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    Red Pigment in Red Peppers and Oranges linked to a Lower risk of Lung Cancer

    January 21, 2017, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

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    Researchers find BCX—red pigment abundant in sweet red peppers, paprika, winter and butternut squash, oranges, and tangerines, among other foods—appears to counteract nicotine’s ability to accelerate the growth of lung tumors. Photo: Ingimage

    Xiang-Dong Wang, a cancer researcher at Tufts, has spent a long time trying to figure out why carotenoids, the main pigments providing colors that range from yellow and pink to deep orange and red in most fruits and vegetables, seem to keep chronic diseases at bay. When a 2004 study by other researchers showed that eating foods containing beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX)—a red pigment abundant in sweet red peppers, paprika, winter and butternut squash, oranges...

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    New ‘Smart Needle’ to make Brain Surgery Safer

    January 21, 2017, Categories  Technology/Electronics, Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology, Environment/Geology

    Smart needle which is able to detect blood vessels deep in the body. Credit: University of Adelaide

    Smart needle which is able to detect blood vessels deep in the body. Credit: University of Adelaide

    A new high-tech medical device to make brain surgery safer has been developed by researchers at the University of Adelaide. The tiny imaging probe, encased within a brain biopsy needle, lets surgeons ‘see’ at-risk blood vessels as they insert the needle, allowing them to avoid causing bleeds that can potentially be fatal. The project is a collaboration with the University of Western Australia and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. “We call it a smart needle...

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    Statins could halt vein blood clots, VTE, research suggests

    January 20, 2017, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2012 update: A report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012;125(1):e2-e220. Heit J, O’Fallon W, Petterson T, Lohse C, Silverstein M, Mohr D, Melton L. Relative impact of risk factors for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med. 2002; 162: 1245–1248. Forster AJ, et al: Adverse drug events occurring following hospital discharge. Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 2005;20(4):317-23 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System, Washington, D.C.: MedPAC, June 2008 Bratzler, Dale W. "Development of National Performance Measures on the Prevention and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism." Journal of Thrombosis And Thrombolysis 29, no. 2 (2010): 148-54. Heit JA. The epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in the community. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008;28(3):370-372.

    Venous Thromboembolism awareness~ Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2012 update: A report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2012;125(1):e2-e220. Heit J, O’Fallon W, Petterson T, Lohse C, Silverstein M, Mohr D, Melton L. Relative impact of risk factors for deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med. 2002; 162: 1245–1248. Forster AJ, et al: Adverse drug events occurring following hospital discharge. Journal of General Internal Medicine, April 2005;20(4):317-23 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Report to the Congress: Reforming the Delivery System, Washington, D.C.: MedPAC, June 2008 Bratzler, Dale W...

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    New, Old Science Combine to Make Faster Medical Test

    January 20, 2017, Categories  Physics, Technology/Electronics, Health/Medical, Chemistry/Nanotechnology, Biology/Biotechnology

    This is Assistant Professor Shawn Putnam of the University of Central Florida's College of Engineering & Computer Science. Credit: Courtesy University of Central Florida

    This is Assistant Professor Shawn Putnam of the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering & Computer Science. Credit: Courtesy University of Central Florida

    Nanoparticles and Faraday rotation allow faster diagnoses. A UCF researcher has combined cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago to create a method for speedy medical tests. The discovery, if commercialized, could lead to faster test results for HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis, rotavirus and other infectious conditions. “I see no reason why a variation of this technique couldn’t be in every hospital throughout the world,” said Shawn Putnam, an assistant professor in the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering & Computer Science.

    At the core of the research are nanop...

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