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Intensive weight management program can help people with type 2 diabetes achieve remission

Type 2 diabetes can be reversed following an intensive weight management program, according a randomized trial in adults who have had the condition for up to 6 years, published in The Lancet.

6 Dec 2017

Smaller hospitals have higher risk of inefficiency, study finds

Size matters when it comes to a hospital’s operational efficiency and smaller hospitals have a higher risk of inefficiency, a study has found.

6 Dec 2017

Scientists create low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies

Cornell University engineers and nutritionists have created a swift solution for a challenging global health problem: a low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies at the point of care.

5 Dec 2017

Seaweed-derived compound may offer possible solution for sun protection

A compound found in seaweed could protect human skin from the damaging impact of the sun without causing harm to marine ecosystems.

5 Dec 2017

New mass-production platform overcomes barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues

Researchers report creating a biologically accurate mass-production platform that overcomes major barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues suitable for therapeutic transplant into people.

5 Dec 2017

Researchers find high levels of stress hormone cortisol in pregnant women with PTSD

Research has shown that a woman's emotional and physical health during pregnancy impacts a developing fetus. However, less is known about the effect of past stressors and posttraumatic stress disorder on an expectant woman.

5 Dec 2017

UT Southwestern researchers identify potential approach to suppress lethal parasitic infections

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a chemical that suppresses the lethal form of a parasitic infection caused by roundworms that affects up to 100 million people and usually causes only mild symptoms.

5 Dec 2017

Patients with RBD sleep disorder have risk of developing Parkinson's disease in future

Researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that patients with the RBD sleep behavior disorder lack dopamine and have a form of inflammation of the brain. This means that they are at risk of developing Parkinson's disease or dementia when they grow older.

5 Dec 2017

'Lazy eye' could be treated with wearable augmented-reality technology

When signals between the brain and one eye go awry, input from the other eye can become predominant, a condition called amblyopia or "lazy eye."

5 Dec 2017

Binge eating can act as barrier to achieving weight-loss success

Someone who binge eats consumes an objectively large amount of food while feeling a loss of control over eating. When episodes occur weekly for several months, the action moves into the realm of binge-eating disorder.

5 Dec 2017

Researchers identify way to prevent fat cells from growing larger

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a way to prevent fat cells from growing larger, a process that leads to weight gain and obesity. By activating a pathway in fat cells in mice, the researchers found they could feed the animals a high-fat diet without making them obese.

5 Dec 2017

National health collaborative efforts can help reduce infection rates in nursing homes

Each year, 150,000 U.S. nursing home residents will receive a urinary catheter--half of whom will develop a catheter-associated urinary tract infection.

5 Dec 2017

Lemur study offers new insights into role of diet in shaping gut microbes

A study of the bacteria in the guts of three lemur species offers new insights into the role of diet in shaping these microbial ecosystems - and how these microbes may relate to primate health.

5 Dec 2017

Statisticians estimate modern contraceptive prevalence in world’s poorest nations

Statisticians Leontine Alkema, Niamh Cahill and Chuchu Wei at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others, today released new estimates and projections of modern contraceptive prevalence and other family planning outcomes for the 69 poorest countries of the world.

5 Dec 2017

Immune-boosting drug combination may hold promise for treating ovarian cancer

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers demonstrated that mice with ovarian cancer that received drugs to reactivate dormant genes along with other drugs that activate the immune system had a greater reduction of tumor burden and significantly longer survival than those that received any of the drugs alone.

5 Dec 2017

Conventional sunscreens do not block skin damage caused by visible light

There is something wrong with people's exposure to sunlight. Despite rising worldwide consumption of sunscreens, the number of cases of skin cancer continues to grow. One of the reasons may be the action of visible light, which is also harmful to skin and is not blocked by conventional sunscreens.

5 Dec 2017

BU researchers receive $2.7 million grant to find better ways of delivering anti-retrovirals

Rahm Gummuluru, PhD, associate professor of microbiology at Boston University School of Medicine, and Bjoern Reinhard, PhD, professor of chemistry at Boston University, have been awarded a Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institute of Health.

5 Dec 2017

Medical Research News

Intensive weight management program can help people with type 2 diabetes achieve remission

Smaller hospitals have higher risk of inefficiency, study finds

Scientists create low-cost, rapid test to detect iron and vitamin A deficiencies

Seaweed-derived compound may offer possible solution for sun protection

New mass-production platform overcomes barriers to bioengineering human liver tissues

Researchers find high levels of stress hormone cortisol in pregnant women with PTSD

UT Southwestern researchers identify potential approach to suppress lethal parasitic infections

Patients with RBD sleep disorder have risk of developing Parkinson's disease in future

'Lazy eye' could be treated with wearable augmented-reality technology

Binge eating can act as barrier to achieving weight-loss success

Researchers identify way to prevent fat cells from growing larger

National health collaborative efforts can help reduce infection rates in nursing homes

Lemur study offers new insights into role of diet in shaping gut microbes

Statisticians estimate modern contraceptive prevalence in world’s poorest nations

Immune-boosting drug combination may hold promise for treating ovarian cancer

Conventional sunscreens do not block skin damage caused by visible light

BU researchers receive $2.7 million grant to find better ways of delivering anti-retrovirals

New study examines effects of gene variant on resting-state brain function in patients with MDD

Scientists reveal ‘anti-metastatic surveillance’ role of Caveolin-1 protein

Study provides insight into which patients miss multiple GP appointments

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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