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Columbia University receives $9.6 million NIH grant for ME/CFS research center

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a five-year $9.6 million grant to the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health to create the Center for Solutions for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CfS for ME/CFS), an inter-disciplinary, inter-institutional research group dedicated to understanding the biology of the disease in order to develop effective means to diagnose, treat and prevent it.

27 Sep 2017

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells that control movement. The exact reasons for this degeneration remain unknown.

27 Sep 2017

Study finds inverse link between restrictive spirometry pattern, reduced FVC and arterial stiffness

Increased arterial stiffness is a known predictor of cardiovascular diseases in different populations, including healthy subjects and patients with hypertension, diabetes, or renal disease.

27 Sep 2017

Right after Trump blamed high drug prices on campaign cash, drugmakers gave more

"The cost of medicine in this country is outrageous," President Donald Trump said at a rally in Louisville, Ky., two months after his inauguration. He went on about how identical pills have vastly lower price tags in Europe.

27 Sep 2017

Genetic testing can improve safety of common blood thinner, study shows

Warfarin is a blood thinner that is commonly prescribed to patients to prevent life-threatening blood clots. Despite its longtime use, warfarin remains tricky to dose because a person's genetic makeup influences how the drug is processed in the body.

27 Sep 2017

Penn study finds sustained use of activity trackers for at least 6 months among 80% of users

Use of activity trackers, such as wearable devices and smartphone apps, is on the rise, and a new study shows that 80 percent of users stuck with the device for at least six months.

27 Sep 2017

Adding, removing water from a stem cell can determine its role as bone or fat

Adding or removing water from a stem cell can change the destiny of the cell, researchers have discovered in a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

27 Sep 2017

Emergency departments write shorter duration and smaller-dose opioid prescriptions, study shows

Opioid prescriptions from the emergency department are written for a shorter duration and smaller dose than those written elsewhere, shows new research led by Mayo Clinic.

26 Sep 2017

Prescription drug linked to marked slowing of stomach emptying and weight loss

Liraglutide injection, a prescription medication used to treat type-2 diabetes and obesity is associated with marked slowing of stomach emptying and is an effective weight loss therapy. These are the findings of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Mayo Clinic researchers published today in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

26 Sep 2017

Study finds gender, racial, and ethnic disparities among academic emergency medicine physicians

Gender, racial, and ethnic disparities, with regard to academic rank and compensation, continue to exist among academic emergency medicine physicians in spite of a move by leading organizations of emergency medicine to prioritize increasing diversity.

26 Sep 2017

Loyola Medicine physicians propose new system to improve reporting of robotic surgeries

Loyola Medicine physicians have proposed a simple new system to improve the reporting of robotic surgeries performed by surgeons in training.

26 Sep 2017

Research reveals curious pattern of autism recurrence based on gender

Having one child with autism is a well-known risk factor for having another one with the same disorder, but whether and how a sibling's gender influences this risk has remained largely unknown.

26 Sep 2017

Antibiotics reduce risk of recurrent staph infections in children, research shows

The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated staph infections. Such infections often occur on the skin and look like a pus-filled bug bite.

26 Sep 2017

MIPT scientist proposes unique model to predict cancer development

A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed a model that can predict the number of key carcinogenic events for each cancer type based on the relationship between morbidity and age.

26 Sep 2017

New approaches to treat aggressive NUT midline carcinoma

Precision medicine, which custom-tailors therapies to the needs of individual patients, is becoming more and more important in cancer therapy. Today, molecular-biological diagnostics can precisely identify alterations in tumor cells.

26 Sep 2017

SBP researcher awarded $10.8 million grant to pursue development of new drug for substance abuse

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is pleased to announce the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health has awarded Nicholas Cosford, Ph.D., a three-year, $10.8 million grant to pursue the preclinical development of a new class of medicine to treat substance use disorders.

26 Sep 2017

Emergency patients who are prescribed opioids less likely to become long-term users

Compared to other medical settings, emergency patients who are prescribed opioids for the first time in the emergency department are less likely to become long-term users and more likely to be prescribed these powerful painkillers in accordance with The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

26 Sep 2017

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

A KAIST research team has identified a new mechanism that causes the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease, namely tremors, rigidity, and loss of voluntary movement.

26 Sep 2017

Lack of sleep and arguments with your spouse can cause stress-related inflammation, study reveals

A new study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology, conducted by the researchers from the Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research indicates that the lack of sleep doesn't just make a person cranky and looking for a fight, it also results in the risk of stress-related inflammation.

26 Sep 2017

Researchers use multi-modal integrated approach to develop potential anti-Chagas therapies

Chagas disease is a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, and is transmitted to humans through triatomine blood-sucking bugs that are commonly referred to as "kissing bugs" or "vampire bugs".

26 Sep 2017

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Columbia University receives $9.6 million NIH grant for ME/CFS research center

Study uses new approach to model brain connections for understanding Parkinson's disease

Study finds inverse link between restrictive spirometry pattern, reduced FVC and arterial stiffness

Right after Trump blamed high drug prices on campaign cash, drugmakers gave more

Genetic testing can improve safety of common blood thinner, study shows

Penn study finds sustained use of activity trackers for at least 6 months among 80% of users

Adding, removing water from a stem cell can determine its role as bone or fat

Emergency departments write shorter duration and smaller-dose opioid prescriptions, study shows

Prescription drug linked to marked slowing of stomach emptying and weight loss

Study finds gender, racial, and ethnic disparities among academic emergency medicine physicians

Loyola Medicine physicians propose new system to improve reporting of robotic surgeries

Research reveals curious pattern of autism recurrence based on gender

Antibiotics reduce risk of recurrent staph infections in children, research shows

MIPT scientist proposes unique model to predict cancer development

New approaches to treat aggressive NUT midline carcinoma

SBP researcher awarded $10.8 million grant to pursue development of new drug for substance abuse

Emergency patients who are prescribed opioids less likely to become long-term users

Researchers identify new mechanism that causes hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Lack of sleep and arguments with your spouse can cause stress-related inflammation, study reveals

Researchers use multi-modal integrated approach to develop potential anti-Chagas therapies

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