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Concussion rates are almost double than previously reported, study reveals

With concussions seeming more common than ever before, researchers at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network, set out to answer the question, Are we looking at a true epidemic, or just better recognition?

2 Jul 2019

Study highlights need to consider patient's weight before prescribing new cancer drugs

A new class of cancer drugs just now entering the marketplace seems promising so far, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago urge doctors to take into account a patient's weight and liver status before prescribing them once they come on the market.

2 Jul 2019

Gene mutations may not always predict cardiomyopathy

More than 750,000 people in the United States have dilated cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening condition in which the heart's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, enlarges and grows increasingly weak.

2 Jul 2019

WVU researcher investigates how nursing homes can best meet obese residents' healthcare needs

About 30 percent of nursing home residents are obese. That can complicate their care. The facility may need to buy them special wheelchairs or motorized lifts. Nursing aides may struggle to help them shower. And doctors may grapple with how--or even whether--to restrict their diets.

2 Jul 2019

Researchers explore connection between sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease

A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but how fine, sooty particles cause problems in the brain is still an unanswered question.

2 Jul 2019

Novel imaging molecule reveals brain changes linked to progressive MS

Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis is a relentless disease. Over time, patients experience worsening physical, mental and mood-related symptoms.

2 Jul 2019

Discovery by NETRF-funded researchers may help predict recurrence of pNETs

ARX and PDX1 levels can be measured using immunohistochemistry, a test that stains tumor tissue and is routine in clinical laboratories.

2 Jul 2019

Study finds link between radioactive iodine doses and cancer death

Radioactive iodine has been used since the 1940s to treat hyperthyroidism, an overactive thyroid. This study is an extension of one that has followed patients in the United States and the United Kingdom treated for hyperthyroidism for nearly 70 years.

2 Jul 2019

Protein Clumps In ALS Neurons Provide Potential Target For New Therapies

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurological condition that affects motor neurons -- the nerve cells that control breathing and muscles.

2 Jul 2019

Autofocal lenses might one day effectively correct vision of people with presbyopia

Though it may not have the sting of death and taxes, presbyopia is another of life's guarantees. This vision defect plagues most of us starting about age 45, as the lenses in our eyes lose the elasticity needed to focus on nearby objects.

2 Jul 2019

Large doses of traditional chemotherapy drug spur immune system attack on cancer cells

More than 60 years ago, British physician Denis Parsons Burkitt and his associates achieved one of the signal successes in cancer medicine when they cured children in sub-Saharan Africa with a form of lymphoma by treating them with high doses of the chemotherapy drug cyclophosphamide.

2 Jul 2019

Wake Forest Baptist Health receives $1.6 million grant to test iPad colon cancer screening app

Doctors know that screening for colorectal cancer reduces mortality. However, more than one-third of age-eligible Americans go unscreened every year even though colon cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

1 Jul 2019

Physicians trained in dermatoscopy can improve odds for early detection of melanoma

Primary care physicians trained in dermatoscopy can improve odds for early detection of melanoma while reducing the need for invasive biopsies, according to a study in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

1 Jul 2019

UK charity invests £1 million to develop potential therapeutic for Parkinson's

Charity Parkinson's UK is partnering with NRG Therapeutics Ltd to discover and develop a potential drug that could safeguard dopamine cells that are damaged by Parkinson's and slow down the progression of the condition.

1 Jul 2019

Blood pressure self-monitoring can help patients with hypertension to stick with exercise program

Using blood pressure self-monitoring is an effective way to empower patients with hypertension to stick with an exercise program, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of UConn researchers in collaboration with Hartford Hospital.

1 Jul 2019

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Concussion rates are almost double than previously reported, study reveals

Study highlights need to consider patient's weight before prescribing new cancer drugs

Gene mutations may not always predict cardiomyopathy

WVU researcher investigates how nursing homes can best meet obese residents' healthcare needs

Researchers explore connection between sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease

Novel imaging molecule reveals brain changes linked to progressive MS

Discovery by NETRF-funded researchers may help predict recurrence of pNETs

Study finds link between radioactive iodine doses and cancer death

Protein Clumps In ALS Neurons Provide Potential Target For New Therapies

Autofocal lenses might one day effectively correct vision of people with presbyopia

Large doses of traditional chemotherapy drug spur immune system attack on cancer cells

Wake Forest Baptist Health receives $1.6 million grant to test iPad colon cancer screening app

Physicians trained in dermatoscopy can improve odds for early detection of melanoma

UK charity invests £1 million to develop potential therapeutic for Parkinson's

Blood pressure self-monitoring can help patients with hypertension to stick with exercise program

CPAP treatment for sleep apnea can improve depression symptoms

PBS restrictions on anti‐epileptic drug prescribing promote unsafe and outdated care

Supplements claiming to boost brain health are 'too good to be true', warn experts

Researchers describe the early warning signs of eating disorders

Have cancer, must travel: Patients left in lurch after hospital closes

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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