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Cannabis may help individuals cope with the effects of PTSD

Cannabis may be helping Canadians cope with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder, new research suggests.

5 Nov 2019

School-based telehealth program linked to reduced ED visits for children with asthma

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina report in JAMA Pediatrics an association between a school-based telehealth program and reduced emergency department visits for children with asthma living in a rural and underserved region of South Carolina.

5 Nov 2019

Research provides quantitative definition of unhealthy yet pervasive 'hyper-palatable' foods

A popular U.S. brand of potato chips once promoted itself with the slogan, "betcha can't eat just one!"

5 Nov 2019

Novel detection method for retinoblastoma

A retinoblastoma is a dangerous cancer often occurring in very young children, under 2, which can cause blindness or the loss of the eye. The tumor is a diffuse, gluey mass spread all over the eye. It also spreads easily. As a result of this, direct biopsy is impossible, unlike with most other tumors. Instead, eye examination by ophthalmologists (eye specialists) and ultrasound imaging are needed to make a diagnosis.

5 Nov 2019

IBR receives $1.95 million NIH grant for research on rare diseases

The New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities' Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities has received a $1.95 million grant, for a five-year period, from the National Institute of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences to support IBR physician-scientist Gholson Lyon, MD, PhD, in his research on rare diseases.

5 Nov 2019

Penn researchers tag CAR T cells with imaging markers to monitor cancer therapy

With CAR T cell therapy, a patient's own immune cells are genetically modified and inserted back into the body to find and kill cancer. This form of immunotherapy has already revolutionized some cancer treatments, but once the CAR T cells are inside a patient, where do they go? How do doctors know that they have successfully reached their target and that they are continuing to fight disease weeks, months, or even years later?

5 Nov 2019

Study highlights impact of prenatal exposure to alcohol and informs prevention efforts

Drinking in pregnancy can harm a developing baby. The term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) describes the range of effects that can be caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol.

5 Nov 2019

Even a short run could reduce risk of death by 27 percent

A new study has shown that even short runs regularly could help lower the risk of death due to any cause. This came from pooled data from a large number of participants.

5 Nov 2019

Study identifies pretreatment change trajectories in people seeking treatment for AUD

Treatment for alcohol use disorder often involves a course of counseling aimed at changing the patient's drinking behavior.

5 Nov 2019

Lonely heart patients at greater risk of death after hospital discharge finds study

A new study has found that cardiac patients who are lonely are at a greater risk of death within a year of their discharge from the hospital. The study results were published in the latest online issue of the journal Heart.

5 Nov 2019

Study highlights role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain

A new study published Nov. 4, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine details the first comprehensive look across the scientific literature at the role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain.

5 Nov 2019

Wake Forest Baptist receives $6 million to study non-pharmaceutical cancer pain management

For many people who've had cancer, severe pain can persist even after treatment ends.

5 Nov 2019

Clinical trial to evaluate effectiveness of biologic augmentation in ACL reconstruction surgery

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine is initiating a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of using biologic augmentation during anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, reconstruction surgery.

5 Nov 2019

Risk factors of malignant arrhythmias found in patients treated with therapeutic hyperthermia after cardiac arrest

Researchers showed that 20-50% of patients developed an irregular heartbeat that required defibrillation during the active cooling phase of therapeutic hypothermia following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

5 Nov 2019

Researchers identify potential drug targets for glioblastoma

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified 10 tumor-specific potential drug targets for the brain tumor glioblastoma. The results are presented in the scientific journal Cell Reports.

5 Nov 2019

Physics of windshield-cracking raindrops may help doctors shatter kidney stones

A plane has to be going pretty fast for a mere raindrop to crack its windshield, but it can happen. Now, new models of the physics behind the improbable feat may just help doctors crack kidney stones to pieces.

5 Nov 2019

Household chores in childhood not linked to self-control development

Although assigning household chores is considered an essential component of child-rearing, it turns out they might not help improve children's self-control, a coveted personality trait that allows people to suppress inappropriate impulses, focus their attention and perform an action when there is strong tendency to avoid it.

5 Nov 2019

First-in-the-U.S. clinical trial uses deep brain stimulation to tackle opioid addiction

The West Virginia University Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and WVU Medicine, today (Nov. 5) announced the launch of a first-in-the-U.S. clinical trial using deep brain stimulation for patients suffering from treatment-resistant opioid use disorder.

5 Nov 2019

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Boston University researchers have developed a new, "intelligent" metamaterial--which costs less than ten bucks to build--that could revolutionize magnetic resonance imaging, making the entire MRI process faster, safer, and more accessible to patients around the world.

5 Nov 2019

Brain imaging shows links between self control and alcohol dependence

Excessive and harmful drinking is a key feature of an alcohol use disorder. The causes of substance use disorders are complex, but deficiences in certain aspects of self-control have been implicated.

5 Nov 2019

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Cannabis may help individuals cope with the effects of PTSD

School-based telehealth program linked to reduced ED visits for children with asthma

Research provides quantitative definition of unhealthy yet pervasive 'hyper-palatable' foods

Novel detection method for retinoblastoma

IBR receives $1.95 million NIH grant for research on rare diseases

Penn researchers tag CAR T cells with imaging markers to monitor cancer therapy

Study highlights impact of prenatal exposure to alcohol and informs prevention efforts

Even a short run could reduce risk of death by 27 percent

Study identifies pretreatment change trajectories in people seeking treatment for AUD

Lonely heart patients at greater risk of death after hospital discharge finds study

Study highlights role of mind-body therapies in addressing opioid-treated pain

Wake Forest Baptist receives $6 million to study non-pharmaceutical cancer pain management

Clinical trial to evaluate effectiveness of biologic augmentation in ACL reconstruction surgery

Risk factors of malignant arrhythmias found in patients treated with therapeutic hyperthermia after cardiac arrest

Researchers identify potential drug targets for glioblastoma

Physics of windshield-cracking raindrops may help doctors shatter kidney stones

Household chores in childhood not linked to self-control development

First-in-the-U.S. clinical trial uses deep brain stimulation to tackle opioid addiction

New 'intelligent' metamaterial could make MRI faster, safer, and more accessible

Brain imaging shows links between self control and alcohol dependence

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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