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High daily doses of vitamin D can help reduce incidence of ARI in older, long-term care residents

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that high doses of vitamin D reduce the incidence of acute respiratory illness (ARI) in older, long-term care residents.

16 Nov 2016

Study compares reach of quitlines to number of tobacco users for different racial/ethnic groups

Quitlines, hotlines that provide free cessation services for smokers, appear to be reaching minority populations that typically underutilize cessation treatments and have high smoking prevalence, particularly African Americans and American Indians/Alaska Natives.

16 Nov 2016

Study: Fungal asthma in UK greatly exceeds prior estimates

Experts are warning of a significant increase in the number of people in the UK who are living with invasive and serious fungal diseases that affect the lungs, bloodstream and brain and can sometimes lead to death.

16 Nov 2016

New 3D scene analysis could supplement usual methods for monitoring sleep disorders

The usual method of recording periodic leg movements in sleep for people with sleep disorders is to use electromyography (EMG), an electrophysiological method used in neurological diagnosis that measures muscle activity.

16 Nov 2016

GPs must be encouraged to play active role in palliative care

Hospitals typically provide excellent end-of-life care for their patients. But when GPs assume responsibility for terminal patients, things don't always go so well.

16 Nov 2016

New discovery may lead to targeted therapy for migraines

A PhD student at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China is carrying out work that could have a significant impact on drugs developed to prevent and treat migraines.

16 Nov 2016

Bullied children excluded from communication forums that allow making new friends, study reports

There is a conception that bullied children with few friends can find new ones online. "Our research doesn't support that idea at all," says Ylva Bjereld, PhD student at the Department of social work, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

16 Nov 2016

Enterome, Bristol-Myers Squibb enter into Immuno-Oncology collaboration to identify new microbiome-derived biomarkers for cancer

Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Enterome SA (Enterome), a pioneer in the development of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics based on the gut microbiome, announced that they have entered into an Immuno-Oncology focused collaboration agreement for the discovery and development of microbiome-derived biomarkers, drug targets and bioactive molecules to be developed as potential companion diagnostics and therapeutics for cancer.

16 Nov 2016

Medical cannabis may help treat mental health problems and opioid addiction

Using marijuana could help some alcoholics and people addicted to opioids kick their habits, a UBC study has found.

16 Nov 2016

Atrial fibrillation patients treated with anticoagulant drug have higher risk of developing dementia

Atrial fibrillation patients who use the drug, warfarin, to prevent harmful blood clots from forming in their hearts to lower risk of stroke are at higher risk of developing dementia than patients who use warfarin for non-atrial fibrillation conditions, according to a new study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

16 Nov 2016

Fight for Sight, Thomas Pocklington collaborate to fund new neuro-ophthalmology research

Retinal activity in autism, ADHD and Duchenne muscular dystrophy

16 Nov 2016

Smoking, excess weight may influence how rheumatoid arthritis symptoms improve with treatment

A study finds that smoking or being overweight makes it more difficult for patients with rheumatoid arthritis to achieve optimal control of inflammation and symptoms, despite standard of care treatment.

16 Nov 2016

West Nile virus may cause delayed fatalities long after recovery, new study finds

West Nile virus may be much more deadly than previously believed, with deaths attributable to the mosquito-borne disease occurring not just in the immediate aftermath of the infection but also years later, long after patients seem to have recovered from the initial illness, according to a new study presented today at the 2016 Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)

16 Nov 2016

Research shows CRAC channel inhibitors decrease lesion size, brain hemorrhage, and neurological deficits in TBI model

Researchers from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and UCSF, and CalciMedica, Inc., are presenting a poster at the 46th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego describing the use of calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel inhibitors in traumatic brain injury (TBI).

16 Nov 2016

British and Malaysian scientists develop new, nontoxic copper catalyst for click chemistry in living organisms

Assembling a drug from harmless components at the target location, such as a tumor, would help reduce the side effects of treatment.

16 Nov 2016

Research finds difference in brain activity between native English and Japanese speakers during vocal communication

Which parts of a person's face do you look at when you listen them speak? Lip movements affect the perception of voice information from the ears when listening to someone speak, but native Japanese speakers are mostly unaffected by that part of the face.

16 Nov 2016

New study sheds light on how immune system functions during sleep

A new study sheds light on how the immune system replenishes itself during sleep. Researchers found that some subsets of T cells are reduced from the bloodstream during sleep when risk of infection is low.

16 Nov 2016

Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure and high temperatures linked to increased SIDS risk

Researchers are a step closer to understanding why cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy may increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

16 Nov 2016

New bioinformatic framework identifies protein that plays key role in diabetic kidney disease

A new bioinformatic framework developed by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has identified key proteins significantly altered at the gene-expression level in biopsied tissue from patients with diabetic kidney disease, a result that may reveal new therapeutic targets.

16 Nov 2016

New research finds increasing prevalence of clinical depression among adolescents

The rate of adolescents reporting a recent bout of clinical depression grew by 37 percent over the decade ending in 2014, with one in six girls reporting an episode in the past year, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health-led research suggests.

16 Nov 2016

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High daily doses of vitamin D can help reduce incidence of ARI in older, long-term care residents

Study compares reach of quitlines to number of tobacco users for different racial/ethnic groups

Study: Fungal asthma in UK greatly exceeds prior estimates

New 3D scene analysis could supplement usual methods for monitoring sleep disorders

GPs must be encouraged to play active role in palliative care

New discovery may lead to targeted therapy for migraines

Bullied children excluded from communication forums that allow making new friends, study reports

Enterome, Bristol-Myers Squibb enter into Immuno-Oncology collaboration to identify new microbiome-derived biomarkers for cancer

Medical cannabis may help treat mental health problems and opioid addiction

Atrial fibrillation patients treated with anticoagulant drug have higher risk of developing dementia

Fight for Sight, Thomas Pocklington collaborate to fund new neuro-ophthalmology research

Smoking, excess weight may influence how rheumatoid arthritis symptoms improve with treatment

West Nile virus may cause delayed fatalities long after recovery, new study finds

Research shows CRAC channel inhibitors decrease lesion size, brain hemorrhage, and neurological deficits in TBI model

British and Malaysian scientists develop new, nontoxic copper catalyst for click chemistry in living organisms

Research finds difference in brain activity between native English and Japanese speakers during vocal communication

New study sheds light on how immune system functions during sleep

Prenatal cigarette smoke exposure and high temperatures linked to increased SIDS risk

New bioinformatic framework identifies protein that plays key role in diabetic kidney disease

New research finds increasing prevalence of clinical depression among adolescents

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