EurekAlert! - Breaking NewsThe premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.'Smart bomb' nanoparticle strategy impacts metastasis- July 7, 2008 A new treatment strategy using molecular "smart bombs" to target metastasis with anti-cancer drugs leads to good results using significantly lower doses of toxic chemotherapy, with less collateral damage to surrounding tissue, according to a collaborative team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/uoc--bn070208.php Pregnancy alone is not associated with increased risk for mental disorders- July 7, 2008 Pregnancy alone does not appear to be associated with an increased risk of the most prevalent mental disorders, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMAArchives journals. However, post-partum women may have a higher risk of major depressive disorder.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/jaaj-pai070308.php Incentives for carbon sequestration may not protect species- July 7, 2008 Paying rural landowners in Oregon's Willamette Basin to protect at-risk animals won't necessarily mean that their newly conserved trees and plants will absorb more carbon from the atmosphere and vice versa, a new study has found.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/osu-ifc070708.php Innovative program focuses on improved care for children with ADHD- July 7, 2008 An innovative program is helping busy primary care physicians improve the care they provide for school-aged children with attention-deficithyperactivity disorder, according to a study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and published in the July edition of Pediatrics. The study is the first to intervene with an entire community of primary care physicians and help them more accurately diagnose and effectively monitor treatment response of their patients with ADHD,.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/cchm-ipf070108.php Baseball diamonds: the lefthander's best friend- July 7, 2008 Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and uber baseball fan. Peters is a mechanical engineer who specializes in aircraft and helicopter engineering and has a different approach to viewing America's Favorite Pastime.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/wuis-bdt070708.php Relationship violence appears common among college students- July 7, 2008 Violence between partners, friends and acquaintances appears prevalent both during and before college, according to results of a survey of students at three urban college campuses published in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMAArchives journals.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/jaaj-rva070308.php Guidelines for care of elderly patients ignored- July 7, 2008 Guidelines for the treatment of older patients with respiratory conditions are routinely ignored. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Health Services Research shows that recommended treatments are given to only a small minority of eligible patients.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/bc-gfc070208.php Process used by microges to make greenhouse gases uncovered- July 7, 2008 Researchers here now have a picture of a key molecule that lets microbes produce carbon dioxide and methane -- the two greenhouse gases associated with global warming. The findings relate to organisms called methanogens and are explained in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/osu-pub070308.php Researchers reveal types of genes necessary for brain development- July 7, 2008 Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. Details of the screen and its novel methodology are published July 4 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/plos-rrt070708.php Note to pediatricians: Taper meds in kids with stable asthma- July 7, 2008 A study of how pediatricians prescribe asthma medications suggests that while most would readily increase a child's medication if needed, many are reluctant to taper off drug use when less might be best. A report on the study, led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center researchers, appears in the July issue of Pediatrics.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/jhmi-ntp070308.php |