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Study finds limited data to support effectiveness of digital rectal exam in primary care

Although the digital rectal exam is widely used in primary care to screen for prostate cancer, a new study finds limited data to support its effectiveness.

14 Mar 2018

Removal of cost barrier increases use of more effective, long-term contraception methods

When cost isn't an issue, women will choose more effective, long-term methods of contraception, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

14 Mar 2018

Study shows structural variations in the brain of transgender individuals

Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School in Brazil used magnetic resonance imaging to complete the first study conducted in Latin America to investigate brain volumes in transgender individuals.

14 Mar 2018

Novel use for drug shows promise as effective treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting

An innovative use for a known drug is showing promise as an effective treatment for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting, suggests a study published today in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

14 Mar 2018

Majority of Hispanic patients prefer HIV testing in Spanish, UB research finds

Clinicians are advised to never group Hispanic Americans under one collective identity. But when it comes to HIV testing, the desire to communicate with health care providers in Spanish nearly transcends ethnicity.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers develop open-source, clinically validated template for 3D-printed stethoscope

A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with limited access to medical supplies - places where a stethoscope could mean the difference between life and death.

14 Mar 2018

Survey of school nurses underscores dire need to develop more feasible food allergy policies

Nearly all school nurses participating in a national survey (96 percent) reported that staff at their school received training on handling severe allergic reactions to food. Over 80 percent asserted that their school had an emergency epinephrine auto-injector on hand to stop a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.

14 Mar 2018

Researcher working to develop improved endoscopic probe for colonoscopies

Tim Muldoon, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation to continue his work on an endoscopic probe that can be used in colonoscopies.

14 Mar 2018

Mobile phone reminders linked with incentives can raise child immunization rates in rural India

In a study conducted in rural India, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers working in collaboration with Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha, a nonprofit Indian organization focused on child health, have found that mobile phone reminders linked with incentives such as free talk time minutes work better than phone alerts alone to improve childhood immunization rates in poor communities.

14 Mar 2018

'Treatment as prevention' method can limit HIV transmission, perspective suggests

A perspective in PLOS Medicine suggests that people with HIV who achieve viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy can avoid sexual transmission of HIV without using condoms, a significant study that lends hope that the "treatment as prevention" method can stop the spread of the HIV infection.

14 Mar 2018

Scientists explore how to protect obese, premenopausal women from cardiovascular risk

Obese, premenopausal women can lose the innate protection from cardiovascular disease that their youth and estrogen are believed to afford, and scientists want to know how.

14 Mar 2018

Switching to glo vapor reverses biological effects caused by smoke exposure

A new lab-based study has shown that when airway cells damaged by cigarette smoke are exposed instead to glo vapor, the biological effects caused by smoke exposure are reversed.

14 Mar 2018

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Scientists of the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies, Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich Schiller University work at a faster and cheaper alternative for hitherto time consuming pathogen diagnostics.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers achieve 80% reduction in liver metastasis by restricting growth of blood vessels

The International Journal of Cancer has just published the results of an experimental therapy tested on mice. The research, led by the Signaling Lab research group of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy and the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology of the University of Santiago de Compostela, achieved an 80% reduction in liver metastasis brought about by colon cancer.

14 Mar 2018

School, body-image pressure, and worries affect young girls' mental health

More and more young girls seek help for mental problems. "Generally, girls take things more seriously than boys. This applies to school, friends, and family," says researcher Anders Bakken.

14 Mar 2018

Education and academic achievement can lessen effects of child abuse, neglect

The emotional and sexual abuse that some children endure can lead them to commit crimes later in life. But when children achieve good grades and don't skip school, the likelihood of self-reported, chronic criminal behaviors declines significantly, according to researchers at the University of Michigan and University of Washington.

14 Mar 2018

Researchers identify novel gene involved in familial breast cancer

An international research consortium led by Dr Jordi Surrallés, director of the Genetics Service at the Hospital de Sant Pau and professor of Genetics at the UAB, and by Dr Miquel Àngel Pujana, director of the ProCURE Research Programme of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, has identified a novel gene involved in this type of cancer, known as EDC4.

14 Mar 2018

Tumor's 'microenvironment' plays key role in altering therapeutic response of breast cancer

Cancer is typically thought of as a tumor that needs to be removed or an area that needs to be treated with radiation or chemotherapy. As a physicist and cancer researcher, Joe Gray, Ph.D., thinks differently.

14 Mar 2018

New study provides clues about how ADHD drugs affect healthy brains

A new study shows that healthy people who take attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs experience a surge in the neurotransmitter glutamate in key parts of the brain. And that increase in glutamate is associated with subsequent changes in positive emotion.

14 Mar 2018

Many patients show CKD signs prior to diabetes diagnosis

Many patients who will later be diagnosed with diabetes show signs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) even before their diabetes diagnosis, according to a study by researchers with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and VA MidSouth Healthcare Network.

14 Mar 2018

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Study finds limited data to support effectiveness of digital rectal exam in primary care

Removal of cost barrier increases use of more effective, long-term contraception methods

Study shows structural variations in the brain of transgender individuals

Novel use for drug shows promise as effective treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting

Majority of Hispanic patients prefer HIV testing in Spanish, UB research finds

Researchers develop open-source, clinically validated template for 3D-printed stethoscope

Survey of school nurses underscores dire need to develop more feasible food allergy policies

Researcher working to develop improved endoscopic probe for colonoscopies

Mobile phone reminders linked with incentives can raise child immunization rates in rural India

'Treatment as prevention' method can limit HIV transmission, perspective suggests

Scientists explore how to protect obese, premenopausal women from cardiovascular risk

Switching to glo vapor reverses biological effects caused by smoke exposure

Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases

Researchers achieve 80% reduction in liver metastasis by restricting growth of blood vessels

School, body-image pressure, and worries affect young girls' mental health

Education and academic achievement can lessen effects of child abuse, neglect

Researchers identify novel gene involved in familial breast cancer

Tumor's 'microenvironment' plays key role in altering therapeutic response of breast cancer

New study provides clues about how ADHD drugs affect healthy brains

Many patients show CKD signs prior to diabetes diagnosis

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