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Scientists unravel how bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells

New research, from scientists at Imperial College London, unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening new avenues to finding ways of clearing these bacterial cells from the body, and stopping recurrence of the bacterial infection.

7 Dec 2018

Surgical choices may have long-term impact on quality of life for breast cancer patients

Even as more young women with breast cancer opt to have mastectomies, many experience a persistent decline in their sexual and psychosocial well-being following the procedure, as detailed in new research by Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center.

7 Dec 2018

Study reveals possible link between hysterectomy and brain function

A new preclinical study has shown that in the short term, some types of memory are affected following a hysterectomy.

7 Dec 2018

Online CBT can help treat gastrointestinal disorders in children

Cognitive behavioral therapy online can be useful in treating gastrointestinal disorders in children when no physical cause can be found. This is the viewpoint of researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that is described in a new study published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

7 Dec 2018

Capturing vital signs of patients with a cellphone camera

As biometric systems -- technologies which measure biological information to identify a person -- continue to advance, their potential impact on health care capabilities surge. Via tools such as fingerprint recognition, face recognition, iris and retina recognition, and vein recognition, health care workers are provided with increasingly sophisticated ways to monitor patients.

7 Dec 2018

People covered by Michigan's expanded Medicaid program report improvements in health, finds study

Five states will expand Medicaid in 2019. Fourteen may start requiring Medicaid enrollees to work in return for their health coverage. And a new study could help all of these states understand what might be in store under these policies.

7 Dec 2018

Black women with breast cancer have worse outcomes despite receiving equivalent treatments as white women

Even with equivalent treatments in women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, black women had significantly higher breast cancer recurrence and increased overall mortality compared to white women in a large phase III clinical trial, TAILORx, according to data presented at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 4-8.

7 Dec 2018

Researchers confirm link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia

Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a team of Australian and Danish researchers has reported.

7 Dec 2018

VCU researchers test vaccine against opioid abuse

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are testing a vaccine against opioid abuse developed by the Scripps Research Institute in California. The vaccine is meant to block the effects of heroin and fentanyl in patients with opioid use disorder.

7 Dec 2018

New technology for profiling genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells developed

Cancer arises when cells lose control. Deciphering the "blueprint" of cancer cells - outlining how cancer cells hijack specific pathways for uncontrolled proliferation - will lead to more efficient ways to fight it.

7 Dec 2018

MUHC's 'Dr. House' discovers new genetic disease and the gene responsible for it

A team from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre led by Dr. Donald Vinh, the RI's so-called "Dr. House" because of his research into rare diseases, has discovered a new human disease and the gene responsible for it, paving the way for the proper diagnosis of patients globally and the development of new therapies.

7 Dec 2018

New study shows added benefit of ingenol mebutate for patients with actinic keratosis

Already in 2013, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care examined in an early benefit assessment whether ingenol mebutate offers greater benefit than the appropriate comparator therapy for patients with actinic keratosis.

7 Dec 2018

Newly developed molecules may provide more reliable relief for people with autoimmune diseases

Living with an autoimmune disease can feel like an insider is attacking your body. An estimated 24 million people in the United States are affected by autoimmune diseases, a group of diseases in which a person's immune system attacks part of the person's own body.

7 Dec 2018

Acutely injured deceased-donor kidneys are suitable for transplant, study suggests

Organ procurement teams are sometimes leery of accepting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury, fearing they will harm the recipients. However, a national study chaired by a Johns Hopkins kidney specialist suggests these fears may be unfounded.

7 Dec 2018

Fractals can help describe how cancer spreads in the body and the right tools to stop it

What can seashells, lightning and the coastline of Britain teach us about new drugs for cancer?

7 Dec 2018

UT Austin researcher receives $2.5 million CZI grant for neurodegenerative disease research

Ning "Jenny" Jiang, an associate professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Dell Medical School's Department of Oncology, has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to participate in the philanthropic organization's inaugural Neurodegeneration Challenge Network.

7 Dec 2018

New way of controlling HIV latency to completely eradicate the virus

A new study suggests that a genetic switch that causes latent HIV inside cells to begin to replicate can be manipulated to completely eradicate the virus from the human body. Cells harboring latent HIV are "invisible" to the natural defenses of the immune system.

7 Dec 2018

New diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who could benefit from targeted therapies

A set of emerging diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from therapies that target important enzymes fueling a range of subtypes, including BCRA-mutated and triple negative cancers.

7 Dec 2018

Researchers use new methods to optimize treatments for tuberculosis meningitis

Although relatively rare in the United States, and accounting for fewer than 5 percent of tuberculosis cases worldwide, TB of the brain--or tuberculosis meningitis (TBM)--is often deadly, always hard to treat, and a particular threat to young children.

6 Dec 2018

$Chronic, refractory schizophrenia patients benefit from targeted cognitive training$

Chronic, refractory schizophrenia patients benefit from targeted cognitive training

Schizophrenia is among the most difficult mental illnesses to treat, in part because it is characterized by a wide range of dysfunction, from hallucinations and mood disorders to cognitive impairment, especially verbal and working memory, which can be explained in part by abnormalities in early auditory information processing.

6 Dec 2018

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Scientists unravel how bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells

Surgical choices may have long-term impact on quality of life for breast cancer patients

Study reveals possible link between hysterectomy and brain function

Online CBT can help treat gastrointestinal disorders in children

Capturing vital signs of patients with a cellphone camera

People covered by Michigan's expanded Medicaid program report improvements in health, finds study

Black women with breast cancer have worse outcomes despite receiving equivalent treatments as white women

Researchers confirm link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia

VCU researchers test vaccine against opioid abuse

New technology for profiling genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells developed

MUHC's 'Dr. House' discovers new genetic disease and the gene responsible for it

New study shows added benefit of ingenol mebutate for patients with actinic keratosis

Newly developed molecules may provide more reliable relief for people with autoimmune diseases

Acutely injured deceased-donor kidneys are suitable for transplant, study suggests

Fractals can help describe how cancer spreads in the body and the right tools to stop it

UT Austin researcher receives $2.5 million CZI grant for neurodegenerative disease research

New way of controlling HIV latency to completely eradicate the virus

New diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who could benefit from targeted therapies

Researchers use new methods to optimize treatments for tuberculosis meningitis

Chronic, refractory schizophrenia patients benefit from targeted cognitive training

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