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Decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries help communicate with physicians

A series of illustrations and charts designed as decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries helped them communicate with emergency medicine physicians and make informed decisions about their child's care, according to a study that will appear Sept. 21 in JAMA Network Open.

21 Sep 2018

Research scientist at Kessler Foundation receives $10,000 grant to study aphasia after stroke

Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from the Mabel H. Flory Charitable Trust.

21 Sep 2018

New findings on characteristics of Burning Mouth Syndrome

The picture is becoming clearer regarding the chronic oral pain condition known as Burning Mouth Syndrome, or BMS, which mainly affects women who are middle-aged and older. In a dissertation at Sahlgrenska Academy, additional steps are being taken toward better diagnosis and treatment.

21 Sep 2018

Study sheds light on molecular mechanisms underlying progression of prion diseases

A new study has shed light on the mechanisms underlying the progression of prion diseases and identified a potential target for treatment.

21 Sep 2018

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

One man's trash is another man's treasure, as the saying goes. If things go to plan, feces from registered and thoroughly tested healthy donors will in a few years be the standard treatment for the bacterium Clostridium difficile at Danish hospitals.

21 Sep 2018

Survey estimates caregiving costs for family members

"Informal care" is the term used in medicine to describe unpaid care provided by family and friends. It's an important lifeline for millions of older adults in the U.S. who need day-to-day help with shopping, cooking, cleaning, eating, taking medicine, looking after their own daily well-being, and many other activities essential to our health and quality of life as we age.

21 Sep 2018

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Infants born prematurely face challenges in developing the complex, interrelated skills needed for effective feeding.

21 Sep 2018

Family history in blacks, Latinos associated with higher risk of AFib

Despite being the most common heart arrhythmia disorder in the U.S., there is not much research on the causes of atrial fibrillation in minority populations.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Researchers from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and physicians from Spectrum Health have identified for the first time in a human patient a genetic disorder only previously described in animal models.

21 Sep 2018

Insulin treatment shows great potential against chronic bowel inflammation

Millions of people take insulin every day to treat their diabetes. But diabetes is not the only disease on which insulin has an effect, it appears.

21 Sep 2018

USC research uncovers previously unknown genetic risk factor for dementia

New research from USC has uncovered a previously unknown genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The study provides insights on how these conditions, and other diseases of aging, might one day be treated and prevented.

21 Sep 2018

Study opens new avenues for treatment of Laing distal myopathy

New avenues are now being opened for future treatment of Laing distal myopathy, a rare disorder that causes muscles in the feet, hands and elsewhere to atrophy. In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers have identified an enzyme with a clear link to how the disease develops.

21 Sep 2018

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, a study has found.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers develop technology to study behavior of implants without animal testing

An international team of researchers consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS and TU Dortmund University has developed a technology to study the behavior of orthopedic implants in laboratory conditions as close as possible to the human body.

21 Sep 2018

Scientists use mice to study transmission of Lyme disease bacteria by infected ticks

Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a tick of the genus Ixodes.

21 Sep 2018

Study explores connection between sexuality and cognitive status in older adults

The number of people who live at home with Alzheimer's Disease (AD), a brain disease that causes abnormal changes that kill brain cells, is expected to grow from 3.2 million today to more than 8 million in 2050.

21 Sep 2018

Study shows how the drive to eat overpowers the brain’s signal to stop

University of Michigan researchers have studied two groups of brain cells that compete for the control of feeding behaviour and found that cells that drive the urge to eat overpower the ones that signal to stop.

21 Sep 2018

Researchers demonstrate pre-clinical success for universal flu vaccine in new paper

Researchers from the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology have demonstrated pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine in a new paper published in Nature Communications.

21 Sep 2018

Regular bedtime and wake time important for heart, metabolic health even among adults

Sufficient sleep has been proven to help keep the body healthy and the mind sharp. But it's not just an issue of logging at least seven hours of Z's.

21 Sep 2018

New clinical trial evaluates aesthetic results of conservative surgery in breast cancer

Belén Merck Navarro, Medicine professor at Valencia and Castellón's CEU UCH university is the only Spaniard among the 17 surgeons from 11 different countries that specialize in breast cancer who took part in a clinical trial on the usefulness of 3D images to evaluate the aesthetic results of conservative surgery in breast cancer

21 Sep 2018

Medical Research News

Decision aids for parents of children with minor head injuries help communicate with physicians

Research scientist at Kessler Foundation receives $10,000 grant to study aphasia after stroke

New findings on characteristics of Burning Mouth Syndrome

Study sheds light on molecular mechanisms underlying progression of prion diseases

Innovation Fund Denmark supports research project that aims to fight Clostridium difficile diarrhea

Survey estimates caregiving costs for family members

EFS checklist provides user-friendly tool for evaluating feeding skills in preterm infants

Family history in blacks, Latinos associated with higher risk of AFib

Researchers identify new genetic disorder in a human patient

Insulin treatment shows great potential against chronic bowel inflammation

USC research uncovers previously unknown genetic risk factor for dementia

Study opens new avenues for treatment of Laing distal myopathy

Premature babies show better brain development when fed breast milk, finds study

Researchers develop technology to study behavior of implants without animal testing

Scientists use mice to study transmission of Lyme disease bacteria by infected ticks

Study explores connection between sexuality and cognitive status in older adults

Study shows how the drive to eat overpowers the brain’s signal to stop

Researchers demonstrate pre-clinical success for universal flu vaccine in new paper

Regular bedtime and wake time important for heart, metabolic health even among adults

New clinical trial evaluates aesthetic results of conservative surgery in breast cancer

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