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New way to treat stroke using an already FDA-approved drug shows promise

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and disability in the United States. More than 87 percent are ischemic strokes, caused by obstruction of one or more cerebral arteries. With limited progress in developing treatments, there is a critical need for neuroprotective agents to effectively treat stroke.

29 Jan 2020

Finer particulate matter linked to cardiovascular disease risk

In addition to harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, air pollution contains tiny particles that have been linked to health problems, including cardiovascular disease and asthma.

29 Jan 2020

High carbon dioxide levels due to respiratory diseases may aggravate pancreatic cancer

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD is associated with higher rates of many cancers, including lung, esophagus, colon, bladder and breast cancer.

29 Jan 2020

Time to include standard care screenings for diagnosis of pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes

Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München employed the world's first early detection test for type 1 diabetes in a large-scale population study in Bavaria, Germany, and investigated its effects.

29 Jan 2020

Diabetes Action Canada develops National Diabetes Repository to aid research

For diabetes researchers across Canada, data from patients is a critical tool in determining what projects will truly make a difference for people living with the disease.

29 Jan 2020

New therapeutic strategy to fight against advanced melanoma

Scientists from the Centenary Institute have developed a new therapeutic strategy that could potentially help the fight against advanced-stage melanoma.

29 Jan 2020

H.E.L Group appoints three new members to strengthen production and service support

H.E.L Group, a global manufacturer of innovative laboratory tools for process optimization, safety and scale-up, today announced the appointment of three new members to its senior team, who will focus primarily on strengthening production and service support for its scientific instrumentation and software.

From Zyme Communications Ltd 29 Jan 2020

CSIRO to play role in Australia's bushfire rebuild

CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, has welcomed its role in delivering practical resilience measures in relation to bushfires and climate change, as the country faces continued extreme fire weather in the future.

From CSIRO 29 Jan 2020

New blood sugar tool could one day replace uncomfortable finger-prick test

Researchers have developed a new way to monitor blood sugar levels that could replace the needle-prick method that people with diabetes currently use.

29 Jan 2020

New goals to help all people live healthier for more years of life

Data reported in the just published American Heart Association's Heart & Stroke Statistics - 2020 Update, show heart disease and stroke deaths continue to decline, but that trend has slowed significantly in recent years.

29 Jan 2020

California bike fatalities hit 25-year high

Alongside the surging popularity of bike shares and fitness cycling in California comes a sobering statistic: From 2016 through 2018, more cyclists died in traffic accidents across the state than during any three-year period in the past 25 years.

29 Jan 2020

Researchers develop new strategy to study childhood brain tumors

Researchers are at work to find effective treatments to help young patients with brain tumors. Hundreds of brain organoids have been developed in the laboratories of the University of Trento to understand the genetic mechanisms responsible for these hard to treat diseases.

29 Jan 2020

Toddlers exceeding 3 hours a day of screen time are at risk of unhealthy behaviors later on

A team of researchers has found that young children who spend more than three hours a day watching screens are more likely to be physically inactive.

29 Jan 2020

Bavarian research network aims to develop new approaches against multi-resistant pathogens

Developing fundamental new approaches against multi-resistant pathogens is the aim of the new Bavarian research network called New Strategies Against Multi-Resistant Pathogens by Means of Digital Networking - bayresq.net.

29 Jan 2020

Study advances the understanding of capillary regression

Many diseases arise from abnormalities in our capillaries, tiny exquisitely branching blood vessel networks that play a critical role in tissue health.

29 Jan 2020

When aid-in-dying is legal, but the medicine is out of reach

The call came the last week of September, when Neil Mahoney could still stagger from his bed to the porch of his mobile home to let out his boisterous yellow Lab, Ryder.

29 Jan 2020

Researchers create new brain cancer model using genetically engineered pluripotent stem cells

Using genetically engineered human pluripotent stem cells, University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers created a new type of cancer model to study in vivo how glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer, develops and changes over time.

29 Jan 2020

Kidney paired donation is a safe, effective way to treat patients with incompatible living donors

Recipients of kidney paired donation through a national program, also called kidney exchange, experience equivalent outcomes when compared with all other living donor kidney transplant recipients, according to a recent analysis.

29 Jan 2020

Study provides insight into how CBD influences the brains of people with psychosis

Published in Psychological Medicine, the research used fMRI scans to examine the brain activity of 13 people with a diagnosis of psychosis under the influence of a single dose of CBD or placebo and 16 controls whilst they were undertaking a memory task.

29 Jan 2020

Analysis of Postmortem Microbes using Gas Chromatography

In this interview, Katelynn Perrault, from Chaminade University of Honolulu talks to News-Medical and Life Sciences about her research into using Multidimensional Gas Chromatography to achieve odor profiling of postmortem microbes.

From Pittcon 29 Jan 2020

Research News and Research

New way to treat stroke using an already FDA-approved drug shows promise

Finer particulate matter linked to cardiovascular disease risk

High carbon dioxide levels due to respiratory diseases may aggravate pancreatic cancer

Time to include standard care screenings for diagnosis of pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes

Diabetes Action Canada develops National Diabetes Repository to aid research

New therapeutic strategy to fight against advanced melanoma

H.E.L Group appoints three new members to strengthen production and service support

CSIRO to play role in Australia's bushfire rebuild

New blood sugar tool could one day replace uncomfortable finger-prick test

New goals to help all people live healthier for more years of life

California bike fatalities hit 25-year high

Researchers develop new strategy to study childhood brain tumors

Toddlers exceeding 3 hours a day of screen time are at risk of unhealthy behaviors later on

Bavarian research network aims to develop new approaches against multi-resistant pathogens

Study advances the understanding of capillary regression

When aid-in-dying is legal, but the medicine is out of reach

Researchers create new brain cancer model using genetically engineered pluripotent stem cells

Kidney paired donation is a safe, effective way to treat patients with incompatible living donors

Study provides insight into how CBD influences the brains of people with psychosis

Analysis of Postmortem Microbes using Gas Chromatography

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