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New treatment strategy may destroy difficult-to-treat brain tumors

A new strategy for treating brain tumors may extend or save the lives of patients diagnosed with one of the deadliest forms of cancer, according to a study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

13 Jun 2017

New biosensor technology could be used in wearable devices to monitor health

Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for different types of biomarkers, such as proteins that show you may have breast cancer or lung cancer.

13 Jun 2017

New OpenArray system offers simultaneous detection of pathogens in blood samples

The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola, Dengue, and Zika, threaten human health on a global scale.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific - Microbiology 13 Jun 2017

UC Davis biomedical engineers create lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage

Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created a lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage by giving it a bit of a stretch.

13 Jun 2017

Novel peptide receptor radionuclide therapy improves wellbeing of neuroendocrine cancer patients

Malignant neuroendocrine tumors, commonly called NETs, are easy to miss and associated with discouraging survival rates and poor quality of life.

13 Jun 2017

Low levels of vitamin A could be strong risk factor for TB

People with low levels of vitamin A living with individuals sick with tuberculosis may be 10 times more likely to develop the disease than people with high levels of the nutrient, according to research led by investigators at Harvard Medical School.

13 Jun 2017

College women who believe in gender stereotypes less likely to refuse unwanted sexual advances

Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are more likely to be involved in an unhealthy sexual relationship, according to research from WSU's Murrow Center for Media & Health Promotion Research.

13 Jun 2017

Review suggests need for improved treatment outcome measures in clinical trials for FXS

A group of researchers from several institutions in the USA, including Johns Hopkins Medicine, reports that its review of 22 clinical trials of fragile X syndrome (FXS) suggests the need for a wider use of newer and improved treatment outcome measurement tools for this and other several neurodevelopmental disorders.

13 Jun 2017

Study recommends three most effective approaches for encouraging kids to eat vegetables

Parents should not give up on encouraging their children to eat their greens. This is the advice of researchers at Loughborough University who found that 'repeated exposure' to vegetables at snack and mealtimes worked when trying to improve a child's diet.

13 Jun 2017

Study looks at motor vehicle accident risk in young drivers with ADHD

Earlier studies have pegged the risk of motor vehicle crashes with teenagers suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behind the wheel, as much higher than what a recent study has revealed. Now it is known that the risk of a motor vehicle crashes with adolescents with ADHD is 36% higher than all other newly licensed teenagers and young drivers. This is high but earlier the risk was considered to be four times higher than this.

12 Jun 2017

Interesting food descriptions and increase of healthy food intake - connection found in new study

Healthier foods are often perceived as less tasty by majority of the population. This was studied by researchers who tried to see if healthy foods such as vegetables could be made more interesting.

12 Jun 2017

Obesity and overweight epidemic – A study from 195 countries over quarter of a century

The terms overweight and obesity refer to an excess amount body of fat that may be detrimental to health.

12 Jun 2017

Study provides detailed information on crash risk of adolescents with ADHD

Adolescent drivers with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a 36 percent higher crash risk than other newly licensed teens.

12 Jun 2017

New way to produce protein antigen may lead to preventative vaccine for schistosomiasis

Cornell and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research scientists have developed a way to produce a protein antigen that may be useful as vaccine for schistosomiasis – a parasitic disease that infects millions of people, mostly in tropical and subtropical climates – according to new research in the journal Protein Expression and Purification, June 2017.

12 Jun 2017

Single bout of exercise can have significant positive behavioral and cognitive effects

In a new review of the effects of acute exercise published in Brain Plasticity, researchers not only summarize the behavioral and cognitive effects of a single bout of exercise, but also summarize data from a large number of neurophysiological and neurochemical studies in both humans and animals showing the wide range of brain changes that result from a single session of physical exercise.

12 Jun 2017

PATH study finds that e-cigarettes cause less nicotine dependence than traditional cigarettes

People who regularly use electronic cigarettes are less dependent on their product than those who regularly use traditional cigarettes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

12 Jun 2017

Exposure to carcinogenic compounds can come with inhalation of vaporized cannabis oil, study shows

New research shows that the agents commonly mixed with cannabis oil for vaping can also produce cancer-causing compounds when heated.

12 Jun 2017

Study reveals role of mast cells in severe forms of dengue infection

Why mosquito-borne dengue virus causes more severe disease in some individuals, including hemorrhagic fever with or without shock, remains controversial and researchers are focusing on the factors related to the interaction between the virus and the host immune system, including the role of mast cells.

12 Jun 2017

UC scientists use artificial intelligence to accurately predict treatment outcomes for bipolar disorder

The artificial intelligence that can blow human pilots out of the sky in air-to-air combat accurately predicted treatment outcomes for bipolar disorder, according to a new medical study by the University of Cincinnati.

12 Jun 2017

Researchers uncover seven risk genes for insomnia

An international team of researchers has found, for the first time, seven risk genes for insomnia. With this finding the researchers have taken an important step towards the unraveling of the biological mechanisms that cause insomnia.

12 Jun 2017

Research News and Research

New treatment strategy may destroy difficult-to-treat brain tumors

New biosensor technology could be used in wearable devices to monitor health

New OpenArray system offers simultaneous detection of pathogens in blood samples

UC Davis biomedical engineers create lab-grown tissue similar to natural cartilage

Novel peptide receptor radionuclide therapy improves wellbeing of neuroendocrine cancer patients

Low levels of vitamin A could be strong risk factor for TB

College women who believe in gender stereotypes less likely to refuse unwanted sexual advances

Review suggests need for improved treatment outcome measures in clinical trials for FXS

Study recommends three most effective approaches for encouraging kids to eat vegetables

Study looks at motor vehicle accident risk in young drivers with ADHD

Interesting food descriptions and increase of healthy food intake - connection found in new study

Obesity and overweight epidemic – A study from 195 countries over quarter of a century

Study provides detailed information on crash risk of adolescents with ADHD

New way to produce protein antigen may lead to preventative vaccine for schistosomiasis

Single bout of exercise can have significant positive behavioral and cognitive effects

PATH study finds that e-cigarettes cause less nicotine dependence than traditional cigarettes

Exposure to carcinogenic compounds can come with inhalation of vaporized cannabis oil, study shows

Study reveals role of mast cells in severe forms of dengue infection

UC scientists use artificial intelligence to accurately predict treatment outcomes for bipolar disorder

Researchers uncover seven risk genes for insomnia

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