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Study: Children who enter adolescence with weak cognitive control are at risk for trouble in adulthood

Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in risk-taking activities in adolescence, according to new research.

10 Aug 2018

Physicians who come to know about overdose deaths reduce opioid prescription

Will clinicians become more careful in prescribing opioids if they are made of aware of the risks of these drugs first-hand?

10 Aug 2018

Lesbian, gay, bisexual adults face trouble affording healthcare even after launch of ACA

The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, has reduced the number of Americans without health insurance from 18 percent to about 13 percent, statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show.

10 Aug 2018

Study: 11% of IBS-D patients suffer from suicidal thinking when their condition is bad

Eleven percent of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhoea (IBS-D) patients reveal that they suffer from suicidal thinking when their condition is bad, a new study has found.

10 Aug 2018

New combination therapy for cancer cells could soon be a reality

A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to deliver a combination therapy direct to cancer cells could be on the horizon, thanks to research from the University of East Anglia.

From Precision NanoSystems Inc. 10 Aug 2018

Ground-breaking discovery offers new hope for treatment of Alzheimer’s, other neurological diseases

There is new hope for the treatment of Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases following a ground-breaking discovery made by an Australian-Chinese research collaboration.

10 Aug 2018

Australian research breakthrough could lead to more effective treatments for dry eye disease

Australian researchers have made an important breakthrough in understanding the composition of the tear film that protects our eyes, leading to more effective treatments for dry eye disease.

10 Aug 2018

Study: Over 40% of women with asthma may develop COPD

More than 4 in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study conducted in Ontario, Canada, and published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

10 Aug 2018

Researchers describe underlying mechanisms of congestive heart failure

Congestive heart failure is a terminal disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Yet its management is limited to symptomatic treatments because the causal mechanisms of congestive heart failure -- including its most common form, ischemic cardiomyopathy -- are not known.

10 Aug 2018

Study of proteins' interaction in brain cells may help develop new therapies for epilepsy

New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by UNLV, Tufts University School of Medicine, and an international team of researchers studying how proteins interact to control the firing of brain cells.

10 Aug 2018

Game theory can be used to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches

Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new strategies to improve outcomes in patients with metastatic cancer, according to a new article published online today by JAMA Oncology.

10 Aug 2018

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia have higher risk of melanoma, shows study

While studying a large group of individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a Wilmot Cancer Institute scientific team made an important discovery -- these patients had a sizable 600 percent higher risk of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer.

10 Aug 2018

Researchers study use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open blood-brain barrier

In the first such clinical trial in the United States, physician-scientists with the University of Maryland School of Medicine are investigating the use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open the blood-brain barrier.

10 Aug 2018

New insight could help develop novel and more effective antidepressant drugs

A new area in depression research suggests dysfunction in mitochondria -- the main source of energy for cells -- could lead to major depression.

10 Aug 2018

Researchers develop technology to create hybrid catalyst from rhodium and organic catalysts

A group of Japanese researchers has developed a technology to create a hybrid catalyst from simple-structured, commercially available rhodium and organic catalysts, which reduces chemical waste and produces molecules with high selectivity of an enantiomer, a pair of molecular structures that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other.

10 Aug 2018

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Study: Children who enter adolescence with weak cognitive control are at risk for trouble in adulthood

Physicians who come to know about overdose deaths reduce opioid prescription

Lesbian, gay, bisexual adults face trouble affording healthcare even after launch of ACA

Study: 11% of IBS-D patients suffer from suicidal thinking when their condition is bad

New combination therapy for cancer cells could soon be a reality

Ground-breaking discovery offers new hope for treatment of Alzheimer’s, other neurological diseases

Australian research breakthrough could lead to more effective treatments for dry eye disease

Study: Over 40% of women with asthma may develop COPD

Researchers describe underlying mechanisms of congestive heart failure

Study of proteins' interaction in brain cells may help develop new therapies for epilepsy

Game theory can be used to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches

Patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia have higher risk of melanoma, shows study

Researchers study use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound to open blood-brain barrier

New insight could help develop novel and more effective antidepressant drugs

Researchers develop technology to create hybrid catalyst from rhodium and organic catalysts

Novel discovery offers hope for treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases

Scientists are one step closer to understanding autistic disorders

Survey shows people are unaware of the link between insufficient exercise and cancer risk

Programmed cell death follows a wave pattern killing cells as it moves finds study

Blue light from smart phones and digital devices could raise risk of blindness

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