More than 10,000 people from all 50 US states have endorsed a an open letter by a coalition of leading Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to issue a public statement supporting their right to drive…
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An IRSF funded study published in the journal Science has shown that the childhood disorder Rett syndrome, can be reestablished in adult animals by “switching off” a critical disease causing gene in healthy adult animals. The gene was “switched off” in adult mice by use of a sophisticated genetic trick, resulting in the appearance of [...]
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today warned women not to substitute breast thermography for mammography to screen for breast cancer. Unlike mammography, in which an X-ray of the breast is taken, thermography produces an infrared image that shows the patterns of heat and blood flow on or near the surface of the body…
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A paper published online in Science provides evidence that the Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2 (MeCP2) is required throughout life to maintain healthy brain function. The findings are reported from the Baylor College of Medicine lab of Huda Zoghbi, HHMI investigator and Director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute…
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The protein MeCP2 is porridge to the finicky neuron. Like Goldilocks, the neuron or brain cell needs the protein in just the right amount. Girls born with dysfunctional MeCP2 (methyl-CpG-binding protein 2) develop Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder. Too much MeCP2 can cause spasticity or developmental delay with autism-like symptoms in boys…
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An FDA review launched in the wake of a controversial 2010 meta-analysis has concluded that the drugs do not pose a cancer risk to patients. The FDA says it conducted a much larger, more comprehensive review of the data to reach its reassuring conclusions. Heartwire
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Children with severe mental health disorders, including psychosis, have twice the rate of vitamin D insufficiency as mentally healthy children. Medscape Medical News
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Although colonoscopy screening is not currently recommended for individuals older than 75 years, a new study presented at DDW shows it may be beneficial in this age group. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — The Escherichia coli outbreak that has killed at least 18 people and stricken more than 1,500 in 10 European countries is the result of an “entirely new super-toxic E. coli strain,” according to a preliminary sequencing analysis.
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(MedPage Today) — The American Medical Association has named James L. Madara, MD, as its new executive vice president and chief executive officer.
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