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Aussies can have their health and eat meat too with new version of Mediterranean diet

Barbecued, stir-fried or roasted, there's no doubt that Aussies love their meat. Consuming on average nearly 100 kilograms of meat per person per year, Australians are among the top meat consumers worldwide.

9 Dec 2019

New approach to broadly acting, highly effective HIV vaccine

Researchers have reported a major advance in the creation of a successful HIV vaccine that is not produced by the host animal.

9 Dec 2019

Treating the whole patient essential for older people with cardiovascular disease

Geriatric conditions such as frailty and cognitive impairments may inadvertently worsen when older patients are treated in cardiac intensive care units - even as they receive excellent care for their heart attack, heart failure, valvular heart disease or pulmonary embolism, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's premier journal Circulation.

9 Dec 2019

Piglet study shows probiotics and prebiotics work differently in girls and boys

The team from the Universities of Bristol and Reading found that 28-day old piglets produced very different levels of immune cells, antibodies and other immune-associated molecules depending on their sex, contradicting previous evidence suggesting that the difference in immunity begins during puberty.

9 Dec 2019

Computer betting game can help predict the likelihood of opioid reuse

A computer betting game can help predict the likelihood that someone recovering from opioid addiction will reuse the pain-relieving drugs, a new study shows.

8 Dec 2019

A patient's tolerance for risky decisions can predict chances of opioid relapse

People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The findings can help clinicians better predict which patients are most vulnerable.

8 Dec 2019

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Judith Tsui, a UW Medicine clinician specializing in addiction treatment, was seeing more and more patients she was treating for opioid-use disorder also using methamphetamines, a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system.

8 Dec 2019

Insights from virtual reality experiments could help break the cycle of addiction

The number of drug overdose deaths in the US has never been higher. Most of those deaths--68 percent in 2017--have involved opioids. An estimated 10 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2018.

8 Dec 2019

Adding venetoclax to transplant conditioning regimen shows promise in patients with myeloid cancers

For patients with high-risk myeloid cancers undergoing a donor stem cell transplant, adding the targeted drug venetoclax to a reduced-intensity drug regimen prior to transplant is safe and does not impair the ability of the donor cells to take root in recipients' bodies, a study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers suggests.

8 Dec 2019

Genetic features of AML in older patients can predict outcomes after stem cell transplant

For older patients with acute myeloid leukemia, the prospects for success of a stem cell transplant can often be predicted based on the particular set of genetic mutations within the tumor cells, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and other research centers will report today at the 61st American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting.

8 Dec 2019

Study may provide novel therapeutic approach for Huntington's, Parkinson's diseases

Insights from their study may provide a novel therapeutic approach for diseases such as Huntington's and Parkinson's.

8 Dec 2019

Identifying the type of pain in adults with sickle cell disease may help improve treatment

Identifying the type of pain an adult with sickle cell disease experiences may be useful in improving treatment, according to a new study by researchers at Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital.

8 Dec 2019

New startup aims to prevent reperfusion-related organ damage after liver transplant

Roughly 65 years ago, the first human organ transplant was successfully performed. A decade later, heart and liver transplants became possible. Now, a startup founded by researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere hopes to bring about the next major breakthrough.

8 Dec 2019

New technique holds promise in cancer research and science studies

A new technique reported this week in Science overcomes several limitations of typical high-throughput chemical screens conducted on cell samples. Such screens are commonly used to try to discover new cancer drugs, and in many other biomedical applications.

8 Dec 2019

Variability in function after lower spinal fusion reflects patient characteristics

Patient-reported functional outcomes vary considerably after lower (lumbar) spinal fusion surgery. But the variability mainly reflects patient characteristics, rather than differences in care provided by surgeons or hospitals, suggests a study in Spine.

8 Dec 2019

Medical Research News

Aussies can have their health and eat meat too with new version of Mediterranean diet

New approach to broadly acting, highly effective HIV vaccine

Treating the whole patient essential for older people with cardiovascular disease

Piglet study shows probiotics and prebiotics work differently in girls and boys

Computer betting game can help predict the likelihood of opioid reuse

A patient's tolerance for risky decisions can predict chances of opioid relapse

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Insights from virtual reality experiments could help break the cycle of addiction

Adding venetoclax to transplant conditioning regimen shows promise in patients with myeloid cancers

Genetic features of AML in older patients can predict outcomes after stem cell transplant

Study may provide novel therapeutic approach for Huntington's, Parkinson's diseases

Identifying the type of pain in adults with sickle cell disease may help improve treatment

New startup aims to prevent reperfusion-related organ damage after liver transplant

New technique holds promise in cancer research and science studies

Variability in function after lower spinal fusion reflects patient characteristics

Common first-line treatment for cryptococcal meningitis in being compromised by drug resistance

Nanosize container can slip inside cells and deliver medicines, gene therapies

Research shows why people with chronic illnesses turn to the 'black market' for medicines and supplies

Formerly incarcerated individuals with reintegration barriers more likely to have poor physical, mental health

Research shows link between clock genes and vitamin A pathway in the brain of Monarch butterflies

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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