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Cancer Research Blog Carnival #13 Call for Submissions

Highlight HEALTH will be hosting the next edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival, edition 13, on Friday, September 5th. As host, I invite you to send your submissions. What is the Cancer Research Blog Carnival? The Cancer Research Blog Carnival is a monthly blog carnival of what’s new in cancer research. Highlight HEALTH hosted the 7th [...]

The Promise of Stem Cells to Repair the Heart

A number of recent advances in stem cell biology are poised to transform therapeutic approaches to a variety of cardiovascular diseases. In the July issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, researchers report one such advance, demonstrating that they can direct mouse embryonic stem cells to develop into an embryonic cell layer called the mesoderm, [...]

Health Highlights - August 5th, 2008

Cancer Research Blog Carnival, 12th Edition | nosugrefneb Did you catch the latest edition of the Cancer Research Blog Carnival? Hosted by Ben Ferguson, it’s by far the best edition yet. Dial ‘C’ for Cancer | Bayblab Do you use a cell phone? Kamel reviews the scientific data on cell phones and cancer. New Media Medicine | Scan Man?s [...]

Mapping Connections in the Human Brain

The first high-resolution structural connection map of the human cerebral cortex was published earlier this month in the journal PLoS Biology. The study reveals regions that are highly connected and central, forming a structural core network [1]. Intriguingly, this core network consists of many areas that are more active when we’re at rest than when [...]

Living Life to its Fullest: The Song of Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today. In September 2007, the Carnegie Mellon Computer Science Professor was asked to give a Journeys Lecture, in which faculty speak to their students as if it were their last lecture. In Pausch’s case, it was indeed. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006; by [...]

Increased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver Cancer

Here’s another reason to enjoy your coffee. A recent study in the July edition of the Journal Hepatology found a significant inverse association (meaning opposingly related; an increase in one variable results in a decrease in another) between coffee drinking and the risk of primary liver cancer [1]. The study also found that serum levels [...]

Did You Eat Your Fruits and Vegetables Today?

Answering seems simple enough. For many people however, the need to avoid criticism and seek praise causes them to respond in a manner consistent with expected norms. Self-reports of dietary intake can be biased by these tendencies, tainting consumption data collected by the health community. Everyone knows they should eat five or more servings of [...]

HEALTH Highlights - July 10th, 2008

Five Best And Worst Sunscreens: Not Just For Summer Anymore | The Patient Report The Patient Report.com provides a news brief on the Environment Working Group?s second annual sunscreen report. Does your sunscreen offer adequate protection against the sun’s rays? Going Buggy? Go Green! | Healthbolt Liberty suggests some natural green alternatives to keep the mosquitos at bay. How [...]

Exactly What are Stem Cells?

The ethical and moral debate over the use of stem cells has taken center stage over the past decade. Stem cells are of great medical interest, since they have the potential to develop into almost any type of cell in the body. Regenerative medicine focuses on the potential uses of stem cells in medicine and [...]

Warfarin Dosing Accuracy and Genomic Medicine: A Helix Health CliniCast

Warfarin, also known under the brand names of Coumadin, Jantoven, Marevan and Waran, is an oral anticoagulant used worldwide for the treatment and prevention of thromboembolic disease. However, warfarin therapy can be difficult to manage because there is a wide variability in patient response and the drug has a narrow therapeutic index. Taking too small [...]

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