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New approach to find tailored treatments for adolescent depression

Depression is on the rise among adolescents in the United States; in fact, according to the NIH, an estimated 3.2 million U.S. teenagers experience major depression each year.

1 Oct 2019

Driving Adoption of Digital Pathology with Image Search

Driving adoption of digital pathology through the Scan Image Search from Huron Digital Pathology. Patrick Myles talks to the Dell Healthcare PowerChat Podcast.

From Huron Technologies 1 Oct 2019

Smartphone dependency and depression in young adults

Smartphone overuse by young people is linked to an increased risk of later depression, finds a new University of Arizona study. While this has been established by numerous studies, the current research reported in the Journal of Adolescent Health on August 31, 2019, was aimed at finding out whether the smartphone usage was because of loneliness or whether it caused the loneliness in the first place.

1 Oct 2019

New study finds no significant gluten transfer in common-cooking activities of celiac families

Parents using multiple kitchen appliances and utensils to prevent their child with celiac disease from being exposed to gluten may be able to eliminate some cumbersome steps.

30 Sep 2019

Paving the way towards new cancer radiation therapy using X-rays and nanoparticles

An element called gadolinium delivered into cancer cells releases killer electrons when hit by specially tuned X-rays. The approach, published in the journal Scientific Reports, could pave the way towards a new cancer radiation therapy.

30 Sep 2019

Placebos may lead to mistaken inferences about effects and harms of new treatment

Placebo controls are the 'gold' standard against which new treatments are often measured. If a new treatment consistently proves to be better than a placebo treatment, then it is taken to be effective. Otherwise, it isn't.

30 Sep 2019

Additional heart artery stenting can help prevent future heart attacks

Research has shown that patients who have had emergency heart attack treatment with heart artery stenting - and have significant narrowings in their other untreated arteries - can benefit from additional stenting to help prevent future heart attacks.

28 Sep 2019

Biological clock responds positively to stress

In a recent study, researchers found that the integrated stress response (ISR) is essential to stimulate the circadian clock.

27 Sep 2019

UMD CONSERVE Center is spearheading effort to achieve water and food security

We're running out of water to grow food. Climate change, population growth and increasing demands on freshwater systems are straining agricultural water supplies.

27 Sep 2019

Researchers identify neural circuit that controls perseverance

Success is no accident: To reach your goal you need perseverance. But where does the motivation come from? An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now identified the neural circuit in the brain of fruit flies which makes them perform at their best when searching for food.

27 Sep 2019

University of Minnesota study finds link between stress and circadian clock health

The human body has an internal biological clock that is constantly running. Our well-being is dependent on the function of that clock. New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School found a little stress can make the circadian clock run better and faster.

26 Sep 2019

Volatile substances inhaled during chroming may ‘dissolve the brain’

Health officials are warning that the practice of chroming – inhaling solvents or other household chemicals – can have irreversible impacts on vital organs, including the brain.

26 Sep 2019

In tiny doses, an addiction medication moonlights as treatment for chronic pain

Lori Pinkley, a 50-year-old from Kansas City, Mo., has struggled with puzzling chronic pain since she was 15.

26 Sep 2019

Scientists use new single-cell genetic technique to tackle potential drug resistance

Using a new technique that can identify genetic profiles of individual cells, University of Notre Dame researchers modeled a breast cancer tumor's potential resistance to a drug, and then identified a drug combination that reversed that resistance.

25 Sep 2019

Turmeric adulteration: eating your brain?

Turmeric is a brightly colored yellow spice with numerous health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic. However, a recent study shows that the turmeric grown in Bangladesh can contain up to 500 times the level found at the national average.

25 Sep 2019

Study identifies factor essential for tendon growth

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) is essential for allowing tendons to adapt to physical activity and grow properly, according to basic science research by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery.

24 Sep 2019

NHS: Old-fashioned decor to help patients with dementia

As more elderly patients with dementia are increasingly making use of hospital care, the NHS is responding in a kinder, gentler manner by changing its wards into places that evoke the décor of yesteryear.

23 Sep 2019

Want to reduce suicides? Follow the data — to medical offices, motels and even animal shelters

On Kimberly Repp's office wall is a sign in Latin: Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae. This is a place where the dead delight in helping the living.

23 Sep 2019

RNA hitches lysosome rides to make proteins far away from the nucleus

Proteins inside a cell are often made at the site where they are used, rather than being shipped long distances. This is so with nerve cells which have long cell extensions in the form of axons and dendrites, up to four feet long in some case

22 Sep 2019

Wearable brain-machine interface could help disabled people to control a wheelchair or vehicle

Combining new classes of nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly control an electric wheelchair, interact with a computer or operate a small robotic vehicle without donning a bulky hair-electrode cap or contending with wires.

20 Sep 2019

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New approach to find tailored treatments for adolescent depression

Driving Adoption of Digital Pathology with Image Search

Smartphone dependency and depression in young adults

New study finds no significant gluten transfer in common-cooking activities of celiac families

Paving the way towards new cancer radiation therapy using X-rays and nanoparticles

Placebos may lead to mistaken inferences about effects and harms of new treatment

Additional heart artery stenting can help prevent future heart attacks

Biological clock responds positively to stress

UMD CONSERVE Center is spearheading effort to achieve water and food security

Researchers identify neural circuit that controls perseverance

University of Minnesota study finds link between stress and circadian clock health

Volatile substances inhaled during chroming may ‘dissolve the brain’

In tiny doses, an addiction medication moonlights as treatment for chronic pain

Scientists use new single-cell genetic technique to tackle potential drug resistance

Turmeric adulteration: eating your brain?

Study identifies factor essential for tendon growth

NHS: Old-fashioned decor to help patients with dementia

Want to reduce suicides? Follow the data — to medical offices, motels and even animal shelters

RNA hitches lysosome rides to make proteins far away from the nucleus

Wearable brain-machine interface could help disabled people to control a wheelchair or vehicle

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