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New research raises hopes of new class of drugs to combat antibiotic resistant infections

New research has found some compounds effective in blocking the proliferation of certain bacteria, raising hopes of a new class of drugs to combat antibiotic resistant infections

13 Mar 2014

Scientist receives AGA-GCF Research Scholar Award for research in gastric, esophageal cancer

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation and the Gastric Cancer Foundation (GCF) are pleased to announce that the first AGA-Gastric Cancer Foundation Research Scholar Award in Gastric and Esophageal Cancer will support Mohamed El-Zaatari, PhD, from University of Michigan, as he conducts research into the role of myeloid cells in the transition from chronic inflammation to gastric pre-neoplasia.

12 Mar 2014

Scientists develop new nasal filter that helps people with nasal symptoms from seasonal hay fever

A small filter the size of a contact lens could possibly make life easier for some of the estimated 500 million people worldwide who suffer from itching, sneezing and a runny nose as soon as the pollen season starts.

10 Mar 2014

STSI releases Scripps Wellderly Genome Resource to explore genetic cause for certain illness

Scientists exploring the genetic causes of illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, cancer and diabetes now have a new tool - a reference DNA dataset built by researchers at Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI).

7 Mar 2014

Doctors' unconscious biases does not affect high BP treatment for minority patients, says study

Doctors' unconscious biases favor whites but do not affect high blood pressure treatment for their minority patients, according to a University of Colorado Boulder study, even though a previous study by the same research group found that doctors' biases are reflected in lower ratings by African-American patients.

7 Mar 2014

Research shows how patient experiences can be used to improve healthcare

A research project led by Oxford University is showing how patient experiences can be used to improve healthcare - not through targets and surveys, but by getting doctors, nurses and patients talking together about care on the ward.

6 Mar 2014

Screening for cancer appeared to have very limited effect on occurrence of aggressive breast cancer

Screening for breast cancer appeared to have a very limited effect on the occurrence of serious and aggressive cancer cases. On the other hand, it appeared to detect many more early cancer cases, cases which would otherwise never have developed - but which are treated due to screening.

5 Mar 2014

New research project explores link between pitch count and throwing arm injuries

The correlation between pitch count and throwing arm injuries has been a hot-button issue in baseball for years and now is the focus of a pioneering study by the Mercyhurst University Department of Sports Medicine, UPMC Hamot and Shriners Hospitals for Children - Erie.

4 Mar 2014

Crates and buckets encourage children to be more active, creative than expensive play equipment

Cheap items like crates and buckets encourage children to be more active and creative than expensive play equipment, researchers have found.

4 Mar 2014

Medical student receives award for finding out drugs to treat peripheral vascular disease

Working at a Saint Louis University laboratory, second-year medical student Weston Gordon performed several studies investigating two novel drug therapies that may be useful in the treatment of peripheral vascular disease in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

4 Mar 2014

Research could lead to early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer

Prostate cancer patients could get better diagnosis and treatment for the disease in the future thanks to a successful research project at the University of Essex.

25 Feb 2014

Physician performs research on cervical cancer

Research on cervical cancer performed by a physician at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

24 Feb 2014

Research sheds light on pathological mechanisms that trigger psoriasis lesions

Streptococcal antigens (Streptococcus pyogenes) might be directly involved in the pathological mechanisms that result in the appearance of psoriasis lesions.

21 Feb 2014

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

Although trauma, heart and stroke patients benefit from being transferred from a local hospital to a higher-level care facility, it's unclear why patients transferred with non-urgent medical conditions show at least a 30 percent higher death rate than had they stayed put, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University's nursing school.

20 Feb 2014

How do people become depressed? An interview with Anna Watters and Professor Lea Williams, University of Sydney

A clinical diagnosis of depression (i.e. major depressive disorder) is currently defined on the basis of reported symptoms.

19 Feb 2014

Study: Acute family stress can affect children's immune systems

High family stress can lead to the child's immune system being affected, as a research group at the School of Health Sciences at Jönköping University and the Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden shows in a study being published in the renowned American periodical Journal of Immunology.

19 Feb 2014

EU study analyzes effectiveness of cardiac computed tomography

Scientists from 28 research facilities in 20 European countries are meeting today in Berlin to kick off the collaborative research project DISCHARGE. The purpose of this project is to determine for which patients with chest pain cardiac CT or cardiac catheterization is best suited.

14 Feb 2014

Researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell that triggers relapse in patients with AML

Cancer researchers led by stem cell scientist Dr. John Dick have discovered a pre-leukemic stem cell that may be the first step in initiating disease and also the culprit that evades therapy and triggers relapse in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).

13 Feb 2014

New teachers need better training to promote health and lifestyle issues to children

Research by the University of Southampton suggests new teachers could be better trained to help them promote health and lifestyle issues to children in schools.

12 Feb 2014

Health people engages in 2 new initiatives to bring down overall women's HIV/AIDS infection rate

With the Bronx still having the highest rate of new women's HIV/AIDS cases of any New York City borough, Health People: Community Preventive Health Institute is engaged in two important new initiatives to provide prevention and services to women in greatest need. Both offer great potential to develop better strategies to assure the Bronx brings down its overall women's HIV/AIDS infection rate.

11 Feb 2014

Research Project News and Research

New research raises hopes of new class of drugs to combat antibiotic resistant infections

Scientist receives AGA-GCF Research Scholar Award for research in gastric, esophageal cancer

Scientists develop new nasal filter that helps people with nasal symptoms from seasonal hay fever

STSI releases Scripps Wellderly Genome Resource to explore genetic cause for certain illness

Doctors' unconscious biases does not affect high BP treatment for minority patients, says study

Research shows how patient experiences can be used to improve healthcare

Screening for cancer appeared to have very limited effect on occurrence of aggressive breast cancer

New research project explores link between pitch count and throwing arm injuries

Crates and buckets encourage children to be more active, creative than expensive play equipment

Medical student receives award for finding out drugs to treat peripheral vascular disease

Research could lead to early diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer

Physician performs research on cervical cancer

Research sheds light on pathological mechanisms that trigger psoriasis lesions

New technology offers potential to link patient records at different hospitals, overcome communication problems

How do people become depressed? An interview with Anna Watters and Professor Lea Williams, University of Sydney

Study: Acute family stress can affect children's immune systems

EU study analyzes effectiveness of cardiac computed tomography

Researchers discover pre-leukemic stem cell that triggers relapse in patients with AML

New teachers need better training to promote health and lifestyle issues to children

Health people engages in 2 new initiatives to bring down overall women's HIV/AIDS infection rate

Achieving and maintaining ISO 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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