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Type 2 diabetes epidemic worse than previously thought, reveals new research

EXASOL, provider of the world’s fastest in-memory analytic database, today releases the most in-depth analysis ever carried out into type 2 diabetes medication prescribing in England.

12 Oct 2016

Symptoms linked to Alzheimer's disease manifest differently in Hispanics, study finds

Certain symptoms associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease, including agitation and depression, affect Hispanics more frequently and severely than other ethnicities.

12 Oct 2016

Novel biomarkers enhance power to predict therapeutic efficacy in LN prognostic models

Results of preclinical studies by investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina reported in the August 2016 issue of Arthritis & Rheumatology demonstrate for the first time that including novel biomarkers in lupus nephritis (LN) prognostic models significantly increases their power to predict therapeutic efficacy.

12 Oct 2016

Novel microwave-induced photodynamic therapy could target deeply situated tumors

Physicists at The University of Texas at Arlington have shown that using microwaves to activate photosensitive nanoparticles produces tissue-heating effects that ultimately lead to cell death within solid tumors.

12 Oct 2016

New image analysis technique helps better identify and distinguish between two cancer cell types

Brown University researchers have developed a new image analysis technique to distinguish two key cancer cell types associated with tumor progression.

12 Oct 2016

Hospital choice for heart attack care may determine long-term survival of patients

Where you go for heart attack care may matter for both your short- and long-term risk of death, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine.

12 Oct 2016

Research on naked mole-rats could pave way for new human pain therapies

In injuries and inflammation, naked mole-rats do not develop normal hypersensitivity to temperature stimuli.

12 Oct 2016

Financial difficulties may impact treatment outcomes for cancer patients

Financial difficulties can significantly impact a cancer patient's quality of life during treatment and may even increase their risk of death, according to the results of a pooled analysis presented at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

12 Oct 2016

Aerobic exercise provides benefits to T1D patients on insulin pump therapy

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients on insulin pumps stand to benefit by engaging in aerobic exercise, said a team researchers who conducted a three-month observational study on two groups of diabetes patients.

12 Oct 2016

$New casting technique could help avoid surgery in elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures$

New casting technique could help avoid surgery in elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures

Elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures could avoid surgery, according to research by a UK team led by Oxford University.

12 Oct 2016

DHA supplementation enhances cognitive function in older adults with MCI

Results from a recent study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease support the cognitive benefits of DHA, which have been consistently demonstrated with doses of 900 mg/day or greater.

12 Oct 2016

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Engaging a specific part of the brain during mental math exercises is connected with better emotional health, according to a new brain-scanning study published by Duke researchers in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.

12 Oct 2016

Researchers discover link between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury

Physicians and researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have identified a link between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury. The findings could have important implications in the treatment of domestic violence survivors, both in medical and social service communities.

12 Oct 2016

Scientists use 3-D printing to develop customized biodegradable stents

Most people have heard about personalized medicine. But how about personalized medical devices? Northwestern Engineering's Guillermo Ameer and Cheng Sun have teamed up to use 3-D printing to develop flexible, biodegradable stents that are customized for a specific patient's body.

12 Oct 2016

An inclusive approach to COPD research: an interview with Dr David Leather

About eight years ago the WHO put out a call saying that we needed data that better represented real world patients. Our ambition was to create evidence earlier in the life cycle of medicine that better represented the population that would...

11 Oct 2016

Behavioral activation as effective as CBT? An interview with Professor David Richards

BA and CBT are quite fundamentally different. BA is what we call an outside-in treatment, which means it focuses on helping people with depression change the way in which they behave.

10 Oct 2016

Study to examine efficacy of orally administered medication in treating stuttering

Stuttering, an interruption in the flow of speech, affects about three million Americans. It begins most often in childhood, affecting four men for every woman. A precise cause of this complex communicative disorder is not known.

8 Oct 2016

Combination treatment for myocardial infarction shows no added benefit compared to ASA monotherapy

The drug ticagrelor has been approved since February 2016 for adults who had a myocardial infarction a year or more ago and are at a high risk of a new myocardial infarction or stroke.

8 Oct 2016

Study highlights burden, poor prognosis of head and neck cancers linked to tobacco/alcohol

A nationwide study of head and neck cancers in France has revealed that the true burden of the disease is underestimated by at least one-third, and that head and neck cancers carry a very high risk of secondary primary cancers, according to two presentations at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

8 Oct 2016

Survey finds seven out of ten cancer patients receive palliative care consultation at ESMO Designated Centres

Seven out of ten patients with advanced cancer receive a palliative care consultation at ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care, according to survey results reported today at the ESMO 2016 Congress in Copenhagen.

8 Oct 2016

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Type 2 diabetes epidemic worse than previously thought, reveals new research

Symptoms linked to Alzheimer's disease manifest differently in Hispanics, study finds

Novel biomarkers enhance power to predict therapeutic efficacy in LN prognostic models

Novel microwave-induced photodynamic therapy could target deeply situated tumors

New image analysis technique helps better identify and distinguish between two cancer cell types

Hospital choice for heart attack care may determine long-term survival of patients

Research on naked mole-rats could pave way for new human pain therapies

Financial difficulties may impact treatment outcomes for cancer patients

Aerobic exercise provides benefits to T1D patients on insulin pump therapy

New casting technique could help avoid surgery in elderly patients with unstable ankle fractures

DHA supplementation enhances cognitive function in older adults with MCI

Mental math exercises linked to better emotional health

Researchers discover link between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury

Scientists use 3-D printing to develop customized biodegradable stents

An inclusive approach to COPD research: an interview with Dr David Leather

Behavioral activation as effective as CBT? An interview with Professor David Richards

Study to examine efficacy of orally administered medication in treating stuttering

Combination treatment for myocardial infarction shows no added benefit compared to ASA monotherapy

Study highlights burden, poor prognosis of head and neck cancers linked to tobacco/alcohol

Survey finds seven out of ten cancer patients receive palliative care consultation at ESMO Designated Centres

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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