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New study looks at signs of mental suffering and their association with dreams during pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people's behavior everywhere. Fear, apprehensiveness, sadness, anxiety, and other troublesome feelings have become part of the daily lives of many families since the first cases of the disease were officially recorded early last year.

5 Feb 2021

Fecal transplant overcomes resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma patients

Researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute demonstrate that changing the gut microbiome can transform patients with advanced melanoma who never responded to immunotherapy - which has a failure rate of 40% for this type of cancer - into patients who do.

5 Feb 2021

GSA experts propose strategies to address dementia-related psychosis

A new white paper from The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) highlights the variety of challenges that persons with dementia-related psychosis and their caregivers have encountered during moves through different health care settings -- and proposes strategies to address these challenges.

5 Feb 2021

European Union funds new project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer

The European Union has funded a project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer with nearly 15 million euros for five years. The international DECIDER project has partners from 14 organizations in seven EU countries.

5 Feb 2021

Study may lead to new therapeutic strategies to reduce allergic responses, inflammatory reactions

In order to fight pathogens, mast cells regulate inflammatory reactions of the immune system. Both mast cells and neutrophils are white blood cells and are critical for the body's immune defense.

5 Feb 2021

Neuromuscular training in cardiac rehabilitation improves quality of life in heart attack patients

Neuromuscular training improves balance, stability, coordination and reaction speed, increasing patients’ ability to perform daily chores and allowing them to gain quality of life.

5 Feb 2021

Researchers to create computational models to improve treatments for ovarian cancer

The 5-year research project involves 14 organizations in seven EU countries and is funded by €15 M from the EU.

4 Feb 2021

Scripps Research collaborates with Tempus to develop a predictive model of glucose responses

Scripps Research, a globally recognized nonprofit biomedical research institute, today announced a collaborative research program with Tempus, a leader in precision medicine and artificial intelligence, to develop a predictive model of glucose responses in people with and without type 2 diabetes.

4 Feb 2021

Dialysis patients are 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19

People undergoing long-term dialysis are almost 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19 and should be prioritized for vaccination, found a new Ontario study published in CMAJ.

4 Feb 2021

Novel biomarker may help identify which pancreatic cancer patients respond to CD40 agonists

Inflammation in the blood could serve as a new biomarker to help identify patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who won't respond to the immune-stimulating drugs known as CD40 agonists, suggests a new study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania published in JCI Insight.

4 Feb 2021

Research shows how air pollution has a detrimental impact on cardiovascular health

Tiny particles of air pollution -- called fine particulate matter -- can have a range of effects on health, and exposure to high levels is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

4 Feb 2021

New guidance can help cardiac patients with diabetes to exercise more safely

Cardiac patients who also have diabetes will be able to do their rehabilitation exercises more safely, thanks to the world's first guidance on the subject, which has been published by international experts including a Swansea University academic.

4 Feb 2021

People with borderline personality disorder may have difficulty in accessing health services

Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD, is the most common personality disorder in Australia, affecting up to 5% of the population at some stage, and Flinders University researchers warn more needs to be done to meet this high consumer needs.

4 Feb 2021

Cancer patients less likely to receive life-saving therapy when suffering a heart attack

A major study of nearly 2 million heart attack patients has found that many who also had cancer were not offered a potentially lifesaving treatment, despite the fact it had major benefits.

4 Feb 2021

Sequential approach to treating comorbid PTSD and depression

This study is the first randomized control trial to rigorously test a sequential approach to treating comorbid PTSD and major depressive disorder.

4 Feb 2021

Finding ways to relieve painful intercourse

Researchers at Flinders University are working to remedy this situation by identifying what triggers this chronic pain in the female reproductive tract.

4 Feb 2021

New drug candidate to be trialed for most lethal form of brain cancer

A new drug candidate has been discovered by the University of South Australia to treat the most lethal form of brain cancer - glioblastoma - which kills 95 per cent of patients within five years.

4 Feb 2021

Study finds cancer as the leading cause of death among patients with diabetes

Cancer is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes in England. This is the finding of an 18-year-study of over 300,000 people with diabetes in England, from scientists from Imperial College London and published in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

4 Feb 2021

Resonance-guided vaporization may provide new ways of treating tumors

Sending tiny droplets to a tumor and having them vaporized using focused ultrasound: it could be a new way of tracing a tumor or deliver drugs locally.

4 Feb 2021

Report estimates cancer incidence and mortality at the global level

Cancer ranks as a leading cause of death in every country in the world, and, for the first time, female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, overtaking lung cancer, according to a collaborative report, Global Cancer Statistics 2020, from the American Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

4 Feb 2021

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New study looks at signs of mental suffering and their association with dreams during pandemic

Fecal transplant overcomes resistance to immunotherapy in melanoma patients

GSA experts propose strategies to address dementia-related psychosis

European Union funds new project to improve personalized treatments for ovarian cancer

Study may lead to new therapeutic strategies to reduce allergic responses, inflammatory reactions

Neuromuscular training in cardiac rehabilitation improves quality of life in heart attack patients

Researchers to create computational models to improve treatments for ovarian cancer

Scripps Research collaborates with Tempus to develop a predictive model of glucose responses

Dialysis patients are 4 times more likely to die from COVID-19

Novel biomarker may help identify which pancreatic cancer patients respond to CD40 agonists

Research shows how air pollution has a detrimental impact on cardiovascular health

New guidance can help cardiac patients with diabetes to exercise more safely

People with borderline personality disorder may have difficulty in accessing health services

Cancer patients less likely to receive life-saving therapy when suffering a heart attack

Sequential approach to treating comorbid PTSD and depression

Finding ways to relieve painful intercourse

New drug candidate to be trialed for most lethal form of brain cancer

Study finds cancer as the leading cause of death among patients with diabetes

Resonance-guided vaporization may provide new ways of treating tumors

Report estimates cancer incidence and mortality at the global level

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