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Surgical site infections appear to have significant genetic connections

An estimated 300,000 U.S. patients get surgical site infections every year, and while the causes are varied, a new University of Utah study suggests that some who get an infection can blame it partly on their genes.

27 Feb 2013

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Taking omega-3 fish oils could help to protect against skin cancer, according to researchers at The University of Manchester.

27 Feb 2013

Trends in patient worry and risk-reducing behaviors in women undergoing breast cancer treatment

Women who have had the lymph nodes under their arm surgically removed during breast cancer treatment are warned to avoid certain practices that can cause lymphedema-a condition that causes chronic, painless swelling in the arm.

26 Feb 2013

‘Traffic light’ guide for pediatric bacterial infection needs refining

Study results suggest that a “traffic light” system for categorizing the severity of infections in children fails to detect a substantial number of serious bacterial infections, particularly urinary tract infections.

26 Feb 2013

Ill health more likely to be responsible for retirement in regional areas than in cities

Men and women of working age, living in regional areas are more likely to be fully retired because of ill health than their city counterparts, University of Sydney research shows.

26 Feb 2013

4SC Discovery enters exclusive research and license agreement with LEO Pharma

LEO Pharma A/S, a global pharmaceutical company specialising in dermatology, has entered into an exclusive research and license agreement with the German biotech company 4SC Discovery GmbH with the primary aim of jointly researching, developing and commercialising an oral treatment for inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis.

26 Feb 2013

Researchers improve NanoVelcro device to better grab cancer cells as blood passes by them

Researchers at UCLA report that they have refined a method they previously developed for capturing and analyzing cancer cells that break away from patients' tumors and circulate in the blood. With the improvements to their device, which uses a Velcro-like nanoscale technology, they can now detect and isolate single cancer cells from patient blood samples for analysis.

26 Feb 2013

Insight into cellular operations that give extraordinary staying power to S. mansoni

From the point of view of its ultimate (human) host, the parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni has a gruesome way of life. It hatches in feces-tainted water, grows into a larva in the body of a snail and then burrows through human skin to take up residence in the veins. Once there, it grows into an adult, mates and, if it's female, starts laying eggs. It can remain in the body for decades.

26 Feb 2013

Bayer receives FDA approval for Stivarga to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) that cannot be surgically removed and no longer respond to other FDA-approved treatments for this disease.

26 Feb 2013

Survey finds 65% of Missouri salons would allow pre-teens to use tanning beds

A survey of tanning salon operators in Missouri shows that 65 percent would allow children as young as 10 to 12 years old to use tanning beds. That's despite evidence that any tanning bed use increases the risk of all skin cancers, including melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, later in life.

26 Feb 2013

Early lymphoid progenitors thrive in an osteoblastic niche: Study

The Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern has deepened the understanding of the environment within bone marrow that nurtures stem cells, this time identifying the biological setting for specialized blood-forming cells that produce the infection-fighting white blood cells known as T cells and B cells.

25 Feb 2013

Mental health risk increased in children with atopic dermatitis

Results from a US study suggest that children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are at significantly increased risk for mental health disorders.

25 Feb 2013

New technology for rehabilitation of amputees

For the first time an operation has been conducted, at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, where electrodes have been permanently implanted in nerves and muscles of an amputee to directly control an arm prosthesis. The result allows natural control of an advanced robotic prosthesis, similarly to the motions of a natural limb.

25 Feb 2013

Loyola offers tips to help stay healthy during shoveling season

A mild winter means many are out of practice in the fine art of snow shoveling. But bending and lifting the wrong way can lead to a trip to the emergency department.

25 Feb 2013

Race and possibly genetics play a role in children's sensitivity to developing allergies

Research conducted at Henry Ford Hospital shows that race and possibly genetics play a role in children's sensitivity to developing allergies.

24 Feb 2013

Researchers use 3D printing and injectable gels to create bioengineered ears

Physicians at Weill Cornell Medical College and biomedical engineers at Cornell University have succeeded in building a facsimile of a living human ear that looks and acts like a natural ear. Researchers believe their bioengineering method will finally succeed in the long quest by scientists and physicians to provide normal looking "new" ears to thousands of children born with a congenital ear deformity.

22 Feb 2013

Gladstone’s Senior Investigator honored for pioneering work in stem cell biology

Gladstone Institutes' Senior Investigator Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, is one of 11 medical researchers to win a new, high-profile $3 million award from a group of high-tech sponsors, including the founders of Facebook and Google.

22 Feb 2013

New research offers clues for chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment

It's not unusual for cancer patients being treated with chemotherapy to complain about not being able to think clearly, connect thoughts or concentrate on daily tasks. The complaint - often referred to as chemo-brain - is common. The scientific cause, however, has been difficult to pinpoint.

22 Feb 2013

Scientists uncover atomic structure of dermcidin

An international team of scientists has discovered how an important natural antibiotic called dermcidin, produced by our skin when we sweat, is a highly efficient tool to fight tuberculosis germs and other dangerous bugs.

22 Feb 2013

Syneron dismisses U.S. patent infringement suit against Eclipse Aesthetics, EndyMed

Syneron Medical Ltd., the leading global aesthetic device company announced today, jointly with EndyMed Medical Ltd. and Eclipse Aesthetics, that Syneron has dismissed its United States patent infringement lawsuit against EndyMed and Eclipse Aesthetics relating to EndyMed's Fractional Skin Resurfacing Products.

22 Feb 2013

Skin News and Research

Surgical site infections appear to have significant genetic connections

Omega-3 fish oils could help protect against skin cancer

Trends in patient worry and risk-reducing behaviors in women undergoing breast cancer treatment

‘Traffic light’ guide for pediatric bacterial infection needs refining

Ill health more likely to be responsible for retirement in regional areas than in cities

4SC Discovery enters exclusive research and license agreement with LEO Pharma

Researchers improve NanoVelcro device to better grab cancer cells as blood passes by them

Insight into cellular operations that give extraordinary staying power to S. mansoni

Bayer receives FDA approval for Stivarga to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Survey finds 65% of Missouri salons would allow pre-teens to use tanning beds

Early lymphoid progenitors thrive in an osteoblastic niche: Study

Mental health risk increased in children with atopic dermatitis

New technology for rehabilitation of amputees

Loyola offers tips to help stay healthy during shoveling season

Race and possibly genetics play a role in children's sensitivity to developing allergies

Researchers use 3D printing and injectable gels to create bioengineered ears

Gladstone’s Senior Investigator honored for pioneering work in stem cell biology

New research offers clues for chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment

Scientists uncover atomic structure of dermcidin

Syneron dismisses U.S. patent infringement suit against Eclipse Aesthetics, EndyMed

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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