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Common species of bacteria contribute to bacterial vaginosis

New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points to a common species of bacteria as an important contributor to bacterial vaginosis, a condition linked to preterm birth and increased risk of sexually transmitted diseases.

24 Apr 2013

Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use

Children living in areas where there was wide-ranging and active support for improving outcomes for their chronic asthma were hospitalized less and made fewer visits to the emergency room, when compared with those in other communities.

24 Apr 2013

UAB research shows ACE unit lowers costs, readmission rates for geriatric patient

It costs less to care for a geriatric patient hospitalized in a specialized Acute Care for Elders unit than it does for patients hospitalized in a more usual care setting, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

24 Apr 2013

Researchers uncover potential new way to fight obesity-related illness

A potential new way to fight obesity-related illness has been uncovered, thanks to serendipitous research led by investigators at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

24 Apr 2013

Psychedelics continue to be widely used in US, researchers say

In their article "Over 30 million psychedelic users in the United States", Teri S Krebs and P-l--rjan Johansen from the Department of Neuroscience at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, use data from a randomly-selected sample of over 57,000 individuals surveyed for the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, to estimate lifetime prevalence of psychedelic use.

24 Apr 2013

Rapid Assessment of Malaria device provides faster, more accurate diagnostic test

There, the pitch by company CEO John R. Lewandowski, who opened with the line, "What if I told you I could save one million lives every year with just refrigerator magnets and a laser pointer?", got raves and a replay on Fortune Magazine/CNN online.

24 Apr 2013

McGraw-Hill publishes preeminent textbook for pulmonary physiology in Lange Physiology Series

The 8th Edition of PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY by Dr. Michael G. Levitzky, Professor of Physiology, Anesthesiology, and Cardiopulmonary Science at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, was published this month by McGraw-Hill in its Lange Physiology Series.

24 Apr 2013

Children access to unlocked, loaded firearms remains problem

While gun control issues usually surface after major incidents like the fatal shooting of 20 elementary school students in Newtown, CT, a new study shows that children are routinely killed or injured by firearms.

24 Apr 2013

University of Leicester study investigates early detection of pancreatic cancer

Pioneering research to investigate whether pancreatic cancer can be detected early through a blood test is to be spearheaded by the University of Leicester thanks to new funding provided by Hope Against Cancer.

24 Apr 2013

Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Stan Naides, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that can cause debilitating joint damage. In cases of RA, the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, especially the membranes that line the joints. As a result, fluid builds up in the joints, causing pain and systemic inflammation, leading to joint destruction if untreated.

From Quest Diagnostics 23 Apr 2013

Study: Stressful situations at work can have negative impact on cardiovascular system and metabolism

Stressful situations at work can have a negative impact on the cardiovascular system and the metabolism. Stress, which is transmitted by direct and indirect signaling pathways, leads to an inflammatory response in the body, which can trigger cardiovascular diseases, amongst others.

23 Apr 2013

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

New results from a retrospective study conducted in Europe suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific HER2 protein mutations.

23 Apr 2013

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related deaths.

23 Apr 2013

AfriCoLeish receives grant from European Union to test new treatments for kala-azar

Research and development (R&D) project, AfriCoLeish, is supported by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (EU FP7) through a grant of -3 million. The project will run for three years and aims to test new treatments for kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis, or VL) and co-infection of the disease with HIV in Ethiopia and Sudan.

23 Apr 2013

iQBS researchers discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size, obesity in African ancestry

Researchers from Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) and the Center for Genomic Medicine have helped to discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size and obesity in men and women of African ancestry.

23 Apr 2013

Physician receives $3M grant from NIAAA to validate teen alcohol-screening initiative

Hasbro Children's Hospital emergency medicine physician James Linakis, M.D., Ph.D, was recently awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to validate a more efficient test to screen teenagers for future alcohol abuse and other risk behaviors.

23 Apr 2013

Team-based care approach can improve patient care, practice workflows, and patient-physician satisfaction

In a team-based care approach, a diverse group of clinicians shares responsibility for a panel of patients and consults with each other regularly. This model of delivering primary care can improve patient care, practice workflows, and patient and physician satisfaction, according to a study published in Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

23 Apr 2013

Researchers find deficiency in anti-tumor protein can delay DNA repair after radiation treatment

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that a deficiency in an important anti-tumor protein, p53, can slow or delay DNA repair after radiation treatment. They suggest that this is because p53 regulates the expression of two enzymes (JMJD2b and SUV39H1) that control the folding of DNA.

23 Apr 2013

Scientists discover new agent that removes potentially dangerous cells

Pluripotent stem cells can turn, or differentiate, into any cell type in the body, such as nerve, muscle or bone, but inevitably some of these stem cells fail to differentiate and end up mixed in with their newly differentiated daughter cells.

23 Apr 2013

1 in 4 teens misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime

New, nationally projectable survey results released today by The Partnership at Drugfree.org and MetLife Foundation confirmed that one in four teens has misused or abused a prescription (Rx) drug at least once in their lifetime - a 33 percent increase over the past five years.

23 Apr 2013

Medicine News and Research

Common species of bacteria contribute to bacterial vaginosis

Researchers examine impact of Allies Against Asthma initiative on health care use

UAB research shows ACE unit lowers costs, readmission rates for geriatric patient

Researchers uncover potential new way to fight obesity-related illness

Psychedelics continue to be widely used in US, researchers say

Rapid Assessment of Malaria device provides faster, more accurate diagnostic test

McGraw-Hill publishes preeminent textbook for pulmonary physiology in Lange Physiology Series

Children access to unlocked, loaded firearms remains problem

University of Leicester study investigates early detection of pancreatic cancer

Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis: an interview with Dr. Stan Naides, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics

Study: Stressful situations at work can have negative impact on cardiovascular system and metabolism

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

AfriCoLeish receives grant from European Union to test new treatments for kala-azar

iQBS researchers discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size, obesity in African ancestry

Physician receives $3M grant from NIAAA to validate teen alcohol-screening initiative

Team-based care approach can improve patient care, practice workflows, and patient-physician satisfaction

Researchers find deficiency in anti-tumor protein can delay DNA repair after radiation treatment

Scientists discover new agent that removes potentially dangerous cells

1 in 4 teens misused or abused a prescription drug at least once in their lifetime

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Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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