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Gastric reduction surgery can significantly increase patient's risk of developing allergy

Amongst other things, operations to reduce the size of the stomach can significantly increase the patient's risk of developing an allergy. This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the Medical University of Vienna.

4 Nov 2015

Sleepwalkers don't feel pain while suffering injuries

A new study of sleepwalkers found an intriguing paradox: Although sleepwalkers have an increased risk for headaches and migraines while awake, during sleepwalking episodes they are unlikely to feel pain even while suffering an injury.

4 Nov 2015

Nurses help improve quality of care, drive down costs with different worksite-based care delivery

There is growing recognition in this country that health depends largely on what happens outside of traditional health care settings—in the places where we live, learn, work, and play. Since many adults spend most of their waking lives at work, offices and worksites present a prime opportunity for improving health.

4 Nov 2015

Brain's hippocampus essential for recognizing previously encountered events

The hippocampus, a brain structure known to play a role in memory and spatial navigation, is essential to one's ability to recognize previously encountered events, objects, or people - a phenomenon known as recognition memory - according to new research from the departments of Neurosurgery and Psychology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

4 Nov 2015

Alnylam presents positive ongoing phase 2 open-label extension data for Patisiran and Revusiran

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced new results from its ongoing Phase 2 open-label extension (OLE) studies with patisiran and revusiran, investigational RNAi therapeutics targeting transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of TTR-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR amyloidosis).

3 Nov 2015

Couples who share household work have satisfying sex life

Looking for more and better sex? If you're a man, you might consider doing the dishes once in a while. A new study out of the University of Alberta reveals that couples enjoyed more frequent and satisfying sex for both partners when men made a fair contribution to housework. The same study also found there's no relationship between the amount of housework male partners completed and the sexual functioning of a couple.

3 Nov 2015

Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch performs 1,000th deep brain stimulation procedure

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) improves many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is a life-alerting surgery for many patients. Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch, MD, a professor of Neurosurgery and director of the Penn Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery, is one of the most prolific DBS surgeons in the world, having recently performed his 1,000th procedure, marking an important milestone for Baltuch and Penn Medicine.

31 Oct 2015

‘Room for improvement’ in post-thrombolysis haemorrhage management

Real-world data on the management of post-thrombolysis symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage highlight delays in diagnosis and treatment.

30 Oct 2015

Liposomal sizing and the Coulter principle: an interview with Professor Melvin E. Klegerman

For about the last 25 years, the cardiology group here have been developing a platform technology for both the diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Particle Counting and Characterization 28 Oct 2015

High or mild levels of total physical activity help prevent mental disorders

Adults in the Community of Madrid who say to perform high or mild levels of total physical activity present higher levels of mental health than those performing low levels of physical activity. This is the result of a study conducted by researchers from Faculty of Sciences for Physical Activity and Sport at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in collaboration with the European University.

28 Oct 2015

Researchers uncover genes that can suppress HCV infection within the liver

University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered the role played by a family of genes, which can suppress hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection within the liver.

28 Oct 2015

Scientists decode central signal switch associated with epileptic seizures

Scientists at the University of Bonn and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel) have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures. If the researchers blocked a central switch in epileptic mice, the frequency and severity of the seizures decreased. Using a novel technology, it was possible to observe the processes prior to the occurrence of epileptic seizures in living animals.

27 Oct 2015

Expectant mothers need to avoid certain cosmetics, cleaning agents and medicines during first trimester

Expectant mothers in their first trimester should avoid certain cosmetics, cleaning agents and medicines, to protect the developing fetal brain from chemicals that can trigger autism, York U health researchers have found.

27 Oct 2015

Culprit B cells identified for MS

Researchers have identified a subset of B cells that contribute to multiple sclerosis pathology independently of antibody production.

22 Oct 2015

American Cancer Society updates mammogram guidelines

The American Cancer Society has issued new recommendations on when women should get mammograms and how frequently they should get them. This is in contrast to the previous guidelines which stated that women should get them at age 40.

22 Oct 2015

NHS Trusts not compliant with safer sharps rules two years after regulation enacted, says new MindMetre reseach

New research from independent research organization MindMetre has revealed that many NHS Trusts are not complying with ‘safer sharps’ rules, putting NHS employees at unnecessary risk of ‘needlestick’ injuries and possible blood-borne infections such as hepatitis and HIV.

22 Oct 2015

Study reveals link between TV viewing and adolescents' beliefs about health risks of fast-food consumption

Television programs and commercials displaying fast food consumption that target young people are on the rise. While experts agree that television can entertain and inform, most TV programs and advertisements portray no negative consequences of fast food consumption. New research found that the rise of positive fast food imagery on TV strongly biases the views of children and can lead to negative influences on childhood behavior and values.

20 Oct 2015

Lexicon's telotristat etiprate improves social and physical function, emotional well-being in cancer patients

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s telotristat etiprate, the first oral therapy in development for the treatment of carcinoid syndrome (CS), was associated with patient-reported improvements in social and physical function and emotional well-being according to new exit interview data from the Phase 3 TELESTAR study presented at the 2015 Neuroendocrine Tumor Society Annual Symposium in Austin, Texas.

19 Oct 2015

ToMMo constructs Japanese population reference panel from genome information of 1,070 individuals

A research group at Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) has successfully constructed a Japanese population reference panel (1KJPN), from the genome information of 1,070 individuals who had participated in the cohort studies of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.

19 Oct 2015

Study reveals high rates of preventable cancers in Indigenous peoples of high-income countries

Research published in The Lancet Oncology, led by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) on the scale and profile of cancer in indigenous peoples of the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand has revealed high rates of often preventable cancers including lung and cervical cancer, emphasising the need for targeted prevention strategies in these populations.

16 Oct 2015

Frequency News and Research

Gastric reduction surgery can significantly increase patient's risk of developing allergy

Sleepwalkers don't feel pain while suffering injuries

Nurses help improve quality of care, drive down costs with different worksite-based care delivery

Brain's hippocampus essential for recognizing previously encountered events

Alnylam presents positive ongoing phase 2 open-label extension data for Patisiran and Revusiran

Couples who share household work have satisfying sex life

Penn Medicine's Gordon Baltuch performs 1,000th deep brain stimulation procedure

‘Room for improvement’ in post-thrombolysis haemorrhage management

Liposomal sizing and the Coulter principle: an interview with Professor Melvin E. Klegerman

High or mild levels of total physical activity help prevent mental disorders

Researchers uncover genes that can suppress HCV infection within the liver

Scientists decode central signal switch associated with epileptic seizures

Expectant mothers need to avoid certain cosmetics, cleaning agents and medicines during first trimester

Culprit B cells identified for MS

American Cancer Society updates mammogram guidelines

NHS Trusts not compliant with safer sharps rules two years after regulation enacted, says new MindMetre reseach

Study reveals link between TV viewing and adolescents' beliefs about health risks of fast-food consumption

Lexicon's telotristat etiprate improves social and physical function, emotional well-being in cancer patients

ToMMo constructs Japanese population reference panel from genome information of 1,070 individuals

Study reveals high rates of preventable cancers in Indigenous peoples of high-income countries

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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