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Patient assistance programs help breast cancer patients to learn more about adjuvant therapy

Patient assistance programs can help breast cancer patients meet a variety of needs that can interfere with getting recommended adjuvant therapies such as radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal treatments, according to a study published recently in the online edition of the Journal of Oncology Practice.

24 Oct 2013

UTHealth researchers investigate clot-buster for children with acute ischemic stroke

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are part of a multi-center, international study investigating the safety and best dosage of a clot-buster for children with acute ischemic stroke.

24 Oct 2013

Doctors-in-training must employ etiquette-based communications to improve medical recovery, patient satisfaction

Johns Hopkins investigators have found that doctors-in-training are unlikely to introduce themselves fully to hospitalized patients or sit down to talk to them eye-to-eye, despite research suggesting that courteous bedside manners improve medical recovery along with patient satisfaction.

23 Oct 2013

Imugene Acquiring Biolife, As Lead Pipeline Candidate Nears Phase II

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23 Oct 2013

Functional biomarker could help guide treatment of patients with BRAF-mutant melanomas

A functional biomarker that can predict whether BRAF-mutant melanomas respond to drugs targeting BRAF could help guide the treatment of patients with these cancers, according to results presented here at the AACR-NCI-EORTC International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, held Oct. 19 - 23.

23 Oct 2013

Study: Elevated BMI may affect survival in pancreatic cancer patients

New results from a prospective study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology show that patients with a body mass index (BMI) in the obese range live on average two to three months less after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis, compared with healthy weight patients, even after adjusting for factors that are known to predict survival for patients with this disease, such as age and disease stage.

22 Oct 2013

RWJF president receives 2013 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for pioneering efforts to control tobacco use

The Institute of Medicine today presented the 2013 Gustav O. Lienhard Award to Steven A. Schroeder, whose pioneering efforts to control tobacco use have helped save millions from premature, smoking-related deaths. The award also recognizes Schroeder's leadership in general medicine as well as his work to improve end-of-life care.

22 Oct 2013

UL professor to lead €1.5M research programme on economics of personalised health

Leading Health Economist, John Forbes, has been appointed as Professor of Health Economics at the University of Limerick. His appointment has been supported by the Health Research Board. Professor Forbes becomes one of the first HRB Research Leaders and he will lead a €1.5 million programme of research into the economics of personalised health.

21 Oct 2013

Genetic mutation found to restore translational balance in mice

In a biological quirk that promises to provide researchers with a new approach for studying and potentially treating Fragile X syndrome, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have shown that knocking out a gene important for messenger RNA (mRNA) translation in neurons restores memory deficits and reduces behavioral symptoms in a mouse model of a prevalent human neurological disease.

21 Oct 2013

Study shows significant link between low dietary fiber intake and cardiometabolic risks

A new study published in the December issue of The American Journal of Medicine shows a significant association between low dietary fiber intake and cardiometabolic risks including metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular inflammation, and obesity.

19 Oct 2013

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

Medical scientists from two of Israel's premier universities will join University of Michigan colleagues Oct. 18-21 in Ann Arbor for what has become the university's largest ever joint medical science symposium with Israel.

18 Oct 2013

GW SMHS announces new educational and research affiliation with WCP

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences is pleased to announce a new educational and research affiliation with the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis that will provide educational opportunities for GW's medical students and residents, as well as consultative relationships with the SMHS medical humanities program.

18 Oct 2013

Researchers identify C. perfringens type B bacteria believed to trigger multiple sclerosis

A research team from Weill Cornell Medical College and The Rockefeller University has identified a bacterium it believes may trigger multiple sclerosis, a chronic, debilitating disorder that damages myelin forming cells in the brain and spinal cord.

18 Oct 2013

'Traffic light' labels can be effective method of promoting healthier food choices

A simple, color-coded system for labeling food items in a hospital cafeteria appears to have increased customer's attention to the healthiness of their food choices, along with encouraging purchases of the most healthy items.

18 Oct 2013

Students who use false IDs are at increased risk for alcohol use disorder

A study found that almost two-thirds of college students used a fake ID at least once to obtain alcohol. Students who used false ID more often indirectly increased their risk for alcohol use disorder, according to a new longitudinal study in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

18 Oct 2013

UTHealth professor receives Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award from AOTNA

John Wesley Munz, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, has been presented a teaching award by an internationally recognized medical organization.

18 Oct 2013

Cambridge professor to speak about nature of viruses at free public lecture at University of Leicester

Former Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge to deliver public lecture on Monday 21 October

17 Oct 2013

UTHealth researchers study how probiotic may help reduce gut inflammation in infants with colic

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have begun a study investigating whether a probiotic might be helpful in reducing gut inflammation in infants with colic.

17 Oct 2013

Research in mouse whiskers reveals signal pathway from touch neuron to brain

Human fingertips have several types of sensory neurons that are responsible for relaying touch signals to the central nervous system. Scientists have long believed these neurons followed a linear path to the brain with a "labeled-lines" structure.

17 Oct 2013

BWH, Case Western awarded $7.7M NIH grant to establish NHLBI National Sleep Research Resource

A $7.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to Brigham and Women's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will establish the NHLBI National Sleep Research Resource, a comprehensive, easily accessible and well-annotated national repository of sleep data.

16 Oct 2013

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Patient assistance programs help breast cancer patients to learn more about adjuvant therapy

UTHealth researchers investigate clot-buster for children with acute ischemic stroke

Doctors-in-training must employ etiquette-based communications to improve medical recovery, patient satisfaction

Imugene Acquiring Biolife, As Lead Pipeline Candidate Nears Phase II

Functional biomarker could help guide treatment of patients with BRAF-mutant melanomas

Study: Elevated BMI may affect survival in pancreatic cancer patients

RWJF president receives 2013 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for pioneering efforts to control tobacco use

UL professor to lead €1.5M research programme on economics of personalised health

Genetic mutation found to restore translational balance in mice

Study shows significant link between low dietary fiber intake and cardiometabolic risks

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

GW SMHS announces new educational and research affiliation with WCP

Researchers identify C. perfringens type B bacteria believed to trigger multiple sclerosis

'Traffic light' labels can be effective method of promoting healthier food choices

Students who use false IDs are at increased risk for alcohol use disorder

UTHealth professor receives Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award from AOTNA

Cambridge professor to speak about nature of viruses at free public lecture at University of Leicester

UTHealth researchers study how probiotic may help reduce gut inflammation in infants with colic

Research in mouse whiskers reveals signal pathway from touch neuron to brain

BWH, Case Western awarded $7.7M NIH grant to establish NHLBI National Sleep Research Resource

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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