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Abdominal fat, not BMI, may help better predict risk for coronary artery disease

For years, women have been told that weight gain could lead to heart disease. A new study indicates that it is the location of the fat that matters most, with abdominal fat representing the greatest harm and not overall body mass index when assessing risk for coronary artery disease.

28 Aug 2019

Study reveals link between popular pain medication and greater risk of hypoglycemia

Since its approval in 1995, the opioid tramadol (marketed as ConZip and Ultram) has become a widely prescribed remedy for osteoarthritis and other painful indications, in part because it presents a lesser risk for some side effects and has a lower abuse potential when compared to other opioids.

28 Aug 2019

Pitt bioengineer wins CAREER Award to improve locomotor learning in stroke patients

For stroke survivors whose ability to walk has been impaired by neurological damage, rehabilitation using robotics has proven to be an effective therapy to improve their gait.

28 Aug 2019

Scientists discover potential novel target for treating deadly brain cancer

Scientists at USC and UC San Diego have discovered a potential novel target for treating glioblastoma, the deadly brain cancer that took the life of Sen. John McCain and kills 15,000 Americans a year.

28 Aug 2019

Maternal high-fat diet may slow learning ability in offspring, study suggests

In a bid to further explore how a mother-to-be's diet might affect her offspring's brain health, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have found that pregnant and nursing rats fed high fat diets have offspring that grow up to be slower than expected learners and that have persistently abnormal levels of the components needed for healthy brain development and metabolism.

From Johns Hopkins Medicine 28 Aug 2019

Empa researchers aim to gain a better understanding of bone failure

Can analytical methods from materials science help us better understand human bones? A research team at Empa in Thun is pursuing precisely this approach.

28 Aug 2019

Study shows link between unhealthy diet and adolescent depression

According to a new study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, teens who consume foods with high levels of sodium and low levels of potassium are more likely to develop symptoms of depression.

28 Aug 2019

Researchers receive $2.9 million to develop new low-cost cancer diagnostic platform

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received $2.9 million to develop a new diagnostic platform that could diagnose cancer in as little as three hours by using only one or two drops of blood.

28 Aug 2019

Balancing hormone levels may reverse risk factors of heart disease in female athletes

A review of more than 100 studies suggests that balancing hormone levels may reverse factors that increase heart disease risk in some female athletes.

28 Aug 2019

Researchers win NSF grant to investigate how young kids develop self-regulation

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have been awarded a $390,483 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the role of coordinated brain and heart activity in the rapid development of self-regulation in 3- to 5-year-olds.

28 Aug 2019

Researchers find a weak spot in cancer cells

Cancer cells form tumors. This statement, simple as it seems, hides a complex failure of normal immune responses that should eliminate tumor cells from the body before they ever form viable cancer masses.

28 Aug 2019

Promising vaccine may protect against the Klebsiella superbug

A powerful superbug, a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae, is a very difficult to curb infection. It causes a variety of infections including rare but life-threatening liver, respiratory tract, bloodstream and other infections.

28 Aug 2019

Novel immunotherapy method could overcome tumor immunity

Cancer immunotherapy is a form of treatment in which the body’s own immune cells are recruited to overcome the tumor. However, it is only useful in a few tumors, because of tumor immunity where tumor-associated immune cells work to protect the tumor against attack.

28 Aug 2019

Children from disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to experience obesity in adulthood

Children who grow up in disadvantaged neighborhoods are nearly one-third more likely to experience obesity as adults, according to new research from Cornell University.

27 Aug 2019

Neurological markers in the brain can help detect people at risk for psychotic disorders

Help may be on the way for people who might lose contact with reality through a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia.

27 Aug 2019

International team receives $3.1 million NIH grant to find better ways to treat tetralogy of Fallot

An international team of researchers received a five-year, $3.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover new and better ways to treat a pediatric congenital heart condition known as tetralogy of Fallot, which affects a total of 85,000 individuals in the United States.

27 Aug 2019

Promising new strategy to treat severe dengue disease on the horizon

Researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered that tryptase, an enzyme in human cells that acts like scissors to cut up nearby proteins, is responsible for blood vessel leakage in severe dengue hemorrhagic fever.

27 Aug 2019

Researchers study biological risk potential of nanoparticles

Nanoparticles are smaller than five nanometres - a nanometre being one millionth of a millimetre - which corresponds approximately to the size of macromolecules. Such tiny particles are very easily absorbed in body cells.

27 Aug 2019

First-of-its-kind study shows two out of three Danes suffer from chronic conditions

The world's first mapping of an entire country's chronic diseases shows that approximately two out of three Danes over the age of 16 have one or more chronic conditions. This is nearly twice the previous estimates from Danish authorities.

27 Aug 2019

Obesity associated with reduced taste sensation

A new study from researchers at the Binghamton University, State of University of New York has shown that obesity is associated with reduced taste responses and perception. The study on laboratory animals titled, “Taste Responses in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract of Awake Obese Rats are Blunted Compared with those in Lean Rats” has been published in the latest issue of the journal Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience.

27 Aug 2019

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Abdominal fat, not BMI, may help better predict risk for coronary artery disease

Study reveals link between popular pain medication and greater risk of hypoglycemia

Pitt bioengineer wins CAREER Award to improve locomotor learning in stroke patients

Scientists discover potential novel target for treating deadly brain cancer

Maternal high-fat diet may slow learning ability in offspring, study suggests

Empa researchers aim to gain a better understanding of bone failure

Study shows link between unhealthy diet and adolescent depression

Researchers receive $2.9 million to develop new low-cost cancer diagnostic platform

Balancing hormone levels may reverse risk factors of heart disease in female athletes

Researchers win NSF grant to investigate how young kids develop self-regulation

Researchers find a weak spot in cancer cells

Promising vaccine may protect against the Klebsiella superbug

Novel immunotherapy method could overcome tumor immunity

Children from disadvantaged neighborhoods more likely to experience obesity in adulthood

Neurological markers in the brain can help detect people at risk for psychotic disorders

International team receives $3.1 million NIH grant to find better ways to treat tetralogy of Fallot

Promising new strategy to treat severe dengue disease on the horizon

Researchers study biological risk potential of nanoparticles

First-of-its-kind study shows two out of three Danes suffer from chronic conditions

Obesity associated with reduced taste sensation

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

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