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- January 26, 2015
- 09:21 PM
- 539 views
High-Dose Statin May Protect Heart Surgery Patients’ Kidney Health
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Health Sciences
Acute kidney injury often arises after major surgery because the kidneys can be deprived of normal blood flow during the procedure. The use of contrast media, or dyes, can contribute to this problem. In patients undergoing coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention, which are heart procedures that use dyes to help surgeons visualize the arteries, a high dose of the statin atorvastatin was linked with a reduction in blood levels of creatinine, a marker of kidney injury, as well as........ Read more »
Wu, H., Li, D., Fang, M., Han, H., & Wang, H. (2015) Meta-analysis of short-term high versus low doses of atorvastatin preventing contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary angiography/percutaneous coronary intervention. The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 55(2), 123-131. DOI: 10.1002/jcph.411
- January 16, 2015
- 01:47 AM
- 669 views
Lower Mortality Rates Among Asian and Hispanic Lupus Patients
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A new study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts reveals that Asian and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have lower mortality rates compared to Black, White, or Native Americans with the disease. Findings published in Arthritis & Rheumatology,a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), indicate that the risk for death among White patients is much lower than in Black and Native American SLE patients.
Patients with........ Read more »
Gómez-Puerta, J., Barbhaiya, M., Guan, H., Feldman, C., Alarcόn, G., & Costenbader, K. (2014) Racial/Ethnic variation in all-cause mortality among U.S. medicaid recipients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An Hispanic and asian paradox. Arthritis . DOI: 10.1002/art.38981
- January 10, 2015
- 02:22 PM
- 574 views
How to Prevent Hepatitis C Patients from Being Lost in the Healthcare System?
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Health Sciences
A new study shows that many patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) are lost during different stages of health care to manage the disease. This real-life’ view of the HCV patient care continuum in a major U.S. urban area is published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and highlights the importance of generating awareness among clinicians and at-risk groups about appropriate HCV testing, referral, support and care.
Despite eff........ Read more »
Viner, K., Kuncio, D., Newbern, E., & Johnson, C. (2014) The continuum of hepatitis C testing and care. Hepatology. DOI: 10.1002/hep.27584
- January 7, 2015
- 08:44 PM
- 998 views
French Fries without Fat, Anyone?
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Imagine the world where what we call junk food could be oil free. Researchers explored the alternatives of oil for fried food. Colour, texture and flavor of fried foods that attract our appetite depends on “the amount of oil absorbed during frying”. To achieve the similar characteristics of fried food, researchers found out that glucose could be used as “a nonfat frying medium”.
To identify the results of this new fries, researchers analysed moisture content, microscop........ Read more »
Al-Khusaibi, M., Ahmad Tarmizi, A., & Niranjan, K. (2014) On the Possibility of Nonfat Frying using Molten Glucose. Journal of Food Science. DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.12713
- January 3, 2015
- 10:34 AM
- 523 views
Bone Loss Drugs May Help Prevent Endometrial Cancer
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A new analysis suggests that women who use bisphosphonates—medications commonly used to treat osteoporosis and other bone conditions—have about half the risk of developing endometrial cancer as women who do not use the drugs. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study supports other research that has shown an anti-cancer effect of this type of medication.
Endometrial cancer, which arises in the lining of the uterus, accounts........ Read more »
Alford, S., Rattan, R., Buekers, T., & Munkarah, A. (2014) Protective effect of bisphosphonates on endometrial cancer incidence in data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. Cancer. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28952
- December 18, 2014
- 02:44 AM
- 506 views
Correcting Metabolic Abnormalities May Help Lessen Urinary Problems
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Metabolic syndrome is linked with an increased frequency and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms, but weight loss surgery may lessen these symptoms. The findings, which come from two studies published in BJU International, indicate that urinary problems may be added to the list of issues that can improve with efforts that address altered metabolism.
Lower urinary tract symptoms related to urinary frequency and urgency, bladder leakage, the need to urinate at night, and incomplete bladder........ Read more »
Pashootan, P., Ploussard, G., Cocaul, A., de Gouvello, A., & Desgrandchamps, F. (2014) Association between metabolic syndrome and severity of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS): an observational study in a 4666 European men cohort. BJU International. DOI: 10.1111/bju.12931
- December 15, 2014
- 02:31 AM
- 547 views
Treatment for Elderly with Breast Cancer May Not Be as Effective
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A new analysis has found that while clinical trial data support omitting radiation treatments in elderly women with early stage breast cancer, nearly two-thirds of these women continue to receive it. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.
