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Diabetes leads to drastic reduction in the kidney's potential to clean itself

The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in diabetes, and now scientists have found that one path to this damage dramatically reduces the kidney's ability to clean up after itself.

22 Sep 2020

Removing cost burden increases use of coronary artery calcium screening

A study out of University Hospitals found that removing the cost barrier for coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening resulted in an immediate increase in utilization of the test.

22 Sep 2020

Sotorasib phase 1 trial shows encouraging anti-cancer activity in lung, colorectal cancers

A phase 1 clinical trial of sotorasib (AMG 510) in patients with heavily pretreated advanced solid tumors shows encouraging anti-cancer activity, especially in lung and colorectal cancers, reports a new study led by City of Hope and other renowned comprehensive cancer centers.

22 Sep 2020

Neuroscientist assesses the efficacy of different coping strategies of pain

Is the heat still bearable, or should I take my hand off the hotplate? Before the brain can react appropriately to pain, it must evaluate and integrate sensory, cognitive and emotional factors that modulate the perception and processing of the sensation itself.

22 Sep 2020

Making sense of blood glucose data to better optimize self-management of diabetes

Throughout her 38-year nursing career, Laurel Despins has progressed from a bedside nurse to a clinical nurse specialist and has worked in medical, surgical and cardiac intensive care units.

22 Sep 2020

People with severe dementia are unaware of COVID-19 outbreak, indicates study

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially affected patients with dementia and their caregivers.

21 Sep 2020

Researchers identify genetic markers linked to higher risk of capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome

Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug used for breast and colorectal Cancer cancer. It can extend survival rate by nearly 10%.

21 Sep 2020

Targeted therapy improves disease-free survival in patients with early-stage NSCLC

According to updated findings led by researchers at Yale Cancer Center, treatment with the targeted therapy osimertinib following surgery continues to significantly improve disease-free survival (DFS) in patients with early-stage, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations.

21 Sep 2020

Machine-learning algorithm can detect early, subtle signs of osteoarthritis

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning algorithm that can detect subtle signs of osteoarthritis- too abstract to register in the eye of a trained radiologist- on an MRI scan taken years before symptoms even begin.

21 Sep 2020

New $6.2 million study seeks to define molecular linkages between aging and Parkinson's

A collaborative team between the University of Minnesota Medical School and Van Andel Institute will soon begin a $6.2 million study that seeks to define the molecular linkages between aging and Parkinson's disease -- an approach for new treatment targets not yet explored by many researchers.

21 Sep 2020

Innovative approach for identifying new molecules to help track progression of Parkinson's

For many of the 200,000 patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the United States every year, the diagnosis often occurs only after the appearance of severe symptoms such as tremors or speech difficulties.

21 Sep 2020

Early bedtime helps people with diabetes lead a healthy, active lifestyle

Conducted by the University of Leicester and the University of South Australia, the study assessed the bedtime preferences (sleep chronotypes) of people with type 2 diabetes, identifying a connection between bedtimes and healthy, active lifestyles.

21 Sep 2020

Biomarker for earlier diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases detected in the eye

A new study led by Boston Medical Center researchers indicates a well-known biomarker that serves as a marker for earlier diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases is now detectable in the eye.

21 Sep 2020

Immunotherapy benefits patients with gastric and esophageal cancers, new data shows

New data presented at ESMO 2020 have shown that immunotherapy is beneficial for patients with gastric and esophageal cancers who currently have poor survival.

21 Sep 2020

Research uncovers potential cause of neurotoxicity due to immunotherapy

New research has uncovered the previously unknown presence of CD19 -- a B cell molecule targeted by chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell immunotherapy to treat leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma -- in brain cells that protect the blood brain barrier (BBB).

21 Sep 2020

Study highlights the need for new strategies to treat patients with treatment-resistant depression

Clinical trials happen in a highly controlled setting and while they are extremely useful in gathering robust information about drugs and how they work, there are many more variables that might affect how a drug works in a real-life setting outside of clinical trials e.g. different patient populations and environments.

21 Sep 2020

Research finds greater decline of recurrent heart attacks in women than men

After surviving a heart attack, the proportion of patients who experience a repeat attack within a year fell between 2008 and 2017, with a greater decline in women than men, according to new research published today in theAmerican Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

21 Sep 2020

Psoriatic arthritis may be activated by the same trigger in different patients, study reveals

A new study has revealed psoriatic arthritis may be activated by the same trigger in different patients. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Sanger Institute identified high levels of a specific receptor in immune cells from psoriatic arthritis patients, giving the strongest evidence yet of a single cause for the disease

21 Sep 2020

Researchers identify a compound that inhibits growth of schwannomas

Schwannomas are tumors of the peripheral nervous system, which often occur in the genetic disease neurofibromatosis type 2. The research group of Prof. Dr. Helen Morrison at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute in Jena, Germany, identified a compound that inhibits the growth of such tumors and improves nerve function.

21 Sep 2020

College students with physical and cognitive disabilities have greater risk for substance abuse

College students with physical and cognitive disabilities use illicit drugs more, and have a higher prevalence of drug use disorder, than their non-disabled peers, according to a Rutgers study.

21 Sep 2020

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Diabetes leads to drastic reduction in the kidney's potential to clean itself

Removing cost burden increases use of coronary artery calcium screening

Sotorasib phase 1 trial shows encouraging anti-cancer activity in lung, colorectal cancers

Neuroscientist assesses the efficacy of different coping strategies of pain

Making sense of blood glucose data to better optimize self-management of diabetes

People with severe dementia are unaware of COVID-19 outbreak, indicates study

Researchers identify genetic markers linked to higher risk of capecitabine-induced hand-foot syndrome

Targeted therapy improves disease-free survival in patients with early-stage NSCLC

Machine-learning algorithm can detect early, subtle signs of osteoarthritis

New $6.2 million study seeks to define molecular linkages between aging and Parkinson's

Innovative approach for identifying new molecules to help track progression of Parkinson's

Early bedtime helps people with diabetes lead a healthy, active lifestyle

Biomarker for earlier diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases detected in the eye

Immunotherapy benefits patients with gastric and esophageal cancers, new data shows

Research uncovers potential cause of neurotoxicity due to immunotherapy

Study highlights the need for new strategies to treat patients with treatment-resistant depression

Research finds greater decline of recurrent heart attacks in women than men

Psoriatic arthritis may be activated by the same trigger in different patients, study reveals

Researchers identify a compound that inhibits growth of schwannomas

College students with physical and cognitive disabilities have greater risk for substance abuse

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