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Easy and inexpensive test could one day help guide epilepsy treatment

An easy and inexpensive test for the HLA-B*15:02 allele could one day allow clinicians to quickly identify which epilepsy patients are at risk of carbamazepine hypersensitivity, according to study results presented by Gita V. Soraya at ILAE's 2018 Asian & Oceanian Epilepsy Congress in Bali.

4 Sep 2018

Anti-inflammatory use during surgery may lead to improved outcomes for cancer patients

The world's first clinical trial (SURGUVANT) evaluating anti-inflammatory use at the time of surgery in colon cancer patients to improve their cancer outcome has been published in scientific journal, BMC Cancer.

4 Sep 2018

Improving neurosurgery for malignant brain tumors

Important research by Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgeons and University of Washington (UW) scientists on novel imaging technology for malignant brain tumors was published in the August issue of the Nature journal, Scientific Reports.

4 Sep 2018

Dopamine receptor study opens door to targeted treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders

New work from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons sheds light on how dopamine receptors signal within cells, opening the door for more targeted--and more tolerable--therapeutics to treat an array of neuropsychiatric disorders.

4 Sep 2018

Looking deep inside the brain to accurately diagnose bipolar disorder and depression

New research has found that neurons deep inside the brain could hold the key to accurately diagnosing bipolar disorder and depression.

4 Sep 2018

Brain’s attention network plays key role in vision restoration after stroke, trauma

About one third of patients who have suffered a stroke end up with low vision, losing up to half of their visual field. This partial blindness was long considered irreversible, but recent studies have shown that vision training after optic nerve and brain damage can help restore or improve vision. A new study published in the journal Clinical Neurophysiology reports on key mechanisms of vision restoration: attention.

4 Sep 2018

Dementia patients could be experiencing pain they cannot communicate

A new study has found that patients with dementia who are in hospital and in pain are often unable to communicate that they are in pain.

4 Sep 2018

Penumbra introduces new advancements in stroke thrombectomy aspiration technology

Penumbra, Inc., a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, today announced U.S. commercial availability of the Penumbra System's most advanced technology: Penumbra JET 7 and Penumbra JET D Reperfusion Catheters powered by the Penumbra ENGINE aspiration source.

4 Sep 2018

Hormone link between diabetes and hypertension discovered

Physician researchers with The Ohio State University College of Medicine at the Wexner Medical Center say increased levels of the hormone aldosterone, already associated with hypertension, can play a significant role in the development of diabetes, particularly among certain racial groups.

4 Sep 2018

Innovative questionnaire reveals most common symptoms reported by people with kidney disease

A team of researchers from Leicester has developed an innovative questionnaire which helps to shed light on the most common symptoms reported by people suffering from kidney disease.

4 Sep 2018

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

A team of researchers the University of Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich has shown that in multiple sclerosis, it is not only specific T cells that cause inflammation and lesions in the brain.

4 Sep 2018

Scientists discover ALS disease mechanism

A mechanism for how the disease ALS evolves has been discovered at Umeå University, Sweden. The discovery concerns how proteins with a defect structure spread the deformation to other proteins. This according to results in a new thesis.

4 Sep 2018

Study: Dementia symptoms likely to be most pronounced in winter and early spring

Adults both with and without Alzheimer’s disease have better cognition skills in the late summer and early fall than in the winter and spring, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Andrew Lim of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues.

4 Sep 2018

Dr. Clinton Webb selected for top award from AHA Council on Hypertension

Dr. R. Clinton Webb, Herbert S. Kupperman Chair in Cardiovascular Disease in the Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, has been selected for the top award from the American Heart Association's Council on Hypertension.

4 Sep 2018

Abnormal levels of metabolites can reliably predict lung disease in 9/11 firefighters

Abnormal levels of more than two dozen metabolites - chemicals produced in the body as it breaks down fats, proteins and carbohydrates - can reliably predict which Sept. 11 firefighters developed lung disease and which did not, a new analysis shows.

4 Sep 2018

Study provides absolute 10-year estimates for dementia by age, sex and APOE genotype

A Danish study provides 10-year absolute risk estimates for dementia specific to age, sex and common variation in the APOE gene, which may help identify high-risk individuals who potentially could benefit from early targeted prevention.

4 Sep 2018

Study sheds light on how vaso-occlusive pain crises arise in sickle-cell disease

One of the most common complications of sickle-cell disease occurs when deformed red blood cells clump together, blocking tiny blood vessels and causing severe pain and swelling in the affected body parts.

4 Sep 2018

Targeted and population-based strategies can lead to better hypertension control

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the leading risk factor for heart disease, and improvements in both targeted and population-based strategies for blood pressure control can lead to better prevention and control of hypertension, according to a review paper published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

4 Sep 2018

Patients who develop AFib following TAVR have greater risk for complications

Patients developing AFib after TAVR are at higher risk of death, stroke and heart attack compared to patients who already had AFib prior to the procedure, according to a study today in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. The paper is the first nationwide examination of patients who developed AFib for the first time following TAVR.

3 Sep 2018

Study: Heavily traumatized people may not necessarily develop PTSD symptoms

Heavily traumatized people such as refugees fleeing war, torture and natural catastrophes may not necessarily develop posttraumatic stress disorder, a new study reveals.

3 Sep 2018

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Easy and inexpensive test could one day help guide epilepsy treatment

Anti-inflammatory use during surgery may lead to improved outcomes for cancer patients

Improving neurosurgery for malignant brain tumors

Dopamine receptor study opens door to targeted treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders

Looking deep inside the brain to accurately diagnose bipolar disorder and depression

Brain’s attention network plays key role in vision restoration after stroke, trauma

Dementia patients could be experiencing pain they cannot communicate

Penumbra introduces new advancements in stroke thrombectomy aspiration technology

Hormone link between diabetes and hypertension discovered

Innovative questionnaire reveals most common symptoms reported by people with kidney disease

Researchers discover key aspect in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis

Scientists discover ALS disease mechanism

Study: Dementia symptoms likely to be most pronounced in winter and early spring

Dr. Clinton Webb selected for top award from AHA Council on Hypertension

Abnormal levels of metabolites can reliably predict lung disease in 9/11 firefighters

Study provides absolute 10-year estimates for dementia by age, sex and APOE genotype

Study sheds light on how vaso-occlusive pain crises arise in sickle-cell disease

Targeted and population-based strategies can lead to better hypertension control

Patients who develop AFib following TAVR have greater risk for complications

Study: Heavily traumatized people may not necessarily develop PTSD symptoms

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