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Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care — and shorter lives

For more than a year, NeDina Brocks-Capla avoided one room in her large, brightly colored San Francisco house — the bathroom on the second floor.

6 Nov 2017

Pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer unnecessarily excluded from clinical trials

Pre-menopausal women with the most common type of advanced breast cancer are usually excluded from medical research unnecessarily, according to an expert panel at the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference.

6 Nov 2017

DZHK studies to investigate non-invasive diagnosis of diastolic heart failure with the help of CMR

Two new studies on diastolic heart failure are starting at the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research. They will investigate whether this form of heart failure can be better diagnosed and its causes clarified with the help of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

3 Nov 2017

Researchers identify neural circuitry responsible for rousing the brain during sleep apnea

A common and potentially serious sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea affects at least one-quarter of U.S. adults and is linked to increased risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. In a paper published today in the journal Neuron, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center identified specific neural circuitry responsible for rousing the brain of mice in simulated apnea conditions.

2 Nov 2017

Low oxygen, not blood flow, may contribute to major disturbances in the brain of preterm infants

Premature infants are at risk for a broad spectrum of life-long cognitive and learning disabilities. Historically, these conditions were believed to be the result of lack of blood flow to the brain.

2 Nov 2017

Production of nitric oxide crucial for stem cell mobilization and differentiation

Nathan Bryan, PH.D., one of the nation's leading experts on critically important role of nitric oxide in health and disease prevention, told attendees of the Pacific Regenerative Medicine 2017 Conference this morning that, "Stem cells are the future of medicine and are required for our body to heal itself; however, their success depends on the body producing enough nitric oxide to support their healing properties.

2 Nov 2017

Dinosaur extinction metal can be used to kill cancer cells

Cancer cells can be targeted and destroyed with the metal from the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, according to new research by an international collaboration between the University of Warwick and Sun Yat-Sen University in China.

2 Nov 2017

Scientists solve decade-old mystery that could lead to development of new treatments for TB

Scientists have solved a decade-old mystery that could eventually lead to the development of earlier treatments for one of the world's deadliest diseases, which affects up to 2 billion people.

1 Nov 2017

Cleveland Clinic researcher awarded $2.6 million grant to create innovative models of colorectal cancer

Cleveland Clinic researcher Emina Huang, M.D., a colorectal surgeon in the Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute and a staff member in the Lerner Research Institute's Department of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, has been awarded a collaborative five-year, $2.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to create innovative models of colorectal cancer that will enhance understanding of how the disease develops and spreads.

31 Oct 2017

Losing weight with diet, physical activity can improve blood flow in the brain of older adults with diabetes

Type 2 diabetes affects blood circulation. The disease stiffens blood vessels and reduces the amount of oxygen that circulates throughout your body. This includes your brain. When blood flow in the brain is impaired, it can affect the way we think and make decisions.

30 Oct 2017

New discovery challenges basic assumptions about the brain's cellular makeup

A discovery made by Junhwan Kim, PhD, assistant professor at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, is challenging science's longstanding beliefs regarding the cellular makeup of the brain. This breakthrough was outlined in a study recently published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.

30 Oct 2017

Drexel researchers pinpoint new targets for treating chronic lung disease in premature infants

Researchers at Drexel University have revealed that inhibiting the micro-RNA miR-34a significantly reduces bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in mice.

27 Oct 2017

Eczema and family history linked to severe hospitalization for children with asthma

Asthma and allergies are related, and many people who suffer from asthma have allergies that trigger their asthma. Research being presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology's Annual Scientific Meeting examines the relationship between medical history and allergic reactions in children, and how long they stayed in the hospital after an asthma attack.

27 Oct 2017

Researchers find link between disrupted energy production and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

A team of investigators from McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, led by Kai C. Sonntag, MD, PhD, and Bruce M. Cohen, MD, PhD, has found a connection between disrupted energy production and the development of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). The findings appear in the current issue of Scientific Reports.

27 Oct 2017

New research may protect Navy divers from oxygen toxicity in the deep

Special Operations divers like Navy SEALs take on life-threatening risks such as enemy combatants and harsh environments. But another hazard is silent and unseen -- oxygen toxicity, the result of breathing lethal levels of oxygen that occur at depth and pressure.

26 Oct 2017

UC San Diego scientists unravel how ‘resting-state connectivity’ occurs in the brain

Scientists have known that areas of the brain with similar functions--even those in different brain hemispheres--connect to share signals when the body rests, but they haven't known how this "resting-state connectivity" occurs.

26 Oct 2017

Direct application of immune cells accelerates healing of acute, chronic wounds in mice

A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has found a surprising potential solution to a persistent clinical problem - the healing of chronic wounds. In their report published in Wound Repair and Regeneration, the investigators from the MGH Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center describe how application of mature B lymphocytes - the immune cells best known for producing antibodies - greatly accelerated the healing of acute and chronic wounds in both diabetic and nondiabetic mice.

25 Oct 2017

Continuous EEG can be more reliable way to identify infants at risk for brain injury

Continuously recording the brain's electrical signals and examining how those impulses evolve over time is a more reliable way to identify infants at risk for brain injury, compared with doing snapshot evaluations, according to a prospective cohort study led by Children's National Health System research-clinicians.

25 Oct 2017

Developmental abnormality discovered in babies linked to SIDS

International research involving the University of Adelaide has uncovered a developmental abnormality in babies - especially in premature babies and in boys - that for the first time has been directly linked to cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

25 Oct 2017

Skin plays role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, say scientists

Skin plays a surprising role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. While this discovery was made in mice, the researchers believe it is likely to be true also in humans.

25 Oct 2017

Oxygen News and Research

Sickle cell patients suffer discrimination, poor care — and shorter lives

Pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer unnecessarily excluded from clinical trials

DZHK studies to investigate non-invasive diagnosis of diastolic heart failure with the help of CMR

Researchers identify neural circuitry responsible for rousing the brain during sleep apnea

Low oxygen, not blood flow, may contribute to major disturbances in the brain of preterm infants

Production of nitric oxide crucial for stem cell mobilization and differentiation

Dinosaur extinction metal can be used to kill cancer cells

Scientists solve decade-old mystery that could lead to development of new treatments for TB

Cleveland Clinic researcher awarded $2.6 million grant to create innovative models of colorectal cancer

Losing weight with diet, physical activity can improve blood flow in the brain of older adults with diabetes

New discovery challenges basic assumptions about the brain's cellular makeup

Drexel researchers pinpoint new targets for treating chronic lung disease in premature infants

Eczema and family history linked to severe hospitalization for children with asthma

Researchers find link between disrupted energy production and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

New research may protect Navy divers from oxygen toxicity in the deep

UC San Diego scientists unravel how ‘resting-state connectivity’ occurs in the brain

Direct application of immune cells accelerates healing of acute, chronic wounds in mice

Continuous EEG can be more reliable way to identify infants at risk for brain injury

Developmental abnormality discovered in babies linked to SIDS

Skin plays role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, say scientists

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