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Routine Aspirin Benefits Questioned

Advice about aspirin use has been conflicting.

Low-dose aspirin should not routinely be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, contrary to official guidance, say UK researchers. Analysis of data from over 100,000 clinical trial participants found the risk of harm largely canceled out the benefits of taking the drug.

Only those who have already had a heart attack or stroke should be advised to take a daily aspirin, researchers said.

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The number of US adults following a healthy lifestyle has fallen in the last two decades despite increasing public health campaigns, a study shows. A review of two studies stretching back to 1988 found the proportion of obese adults has crept up to over a third.

Levels of exercise also fell, as did consumption of fruit and vegetables.

The American Journal of Medicine study found those with health problems were no more likely to follow a healthy lifestyle than their fitter peers. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina compared two large-scale studies covering the period 1988 to 2006. During those 18 years, the percentage of adults aged 40-74 years with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 rose from 28% to 36%.

So turn your computer off and go for a walk. Eat an apple instead of that brownie. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've heard it all before. Have a great day, Tubby.

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North Korea announced it was quitting long-running six-nation negotiations on its nuclear disarmament. It also said it would reopen its main nuclear plant at Yongbyon, which was closed in July 2007 as part of a disarmament deal. According to South Korean media reports, the plant may now be reactivated, as spy satellites have seen steam coming out of it.

On Monday North Korea increased tensions still further, by conducting a powerful underground nuclear test. It has also fired six short-range missiles in recent days.
In a fission bomb the fuel must be kept in separate subcritical masses which will not support fission to prevent premature detonation.

Today's Cool Image is from CMSP's files. The caption reads: Critical mass is the minimum mass of fissionable material required to sustain nuclear fission reaction. Two subcritical masses must be brought together to form a supercritical mass which will provide enough neutrons to sustain a fission reaction at detonation. Free neutrons must be introduced into the mass to start the fission.

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Found Gene links heart and gum disease.

A genetic link between dental disease and heart attacks has been found by German researchers. Gum disease - periodontitis - is known to be associated with heart disease but how exactly they are linked is unknown.

Now the University of Kiel team has found a common gene mutation in people with periodontitis and heart attack patients, a conference heard. Study leader Dr Arne Schaefer said gum disease should be taken very seriously and treated as early as possible.

Both coronary heart disease (CHD) and periodontitis are associated with the same risk factors - most importantly smoking, diabetes and obesity.

So brush your teeth and see the dentist. Has anyone seen my floss?

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CMSP continues to honor America and it's veterans in honor of Memorial Day.

Today's Cool image shows Navy sailors standing on the deck of a big ship with a huge American Flag behind them. This picture was taken sometime during World War I, also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved the majority of the world's great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Entente Powers and the Central Powers.

Over 70 million military personnel were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. In a state of total war, the major combatants fully placed their scientific and industrial capabilities at the service of the war effort.

Over 15 million people were killed, making it one of the deadliest conflicts in human history.

The proximate cause for the war was the 28 June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Bosnian-Serb nationalist, Gavrilo Princip.

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Today's Cool Image honors all the veterans that served this country. This image shows the Korean War Memorial statue in Atlantic City, New jersey.

The Korean War between North Korea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and South Korea (officially the Republic of Korea) regimes, with major hostilities lasting from June 25, 1950 until the armistice signed on July 27, 1953. The conflict arose from the attempts of the two Korean powers to re-unify Korea under their respective governments.

The period immediately before the war was marked by escalating border conflicts at the 38th Parallel and attempts to negotiate elections for the entirety of Korea.

Atlantic city became a popular beach destination because of its proximity to Philadelphia. Hence the city is an anchor city for the Delaware Valley Metropolitan area. The city is famous for its boardwalk. The names of its streets are used for the American version of the game Monopoly.

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Today's Cool image show us The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is a facility of the National Science Foundation, operated by Associated Universities Inc, a nonprofit research organization. The NRAO provides state of the art radio telescope facilities for use by the scientific community.

Detection of the radio waves emitted by astronomical objects demands technology and signal processing that push the state-of-the-art. The scientists and engineers at the NRAO Technology Center (NTC) perform much of the innovative research and development that yields the required instrumentation and processing advances.

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I'm Back! I missed a couple of days of blogging.

Todays Cool Image shows us the muscles of the back.

The spine is bordered by several groups of muscles, including the intertransversarii muscle which facilitate movement between the individual vertebrae, and the multifidus spinae, which facilitate the movement of the spine as a whole.

Other muscles in the back are associated with the movement of the neck and shoulders. The trapezius muscle, which is named from its trapezium-like shape, runs between the neck, the anterior chain, the two shoulders, and the thoracic vertebra, T12. The large latissimus dorsi make a triangle from the shoulder to the hip.

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Today's Cool Image shows muscle banding on the microscopic level.

Skeletal muscle is a form of voluntary striated muscle tissue existing under control of the somatic nervous system. It is one of three major muscles found in biology, the others being cardiac and smooth muscle. As its name suggests, skeletal muscle is linked to bone by bundles of collagen fibers known as tendons.

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Is that a submarine in your parking lot? Or are you just happy to see me?

