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The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.http://www.eurekalert.org en-usCopyright 2012 by the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceMon, 01 Oct 2012 03:21:00 EDTEurekAlert!http://www.eurekalert.org/images/logo.gifhttp://www.eurekalert.org The premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.20webmaster@eurekalert.org (EurekAlert!)Those who smoke and drink heavily may develop pancreatic cancer at an earlier age than those who don't. But quitting reduces the extra risk, a new study shows.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uomh-shd092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/uomh-shd092812.phpAspirin, the everyday drug taken by countless people around the world to ward off pain and reduce their risk of developing heart disease, may have a new trick up its sleeve -- preventing cancer.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-sab092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-sab092812.phpNew findings that highlight the challenges of managing thromboembolic events in patients being treated for cancer were released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-nfh092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-nfh092812.phpA new Yale School of Medicine study shows that cases of serious physical abuse in children, such as head injuries, burns, and fractures, increased slightly by about 5 percent in the last 12 years. This is in sharp contrast to data from child protective services agencies, which show a 55 percent decrease in physical abuse cases from 1997 to 2009.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/yu-sca092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/yu-sca092812.phpNew results from phase III trials exploring treatment options for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-pid092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-pid092812.phpNew studies that advance understanding of the optimal duration of therapy with the targeted cancer drug trastuzumab were released today at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-nfo092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-nfo092812.phpFor the first time, researchers have conducted a large trial in which they tested the entire genome of individual breast cancers to help personalize treatment. They released their findings at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-fls092812.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/esfm-fls092812.phpA University of Calgary research team has added a robot to help identify and customize post-stroke therapy.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-rru092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-rru092712.phpStroke patients in rural Nova Scotia receive better treatment and are less likely to end up in long-term care facilities than they were before the province's stroke strategy was rolled out in 2008.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-pss092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-pss092712.phpJust six months of exercise can improve memory, language, thinking and judgment problems by almost 50 percent.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-eim092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-eim092712.phpHome delivery of stroke rehabilitation improves care, eliminates waiting lists for treatment and saves hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in hospital costs.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-hst092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-hst092712.phpMedical residents training to work in the emergency department need more formal stroke training. As the first point of contact in stroke care, they see nearly 100 per cent of stroke patients taken to hospital.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-mep092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-mep092712.phpThe number of clinical trials enrolling children is far lower than for adults, and the scope of research is also narrower, according to an analysis of public-access data conducted by researchers at Duke University.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/dumc-dmn092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/dumc-dmn092712.phpPhysicians are prescribing anti-depressants for stroke patients without first giving them a proper diagnosis, they are over-treating some patients, and overlooking others.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-sfp092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-sfp092712.phpThe fat- and sugar-rich Western diet leads to a lifetime of health problems, dramatically increasing the risk of stroke or death at a younger age.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-dh092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-dh092712.phpTo be published online Monday, Oct. 1, a special issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology will focus on health policy and radiology's role in health care reform. Topics to be covered include utilization management in radiology, clinical decision support, value-based health care payment systems and patient-centered outcomes in imaging. The October health policy issue was guest edited by Ruth Carlos, MD, MS, FACR, and James Rawson, MD, FACR.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acor-sji092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acor-sji092712.phpMost people are completely unaware of one of stroke's most common, debilitating but invisible impairments: aphasia.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-hsi092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/hasf-hsi092712.phpAccording to an article in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, radiologists at Emory University Hospital, in Atlanta, and Georgia Health Sciences University, in Augusta, Ga., have developed evidence-based guidelines to assist physicians with the process of managing patients with acute low back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common reasons for visits to physicians in the outpatient setting.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acor-rde092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acor-rde092712.phpA study finds children with dust mite allergy can find relief in just three years with immunotherapy (allergy shots). An additional two years of administration shows no clinical benefit.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acoa-eyc092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/acoa-eyc092712.phpPatient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the US government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most from these dollars, according to a new study.