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Tinnitus patients process emotions differently in brain from those with normal hearing

Patients with persistent ringing in the ears - a condition known as tinnitus - process emotions differently in the brain from those with normal hearing, researchers report in the journal Brain Research.

26 Jun 2014

Veterans with traumatic brain injury more likely to develop dementia in later life

Older veterans who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are 60 percent more likely to later develop dementia than veterans without TBI, according to a study published in the June 25, 2014, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

25 Jun 2014

Oral gavage is not appropriate for hazard assessments of EDCs, say researchers

Challenging risk assessment methods used for decades by toxicologists, a new review of the literature led by environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that oral gavage, the most widely accepted method of dosing lab animals to test chemical toxicity, does not accurately mimic how humans are exposed to chemicals in everyday life.

25 Jun 2014

Novel device uses smartphone to measure cortisol concentration in saliva

Researchers have developed a device that uses any smartphone to measure the cortisol concentration in saliva. The device was presented Tuesday, June 24, at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago.

25 Jun 2014

Required dose of saline solutions can prevent common injuries in football players

Some of the most common injuries in football players are violent joint sprains and muscle strains in the legs, which are sometimes caused by anxiety and fatigue accumulated after several games in a few weeks.

25 Jun 2014

Patients with Cushing’s syndrome experience significant weight loss while taking oral medication

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore endocrinologist, Henry G. Fein, M.D., today presented new research showing that patients with Cushing's syndrome, a rare disease that can lead to extreme weight gain, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and psychological issues, experienced significant, sustained weight loss while taking oral medication daily over a number of years to manage symptoms of the disease.

25 Jun 2014

University of Maryland School of Medicine receives NIH grant to establish neuroscience research center

The University of Maryland School of Medicine's Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a research center in the School's Department of Psychiatry, was awarded a $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a Silvio O. Conte Neuroscience Research Center that will examine the causes of schizophrenia and search for possible new treatments.

25 Jun 2014

Cardium reports positive results from Generx Ad5FGF-4 Phase 3 study for treatment of myocardial ischemia

Taxus Cardium Pharmaceuticals Group Inc. will report today at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s 2014 BIO International Convention on a pre-specified interim analysis from its international ASPIRE Phase 3 registration clinical study of Generx Ad5FGF-4, Cardium Therapeutics’ angiogenic gene therapy product candidate for patients with myocardial ischemia due to coronary artery disease.

25 Jun 2014

Alcoholic liver disease: an interview with Dr Vinood Patel, University of Westminster

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and also in the UK. As its name indicates this disease arises due to consuming excessive amounts of alcohol (80 g/day) over an extended period, normally 10-20 years.

24 Jun 2014

Loyola University Medical Center receives accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography

Loyola University Medical Center has received a three-year accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

24 Jun 2014

Guide to treating endocrine and metabolic emergencies released at ICE/ENDO 2014

The Endocrine Society's publishing imprint Endocrine Press released its first original title, Endocrine and Metabolic Medical Emergencies, today during the Society's annual meeting, ICE/ENDO 2014.

24 Jun 2014

Improved physical fitness reduces risk of CKD in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Adults with Type 2 diabetes who improve their physical fitness lower their chances of getting chronic kidney disease (CKD), and if they already have kidney damage, they can improve their kidney function.

24 Jun 2014

Viewpoints: Concerns about ACOs; problems in Va. gov.'s strategy; Medicaid 'black hole'

Although Obamacare's health insurance expansion has directly provided coverage to only about 4 percent of Americans, changes embedded in the Affordable Care Act could affect many more people, and not always in good ways.

24 Jun 2014

OAB and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome show considerable overlap

There is considerable overlap between symptoms in patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome and those with overactive bladder, US researchers have shown.

23 Jun 2014

VA executives received high ratings before scandal

Data released at a congressional hearing shows that all of the 470 senior executives at the VA received annual ratings of "fully successful" over the past four years, even though the health system was having delays in processing compensation claims and veterans were having trouble getting access to care.

23 Jun 2014

Stress News and Research

Tinnitus patients process emotions differently in brain from those with normal hearing

Veterans with traumatic brain injury more likely to develop dementia in later life

Oral gavage is not appropriate for hazard assessments of EDCs, say researchers

Novel device uses smartphone to measure cortisol concentration in saliva

Required dose of saline solutions can prevent common injuries in football players

Patients with Cushing’s syndrome experience significant weight loss while taking oral medication

University of Maryland School of Medicine receives NIH grant to establish neuroscience research center

Cardium reports positive results from Generx Ad5FGF-4 Phase 3 study for treatment of myocardial ischemia

Alcoholic liver disease: an interview with Dr Vinood Patel, University of Westminster

Loyola University Medical Center receives accreditation in pediatric transthoracic echocardiography

Guide to treating endocrine and metabolic emergencies released at ICE/ENDO 2014

Improved physical fitness reduces risk of CKD in patients with Type 2 diabetes

Viewpoints: Concerns about ACOs; problems in Va. gov.'s strategy; Medicaid 'black hole'

OAB and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome show considerable overlap

VA executives received high ratings before scandal

Researchers find possible biological reason why people with diabetes are prone to depression

African American women respond differently to anti-inflammatory effect of aspirin than white women

Complementary medicines: an interview with Associate Professor Evelin Tiralongo, Griffith University

First Edition: June 23, 2014

Study reveals that inflammasomes remain active even after cell death

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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