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Dyson-Hudson receives grant to study effectiveness of new treatment for shoulder pain

Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, director of the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a $549,000 grant by the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research.

31 May 2019

UAB study reveals how enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks

Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic leading to chronic heart failure pathology. About 6 million people in the United States and 23 million worldwide suffer from this end-stage disease that involves dysfunction of the heart, a change that clinicians call cardiac remodeling.

31 May 2019

Researchers identify new mechanism for accessing damaged DNA

UV light damages the DNA of skin cells, which can lead to skin cancer.

31 May 2019

Randomized controlled trial introduces new psychotherapeutic approach to schizophrenia

A randomized controlled trial published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces a new psychotherapeutic approach to schizophrenia, based on psychological well-being.

31 May 2019

Researchers unveil clues into how breast cancer cells spread around the body

Researchers have unveiled clues into how breast cancer cells spread around the body.

31 May 2019

Cancer mortality at an all time low finds report

In a new Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, researchers have found that death rates due to cancer have declined over among all age groups and both sexes in the United States between 1999 and 2016.

30 May 2019

Childhood adversity may increase risk of severe depression in later life

Children who face adversity are at a significantly greater risk for severe depression, research out of the University at Albany's School of Public Health finds.

30 May 2019

Study links heartburn drugs to fatal cases of heart, kidney disease and gastrointestinal cancer

Extended use of popular drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid reflux has been associated with an increased risk of premature death. However, little has been known about the specific causes of death attributed to the drugs.

30 May 2019

Immune system discovery may lead to new models for diagnosing inflammatory diseases

A unique discovery about the nature of neutrophils -- the most numerous white blood cells in the body -- may lead to new models for diagnosing and tracking inflammatory diseases such as cancer and osteoarthritis.

30 May 2019

New imaging method to identify patients with ischemic heart disease

An international team led by scientists from Lawson Health Research Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are the first to show that Magnetic Resonance Imaging can be used to measure how the heart uses oxygen for both healthy patients and those with heart disease.

30 May 2019

Study provides evidence that ozone exposure may advance subclinical arterial disease

Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study.

30 May 2019

Stress during early pregnancy may reduce future fertility of offspring

Stressful events during early pregnancy could be detrimental to the reproductive development of male offspring, according to new research.

30 May 2019

Concussion symptoms can be reversed by magnetic stimulation

Concussion symptoms--such as loss of balance, hazy comprehension, sleep disturbance and ability to walk straight--can be reversed by a new type of magnetic stimulation, research at the University of Saskatchewan shows.

30 May 2019

Cancer researchers discover new functions for common oncogene MYC

Cancer researchers have discovered surprising new functions for a protein called MYC, a powerful oncogene that is estimated to drive the development of almost half a million new cancer cases in the US every year.

30 May 2019

Study underpins new model of care for people diagnosed with bladder cancer

Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition that patients can find difficult to talk about, with many becoming homebound as they cope with debilitating side effects such as incontinence.

30 May 2019

Combination treatment effective as front-line therapy for select chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Ibrutinib and venetoclax, two FDA-approved drugs for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia, have been shown to be effective when given together for high-risk and older patients with the disease, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

30 May 2019

Manuka honey could be useful in treating cystic fibrosis lung infection

Researchers at the Swansea University have shown that Manuka honey could be useful in treatment of deadly lung infections caused by antimicrobial resistant respiratory bacteria in cystic fibrosis (CF). The study titled, “Anti-pseudomonad Activity of Manuka Honey and Antibiotics in a Specialized ex vivo Model Simulating Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Frontiers of Microbiology.

30 May 2019

Research finds link between Toxoplasma gondii and lung cancer

Toxoplasma gondii, a microscopic parasite that gets inside our cells, is present in about 10% of the population in the UK.

30 May 2019

Study identifies patterns of chronic lymphocytic leukemia growth

In patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the rate of disease growth is apt to follow one of three trajectories: relentlessly upward, steadily level, or something in between, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Washington report in a new study.

29 May 2019

Advanced testing does not help predict major cardiac events, research shows

Most patients seen in a hospital emergency department for chest pain did not experience major cardiac events within six months following discharge, new research from UC Davis Health and Oregon Health Sciences University cardiologists shows.

29 May 2019