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/asa-pah092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/asa-pah092712.phpRepublican strength in Congress increases the share of income held by the top 1 percent, but the president's political affiliation has no effect, suggests a new study in the October issue of the American Sociological Review that looks at the rise of the super-rich in the United States.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/asa-rsi092712.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/asa-rsi092712.phpA virtual monopoly held by some drug manufacturers in part because of the way treatment protocols work is among the reasons cancer drugs cost so much in the United States, according to a commentary by two Mayo Clinic physicians in the October issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Value-based pricing is one potential solution, they write.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/mc-mcp092612.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/mc-mcp092612.phpHigher IFP is linked with treatment resistance and metastasis. Identification of IFP could dictate appropriate use of aggressive therapies. Further assessment of noninvasive measurement is needed.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/aafc-nme092412.php Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-10/aafc-nme092412.phpThe older we get, the weaker our immune systems tend to become, leaving us vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer and eroding our ability to benefit from vaccination. Now Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found that blocking the action of a single protein whose levels in our immune cells creep steadily upward with age can restore those cells' response to a vaccine.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-bkp092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-bkp092812.phpNew research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine has established the first link between the two most fundamental epigenetic tags -- histone modification and DNA methylation -- in humans.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uonc-sfm092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uonc-sfm092812.phpSeveral new first-in-man studies for drugs targeted against a range of cancers were released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-nwi092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-nwi092812.phpNew insights on the global fight to prevent cancers were presented during the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna. The studies highlight the challenges of overcoming misunderstandings about how important lifestyle factors are in reducing cancer risk.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-mam092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-mam092812.phpThe results of a new phase III trial show that crizotinib, a targeted therapy, is a more effective treatment than standard chemotherapy for patients with advanced, ALK-positive lung cancer, researchers said at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-pit092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-pit092812.phpTwo new studies presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress in Vienna, Austria show how improvements in breast cancer treatments are making it possible for more women to conserve their breasts following therapy, but raise concerns about whether enough women are being offered these approaches.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-atf092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-atf092812.phpHuman epidermal growth factor positive breast cancers are often treated with the same therapy regardless of hormone receptor status. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research shows that women whose HER2 positive cancer was also hormone receptor negative had an increased risk of early death, and that their cancer was less likely to recur in bone than those whose cancer retained hormone sensitivity.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-bc092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-bc092812.phpVibration-induced white finger disease is caused by continued use of vibrating hand held machinery, and affects tens of thousands of people. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Clinical Epigenetics finds that people with a genetic polymorphism in sirtuin1, a protein involved in the regulation of endothelial NOS, are more likely to suffer from vibration-induced white finger disease.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-tgo092812.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-tgo092812.phpTwo proteins previously found to contribute to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, have divergent roles. But a new study, led by researchers at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, shows that a common pathway links them.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--crp092712.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--crp092712.phpCombine the tree-ring growth record with historical information, climate records, and computer-model projections of future climate trends, and you get a grim picture for the future of trees in the southwestern United States, according to a new study to be published in Nature Climate Change.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoa-ccc092712.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoa-ccc092712.phpResearchers have found that the spread of a dangerous bacteria that can be fatal in up to 45 percent of people infected in sub-Sahara Africa may have been instigated by the emergence and spread of HIV in Africa. The study also found that one of the major contributing factors for the successful spread of the disease - non-Typhoidal Salmonella - was the acquisition of genes that afford resistance to several front line drugs used to treat blood-borne infection such as iNTS.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/wtsi-hlt092712.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/wtsi-hlt092712.phpResearchers at the University of Cincinnatiand Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoca-rdg092712.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoca-rdg092712.phpResearchers at Queen Mary, University of London have discovered how a key molecule controls the body's inflammatory responses. The molecule, known as p110delta, fine-tunes inflammation to avoid excessive reactions that can damage the organism. The findings, published in Nature Immunology today, could be exploited in vaccine development and new cancer therapies.