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Research: Men who lack HSD17B4 gene may be more susceptible to treatment-resistant prostate cancer

Cleveland Clinic researchers have confirmed for the first time a mechanistic link between the gene HSD17B4 and deadly, treatment-resistant prostate cancer.

17 Jan 2018

Bariatric surgery extends lifespan in obese patients, shows study

Obese, middle-age men and women who had bariatric surgery have half the death rate of those who had traditional medical treatment over a 10-year period, reports a study that answers questions about the long-term risk of the surgery.

17 Jan 2018

Bile acids: A new therapy against obesity

Obesity arises from an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. As a result, current treatments try to decrease calorie intake and/or increase energy expenditure.

17 Jan 2018

Obesity surgery reduces the risk of death by half finds new study

A new study has shown that people undergoing obesity surgery to reduce the size of their stomachs have a halved risk of death compared to others who were being treated with diet and lifestyle changes alone.

16 Jan 2018

Researchers develop software to better predict risk of leakage around aortic stents

Researchers at the St. Antonius Hospital Utrecht/Nieuwegein and the University of Twente in the Netherlands have developed software to better predict the risk of blood leaking around a patient's aortic stent. Last week, Richte Schuurmann, a Technical Physician, was awarded a PhD by the University of Twente for his research on this topic.

16 Jan 2018

Bile acids could directly burn away lipids in the fat depots

The EPFL scientists discovered that bile acids can turn fat-storing cells into fat-burning ones. This process is called thermogenesis (literally, "heat production") and it helps maintain body temperature in cold environments.

16 Jan 2018

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants

Johns Hopkins hopes to become the first hospital in the U.S. to perform HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants from living donors.

16 Jan 2018

Machine learning algorithm uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf children

In a new international collaborative study between The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, researchers created a machine learning algorithm that uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf children after they receive a cochlear implant.

15 Jan 2018

Scarring of fat tissue in obese people can make weight loss more difficult

The fat of obese people becomes distressed, scarred and inflamed, which can make weight loss more difficult, research at the University of Exeter has found.

12 Jan 2018

Novel polygenic hazard score captures age variations of aggressive prostate cancer

An international team, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has developed and validated a genetic tool for predicting age of onset of aggressive prostate cancer, a disease that kills more than 26,000 American men annually.

12 Jan 2018

People with family history of heart attack may be more at risk

The president of the American Heart Association, Dr John Warner, had a minor heart attack recently during a scientific conference held in California.

12 Jan 2018

BRCA gene mutation does not raise the risk of death

BRCA gene mutation has been associated with cancers such as breast cancer. The BRCA gene mutation detection had resulted in a prophylactic double mastectomy for actress Angelina Jolie anticipating cancer. Now a new study has shown that having a BRCA gene mutation and being diagnosed with breast cancer does not raise the risk of death after diagnosis. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal The Lancet Oncology.

11 Jan 2018

Mount Sinai study uncovers potential link between Crohn's and Parkinson's in Jewish population

Mount Sinai Researchers have just discovered that patients in the Ashkenazi Jewish population with Crohn's disease (a chronic inflammatory of the digestive system) are more likely to carry the LRRK2 gene mutation.

11 Jan 2018

Pregnancies after failed outpatient sterilization procedures more likely to result in live births

While the risk of pregnancy is low after female sterilization procedures, 60 percent of pregnancies that do occur result in a live birth, according to a new study.

11 Jan 2018

CAP releases new guideline for HPV testing in patients with head and neck cancers

Certain head and neck cancers that are positive for high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) have a better prognosis and may need less aggressive treatment.

11 Jan 2018

Cross-sex hormone therapy may improve eating disorder symptoms in transgender people

New research has shown that receiving cross-sex hormone therapy (CHT) can help to reduce the feelings of body dissatisfaction associated with eating disorders including anorexia and bulimia in transgender people.

11 Jan 2018

New HSS study may signal hope for patients suffering from scleroderma

Scleroderma is a terribly debilitating disease with no effective treatments and the mortality rates are still upwards of 20%-50%, the highest of any rheumatic disease.

11 Jan 2018

Scientists develop genetically engineered probiotic that targets and kills cancer cells in the gut

A new study has identified a way to turn a humble cocktail of bacteria and vegetables into a targeted system that finds and kills colorectal cancer cells.

11 Jan 2018

Researchers create ‘protocells’ for delivering drugs to deepest tumor regions

Despite herculean efforts, cancer remains a formidable disease, with each malignant subtype responding differently to therapeutics.

11 Jan 2018

Implanted robots could help grow esophagus and gut

A programmable medical robot has been developed that could be implanted into an animal and help increase the size of the tube-like organs by pulling on them appropriately. The robot can stimulate tissue growth. This new robotic system was unveiled in an article published in the Science Robotics.

11 Jan 2018

Surgery News and Research

Research: Men who lack HSD17B4 gene may be more susceptible to treatment-resistant prostate cancer

Bariatric surgery extends lifespan in obese patients, shows study

Bile acids: A new therapy against obesity

Obesity surgery reduces the risk of death by half finds new study

Researchers develop software to better predict risk of leakage around aortic stents

Bile acids could directly burn away lipids in the fat depots

Johns Hopkins gets approval to perform HIV positive to HIV positive living donor kidney transplants

Machine learning algorithm uses brain scans to predict language ability in deaf children

Scarring of fat tissue in obese people can make weight loss more difficult

Novel polygenic hazard score captures age variations of aggressive prostate cancer

People with family history of heart attack may be more at risk

BRCA gene mutation does not raise the risk of death

Mount Sinai study uncovers potential link between Crohn's and Parkinson's in Jewish population

Pregnancies after failed outpatient sterilization procedures more likely to result in live births

CAP releases new guideline for HPV testing in patients with head and neck cancers

Cross-sex hormone therapy may improve eating disorder symptoms in transgender people

New HSS study may signal hope for patients suffering from scleroderma

Scientists develop genetically engineered probiotic that targets and kills cancer cells in the gut

Researchers create ‘protocells’ for delivering drugs to deepest tumor regions

Implanted robots could help grow esophagus and gut

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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