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HIV meds dialogue differs by race, ethnicity

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2014Healthasian ancestry, black, culture, factor, hispanic, hispanic patients, hiv care, hiv medicine, hiv meds dialogue, ira wilson, jonathan cohn, m barton laws, minority patients, somnath saha, utterances, volume of dialogue, yoojin lee

Researchers found specific racial/ethnic differences in discussions of HIV medicine adherence in a newly published analysis of recorded office visits between 45 doctors and nurse practitioners and more than 400 patients.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A lot of evidence shows that a patients’ race or ethnicity is associated with differences in how health care providers communicate with them, the health care they receive, and their health outcomes. In HIV care, a key to those outcomes is whether people take their medications as prescribed. A new study of the doctor-patient dialogue about HIV drug adherence found several specific differences in those conversations depending on patients’ race and ethnicity. (more…)

Mysteries of neuroscience

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2014Healthbiological reason, bipolar illness, brain mechanism, cells, cmhc, cnru, depression, feedback, information, john krystal, known unknowns, mental illnesses, mysteries of neuroscience, nerve cells, network, new millennium, schizophrenia, symptom, three pound universe, world wide web

What we don’t know: Neuroscience research at CMHC

The third floor of the CMHC houses the Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit (CNRU), an inpatient and outpatient research facility. It’s an honor to be asked to start a dialogue with you about what we do on the CNRU. Over the next few months, I’d like to introduce you to the scientists and clinicians and their teams that work on the CNRU. Today I’d like to introduce you to some of the things we do on the 3^rd floor.

Just as others in the building, my CNRU colleagues and I come to work to tackle the problems addressed on the other floors of the CMHC: the debilitating symptoms of mental illness including depression, hallucinations, delusions, drug addiction and anxiety to name a few. (more…)

Vibrations influence the circadian clock of a fruit fly

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2014Health, Sciencebipolar disorder, circadian clock, daily locomotor activity, depression, diurnal change, drosophila, external world time, fruit fly, insomnia, joerg albert, light, ralf stanewsky, temperature, temperature fluctuation, ucl ear institute, university college london, vibrations

The internal circadian clock of a Drosophila (fruit fly) can be synchronised using vibrations, according to research published today in the journal Science. The study suggests that an animal’s own movements can influence its clock.

The circadian clock, which underlies the daily rhythms characterising most of our bodily functions, including the sleep cycle, is mainly set by diurnal changes in light and temperature. (more…)

Yoga Can Lower Fatigue, Inflammation in Breast Cancer Survivors

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2014Healthalpha, alzheimer disease, arthritis, biological measures, blood sample, breast cancer survivor, cardiorespiratory fitness, chronic inflammation, coronary heart disease, depressive symptoms, fatigue, il 1b, il 6, inflammation, inflammation related proteins, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 6, janice kiecolt glaser, jeanette bennett, juan peng, levels of inflammation, markers of inflammation, ohio state university, practicing yoga, pro inflammatory cytokines, protein, ronald glaser, sleep quality, tnf-a, tumor necrosis factor, type 2 diabetes, yoga, yoga exercise

In study, the more women practiced, the better their results

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Practicing yoga for as little as three months can reduce fatigue and lower inflammation in breast cancer survivors, according to new research.

The more the women in the study practiced yoga, the better their results. (more…)

„Molekularer Schalter“ bei Parkinson-Protein entdeckt

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2014Healthalzheimer, daniela bertinetti, dardarin mutation, enzym lrrk2, enzyms dardarin, frank gesellchen, friedrich w herberg, jennifer sarah hermann, kathrin muda, michael j fox, molekularer schalter, mutation, neurodegenerative krankheit, otto braun fonds, parkinson kranken, parkinson protein, parkinson varianten, pka, universitaet kassel, universitaet tuebingen, variante von parkinson

Bei einer Variante von Parkinson spielt das Enzym LRRK2 eine zentrale Rolle. Wissenschaftler der Universität Kassel haben nun einen Mechanismus entdeckt, der die Aktivität von LRRK2 steuert. Das eröffnet neue Ansatzpunkte für die Entwicklung von Medikamenten gegen die bislang unheilbare Krankheit.

Parkinson ist nach Alzheimer die häufigste neurodegenerative Krankheit; Schätzungen gehen von rund sieben Millionen Erkrankten weltweit aus. Ein Teil der Erkrankungen ist erblich bedingt und wird durch Mutationen bestimmter Gene hervorgerufen. Diese sogenannte familiäre Parkinson-Variante tritt in verschieden Volksgruppen unterschiedlich häufig auf; bestimmte Mutationen sind insbesondere in Italien und Spanien verbreitet. Mutationen eines Proteins namens LRRK2 gelten als häufigste Ursache für vererbbares Parkinson. (more…)

Kicking the habit among mentally ill

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2014Healthmoking cessation drug, serious mental illness, smoking cessation, treatments using vareniclines

A new study, co-authored by Eric Achtyes from Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine, shows that people with serious mental illness have better luck quitting smoking and avoiding relapse through extended treatments using varenicline, a smoking cessation drug, and cognitive behavioral therapy. (more…)

Schizophrenia in the limelight: film-industry technology provides insights into social exclusion

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2014Health3d, array, film industry technology, gestures, illness, infrared camera, mary lavelle, nodding, nonverbal communication, pat healey, posture, rose mccabe, schizophrenia, social exclusion, social stigma, symptoms, university of exeter

The first 30 seconds of a social encounter is crucial for people with symptoms of schizophrenia for establishing contact with people, according to new research carried out at Queen Mary University of London and the University of Exeter Medical School.

Using motion capture technology more commonly found in the film industry, the researchers studied social interactions of patients in a group and analysed the patterns of verbal and non-verbal communication. (more…)

Facelift complications eased with help of new 3-D imaging technique

By Guest PostJanuary 29, 2014Health, Science3d imaging technique, aspirin, blood movement, blood vessel, bloodstream, complex visual web, cosmetic filler gel, cosmetic filler injection, facelift complication, fluorescent dyes, human face, liquid facelifts, microangiography, microvasculature, mouse ear, oxygen exchange, remove wrinkles, ruikang wang, shu hong chang, siavash yousefi, university of washington

Millions of people each year remove wrinkles, soften creases and plump up their lips by injecting a gel-like material into their facial tissue. These cosmetic procedures are sometimes called “liquid facelifts” and are said to be minimally invasive.

It’s rare, but sometimes things go wrong. In a matter of minutes, patients’ skin can turn red or blotchy white and the injected area becomes painful. Vital blood supply to the face is restricted and if untreated, parts of the tissue will die. That scenario is irreversible and can leave deep scars. (more…)

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