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Nasal surgery can reduce or eliminate chronic headaches in selected patients

Nasal surgery to relieve obstructed breathing can reduce or eliminate chronic headaches in selected patients, reports a paper in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

29 Nov 2018

Physical inactivity viewed as serious public health concern by many Canadians

Physical inactivity is nearly on par with unhealthy diets and tobacco use as a public health concern among Canadians, a new UBC study has found.

29 Nov 2018

New Cochrane review assesses efficacy of pyrethroid-PBO nets for preventing malaria in Africa

Researchers from LSTM have confirmed that using pyrethroid-PBO treated nets to prevent malaria is more effective at killing mosquitoes in areas where there is a high level of resistance to pyrethroids.

29 Nov 2018

Consumption of hemp-containing foods can lead to exceedance of acute reference dose

On the basis of the available data, the BfR comes to the following conclusion: the consumption of hemp-containing foods with the total -Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) levels on which the calculation is based can lead to an exceedance of the acute reference dose (ARfD) of 0.001 milligrams (mg) per kilogram body weight proposed by EFSA.

29 Nov 2018

Women with sleep apnea show higher risk of heart damage

A new study has found that a common but dangerous sleep disorder called obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) poses more of a cardiac risk to women than men.

29 Nov 2018

RCSI study: One quarter of suicide attempts are associated with perceptual difficulties

Researchers at RCSI have revealed that one quarter of suicide attempts are associated with dysfunction in how the brain interprets basic perceptual information, such as what we see, hear and think.

29 Nov 2018

Study investigates how women value, use, and trust 'Dr Google'

Women experiencing signs of breast cancer vary in how they value, use, and trust 'Dr Google' when making sense of their symptoms, a new study in the journal Health, Risk & Society reports.

29 Nov 2018

Researchers find how skin cancer cells avoid attack by the immune system

Researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center discovered a new signal pathway employed by skin cancer cells to avoid attack by the immune system. In an animal model and through analysis of human tissue samples, Dr. Toszka Bohn, Dr. Steffen Rapp and Professor Tobias Bopp were able to demonstrate the significant role played by a specific protein called ICER.

29 Nov 2018

Regular sauna use linked with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Regular sauna use is associated with a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease in men and women aged 50 years and over, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.

29 Nov 2018

Researchers discover pathway for enhancing the self-repair efforts of injured kidneys

A team of researchers led by Jonathan Stamler, MD, of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, has discovered a pathway for enhancing the self-repair efforts of injured kidneys.

29 Nov 2018

New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce side effects of cancer radiation therapy

New accelerator-based technology being developed by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University aims to reduce the side effects of cancer radiation therapy by shrinking its duration from minutes to under a second.

29 Nov 2018

Study finds 'alarmingly low' prevalence of metabolic health in American adults

The prevalence of metabolic health in American adults is 'alarmingly low,' even among people who are normal weight, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health.

29 Nov 2018

DNA mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells do not differ, shows research

Researchers from the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology have shown that the number of mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells does not differ.

29 Nov 2018

New findings provide clues about neural circuitries that facilitate or undermine adaptation

Neighborhood violence has been associated with adverse health effects on youth, including sleep loss, asthma and metabolic syndrome. Yet some youth living in high-crime neighborhoods manage to avoid these effects.

29 Nov 2018

Super bugs “supercharging” on the International Space Station

Researchers and microbiologists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA, had found that there were five different types of Enterobacter present in the toilets and exercise areas on the ISS.

29 Nov 2018

“Placental organoids” could be the future of pregnancy and conception research say researchers

Researchers have successfully managed to develop “mini placentas” or placenta organoids in the laboratories that could transform research of pregnancy, conception, stillbirth, miscarriages and pregnancy diseases and disorders.

29 Nov 2018

Skin cancer rates 350% more than previous estimates suggested, new UK database reveals

Data from the newly established UK skin cancer database, the largest database of its kind in the world, has revealed that there are over 45,000 cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (cSCC) every year in England, 350 per cent more than previous estimates suggested.

29 Nov 2018

Medical Research News

Nasal surgery can reduce or eliminate chronic headaches in selected patients

Physical inactivity viewed as serious public health concern by many Canadians

New Cochrane review assesses efficacy of pyrethroid-PBO nets for preventing malaria in Africa

Consumption of hemp-containing foods can lead to exceedance of acute reference dose

Women with sleep apnea show higher risk of heart damage

RCSI study: One quarter of suicide attempts are associated with perceptual difficulties

Study investigates how women value, use, and trust 'Dr Google'

Researchers find how skin cancer cells avoid attack by the immune system

Regular sauna use linked with lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease

Researchers discover pathway for enhancing the self-repair efforts of injured kidneys

New accelerator-based technology aims to reduce side effects of cancer radiation therapy

Study finds 'alarmingly low' prevalence of metabolic health in American adults

DNA mutations in healthy and leukemic blood stem cells do not differ, shows research

New findings provide clues about neural circuitries that facilitate or undermine adaptation

Super bugs “supercharging” on the International Space Station

“Placental organoids” could be the future of pregnancy and conception research say researchers

Skin cancer rates 350% more than previous estimates suggested, new UK database reveals

Study: Thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in maintaining consciousness

Climate change risks are on the rise globally warn researchers

Lifestyle intervention can benefit obese children despite common gene variants

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

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