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EORTC hosts joint session with ESTRO to focus on latest developments in soft tissue sarcoma treatment

The EORTC will host a joint session with ESTRO at ESTRO 33 focusing on current developments in soft tissue sarcoma treatment. It will take place from 14:30- 16:00 on Monday, 07 April 2014 in Vienna, Austria and will be co-chaired by Professors Jean-Yves Blay of the Centre Leon Berard in Lyon, France and past EORTC President and Philippe Maingon of the Centre Georges-Fran-ois-Leclerc in Dijon, France, and Chair of the EORTC Radiation Oncology Group.

3 Dec 2013

Bariatric surgery can potentially reverse type 2 diabetes

Although obesity is a notoriously difficult disease to treat conservatively, there is hope. Board-certified bariatric surgeon Michael Feiz, MD, FACS recommends weight loss surgery as a solution for morbidly obese adults who want to get healthy once and for all.

3 Dec 2013

Toshiba’s MR technologies improve patient care, diagnostic accuracy

Clinicians can utilize MRI to diagnose more conditions with Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s advanced applications for its Vantage Titan™ MR systems.

3 Dec 2013

UAB Medicine introduces Web-based learning and continuing medical education for physicians

UAB Medicine, in collaboration with BroadcastMed, Inc. has launched MD Learning Channel, an online resource that enables medical professionals worldwide to tap into the knowledge and expertise of University of Alabama at Birmingham physicians.

3 Dec 2013

Conjuring up visual image in mind has corresponding effect on size of pupils

Conjuring up a visual image in the mind - like a sunny day or a night sky - has a corresponding effect on the size of our pupils, as if we were actually seeing the image, according to new research.

3 Dec 2013

Patients with RA today have easier time with daily living than patients diagnosed two decades ago

New research reveals that patients with rheumatoid arthritis today have an easier time with daily living than patients diagnosed two decades ago. According to results of the study published in Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology, anxiety, depressed mood and physical disability have been cut in half over the last 20 years. Researchers believe a reduction in disease activity is partly responsible for this positive change.

3 Dec 2013

Lung volume reduction surgery: A great option for patients with severe emphysema

Every time Susan Fischer sees someone lugging around an oxygen container, she wants to pull them aside and tell them, "It can get better."

3 Dec 2013

Study explores social and emotional impact of Tourette syndrome in secondary schools

Secondary school can be a stressful enough time for any teenager, but for those living with Tourette Syndrome (TS) their neurological condition can present a whole new set of challenges.

3 Dec 2013

3T MRI scanner allows Polish scientists to perform structural and functional imaging of human brain

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw launches research programs, which require state-of-the-art magnetic resonance scanner.

3 Dec 2013

Microneedle technique may provide a painless way to deliver drugs, vaccines

Microneedles on a sticking-plaster-like patch may be the painless and safe way doctors will test for drugs and some infections in the future, thanks to work supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

3 Dec 2013

Study shows that DBT increases cancer detection, reduces recall rates

Researchers have found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) led to reduced recall rates and an increase in cancer detection in a large breast cancer screening program.

3 Dec 2013

Researchers offer promise of strategy for curing HIV infection

Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection. Results of the study were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

3 Dec 2013

Automated breast density measurement predicts breast cancer risk in younger women

Automated breast density measurement is predictive of breast cancer risk in younger women, and that risk may be related to the rate at which breast density changes in some women as they age, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

3 Dec 2013

Study: Strong sense of ethnic identity can help Latina girls feel positive about appearance

A strong sense of ethnic identity can help Latina girls feel positive about their body and appearance, a new study concludes, even as this group slips further into dissatisfaction with themselves when compared to a media-filled world of unrealistic images of thin white women.

3 Dec 2013

Scientists figure out how transporters work

Researchers have tried for decades to understand the undulations and gyrations that allow transport proteins to shuttle molecules from one side of a cell membrane to the other.

3 Dec 2013

Religious liberty issues color Supreme Court consideration of health law's contraception coverage mandate

The Supreme Court in early spring will hear two legal challenges to Obamacare's contraception coverage requirement, a case that addresses a complex question that has never come squarely before the court: Can a for-profit company engaged in commercial activities declare religious beliefs?

3 Dec 2013

New catalog brings interactions between pharmacological molecules and proteins

The three-dimensional structures of proteins determine how, when and where they bind to drugs and other compounds. In 2012 alone, thousands of structures like this were resolved.

3 Dec 2013

Research proves effectiveness of vaccine against leishmaniasis

The disease is considered endemic in the south states of Mexico. A research executed in the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY) has successfully proved, in test animals, the effectiveness of a vaccine that immunizes the organism against leishmaniasis, an ailment transmitted through insects very similar to mosquitos and mainly presents symptoms in the skin, liver or spleen.

3 Dec 2013

Sca-1 stem cells replace steadily aging heart muscle cells

Up until a few years ago, the common school of thought held that the mammalian heart had very little regenerative capacity. However, scientists now know that heart muscle cells constantly regenerate, albeit at a very low rate. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim, have identified a stem cell population responsible for this regeneration.

3 Dec 2013

Tel Aviv University researchers discover a protein that kills bacteria

In the arms race between bacteria and modern medicine, bacteria have gained an edge. In recent decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has developed faster than the production of new antibiotics, making bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Scientists worry that a particularly virulent and deadly "superbug" could one day join the ranks of existing untreatable bacteria, causing a public health catastrophe comparable with the Black Death.

3 Dec 2013

Research News and Research

EORTC hosts joint session with ESTRO to focus on latest developments in soft tissue sarcoma treatment

Bariatric surgery can potentially reverse type 2 diabetes

Toshiba’s MR technologies improve patient care, diagnostic accuracy

UAB Medicine introduces Web-based learning and continuing medical education for physicians

Conjuring up visual image in mind has corresponding effect on size of pupils

Patients with RA today have easier time with daily living than patients diagnosed two decades ago

Lung volume reduction surgery: A great option for patients with severe emphysema

Study explores social and emotional impact of Tourette syndrome in secondary schools

3T MRI scanner allows Polish scientists to perform structural and functional imaging of human brain

Microneedle technique may provide a painless way to deliver drugs, vaccines

Study shows that DBT increases cancer detection, reduces recall rates

Researchers offer promise of strategy for curing HIV infection

Automated breast density measurement predicts breast cancer risk in younger women

Study: Strong sense of ethnic identity can help Latina girls feel positive about appearance

Scientists figure out how transporters work

Religious liberty issues color Supreme Court consideration of health law's contraception coverage mandate

New catalog brings interactions between pharmacological molecules and proteins

Research proves effectiveness of vaccine against leishmaniasis

Sca-1 stem cells replace steadily aging heart muscle cells

Tel Aviv University researchers discover a protein that kills bacteria

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