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Uncovering the secret weapon of rabies viruses

In a new study published in the journal Cell Reports, scientists have discovered the exact site at which the immune system is disabled by the rabies virus, opening the way for a new and highly effective means of rabies prevention. This is a long-awaited discovery and could transform the field of rabies immunization.

13 Nov 2019

Latest body weight and weight loss trends reflect challenges to health goals

A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open on November 13, 2019, says that while more adults joined weight-loss programs in the period 1999 to 2016, the results weren’t quite satisfactory. People are heavier today, by about 2.8 Kg, on average, than at the beginning of the study, though about 42% of all people are trying to lose weight by diverse methods including dieting, exercise, cutting down on sweets and drinking more water.

13 Nov 2019

Opioid overdose treatment: intranasal vs intramuscular naloxone

Opioid addiction and dependency have become a common plague in many countries of the world. Accompanying these conditions, opioid overdose is being increasingly encountered in many emergency settings. The standard and highly effective antidote for this is naloxone hydrochloride, an opioid antagonist which has been in use for over 4 decades.

13 Nov 2019

Study finds children become less active as they move through primary school

Children become less physically active as they go through primary school, a new study found. Between the ages of 6 and 11, children lost more than an hour of excise per week, with a greater decline on weekends.

13 Nov 2019

Tall people more likely to develop atrial fibrillation

Size may matter when it comes to having a safe and steady heart. A new study shows tall people are more likely to develop from an irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation (AFib).

13 Nov 2019

Certain professions and late dinners bad for women’s heart health

A new study from a team from Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has revealed that post-menopausal women in certain professions are more likely to suffer from heart diseases and other heart problems.

13 Nov 2019

New biomarker discovered in cancer stem cells

In the world of cancer biology, not all biomarkers are created equal. These molecules that alert doctors that an abnormal process may be underway can appear as an array of aberrant proteins, such as hormones, enzymes or signaling molecules, and vary from patient to patient. Because they are a mixed bag, no one drug exists to attack them.

13 Nov 2019

Researchers find mechanism that controls the growth of B1-cells

Directly after birth, the immune system completes production of a subtype of antibody-producing immune cells, B-1, that are to last for a lifetime. No more B1-cells are formed after that point. However, these cells are self-reactive - they produce not only antibodies against foreign substances, but also against the body's own substances, and it is unclear why the immune system allows for the development of these particular cells.

13 Nov 2019

AI-driven automated system can help design biochemical pathways to produce lycopene

A new proof-of-concept study details how an automated system driven by artificial intelligence can design, build, test and learn complex biochemical pathways to efficiently produce lycopene, a red pigment found in tomatoes and commonly used as a food coloring, opening the door to a wide range of biosynthetic applications, researchers report.

13 Nov 2019

New method could optimize facial analysis to detect genetic syndromes

Each year, over a million children are born with a genetic disease. Although about half of genetic syndromes present facial dysmorphology, abnormal facial features are often subtle at birth and their identification by paediatricians can prove challenging. Delays and errors in diagnosis have a significant impact on mortality and morbidity associated with genetic syndromes.

13 Nov 2019

Pacemaker-like device improves heart function in patients with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy

With the advent of new therapies, cancer patients are surviving longer than ever before -- but the incidence of side-effect chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy (CHIC), or weakness of the heart muscle, is increasing.

13 Nov 2019

Clinical analysis reveals high expression of apoptosis protein in chemoresistant TNBC

78 TNBC biopsies from patients with different responses to chemotherapy were analysed for API-5 expression before any treatment.

13 Nov 2019

New study highlights opportunities to optimize use of PrEP to prevent HIV among sex workers

Preventing HIV in sex workers is a powerful tool in lowering the worldwide burden of the disease, and a new study could help ensure that high-risk women take advantage of medical safeguards.

13 Nov 2019

Gender can influence confidence in maintaining good health habits, study suggests

A Mayo Clinic study published in the American Journal of Health Behavior investigates differences in how men and women perceive their own health. The study finds that confidence in maintaining good health habits can be influenced by gender.

13 Nov 2019

Deep neural network could improve cancer care

Improving the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases like cancer will require more detailed, rapid, and agile imaging technology that can show doctors not just what a specific organ looks like, but also what's happening within the cells that make up those tissues.

13 Nov 2019

Study uncovers risk factors associated with postpartum opioid overdose

Massachusetts researchers have published a new study in the journal Addiction that uncovers several risk factors associated with postpartum opioid overdose.

13 Nov 2019

Study examines nature of sleep in evacuation shelter environment

In the Building Environment Laboratory at Toyohashi University of Technology's Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, researchers study the effects that indoor environments have on the people that live in these spaces. As part of this research, the laboratory conducted an experiment on the nature of sleep in an evacuation shelter environment.

13 Nov 2019

$Receiving multiple fracture-associated drugs may increase hip fracture risk$

Receiving multiple fracture-associated drugs may increase hip fracture risk

There is a strong association between the number of fracture-associated drugs (FADs) older patients receive and their risk of sustaining a broken bone, according to a new Dartmouth study published in JAMA Network Open.

13 Nov 2019

Melanoma rates decline sharply among adolescents and young adults, shows research

Cases of melanoma among U.S. adolescents and young adults declined markedly from 2006 to 2015 - even as the skin cancer's incidence continued to increase among older adults and the general population during the span, new research shows.

13 Nov 2019

Bariatric surgery may release toxic compounds from fat into bloodstream, study reveals

Toxic man-made chemicals--such as polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides--that are absorbed into the body and stored in fat may be released into the bloodstream during the rapid fat loss that follows bariatric surgery, according to a study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

13 Nov 2019

Medical Research News

Uncovering the secret weapon of rabies viruses

Latest body weight and weight loss trends reflect challenges to health goals

Opioid overdose treatment: intranasal vs intramuscular naloxone

Study finds children become less active as they move through primary school

Tall people more likely to develop atrial fibrillation

Certain professions and late dinners bad for women’s heart health

New biomarker discovered in cancer stem cells

Researchers find mechanism that controls the growth of B1-cells

AI-driven automated system can help design biochemical pathways to produce lycopene

New method could optimize facial analysis to detect genetic syndromes

Pacemaker-like device improves heart function in patients with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy

Clinical analysis reveals high expression of apoptosis protein in chemoresistant TNBC

New study highlights opportunities to optimize use of PrEP to prevent HIV among sex workers

Gender can influence confidence in maintaining good health habits, study suggests

Deep neural network could improve cancer care

Study uncovers risk factors associated with postpartum opioid overdose

Study examines nature of sleep in evacuation shelter environment

Receiving multiple fracture-associated drugs may increase hip fracture risk

Melanoma rates decline sharply among adolescents and young adults, shows research

Bariatric surgery may release toxic compounds from fat into bloodstream, study reveals

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