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New research reveals that prescription opioids are used long-term to treat severe osteoarthritis

New research published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology, reveals that prescription opioids are commonly used long-term to treat pain in older patients with severe osteoarthritis.

28 Jan 2019

Study identifies new genetic variant associated with ARDS

An international study in which Javier Belda, Professor of Surgery at the University of Valencia and Incliva researcher, participated, has identified a new genetic variant associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers discover immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered an immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma progression by shutting down immune surveillance, indicating a potential new area of therapeutic investigation.

28 Jan 2019

American adults assume boys to be in more pain than girls

Gender stereotypes can hurt children -- quite literally. When asked to assess how much pain a child is experiencing based on the observation of identical reactions to a finger-stick, American adults believe boys to be in more pain than girls, according to a new Yale study in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology.

28 Jan 2019

'Bug bombs' are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments

Total release foggers, commonly known as "bug bombs," are ineffective at removing cockroaches from indoor environments, according to a new study from North Carolina State University.

28 Jan 2019

Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain

Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education. This is shown in a study of more than 3,800 people in Sweden.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers develop new tool that images blood flow through tiny capillaries

More than 40 billion capillaries -- tiny, hair-like blood vessels -- are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body.

28 Jan 2019

Examining components of theory of mind may help better understand autism

Theory of mind is complex and involves multiple neural processes. A team of researchers has now developed a new test to examine these components and has found that people with autism--a group known to have trouble understanding the thoughts, plans, and point of view of others--have disproportionate difficulties in one particular process.

28 Jan 2019

'Antibiotic-Resistant Genes' found in one of the last pristine places on earth

Antibiotic-Resistant Genes that were first detected in urban India have been found 8,000 miles away in one of the last 'pristine' places on earth, a new study has shown.

28 Jan 2019

Newly designed drugs could help combat any potential flu pandemic

Researchers at LSTM and Imperial College London have designed drugs which could help combat any potential new flu pandemic, by targeting the receptors of the cells by which the virus gains entry to the human body.

28 Jan 2019

UTHealth enrolls first U.S. patient in novel stem cell trial to treat stroke disability

The first U.S. patient to participate in a global study of a stem cell therapy injected directly into the brain to treat stroke disability was enrolled in the clinical trial this week at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

28 Jan 2019

Targeting Sirt-1 enzyme shows promise in controlling graft-vs-host disease

Bone marrow transplant offers patients with leukemia and lymphoma a potentially curative treatment. Bone marrow from the donor contains healthy immune cells, whose mission is to protect the body from invaders.

28 Jan 2019

Injection of genetically modified virus effectively treats metastatic melanoma patients

Injection of a genetically modified virus that induces the body's own immune cells to attack metastatic melanoma effectively treated almost 40 percent of patients with tumors that could not be surgically removed, according to researchers from three prominent cancer centers in a study published as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website in advance of print publication.

28 Jan 2019

Study: Prolonged presence of precursor cells in thymus may give rise to leukemia

Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children. This blood cancer appears from the precursor cells that produce T lymphocytes.

28 Jan 2019

MedDairy diet improves health outcomes of people with cardiovascular risk

Thousands of people can take heart as new research from the University of South Australia shows a dairy-enhanced Mediterranean diet will significantly increase health outcomes for those at risk of cardiovascular disease - and it's even more effective than a low-fat diet.

28 Jan 2019

Low doses of anti-HIV drug appear to reduce tau protein in neurons of Alzheimer’s patients

The accumulation of amyloid beta plaques and tangles of a protein called tau in the brain are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.

27 Jan 2019

Study finds that spatial architecture largely dictates connectivity within the brain

A University of California, Irvine-led study reveals that connectivity within the brain appears to be largely dictated by spatial architecture rather than cell type-specific cues. The study was published this month in Cell Reports.

27 Jan 2019

Regular use of aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer

Regular use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may help some patients with head and neck cancer survive the disease, according to a study led by Professor Jennifer Grandis at the University of California, San Francisco.

27 Jan 2019

Association between tobacco use and paranoia is largely due to shared genetic influences

Paranoia is associated with regular tobacco smoking in adolescents after accounting for other factors like cannabis use, sleep disturbances and stressful life events, reports a study recently published to the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

25 Jan 2019

Scientists pinpoint mechanism that leads to steroid diabetes

Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research, have now pinpointed a mechanism that leads to so-called steroid diabetes

25 Jan 2019