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Disruptive symptoms and potential complications of enlarged prostate

Half of all men develop enlarged prostates -; also called benign prostatic hyperplasia -; by the time they're 50 years old. The walnut-sized gland never stops slowly growing.

22 Feb 2023

Adipose-targeted delivery of thyroid hormone alleviates hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis

A research team from LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has developed thyroid hormone (TH) - encapsulated nanoparticles modified with adipose-homing peptide, which selectively transport TH to adipose tissues.

20 Feb 2023

Study highlights increased risks for young pregnant adolescents compared with older teens, adults

Young adolescents face different challenges in pregnancy compared with their older teenage peers and adults that are sometimes exacerbated by high rates of obesity, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers suggests.

15 Feb 2023

Researchers create a new method to improve burn assessment

An important component to a more successful treatment course for burns is correctly assessing them, and current methods are not accurate enough.

1 Feb 2023

State-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit opened at MedStar Washington Hospital Center

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has opened a state-of-the-art Biocontainment Unit that will be used primarily for observation and flexed for respiratory isolation and further flexed to care for patients with highly infectious diseases.

19 Jan 2023

Mapping Matters: new cellular atlas of endometriosis for better understanding of the disease

In this interview, News Medical spoke to Kate Lawrenson, Ph.D., about their latest research which detailed the molecular profile of endometriosis to help improve therapeutic options for the millions of women suffering from the disease.

19 Jan 2023

Hair follicle transplants can rejuvenate scars, study finds

In a new study involving three volunteers, skin scars began to behave more like uninjured skin after they were treated with hair follicle transplants.

6 Jan 2023

Lost sleep and jangled nerves: The rising onslaught of noise harms mind and body

Mike Thomson's friends refuse to stay over at his house anymore. Thomson lives about 50 yards from a busy freeway that bisects California's capital city, one that has been increasingly used as a speedway for high-speed races, diesel-spewing big rigs, revving motorcycles — and cars that have been illegally modified to make even more noise.

5 Jan 2023

Applicant numbers remain unchanged even after significant increase in plastic surgery residency positions

Historically plastic surgery has been considered one of most competitive and highly sought after residency programs.

30 Dec 2022

When it comes to harvesting energy, some guts do it better than others

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that a portion of the Danish population has a composition of gut microbes that, on average, extracts more energy from food than the microbes in their fellow Danes' guts.

25 Dec 2022

Researchers discover previously unknown mechanism for how 'starvation response' is triggered

Body cells burn off fat reserves when nutrient supply from food ceases. A team led by Professor Volker Haucke and Dr. Wonyul Jang from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has now discovered a previously unknown mechanism for how this “starvation response” is triggered, and what can inhibit it.

15 Dec 2022

Intermittent fasting diet intervention may help patients to achieve complete diabetes remission

After an intermittent fasting diet intervention, patients achieved complete diabetes remission, defined as an HbA1c (average blood sugar) level of less than 6.5% at least one year after stopping diabetes medication, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

15 Dec 2022

Well-healed minor facial scars have little or no effect on ratings of attractiveness, study suggests

After healing, minor facial scars have little or no effect on ratings of attractiveness – while some scars are even linked to more favorable ratings, suggests a survey study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Nov 2022

Study finds possible shared predisposition between migraine and upper extremity nerve compression syndromes

Patients who undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and other upper extremity nerve compression syndromes are more likely to have a diagnosis of migraine headaches, reports a study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Nov 2022

Biologic therapy for IBD patients through a financial assistance program could have superior outcomes

Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) who required treatment with biologic therapies and were enrolled in a financial assistance program were less likely to need surgery after starting medication than those not enrolled in a program, a study by UT Southwestern researchers found.

23 Nov 2022

Single drug compound may offer a promising new strategy for treating prostate cancer patients

A single drug compound simultaneously attacks hard-to-treat prostate cancer on several fronts, according to a new study in mice and human cells.

23 Nov 2022

Study provides insight into the natural course of COVID-19 infection in pregnancy

A UT Southwestern study of more than 1,300 pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 found that just 1 in 10 developed moderate, severe, or critical illness and that COVID-19 symptoms and severity were similar across all trimesters.

22 Nov 2022

High-intensity aerobic exercise can cut metastatic cancer risk by 72%

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that aerobic exercise can reduce the risk of metastatic cancer by 72%.

14 Nov 2022

Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs

As covid-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists, and public health nurses were hired by a nonprofit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to plug the holes at battered public health departments on the front lines.