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Researchers develop new software to improve success rates for image guided CRT

A team of specialists from King's College London, St Thomas' Hospital, and Siemens Healthineers have recently published details of a novel approach to lead placement during image guided cardiac resynchronization therapy.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers discover reason why many bladder cancer patients do not respond to immunotherapy

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that a particular type of cell present in bladder cancer may be the reason why so many patients do not respond to the groundbreaking class of drugs known as PD-1 and PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors, which enable the immune system to attack tumors.

29 Aug 2018

Conscious feelings stem from bodily sensations

Humans constantly experience an ever-changing stream of subjective feelings that is only interrupted during sleep and deep unconsciousness.

29 Aug 2018

Dectin-1 pathway could be important new target for treatment of candidiasis, study shows

Candida albicans infection (candidiasis) can cause skin, genital, or oral pain. Many studies have attempted to understand the source of pain in candidiasis; none have provided a clear explanation, until now.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers discover mechanism that steers growth of cancer cells in melanoma and liver cancer

Melanoma and liver cancer are becoming more widespread in Europe and the US. Whilst both diseases progress very differently, they are among the types of cancer which are most likely to be fatal in the Western world.

29 Aug 2018

Ketamine's acute antidepressant effect requires opioid system activation, finds study

A new study appearing online today from the American Journal of Psychiatry finds that ketamine's acute antidepressant effect requires opioid system activation, the first time that a receptor site has been shown in humans to be necessary for any antidepressant's mechanism of action.

29 Aug 2018

New study suggests chemotherapy may cause early menopause in women with lung cancer

A new study suggests chemotherapy may cause acute amenorrhea leading to early menopause in women with lung cancer.

29 Aug 2018

Routine oral care to treat gum disease may improve cognitive function in cirrhosis patients

Routine oral care to treat gum disease may play a role in reducing inflammation and toxins in the blood and improving cognitive function in people with liver cirrhosis.

29 Aug 2018

Study suggests new strategies for using cell metabolism to treat cancer

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have discovered that cell metabolism plays an important role in the ability of cells to start a survival program called autophagy, an unwanted side effect of some anti-cancer drugs that helps some tumor cells dodge treatment and eventually regrow into new tumors.

29 Aug 2018

New 3D printed light receptors mark important step toward creating ‘bionic eye’

A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time, fully 3D printed an array of light receptors on a hemispherical surface. This discovery marks a significant step toward creating a "bionic eye" that could someday help blind people see or sighted people see better.

29 Aug 2018

Study: Understanding other’s feeling based on tone of voice can be challenging to teens

Your teenage daughter gets into a shouting match with another kid at school. It turns out that it may have started over something as simple as not understanding one another's tones of voice.

29 Aug 2018

Novel biomedical imaging system improves diagnosis of life-threatening diseases

Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that combines optical and ultrasound technology to improve diagnosis of life-threatening diseases.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new approach to treating cancer using enzyme therapy

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new approach to treating cancer using enzyme therapy.

29 Aug 2018

Study explores whether chemotherapy affects older woman's ability to function

Older women are at higher risk for developing breast cancer than younger women are--almost half of all breast cancer cases, and most breast cancer deaths, occur in women who are 65 or older. Despite this, we know very little about how breast cancer and its treatments affect older women.

29 Aug 2018

Study explores effects of combined, isolated use of cannabis and nicotine on the brain

Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth® at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine use, versus the use of solely cannabis and solely nicotine.

29 Aug 2018

Change in type of breathing tube used for resuscitation can improve odds of survival

A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics use to resuscitate patients with sudden cardiac arrest can significantly improve the odds of survival and save thousands of lives.

29 Aug 2018

New parental training program improves toddlers' reactions to mildly stressful situations

A parental training program for families referred to Child Protective Services improved toddlers' unconscious reactions to mildly stressful situations, as well as improving parents' behavior, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and the University of Washington.

29 Aug 2018

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Clinicians should consider how the way we think can make us vulnerable to obesity, and how obesity is genetically intertwined with brain structure and mental performance, according to new research.

29 Aug 2018

Around 8.4 million deaths occur each year from poor quality of care in low- and middle-income countries

Recent gains against the burden of illness, injury, and disability and commitment to universal health coverage are insufficient to close the enormous gaps that remain between what is achievable in human health and where global health stands today, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

29 Aug 2018

Cardiac arrest patients resuscitated with new breathing tube more likely to survive, finds study

When paramedics resuscitated cardiac arrest patients with a new type of breathing tube, their patients were more likely to survive, according to a University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston-led study in today's JAMA.

29 Aug 2018

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Researchers develop new software to improve success rates for image guided CRT

Researchers discover reason why many bladder cancer patients do not respond to immunotherapy

Conscious feelings stem from bodily sensations

Dectin-1 pathway could be important new target for treatment of candidiasis, study shows

Researchers discover mechanism that steers growth of cancer cells in melanoma and liver cancer

Ketamine's acute antidepressant effect requires opioid system activation, finds study

New study suggests chemotherapy may cause early menopause in women with lung cancer

Routine oral care to treat gum disease may improve cognitive function in cirrhosis patients

Study suggests new strategies for using cell metabolism to treat cancer

New 3D printed light receptors mark important step toward creating ‘bionic eye’

Study: Understanding other’s feeling based on tone of voice can be challenging to teens

Novel biomedical imaging system improves diagnosis of life-threatening diseases

Researchers develop new approach to treating cancer using enzyme therapy

Study explores whether chemotherapy affects older woman's ability to function

Study explores effects of combined, isolated use of cannabis and nicotine on the brain

Change in type of breathing tube used for resuscitation can improve odds of survival

New parental training program improves toddlers' reactions to mildly stressful situations

The connection between brain anatomy, genes and obesity

Around 8.4 million deaths occur each year from poor quality of care in low- and middle-income countries

Cardiac arrest patients resuscitated with new breathing tube more likely to survive, finds study

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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