Today's Cool Image shows a U-505 German Submarine that once rested outside the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This picture is from the late 1950s. Today, the sub proudly sits on display inside the museum.

On June 4, 1944, the German sub (known as U-505) was prowling off the coast of West Africa on a hunt for American and Allied ships, when depth charges from the USS Chatelain blasted the dreaded U-boat out of hiding.

It was the end of a violent run for U-505, which had terrorized the Atlantic Ocean as part of a massive U-boat campaign that almost altered the outcome of World War II.

The Museum of Science and Industry invites you to step inside the real U-505—the only German submarine in the United States, and, now, a national memorial to the 55,000 American sailors who gave their lives on the high seas in WWI and WWII.

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Have a great Thursday!

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Do Women Really Fight Off Disease Better?

Which is the weaker sex?

Men really do have an excuse for supposedly being wimpy about coughs and colds - their immune systems are not as strong as women's, research suggests.

A Canadian study indicates that the female sex hormone estrogen gives women's immune systems added bite at fighting off infection.

Estrogen seems to counter an enzyme which blocks the inflammatory process.

The McGill University study appears in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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A third of the world's population could be infected with swine flu, expert projections suggest.

Researchers say swine flu has "full pandemic potential", spreading readily between people and is likely to go global in the next six to nine months.

Although one in three who come in contact will likely become infected, researchers declined to estimate the death toll.

The study based on Mexico's experience is published in the journal Science.

The number of laboratory-confirmed swine flu cases has reached 5,251 in some 30 countries around the world, with 61 having died from the disease, the World Health Organization has confirmed as of today, May 12, 2009.

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Preliminary analysis of the swine flu virus suggests it is a fairly mild strain, scientists say.

It is believed that a further mutation would be needed in order for the H1N1 virus to cause the mass deaths that have been estimated by some. But at this point, it is impossible to predict with any accuracy how the virus will continue to evolve.

The United States now, as of Monday May 11, has more confirmed swine flu cases than Mexico, with a spike in numbers since Friday bringing the total to 2,532.

Canada reported its first confirmed flu death in the western Alberta province. The victim was a woman in her thirties.

In Hong Kong, nearly 300 people were released from a hotel after a week-long quarantine over a feared flu outbreak.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has so far confirmed 44 swine flu fatalities - 42 in Mexico and two in the US.

Another week of Swine Flu reports.

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This story reminds me of The Onion. US scientists say they have successfully reversed the effects of Alzheimer's with experimental drugs, but they can't remember where they wrote their conclusions!

But seriously, the drugs target and boost the function of a newly pinpointed gene involved in the brain's memory formation. In mice, the treatment helped restore long-term memory and improve learning for new tasks, Nature reports. The same drugs - HDAC inhibitors - are currently being tested to treat Huntington's disease and are on the market to treat some cancers.

They reshape the DNA scaffolding that supports and controls the expression of genes in the brain.

The Alzheimer's gene the drugs act upon, histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2), regulates the expression of a plethora of genes implicated in plasticity - the brain's ability to change in response to experience - and memory formation.

Lead researcher Professor Li-Huei Tsai explained: "It brings about long-lasting changes in how other genes are expressed, which is probably necessary to increase numbers of synapses and restructure neural circuits, thereby enhancing memory.

HDAC inhibitor treatment for humans with Alzheimer's disease is still a decade or more away, researchers said.

Ten years.... hmmm. that fits in perfectly in my time table. So have a great day and now you don't have to worry too much about forgetting where you put your keys.

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As with colorectal (bowel) cancer, the embarrassment of talking about the symptoms often puts people off seeking medical help. But late diagnosis leads to a low survival rate, so the sooner it gets treated the better.

The stomach lies between the lower end of the gullet (esophagus) and the beginning of the intestine.

The exact cause of stomach cancer is still not known, although it's thought that diet may play an important part.

There's every reason to believe that a healthy diet will reduce your risk of cancer. Diets containing plenty of fruit and vegetables appear to protect against all cancers - and in particular cancers of the stomach and bowel.

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A male contraceptive shot could be as effective at preventing pregnancies as the female pill or condoms, a study shows. The monthly testosterone injection works by temporarily blocking sperm production and could revolutionize birth control, experts believe.

In trials in China only one man in 100 fathered a child while on the injections, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism reports. Six months after stopping the shots the men's sperm counts returned to normal.

Family planning campaigners welcomed the news and said they hoped an injection would give couples more choice and enable men to take a greater share of the responsibility for contraception.

Your comments?

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At CMSP's Cool Image of the Day Blog we usually use images from our extensive library of medical and scientific photos and illustrations. But today, we use an image that has been emailed to thousands of people over the weekend. Perhaps it marks the first spread of swine flu?

I do not know the photographer, probably the dad of the little boy.

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Pigs Have Rights Too!!!

Today's Cool Image is a pig fetus that yours truely created in the biomed photo lab at Rochester Institute of Technology back in 1980.

Are you sick of the Swine Flu news coverage yet? Here is a change: The WHO,(not the band - the World Health Organization) says it will now call the virus Influenza A (H1N1) rather than swine flu - which it says is misleading as pork meat is safe as the virus is being transmitted from human to human.

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