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Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

In past years, the demand for cobalt has been on the increase due to its many applications. For one thing, the metal is a crucial component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for smartphones and electric cars.

20 Sep 2018

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

An international research team, led by scientists from the German Primate Center, the Robert Koch Institute, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, McGill University, Masaryk University, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has successfully recovered genomes of the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis and yaws in humans, from wild nonhuman primate populations across sub-Saharan Africa.

20 Sep 2018

Grieving patients treated with talk therapy have lower risk of suicide and psychiatric illness

In a comprehensive study, researchers from Aarhus University show that grieving patients who receive what is known as talk therapy at the general practitioner shortly after a relative's death, have a lower risk of suicide and psychiatric illness than others.

20 Sep 2018

Study reveals new way to target HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer

A cytokine signature found in certain kinds of breast cancer cells can not only serve as a diagnostic tool for HER2-negative cancers but also offer an effective treatment target.

20 Sep 2018

Scientists achieve breakthrough in accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens

A team of researchers at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Medicine and the German Center for Infection Research has achieved a scientific breakthrough in the accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens.

20 Sep 2018

Brain region for stress control is enlarged in people with depression, finds study

According to the World Health Organization, 322 million people worldwide were affected by depression in 2015--4.4 percent of the world's population.

20 Sep 2018

First evaluation of benefits, harms of Alzheimer's screening for family members of older adults

With the support of a new $3 million, five-year National Institute on Aging grant, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Aging Research are conducting the first evaluation of the benefits and harms of Alzheimer's disease screening for family members of older adults.

20 Sep 2018

Scientists predict how well the body will fight lung cancer by analyzing immune cell shapes

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered how to quickly and accurately predict which lung cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy by analyzing how immune cells the body sends out to fight the disease are arranged.

20 Sep 2018

CWRU receives NIH grant to learn how non-coding genes contribute to spread of colorectal cancer

Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute to cancer progression. But in a frame shift, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently found that non-coding genes also contribute to the development and spreading of the disease, one of the first known examples of researchers doing so.

20 Sep 2018

New type of fatty acid can slow down overreactive immune system

Sometimes, the body's otherwise intelligent immune system mistakenly attacks the body's healthy tissue by responding to infections that do not exist.

20 Sep 2018

Neurons in the human brain can encode numerical information

How do we know if we're looking at three apples or four? Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen are now one step closer to answering this question.

20 Sep 2018

Novel method achieves accurate and precise temperature estimation in fat-containing tissues

Magnetic resonance thermometry is the only imaging technique that noninvasively provides temperature distribution in vivo. The water proton resonance frequency shift -based method is the most popular choice for MR temperature monitoring in aqueous tissues.

20 Sep 2018

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

With an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), physicians can have a hard time telling which newly diagnosed patients have a high risk of severe inflammation or what therapies will be most effective.

20 Sep 2018

Scientists find way to boost efficacy of powerful antimalarial drug with anti-cancer medicines

Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the world's most powerful antimalarial drug with the help of chemotherapy medicines, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.

20 Sep 2018

Innovative approach for developing vaccine against most prevalent human malaria parasite

A novel study indicates promising avenues in an innovative approach for developing a vaccine against Plasmodium vivax, the most prevalent human malaria parasite outside sub-Saharan Africa.

20 Sep 2018

Eating fatty fish during pregnancy may boost unborn child's brain development

Women could enhance the development of their unborn child's eyesight and brain function by regularly eating fatty fish during pregnancy.

20 Sep 2018

New program to reduce harmful stress effectively improves mood in cancer patients

This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone from scientific discovery, through development and testing, to dissemination and successful implementation nationwide.

20 Sep 2018

Survey: 91% of people around the world believe medical research will result in dementia cure

A new survey from Novartis, Amgen and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, along with Alzheimer’s Disease International, shows that 91% of people from around the world believe medical research will result in a treatment for dementia.

20 Sep 2018

Genetic polymorphisms linked with muscle injury and stiffness

To test whether sex-related genetic polymorphisms are associated with muscle injury and stiffness, Noriyuki Fuku from Juntendo University and colleagues report in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise that ESR1 rs2234693 polymorphism is associated with both muscle injury and muscle stiffness.

20 Sep 2018

Inflammation plays crucial role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, study reveals

Inflammation, long considered a dangerous contributor to atherosclerosis, actually plays an important role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine reveals.

20 Sep 2018

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Cobalt mining in DR Congo takes a high toll on both creuseurs and environment

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

Grieving patients treated with talk therapy have lower risk of suicide and psychiatric illness

Study reveals new way to target HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer

Scientists achieve breakthrough in accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens

Brain region for stress control is enlarged in people with depression, finds study

First evaluation of benefits, harms of Alzheimer's screening for family members of older adults

Scientists predict how well the body will fight lung cancer by analyzing immune cell shapes

CWRU receives NIH grant to learn how non-coding genes contribute to spread of colorectal cancer

New type of fatty acid can slow down overreactive immune system

Neurons in the human brain can encode numerical information

Novel method achieves accurate and precise temperature estimation in fat-containing tissues

Finding epigenetic signature appears to predict inflammation risk in serious type of IBD

Scientists find way to boost efficacy of powerful antimalarial drug with anti-cancer medicines

Innovative approach for developing vaccine against most prevalent human malaria parasite

Eating fatty fish during pregnancy may boost unborn child's brain development

New program to reduce harmful stress effectively improves mood in cancer patients

Survey: 91% of people around the world believe medical research will result in dementia cure

Genetic polymorphisms linked with muscle injury and stiffness

Inflammation plays crucial role in preventing heart attacks and strokes, study reveals

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