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Researchers awarded $250,000 grant to study tumor microenvironment in lung cancer

Fueling exploration by investigators who collaborate under a research consortium partnership as recognized by the National Cancer Institute, between Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Princeton University, the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer has awarded $250,000 toward the identification and development of novel strategies to address treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer.

3 Dec 2019

AMSSM announces recipients of $300,000 research grant for OA treatment

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and its Collaborative Research Network are pleased to announce the recipients of a $300,000 research grant, made possible by Avanos Medical, to study the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions using cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) technology.

3 Dec 2019

Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients

Patients with active cannabis dependence and abuse were nearly twice as likely to suffer a heart attack after surgery, according to a study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital of Unity Health Toronto.

3 Dec 2019

Researchers propose aspirin as possible treatment option for patients with migraine

Migraine headache is the third most common disease in the world affecting about 1 in 7 people. More prevalent than diabetes, epilepsy and asthma combined, migraine headaches are among the most common and potentially debilitating disorders encountered by primary health care providers.

3 Dec 2019

Study finds it may be possible to treat endometriosis using an investigational cancer drug

Researchers have shown that painful endometriosis symptoms could be alleviated using an investigational cancer drug.

3 Dec 2019

Genetic testing results help woman to make decisions about her treatment and preventive care

Wendy Richardson, 52, of Ridgefield, Connecticut, has always been aware that she has a strong family history of cancer.

3 Dec 2019

Doctors bring dead donor heart back to life in US first

A team has become the first in the US to reanimate the heart of a deceased donor and transplant it into a recipient.

3 Dec 2019

Common clinical indicators of immune status and inflammation can predict mortality

A new collaborative study led by Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals has found that commonly used clinical indicators of immune status and inflammation can predict mortality in the general population.

2 Dec 2019

Radiologists at Mayo Clinic take procedural practice into the future

Looking to the future, radiologists at Mayo Clinic in Rochester saw an opportunity to bring several disparate tools together into a unified space to serve complementary roles in sophisticated, minimally invasive cancer treatments.

2 Dec 2019

Lower life expectancy with intellectual disability

A new study published on December 2, 2019, in the Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities shows why people with intellectual disabilities (ID) typically have a shorter life span compared to the general population. The UNSW Sydney researchers uncover factors that lead to a higher risk of death among people with ID.

2 Dec 2019

Smoking cannabis increases testicular cancer risk

Men who regularly smoke cannabis increase their risk of developing testicular cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

2 Dec 2019

MRI-guided ultrasound ablation: safer better treatment for prostate cancer

Prostate cancer may soon be treated more effectively using ultrasound at therapeutic levels, without the significant and distressing side effects of more traditional treatments. A new study presented on December 2, 2019, presents the outcome of using focused ultrasound ablation under MRI guidance in a novel procedure that can be used to treat both benign and malignant enlargement of the prostate gland.

2 Dec 2019

Painful endometriosis symptoms could be reduced with a cancer drug

The painful symptoms of endometriosis - a chronic condition which affects millions of women - could potentially be reduced with a drug that had previously been investigated as a cancer treatment.

2 Dec 2019

New treatment could make passing kidney stones faster and less painful

Every year, more than half a million Americans visit the emergency room for kidney stone problems. In most cases, the stones eventually pass out of the body on their own, but the process can be excruciatingly painful.

2 Dec 2019

Consortium launches ambitious project to transform the treatment of pain

In an effort to address the critical public health need for new, safer and more effective medicines to treat pain, a consortium based at the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School has launched an ambitious project titled STOP PAIN (Safe Therapeutic Options for Pain and Inflammation).

2 Dec 2019

For artist inspired by illness, ‘gratitude outweighs pain’

People often ask Dylan Mortimer how it feels to breathe through transplanted lungs. He gets that a lot because while most people go through life with one pair of lungs, Mortimer is on his third.

2 Dec 2019

Research lays foundation for patient-specific 3D-printed meniscus

The human knee joint is the largest and complex joint in the body compared to other joints. It has various hard and soft tissue elements to provide stability and proper functioning including the meniscus.

2 Dec 2019

Study shows perinatal outcomes following bariatric surgery between pregnancies

During 2002-2014, there was a 13-fold increase in weight loss surgeries among women aged 15-44 years in New South Wales, Australia, and undergoing such surgery between a first and second pregnancy was associated with lower risks of hypertension, preterm birth, and other outcomes in the second pregnancy.

2 Dec 2019

Swimming a 'no-no' for those undergoing deep brain stimulation therapy

Researchers have found that persons who have had a deep brain stimulation device implanted for treatment of Parkinson’s disease may have lost their ability to swim. The small study was titled, “Beware of deep water after subthalamic deep brain stimulation,” and was published in the latest issue of Neurology this week.

28 Nov 2019

Patients' own stem cells offer a step toward improving motor, sensory function after spinal cord injury

Stem cells derived from a patient's own fat offer a step toward improving - not just stabilizing - motor and sensory function of people with spinal cord injuries, according to early research from Mayo Clinic.

27 Nov 2019