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Yoga and physical therapy effective in treating co-occurring sleep disturbance, back pain

Yoga and physical therapy (PT) are effective approaches to treating co-occurring sleep disturbance and back pain while reducing the need for medication, according to a new study from Boston Medical Center.

19 Nov 2019

Robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes among patients with obesity

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that among patients with obesity, robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes comparable to those seen among nonobese patients.

19 Nov 2019

New technology may offer alternative means of profiling tissues

Current cancer treatment courses often begin with tissue biopsies. Biopsies, however, which involve the physical resection of a small tissue sample, can lead to localized tissue injury, bleeding, inflammation, and stress, as well as increased risk of metastasis.

19 Nov 2019

Cleveland Clinic receives NIH grant to study link between gut microbes, cardiometabolic diseases

The National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $12 million to Cleveland Clinic researchers to study the critical link between gut microbial pathways and the development of cardiometabolic diseases.

19 Nov 2019

Scientists develop new therapy for acute myeloid leukemia

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists, with chemists and cancer biologists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, have developed a new therapy that extended the survival of mice with acute myeloid leukemia.

19 Nov 2019

Study shows link between use of NHB therapy and increased survival for patients with LVADs

A new Yale study shows that some patients being treated for severe heart failure with a battery-operated pump saw significant improvement after additionally using neurohormonal blockade (NHB) drug therapy.

19 Nov 2019

Ketamine can decrease alcohol consumption in men, reveal FSU researchers

Research from Florida State University is giving physicians a better understanding of ketamine, a potentially useful tool in treating depression that still has unanswered questions.

19 Nov 2019

Anal cancer diagnoses and death rates have increased dramatically over the last 15 years

Rates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection, have increased dramatically over the last 15 years, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

19 Nov 2019

MU researchers describe Down syndrome-associated catatonia

Down syndrome, due to an extra chromosome 21, occurs in 250,000 children and adults in the United States, making it the country's most common chromosomal disorder. Inherited heart defects, thyroid cancer, celiac disease and developmental disabilities are common Down syndrome complications.

19 Nov 2019

Study of 'face blindness' provides clues to what goes wrong in the brain

People with prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," have trouble recognizing faces -- even those of close friends and family members.

19 Nov 2019

Rutgers Cancer Institute researchers awarded $2.3 million in American Cancer Society grants

More than $2.3 million in Research Scholar Grants from the American Cancer Society have been awarded to three Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey researchers to examine cell metabolism and tumor formation in forms of breast cancer, lung cancer and leukemia.

19 Nov 2019

Longitudinal study finds no cognitive decline or memory loss related to statin use

A study has demonstrated that the rate of memory decline in users of statin, was not significantly different to a control.

19 Nov 2019

Surgery can improve survival rate for oldest patients with early stage lung cancer

Many patients with early stage lung cancer who are age 90 years and older do not receive treatment; however, surgery in this nonagenarian population should be considered because it could significantly increase the chances for 5-year survival, according to research published online today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

19 Nov 2019

Study investigates barriers faced by high schools when implementing state concussion laws

All 50 U.S. states enacted concussion laws between 2009-2014 to mitigate the consequences of concussion. While details of the laws vary from state to state, all state laws address three main factors: concussion education; removal from play after suspected concussion; and return-to-play requirements.

19 Nov 2019

Radiation from CT scans can increase risk of leukemia, thyroid cancer

A new study in JNCI Cancer Spectrum finds that exposure to radiation from CT scans is associated with higher risks of developing thyroid cancer and leukemia.

19 Nov 2019

Researchers develop new technology to inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and their partners at Bar Ilan University have developed new technology to inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease.

18 Nov 2019

No symptoms? No thyroid testing!

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has published new recommendations that rule out the need to do a thyroid screening test “just because” if the patient doesn’t have symptoms of thyroid abnormality, is an adult, isn’t pregnant, and has no risk factors for thyroid disease. This should put to rest any doubts that thyroid screening is a part of a routine check-up.

18 Nov 2019

Treatment for coronary heart disease is just as good as stents or bypass

After 4 whole decades of thinking that invasive treatment (stenting or bypass surgery) for a local block in an artery due to cardiovascular (CV) disease could extend life and preserve heart health in patients who also had advanced kidney disease, the world just turned upside down.

18 Nov 2019

New drug combo may improve pancreatic cancer therapy

A new study by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have discovered a combination of two cancer-fighting drugs that successfully worked on pancreatic tumor in mice, shrinking them significantly, and paving the way for a speedy clinical trial designed to test their efficacy in humans.

18 Nov 2019

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among homeless adults, with mortality rates that are substantially higher than the general population.

18 Nov 2019

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Yoga and physical therapy effective in treating co-occurring sleep disturbance, back pain

Robotic kidney transplants produce survival outcomes among patients with obesity

New technology may offer alternative means of profiling tissues

Cleveland Clinic receives NIH grant to study link between gut microbes, cardiometabolic diseases

Scientists develop new therapy for acute myeloid leukemia

Study shows link between use of NHB therapy and increased survival for patients with LVADs

Ketamine can decrease alcohol consumption in men, reveal FSU researchers

Anal cancer diagnoses and death rates have increased dramatically over the last 15 years

MU researchers describe Down syndrome-associated catatonia

Study of 'face blindness' provides clues to what goes wrong in the brain

Rutgers Cancer Institute researchers awarded $2.3 million in American Cancer Society grants

Longitudinal study finds no cognitive decline or memory loss related to statin use

Surgery can improve survival rate for oldest patients with early stage lung cancer

Study investigates barriers faced by high schools when implementing state concussion laws

Radiation from CT scans can increase risk of leukemia, thyroid cancer

Researchers develop new technology to inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease

No symptoms? No thyroid testing!

Treatment for coronary heart disease is just as good as stents or bypass

New drug combo may improve pancreatic cancer therapy

Study finds disparities in hospital-based cardiovascular care, mortality for homeless adults

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