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Nursing viewpoints on opioid crisis

Addictions nursing specialists have a unique role to play in caring for patients, families, and communities affected by the crisis.

6 Sep 2018

New nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors

A new nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors, such as breast, colon, pancreas, lung and head and neck cancer better than current methods, with less inconvenience to patients and with equal or improved accuracy.

6 Sep 2018

UCLA Seizure Disorder Center offers hope to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

More than 20 new anti-seizure drugs have been introduced in recent decades - a number that means little to people with drug-resistant epilepsy. For them, treatment has not improved.

6 Sep 2018

Brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently, finds study

The brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently when compared to each other and non-musicians, finds a new UCL-led study.

6 Sep 2018

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital recognized as one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the U.S.

Parents magazine has named UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the United States.

6 Sep 2018

WVU researcher works to improve treatment access for rural depressed patients

Rates of depression tend to be higher in rural areas than in urban ones, yet rural residents may have a harder time accessing mental health care. Driving to see a psychiatrist or counselor may take hours, and wait times for an appointment may take months.

6 Sep 2018

Fibromyalgia patients treated with online ACT show improvement in disease outcomes

Canadian researchers writing in The Journal of Pain reported that fibromyalgia patients participating in online acceptance and commitment therapy and treatment as usual showed significant improvement in primary disease outcomes, such as depression, pain, sleep and pain acceptance, compared with TAU alone.

5 Sep 2018

Nerve stimulation therapy may offer new hope for women with sexual dysfunction

Electrodes aren't the first thing most people think of when it comes to achieving sexual arousal. But if the results of a pilot study are any indication, that may soon change.

5 Sep 2018

New guidelines for evaluation and treatment of perimenopausal depression

It is well-recognized that women are at increased risk of depression during postpartum when hormone levels are changing, but the risk of depression associated with perimenopause -- the time right before menopause when female hormones are in decline -- remains under-recognized and clinical recommendations on how to diagnose and treat this kind of depression in women have been lacking until now.

5 Sep 2018

Phase 2 clinical study reports best outcomes to date for older Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Recently published results of a phase 2 clinical trial have shown the best outcomes to date for newly diagnosed older Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with brentuximab vedotin given before and after doxorubicin, vinblastine and dacarbazine chemotherapy, which is the standard of care.

5 Sep 2018

Genome-wide association study reveals potential genes behind diverticular disease

More than half of adults in the Western hemisphere over the age of 40 have small bulging pouches inside their intestine known as diverticula. Caused by weakening of the outer lining of the intestine, these pouches are typically harmless.

5 Sep 2018

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

Surgical site infections are a significant complication that can prevent proper wound healing, require expensive treatment and may even lead to death in severe cases. Patients with higher body mass indices and with diabetes have an increased risk of developing incision infections.

5 Sep 2018

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

A team of seven researchers collaborating from United States and Britain have found a way to use gene therapy to cure a rare form of childhood blindness that occurs due to a genetic predisposition.

5 Sep 2018

Novel lentiviral model can determine effect of Wnt/β-Catenin inhibition on bone regeneration

Researchers have developed a novel tool for determining the sensitivity of bone healing to inhibition of the Wnt signaling pathway and have validated its use in a study of bone regeneration in mice.

4 Sep 2018

Study finds new clues to understand relapse in breast cancer

A large genomic analysis has linked certain DNA mutations to a high risk of relapse in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, while other mutations were associated with better outcomes, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of British Columbia.

4 Sep 2018

Image Cytometry Technology and Tissue Analysis

Image cytometry or tissue cytometry, not only measures the size, diameter and shape of a cell, but quantifies the molecular marker expression.

From TissueGnostics 4 Sep 2018

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

A team of researchers the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich has shown that in multiple sclerosis, it is not only specific T cells that cause inflammation and lesions in the brain.

4 Sep 2018

Eye-movement intervention reduces amygdala activity during recall of traumatic memory

Two human experiments published in JNeurosci demonstrate that a widely used yet controversial psychotherapy technique suppresses fear-related amygdala activity during recall of a traumatic memory.

From Society for Neuroscience 4 Sep 2018

Five microRNAs predict course, recurrence of HPV-negative head and neck cancer

A new method predicts the course of HPV-negative head and neck cancer after radiation chemotherapy.

4 Sep 2018

Dr. Clinton Webb selected for top award from AHA Council on Hypertension

Dr. R. Clinton Webb, Herbert S. Kupperman Chair in Cardiovascular Disease in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been selected for the top award from the American Heart Association's Council on Hypertension.

4 Sep 2018

Therapy News and Research

Nursing viewpoints on opioid crisis

New nuclear medicine imaging method could help diagnose widespread tumors

UCLA Seizure Disorder Center offers hope to patients with drug-resistant epilepsy

Brains of professional beatboxers and guitarists respond to music differently, finds study

UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital recognized as one of the most innovative children's hospitals in the U.S.

WVU researcher works to improve treatment access for rural depressed patients

Fibromyalgia patients treated with online ACT show improvement in disease outcomes

Nerve stimulation therapy may offer new hope for women with sexual dysfunction

New guidelines for evaluation and treatment of perimenopausal depression

Phase 2 clinical study reports best outcomes to date for older Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Genome-wide association study reveals potential genes behind diverticular disease

UIC to evaluate use of negative pressure wound therapy in obese and diabetic patients

Gene therapy for rare genetic blindness wins prestigious Champalimaud Vision award

Novel lentiviral model can determine effect of Wnt/β-Catenin inhibition on bone regeneration

Study finds new clues to understand relapse in breast cancer

Image Cytometry Technology and Tissue Analysis

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

Eye-movement intervention reduces amygdala activity during recall of traumatic memory

Five microRNAs predict course, recurrence of HPV-negative head and neck cancer

Dr. Clinton Webb selected for top award from AHA Council on Hypertension

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