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New study by Alzheimer’s Research UK highlights lack of dementia prevention research

A new study by Alzheimer’s Research UK has highlighted the lack of research into dementia prevention and called for changes to the way risk reduction studies are funded and carried out, in a bid to boost evidence on dementia risk factors.

5 Oct 2016

Study opens door towards personalized medicine for children with eczema

Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is a common skin disorder that usually starts by 5 years of age, but virtually all of the studies that have defined the immune changes underlying eczema and are directing new treatment options have been done in adult skin.

5 Oct 2016

Sexual activity does not have negative impact on athletic performance

Over the course of the Rio Olympics, 450,000 condoms were distributed around the athlete's village. This may be surprising considering the common view that abstinence from sexual activity can boost athletic performance.

5 Oct 2016

Scientists identify new pathway in the brain that can be targeted to alleviate depression

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new pathway in the brain that can be manipulated to alleviate depression. The pathway offers a promising new target for developing a drug that could be effective in individuals for whom other antidepressants have failed.

5 Oct 2016

Rutgers researchers aim to set blood transfusion standards for heart attack patients

A Rutgers physician who has championed the movement to use less blood in transfusions has been awarded more than $16.1 million by the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to lead a nation-wide clinical trial to evaluate whether a restrictive or a liberal blood transfusion is most beneficial to patients who have had a heart attack.

5 Oct 2016

Danish scientists examine prevalence of bacteria in the gut of children

A type of bacteria, which can cause diarrhea and inhibit growth in children in developing countries, has been found in 14% of a sample of children in an industrialized country.

4 Oct 2016

Researchers identify new way to prevent chemotherapy resistance in lung and breast cancers

Researchers at the University of Bradford have discovered a way to prevent chemotherapy resistance in lung cancer by blocking a protein found in cancer cells.

4 Oct 2016

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Alcohol consumption onset between eleven and thirteen years old is associated with an increased risk of psychological disorders in the future, according to a study conducted by the Complutense University of Madrid.

4 Oct 2016

Yale researchers discover new blocking mechanism to inhibit lung tumors

Lung cancer cell growth depends on certain proteins that require the addition of sugar molecule chains to become active.

4 Oct 2016

New type of nanoparticles can deliver chemotherapy efficiently to cancer cells

Engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new method that delivers chemotherapy directly and efficiently to individual cells.

4 Oct 2016

Study evaluates outcomes of hypothermia treatment among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

In a study appearing in the October 4 issue of JAMA, Paul S. Chan, M.D., of Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, and colleagues evaluated the association of hypothermia treatment with survival to hospital discharge and with favorable neurological survival at hospital discharge among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest.

4 Oct 2016

Fruit flies shed light on how insulin signaling processes may be altered by diabetes in humans

Fruit flies may be small, but the genetic secrets they can unlock for humans are mighty.

4 Oct 2016

Researchers suggest effective diagnostic tool for identifying post-concussion syndrome

Repeated concussions or other mild traumatic brain injuries can lead to prolonged symptoms and impaired quality of life.

4 Oct 2016

UZH researchers discover that children’s brain reacts differently to acute sleep deprivation

A team of researchers from the University of Zurich has studied the effects of acute sleep deprivation in children for the first time.

4 Oct 2016

Mathematical model helps explain how the brain forms new memories without wiping out old ones

Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain's biological complexity allows it to lay down new memories without wiping out old ones -- illustrating how the brain maintains the fidelity of memories for years, decades or even a lifetime.

4 Oct 2016

Prescription sleep aids may stimulate suicidal thoughts or actions

Prescription sleep aids appear to carry a rare risk of suicide, most typically when they cause the unexpected response of stimulating rather than quietening patients, researchers say.

4 Oct 2016

BUSM scientists map active human apoptosome to provide better understanding of cell death

Programmed cell death, or apoptosis, plays a central role in the maintenance of human health by providing a line of defense against unrestricted cell growth that occurs in many cancers and AIDS as well as in neurodegenerative diseases and stroke.

4 Oct 2016

New lab-on-a-chip system can detect effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin in blood

A new lab-on-a-chip system, developed by the University of Twente in The Netherlands, is capable of fast analysis of the effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin, for example. It mimicks human metabolism.

4 Oct 2016

Two Zika vaccine candidates protect newborn mice against neurological damage

Two vaccines against Zika virus developed at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfully conveyed immunity from female mice to pups conceived weeks after the mother's vaccination.

4 Oct 2016

Researchers confirm long persistence of Zika virus in semen and reveal its presence within spermatozoa

Recent work has shown that Zika virus persists in semen for up to 6 months after infection. In a correspondence published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, the researchers, in addition to confirming its long persistence in semen (in this case for more than 130 days, i.e., over 4 months), reveal the presence of the virus even within spermatozoa.

4 Oct 2016

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New study by Alzheimer’s Research UK highlights lack of dementia prevention research

Study opens door towards personalized medicine for children with eczema

Sexual activity does not have negative impact on athletic performance

Scientists identify new pathway in the brain that can be targeted to alleviate depression

Rutgers researchers aim to set blood transfusion standards for heart attack patients

Danish scientists examine prevalence of bacteria in the gut of children

Researchers identify new way to prevent chemotherapy resistance in lung and breast cancers

Alcohol consumption at early age linked to increase of psychopathological symptoms

Yale researchers discover new blocking mechanism to inhibit lung tumors

New type of nanoparticles can deliver chemotherapy efficiently to cancer cells

Study evaluates outcomes of hypothermia treatment among patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest

Fruit flies shed light on how insulin signaling processes may be altered by diabetes in humans

Researchers suggest effective diagnostic tool for identifying post-concussion syndrome

UZH researchers discover that children’s brain reacts differently to acute sleep deprivation

Mathematical model helps explain how the brain forms new memories without wiping out old ones

Prescription sleep aids may stimulate suicidal thoughts or actions

BUSM scientists map active human apoptosome to provide better understanding of cell death

New lab-on-a-chip system can detect effects of toxic substances on hemoglobin in blood

Two Zika vaccine candidates protect newborn mice against neurological damage

Researchers confirm long persistence of Zika virus in semen and reveal its presence within spermatozoa

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