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Study suggests two-pronged approach to improving health care for Indigenous Canadians

In Canada, rates of Type 2 diabetes are three to five percent higher in Indigenous peoples when compared to non-Indigenous peoples. Not only this, but Indigenous Canadians typically have poorer health outcomes during treatment of diabetes.

24 Jan 2017

Functional MRI technique may help predict risk of long-term post-concussive symptoms

For concussion sufferers, even those who never lost consciousness, physicians may now be able to predict early on who is more likely to continue experiencing symptoms months or years after the head-jarring event, using a new non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging method devised by a consortium of researchers led by UC San Francisco scientists.

24 Jan 2017

Researchers explore feasibility of carbon ions for treating cardiac arrhythmia

Approximately 350,000 patients in Germany suffer from various forms of cardiac arrhythmia. The condition can lead to permanent damage as a result of stroke, or it may cause sudden heart failure.

24 Jan 2017

New Norwegian study finds key mechanisms for future treatment of Parkinson's disease

A new Norwegian study shows new mechanisms behind Parkinson's disease, which can be key mechanisms for future treatment.

24 Jan 2017

UAB researchers discover novel underlying mechanism involved in anxiety disorders, PTSD

University of Alabama at Birmingham neurobiologist Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D., has discovered a novel mechanism for how stress-induced anxiety — the type of experience that can produce post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD — affects circuit function in the hippocampus, the area of the brain where aversive memories are formed.

24 Jan 2017

Chair yoga program linked to reduction in pain among older adults

An 8-week chair yoga program was associated with reduction in pain, pain interference, and fatigue, and improvement in gait speed; concluded a study recently published in the online Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

24 Jan 2017

Landmark clinical trial testing new ablation procedure to treat life-threatening heart rhythm disorder

Loyola Medicine is the only center in the Midwest enrolling patients in a landmark clinical trial of a new procedure to treat a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder called ventricular tachycardia.

24 Jan 2017

New Iowa State study shows that people with gym membership exercise more

If your New Year's resolution was to exercise more in 2017, chances are you've already given up or you're on the verge of doing so. To reach your goal, you may want to consider joining a gym, based on the results of a new study from a team of Iowa State University researchers.

24 Jan 2017

Tulane researchers discover cancer-causing role of protein thought to be tumor suppressor

Tulane University researchers have discovered that the protein PHLDB3, thought to be a potential tumor suppressor, actually allows cancer cells to thrive in pancreatic, prostate, colon, breast, lung, and other common cancers.

24 Jan 2017

Survey reports symptoms and treatments that impact lives of HD patients and caregivers

Huntington's disease (HD) has no cure and no therapies to slow the course of this fatal disease. HD patients can experience a wide range of cognitive, physical, and psychiatric symptoms.

24 Jan 2017

Central and peripheral vision reaction times substantially slowed post-concussion, study shows

After a concussion occurs, symptoms most commonly experienced are headache, dizziness, memory problems and sleep disturbances, as well as visual dysfunction. Such symptoms can be difficult to quantify and follow in patients on a long-term basis.

24 Jan 2017

Study shows long-term gains from hastening surgical interventions against epilepsy

There are important, long-term gains from hastening the processes around surgical interventions against epilepsy - before the disease has had too much negative impact on brain functions and patients' lives.

24 Jan 2017

Stroke-injured rat brain forms functioning connections with transplanted neurons, study shows

Today, a stroke usually leads to permanent disability - but in the future, the stroke-injured brain could be reparable by replacing dead cells with new, healthy neurons, using transplantation.

24 Jan 2017

Hormone can boost activity in brain regions linked to sexual arousal and love

The hormone kisspeptin can enhance activity in brain regions associated with sexual arousal and romantic love, according to new research.

24 Jan 2017

Nicotine normalizes genetically-induced brain impairments linked to schizophrenia

A steady stream of nicotine normalizes genetically-induced impairments in brain activity associated with schizophrenia, according to new research involving the University of Colorado Boulder.

24 Jan 2017

Researchers find new way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons using PET radiotracer

Olfactory health - how well we are able to smell - is a reliable marker of the health of the brain, but the "smell identification tests" commonly used in studies of olfactory health do not offer a complete picture of what is happening.

24 Jan 2017

Vagus nerve stimulation may hold potential to reduce drug cravings, study shows

A new preclinical study led by a University of Texas at Dallas researcher shows that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy might have the potential to help people overcome drug addiction by helping them learn new behaviors to replace those associated with seeking drugs.

24 Jan 2017

Medical Condition News

Study suggests two-pronged approach to improving health care for Indigenous Canadians

Functional MRI technique may help predict risk of long-term post-concussive symptoms

Researchers explore feasibility of carbon ions for treating cardiac arrhythmia

New Norwegian study finds key mechanisms for future treatment of Parkinson's disease

UAB researchers discover novel underlying mechanism involved in anxiety disorders, PTSD

Chair yoga program linked to reduction in pain among older adults

Landmark clinical trial testing new ablation procedure to treat life-threatening heart rhythm disorder

New Iowa State study shows that people with gym membership exercise more

Tulane researchers discover cancer-causing role of protein thought to be tumor suppressor

Survey reports symptoms and treatments that impact lives of HD patients and caregivers

Central and peripheral vision reaction times substantially slowed post-concussion, study shows

Study shows long-term gains from hastening surgical interventions against epilepsy

Stroke-injured rat brain forms functioning connections with transplanted neurons, study shows

Hormone can boost activity in brain regions linked to sexual arousal and love

Nicotine normalizes genetically-induced brain impairments linked to schizophrenia

Researchers find new way to quantify olfactory sensory neurons using PET radiotracer

Vagus nerve stimulation may hold potential to reduce drug cravings, study shows

Strong ‘therapeutic alliance’ can be key to successful treatment of alcohol use disorder

Scientists generate new index to accurately predict presence of fatty liver disease

Researchers investigate influence of surrounding tissue on formation and growth of tumor cells

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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