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Novel methods may be effective in treating people with presbyopia

Researchers are testing cutting-edge treatments for people who want to see up close without reading glasses and finding promising results, according to studies presented this week at AAO 2016, the 120th annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

18 Oct 2016

New minimally invasive surgery may soon be viable alternative to treat liver cancer

For patients who may benefit from a major liver operation to treat cancer, an open abdominal procedure is often the only option.

18 Oct 2016

UAB investigators receive BRAIN Initiative award to study new DBS technology for Parkinson's disease

The University of Alabama at Birmingham has received a BRAIN Initiative grant of $7.3 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health to study new technology that could improve outcomes from deep brain stimulation, an increasingly important treatment for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.

18 Oct 2016

Researchers show how spinal cord injury causes profound changes in gut microbiota

The community of bacteria that live in our intestines, also called the "gut microbiome," is important to normal intestinal function.

18 Oct 2016

Home non-invasive ventilation for COPD: an interview with Dr Holger Woehrle

The key symptom of COPD is breathlessness, especially during daily activity, and the breathlessness is in addition to cough and chest tightness. The difficulty in managing this disease is that it's a disease that progresses with age.

From ResMed Corp 18 Oct 2016

Researchers locate physical roots of depression

Understanding of the physical root of depression has been advanced, thanks to research by the University of Warwick, UK, and Fudan University, China.

18 Oct 2016

Scientists identify novel strategy to treat pancreatic cancer

Researchers have found that a protein called SLC6A14 is overexpressed by several fold in pancreatic tumors taken from patients and in cancerous pancreatic cells lines compared with normal pancreatic tissue or normal pancreatic cells.

18 Oct 2016

Chemotherapy leads to drug-resistance in bladder cancer patients

Chemotherapy is indicated as the first line of treatment for advanced bladder cancer. New research by Weill Cornell Medicine and University of Trento scientists shows that while chemotherapy kills the most common type of bladder cancer, urothelial cancer, chemotherapy also shapes the genetic evolution of remaining urothelial cancer cell clones to become drug-resistant.

18 Oct 2016

Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve severity of depressive symptoms, study finds

Anti-inflammatory drugs similar to those used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis could in future be used to treat some cases of depression, concludes a review led by the University of Cambridge, which further implicates our immune system in mental health disorders.

18 Oct 2016

New wearable device may help visually impaired patients to read and recognize faces

A unique wearable artificial vision device may help people who are legally blind "read" and recognize faces.

18 Oct 2016

Breakthrough research links sphingolipid-mediated cell junctions and tumorigenesis

Almost all cell types exhibit some sort of polarity, which enables them to carry out specialized functions. Adherens junctions, which consist of the transmembrane protein cadherin and the intracellular components beta-catenin, alpha-catenin, and actin filaments, initiate cell-cell contacts and maintenance of cell polarity.

18 Oct 2016

Study assesses accuracy of COPD diagnoses and utilization of spirometry in primary care clinics

According to the recommendations of the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), spirometry should be performed to establish the diagnosis of COPD in any patient who has a history of chronic cough, sputum production, difficulty breathing, or exposure to risk factors.

18 Oct 2016

Bluetooth technology improves adherence to cystic fibrosis medication, new study shows

According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry, more than 70,000 people worldwide are suffering from the disease, with approximately 1,000 new cases diagnosed each year in the United States alone.

18 Oct 2016

Blood tests may decrease wait time between diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

A study from Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin, reveals to the value of blood-based genomic and proteomic testing in patients with lung cancer at the time of initial diagnoses.

18 Oct 2016

BMC opens new opioid urgent care center to treat patients with substance use disorders

Boston Medical Center, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Boston Public Health Commission, has launched a new opioid urgent care center to give patients with substance use disorders rapid access to a full continuum of treatment services.

18 Oct 2016

High BMI linked to cognitive decline through systemic inflammation, research shows

There are plenty of reasons it's important to maintain a healthy weight, and now you can add one more to the list: It may be good for your brain.

18 Oct 2016

HSS researchers identify new way to quickly diagnose and treat Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

Physicians at Hospital for Special Surgery have been studying patient outcomes of Parsonage-Turner Syndrome (PTS), an uncommon neurological disorder that results in a sudden paralysis of one or more muscles around the shoulder and arm.

18 Oct 2016

NYU Langone's cancer researcher receives Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI

Throughout her distinguished career, cancer researcher Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms that drive the disease.

18 Oct 2016

New OU photothermal therapy may eliminate tumors without affecting healthy cells in the body

A staggering 1.7 million persons in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016, with 600,000 cases ending in death. University of Oklahoma researchers have collaborated to design a novel, non-invasive cancer therapy that could eliminate tumors without affecting the healthy cells in the body.

18 Oct 2016

Regular physical activity is good, but more is better to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

Walking briskly or cycling for the recommended 150 minutes a week can reduce a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 26%, according to new research by UCL and the University of Cambridge.

18 Oct 2016

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Novel methods may be effective in treating people with presbyopia

New minimally invasive surgery may soon be viable alternative to treat liver cancer

UAB investigators receive BRAIN Initiative award to study new DBS technology for Parkinson's disease

Researchers show how spinal cord injury causes profound changes in gut microbiota

Home non-invasive ventilation for COPD: an interview with Dr Holger Woehrle

Researchers locate physical roots of depression

Scientists identify novel strategy to treat pancreatic cancer

Chemotherapy leads to drug-resistance in bladder cancer patients

Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve severity of depressive symptoms, study finds

New wearable device may help visually impaired patients to read and recognize faces

Breakthrough research links sphingolipid-mediated cell junctions and tumorigenesis

Study assesses accuracy of COPD diagnoses and utilization of spirometry in primary care clinics

Bluetooth technology improves adherence to cystic fibrosis medication, new study shows

Blood tests may decrease wait time between diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

BMC opens new opioid urgent care center to treat patients with substance use disorders

High BMI linked to cognitive decline through systemic inflammation, research shows

HSS researchers identify new way to quickly diagnose and treat Parsonage-Turner Syndrome

NYU Langone's cancer researcher receives Outstanding Investigator Award from NCI

New OU photothermal therapy may eliminate tumors without affecting healthy cells in the body

Regular physical activity is good, but more is better to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes

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

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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