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Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, shows research

Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando, Fla.

4 Apr 2017

Rubber-like fibers may help combat spinal cord injuries

Implantable fibers have been an enormous boon to brain research, allowing scientists to stimulate specific targets in the brain and monitor electrical responses.

4 Apr 2017

ANGLE's Parsortix system shows high sensitivity, purity in gene expression analysis of head and neck cancers

ANGLE plc, the specialist medtech company, is delighted to announce that the University of Athens and Attikon University Hospital, Greece are today presenting highly encouraging results from their work with ANGLE’s Parsortix system in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas at the American Association for Cancer Research conference 2017, in Washington DC.

4 Apr 2017

Pitt scientists identify neural pathway that regulates coordinated hand movements

Picking up a slice of pizza or sending a text message: Scientists long believed that the brain signals for those and related movements originated from motor areas in the frontal lobe of brain, which control voluntary movement.

4 Apr 2017

Global symposium focuses on chemistry and biological effects of maple food product

The first-ever global symposium, solely dedicated to sharing the latest scientific discoveries on the potential health benefits of 100% pure maple products from Canada, took place on April 2 in San Francisco at the 253rd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the largest scientific society in the world.

4 Apr 2017

Attacking TERT protein may be effective approach to destroying ALM cancer cells

A team of researchers report a significant genetic association linked to an aggressive form of melanoma in a study published today in the journal Genome Research.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers report new method to measure free radicals in cigarette smoke

Smoking cigarettes can lead to illness and death. Free radicals, which are atoms or groups of atoms with unpaired electrons, in inhaled smoke are thought to be partly responsible for making smokers sick.

4 Apr 2017

UC study explores how low risk stress reduction treatments may benefit epilepsy patients

Patients with epilepsy face many challenges, but perhaps the most difficult of all is the unpredictability of seizure occurrence. One of the most commonly reported triggers for seizures is stress.

4 Apr 2017

Scientists find new way to detect prostate cancer by 'sniffing' urine

On the list of dreaded medical tests, a prostate biopsy probably ranks fairly high. The common procedure requires sticking a needle into the prostate gland to remove tissue for assessment.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers find link between hormones and inguinal hernias in older men

Researchers have identified an apparent cause of inguinal hernia, or groin hernia, in older men: altered sex hormone levels that weaken and scar muscle tissue in the lower abdomen.

3 Apr 2017

Prenatal exposure to progesterone could influence sexual orientation in later life

Bisexuality is quite common among men and women whose mothers received additional doses of the sex hormone progesterone while pregnant.

3 Apr 2017

New drug compound could cut number of hot flushes in menopausal women

Women plagued by frequent hot flushes during the menopause could cut the number of flushes by almost three-quarters, thanks to a new drug compound.

3 Apr 2017

VUMC clinical study to evaluate treatment methods for rotator cuff tears

Nitin Jain, M.D., MSPH, associate professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics, has been awarded a $7.5 million contract to determine whether surgery or non-operative therapy works better for a common age-related injury that costs the health care systems billions of dollars -- rotator cuff tears.

3 Apr 2017

Advanced image analysis technique identifies genetic cell mutations in patients with lung cancer

Researchers have used positron emission tomography to successfully identify genetic cell mutations that can cause lung cancer.

3 Apr 2017

Researchers discover key to reveal secret of reversible aging recovery

DGIST's research team discovered substances that can induce reversible aging* recovery and identified an aging recovery mechanism using these substances.

3 Apr 2017

Men with high levels of anabolic hormones less likely to develop worsening frailty, study suggests

A new study suggests that middle-age and elderly men are less likely to develop worsening frailty if they have high levels of certain anabolic hormones, which are muscle- and bone-building hormones.

3 Apr 2017

Study shows promising results for real-world massage in treating chronic low back pain

In the first study of its kind, researchers found real-world massage therapy to be an effective treatment for chronic low back pain.

3 Apr 2017

Language and subgroup data critical to ensure optimal health care outcomes among Latinos

Latinos are the largest racial and ethnic group in the United States, and they comprise two-thirds of Americans with limited English proficiency. Language and Latino subgroup data are critical for public health and social justice, but are not routinely collected.

3 Apr 2017

New imaging test can show key enzyme in ovarian cancer to help guide treatment choices

A new imaging test may provide the ability to identify ovarian cancer patients who are candidates for an emerging treatment that targets a key enzyme cancer cells need to survive.

3 Apr 2017

Researchers discover potential novel strategy for improving immunotherapy against cancer

Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a potential novel strategy for improving drugs that unleash the immune system against cancer -- by binding two compounds to a nanoparticle.

3 Apr 2017

Research News and Research

Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, shows research

Rubber-like fibers may help combat spinal cord injuries

ANGLE's Parsortix system shows high sensitivity, purity in gene expression analysis of head and neck cancers

Pitt scientists identify neural pathway that regulates coordinated hand movements

Global symposium focuses on chemistry and biological effects of maple food product

Attacking TERT protein may be effective approach to destroying ALM cancer cells

Researchers report new method to measure free radicals in cigarette smoke

UC study explores how low risk stress reduction treatments may benefit epilepsy patients

Scientists find new way to detect prostate cancer by 'sniffing' urine

Researchers find link between hormones and inguinal hernias in older men

Prenatal exposure to progesterone could influence sexual orientation in later life

New drug compound could cut number of hot flushes in menopausal women

VUMC clinical study to evaluate treatment methods for rotator cuff tears

Advanced image analysis technique identifies genetic cell mutations in patients with lung cancer

Researchers discover key to reveal secret of reversible aging recovery

Men with high levels of anabolic hormones less likely to develop worsening frailty, study suggests

Study shows promising results for real-world massage in treating chronic low back pain

Language and subgroup data critical to ensure optimal health care outcomes among Latinos

New imaging test can show key enzyme in ovarian cancer to help guide treatment choices

Researchers discover potential novel strategy for improving immunotherapy against cancer

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