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Nottingham scientists use MRI technology to assist in treatment, diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

Scientists at The University of Nottingham are leading the world in exploiting MRI technology to assist in the treatment and diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a condition that causes serious inconvenience and discomfort to sufferers.

10 Jan 2014

Men who are fit and obese run higher risk of having heart attack than unfit, lean men

In a study published in the European Heart Journal, a research team at Ume- University, Sweden, has shown that physical fitness in your teens can reduce the risk of heart attack later in life, while men who are fit and obese in their teens run a higher risk of having a heart attack than unfit, lean men.

10 Jan 2014

Radius Medical launches new PRODIGY Support Catheter in the U.S.

Radius Medical, LLC. today announced the FDA clearance and product launch of its new PRODIGY™ Support Catheter. Engineered to provide back up support to the guidewire when encountering difficult to cross lesions, the PRODIGY Support catheter will be a critical component in the revolutionary techniques now being developed in treating chronic total occlusions.

10 Jan 2014

Researchers examine genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Contrary to a common belief, researchers have shown that genetic regions associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes were unlikely to have been beneficial to people at stages through human evolution.

10 Jan 2014

Neurovance announces interim results from phase 2a pilot study of EB-1020 SR in patients with all subtypes of ADHD

Neurovance Inc. today announced interim results from its phase 2a pilot study of EB-1020 SR in adult patients with all subtypes of ADHD. With the four week trial fully enrolled and dosing completed in the majority of patients, the results indicate a statistically significant improvement in ADHD symptoms.

10 Jan 2014

Research: SLPI protein produced by body in response to injury plays vital role in patients with ALF

Findings published in the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases journal, Hepatology, indicate that infection, the commonest cause of mortality in patients with acute liver failure, may be decreased by inhibiting the activity of a protein found in saliva called SLPI.

10 Jan 2014

Minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer

UCLA researchers have found that minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are far more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer when they are diagnosed with the disease than white patients and those in higher economic brackets.

10 Jan 2014

Synta initiates three multicenter trials to evaluate ganetespib with chemotherapy for AML and MDS

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. today announced the initiation of three multicenter, randomized trials supported by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Research Fund and Cancer Research UK, evaluating ganetespib in combination with chemotherapy in first-line treatment of patients with AML and high risk MDS.

10 Jan 2014

Teens with a history of concussions more likely to suffer from depression

Teens with a history of concussions are more than three times as likely to suffer from depression as teens who have never had a concussion, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

10 Jan 2014

Brown University biochemist targets diabetes

People with type 2 diabetes can make insulin but their bodies use it so poorly that glucose levels run amok. It's been difficult for scientists to understand what's going awry in the way that tiny, fast-moving proteins signal and regulate glucose metabolism. As a result, while drugs can help somewhat, many patients still must monitor their glucose and inject insulin.

10 Jan 2014

Undergraduate students develop innovative, non-X-ray device that evaluates spinal movement

Those have undergone extensive back surgery and need repeated X-rays to monitor their progress may soon have access to a new technology that skips the X-rays and repeated radiation exposure, opting instead for an innovative, noninvasive, non-X-ray device that evaluates spinal movement.

10 Jan 2014

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who experienced physical abuse in childhood

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who have experienced childhood physical abuse or parental addictions, a new study by University of Toronto researchers has found.

10 Jan 2014

Discovery opens new therapeutic avenue for chronic skin condition affecting millions

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology have revealed a critical player in the cellular interactions leading to eczema - a chronic inflammatory skin condition affecting more than 14 million U.S. children and adults.

10 Jan 2014

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, announced that scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and T2 Biosystems have published a paper in Blood describing novel clot structure biology detected while testing T2 Bio's T2HemoStat-.

10 Jan 2014

New study gives hope for novel glioblastoma multiforme treatment

A new study is giving researchers hope that novel targeted therapies can be developed for glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and most aggressive form of brain cancer, after demonstrating for the first time that a gene known as melanoma differentiation associated gene-9/syntenin (mda-9/syntenin) is a driving force behind the disease's aggressive and invasive nature.

9 Jan 2014

Study questions widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness

A study led by University of British Columbia scientists calls into question a widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness.

9 Jan 2014

Low doses of anticancer drug can prevent development of diabetes mellitus type 1

Very low doses of a drug used to treat certain types of cancer protect the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and prevent the development of diabetes mellitus type 1 in mice. The medicine works by lowering the level of so-called sterile inflammation. The findings have been made by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Southern Denmark working with researchers in Belgium, Italy, Canada, Netherlands and the USA.

9 Jan 2014

Antipsychotic medication can actively combat cells of difficult-to-treat form of ALL

In a prime example of finding new uses for older drugs, studies in zebrafish show that a 50-year-old antipsychotic medication called perphenazine can actively combat the cells of a difficult-to-treat form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The drug works by turning on a cancer-suppressing enzyme called PP2A and causing malignant tumor cells to self-destruct.

9 Jan 2014

TSRI researchers develop new fluid biopsy technique to identify patients at high risk of heart attack

A new "fluid biopsy" technique that could identify patients at high risk of a heart attack by identifying specific cells as markers in the bloodstream has been developed by a group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute.

9 Jan 2014

New study compares blood pressure management in the US and England

In the US but not in England, patients on low incomes with high blood pressure have their condition managed poorly compared with those who earn more.

9 Jan 2014

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Nottingham scientists use MRI technology to assist in treatment, diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome

Men who are fit and obese run higher risk of having heart attack than unfit, lean men

Radius Medical launches new PRODIGY Support Catheter in the U.S.

Researchers examine genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Neurovance announces interim results from phase 2a pilot study of EB-1020 SR in patients with all subtypes of ADHD

Research: SLPI protein produced by body in response to injury plays vital role in patients with ALF

Minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer

Synta initiates three multicenter trials to evaluate ganetespib with chemotherapy for AML and MDS

Teens with a history of concussions more likely to suffer from depression

Brown University biochemist targets diabetes

Undergraduate students develop innovative, non-X-ray device that evaluates spinal movement

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who experienced physical abuse in childhood

Discovery opens new therapeutic avenue for chronic skin condition affecting millions

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

New study gives hope for novel glioblastoma multiforme treatment

Study questions widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness

Low doses of anticancer drug can prevent development of diabetes mellitus type 1

Antipsychotic medication can actively combat cells of difficult-to-treat form of ALL

TSRI researchers develop new fluid biopsy technique to identify patients at high risk of heart attack

New study compares blood pressure management in the US and England

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