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Pilot study uses naturalistic driving approach to examine self-regulation behavior of older adults with AD

Driving is a complex task that involves perceptual, motor and cognitive abilities. These abilities may be affected in early Alzheimer Disease (AD) patients.

27 Jul 2018

Discovery of two molecules could pave way for new drugs to treat traumatic brain injury

After 10 years of research, a Rutgers-led team of scientists has identified two molecules that protect nerve cells after a traumatic brain injury and could lead to new drug treatments.

27 Jul 2018

Mutations of IRF2BPL gene associated with previously undiagnosed neurological disorder

An international team of scientists, including researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, has discovered mutations of gene IRF2BPL that are associated with a previously undiagnosed neurological disorder in seven unrelated individuals.

27 Jul 2018

Using a fan to cool down can worsen allergies like hayfever

Britain is facing a heat wave this week with maximum temperatures hovering around 34C. This heat may make sleeping comfortably at night difficult. To combat the heat many people turn on their fans to cool down as they sleep. Mark Reddick, wrote for Sleep Advisor and explained how the use of the fans at night can have a negative impact on health.

27 Jul 2018

People with skin of color experience a variety of skin conditions

Although skin disease can affect anyone, it may not affect everyone in the same way - and this is especially true for patients with skin of color.

26 Jul 2018

Early detection plays big role in nail melanoma prognosis

Karolina Jasko's nails were usually painted during her senior year of high school, so she didn't notice the black vertical line on her right thumbnail until a nail technician pointed it out - and at the time, she didn't think much of it.

26 Jul 2018

Organ transplant patients have higher risk for skin cancer

While anyone can develop skin cancer, regardless of age, race or gender, certain groups of people have a higher risk of getting the disease than others.

26 Jul 2018

Experts highlight the need to avoid overdiagnosis and 'excessive' treatment of thyroid cancer

More Americans are being diagnosed with thyroid cancer than ever before--over the past 25 years its incidence has tripled.

26 Jul 2018

Most smokers seem to be confused about actual benefits of lung cancer screenings

Regular cancer screenings can lower the chance of death from lung cancer. But they cannot reduce the risk of developing lung cancer for people who smoke.

26 Jul 2018

Research findings may offer new path to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases

Aging vessels connecting the brain and the immune system play critical roles in both Alzheimer's disease and the decline in cognitive ability that comes with time, new research reveals.

26 Jul 2018

Surrey researchers design more efficient, flexible x-ray detector

Detectors that are presently used for mammograms and for dose measurements in radiotherapy are often rigid, causing errors in screening, or dose delivery to surrounding healthy tissue.

26 Jul 2018

Study helps to explain why older adults experience dysphagia

As adults age, they all experience a natural loss of muscle mass and function. A new study finds that as the loss of muscle and function in the throat occurs it becomes more difficult for efficient constriction to occur while swallowing - which leads to an increased chance of food and liquids being left over in the throat.

26 Jul 2018

New research highlights value of free skin cancer screening program

While skin cancer can be deadly, it is also highly treatable when detected early. In fact, melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 95 percent when detected and treated before it spreads to the lymph nodes; conversely, the five-year survival rates for regional and distant stage melanomas are 64 percent and 23 percent, respectively.

26 Jul 2018

Simplified, standardized approaches may help open heart surgery patients live longer

Patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting; the most common heart surgery performed - may live longer and experience fewer complications when under the care of a highly focused surgical team that uses simplified and standardized approaches, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

26 Jul 2018

CNDA approves KEYTRUDA for treatment of advanced melanoma

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that KEYTRUDA, Merck's anti-PD-1 therapy, has been approved by the China National Drug Administration for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma following failure of one prior line of therapy.

26 Jul 2018

Medical Condition News

Pilot study uses naturalistic driving approach to examine self-regulation behavior of older adults with AD

Discovery of two molecules could pave way for new drugs to treat traumatic brain injury

Mutations of IRF2BPL gene associated with previously undiagnosed neurological disorder

Using a fan to cool down can worsen allergies like hayfever

People with skin of color experience a variety of skin conditions

Early detection plays big role in nail melanoma prognosis

Organ transplant patients have higher risk for skin cancer

Experts highlight the need to avoid overdiagnosis and 'excessive' treatment of thyroid cancer

Most smokers seem to be confused about actual benefits of lung cancer screenings

Research findings may offer new path to treat or prevent neurodegenerative diseases

Surrey researchers design more efficient, flexible x-ray detector

Study helps to explain why older adults experience dysphagia

New research highlights value of free skin cancer screening program

Simplified, standardized approaches may help open heart surgery patients live longer

CNDA approves KEYTRUDA for treatment of advanced melanoma

New drug offers hope to prevent attacks of hereditary angioedema

MicroRNA panel could categorize indeterminate thyroid nodule samples into malignant and benign

Older, overweight scuba divers urged to shed pounds to avoid underwater heart attack

SUSU researchers reveal possibility of using human hair for early diagnostics of diseases

CellMax Life receives six U.S. patents for early cancer detection blood test

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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