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Death from cardiac disease in young football players more prevalent than previously thought

Researchers have found that silent heart conditions that cause sudden death in young athletes affect 1 in 266 football players affiliated with the English Football Association.

9 Aug 2018

New drug delivery system delivers anticancer drugs that reduce tumor size

Cancer tissue cells are divided into two major groups: cancer cells and cancer stem cells. CSCs are related to cancer progression and dissemination, so it's necessary to eradicate CSCs in order to cure cancer.

9 Aug 2018

New guideline released to improve diagnosis, care for people with prolonged disorders of consciousness

For people in a vegetative or minimally conscious state caused by brain injury, an accurate diagnosis and ongoing medical and rehabilitative care based on the latest scientific evidence could mean a better chance for recovery, according to a new guideline by the American Academy of Neurology, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.

9 Aug 2018

Study: Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction

Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, according to new research led by the University at Buffalo's Panayotis (Peter) Thanos, PhD.

9 Aug 2018

Scientists identify drug that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

Scientists at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago took a major step toward developing a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a severe lung disease with a five-year survival rate of 50 percent.

9 Aug 2018

Blue-light scope improves detection of bladder cancer

From day one, Robert McMichael has been determined to live the best life he can. Born with muscular dystrophy, he refused to let his physical challenges block his path to achievement and completed medical school and a demanding residency in neurology.

9 Aug 2018

Study to examine whether modulating gut bacteria can improve cardiac function in heart failure patients

A clinical study called the GutHeart Trial is poised to examine the potential relationship between the bacterial composition of the gut and inflammatory and metabolic pathways in the cardiovascular system.

9 Aug 2018

Study explores if exercise can help prevent weight loss-induced bone loss in older adults

In a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study of older adults with obesity who were cutting calories, an intervention that incorporated resistance training, aerobic training, or neither did not prevent bone loss associated with active weight loss.

9 Aug 2018

FDA approves potassium chloride oral solution as first generic drug to receive CGT designation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved several strengths of potassium chloride oral solution as the first generic drugs to receive a Competitive Generic Therapy designation.

9 Aug 2018

Study evaluates overlap in risk factors for substance initiation and SUD

Not all individuals who initiate use of a substance such as nicotine, alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine eventually develop a substance use disorder, indicating that the risk factors for substance use and for substance use disorder differ to some extent.

8 Aug 2018

New review examines potential of medicinal cannabis to help treat intractable epilepsy

A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology review examines the potential of medicinal cannabis--or medical marijuana--for helping patients with intractable epilepsy, in which seizures fail to come under control with standard anticonvulsant treatment.

8 Aug 2018

FDA approves drug for rare, hard-to-treat types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Poteligeo (mogamulizumab-kpkc) injection for intravenous use for the treatment of adult patients with relapsed or refractory mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome after at least one prior systemic therapy.

8 Aug 2018

Preoperative oral care may benefit patients who undergo cancer surgery

Preoperative oral care by a dentist may help reduce postoperative complications in patients who undergo cancer surgery, according to a new BJS study.

8 Aug 2018

Breathing ‘a chore’: California wildfires threaten the health of young and old

Debbie Dobrosky noticed a peculiar hue in the sky on Monday — "a very ugly yellow casting" — as she peeked outside. A large cloud of smoke had begun to cover the sun.

8 Aug 2018

Exercise could limit risk of atrial fibrillation in obese people

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase the risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. It's more common in older people, and as it happens, in people who are obese.

8 Aug 2018

New sensor allows scientists to measure cancer cell's response to chemotherapy drug

MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine whether the cells are responding to a particular type of chemotherapy drug.

8 Aug 2018

Female heart attack victims more likely to survive if treated by a female doctor

According to a major new U.S. study, women who have heart attacks are more likely to survive if they are treated by a female doctor.

7 Aug 2018

Taking cholesterol-busting pills can effectively treat brutal PAP

Researchers report in Nature Communications they figured out why air sacs in the lungs clog up with a thick substance called surfactant in a brutal disease called Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, and they show taking cholesterol-busting pills called statins can effectively treat the disease.

7 Aug 2018

UCLA study demonstrates use of magnetic force to manage chronic pain

UCLA bioengineers have demonstrated that a gel-like material containing tiny magnetic particles could be used to manage chronic pain from disease or injury. Broadly, the study demonstrates the promising use of biomechanical forces that push and pull on cells to treat disease.

7 Aug 2018

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

A team of LSU Health New Orleans researchers has found a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among youth in Grenada compared to US adolescents.

7 Aug 2018

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Death from cardiac disease in young football players more prevalent than previously thought

New drug delivery system delivers anticancer drugs that reduce tumor size

New guideline released to improve diagnosis, care for people with prolonged disorders of consciousness

Study: Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction

Scientists identify drug that could reverse pulmonary arterial hypertension

Blue-light scope improves detection of bladder cancer

Study to examine whether modulating gut bacteria can improve cardiac function in heart failure patients

Study explores if exercise can help prevent weight loss-induced bone loss in older adults

FDA approves potassium chloride oral solution as first generic drug to receive CGT designation

Study evaluates overlap in risk factors for substance initiation and SUD

New review examines potential of medicinal cannabis to help treat intractable epilepsy

FDA approves drug for rare, hard-to-treat types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Preoperative oral care may benefit patients who undergo cancer surgery

Breathing ‘a chore’: California wildfires threaten the health of young and old

Exercise could limit risk of atrial fibrillation in obese people

New sensor allows scientists to measure cancer cell's response to chemotherapy drug

Female heart attack victims more likely to survive if treated by a female doctor

Taking cholesterol-busting pills can effectively treat brutal PAP

UCLA study demonstrates use of magnetic force to manage chronic pain

LSU Health research may lead to a change in worldwide obesity prevention strategy

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