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Prescribed medication reduces arrests, incarceration among people with opioid use disorder

When it comes to addressing the national opioid crisis, most of the research has focused on the physical health risks faced by people with opioid use disorder, such as overdose and infectious disease.

9 Apr 2019

ESMO drives collaborative action at EU level to address essential medicine shortages

Shortages of essential cancer medicines have a direct impact on patient care across Europe. To ensure that this issue remains a top priority on the EU policy agenda, ESMO -the leading European professional organization for medical oncology, collaborated with the European Parliament to organize a cross-partisan event entitled "Shortages of Inexpensive, Essential Medicines: Calling for Tangible Political Commitments in the EU".

9 Apr 2019

Study finds disparities in lung cancer treatments among Asian communities

study from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, sought to examine possible health disparities in the treatment of lung cancer within the Asian community in the U.S.

9 Apr 2019

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

In a study published online in Brain on April 1, researchers from Dr. XU Jin's lab at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators revealed a new cellular mechanism for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, suggested a novel therapeutic strategy targeting the RNA degradation pathway, and identified an asthma drug as a potential medication for ALS.

9 Apr 2019

Excessive vitamin D intake causes man to develop kidney failure

A case study recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has highlighted the danger of taking too many vitamin D supplements.

9 Apr 2019

Common food preservative could make flu vaccine less effective

A preservative commonly used to increase the shelf life of food products may weaken the body’s immune defense against influenza, thus reducing the response to the flu vaccine.

9 Apr 2019

Animal-assisted therapy has a positive effect on social behavior of patients with brain injuries

Animal-assisted therapy can foster social competence in patients with brain injuries and increase their emotional involvement during therapy. These were the findings of a clinical trial conducted by psychologists from the University of Basel and published in the journal Scientific Reports.

9 Apr 2019

Early nutritional intervention can help fight dementia

Trials have revealed significant advantages for patients who are treated with daily medical nutrient drinks, with 45 % less deterioration in the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes.

9 Apr 2019

FASTER Act will help improve lives of 32 million Americans with food allergies

Today, the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research (FASTER) Act, a package of federal policy changes that will improve the health, safety and inclusion of the 32 million Americans living with food allergies, was introduced by Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA).

9 Apr 2019

Research may help explain why migraine is more common in women than men

Low doses of a peptide known for decades to be involved in migraine trigger pain responses in female but not male rodents, according to a new research published in JNeurosci.

From Society for Neuroscience 9 Apr 2019

Motivational text messages are a promising strategy to improve heart health in China

Motivational text messages are a well-liked, feasible new way to provide additional support to Chinese patients with heart disease, reports a preliminary study by researchers at Yale and in China. However, the study did not prove that these targeted text messages led to an improvement in blood pressure control amongst the recipients, the intended outcome.

9 Apr 2019

TGen review associates a gene with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma is a long medical name for the most common form of liver cancer, a malignancy whose incidence has nearly doubled over the past decade, making it the fastest growing type of cancer in the U.S., and the third-leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide.

9 Apr 2019

Final report from manufacturer KCI indicates greater benefit of NPWT

Negative pressure wound therapy has been used in hospitals for over 20 years; over 100 studies have been completed. However, conclusions on benefit and harm are in part uncertain because study initiators are withholding results.

9 Apr 2019

Specific type of neuronal feedback plays key role in early recovery of spinal cord injury

Spinal cord injury disconnects communication between the brain and the spinal cord, disrupting control over part of the body.

9 Apr 2019

Blood-based test for colon cancer shows promise, study finds

If caught early, nearly all cases of colon cancer are curable. Though this should make screening tests straightforward, colon cancer screening suffers from a paradoxical combination of low compliance rates and overdiagnosis.

9 Apr 2019

Dedicated intervention can double smoking quit rates for people with severe mental illness

Research published in the Lancet Psychiatry has found a dedicated intervention to help people with severe mental illness stop smoking can double quit rates at six months compared to standard care.

9 Apr 2019

New findings create opportunity to test new treatments for sarcoma

The origin of certain cancers in the sarcoma group is associated with a hitherto unknown interaction among different proteins. Findings now being presented create the opportunity to test new treatments of these forms of sarcoma.

9 Apr 2019

Brain zaps at 60 could make the brain younger finds study

A new study has shown that zapping the brains of people over the age of 60 can help improve their memory and cognitive functions to function as if they were in their 20s.

8 Apr 2019

Advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s could lead to treatments for other disorders

A new paper published in Nature Reviews Neurology suggests that recent advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease could lead to treatments for conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and depression.

8 Apr 2019

Different types of myeloma need specific criteria diagnostic criteria

When our plasma cells start producing a single cancer-causing protein rather than an array of antibody-like proteins to protect us, it's one of two arms of the Y-shaped protein that's likely to blame.

8 Apr 2019

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Prescribed medication reduces arrests, incarceration among people with opioid use disorder

ESMO drives collaborative action at EU level to address essential medicine shortages

Study finds disparities in lung cancer treatments among Asian communities

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

Excessive vitamin D intake causes man to develop kidney failure

Common food preservative could make flu vaccine less effective

Animal-assisted therapy has a positive effect on social behavior of patients with brain injuries

Early nutritional intervention can help fight dementia

FASTER Act will help improve lives of 32 million Americans with food allergies

Research may help explain why migraine is more common in women than men

Motivational text messages are a promising strategy to improve heart health in China

TGen review associates a gene with hepatocellular carcinoma

Final report from manufacturer KCI indicates greater benefit of NPWT

Specific type of neuronal feedback plays key role in early recovery of spinal cord injury

Blood-based test for colon cancer shows promise, study finds

Dedicated intervention can double smoking quit rates for people with severe mental illness

New findings create opportunity to test new treatments for sarcoma

Brain zaps at 60 could make the brain younger finds study

Advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s could lead to treatments for other disorders

Different types of myeloma need specific criteria diagnostic criteria

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