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Functional Imagery Training helps lose five times more weight than talking therapy

Overweight people who used a new motivational intervention called Functional Imagery Training lost an average of five times more weight than those using talking therapy alone, shows new research published today by the University of Plymouth and Queensland University.

24 Sep 2018

New study finds height as possible risk factor for developing varicose veins

The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop varicose veins, according to a study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers that examined the genes of more than 400,000 people in search of clues to what causes this common but little understood condition.

24 Sep 2018

MS Society: Link between smoking and multiple sclerosis is 'clearer than ever'

The link between smoking and multiple sclerosis (MS) is “clearer than ever”, the MS Society has announced. Not only are people who smoke more likely to develop MS, smoking can also speed up how fast people with MS become disabled.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers analyze response to combination immunotherapy for patients with rare skin cancer

Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but for many, the response does not last long-term.

24 Sep 2018

Number of people with respiratory diseases likely to increase if UK air pollution remains unchecked

The number of people suffering from respiratory indications and the severity of those already suffering from the various diseases is expected to increase if air pollution in the UK goes unchecked, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

24 Sep 2018

Successful recovery from addiction means more than achieving abstinence

Successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction through attending a residential treatment program means more to the person than just staying clean and sober, an Australian-first study has found.

24 Sep 2018

Place where older adults live before hospitalization may affect risk of readmission

Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which, combined with where they lived before hospitalization, affects their risk of readmission, found a study published in CMAJ.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers compare weight loss results of online and in-person diabetes prevention program

Researchers examined participation and weight loss results in an online diabetes prevention program; an in-person diabetes prevention program; and the Veterans Administration's face-to-face standard-of-care weight management program, called MOVE!

24 Sep 2018

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

The local LGBT community reports twice the number of poor mental health days as the general population of Richmond and Columbia Counties, and those who identified as transgender report twice that, according to a health needs assessment conducted by faculty and students at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.

24 Sep 2018

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Cytox, a precision medicine company which today is commercializing polygenic risk scoring approaches for assessing genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological diseases, has announced it has expanded its research collaboration with the Australian Imaging, Biomarker & Lifestyle Flagship Study of Ageing to test new algorithms for identifying the pre-symptomatic and mild cognitively impaired people most at risk to progress to AD.

24 Sep 2018

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child. Obstetricians are often reluctant to recommend restricted weight gain for pregnant women due to safety concerns for the baby and lack of time and tools to safely guide women in their weight control efforts.

24 Sep 2018

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

Smoke inhalation, pneumonia, and combat-related trauma are just a few causes of acute respiratory distress syndrome - a condition where the lungs fill with fluid, and is too often fatal.

24 Sep 2018

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences in the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Wayne State University, has developed a nanoplatform technology that works in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs that may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

In proof-of-concept experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have highlighted a potential therapy for a rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting disorder, TTP.

24 Sep 2018

Views of minority women on gender, race/ethnicity may affect how they seek help for health needs

Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely screening mammography.

24 Sep 2018

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

When mothers use marijuana during the first 12 years of their child's life, their cannabis-using children are more likely to start at an earlier age than children of non-using mothers, according to a new study from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

24 Sep 2018

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients with moderate-to-severe or severe functional mitral regurgitation.

24 Sep 2018

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic valve replacement, a high number experienced severe and moderate cases of prosthesis-patient mismatch--meaning the implanted heart valve is too small for the patient which can lead to inadequate blood flow.

24 Sep 2018

Researchers understand how we assess our own levels of commitment and those of others

Commitment plays a crucial role in many aspects of our lives, be it in relationships, at work or, more practically, how we approach exercise or rehab and other programmes that require long-term dedication to be effective.

24 Sep 2018

Recent study helps predict probability of pregnant mothers to have child with autism

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute--led by Juergen Hahn, professor and head of biomedical engineering--are continuing to make remarkable progress with their research focused on autism spectrum disorder.

24 Sep 2018

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Functional Imagery Training helps lose five times more weight than talking therapy

New study finds height as possible risk factor for developing varicose veins

MS Society: Link between smoking and multiple sclerosis is 'clearer than ever'

Researchers analyze response to combination immunotherapy for patients with rare skin cancer

Number of people with respiratory diseases likely to increase if UK air pollution remains unchecked

Successful recovery from addiction means more than achieving abstinence

Place where older adults live before hospitalization may affect risk of readmission

Researchers compare weight loss results of online and in-person diabetes prevention program

LGBT community reports more number of poor mental health days than general population

Cytox, AIBL announce expanded agreement to assess genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

Obese pregnant women can restrict weight gain safely with proper nutrition guidance

CSU chemists may help in making extracorporeal life support devices more effective

New nanoplatform technology may reverse drug-resistance in renal cell carcinoma

Researchers highlight potential therapy for treating rare, deadly blood-clotting disorder

Views of minority women on gender, race/ethnicity may affect how they seek help for health needs

Children of mothers using cannabis may start using it at an earlier age, finds study

Study: Transcatheter mitral valve repair reduces mortality for patients with mitral regurgitation

Most patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement experience prosthesis-patient mismatch

Researchers understand how we assess our own levels of commitment and those of others

Recent study helps predict probability of pregnant mothers to have child with autism

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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