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New study provides insight into how stimulant treatments for ADHD work

Stimulant medications are an effective treatment for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In the classroom, parents and teachers say that medications like methylphenidate can reduce symptoms and improve behavior.

28 Jul 2018

Janssen’s Darzalex receives positive CHMP opinion for treating multiple myeloma patients

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has recommended broadening the existing marketing authorization for Darzalex® for use as frontline therapy.

28 Jul 2018

QUT researchers conclude that men do suffer from Postcoital Dysphoria

A world-first study by QUT researchers concludes men can and do suffer from Postcoital Dysphoria which results in feelings of sadness, tearfulness or irritability following sex.

28 Jul 2018

Patients who underwent blood, marrow transplants may be at high risk of premature death

While blood and marrow transplants can save the life of a pediatric cancer patient, research out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham found that those patients may be at an increased risk of premature death even years or decades after the procedure as compared with the general population.

28 Jul 2018

NIFA offers grants to South Dakota food scientist to improve quality of oats

Food scientist Padu Krishnan, a professor in the South Dakota State University Department of Dairy and Food Science, has received a three-year, nearly $450,000 National Institute of Food and Agriculture grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

28 Jul 2018

Major genome science study offers insights into cardiac electrical diseases

New knowledge about biological processes related to the heart's electrical activity has been gained through a major genome science study. The research had the largest sample size ever of a project of this type.

28 Jul 2018

$Researchers use magnetic surgical cement for spinal fractures and targeted drug delivery$

Researchers use magnetic surgical cement for spinal fractures and targeted drug delivery

Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled with surgical cement.

28 Jul 2018

Drug that treats diabetes found to exert powerful check on macrophages in controlling inflammation

When tissue is damaged, one of the body's first inflammatory immune-system responders are macrophages, cells which are commonly thought of as "construction workers" that clear away damaged tissue debris and initiate repair.

28 Jul 2018

Researchers develop new tool to calm down horses

How many ways can you think of to stress out a horse? Trailering, bathing, clipping, vet visits, hoof trims, bridling, saddling -- the possibilities are endless. Unfortunately, calming options are not.

28 Jul 2018

Open-source software creates powerful, accurate simulations for movement research

An open-source movement simulator that has already helped solve problems in medicine, paleontology, and animal locomotion has been expanded and improved, according to a new publication in the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology.

27 Jul 2018

Discovery opens up new ways to tackle growing threat of untreatable gonorrhea

Good news in the battle against the growing threat of drug-resistant “super gonorrhea”: Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and their collaborators in the United Kingdom have discovered a new way that the bacteria that cause gonorrhea resist the body’s immune defenses.

27 Jul 2018

New study aims to develop nucleoside therapy as treatment for mitochondrial depletion syndromes

Hundreds of types of mitochondrial disease affect up to 38 million people worldwide, yet there are very few effective treatments, forcing patients and doctors to rely on symptom management to battle the serious and potentially fatal genetic disorder that starves the body’s cells of energy.

27 Jul 2018

Tübingen University Hospital introduces its new Elekta Unity cancer treatment system

On July 25, the radiation oncology department at Tübingen University Hospital introduced its new Elekta Unity MR-linac, a groundbreaking cancer treatment system that integrates two critical but distinct technologies in a single platform: a state-of-the-art, high field wide bore 1.5 Tesla MR imaging system and a next-generation linear accelerator.

27 Jul 2018

Survey: Blood cancers still take longer time for diagnosis than other types of cancer

A survey of patients treated for cancer on the NHS in England shows that blood cancers are still taking longer to be diagnosed than other types of cancer.

27 Jul 2018

Pairing online patient dashboard with 'nudges' to doctors triples statin prescribing rates

Pairing an online patient dashboard with "nudges" to doctors tripled statin prescribing rates in a clinical trial led by Penn Medicine researchers.

27 Jul 2018

New study analyzes dense breast notification and insurance legislation

Increased awareness of breast tissue density masking cancer and thus decreasing the diagnostic sensitivity of mammography has brought about relevant state-level policies.

27 Jul 2018

New UCI center seeks to empower patients, providers through use of AI in healthcare

Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine, which seeks to advance patient care, improve health outcomes and lower costs by leveraging machine learning technology in all areas of healthcare.

27 Jul 2018

Firearm caliber linked with possibility of death from gunshot

The caliber of a firearm was associated with the likelihood of death from a gunshot, with shootings by large-caliber handguns likely to be more deadly than small-caliber guns.

27 Jul 2018

Queen Mary researcher recognized for advances in improving oral health in children

The largest scientific association that focuses on research in the field of dentistry has recognized an academic from Queen Mary University of London for advances in improving oral health in children.

27 Jul 2018

DFG to honor two researchers with Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize

Prof. Dr. Ellen Fritsche, a toxicologist from the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and PD Dr. Dr. Hamid Reza Noori, a mathematician, physicist and medical scientist from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, are to be presented with the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

27 Jul 2018

Research News and Research

New study provides insight into how stimulant treatments for ADHD work

Janssen’s Darzalex receives positive CHMP opinion for treating multiple myeloma patients

QUT researchers conclude that men do suffer from Postcoital Dysphoria

Patients who underwent blood, marrow transplants may be at high risk of premature death

NIFA offers grants to South Dakota food scientist to improve quality of oats

Major genome science study offers insights into cardiac electrical diseases

Researchers use magnetic surgical cement for spinal fractures and targeted drug delivery

Drug that treats diabetes found to exert powerful check on macrophages in controlling inflammation

Researchers develop new tool to calm down horses

Open-source software creates powerful, accurate simulations for movement research

Discovery opens up new ways to tackle growing threat of untreatable gonorrhea

New study aims to develop nucleoside therapy as treatment for mitochondrial depletion syndromes

Tübingen University Hospital introduces its new Elekta Unity cancer treatment system

Survey: Blood cancers still take longer time for diagnosis than other types of cancer

Pairing online patient dashboard with 'nudges' to doctors triples statin prescribing rates

New study analyzes dense breast notification and insurance legislation

New UCI center seeks to empower patients, providers through use of AI in healthcare

Firearm caliber linked with possibility of death from gunshot

Queen Mary researcher recognized for advances in improving oral health in children

DFG to honor two researchers with Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize

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