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Dogs and cats relieve academic stress and lift students' mood, according to a new study

A new study has revealed that petting dogs and cats can relieve feelings of stress and pressure in college students with a high academic workload

16 Jul 2019

Repurposing a heart drug could increase survival rate of children with ependymoma

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered that repurposing a heart drug could significantly increase the survival rate for children with ependymoma - a type of brain tumor.

16 Jul 2019

International study aims to more accurately describe mental health disorders

A Rutgers University researcher contributed to the first study to seek input from people with common mental health issues on how their disorders are described in diagnostic guidelines.

16 Jul 2019

Study analyzes high capacity of A. baumannii to persist on various surfaces

A group in the Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology at the UPV/EHU has conducted an in-depth study into the capacity to survive of the Acinetobacter baumannii bacterium as well as the strategies it uses to survive.

16 Jul 2019

Anorexia may be as much a metabolic disorder as it is a psychiatric one, say scientists

A study has found that anorexia nervosa may have a metabolic component that makes some patients lose weight more easily and be harder to treat.

16 Jul 2019

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) could prevent cognitive decline in older men

Age-related cognitive conditions such as dementia could be kept at bay with high-intensity interval training (HIIT), according to a new study.

16 Jul 2019

Human pancreas on a chip could help identify possible cause of CF-Related Diabetes

Scientists created human pancreas on a chip that allowed them to identify the possible cause of a frequent and deadly complication of cystic fibrosis (CF) called CF-Related Diabetes, or CFRD.

16 Jul 2019

Mortality risk from cardiovascular disease higher for people with osteoarthritis

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have investigated the link between osteoarthritis and mortality in an epidemiological study. It was shown that the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease was higher for people with osteoarthritis than for the rest of the population.

16 Jul 2019

MGH researchers identify potential markers of lung cancer

By examining both blood samples and tumor tissues from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified markers that can distinguish between major subtypes of lung cancer and can accurately identify lung cancer stage.

16 Jul 2019

Loose double-stranded RNA molecules spur skin rejuvenation

Want to smooth out your wrinkles, erase scars and sunspots, and look years younger? Millions of Americans a year turn to lasers and prescription drugs to rejuvenate their skin, but exactly how that rejuvenation works has never been fully explained.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 16 Jul 2019

New 'molecular scaffolding' could help restore sight loss caused by glaucoma

Fight for Sight is funding scientists at the University of Cambridge to research how a new ‘molecular scaffolding’ could help restore vital nerve connections between the eye and the brain, potentially recovering the sight loss caused by glaucoma and other conditions, and even paving the way for future eye transplants.

16 Jul 2019

Tackling high sugar content in baby food

A nutritional survey of baby food on sale in Europe has shown that a significant number of products contain high sugar levels that contradict World Health Organisation recommendations for child nutrition.

16 Jul 2019

Implanted device uses microcurrent to exercise heart muscle in cardiomyopathy patients

In a study conducted by MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital, a new type of device has been successfully used for the very first time to strengthen the weakened heart muscle in cardiomyopathy patients.

16 Jul 2019

Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset genetic risk of dementia

Living a healthy lifestyle may help counteract a person’s genetic risk of dementia, according to new international research.

16 Jul 2019

UMass Amherst scientist receives $792,000 grant to advance cancer immunotherapy research

Biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded a four-year, $792,000 grant from the American Cancer Society to advance his interdisciplinary lab's promising cancer immunotherapy research.

16 Jul 2019

Lipid-lowering drugs are underutilized for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Statins, the most commonly used effective lipid-lowering drugs, are significantly underutilized to treat lipid abnormalities in patients with and at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a retrospective study of more than 280,000 patients in Alberta, Canada.

16 Jul 2019

Homeless people are deprived of primary healthcare services, study finds

A study led by the University of Birmingham has painted a shaming picture of neglect and discrimination shown towards the homeless when accessing UK health services.

16 Jul 2019

HIV therapy leaves unrepaired holes in the immune system's wall of defense

If they don't receive antiretroviral therapy (ART), most HIV patients see a progressive weakening of their immune system.

16 Jul 2019

Innovative single-chip platform speeds up drug development process

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have come up with a miniaturized and accelerated system of new drug development on just one chip, promising to make the process faster and cheaper than ever before. The report was published in the journal Nature Communications on June 28, 2019.

16 Jul 2019

HIV DNA persists in spinal fluid despite treatment, linked to cognitive impairment

Many people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and using antiretroviral therapy (ART) may still have cells sheltering the virus lurking in the cerebrospinal fluid, a new study has found.

16 Jul 2019

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Dogs and cats relieve academic stress and lift students' mood, according to a new study

Repurposing a heart drug could increase survival rate of children with ependymoma

International study aims to more accurately describe mental health disorders

Study analyzes high capacity of A. baumannii to persist on various surfaces

Anorexia may be as much a metabolic disorder as it is a psychiatric one, say scientists

High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) could prevent cognitive decline in older men

Human pancreas on a chip could help identify possible cause of CF-Related Diabetes

Mortality risk from cardiovascular disease higher for people with osteoarthritis

MGH researchers identify potential markers of lung cancer

Loose double-stranded RNA molecules spur skin rejuvenation

New 'molecular scaffolding' could help restore sight loss caused by glaucoma

Tackling high sugar content in baby food

Implanted device uses microcurrent to exercise heart muscle in cardiomyopathy patients

Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset genetic risk of dementia

UMass Amherst scientist receives $792,000 grant to advance cancer immunotherapy research

Lipid-lowering drugs are underutilized for preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Homeless people are deprived of primary healthcare services, study finds

HIV therapy leaves unrepaired holes in the immune system's wall of defense

Innovative single-chip platform speeds up drug development process

HIV DNA persists in spinal fluid despite treatment, linked to cognitive impairment

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