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Trump rollback of disability rules can make doctor’s visits painstaking

Going to the doctor's office can feel so routine. You sit in the waiting room, fill out the paperwork, get measured and hop onto the exam table.

31 Oct 2018

Alzheimer's Association's Part the Cloud program funds innovative research on brain cells

Innovative research aimed to possibly rejuvenate brain cells will be explored by six international researchers with the goal of discovering effective drugs for people with early stage Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

31 Oct 2018

Study on how blood clots form and clear could make pancreatic cancer more treatable

You're experiencing jaundice, abdominal pain or constipation. And by then, you may be too late. Pancreatic cancer symptoms often arrive after the cancer has already spread, making the disease one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the U.S.

31 Oct 2018

Study finds pain sensitization as key risk factor for persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis

Becoming more sensitive to pain, or pain sensitization, is an important risk factor for developing persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis, according to a new study by researchers at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, in collaboration with researchers at Boston University.

31 Oct 2018

CRISPR genome editing has foreseeable implications for plastic and reconstructive surgery

The CRISPR genome editing technique promises to be a "transformative leap" in genetic engineering and therapy, affecting almost every area of medicine.

31 Oct 2018

First shared Swiss platform to promote regenerative medicine launched in Bern

Regenerative Medicine is one of the fastest growing sectors in biomedical research – replacing diseased cells, tissues or organs.

31 Oct 2018

Asymmetry between two sides of the face increases with aging, finds study

Asymmetry between the two sides of the face increases steadily with aging - a finding with important implications for facial rejuvenation and reconstructive procedures, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

31 Oct 2018

New reviews analyze symptom stability over the course of psychiatric disorders

In patients with psychiatric disorders, stability of symptoms has important implications for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

31 Oct 2018

Scientists pinpoint TIM-3 protein as next potential target for immunotherapy treatments

Following the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine, global attention is now more than ever turned toward the promise of immunotherapy in oncology. An international team’s work has shed new light on a molecule called TIM-3 that might play a key role in the regulation of the immune response.

31 Oct 2018

World’s first vaccine against coeliac disease to be tested in Australia

US-based pharmaceutical company ImmusanT, after worldwide trials, is all set to start clinical trials of a new vaccine against coeliac disease at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Clinical Trials Centre in Melbourne. This will be followed by trials to be held at Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Mackay and Sunshine Coast say the sources.

31 Oct 2018

Researchers discover new, better marker to identify degree of brain damage after cardiac arrest

Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels to be a new and promising marker for identifying patients with severe brain damage after cardiac arrest.

31 Oct 2018

Relapses are common in patients with drug-resistant urinary tract infections

Patients with a certain drug-resistant urinary tract infection were more likely to have a relapse of their infection within a week than those with non-resistant infections and were more likely to be prescribed an incorrect antibiotic according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

30 Oct 2018

New Penn Medicine Center offers hope in the fight against glioblastoma

Today, Penn Medicine is announcing the newest Translational Center of Excellence in the Abramson Cancer Center, focused on Glioblastoma Multiforme, the most common and lethal form of brain cancer.

30 Oct 2018

Researchers find key differences in brains of males and females with schizophrenia

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found clear disparities in the way males and females--both those with schizophrenia and those who are healthy--discern the mental states of others.

30 Oct 2018

$Preclinical studies show differences in healing responses to fractured and intact stent implanted in healthy, disease models$

Preclinical studies show differences in healing responses to fractured and intact stent implanted in healthy, disease models

CBSET, a non-for-profit preclinical research institute dedicated to biomedical research, education and advancement of medical technologies, announced today that its scientists have published data and analyses ("Fracture in drug-eluting stents increases focal intimal hyperplasia in the atherosclerosed rabbit iliac artery") that "illustrate differences in the dynamic healing responses to fractured and intact stent implanted in healthy and disease rabbit models."

30 Oct 2018

Individual cells within the same heart cope differently with high blood pressure, study shows

Individual cells within the same heart cope differently with high blood pressure, according to a study in human cells and mice by a team of cardiologists and computational biologists at the University of Tokyo.

30 Oct 2018

LSD changes the communication patterns between the brain regions, shows study

LSD changes the communication patterns between regions of the brain, a new study by researchers of the University of Zurich and Yale University shows.

30 Oct 2018

Republicans’ drive to tighten immigration overlooks need for doctors

Dr. Alluri Raju, a native of India, vividly remembers how his ethnicity prompted concern and discrimination in the southwest Georgia town of Richland. Doctors there hesitated to grant the family practitioner and general surgeon privileges to the local hospital when he arrived in 1981.

30 Oct 2018

Study finds increase in opioid-affected births to rural residents in rural and urban hospitals

The opioid epidemic has had devastating effects on families in rural communities, places where both maternity care and substance use treatment are limited.

30 Oct 2018

LKSOM and Hunter jointly receive $13.5 million grant from National Cancer Institute

The Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University and Hunter College of the City University of New York have jointly received a five-year, $13.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute.

30 Oct 2018

Hospital News and Research

Trump rollback of disability rules can make doctor’s visits painstaking

Alzheimer's Association's Part the Cloud program funds innovative research on brain cells

Study on how blood clots form and clear could make pancreatic cancer more treatable

Study finds pain sensitization as key risk factor for persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis

CRISPR genome editing has foreseeable implications for plastic and reconstructive surgery

First shared Swiss platform to promote regenerative medicine launched in Bern

Asymmetry between two sides of the face increases with aging, finds study

New reviews analyze symptom stability over the course of psychiatric disorders

Scientists pinpoint TIM-3 protein as next potential target for immunotherapy treatments

World’s first vaccine against coeliac disease to be tested in Australia

Researchers discover new, better marker to identify degree of brain damage after cardiac arrest

Relapses are common in patients with drug-resistant urinary tract infections

New Penn Medicine Center offers hope in the fight against glioblastoma

Researchers find key differences in brains of males and females with schizophrenia

Preclinical studies show differences in healing responses to fractured and intact stent implanted in healthy, disease models

Individual cells within the same heart cope differently with high blood pressure, study shows

LSD changes the communication patterns between the brain regions, shows study

Republicans’ drive to tighten immigration overlooks need for doctors

Study finds increase in opioid-affected births to rural residents in rural and urban hospitals

LKSOM and Hunter jointly receive $13.5 million grant from National Cancer Institute

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