaches after losing
a significant amount of weight following bariatric surgery, according to a study published in the March 29 issue of
Neurology.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is a useful prognosis tool to differentiate between true and
white coat resistant hypertension, according to a study published online March 28 in Hypertension.
Lung transplant patients who have high exposure to traffic-related air pollution may be at increased
risk for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and death, according to research published online March 23 in
Thorax.
This is pretty amazing. A 2,500-year-old preserved human brain has been found encased in a skull in England. Except for the brain, all of the skull’s soft tissue was gone when the skull was pulled from a muddy Iron Age pit where the University of York was planning to expand its Heslington East campus. “It [...]
Archaeologists in Scotland have found ancient pottery that may have been used by Robert the Bruce and his Scottish Army in 1314. “Borestone could have been the site for the Scots camp prior to the famous Battle of Bannockburn. “If a large number of Scottish spear-men and camp followers stayed on this spot in the [...]
Renal denervation appears to be safe and effective in reducing and controlling hypertension among
individuals with uncontrolled hypertension when current medications fail, according to research presented at the
annual meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology, held from March 26 to 31 in Chicago.
High blood pressure in well-functioning older adults accelerates gait slowing over an extended period,
even when hypertension is well controlled or develops later in life, according to a study published in the March
issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Blood thinners should not be the only therapy considered for patients with deep vein thrombosis,
according to a scientific statement published online March 21 in Circulation.
The use of an environmentally stable disclosing agent allows hospital staff to determine if an
operating room has been cleaned and reveals that many surfaces are not cleaned, according to a study published in
the March issue of the AORN Journal.
Catechin-caffeine mixtures -- such as those found in green tea -- and caffeine-only supplementation
increase daily energy expenditure, but only catechin-caffeine mixtures significantly increase daily fat oxidation,
according to a meta-analysis published online March 2 in Obesity Reviews.
Nearly two-thirds of older Americans experience hearing loss, and it is most strongly associated with
age, gender, and race, according to a study published online Feb. 27 in The Journals of Gerontology: Series
A.
Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) attain more real-world creative
achievement and have different creative styles compared to non-ADHD individuals, according to a study published in
the April issue of Personality and Individual Differences
The level of glycated hemoglobin A1c, associated with the risk of development and progression of
diabetes complications, is increased by the presence of nicotine in a dose-dependent manner, according to a study
presented at the American Chemical Society's Spring 2011 National Meeting & Exposition, held from March
27 to 31 in Anaheim, Calif.
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