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New high-sensitivity blood test quickly rules out heart attack in emergency room patients

A new test to assess a whether or not someone is having a heart attack upon arriving in the emergency room was safe and effective, ruling out heart attack in emergency room patients faster than a conventional method, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.

6 Aug 2018

Clinical trial to use stem cell transplants for treating Crohn's disease

A clinical trial has begun which will use stem cell transplants to grow a new immune system for people with untreatable Crohn's disease - a painful and chronic intestinal disease which affects at least 115,000 people in the UK.

6 Aug 2018

Childhood trauma associated with anxiety and depression in adults with head and neck cancer

Among individuals with head and neck cancer, those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer, to have higher alcohol consumption, and to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression.

6 Aug 2018

Understanding the role of inflammatory cytokines in creating T cell exhaustion in cancer

A better understanding of the role secreted inflammatory cytokines play in the tumor microenvironment that results in the differentiation of effector T cells into exhausted T cells points to possible approaches to improve the antitumor activity of T cells and to intervene in T cell exhaustion.

3 Aug 2018

IU researchers receive $1.5 million NIH grant to advance study on diabetes risks

A $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will advance work by Indiana University researchers that seeks to identify Americans at risk for diabetes and other metabolic disorders based on their exposure to trace minerals in the environment.

3 Aug 2018

Cocaine relapse is reduced in preclinical model with BDNF administration

Cocaine relapse was significantly reduced in a preclinical model when brain-derived neurotropic factor was applied to the nucleus accumbens deep in the brain immediately before cocaine-seeking behavior, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina in an article published online in June 2018 by Addiction Biology.

3 Aug 2018

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

Experts from the world's major heart surgery organizations-including The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery-are calling for urgent action to develop and implement effective strategies for treating rheumatic heart disease, which affects 33 million people and kills 320,000 annually.

3 Aug 2018

Study provides new insights into how asthma develops and progresses

Of the more than 24 million people in the U.S. who have asthma, 10 percent have severe asthma - a form of the disease that does not respond to treatment.

3 Aug 2018

EMA grants orphan designation to selumetinib for treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1

AstraZeneca and Merck, known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan designation to selumetinib, a MEK 1/2 inhibitor, for the treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).

3 Aug 2018

Exposure to even low air pollution levels linked to changes in heart structure

A new study has shown that people exposed to levels of air pollution that are within UK guidelines undergo changes in the heart similar to heart failure.

3 Aug 2018

Hookah smoking develops cardiovascular risk factors similar to cigarette, shows study

In direct contradiction to marketing efforts claiming that hookah smoking is less hazardous to health than cigarettes, a new UCLA study published in the American Journal of Cardiology found that just a half-hour of hookah smoking resulted in the development of cardiovascular risk factors similar to what has been seen with traditional cigarette smoking.

3 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new mechanism linked to inherited breast, ovarian cancer

Researchers from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester have identified a new mechanism which switches off a gene in families affected by breast and ovarian cancer.

3 Aug 2018

Genome-wide association study identifies 151 genes for atrial fibrillation

Drawing on genomic data from more than one million individuals, researchers from the University of Michigan have led a large collaborative effort to discover as-yet unknown genetic risk factors for atrial fibrillation: an irregular, often rapid heart rate affecting millions of Americans and more than 30 million people worldwide.

3 Aug 2018

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New high-sensitivity blood test quickly rules out heart attack in emergency room patients

Clinical trial to use stem cell transplants for treating Crohn's disease

Childhood trauma associated with anxiety and depression in adults with head and neck cancer

Understanding the role of inflammatory cytokines in creating T cell exhaustion in cancer

IU researchers receive $1.5 million NIH grant to advance study on diabetes risks

Cocaine relapse is reduced in preclinical model with BDNF administration

World's major heart surgery organizations call for effective strategies to treat rheumatic heart disease

Study provides new insights into how asthma develops and progresses

EMA grants orphan designation to selumetinib for treatment of neurofibromatosis type 1

Exposure to even low air pollution levels linked to changes in heart structure

Hookah smoking develops cardiovascular risk factors similar to cigarette, shows study

Researchers discover new mechanism linked to inherited breast, ovarian cancer

Genome-wide association study identifies 151 genes for atrial fibrillation

Study: People exposed to even low level of air pollution have serious changes in heart

Transgender individuals may be at higher risk for cardiovascular disease

Study sheds new light on link between calorie-burning fat and muscle function

Insulin resistance largely undetected in non-diabetic patients with Parkinson's disease

Map of billion brain cell connections sheds light on how memories are formed and recalled

ERS collaborates with 3D Systems to provide simulation equipment for EBUS training centers

Digestive hormone influences pancreatic cancer growth and spread

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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