Antibiotic use aids MRSA spread in hospital and infection control measures do little to prevent it, says hospital study

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — The use of a commonly prescribed antibiotic is a major contributor to the spread of infection in hospitals by the 'superbug' MRSA, according to new research. The study also found that increasing measures to prevent infection...

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Sudden cardiac death is associated with a thin placenta at birth, researchers find

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Researchers studying the origins of sudden cardiac death have found that in both men and women a thin placenta at birth was associated with sudden cardiac death. A thin placenta may result in a reduced flow of nutrients...

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Obese children have less sensitive taste-buds than those of normal weight

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Obese kids have less sensitive taste-buds than kids of normal weight, indicates research published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. This blunted ability to distinguish all five tastes of bitter, sweet,...

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Tissue around tumor holds key to fighting triple negative breast cancer

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A natural substance found in the surrounding tissue of a tumor may be a promising weapon to stop triple negative breast cancer from metastasizing. A preclinical study published in PLOS ONE September 19 by Thomas Jefferson...

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Emotional neglect in children linked to increased stroke risk later in life

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — The results from a new study by neurological researchers from the Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center at Rush University Medical Center suggest that people who were emotionally neglected as children may have a higher risk of...

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Test can help make diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A new guideline released by the American Academy of Neurology may help doctors in making the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The guideline is published in the September 19, 2012, online issue of Neurology®, the...

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Blind people develop accurate mental map by playing 'video' game

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Researchers have developed a new "video" game for blind people that can help them learn about a new space using only audio cues, as reported Sept. 19 in the open access journal PLOS ONE. The system, developed by a...

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People change moral position without even realizing it

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Shortly after expressing a moral view about a difficult topic, people may easily endorse the opposite view and remain blind to the psychological mismatch, according to research published Sept. 19 in the open access journal...

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Misinformation: Why it sticks and how to fix it

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Childhood vaccines do not cause autism. Barack Obama was born in the United States. Global warming is confirmed by science. And yet, many people believe claims to the contrary. Why does that kind of misinformation...

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Promise of cell therapy for bowel disease

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — New research shows that a special population of stem cells found in cord blood has the innate ability to migrate to the intestine and contribute to the cell population there, suggesting the cells' potential to treat inflammatory...

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