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SDOH screening not enough to identify patients at risk of utility shut-off

Researchers at Boston Medical Center have found that only a fraction of patients at risk of having their utilities shut off were identified through social determinants of health screening.

25 Feb 2020

Woman's bladder produces alcohol – a rare medical condition

A 61-year-old woman was set for a liver transplant but was denied due to a high level of alcohol in her system. Her urine contained alcohol, which is unlikely unless someone has consumed large amounts of it.

25 Feb 2020

TMS shows promise in treating broader range of neurological conditions

Transcranial magnetic stimulatio has shown significant efficacy in treating major depressive and obsessive compulsive disorders.

24 Feb 2020

School nurses on the frontlines of treating opioid overdose

As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their communities with easier access to naloxone, which can prevent death by reversing opioid overdoses.

24 Feb 2020

Researchers uncover how cancer cells override environmental cues to consume energy

Using human lung cancer cells, UT Southwestern researchers have uncovered how cells in general modulate their energy consumption based on their surroundings and, furthermore, how cancer cells override those cues to maximize energy use.

24 Feb 2020

A promising new oral therapy to speed up healing of broken bones

People with diabetes are at a higher risk of fracturing a bone than the general population. And if they do break one it also takes longer than normal to heal.

24 Feb 2020

Researchers identify mechanisms underlying immunotherapy-associated tuberculosis

Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified how new checkpoint inhibitor treatments for cancer can activate tuberculosis in some patients.

24 Feb 2020

Small molecules may open the door to new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers identified a group of small molecules that may open the door to developing new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, an as-yet-uncured disease that results in devastating muscle weakening and loss.

24 Feb 2020

Immunotherapy drug combination effective for patients with fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors

Many patients with rare, fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors respond well to a common immunotherapy drug combination, according to the first peer-reviewed publication out of DART, short for Dual Anti-CTLA-4 and Anti-PD-1 Blockade in Rare Tumors, a unique rare cancer clinical trial.

24 Feb 2020

Study explores how urban environment affects the diet of its citizens

Previous studies have revealed the influence of unhealthy food environments on the population's eating behavior. Yet the socioeconomic differences in these environments and their influence on diet had never been studied previously.

24 Feb 2020

Hospital admission, neurological consultation linked to better care quality for people with mini-stroke

Admission to the hospital and being seen by a neurologist are factors associated with better quality care for people with a transient ischemic attack, also known as mini-stroke, according to new research led by scientists from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute, Purdue University, and Indiana University.

24 Feb 2020

Autoantibodies can also act as the body's own antidepressants

If the immune system attacks its own body, it can often have devastating consequences: autoantibodies bind to the body's structures, triggering functional disorders.

24 Feb 2020

Studies analyze epidemiologic supervision and influenza cases among children in Catalonia

The viral infections of the upper respiratory tract are an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and, among them, influenza is one of the most important ones, with severe cases ranging from three and five million cases, and between 290,000 and 650,000 deaths per year. This is why a proper supervision of the disease is crucial.

24 Feb 2020

Scientific breakthrough provides insights into basic mechanisms of allergic reactions

An international research team has been able to describe the overall structure of the antibody type IgE, which is the key molecule in allergic diseases.

24 Feb 2020

DNA topological problems may cause lymphoma, study shows

Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Madrid, and the Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Seville, published today a paper in Nature Communications that shows that DNA topological problems may cause endogenous DNA breaks that have a causal relationship with cancer.

24 Feb 2020

Gut bacteria may predict risk of pulmonary hypertension

A team of researchers has found that the microflora of bacteria within the gut of humans could be a contributor to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study titled, "Altered Gut Microbiome Profile in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension," in the latest issue of the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

24 Feb 2020

Integrated care conferences reduce length of hospital stay for COPD patients

Hospitals can dramatically reduce the length of a patient's stay (by up to 67%) when their provider teams hold integrated care conferences, a daily meeting for providers to share information at once.

24 Feb 2020

Supplementing diet with amino acid delays signs of ALS in animal study

The addition of dietary L-serine, a naturally occurring amino acid necessary for formation of proteins and nerve cells, delayed signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in an animal study.

24 Feb 2020

New tool incorporates PET and CT scans to measure effectiveness of key anti-TB medicine

Experts believe that tuberculosis, or TB, has been a scourge for humans for some 15,000 years, with the first medical documentation of the disease coming out of India around 1000 B.C.E.

24 Feb 2020

New way to chart human genome with CRISPR/nanopore sequencing technique

In search of new ways to sequence human genomes and read critical alterations in DNA, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully used the gene cutting tool CRISPR to make cuts in DNA around lengthy tumor genes, which can be used to collect sequence information.

24 Feb 2020

Medicine News and Research

SDOH screening not enough to identify patients at risk of utility shut-off

Woman's bladder produces alcohol – a rare medical condition

TMS shows promise in treating broader range of neurological conditions

School nurses on the frontlines of treating opioid overdose

Researchers uncover how cancer cells override environmental cues to consume energy

A promising new oral therapy to speed up healing of broken bones

Researchers identify mechanisms underlying immunotherapy-associated tuberculosis

Small molecules may open the door to new therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Immunotherapy drug combination effective for patients with fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors

Study explores how urban environment affects the diet of its citizens

Hospital admission, neurological consultation linked to better care quality for people with mini-stroke

Autoantibodies can also act as the body's own antidepressants

Studies analyze epidemiologic supervision and influenza cases among children in Catalonia

Scientific breakthrough provides insights into basic mechanisms of allergic reactions

DNA topological problems may cause lymphoma, study shows

Gut bacteria may predict risk of pulmonary hypertension

Integrated care conferences reduce length of hospital stay for COPD patients

Supplementing diet with amino acid delays signs of ALS in animal study

New tool incorporates PET and CT scans to measure effectiveness of key anti-TB medicine

New way to chart human genome with CRISPR/nanopore sequencing technique

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