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UK sees sharp rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders

The number of people being admitted to hospital for eating disorders in the UK has increased by more than one-third (37%) over the last two years.

3 Jan 2020

DNA tests to provide rapid diagnosis of rare diseases in critically ill infants

NHS England is will now provide new DNA testing that can rapidly diagnose rare diseases in critically ill babies and children.

3 Jan 2020

Study reveals new way to predict risk of death for people with stable heart failure

A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with "stable" heart failure - those who have heart injury but do not require hospitalization - have a higher risk of dying within one to three years.

3 Jan 2020

Mediterranean diet may help protect transplant recipients' kidney health

A new study indicates that following the Mediterranean diet may help kidney transplant recipients maintain transplant kidney function. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of CJASN.

2 Jan 2020

High cost of insulin has life-threatening implications for patients with Type 1 diabetes

The most commonly used forms of insulin cost 10 times more in the U.S. than in any other developed country, according to a commentary in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

2 Jan 2020

New radiotracer can provide insights into how the heart recovers after myocardial infarction

Insights into how the heart recovers after myocardial infarction (heart attack) can be obtained with a new radiotracer that targets fibroblast activity prior to it causing permanent damage.

2 Jan 2020

First reported occurrence and treatment of venous thrombosis during spaceflight

Serena Auñón-Chancellor, M.D., M.P.H., Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine's branch campus in Baton Rouge, is the lead author of a paper describing a previously unrecognized risk of spaceflight discovered during a study of astronauts involved in long-duration missions.

2 Jan 2020

Study shows dopamine signaling, biological clock connection in overconsumption and obesity

During the years 1976 through 1980, 15% of U.S. adults were obese. Today, about 40% of adults are obese. Another 33% are overweight.

2 Jan 2020

Epilepsy neurostimulators provide extra benefit by reducing neuropsychiatric comorbidities

People with drug-resistant epilepsy also can have deleterious neuropsychiatric symptoms like anxiety, depression, psychosis and impaired memory.

2 Jan 2020

Residents of Hispanic neighborhoods less likely to receive bystander CPR, study shows

People living in predominately Hispanic neighborhoods are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to people living in non-Hispanic neighborhoods, researchers from Penn Medicine and the Duke University of School of Medicine reported in the journal Circulation.

2 Jan 2020

Loyola physician one among the contributing authors of new guidelines for treatment of ischemic stroke

The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association recently appointed a writing group to provide updated guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke.

2 Jan 2020

Study provides new insight into cluster headache chronicity

A prospective study recently published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society, extends the idea behind cluster headache chronicity.

2 Jan 2020

Mount Sinai awarded more than $10 million in federal funding for research on glioblastoma

The Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received more than $10 million in federal funding for several projects focusing on brain tumor research.

2 Jan 2020

The Global Call to Action on FH highlights glaring gaps in screening and guideline-based care

The FH Foundation, World Heart Federation, and an international coalition join together to tackle the global burden of familial hypercholesterolemia, a vastly under-recognized and poorly managed public health concern.

2 Jan 2020

Bariatric surgery linked to reduction in malignant skin cancer risk

Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. This finding can be described as a key piece of evidence that substantiates the connection between weight loss and malignant skin cancer.

2 Jan 2020

Researchers discover how c-Cbl protein modulates tumor growth

Immune checkpoints are surface proteins that cancer cells use to evade immune response. These surface proteins are critical for cancer cell growth and drugs targeting these proteins have revolutionized the management of patients with a wide array of cancers.

2 Jan 2020

FDA approves Control-IQ artificial pancreas system

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system - based on technology from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology - that automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels.

2 Jan 2020

Diabetes is an independent risk factor for development of heart failure, study shows

Heart problems are a common development for people with diabetes. In fact, about 33% of people in the U.S. admitted to the hospital for heart failure also have diabetes. Heart failure may be the result of a co-condition, such as hypertension or coronary heart disease, but not always.

2 Jan 2020

New AI system could improve accuracy of breast cancer detection

Google and partners have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) program, which has been proven to be more efficient than radiologists at detecting breast cancer in mammograms, according to researchers in the United States and Britain.

2 Jan 2020

Short chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery, mice study shows

Supplementing the body’s short chain fatty acids can improve stroke recovery, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. Short chain fatty acid supplementation may be a non-invasive addition to stroke rehabilitation therapies.

From Society for Neuroscience 2 Jan 2020

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UK sees sharp rise in hospital admissions for eating disorders

DNA tests to provide rapid diagnosis of rare diseases in critically ill infants

Study reveals new way to predict risk of death for people with stable heart failure

Mediterranean diet may help protect transplant recipients' kidney health

High cost of insulin has life-threatening implications for patients with Type 1 diabetes

New radiotracer can provide insights into how the heart recovers after myocardial infarction

First reported occurrence and treatment of venous thrombosis during spaceflight

Study shows dopamine signaling, biological clock connection in overconsumption and obesity

Epilepsy neurostimulators provide extra benefit by reducing neuropsychiatric comorbidities

Residents of Hispanic neighborhoods less likely to receive bystander CPR, study shows

Loyola physician one among the contributing authors of new guidelines for treatment of ischemic stroke

Study provides new insight into cluster headache chronicity

Mount Sinai awarded more than $10 million in federal funding for research on glioblastoma

The Global Call to Action on FH highlights glaring gaps in screening and guideline-based care

Bariatric surgery linked to reduction in malignant skin cancer risk

Researchers discover how c-Cbl protein modulates tumor growth

FDA approves Control-IQ artificial pancreas system

Diabetes is an independent risk factor for development of heart failure, study shows

New AI system could improve accuracy of breast cancer detection

Short chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery, mice study shows

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