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(Duke University Medical Center) Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And this bias may be creating more aggressive cancers in this population by delaying diagnosis, according to a new study led by investigators in the Duke Prostate Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

A multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that about one out of 100 adults have active epilepsy, and more than one-third are not getting sufficient treatment. The study, which examined the prevalence of epilepsy or seizure disorder in 19 states, was published in today's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report.Epilepsy affects an estimated 2.7 million people in the United States and costs about $15.5 billion in medical costs and lost or reduced earnings and productivity each year.read more

A common gender stereotype assumes that men are more aggressive and women are more emotional. In negotiation, men are assumed to be more assertive and women better at fostering relationships. However, a new study published in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research reveals that when people are trying to make a positive impression, they may behave in ways that contradict gender stereotypes.

Our visual memory is not as good as we may think, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust - but it can be used more flexibly than scientists previously thought. In a study(1) published today in the journal Science, researchers have shown how we remember what we see and why we can recall visually important or striking images most clearly, using a topical example of a relay race to illustrate the concept.

Scientists have discovered that a mutation in a dachshund gene called NPHP4 is involved in early onset cone rod dystrophy, a type of retinal degenerative disorder that occurs naturally in humans and dogs and eventually leads to blindness. The study is the work of Dr Frode Lingaas of the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science and other colleagues in Norway, Sweden and the US and is published in the 7th August online before print issue of Genome Research.

Overall alcohol use particularly consumption of beer is declining in the US, according to a new study published in the August 2008 issue of The American Journal of medicine. Researchers examined 50 years of data and found several changes in alcohol intake but no change in alcohol use disorders.

(University of Montreal hospital Centre) Canadian researchers have shown that patients who receive early treatment for hepatitis C virus within the first months following an infection, develop a rapid poly-functional immune response against HCV similar to when infection is erradicted spontaneously, according to a new study published in the Journal of Virology. Therefore, early treatment can restore immune response against HCV and help eliminate the virus rapidly. This new discovery of the mechanisms of viral eradication could contribute to the development of new treatments.

(London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults inwestern countries and the third cause of global blindness, according toa study published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

A common gender stereotype assumes that men are more aggressive and women are more emotional and that during negotiations, men will be hard-line while women better at fostering relationships. However, a new study published in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research reveals that when people are trying to make a positive impression, they may [...]

A new report suggests nearly one in 10 U.S. women who have given birth recently meet the formal criteria for post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from childbirth. The discovery comes from a survey, titled “New Mothers Speak Out,” a study commissioned by the not-for-profit maternity care group Childbirth Connection and published in the Wall [...]