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CCBAR Newsletter – September-October, 2006

Editors:  Natalia Gavrilova and Stacy Tessler Lindau

CCBAR News

• The 5th Annual Interdisciplinary Biomeasures Workshop (and first-ever international gathering) will be held June 14th-15th (Thursday-Friday), 2007 in downtown Chicago, IL, USA. Please contact Karl Mendoza: kmendoza@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu or 773-834-4832 for more information.

News From the Nature Journals, Science, BMJ and PNAS

Driven to market
We're selfish and rational ? that's what classical economics says. But play parlour games with brain scanners and you'll find we're pulled in different directions when it comes to money. Jonah Lehrer reports.

From the Cover: Combinations of biomarkers predictive of l...
by Gruenewald, T. L., Seeman, T. E., Ryff, C. D., Karlamangla, A. S., Singer, B. H.
A wide range of biomarkers, reflecting activity in a number of biological systems (e.g., neuroendocrine, immune, cardiovascular, and metabolic), have...

Progestin negatively affects hearing in aged women
by Guimaraes, P., Frisina, S. T., Mapes, F., Tadros, S. F., Frisina, D. R., Frisina, R. D.
Female hormone influences on auditory system aging are not completely understood. Because of widespread clinical use of hormone replacement therapy...

An internally controlled peripheral biomarker for Alzheimer's ...
by Khan, T. K., Alkon, D. L.
Cognitive impairment has recently been found to correlate with changes in peripheral inflammatory signals such as TNF- and IL-1&szligbeta;. PKC...

 

Biomarkers and Aging in the News Media

Women's skin ages faster than men's-study
TORONTO (Reuters) - Women's skin ages faster than men's, according to a German study using a new laser-based technique to measure damage from sun exposure and aging.

Big waist, heavy weight both raise diabetes risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Having either a large waistline or being overweight raises a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but the combination of the two is most dangerous, a study shows.

Too much testosterone kills brain cells
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Too much testosterone can kill brain cells, researchers said on Tuesday in a finding that may help explain why steroid abuse can cause behavior changes like aggressiveness and suicidal tendencies.

Sensitive And Specific Biomarker For Early Detection Of Prostate Cancer Ident...
Scientists at a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company have preliminary evidence showing that a protein in the blood may prove to be a biomarker that is more sensitive and specific than current methods of early detection for prostate cancer.

Forgetful? You Might Be Losing Brain Density
Older People Who Report Forgetfulness But Score Normally on Tests Don't Fare So Well on MRI Scans

Autism risk linked to older dads
Children with older fathers have a significantly increased risk of having autism, a study has concluded.

HRT use 'linked to hearing risk'
Women using some hormone replacement therapies may be putting their hearing at risk, a US study says.

Drinking Juice May Stall Alzheimer's
Drinking fruit or vegetable juice at least three times a week may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by up to 76%, researchers report.

Always Angry? Lungs May Age Faster
Being angry all the time may speed up aging in the lungs, a new study shows.

NIH Press Releases

 

Family Characteristics Have More Influence On Child Development Than Does Exp...
3 Oct 2006 at 10:29am
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Family Characteristics Have More Influence On Child Development Than Does Experience In Child Care, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
NHGRI Funds Assessment of Public Attitudes About Population-Based Studies on ...
28 Sep 2006 at 9:27am
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NHGRI Funds Assessment of Public Attitudes About Population-Based Studies on Genes and Environment, Thursday,
Obesity in Men Linked to Infertility
31 Aug 2006 at 10:32am
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) "Obesity in Men Linked to Infertility", Thursday, August 31, 2006
Study Links Medical Spending to Life Expectancy Gains
31 Aug 2006 at 8:32am
National Institute on Aging (NIA) "Study Links Medical Spending to Life Expectancy Gains", Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Study Finds 'Gradient of Disability' Linked to Household Income of Older Adults
17 Aug 2006 at 9:28am
National Institute on Aging (NIA) News Release "Study Finds 'Gradient of Disability' Linked to Household Income of Older Adults", Wednesday, August 16, 2006

NIH Announcements

Improved Measures of Diet and Physical Activity for the Genes and Environment...
4 Oct 2006 at 1:00pm
Request for Applications from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

Biological Response Indicators of Environmental Stress Centers (U54)
RFA-ES-06-012

Biological Response Indicators of Environmental Stress (U01)
RFA-ES-06-013

Field-Deployable Tools for Quantifying Exposures to Psychosocial Stress and t...
2 Oct 2006 at 1:00pm
Request for Applications from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

Biomarkers for Neurodegeneration (R21)
3 Oct 2006 at 1:00pm
Request for Applications from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

Request for Information (RFI): Proposed Policy for Sharing of Data obtained i...
30 Aug 2006 at 1:00pm
Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

Announcing 2007 NIH Regional Seminars in Program Funding and Grants Administr...
28 Aug 2006 at 1:00pm
Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03)
(PAR-06-520)

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)
(PAR-06-521)

Events

Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada: "XXIII International Methodology Symposium: Methodological Issues in Measuring Population Health," a symposium to be held in Gatineau, Quebec, Nov. 1-3, 2006).

2007 NICHD-NCES Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B) First Release Conference to be held May 8th-10th in Bethesda, MD. _____________________________________________________________________________________
This Newsletter  is supported by a grant from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health (Grant No. 5 P30 AG012857)