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/qmuo-rdk092712.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/qmuo-rdk092712.phpChanges in ocean and climate systems could lead to smaller fish, according to a new study led by fisheries scientists at the University of British Columbia.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uobc-fgs092512.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uobc-fgs092512.phpRecently, researchers have found that prolactin is also produced by some tissues outside the brain, however little is known about the functions of extra-pituitary prolactin or how its production is regulated in these tissues. The PI3K-Akt oncogenic signaling pathway in the mammary glands of mice rapidly induces cells in the breast itself to produce prolactin, which leads to breast tissue differentiation, and prolactin has long been thought to play a role in breast cancer.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uops-nio092612.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uops-nio092612.phpA mysterious seed fern, Lepidopteris, with its entire epidermal structure of subepidermal swellings, was recently discovered from the Upper Permian of Shanxi, China. The fossil dates to more than 251 million years ago. The study of the genus Lepidopteris is very important to understand the mass extinction and recovery from Late Permian to Triassic. See the cover article on Chinese Science Bulletin 2012, 57(27).http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sicp-ams092112.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sicp-ams092112.phpFeature sensitive re-sampling of point set surfaces is an important and challenging task in many computer graphics and geometric modeling applications. In Vol. 55 of Science China Information Sciences, an adaptive re-sampling framework for point set surfaces, including a naive sampling step by index propagation and a novel cluster optimization step by normalized rectification, is presented based on regular sampling of a Gaussian sphere and the mapping of surface normals onto the Gaussian sphere.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sicp-fsr092112.php Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sicp-fsr092112.phpA new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that teenagers get could improve their insulin resistance and prevent the future onset of diabetes.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/aaos-los092812.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/aaos-los092812.phpCombined treatment with two drugs targeting different points in the same growth-factor pathway delayed the development of treatment resistance in patients with BRAF-positive metastatic malignant melanoma.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/mgh-cot092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/mgh-cot092712.phpJulio M. Pow-Sang, M.D., chair of Moffitt Cancer Center's Department of Genitourinary Oncology, and colleagues have published two prostate cancer articles in the September issue of JNCCN -- The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. The articles review and clarify recent updates made to the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's guidelines for the screening and treatment of prostate cancer.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hlmc-mcc092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hlmc-mcc092712.phpGovernments around the world are leaving hundreds of millions of cancer patients to suffer needlessly because of their failure to ensure adequate access to pain-relieving drugs, an unprecedented new international survey reveals.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-gft092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-gft092712.phpNew trial data showing improvements in the treatment of esophageal and gastrointestinal cancers were released today at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ssa092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ssa092712.phpPromising new data on drug combinations to treat metastatic melanoma are presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ssd092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ssd092712.phpTreatment with the drug sorafenib as a third or fourth line therapy does not result in improved overall survival among patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to findings released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna. However, a post-hoc biomarker analysis of the trial data that was also presented suggests that patients with EGFR-mutant tumors may benefit.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-sdn092712.php Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-sdn092712.phpBecause there are more risks with having a total knee replacement in both legs at the same time than having a knee replacement in one leg, doctors in recent years have been selecting younger and healthier patients for the bilateral procedure. Now a new study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery has revealed that although patients are younger and healthier than those undergoing only one-sided surgery, they are becoming sicker and some complication rates have risen.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hfss-psf092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hfss-psf092812.phpThe University of Notre Dame has received a five-year, $6.1 million award from the National Science Foundation to support the continuation of the nationwide QuarkNet program, which uses particle physics experiments to inspire students and provide valuable research, training and mentorship opportunities for high school teachers.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uond-ndr_1092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uond-ndr_1092812.phpUniversity of Notre Dame entomologists are part of a team of researchers that recently discovered a potentially dangerous new malaria-transmitting mosquito. The as yet unnamed, and previously unreported, mosquito breeds in the western areas of Kenya and has an unknown DNA match to any of the existing malaria-transmitting species.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uond-ndr092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uond-ndr092812.phpThere are a number of things happening under the hood of Tropical Storm Ewiniar's clouds that have been deciphered by satellite data today, Sept. 28, 2012, and NASA's TRMM satellite has noticed one area of heavy rainfall remaining.