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Oral vitamin D supplement may reduce risk of severe asthma attacks

A new Cochrane Review, published in the Cochrane Library today and presented at the ERS International Congress, has found evidence from randomised trials, that taking an oral vitamin D supplement in addition to standard asthma medication is likely to reduce severe asthma attacks.

6 Sep 2016

Fungal communities in chronic wounds can be linked to poor outcomes and slow healing

Researchers in Pennsylvania and Iowa have discovered that fungal communities found in chronic wounds can form mixed bacterial-fungal biofilms and can be associated with poor outcomes and longer healing times.

6 Sep 2016

Whole brain radiotherapy offers no quality-of-life benefit in lung cancer patients with brain metastases

People with the most common type of lung cancer whose disease has spread to the brain could be spared potentially harmful whole brain radiotherapy, according to new research published in The Lancet.

6 Sep 2016

New drug holds potential for treating advanced mastocytosis

Most people have never heard of mastocytosis. It's a rare, sometimes deadly, immune disorder. Now new research may help those with advanced mastocytosis and possibly many more people, too.

6 Sep 2016

Philips to highlight connected sleep and respiratory product portfolio at ERS International Congress 2016

Philips Respironics, a division of Royal Philips, will showcase its portfolio of connected sleep and respiratory solutions at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2016 in London (September 3-7).

6 Sep 2016

TUM researchers use luminous jellyfish proteins to investigate cardiac rhythm dysfunctions

Cell models from stem cells serve an ever-increasing role in research of cardiac dysfunction. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have succeeded in producing cells which offer new insights into properties of the heart.

6 Sep 2016

WPA-funded global survey reveals level of discrimination faced by people with mental health problems

On World Mind Matters Day 2016, a global survey funded by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), of laws and policies in 193 United Nations (UN) member states reveals the level of discrimination faced by people with mental illness in the areas of marriage, voting rights employment and right to contract.

6 Sep 2016

Nanomechanical microcantilevers can quickly detect mutations in patients with malignant melanoma

Changes in the genetic make-up of tissue samples can be detected quickly and easily using a new method based on nanotechnology.

6 Sep 2016

Researchers identify potential new way of treating hypertension

Researchers eyeing first new anti-hypertensive drug treatment strategy in more than 15 years.

6 Sep 2016

New Focused Update to CCS atrial fibrillation guidelines released

The Canadian Journal of Cardiology has just released the 2016 Focused Update to the Canadian Cardiovascular Society's atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines.

6 Sep 2016

Enzyme from oral bacteria could be potential therapy for celiac disease

Researchers have isolated an enzyme from bacteria present in human saliva that has potential as a therapy for celiac disease (CD), an autoimmune disorder that causes severe digestive and other health problems among sufferers when they consume gluten.

6 Sep 2016

NUS study could contribute to reducing acquired resistance to combination drug treatment in cancer

A team of scientists led by Dr Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Associate Professor Richie Soong from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at the National University of Singapore conducted a study on acquired resistance (AQR) to combination drug treatment in cancer and found that the mechanisms of AQR for the combination drugs were different from that of the individual drugs.

6 Sep 2016

Research findings pave way to better tailored treatment for oesophageal cancer

Scientists have discovered that oesophageal cancer can be classified into three different subtypes, paving the way for testing targeted treatments tailored to patients' disease for the first time.

6 Sep 2016

Experimental co-culture approach facilitates study of cellular events underlying Huntington's disease

Using an experimental co-culture approach in which two different types of neurons from a mouse model of Huntington's disease (HD) are grown side-by-side, connecting to form critically impacted circuits, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have identified a subunit of a protein that, when expressed, reverse the mutated gene effects responsible for HD.

6 Sep 2016

Researchers use unique computational approach to identify promising drug leads for heart diseases

Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample, in millisecond time intervals, proteins in their natural state of gyrating, bobbing, and weaving, a research team from UC San Diego and Monash University in Australia has identified promising drug leads that may selectively combat heart disease, from arrhythmias to cardiac failure.

6 Sep 2016

Overweight kidney cancer patients live longer than normal-weight counterparts, study shows

Obesity almost always increases cancer risk and worsens outcomes, but researchers led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that overweight patients with advanced kidney cancer had significantly longer survival than those who were normal or underweight.

6 Sep 2016

HIF-2 inhibitors could be promising target to combat kidney cancer

A new class of drugs called HIF-2 inhibitors is more effective and better tolerated than the standard of care drug sunitinib in treating kidney cancer, researchers with the Kidney Cancer Program at Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center have found.

6 Sep 2016

Medical Condition News

Oral vitamin D supplement may reduce risk of severe asthma attacks

Fungal communities in chronic wounds can be linked to poor outcomes and slow healing

Whole brain radiotherapy offers no quality-of-life benefit in lung cancer patients with brain metastases

New drug holds potential for treating advanced mastocytosis

Philips to highlight connected sleep and respiratory product portfolio at ERS International Congress 2016

TUM researchers use luminous jellyfish proteins to investigate cardiac rhythm dysfunctions

WPA-funded global survey reveals level of discrimination faced by people with mental health problems

Nanomechanical microcantilevers can quickly detect mutations in patients with malignant melanoma

Researchers identify potential new way of treating hypertension

New Focused Update to CCS atrial fibrillation guidelines released

Enzyme from oral bacteria could be potential therapy for celiac disease

NUS study could contribute to reducing acquired resistance to combination drug treatment in cancer

Research findings pave way to better tailored treatment for oesophageal cancer

Experimental co-culture approach facilitates study of cellular events underlying Huntington's disease

Researchers use unique computational approach to identify promising drug leads for heart diseases

Overweight kidney cancer patients live longer than normal-weight counterparts, study shows

HIF-2 inhibitors could be promising target to combat kidney cancer

Early life use of antibiotics linked to higher risk of developing allergies later in life

Biobank blood storage time may influence test results, study finds

Researchers identify epigenetic mechanism causing aberrancies in coeliac disease

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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