Results published in 2004 from a large, randomized clinical trial showed that adding radiation therapy to surgery plus tamoxifen does not reduce 5-year recurrence rates or prolong survival i........ Read more »
Palta, M., Palta, P., Bhavsar, N., Horton, J., & Blitzblau, R. (2014) The use of adjuvant radiotherapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer: Changes in practice patterns after publication of Cancer and Leukemia Group B 9343. Cancer. DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28937
- December 13, 2014
- 11:56 AM
- 1,002 views
Animal Research Sheds Light on Harmful Mood Disorders in New Mothers
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In the days shortly after giving birth, most mothers experience a period of increased calmness and decreased stress responses, but around 20% of mothers experience anxiety. Some women may become depressed, and around one in a thousand can develop psychosis. The latest evidence indicates that these distressing responses to motherhood are still poorly understood, but that animal research could provide valuable clues to their causes.
Writing in the British Journal of Pharmacology, Dr David Slatt........ Read more »
Perani, C., & Slattery, D. (2014) Using animal models to study post-partum psychiatric disorders. British Journal of Pharmacology, 171(20), 4539-4555. DOI: 10.1111/bph.12640
- December 8, 2014
- 02:58 AM
- 837 views
Estimates of Anthropogenic Nitrogen in the Ocean May Be High
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Inundation of nitrogen into the atmosphere and terrestrial environments, through fossil fuel combustion and extensive fertilization, has risen tenfold since preindustrial times according to research published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles. Excess nitrogen can infiltrate water tables and can trigger extensive algal blooms that deplete aquatic environments of oxygen, among other damaging effects.
Although scientists have extensively studied the effects of excess nitrogen in terrestrial habita........ Read more »
Altieri, K., Hastings, M., Peters, A., Oleynik, S., & Sigman, D. (2014) Isotopic evidence for a marine ammonium source in rainwater at Bermuda. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. DOI: 10.1002/2014GB004809
- December 2, 2014
- 02:27 AM
- 436 views
What Effect Does Your Shampoo Really Have on Your Hair?
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Social Science
New analytical techniques can show how different hair care products affect the hair, with some leaving isolated deposits behind and others leaving layers of material that wet the hair surface.
Researchers used atomic force microscopy in a variety of imaging modes to garner more detailed information and at smaller scales than has been presented before for hair product analyses. The methods can be used to study the varying effects of different hair care products.... Read more »
Durkan, C., & Wang, N. (2014) Nanometre-scale investigations by atomic force microscopy into the effect of different treatments on the surface structure of hair. International Journal of Cosmetic Science, 36(6), 598-605. DOI: 10.1111/ics.12161
- November 22, 2014
- 03:01 PM
- 409 views
Habitual Facebook Users: Suckers for Social Media Scams?
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A new study finds that habitual use of Facebook makes individuals susceptible to social media phishing attacks by criminals, likely because they automatically respond to requests without considering how they are connected with those sending the requests, how long they have known them, or who else is connected with them.
Predictors of habitual use of Facebook include frequent interactions with the platform, a large number of friend connections, and individuals’ inability to regulate thei........ Read more »
Vishwanath, A. (2014) Habitual Facebook Use and its Impact on Getting Deceived on Social Media. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12100
- November 18, 2014
- 09:29 PM
- 498 views
Is There Such a Thing as ‘Facebook Murder’?
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Social Science
Investigators recently set out to consider whether homicides involving social networking sites were unique and worthy of labels such as ‘Facebook Murder’, and to explore the ways in which perpetrators had used such sites in the homicides they had committed.
The cases they identified were not collectively unique or unusual when compared with general trends and characteristics—certainly not to a degree that would necessitate the introduction of a new category of homicide or a ........ Read more »
Yardley, E., & Wilson, D. (2014) Making Sense of ‘Facebook Murder'? Social Networking Sites and Contemporary Homicide. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. DOI: 10.1111/hojo.12109
- November 13, 2014
- 02:01 PM
- 768 views
25 Years after the Fall of Berlin Wall
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For 28 years, the Berlin Wall stood as a physical reminder of the Cold War's destruction of civil liberties and a barrier against reconstruction. On November 9, 1989, the world anxiously awaited as Berliners gathered to dismantle the wall that separated families, economies, and opportunities.... Read more »
Lees, C. (2014) The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 25 years on. Political Insight, 5(2), 4-7. DOI: 10.1111/2041-9066.12053
- November 11, 2014
- 09:34 PM
- 1,063 views
Video Gaming and Internet Addiction : Harmful or Harmless?