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nsm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nsm092812.phpTropical Storm Miriam is taking her final bow in the eastern Pacific, and Tropical Storm Norman replaced her on the stage of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nst092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nst092812.phpInfrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite today, Sept. 28, revealed strong convection and thunderstorms have built up again in Tropical Storm Nadine as it moved over warm waters in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. That convection strengthened Nadine back into a hurricane today. Nadine has lasted over two weeks, but is nowhere near breaking the record for longest-lived tropical cyclone.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss_2092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss_2092812.phpThe sun erupted with a wide, Earth-directed coronal mass ejection on Sept. 27, 2012 at 10:25 p.m. EDT.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss_1092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss_1092812.phpSuper Typhoon Jelawat is a large and powerful storm that has been bringing very rough seas to areas in the western North Pacific. NASA's Terra satellite passed over the monster storm and captured a visible image as it nears the big island of Japan.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nsfc-nss092812.phpThe IUCN World Conservation Congress has adopted a motion sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society and partners to create a Green List to assess conservation success. The Green List for Species would include species identified as 'fully conserved,' which are those that exist in ecologically significant numbers, interacting fully with other species in their ecosystems.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/wcs-ian092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/wcs-ian092812.phpMillions of pounds of unexploded bombs and other military ordnance that were dumped decades ago in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as off the coasts of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, could now pose serious threats to shipping lanes and the 4,000 oil and gas rigs in the Gulf, warns two Texas A&M University oceanographers.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/tau-tbm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/tau-tbm092812.phpThis gives new meaning to the complaint "I'm bored" -- literally.Canadian researchers -- including a professor from the University of Guelph -- have come up with a new, precise definition of boredom based on the mental processes that underlie the condition.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uog-brs092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uog-brs092812.phpA new, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management provides information on the life cycle of tadpole shrimp, as well as scouting methods and management implications.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoa-tsa092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoa-tsa092812.phpUniversity of Illinois researchers have a new low-cost method to carve delicate features onto semiconductor wafers using light -- and watch as it happens. The technique can monitor a semiconductor's surface as it is etched, in real time, with nanometer resolution. This allows the researchers to create complex patterns quickly and easily, and adjust them as needed.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoia-nmm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoia-nmm092812.phpUC Davis investigators have found new evidence that a promising type of stem cell now being considered for a variety of disease therapies is very similar to the type of cells that give rise to cancer.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--rfm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--rfm092812.phpA new, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management offers information and methods of managing the apple flea weevil.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoa-aoi092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoa-aoi092812.phpRoutine screening for psychiatric, cognitive and social problems could enhance the quality of care and quality of life for children and adults with epilepsy, according to a study by UC Irvine neurologist Dr. Jack Lin and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Amedeo Avogadro University in Italy.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--spt092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--spt092812.phpAnalysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials' behavior.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/miot-ptm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/miot-ptm092812.phpAn international research team has created unique photoluminescent nanoparticles that shine clearly through more than three centimeters of biological tissue -- a depth that makes them a promising tool for deep-tissue optical bioimaging.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uab-ngt092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uab-ngt092812.phpScientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have used special algorithms to create musical patterns from data collected from microbes in the western English Channel.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/dnl-sit092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/dnl-sit092812.phpScientists at the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography have made the first observation of a predator avoidance behavior by a species of phytoplankton, a microscopic marine plant. The scientists made the unexpected observation while studying the interactions between phytoplankton and zooplankton.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uori-usm092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uori-usm092812.phpResearch undertaken by the University of Southampton and its associates in Venice has revealed that the sea surface temperature in coastal regions is rising as much as ten times faster than the global average of 0.13 degrees per decade.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uos-vlr_1092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uos-vlr_1092812.phpWe couldn't live without our immune systems, always tuned to detect and eradicate invading pathogens and particles. But sometimes the immune response goes overboard, triggering autoimmune diseases like lupus, asthma or inflammatory bowel disease. A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers has now identified a crucial signaling molecule involved in counterbalancing the immune system attack.