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Yoga may be valuable adjunct to conventional therapies for ulcerative colitis

Patients with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, often relapse at times of stress.

5 Apr 2017

Mother's voice can benefit health of preterm infants, research shows

A recent review of published research indicates that hearing their mother's voice can benefit the health of preterm infants.

5 Apr 2017

Study finds increased incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults in New Zealand

A recent analysis found a decrease in the overall incidence of colorectal cancer in New Zealand, but an increased incidence of rectal cancer in those under 50 years of age.

5 Apr 2017

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can increase activity levels and decrease fatigue using pedometers

Providing pedometers, with and without providing step targets, to individuals with rheumatoid arthritis increased activity levels and decreased fatigue in a recent study.

5 Apr 2017

Sodium citrate nasal spray could offer temporary improvement in ability to smell

A substance commonly used to treat bladder issues could temporarily treat people who have lost their sense of smell, according to research published in the journal Clinical Otolaryngology.

5 Apr 2017

Dose sparing could increase vaccine availability without compromising safety

The currently licensed seasonal trivalent influenza vaccines contain 15 micrograms of viral hemagglutinin protein per strain for adults, and up to 60 micrograms for elderly individuals; however, due to recent shortages, reducing these doses would be highly desirable.

5 Apr 2017

Tumor microenvironment poses unique challenges for effective ovarian cancer T-cell therapy

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center immunotherapy researchers Drs. Kristin Anderson and Philip Greenberg and their colleagues are working on ways to tweak their team's early successes with T-cell therapy for leukemia to apply to solid tumors.

5 Apr 2017

CBT program to promote alcohol abstinence among HIV-infected people could help save money

Public health research shows that alcohol may be a factor in more than 13 percent of deaths due to infectious diseases, including HIV.

5 Apr 2017

Young women smokers have highest risk of major heart attack than non-smoking peers, study shows

WOMEN smokers under the age of 50 are nearly 13 times more likely to suffer a major heart than non-smokers even if they are fit and healthy, according to new research led by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

5 Apr 2017

Oral gut microbe treatment improves fatty liver in mice

Oral administration of a commensal gut microbe, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, improves fatty liver in mice. F. prausnitzii is considered one of the most important bacterial indicators of a healthy gut.

5 Apr 2017

BioDirection's TBI detection system shows potential to reduce unnecessary CT scans

BioDirection, Inc., a privately held medical device company developing novel and rapid point-of-care products for the objective detection of concussion and other traumatic brain injury (TBI), announced today results from a pre-clinical study show that the company’s Tbit™ System for the detection of TBI is sensitive, provides actionable results in point-of-care settings, and has the potential to reduce the number of unnecessary computerized tomography (CT) scans.

5 Apr 2017

CenterWatch 2017 Global Investigative Site Relationship Survey ranks PAREXEL among top five CROs

PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services organisation, today announced that it was named a top contract research organisation in the CenterWatch 2017 Global Investigative Site Relationship Survey. The survey recognises CROs that have high-quality working relationships with investigative sites.

From Parexel 5 Apr 2017

Zika virus may pose increased risk to people previously infected with dengue and West Nile, study finds

As the Zika virus continues to spread rapidly across the globe, it might pose a particular risk to people previously infected with two related viruses, dengue and West Nile, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found.

5 Apr 2017

Study explores how to predict and prevent psychiatric morbidity in survivors of ARDS

After surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome, a disease in which fluid begins to leak into the lungs of critically ill patients and makes it difficult to breathe, many patients develop mental illness.

5 Apr 2017

Low normalized grip strength linked to cardiometabolic diseases and disabilities in adults

A simple test to determine a person's grip strength may be a predictor of developing metabolic disorders in middle or older age, a new cross-continental study has found.

5 Apr 2017

New study reveals link between drought and adverse health risks among older adults

A new Yale-led study reveals a distinct connection between drought exposure and adverse human health among older adults.

5 Apr 2017

Liver shows positive response to leptin therapy in patients with partial lipodystrophy, study finds

Researchers at Michigan Medicine have found the livers of patients with a rare disease that affects metabolism have responded positively to leptin therapy.

5 Apr 2017

Study finds cardio-metabolic risk factors even in individuals with normal BMI

A new research study has found that approximately one-third of all individuals with a normal body mass index (BMI) had cardio-metabolic risk factors for heart disease, especially those of South Asian and Hispanic descent.

5 Apr 2017

Method based on genetic information predicts response to drugs in epileptic patients

Researchers affiliated with the University of Campinas in São Paulo State, Brazil, have shown that genetic information can be used to improve early prediction of the response to drugs in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE), one of the most severe forms of epilepsy.

5 Apr 2017

New research takes closer look at the brain’s suspension system in TBIs

Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes separating the skull from the brain play a key role in absorbing shock and preventing damage caused during a head impact, but the details remain largely mysterious.

5 Apr 2017

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Yoga may be valuable adjunct to conventional therapies for ulcerative colitis

Mother's voice can benefit health of preterm infants, research shows

Study finds increased incidence of colorectal cancer among young adults in New Zealand

Rheumatoid arthritis patients can increase activity levels and decrease fatigue using pedometers

Sodium citrate nasal spray could offer temporary improvement in ability to smell

Dose sparing could increase vaccine availability without compromising safety

Tumor microenvironment poses unique challenges for effective ovarian cancer T-cell therapy

CBT program to promote alcohol abstinence among HIV-infected people could help save money

Young women smokers have highest risk of major heart attack than non-smoking peers, study shows

Oral gut microbe treatment improves fatty liver in mice

BioDirection's TBI detection system shows potential to reduce unnecessary CT scans

CenterWatch 2017 Global Investigative Site Relationship Survey ranks PAREXEL among top five CROs

Zika virus may pose increased risk to people previously infected with dengue and West Nile, study finds

Study explores how to predict and prevent psychiatric morbidity in survivors of ARDS

Low normalized grip strength linked to cardiometabolic diseases and disabilities in adults

New study reveals link between drought and adverse health risks among older adults

Liver shows positive response to leptin therapy in patients with partial lipodystrophy, study finds

Study finds cardio-metabolic risk factors even in individuals with normal BMI

Method based on genetic information predicts response to drugs in epileptic patients

New research takes closer look at the brain’s suspension system in TBIs

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