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Study identifies major barriers to fertility preservation in transgender youth

Few transgender adolescents opted to pursue fertility preservation, according to a report from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

29 Mar 2017

Researchers identify key hormone critical for preventing spread of bacterial pneumonia

Researchers have found that a hormone responsible for controlling iron metabolism helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and that discovery may offer a simple way to help vulnerable patients.

29 Mar 2017

Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency affects motor function, balance in children

A new Tel Aviv University study published in Maternal and Child Nutrition found that infantile Vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency severely affected the motor function of preschoolers who were fed faulty formula in the first year of their lives.

29 Mar 2017

Research findings open door to new class of analgesics for treating neuropathic pain

New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that a novel therapeutic target called LPCAT2 may prove effective against pain that is not receptive to the current treatments.

29 Mar 2017

Phase-contrast X-ray imaging could identify tumors earlier

Phase-contrast X-ray imaging differs from conventional X-rays because it uses a different physical principle.

29 Mar 2017

Cleveland-based study to explore how childhood obesity can be prevented before conception

A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and MetroHealth System researcher, along with Cleveland Clinic's director of metabolic research, have received federal funding to determine if childhood obesity can be prevented before women become pregnant.

29 Mar 2017

University of Glasgow to open new state-of-art Imaging Centre of Excellence

The University of Glasgow will officially open its new £32M Imaging Centre of Excellence, on Wednesday 29 March 2017.

29 Mar 2017

Study unravels mysteries behind cause of acute liver failure

Twenty years ago, the federal government funded the study of a condition quietly killing hundreds of Americans a year - acute liver failure, or ALF. Growing evidence had linked ALF to overdoses of acetaminophen, the popular over-the-counter pain medication many viewed as harmless at the time.

29 Mar 2017

Higher nut intake may help reduce risk of CVD, total cancer and all-cause mortality

In a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies published in BMC Medicine, researchers looked at the association of nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), total cancer, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in adults.

29 Mar 2017

New tool aims to support GPs to identify serious bowel condition symptoms in patients below 50 years

The University of Exeter, in partnership with Bowel Cancer UK Never Too Young campaign, Durham University and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, today publishes in the British Journal of General Practice a new research and risk assessment tool.

29 Mar 2017

Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Northwestern Medicine has developed a miniature female reproductive tract that fits in the palm of your hand and could eventually change the future of research and treatment of diseases in women’s reproductive organs.

29 Mar 2017

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways to chill an immune attack after one immunotherapy drug fires up the immune system, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine.

29 Mar 2017

Music therapy decreases pain in patients recovering from spine surgery

Music therapy has been found to decrease pain in patients recovering from spine surgery, compared to a control group of patients who received standard postoperative care alone.

29 Mar 2017

Rarely studied faulty USF3 gene may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer

Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic and her team have discovered that a faulty, rarely studied gene called USF3 may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer. They recently published this discovery in Human Molecular Genetics.

29 Mar 2017

Man with quadriplegia uses implanted technologies to restore arm and hand movements

Bill Kochevar grabbed a mug of water, drew it to his lips and drank through the straw. His motions were slow and deliberate, but then Kochevar hadn't moved his right arm or hand for eight years.

29 Mar 2017

Study identifies how BPA may encourage inflammatory breast cancer growth

The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, appears to aid the survival of inflammatory breast cancer cells, revealing a potential mechanism for how the disease grows, according to a study led by researchers in the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Cancer Institute.

28 Mar 2017

Study finds broad support for larger health warnings on cigarette packs

Health warnings cover about 10 percent of a cigarette pack's exterior surface in the United States, but there is broad support, even among smokers, for making them significantly larger, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study has found.

28 Mar 2017

High blood pressure not related to elevated mortality risk for older adults with weak grip strength

A study of nearly 7,500 Americans age 65 or older suggests that elevated blood pressure is not related to high mortality risk among people in that age group with weak grip strength.

28 Mar 2017

Cerebellar stimulation improves schizophrenia-like thinking problems in rats

"A beautiful, lobular structure," is how Krystal Parker describes the cerebellum - a brain region located at the base of the skull just above the spinal column.

28 Mar 2017

Study identifies protein as potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, and one of the most deadliest with a less than 10 percent, five-year survival rate.

28 Mar 2017

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Study identifies major barriers to fertility preservation in transgender youth

Researchers identify key hormone critical for preventing spread of bacterial pneumonia

Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency affects motor function, balance in children

Research findings open door to new class of analgesics for treating neuropathic pain

Phase-contrast X-ray imaging could identify tumors earlier

Cleveland-based study to explore how childhood obesity can be prevented before conception

University of Glasgow to open new state-of-art Imaging Centre of Excellence

Study unravels mysteries behind cause of acute liver failure

Higher nut intake may help reduce risk of CVD, total cancer and all-cause mortality

New tool aims to support GPs to identify serious bowel condition symptoms in patients below 50 years

Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Music therapy decreases pain in patients recovering from spine surgery

Rarely studied faulty USF3 gene may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer

Man with quadriplegia uses implanted technologies to restore arm and hand movements

Study identifies how BPA may encourage inflammatory breast cancer growth

Study finds broad support for larger health warnings on cigarette packs

High blood pressure not related to elevated mortality risk for older adults with weak grip strength

Cerebellar stimulation improves schizophrenia-like thinking problems in rats

Study identifies protein as potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

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