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Study shows possibility of using PET imaging to manage chronic liver diseases

While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject to complications. These effects may soon be a thing of the past for some patients thanks to new research showing PET imaging with the 18F-FAC radiotracer can be used as a non-invasive substitute. The study is featured in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

5 Oct 2018

Researchers receive DoD grant to test efficacy of stem cell therapy for eye injuries

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a four-year, $5.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a multi-site clinical trial to test the efficacy of a stem cell-based treatment for eye injuries.

5 Oct 2018

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim present full results of cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today presented the full results of the long-term cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA®, which studied the impact of Trajenta® (linagliptin) on cardiovascular and kidney safety in adults with type 2 diabetes at high risk for heart and/or kidney disease.

5 Oct 2018

Scientists receive Young Investigator Grants from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued at more than $13.8 million to 200 of the world's most promising young scientists.

5 Oct 2018

New findings can promote healthy behavior among hypertensive women in Ghana

In the current issue of Family Medicine and Community Health (Volume 6,Number 3, 2018, pp.115-123, researchers Bishwajit Ghose and Sanni Yaya of the Faculty of Social Sciences, School of International Development and Global Studies University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, describe how this study is the first to assess the effect of socioeconomic status on blood pressure-controlling behavior among adult women with hypertension in Ghana.

5 Oct 2018

Despite gender bias, more women are applying for CHEST Fellowship

Achieving fellow status in medical societies is an important benchmark for academic success. A study presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 shows that women are underrepresented as Fellows in CHEST but that the numbers of women applying for CHEST Fellow are increasing.

5 Oct 2018

Multimodal fusion model can better predict cognitive impairment

A new study has shown that by combining imaging and neuropsychological testing, one can more accurately assess the cognitive status of individuals.

4 Oct 2018

Pilot study shows how migraine can be treated without medicine

By slightly changing the body's own molecules using a small inhaler, certain migraine patients can either cut down on medication or do without it completely. This is shown by a pilot study which has been published in the scientific journal Cephalalgia.

4 Oct 2018

Gut microbiome appears to play key role in heart transplant outcomes

In a new study, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have found that the gut microbiome appears to play a key role in how well the body accepts a transplanted heart. The scientists found a causal relationship between the presence of certain microbes and transplant outcome.

4 Oct 2018

Triangular-shaped neurons found in the brain help us recognize and categorize food

Brain regions best known for recognizing the potential horror of a hurricane also help us recognize, appreciate and categorize our food, scientists report.

4 Oct 2018

Without safety net of kids or spouse, ‘elder orphans’ need fearless fallback plan

It was a memorable place to have an "aha" moment about aging. Peter Sperry had taken his 82-year-old father, who'd had a stroke and used a wheelchair, to Disney World. Just after they'd made their way through the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, nature called. Sperry took his father to the bathroom where, with difficulty, he changed the older man's diaper.

4 Oct 2018

Weight loss drug reduces risk of diabetes in patients with pre-diabetes, finds study

At the 2018 Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Study Group presented diabetes-related findings from CAMELLIA-TIMI 61, a clinical trial of overweight and obese patients designed to test lorcaserin, a weight loss drug manufactured by the trial's sponsor, Eisai Inc.

4 Oct 2018

Wits doctors transplant liver from HIV positive mother to her child with end-stage liver disease

This was the ethical dilemma faced by doctors at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre to save a child's life.

4 Oct 2018

Viruses shown to cause bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain

Viruses known to target the central nervous system may also affect neurons of the digestive tract, causing bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain.

4 Oct 2018

Robot could become the 'weapon' of choice for detecting and treating prostate cancer

A robot could become the 'weapon' of choice for detecting and treating the most common cancer in men, improving results and reducing side effects.

4 Oct 2018

Working with Next Health World Innovation Forum to build a healthier future

The Innovation Forum is partnering with the Milner Therapeutics Institute in 2019 for the Next Health World Innovation Forum – a new international healthcare conference taking place from 26-27 June 2019, in Cambridge, UK.

4 Oct 2018

Expert proposes new model to generate automated updates of genetic test results

Maybe the genetic test report your doctor ordered says your DNA contains many “variants of unknown significance.” Currently, up to 70 percent of such reports are negative or inconclusive.

4 Oct 2018

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

A new PET imaging radiotracer could help researchers understand neurodegenerative disease and the aging brain. The study is featured in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Oct 2018

Genentech announces Phase III study results of baloxavir marboxil in people at high risk of flu

Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, today announced that the Phase III CAPSTONE-2 study showed treatment with baloxavir marboxil significantly reduced the time to improvement of influenza symptoms versus placebo in people at high risk of serious complications from the flu, which includes adults 65 years of age or older, or those who have conditions such as asthma, chronic lung disease, morbid obesity, or heart disease.

4 Oct 2018

Blocking stress-responsive protein reduces loss of tumor suppressor gene in breast cancer

Over half of all breast cancers carry genetic defects in the p53 gene, a powerful tumor suppressor. Loss of this gene increases the risk of getting breast cancer and the resultant cancers become highly resistant to treatment.

4 Oct 2018

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Study shows possibility of using PET imaging to manage chronic liver diseases

Researchers receive DoD grant to test efficacy of stem cell therapy for eye injuries

Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim present full results of cardiovascular outcome trial, CARMELINA

Scientists receive Young Investigator Grants from Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

New findings can promote healthy behavior among hypertensive women in Ghana

Despite gender bias, more women are applying for CHEST Fellowship

Multimodal fusion model can better predict cognitive impairment

Pilot study shows how migraine can be treated without medicine

Gut microbiome appears to play key role in heart transplant outcomes

Triangular-shaped neurons found in the brain help us recognize and categorize food

Without safety net of kids or spouse, ‘elder orphans’ need fearless fallback plan

Weight loss drug reduces risk of diabetes in patients with pre-diabetes, finds study

Wits doctors transplant liver from HIV positive mother to her child with end-stage liver disease

Viruses shown to cause bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain

Robot could become the 'weapon' of choice for detecting and treating prostate cancer

Working with Next Health World Innovation Forum to build a healthier future

Expert proposes new model to generate automated updates of genetic test results

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

Genentech announces Phase III study results of baloxavir marboxil in people at high risk of flu

Blocking stress-responsive protein reduces loss of tumor suppressor gene in breast cancer

Everything there is to know about biosimilars eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

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