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Study seeks to understand social functioning among young adult cancer survivors

Cancer survivors often talk about wanting to get back to normal, but a new study indicates many young adults who survived the disease struggle with attaining this goal two years after their initial diagnosis.

21 Jul 2017

WHO alerts countries to increasing trend of HIV drug resistance

WHO alerts countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs detailed in a report based on national surveys conducted in several countries.

21 Jul 2017

Alzheimer’s drug may be promising treatment for traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death globally, but medications have generally failed to benefit patients. A new study found that memantine, a drug that is used to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease, may be a promising therapy.

21 Jul 2017

Researchers explore how physical exercise affects brain metabolism

Numerous studies have shown that physical exercise seems beneficial in the prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia in old age. Now researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt have explored in one of the first studies worldwide how exercise affects brain metabolism.

21 Jul 2017

Research reveals differences in brain structure between boys and girls with antisocial behavior

The causes of severe antisocial behavior may differ between boys and girls, which could pave the way for new sex-specific treatments, according to a major new study published today.

21 Jul 2017

New mathematical model could serve as guide to halt spread of mosquito-borne viruses

Upstate Medical University researcher Anna Stewart Ibarra, Ph.D., M.P.A., and her colleagues have created a mathematical model that can serve as a guide to make monthly predictions on when people are at greatest risk for contracting mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya, due to climate conditions.

21 Jul 2017

Study: Patients discharged from emergency department with AKI remain at increased risk of death

A new study indicates that patients discharged from the emergency department with acute kidney injury (AKI) remain at an increased risk of dying within 30 days. The findings appear in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

21 Jul 2017

New genomic research partnership promises to redefine and transform cancer treatment

Personalized cancer therapies are on the horizon thanks to a new genomic cancer research partnership between the Gene Editing Institute of Christiana Care Health System's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the biotechnology company NovellusDx.

21 Jul 2017

Noninvasive treatment uses cooled radio energy to provide relief from arthritis pain

Pain medicine specialists at Rush have helped develop, and are among the first in the country to provide, a noninvasive treatment for knee arthritis that uses cooled radio energy to target and interrupt pain signals.

21 Jul 2017

Findings may lead to better diagnostics and treatments for women with preeclampsia

Researchers have developed a method that could help rapidly diagnose preeclampsia in pregnant women. They have also uncovered clues that might help explain why women with preeclampsia often develop an abnormal amount of protein in the urine, or proteinuria.

21 Jul 2017

Novel model predicts single heart cell's response to dwindling supplies of oxygen

Time is of the essence when treating a patient undergoing a heart attack. Cardiac surgeons attempt to quickly stabilize the heart by applying reperfusion, a technique that restores oxygen to the heart by opening up blocked vessels with balloons and stents.

21 Jul 2017

New PET-CT scan can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis more accurately than traditional tests

Using a new imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than traditional tests, researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that the disease affects other organs in 40 percent of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

21 Jul 2017

Researchers devise strategy to target Achilles heel of nervous system cancers

Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side effects associated with cancer treatment.

21 Jul 2017

Stanford engineers develop new vine-like growing robot

Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand or having dogs sniff for signs of life, they bring out a small, air-tight cylinder. They place the device at the entrance of the debris and flip a switch.

21 Jul 2017

Rising seas could be detrimental to human health on a much shorter time scale, say researchers

In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from the University of Missouri found that clams from the Holocene Epoch (that began 11,700 years ago) contained clues about how sea level rise due to climate change could foreshadow a rise in parasitic trematodes, or flatworms.

21 Jul 2017

HSE researchers uncover network structure of AIDS denialist online communities

HSE researchers examined the structure of online communities of Russian AIDS denialists - people who deny the reality of HIV and AIDS - and the manner in which they spread their ideas. The findings are published in American Behavioral Scientist.

20 Jul 2017

Majority of primary care providers could not recognize all risk factors for prediabetes, survey finds

Johns Hopkins researchers who distributed a survey at a retreat and medical update for primary care physicians (PCPs) report that the vast majority of the 140 doctors who responded could not identify all 11 risk factors that experts say qualify patients for prediabetes screening.

20 Jul 2017

Advanced lung cancer patients get survival benefit with use of concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy

For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialized radiation treatment, proton therapy, offers improved survival compared to historical data for standard of care, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

20 Jul 2017

$Bone density measurement, fracture history can predict long-term fracture risk in older women$

Bone density measurement, fracture history can predict long-term fracture risk in older women

Factors such as low bone density and previous fractures are commonly used to predict an individual's risk of experiencing a fracture over the next 10 years.

20 Jul 2017

University of Sussex receives £428K grant for skin cancer research

The University of Sussex is to carry out vital research into skin cancer thanks to a new grant from The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

20 Jul 2017

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Study seeks to understand social functioning among young adult cancer survivors

WHO alerts countries to increasing trend of HIV drug resistance

Alzheimer’s drug may be promising treatment for traumatic brain injury

Researchers explore how physical exercise affects brain metabolism

Research reveals differences in brain structure between boys and girls with antisocial behavior

New mathematical model could serve as guide to halt spread of mosquito-borne viruses

Study: Patients discharged from emergency department with AKI remain at increased risk of death

New genomic research partnership promises to redefine and transform cancer treatment

Noninvasive treatment uses cooled radio energy to provide relief from arthritis pain

Findings may lead to better diagnostics and treatments for women with preeclampsia

Novel model predicts single heart cell's response to dwindling supplies of oxygen

New PET-CT scan can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis more accurately than traditional tests

Researchers devise strategy to target Achilles heel of nervous system cancers

Stanford engineers develop new vine-like growing robot

Rising seas could be detrimental to human health on a much shorter time scale, say researchers

HSE researchers uncover network structure of AIDS denialist online communities

Majority of primary care providers could not recognize all risk factors for prediabetes, survey finds

Advanced lung cancer patients get survival benefit with use of concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy

Bone density measurement, fracture history can predict long-term fracture risk in older women

University of Sussex receives £428K grant for skin cancer research

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