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Study shows how a new combination approach helps overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy

Cancer immunology drugs, which harness the body's immune system to better attack cancer cells, have significantly changed the face of cancer treatment. People with aggressive cancers are now living longer, healthier lives. Unfortunately, cancer immunology therapy only works in a subset of patients.

9 Dec 2019

Wake Forest Baptist receives grant to uncover reasons for attrition in pediatric weight-loss programs

The National Institute of Nursing Research, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Wake Forest Baptist Health a five-year grant worth approximately $2.97 million to study the reasons for attrition in pediatric weight-management programs and develop better ways to predict and reduce dropout rates.

9 Dec 2019

Short-term exercise could help to reduce side-effects of prostate hormone therapy

A prescription of short-term exercise for patients with advanced prostate cancer could help to reduce the side-effects of hormone therapy, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

9 Dec 2019

Novel tool for assessing children's overall addiction to digital devices

A new study developed and validated a tool for assessing children's overall addiction to digital devices. The study, which found that more than 12% of children ages 9-12 years were at risk of addiction to digital devices for uses including video gaming, social media, and texting, is published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

9 Dec 2019

Groundbreaking technique could help predict a protein's interactions with other proteins

Proteins are the building blocks of life and play a key role in all biological processes. Understanding how they interact with their environment is therefore vital to developing effective therapeutics and the foundation for designing artificial cells.

9 Dec 2019

Research shows how high levels of blood fat induce inflammation and organ damage

Viral and bacterial infections are not the only causes of inflammation of body tissue. It has been known for some time that certain fat molecules in our bloodstream can also trigger an inflammatory response.

9 Dec 2019

New York's landmark bill guarantees healthful plant-based meals to hospital patients

The Physicians Committee--a nonprofit with more than 12,000 doctor members--applauds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for signing into law on Dec. 6 a landmark bill that guarantees hospital patients a healthful plant-based option at every meal.

9 Dec 2019

Venetoclax in combination with azacytidine aids therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes

A new study by Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital researchers suggests that the drug venetoclax aids therapy for relapsed/refractory myelodysplastic syndromes, especially when paired with azacytidine.

9 Dec 2019

Brain structure and function of drummers differ from unmusical people

People who play drums regularly for years differ from unmusical people in their brain structure and function.

9 Dec 2019

Researchers identify key protein associated with aging

Aging is a dramatic public health issue in the face of the current demographic changes: the proportion of 60 and over in the world's population will almost double by 2050. In this context, a new discovery has just broadened scientific knowledge.

9 Dec 2019

Smoking during pregnancy may increase woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes

Smoking during pregnancy is one of the most significant risk factors for poor pregnancy outcomes. In the United States, 10.7% of all women smoke during their pregnancy or are exposed to second-hand smoke.

9 Dec 2019

Important biomarker may help in determining prognosis of brain cancer patients

A common virus that is harmless to most individuals may produce an important biomarker in determining the prognosis of brain cancer patients, according to a recent study published by a student researcher at the University of Cincinnati.

9 Dec 2019

Award to help advance development of diagnostic test for necrotizing enterocolitis

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Chosen Diagnostics Inc, a spin-out company, a $299,641 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer award.

9 Dec 2019

Scientists identify the origin and evolution of famous concept devised in neurobiology

Eye-opening research by neurosurgeons from Barrow Neurological Institute and Montreal Neurological Institute has produced the foremost investigation of the origin and evolution of perhaps the most famous concept devised in neurobiology--the homunculus of neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield.

9 Dec 2019

Researchers use machine learning to better understand conversations about death

Some of the most important, and difficult, conversations in healthcare are the ones that happen amid serious and life-threatening illnesses.

9 Dec 2019

Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is associated with reduced suicidality, shows study

When an adolescent is acutely suicidal and cannot safely remain in the community, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the traditional intervention.

9 Dec 2019

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

Eight months of daily, afterschool physical activity in previously inactive 8- to 11-year-olds with obesity and overweight improved key measures of their cardiovascular health like good cholesterol levels, aerobic fitness and percent body fat, but didn't improve others like arterial stiffness, an early indicator of cardiovascular risk, investigators report.

9 Dec 2019

Even light to moderate alcohol consumption can increase cancer risk

In a study conducted in Japan, even light to moderate alcohol consumption was associated with elevated cancer risks.

9 Dec 2019

Researchers show why corrective surgery is not always beneficial for irregular heartbeat

Researchers at Imperial have shown how the chaotic electrical signals underlying irregular heart rhythms lead to the failure of standard treatments.

9 Dec 2019

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

Most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium are unable to reliably and consistently monitor caloric intake delivered to critically ill infants at risk for growth failure, according to a study published in the Journal of Perinatology.

9 Dec 2019

Research News and Research

Study shows how a new combination approach helps overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapy

Wake Forest Baptist receives grant to uncover reasons for attrition in pediatric weight-loss programs

Short-term exercise could help to reduce side-effects of prostate hormone therapy

Novel tool for assessing children's overall addiction to digital devices

Groundbreaking technique could help predict a protein's interactions with other proteins

Research shows how high levels of blood fat induce inflammation and organ damage

New York's landmark bill guarantees healthful plant-based meals to hospital patients

Venetoclax in combination with azacytidine aids therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes

Brain structure and function of drummers differ from unmusical people

Researchers identify key protein associated with aging

Smoking during pregnancy may increase woman's risk of developing gestational diabetes

Important biomarker may help in determining prognosis of brain cancer patients

Award to help advance development of diagnostic test for necrotizing enterocolitis

Scientists identify the origin and evolution of famous concept devised in neurobiology

Researchers use machine learning to better understand conversations about death

Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is associated with reduced suicidality, shows study

Exercise improves key measures of cardiovascular health

Even light to moderate alcohol consumption can increase cancer risk

Researchers show why corrective surgery is not always beneficial for irregular heartbeat

Low prevalence of clinical decision support systems used to calculate nutritional intake for premature infants

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