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Study highlights the urgency of removing barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder

The opioid overdose and death epidemic continues to worsen across the United States, but medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, and extended-release naltrexone are proven to reduce opioid overdoses by more than 50 percent.

4 Aug 2022

New easy-to-use test could rapidly diagnose heart attacks and cancers

Imperial researchers have built a new easy-to-use test that could diagnose non-infectious diseases like heart attacks and cancers more quickly.

4 Aug 2022

Higher suPAR levels linked with increased risk of blood clot formation

Blood clots are thought to occur in as many as a third of patients hospitalized with COVID-19. In many cases these clots can be deadly, such as pulmonary embolisms - blood clots that travel to the lungs. In fact, in nearly one third of patients with COVID-19, these clots led to death.

4 Aug 2022

Optical coherence tomography combined with machine learning to develop colorectal cancer imaging tool

A research team from the lab of Quing Zhu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has combined optical coherence tomography (OCT) and machine learning to develop a colorectal cancer imaging tool that may one day improve the traditional endoscopy currently used by doctors.

4 Aug 2022

Designing an app to diagnose ALS

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Jordan Green about his latest research partnership with Modality.AI that investigated whether an app could be used to effectively diagnose speech decline due to ALS.

4 Aug 2022

When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

For seven years, Timothy Jay Fowler rotated between jail, forced psychiatric hospitalization, and freedom.

4 Aug 2022

The aging human brain

Researchers describe alterations at the molecular and cellular levels that underly brain aging in otherwise healthy elderly adults.

3 Aug 2022

Hybrid immunity retained six months after SARS-CoV-2 exposure

Scientists hypothesize that lower death rates in COVID-19 patients may be due to hybrid immunity, as well as the reduced severity of Omicron infections.

3 Aug 2022

BBRF hosts a free webinar on manipulating memories to help treat brain illness

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is hosting a free webinar, "Manipulating Memories to Help Treat Brain Illness" on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, at 2:00 pm EDT.

3 Aug 2022

New study uncovers a likely proteome signature for reductive stress cardiomyopathy

Two years ago, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers and colleagues reported that reductive stress - an imbalance in the normal oxidation/reduction, or redox, homeostasis - caused pathological changes associated with heart failure in a mouse model.

3 Aug 2022

Study: Genes involved in coronary heart disease may be nearly the same for everyone

The genes involved in coronary heart disease, the most common form of heart disease, appear to be nearly the same for everyone, according to a VA study.

3 Aug 2022

Glioma incidence and outcomes differ based on geographic/ancestral origins of Hispanic communities

Although typically classified as a single ethnic group, people of Hispanic heritage have markedly different risks for brain tumors based on their geographic origins, suggesting greater diversity that warrants attention in the health care setting.

3 Aug 2022

Genetic signatures may help predict immunotherapy response in patients with bladder cancer

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer have identified genetic signatures that could predict whether tumors in patients with bladder and other cancers will respond to immunotherapy.

3 Aug 2022

Older age and smoking linked to increased risk of developing any cancer, study shows

A new large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows older age and smoking are the two most important risk factors associated with a relative and absolute five-year risk of developing any cancer.

3 Aug 2022

Common viruses may play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers from Oxford's Institute of Population Ageing, Tufts University and the University of Manchester have discovered that common viruses appear to play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

3 Aug 2022

'RNA fishing' technique identifies several proteins involved in the progression of melanoma

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation have identified several proteins involved in the progression of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.

3 Aug 2022

UVA researchers receive $15 million from LeDucq Foundation to advance understanding of atherosclerosis

The Boston-based LeDucq Foundation has awarded $15 million to researchers at UVA Health and their collaborators to advance our understanding of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, and find better ways to treat it.

3 Aug 2022

What is the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among individuals with and without health risk factors?

Researchers assessed carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) epidemiology across eight US metropolitan areas between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015.

3 Aug 2022

What is the association between vision impairment and cognitive outcome?

Researchers examined the association between cognitive outcomes and vision impairment in elderly populations.

3 Aug 2022

Study pinpoints a three-pronged approach that makes liver cancer cells stop growing

Liver cancer's rapid growth leads to a vulnerability in its energy-production and cell-building processes that may be potently exploited with a new combination-treatment strategy, according to a study from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

3 Aug 2022

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Study highlights the urgency of removing barriers to accessing medications for opioid use disorder

New easy-to-use test could rapidly diagnose heart attacks and cancers

Higher suPAR levels linked with increased risk of blood clot formation

Optical coherence tomography combined with machine learning to develop colorectal cancer imaging tool

Designing an app to diagnose ALS

When mental illness leads to dropped charges, patients often go without stabilizing care

The aging human brain

Hybrid immunity retained six months after SARS-CoV-2 exposure

BBRF hosts a free webinar on manipulating memories to help treat brain illness

New study uncovers a likely proteome signature for reductive stress cardiomyopathy

Study: Genes involved in coronary heart disease may be nearly the same for everyone

Glioma incidence and outcomes differ based on geographic/ancestral origins of Hispanic communities

Genetic signatures may help predict immunotherapy response in patients with bladder cancer

Older age and smoking linked to increased risk of developing any cancer, study shows

Common viruses may play a role in some cases of Alzheimer's disease

'RNA fishing' technique identifies several proteins involved in the progression of melanoma

UVA researchers receive $15 million from LeDucq Foundation to advance understanding of atherosclerosis

What is the prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales among individuals with and without health risk factors?

What is the association between vision impairment and cognitive outcome?

Study pinpoints a three-pronged approach that makes liver cancer cells stop growing

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How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

Single-cell proteomics: Revealing proteome diversity from cellular heterogeneity to non-canonical biology

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