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Study calls for screening of all first-degree relatives of celiac disease patients

Parents, siblings and children of people with celiac disease are at high risk of also having the disease, according to a Mayo Clinic study. This study calls for screening of all first-degree relatives of patients -- not just those who show symptoms.

22 Aug 2019

RNA sequencing data added to robust study of Parkinson's disease

A team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, has just added a crucial new element - RNA sequencing data -- to its robust study of Parkinson's disease.

22 Aug 2019

Study uncovers cause of asthmatic lung spasms

Researchers at Rutgers and other institutions have discovered how muscle contraction (bronchospasm) in the airway, which cause breathing difficulty in people with asthma, occur by creating a microdevice that mimics the behavior of the human airways.

22 Aug 2019

New insights into protein transport could help define strategies for treating eye disease

Many forms of vision loss stem from a common source: impaired communication between the eye and the brain. And at the root of all eye-to-brain communication are the hundreds of proteins generated by the retina's nerve cells.

22 Aug 2019

Study explores obstacles to treating opioid use disorder with an effective medication

In an effort to find ways to improve long-term outcomes for people with opioid use disorder, University of Massachusetts Amherst epidemiology researcher Elizabeth Evans set out to study the obstacles to treating this chronic condition with an effective medication, buprenorphine-naloxone.

22 Aug 2019

New computational modeling technology to noninvasively assess likelihood of heart attack

The National Science Foundation has awarded $550,000 to fund a collaborative new research project to develop a noninvasive, computational modeling technology for assessing the likelihood of a heart attack in patients with high levels of plaque buildup in their arteries -- the primary cause of heart attack in the U.S. today.

22 Aug 2019

UC San Diego researchers identify new therapeutic approach to kill cancer cells

Epithelial cancers, such as cancers of the lung and pancreas, use the ανβ3 molecule to gain drug resistance to standard cancer therapies and to become highly metastatic.

22 Aug 2019

Study opens up a new way for developing potential glioblastoma treatment

A team led by Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences' researcher Dr. Stephen Safe has discovered a new pathway that may help suppress the development of glioblastoma tumors, one of the deadliest forms of cancer.

22 Aug 2019

New cannabis-based drug shows promise for pancreatic cancer

Cancer of the pancreas is a particularly deadly cancer, claiming over 90% of its victims within 5 years from diagnosis. It resists most standard therapies, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy and targeted therapy, and metastasizes early, often before being diagnosed. A cure is possible only with very localized tumors.

22 Aug 2019

Improvement of PTSD symptoms linked to reduced type 2 diabetes risk

Traumatic experiences may affect a person in different ways. In some, these traumatic events may not pose a negative impact, but for others, they develop a mental health condition often triggered by a terrifying event – post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

22 Aug 2019

Lungs feed deadly bacteria in cystic fibrosis

In cystic fibrosis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a much-feared pathogen. The bacterium easily colonizes the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, leading to chronic infections that are almost impossible to eradicate and are ultimately fatal.

22 Aug 2019

International study identifies new drug target for treating glioblastoma

A new international study co-led by Cleveland Clinic has identified a new drug target for treating glioblastoma. This target is part of a never-before defined cellular pathway found to contribute to the spread and proliferation of a dangerous subset of cancer cells, called glioma stem cells.

22 Aug 2019

Fish oils have little or no effect on risk of Type 2 diabetes

Omega-3 fats have little or no effect on risk of Type 2 diabetes according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

22 Aug 2019

Difference between people with autism and rest of the population is shrinking, finds study

Around the world, the number of people diagnosed with autism is rising. In the United States, the prevalence of the disorder has grown from 0.05% in 1966 to more than 2% today.

22 Aug 2019

Self-administered acupressure could help improve lower back pain symptoms

A recent study finds that acupressure, a traditional Chinese medicine technique, can improve chronic pain symptoms in the lower back.

21 Aug 2019

UCI study finds link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development

Scientists from the University of California, Irvine School of Biological Sciences have discovered how to forestall Alzheimer's disease in a laboratory setting, a finding that could one day help in devising targeted drugs that prevent it.

21 Aug 2019

Massage Therapy Foundation announces research grant to address pain and opioid use in veterans

The Massage Therapy Foundation has awarded $210,000 for a research grant to the Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative Pain Management, Rockville, Md. Dr. Krista Highland, Deputy Director of Science, DVCIPM, is the Primary Investigator of the two-year study, "Massage Service Integration in a Military Primary Care Clinic: Implementation and Impact Study."

21 Aug 2019

Swallowable balloon device for early detection of Barrett's esophagus receives FDA 510K clearance

Investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center developed the test for early detection of Barrett's esophagus that offers promise for preventing deaths from esophageal adenocarcinoma.

21 Aug 2019

Meaningful PTSD symptom improvement linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Research from Saint Louis University finds treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that leads to an improvement in symptoms was associated with a 49 percent lower risk of incident type 2 diabetes.

21 Aug 2019

Mysterious lung disease linked to vaping spreads across 14 US states

The CDC is investigating a series of cases of mysterious, severe lung disease. The cause is not known, but every patient uses an e-cigarette.

21 Aug 2019

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Study calls for screening of all first-degree relatives of celiac disease patients

RNA sequencing data added to robust study of Parkinson's disease

Study uncovers cause of asthmatic lung spasms

New insights into protein transport could help define strategies for treating eye disease

Study explores obstacles to treating opioid use disorder with an effective medication

New computational modeling technology to noninvasively assess likelihood of heart attack

UC San Diego researchers identify new therapeutic approach to kill cancer cells

Study opens up a new way for developing potential glioblastoma treatment

New cannabis-based drug shows promise for pancreatic cancer

Improvement of PTSD symptoms linked to reduced type 2 diabetes risk

Lungs feed deadly bacteria in cystic fibrosis

International study identifies new drug target for treating glioblastoma

Fish oils have little or no effect on risk of Type 2 diabetes

Difference between people with autism and rest of the population is shrinking, finds study

Self-administered acupressure could help improve lower back pain symptoms

UCI study finds link between brain immune cells and Alzheimer's disease development

Massage Therapy Foundation announces research grant to address pain and opioid use in veterans

Swallowable balloon device for early detection of Barrett's esophagus receives FDA 510K clearance

Meaningful PTSD symptom improvement linked to lower risk of type 2 diabetes

Mysterious lung disease linked to vaping spreads across 14 US states

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