Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country for neurology and neurosurgery. – Sinai Hospital of Baltimore is ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2009-10 America’s Best Hospitals edition.
Increased Risks Associated with Heart Bypass Vein Harvesting Devices Compared to Traditional Approach – Endoscopic devices commonly used to harvest vein grafts for coronary artery bypass surgery may result in poorer outcomes than traditional vein harvesting techniques, revealed by researchers.
USC study finds links between obesity and adolescents’ social networks — Study finds overweight youth are twice as likely to have overweight friends – Overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends, revealed by researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
ASTRO issues consensus statement on using APBI to treat breast cancer – A new consensus statement outlining patient selection criteria and best practices for the use of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) outside the context of a clinical trial has been published in the July 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics.
New technique could save cancer patients’ fertility — Researchers grow immature human egg cells to nearly mature egg in laboratory. – Researchers have successfully grown a woman’s immature egg cells, contained in a tiny sac called a follicle, to a healthy and nearly mature egg in the laboratory. When an egg is fully mature, it is ready to be fertilized.
Australian researchers identify genes that cause melanoma – Two new genes that together double a person’s risk of developing melanoma are identified by researchers from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australia.
Regular moderate alcohol intake has cognitive benefits in older adults – Moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia in older adults, revealed by researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Mayo Clinic study using structural MRI may help accurately diagnose dementia patients – Researchers developed STAND-Map – a framework for MRI-based differential diagnosis of three common neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy body disease using Structural MRI.
Internet-Based Intervention May Improve Insomnia — Participants who received the Internet intervention for insomnia significantly improved their sleep. – The Internet appears to have considerable potential in delivering a structured behavioral program for insomnia. An online insomnia intervention based on established face-to-face cognitive behavioral therapy techniques appears to improve patients’ sleep.
Higher Levels of a Certain Protein Associated With Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes – Persons with higher levels of adiponectin, a protein that is produced by fat cells and that has anti-inflammatory and insulin-sensitizing properties, have an associated lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
Researchers find genetic key to breast cancer’s ability to survive and spread – New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) sheds light on a genetic function that gives breast cancer cells the ability to survive and spread to the bone years after treatment has been administered.
Your arteries on Wonder bread — Landmark study from Tel Aviv University shows how high carb foods cause heart attacks. – High carb foods like white bread, corn flakes, french fries, and sweetened soda, with high glycemic index, increase the risk for heart problems and are not good for heart health.
