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Drug coated balloons are as good as stent implants for treating small blocked arteries

A removable balloon is as good as a permanent stent implant for opening small blocked arteries, according to late breaking results from the BASKET-SMALL 2 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2018 and simultaneously published in The Lancet.

28 Aug 2018

New findings reveal potential role of interleukin-1 alpha in risk for heart attacks, strokes

XBiotech Inc. announced today the publication of findings that point toward a white blood cell-derived interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1⍺) as a cause of blood clots that could lead to heart attacks or strokes.

28 Aug 2018

Adults aged over 45 with psychological distress may have high risk of cardiovascular disease

Adults ages 45 or older who experience psychological distress such as depression and anxiety may have an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

28 Aug 2018

Collaborative music lessons can improve attitudes of pupils towards autistic peers

Collaborative music lessons in schools improve the attitudes of pupils towards their peers with autism, a new study in the journal Autism reports.

28 Aug 2018

Mice study reveals brain-heart biomarker for epilepsy after malaria

Animals that develop epilepsy after an infection can be identified as early as three months prior to their first seizure by measuring interactions between the brain and the heart.

From Society for Neuroscience 28 Aug 2018

Foods that constitute heart healthy diet for people globally may vary from what was earlier thought

The foods that make up a heart healthy diet for people worldwide may differ from what was previously thought, according to late breaking results from the observational Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and simultaneously published in the Lancet.

28 Aug 2018

Stress gene increases vulnerability to developing chronic pain, study reveals

A study of more than 1,000 motor vehicle accident survivors published in JNeurosci reveals a common variant in a gene involved in the stress response that increases vulnerability to developing chronic pain. Addressing the interaction between this genetic variant and post-traumatic stress may represent a supplemental or alternative to treatment with addictive opioids.

28 Aug 2018

Taking vacations could prolong life, suggests new study

Taking vacations could prolong life. That's the finding of a 40-year study presented today at ESC Congress and accepted for publication in The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging.

28 Aug 2018

Experts to discuss concepts, methods of gender medicine and their impact on oncology

Gender-based approaches to studying and treating disease have remained largely unexplored in medical oncology, despite the field's growing interest in precision medicine and accumulating evidence that sex is a major factor in disease risk and response to treatment.

28 Aug 2018

Ocular Syphilis study finds increasing numbers of people at risk for permanent vision damage

A new study into recent cases of Ocular Syphilis warns increasing numbers of people in developed countries are at risk of permanent damage to their vision, even with adequate treatment.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Cancer tumor cells in the blood can be more accurately and cheaply detected using a malaria protein, new research led by UNSW’s Chris Heeschen shows.

28 Aug 2018

Dairy products appear to protect against mortality from cerebrovascular disease

The consumption of dairy products has long been thought to increase the risk of death, particularly from coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer, because of dairy's relatively high levels of saturated fat.

28 Aug 2018

Low carbohydrate diet can increase risk of premature death, finds study

Low carbohydrate diets are unsafe and should be avoided, according to a large study presented today at ESC Congress 2018.

28 Aug 2018

Researchers create candidate drugs with potential to curb smoking

Washington State University researchers have created more than a dozen candidate drugs with the potential to curb smokers' desire for nicotine by slowing how it is broken down in the body. The researchers hope the substances can help people reduce their consumption of tobacco, if not quit altogether.

28 Aug 2018

New combination treatment could help some people with advanced melanoma

A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could help some people with advanced melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, live longer.

28 Aug 2018

New study reveals how cells connect and how these connections impact circadian rhythm

If you've ever experienced jet lag, you are familiar with your circadian rhythm, which manages nearly all aspects of metabolism, from sleep-wake cycles to body temperature to digestion.

28 Aug 2018

Study finds no evidence of doctors retiring after implementation of EHRs

Prominent journalists including the late Pulitzer Prize-winner Charles Krauthammer, have written that doctors are leaving the practice of medicine because adopting and using electronic health records is frustrating and debilitating.

28 Aug 2018

Study: Food insecurity strongly linked to mortality rates in adults

A wide array of negative health outcomes have been associated with food insecurity including diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease.

28 Aug 2018

WVU professor working to predict, prevent a major cholera outbreak in Yemen

Antar Jutla, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at West Virginia University, is part of a British-led humanitarian team that is working to predict and prevent a major outbreak of cholera in war-torn Yemen.

28 Aug 2018

Most commonly prescribed drugs to primary care patients are not often tested

Drugs most commonly prescribed to patients seen by primary care physicians are not often tested in the patients who go to these clinics, where most people receive their care, say investigators at Georgetown University Medical Center and Yale School of Medicine.

28 Aug 2018

Medical Research News

Drug coated balloons are as good as stent implants for treating small blocked arteries

New findings reveal potential role of interleukin-1 alpha in risk for heart attacks, strokes

Adults aged over 45 with psychological distress may have high risk of cardiovascular disease

Collaborative music lessons can improve attitudes of pupils towards autistic peers

Mice study reveals brain-heart biomarker for epilepsy after malaria

Foods that constitute heart healthy diet for people globally may vary from what was earlier thought

Stress gene increases vulnerability to developing chronic pain, study reveals

Taking vacations could prolong life, suggests new study

Experts to discuss concepts, methods of gender medicine and their impact on oncology

Ocular Syphilis study finds increasing numbers of people at risk for permanent vision damage

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Dairy products appear to protect against mortality from cerebrovascular disease

Low carbohydrate diet can increase risk of premature death, finds study

Researchers create candidate drugs with potential to curb smoking

New combination treatment could help some people with advanced melanoma

New study reveals how cells connect and how these connections impact circadian rhythm

Study finds no evidence of doctors retiring after implementation of EHRs

Study: Food insecurity strongly linked to mortality rates in adults

WVU professor working to predict, prevent a major cholera outbreak in Yemen

Most commonly prescribed drugs to primary care patients are not often tested

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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