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uop-pif092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uop-pif092812.phpResearchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital estimate that maximizing the potential of an observation unit in a hospital could result in $4.6 million in savings annually for the hospital and $3.1 billion in overall savings for the health care system in the United States.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-hou092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-hou092812.phpNew research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, examines the nuanced relationship between language and different types of perception.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/afps-lap092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/afps-lap092812.phpScreening practices for multidrug-resistant organisms in intensive care units vary widely from hospital to hospital, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ehs-srw092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ehs-srw092812.phpYou've probably never given much thought that picking up your cup of coffee presents your brain with a set of complex decisions -- how to aim your hand, grasp the handle and raise the cup to your mouth without spilling the contents on your lap. A new Northwestern University study shows that, not only does your brain handle such complex decisions for you, it also hides information from you about how those decisions are made.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nu-wye092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/nu-wye092812.phpWomen who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/vumc-ste092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/vumc-ste092812.phpLack of control over operating rooms and other resources as well as a lack of work-life balance are among the main reasons general surgeons may be dissatisfied with their jobs, a new study has found.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/smh-wms092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/smh-wms092812.phpIn order to assemble novel biomolecular machines, individual protein molecules must be installed at their site of operation with nanometer precision. LMU researchers have now found a way to do just that. Green light on protein assembly!http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/lm-nas092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/lm-nas092812.phpScientists at EMBL and Oxford University discovered that, by forming or undoing gene loops, cells manipulate the path of the transcription machinery - which reads out instructions from DNA - controlling whether it moves along the genetic material in one direction or two. The work is published online today in Science.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/embl-ltl092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/embl-ltl092812.phpQuantum dots are nanostructures of semiconducting materials that behave a lot like single atoms and are very easy to produce. Given their special properties, researchers see huge potential for quantum dots in technological applications. Before this can happen, however, we need a better understanding of how the electrons "trapped" inside them behave. Dresden physicists have recently observed how electrons in individual quantum dots absorb energy and emit it again as light. Their results were recently published in the journal Nano Letters.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/haog-eci092812.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/haog-eci092812.phpIn study findings announced Sept. 28, UCLA researchers report that they measured air pollutants during last year's Carmageddon (July 15) and found that when 10 miles of the 405 closed, air quality near the shuttered portion improved within minutes, reaching levels 83 percent better than on comparable weekends.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--co092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--co092712.phpKnowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published today by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare. TGen researchers tracked several years of tumor evolution in a 47-year-old male patient with maxillary sinus carcinoma, a rare cancer of the sinus cavities beneath the cheeks that often requires surgical removal that is disfiguring.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ttgr-tas092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ttgr-tas092712.phpNew studies that reveal for the first time the real economic and human costs of caring for cancer patients in Europe will be presented during the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ttc092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esfm-ttc092712.phpThe Martian day, which is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day, can cause havoc with the internal 24-hour body clock. However, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed and tested a fatigue management program which is successful at controlling this space-age jetlag.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-ltl092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-ltl092712.phpA piece of nettle cloth retrieved from Denmark's richest known Bronze Age burial mound Luseh?j may actually derive from Austria, new findings suggest. The cloth thus tells a surprising story about long-distance Bronze Age trade connections around 800 BC. The findings have just been published in Nature's online journal Scientific Reports.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-asn092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-asn092712.phpThe critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot is the only surviving parrot species native to the United States. A genomic sequencing project, funded by community donations, has published today, in BioMed Central and BGI's open access journal GigaScience, the first sequence of A. vittata, the first of the large Neotropical Amazona birds to be studied at the genomic level.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-bsl092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bc-bsl092712.phpA new study reveals that cognitive therapy over the phone is just as effective as meeting face-to-face. The research was published today, Sept. 28, in the journal PLoS ONE.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-tot092712.