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Digital videos can be a vital source of cancer health education

Online health videos can be an important source of cancer education, according to Rutgers researchers. Their review, published in the Journal of Cancer Education, analyzed existing research to see how people obtained their cancer knowledge and how educational videos they watched prompted a change in their behavior.

12 Jan 2020

Melanoma patients report 95% satisfaction rate with Mohs surgery

Patients who received Mohs surgery to treat the most serious form of skin cancer, melanoma, reported a 95 percent long-term satisfaction rate with their results, according to a new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center dermatologists.

12 Jan 2020

New research demonstrates the importance of personalized brain models

New research conducted by Professors Christophe Bernard and Viktor Jirsa of Aix Marseille Univ, Inserm, Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Marseille, France and Professor Itamar Kahn, director of the Brain Systems Organization in Health and Disease Lab in the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, demonstrates the importance of personalized brain models.

12 Jan 2020

Study assesses variation in 'maturing out' of alcohol use in young adulthood

Rates of heavy drinking and alcohol use disorder peak in the late adolescent and early adult age-group (19-25 years), before decreasing from around age 26.

12 Jan 2020

Trace metals in Leatherback turtle eggs could pose health risks to consumers

Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs laid in Bocas del Toro nesting beaches in the Panamanian Caribbean may be harmful to consumers.

12 Jan 2020

Top-up funding awarded to 76 ERC grantees to bring frontier research closer to market

Seventy-six top researchers will receive ERC Proof of Concept grants of €150,000 each. This top-up funding is awarded to ERC grantees to explore the innovation potential of their scientific discoveries and bring the results of their frontier research closer to market.

12 Jan 2020

New learning module for testing the effects of e-cigarette vapor on living cells

To complement the wide range of information on the potential dangers of vaping, the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine has developed a new learning module for high school classrooms that encourages students to directly test the effects of e-cigarette vapor on living cells.

12 Jan 2020

Mount Sinai physicians emphasize the importance of early detection, treatment of thyroid disease

January is Thyroid Awareness Month, and physicians from the Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease and the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System are emphasizing the importance of being aware of symptoms that may be related to thyroid disease.

12 Jan 2020

Prenatal exposure to flame retardants may increase risk of reading problems

A new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests that prenatal exposure to flame retardants may increase the risk of reading problems.

12 Jan 2020

Newly proposed definition of hikikomori helps identify and treat extreme social isolation

Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a clear and consistent definition to improve treatment across the globe.

12 Jan 2020

Poor diet among infants' mothers linked to rise in Congenital Zika Syndrome cases

Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS) refers to a collection of developmental malformations associated with Zika virus (ZIKV) congenital infection.

12 Jan 2020

New ultrasound technique allows dolphin pregnancy evaluations to mirror those in humans

Ultrasound has been used for decades to study dolphin health and much of that work has been pioneered by veterinarians at the National Marine Mammal Foundation.

12 Jan 2020

Study explores the impact of closing nuclear power plants in Germany

Many countries have phased out production of nuclear energy because of concerns related to nuclear waste and the risk of nuclear accidents.

11 Jan 2020

Boston researchers develop novel approach to generate intestinal organoids in vitro

Boston researchers have developed a new way to generate groups of intestinal cells that can be used, among others, to make disease models in the lab to test treatments for diseases affecting the gastrointestinal system.

11 Jan 2020

Researchers discover new cellular player involved in obesity

The prevalence of obesity, a disease considered a serious public health problem, is increasing globally. In Portugal, almost half of the population is overweight and close to one million adults suffer from obesity.

11 Jan 2020

UVA Health proposal to reduce hospital readmissions selected for national AI competition

A UVA Health proposal to reduce hospital readmissions was among 25 submissions chosen - from more than 300 applications - for a national competition seeking ideas on how artificial intelligence can improve healthcare.

11 Jan 2020

Researchers discover how a new immune system works to protect bacteria from phages

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered how a new immune system works to protect bacteria from bacteriophages (phages), viruses that specifically infect bacteria.

11 Jan 2020

MGH surgeons perform first-of-its-kind heart transplant in New England

A team of surgeons and specialists at Massachusetts General Hospital is announcing an achievement in transplant surgery today, having recently performed the largest number of adult heart transplants in the country using what are known as Donation after Circulatory Death donor hearts.

11 Jan 2020

Medicaid expansion linked to reduction in opioid overdose mortality across the U.S.

The expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income adults permitted by the Affordable Care Act was associated with a six percent reduction in total opioid overdose deaths nationally, according to new research from NYU Grossman School of Medicine and University of California, Davis.

11 Jan 2020

Researchers analyze molecular characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid from LMM patients

Patients with advanced melanoma who develop metastases in the leptomeninges, the fluid filled membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord, have an extremely dismal prognosis. Most patients only survive for 8 to 10 weeks after diagnosis.

11 Jan 2020

Research News and Research

Digital videos can be a vital source of cancer health education

Melanoma patients report 95% satisfaction rate with Mohs surgery

New research demonstrates the importance of personalized brain models

Study assesses variation in 'maturing out' of alcohol use in young adulthood

Trace metals in Leatherback turtle eggs could pose health risks to consumers

Top-up funding awarded to 76 ERC grantees to bring frontier research closer to market

New learning module for testing the effects of e-cigarette vapor on living cells

Mount Sinai physicians emphasize the importance of early detection, treatment of thyroid disease

Prenatal exposure to flame retardants may increase risk of reading problems

Newly proposed definition of hikikomori helps identify and treat extreme social isolation

Poor diet among infants' mothers linked to rise in Congenital Zika Syndrome cases

New ultrasound technique allows dolphin pregnancy evaluations to mirror those in humans

Study explores the impact of closing nuclear power plants in Germany

Boston researchers develop novel approach to generate intestinal organoids in vitro

Researchers discover new cellular player involved in obesity

UVA Health proposal to reduce hospital readmissions selected for national AI competition

Researchers discover how a new immune system works to protect bacteria from phages

MGH surgeons perform first-of-its-kind heart transplant in New England

Medicaid expansion linked to reduction in opioid overdose mortality across the U.S.

Researchers analyze molecular characteristics of cerebrospinal fluid from LMM patients

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