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The more the addiction to video games, Internet and social media is increased among teenagers and young adults, the more concerned the parents become. It is where family therapists play an important role. Are video games really bad for children? How to counter addiction to social media? Researchers explored the impact for these new forms of entertainment to assist family therapists.
When researchers compared two groups of players who played massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORP........ Read more »
Jordan, N. (2014) Video games: support for the evolving family therapist. Journal of Family Therapy, 36(4), 359-370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6427.2012.00593.x
Park, T., Kim, S., & Lee, J. (2014) Family therapy for an Internet-addicted young adult with interpersonal problems. Journal of Family Therapy, 36(4), 394-419. DOI: 10.1111/1467-6427.12060
- November 10, 2014
- 04:11 AM
- 761 views
Water-Use Advantage for Lianas over Trees in Tropical Seasonal Forests
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Lianas exhibit peak abundance in tropical forests with strong seasonal droughts, the eco-physiological mechanisms associated with lianas coping with water deficits are poorly understood.
Researchers examined soil water partitioning, sap flow, and canopy eco-physiological properties for 99 individuals of 15 liana and 34 co-occurring tree species in three tropical forests that differed in soil water availability.... Read more »
Chen, Y., Cao, K., Schnitzer, S., Fan, Z., Zhang, J., & Bongers, F. (2014) Water-use advantage for lianas over trees in tropical seasonal forests. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13036
- November 6, 2014
- 09:42 PM
- 776 views
Diving into Energy Drinks
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Life Sciences
How much do you know about energy drinks? We always consume energy drinks to boost our mood in general and to enhance our physical endurance. Being consumed since 1960s in Europe and Asia, we are uncertain about the side effects that energy drinks could produce.
While energy drinks are consumed by general consumers, teenagers and young adults are targeted group of consumers. The researchers analysed various ingredients that usually contain in energy drinks as well as the market size and safet........ Read more »
Heckman, M., Sherry, K., & De Mejia, E. (2010) Energy Drinks: An Assessment of Their Market Size, Consumer Demographics, Ingredient Profile, Functionality, and Regulations in the United States. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 9(3), 303-317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-4337.2010.00111.x
- October 28, 2014
- 11:49 PM
- 736 views
When Should Online Dating Partners Meet Offline?
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Will the amount of online communications affect face-to-face (FtF) relational outcomes among online daters? Researchers analysed experience of using various online date sites of 433 online daters recruited by a market research firm.... Read more »
Ramirez, A., Bryant Sumner, E., Fleuriet, C., & Cole, M. (2014) When Online Dating Partners Meet Offline: The Effect of Modality Switching on Relational Communication Between Online Daters. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12101
- October 16, 2014
- 02:18 AM
- 792 views
World Food Day - Food Security through the Lens of Nutrition
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Life Sciences
The Foresight report has described an unprecedented confluence of pressures whereby a growing, and in some cases, increasingly prosperous global population, alongside increasing demand for limited resources and the pressing need to address environmental challenges, including climate change and changing weather patterns, means that food security is seriously and increasingly threatened. Much of the discussion has focused on greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production and the contribu........ Read more »
Buttriss, J. (2013) Food security through the lens of nutrition. Nutrition Bulletin, 38(2), 254-261. DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12031
- October 14, 2014
- 02:00 PM
- 574 views
Drinking Decaf Coffee May Be Good for the Liver
by Wiley Asia Blog in Wiley Asia Blog - Health Sciences
Researchers from the National Cancer Institute report that decaffeinated coffee drinking may benefit liver health. Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that higher coffee consumption, regardless of caffeine content, was linked to lower levels of abnormal liver enzymes. This suggests that chemical compounds in coffee other than caffeine may help protect the liver.
Coffee consumption is highly prevalent with mo........ Read more »
Xiao, Q., Sinha, R., Graubard, B., & Freedman, N. (2014) Inverse associations of total and decaffeinated coffee with liver enzyme levels in NHANES 1999-2010. Hepatology. DOI: 10.1002/hep.27367
- October 11, 2014
- 11:39 AM
- 840 views
Saying NO to Our Food Craving Is Not as Simple as It Seems
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Fitness junkies would not believe this, but our road to obesity could be greatly affected by the number and type of bacteria living within us. Researchers from UC San Francisco, Arizona State University and University of New Mexico suggest that a power struggle inside our gut happens daily. As it is a game of ‘survival-of-the-fittest’, our gut microbes would compete with each other over the availability of their preferred nutrient (e.g. sugar or fats). As a result, they influence our........ Read more »
Alcock, J., Maley, C., & Aktipis, C. (2014) Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms. BioEssays, 36(10), 940-949. DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400071
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