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc-tot092712.phpResearchers at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez have sequenced the genome of the critically endangered Puerto Rican Parrot. The work provides numerous benefits for avian genetics, conservation studies, and evolutionary analyses; but what is remarkable is that a small institution could undertake this work, and did so by raising money in a variety of creative ways, including student organized art and fashion shows, social-networking sites, and private donations from Puerto Rican citizens.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/g-lfl092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/g-lfl092612.phpWhite sharks, the largest predatory sharks in the ocean, are thought of as apex predators that feed primarily on seals and sea lions. But a new study by researchers at UC Santa Cruz shows surprising variability in the dietary preferences of individual sharks.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--wsd092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--wsd092612.phpA new study found that patients with gout who consumed cherries over a two-day period showed a 35% lower risk of gout attacks compared to those who did not eat the fruit. Findings from this case-crossover study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology, also suggest that risk of gout flares was 75% lower when cherry intake was combined with the uric-acid reducing drug, allopurinol, than in periods without exposure to cherries or treatment.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-ecl092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-ecl092612.phpGout is one of the most common forms of inflammatory arthritis, affecting nearly 4% of adult Americans. Newly approved guidelines that educate patients in effective methods to prevent gout attacks and provide physicians with recommended therapies for long-term management of this painful disease are published in Arthritis Care & Research, a peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Rheumatology.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-gga092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/w-gga092612.phpResearchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and The Ohio State University have published a paper in the September issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention that provides an overview on preventing invasive cervical cancer.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hlmc-eic092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/hlmc-eic092612.phpImproved treatment options, a multi-pronged treatment model, and federal funding from the Ryan White Program have helped an inner city Baltimore clinic improve outcomes for HIV patients across all groups, including those most often hardest hit by the disease. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the results from the 15-year analysis of patients at a clinic serving a primarily poor, African-American patient population with high rates of injection drug use demonstrate what state-of-the-art HIV care can achieve, given appropriate support.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/idso-ehc092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/idso-ehc092612.phpNew figures released to mark World Heart Day show a significant improvement in Europe's heart health. The European Society of Cardiology and the European Heart Network are releasing up to date statistics on the burden of heart disease in Europe and in the EU today. These figures represent the first comprehensive overview of the impact of cardiovascular disease since 2008.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoc-whd092612.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/esoc-whd092612.phpResearchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital have found that melatonin supplementation significantly improved sleep in hypertensive patients taking beta-blockers.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-mho092512.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bawh-mho092512.phpA common herbicide used in the United States may be linked to an increased risk of a congenital abnormality of the nasal cavity known as choanal atresia, say researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other Texas institutions.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bcom-set092112.php Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/bcom-set092112.phpA new research study led by an Indiana University professor has found that social bullying is just as prevalent in children's television as depictions of physical aggression.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/iu-irs092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/iu-irs092712.phpHealthy people's lungs are home to a diverse community of microbes that differs markedly from the bacteria found in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-iom092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-iom092712.phpStanford bioengineers have created a biological mechanism to send genetic messages from cell to cell - something they've nicknamed the biological Internet, or "Bi-Fi.'http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-sbi092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/sumc-sbi092712.phpNearly 20 percent of people who underwent low back fusion surgery developed post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with that surgery, according to a recent Oregon Health & Science University study published in the journal Spine.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ohs-soo092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/ohs-soo092712.phpA national study has found that earnings over the course of the careers of primary-care physicians averaged as much as $2.8 million less than the earnings of their specialist colleagues, potentially making primary care a less attractive choice for medical school graduates and exacerbating the already significant shortage of medical generalists.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--nsi092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/uoc--nsi092712.phpThe October GSA Today science article, "Open-source archive of active faults for northwest South America," by Gabriel Veloza and colleagues, is now online at www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/22/10/. The article introduces the "Active Tectonics of the Andes Database," which will provide more data to more geoscientists.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/gsoa-gta092712.php Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-09/gsoa-gta092712.php

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