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First suicide attempts in youth more lethal than previously realized

First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a study of children and adolescents published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

4 Oct 2018

Alnylam announces positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran for treating primary hyperoxaluria-1

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced today updated positive results from its Phase 1/2 clinical study of lumasiran, an investigational, subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting glycolate oxidase for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1.

4 Oct 2018

Basis announces the launch of new model for mental health

Basis, a company offering an innovative approach to taking care of your mental health, announced today the launch of its new service designed to bring evidence-based support to more people.

4 Oct 2018

Triangular-shaped neurons found in the brain help us recognize and categorize food

Brain regions best known for recognizing the potential horror of a hurricane also help us recognize, appreciate and categorize our food, scientists report.

4 Oct 2018

Appetite-suppressant drug reduces diabetes risk and increases remission rates of blood sugar

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Berlin, Germany, and published in The Lancet, shows that the appetite-suppressant drug lorcaserin decreases risk of developing diabetes and increases the rates of remission of high blood sugar.

4 Oct 2018

Weight loss drug reduces risk of diabetes in patients with pre-diabetes, finds study

At the 2018 Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, Brigham and Women's Hospital investigators from the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Study Group presented diabetes-related findings from CAMELLIA-TIMI 61, a clinical trial of overweight and obese patients designed to test lorcaserin, a weight loss drug manufactured by the trial's sponsor, Eisai Inc.

4 Oct 2018

Hugs may buffer against deleterious consequences of interpersonal conflict

Receiving hugs may buffer against deleterious changes in mood associated with interpersonal conflict, according to a study published October 3rd in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michael Murphy of Carnegie Mellon University, along with co-authors Denise Janicki-Deverts and Sheldon Cohen.

4 Oct 2018

Scientists design new methodology of motor assessment for patients with acquired brain injury

Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Hospital Instituto Guttman have developed a new methodology of motor assessment of patients with acquired brain injury that improves the current neurorehabilitation models.

4 Oct 2018

Viruses shown to cause bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain

Viruses known to target the central nervous system may also affect neurons of the digestive tract, causing bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain.

4 Oct 2018

Discovery opens door to new therapies for type 1 diabetes

Researchers at St Vincent’s Institute in Melbourne have identified a key target of the immune response that causes type 1 diabetes.

4 Oct 2018

Australia will soon become the first country to eradicate cervical cancer

According to an announcement from the International Papillomavirus Society, Australia could soon become the first country to eradicate cervical cancer.

4 Oct 2018

Yo-yo dieting increases risk of heart attack and stroke, finds study

In the study, sudden changes in metabolic health parameters were associated with a raised risk of heart attacks, strokes and even early deaths.

4 Oct 2018

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

A new study has found that the cash and the coins that are in circulation are covered in over 19 types of bacteria that can be potentially deadly.

4 Oct 2018

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

A new PET imaging radiotracer could help researchers understand neurodegenerative disease and the aging brain. The study is featured in the October issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Oct 2018

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

The married professors were spending their Thanksgiving holiday in Egypt when the husband, Thomas L. Patterson, Ph.D., got very sick very quickly, experiencing fever, nausea and a racing heartbeat. By the time Patterson was accurately diagnosed with a highly multi-drug resistant bacterial infection, he was near death.

4 Oct 2018

Processed meat consumption may increase breast cancer risk, meta-analysis suggests

Studies on red and processed meat consumption with breast cancer risk have generated inconsistent results. An International Journal of Cancer analysis has now examined all published studies on the topic.

4 Oct 2018

Study suggests diet as major contributor for high risk of hypertension in black Americans

New findings suggest that diet is a major contributor for the increased risk of hypertension in black compared to white Americans.

4 Oct 2018

Study points out strong link between opioid overdoses and depression

The link between mental health disorders and substance abuse is well-documented. Nearly one in 12 adults in the U.S is depressed, and opioid-related deaths are skyrocketing. As these numbers continue to climb, some mental health professionals have started to wonder if there's a link between the two.

4 Oct 2018

Two-pronged approach represents potential strategy for targeting latent reservoir of HIV

With more than 35 million people worldwide living with the virus and nearly 2 million new cases each year, the human immunodeficiency virus remains a major global epidemic.

4 Oct 2018

Research suggests ways to make person-centered care more actionable for older people

Published today in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, two new research articles and a corresponding commentary from preeminent geriatrics leaders describe ways to make person-centered care--a novel approach to health that puts personal values and preferences at the forefront of decision-making--more actionable for older people.

4 Oct 2018

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First suicide attempts in youth more lethal than previously realized

Alnylam announces positive results from Phase 1/2 study of lumasiran for treating primary hyperoxaluria-1

Basis announces the launch of new model for mental health

Triangular-shaped neurons found in the brain help us recognize and categorize food

Appetite-suppressant drug reduces diabetes risk and increases remission rates of blood sugar

Weight loss drug reduces risk of diabetes in patients with pre-diabetes, finds study

Hugs may buffer against deleterious consequences of interpersonal conflict

Scientists design new methodology of motor assessment for patients with acquired brain injury

Viruses shown to cause bowel dysfunction and abdominal pain

Discovery opens door to new therapies for type 1 diabetes

Australia will soon become the first country to eradicate cervical cancer

Yo-yo dieting increases risk of heart attack and stroke, finds study

Notes and coins harbor life threatening bacteria, including MRSA and VRE

New PET imaging radiotracer could help understand the aging brain

Doctors use bacteriophages to treat patient with multi-drug resistant bacterial infection

Processed meat consumption may increase breast cancer risk, meta-analysis suggests

Study suggests diet as major contributor for high risk of hypertension in black Americans

Study points out strong link between opioid overdoses and depression

Two-pronged approach represents potential strategy for targeting latent reservoir of HIV

Research suggests ways to make person-centered care more actionable for older people

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