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IOM committee identifies five main symptoms to diagnose ME/CFS

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- commonly referred to as ME/CFS -- is a legitimate, serious, and complex systemic disease that frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected individuals, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

11 Feb 2015

New IOM report presents diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome

A new report from the Institute of Medicine presents new diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome and examines whether a new name for the condition is warranted.

11 Feb 2015

Mercury associated with autoimmunity among women of childbearing age

One of the greatest risk factors for autoimmunity among women of childbearing age may be associated with exposure to mercury such as through seafood, a new University of Michigan study says.

10 Feb 2015

UB neurologist examines neurological disorders of U.S. presidents

Neurology and history may sound like two fields that don't often overlap, but they have, sometimes with extraordinary consequences, according to a University at Buffalo neurologist.

10 Feb 2015

Study links previously unknown genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African American family members

The "Jewels in our Genes" study, led by University at Buffalo researcher Heather Ochs-Balcom, has uncovered previously unknown segments of DNA shared by African American family members who have breast cancer. "The discovery of these regions supports our hypothesis that there are still undiscovered breast cancer genes that may be unique to African Americans," says Ochs-Balcom, PhD, a genetic epidemiologist in the UB Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health.

10 Feb 2015

Researchers identify immune biomarkers that could help predict complications in HIV/TB patients

Doctors treating patients battling both HIV and tuberculosis (TB)--many of whom live in Africa--are faced with the decision when to start those patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) while they are being treated with antibiotics for active TB disease. Some patients fare well on both interventions, with the immune system in check and the TB controlled.

10 Feb 2015

Balanced blood product ratios can improve outcomes in severe trauma patients

Among patients with severe trauma and major bleeding, those who received a transfusion of a balanced ratio of plasma, platelets, and red blood cells (RBCs) were more likely to have their bleeding stopped and less likely to die due to loss of blood by 24 hours compared to patients who received a transfusion with a higher ratio of RBCs, according to a study in the February 3 issue of JAMA.

9 Feb 2015

PE/GHTN linked to higher frequency of cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities

In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral concurrent session at 2:45 p.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in San Diego, researchers of the MFMU Network will present findings of long term cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities five to ten years later in women with preeclampsia/gestational hypertension during pregnancy.

9 Feb 2015

Scientists develop potential new therapy based on cow's immune molecules for hormone deficiencies

To help people with hormone deficiencies, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a potential new therapy based on an unlikely model: immune molecules from cows.

9 Feb 2015

UM SOM launches ‘Program in Lung Healing’ to develop treatments for acute respiratory failure

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, and Jeffrey A. Rivest, MS, President and Chief Executive Officer of University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), today announced the official launch of a new "Program in Lung Healing," that will further the School's position as a national leader in research, education and clinical innovation for acute ailments of the lung and respiratory system.

9 Feb 2015

New compound may lead to development of potential therapeutics for neuropathic pain

A new compound discovered by a team of UC Davis investigators has potent actions against production of a chemical that which is implicated in the development of chronic pain following a peripheral nerve injury in the spinal cord.

7 Feb 2015

LifePoint Hospitals partners with SCPC to achieve Chest Pain Center Accreditation

LifePoint Hospitals, a leading company focused on providing quality healthcare services close to home, and the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care have partnered to support LifePoint facilities in attaining Chest Pain Center Accreditation. The effort, which SCPC reports is its first system-wide collaboration of such size, demonstrates LifePoint's commitment to excellence in quality, patient safety and overall patient care.

7 Feb 2015

Vanderbilt researchers find link between the biological clock and Angelman syndrome

Monitoring participants' biological clocks may be the quickest way to determine the effectiveness of experimental drugs currently under development to treat Angelman syndrome: a debilitating genetic disorder that occurs in more than one in every 15,000 live births.

6 Feb 2015

Study: Lyme disease costs the U.S. health care system up to $1.3 billion a year

Lyme disease, transmitted by a bite from a tick infected by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, had long been considered easy to treat, usually requiring a single doctor's visit and a few weeks of antibiotics for most people.

6 Feb 2015

Northwestern Medicine researchers evaluate unique surgical method to treat chronic amputee pain

Northwestern Medicine® researchers are leading a new multi-center clinical trial to evaluate a unique surgical method, known as targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR), to treat chronic pain that can result from limb amputation. Around a quarter of all amputees develop chronic pain in the remaining portion of their amputated limb, which can include phantom limb syndrome (pain that is perceived in the portion of the limb that is gone), and prevents many patients from using prostheses.

5 Feb 2015

Cell free DNA analysis less effective than sequential screening in finding fetal chromosomal abnormalities

In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. PST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Diego, researchers will report that cell free DNA analysis is less effective than sequential screening as primary testing for fetal chromosomal abnormalities.

5 Feb 2015

Syndrome News and Research

IOM committee identifies five main symptoms to diagnose ME/CFS

New IOM report presents diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome

Mercury associated with autoimmunity among women of childbearing age

UB neurologist examines neurological disorders of U.S. presidents

Study links previously unknown genetic anomalies to breast cancer in African American family members

Researchers identify immune biomarkers that could help predict complications in HIV/TB patients

Balanced blood product ratios can improve outcomes in severe trauma patients

PE/GHTN linked to higher frequency of cardiovascular and metabolic abnormalities

Scientists develop potential new therapy based on cow's immune molecules for hormone deficiencies

UM SOM launches ‘Program in Lung Healing’ to develop treatments for acute respiratory failure

New compound may lead to development of potential therapeutics for neuropathic pain

LifePoint Hospitals partners with SCPC to achieve Chest Pain Center Accreditation

Vanderbilt researchers find link between the biological clock and Angelman syndrome

Study: Lyme disease costs the U.S. health care system up to $1.3 billion a year

Northwestern Medicine researchers evaluate unique surgical method to treat chronic amputee pain

Cell free DNA analysis less effective than sequential screening in finding fetal chromosomal abnormalities

Alzheimer's brains commonly have many neurons with more DNA and genomic copies of APP gene

Genomics of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC): an interview with Professor Thomas J. Giordano

Women’s risk factors for heart disease

News study finds association between chronic fatigue syndrome and early menopause

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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