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Diabetes and high blood sugar impose negative effect on cognitive, decision-making skills

MINNEAPOLIS - In just two years, people with type 2 diabetes experienced negative changes in their ability to regulate blood flow in the brain, which was associated with lower scores on tests of cognition skills and their ability to perform their daily activities, according to a new study published in the July 8, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

9 Jul 2015

Defects in mitochondria play key role in transition of normal cells to cancerous cells

Cancer cells defy the rules by which normal cells abide. They can divide without cease, invade distant tissues and consume glucose at abnormal rates.

9 Jul 2015

Vanderbilt investigators develop potential antibody treatments against chikungunya

In late 2013 the Caribbean had its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Today there have been almost 1.2 million cases in 44 countries or territories, including 177 cases in 31 U.S. States. Vanderbilt University Medical Center's James Crowe, M.D., Ann Scott Carell Professor and director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, and his team are reporting the first large panel of antibody treatments against this disease in the current issue of Cell Host and Microbe.

9 Jul 2015

Neuroscientist receives $2.9 million grant to explore link between language and brain function

Can reading interventions positively impact reading skills and math skills? If so, can the improvement be observed inside the brains of children with combined reading and math disabilities?

9 Jul 2015

Study: Brain activity changes after memory retraining in TBI patients

Kessler Foundation researchers published results of their TBI-MEM trial, the first study to demonstrate significant changes in cerebral activation after memory retraining in individuals with traumatic brain injury.

9 Jul 2015

Children with Wilms tumour can now be given less intensive chemotherapy

CHILDREN with a rare type of cancer called Wilms' tumour who are at low risk of relapsing can now be given less intensive treatment, avoiding a type of chemotherapy that can cause irreversible heart problems in later life.

9 Jul 2015

MGH investigators report that medication could augment benefits of bariatric surgery

New findings about the mechanisms involved - or not involved - in the effects of the most common form of bariatric surgery suggest that combining surgery with a specific type of medication could augment the benefits of the procedure. In a report that has been published online in the journal Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital investigators report that the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) do not utilize neurologic pathways controlled by the serotonin 2C receptor.

9 Jul 2015

NSU cancer researcher selected for prestigious J. William Fulbright award

Nova Southeastern University cancer researcher Appu Rathinavelu, Ph.D., was selected for a prestigious J. William Fulbright award to conduct cancer research and training in India. Dr. Rathinavelu is associate dean for institutional planning and development at NSU's College of Pharmacy and executive director of NSU's Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research.

9 Jul 2015

Mayo Clinic awarded $11 million NCI grant to study survivorship in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Mayo Clinic announced today that it has received a five-year, $11 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study survivorship in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). The Lymphoma Epidemiology of Outcomes Cohort Study will enroll 12,000 patients with NHL. The study will follow these patients for long-term prognosis and survivorship.

9 Jul 2015

Computer model shows how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth for their own benefit

Rice University researchers have built a simulation to show how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth for their own benefit.

9 Jul 2015

Annual financial impact of smoking on California's economy tallied at $18.1 billion

Today Nicotine & Tobacco Research publishes the third in a series of studies on the cost of smoking in California, one of the first US states to implement a comprehensive tobacco control program.

9 Jul 2015

Faster weight gain during inpatient treatment safe, effective for anorexia patients

A new study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers of patients hospitalized with anorexia nervosa shows that a faster weight gain during inpatient treatment — well beyond what national standards recommend — is safe and effective.

9 Jul 2015

Chemicals used in plastics linked to increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes in children and adolescents

According to a new series of studies out of NYU Langone Medical Center, two chemicals increasingly used during manufacturing to strengthen plastic wrap, soap, cosmetics, and processed food containers have been linked to a rise in risk of high blood pressure and diabetes in children and adolescents.

9 Jul 2015

International research team identifies new gene associated with 4H leukodystrophy

Leukodystrophies are deadly neurodegenerative diseases that affect one in 7,000 children and remain incurable. These genetic diseases attack myelin or the "insulating rubber sheath" surrounding neurons, which leads to deteriorating health for affected children.

9 Jul 2015

UK study suggests new approach to develop highly-potent drugs

A new study led by University of Kentucky researchers suggests a new approach to develop highly-potent drugs which could overcome current shortcomings of low drug efficacy and multi-drug resistance in the treatment of cancer as well as viral and bacterial infections.

9 Jul 2015

Internet-based program can help people manage their chronic pain, reduce reliance on opioids

Washington State University researchers have found that people can manage chronic pain and reduce their reliance on opioids through an Internet-based program that teaches non-medical alternatives like increased physical activity, thinking more positively and dealing with emotions.

8 Jul 2015

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Diabetes and high blood sugar impose negative effect on cognitive, decision-making skills

Defects in mitochondria play key role in transition of normal cells to cancerous cells

Vanderbilt investigators develop potential antibody treatments against chikungunya

Neuroscientist receives $2.9 million grant to explore link between language and brain function

Study: Brain activity changes after memory retraining in TBI patients

Children with Wilms tumour can now be given less intensive chemotherapy

MGH investigators report that medication could augment benefits of bariatric surgery

NSU cancer researcher selected for prestigious J. William Fulbright award

Mayo Clinic awarded $11 million NCI grant to study survivorship in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Computer model shows how cancerous tumors manipulate blood-vessel growth for their own benefit

Annual financial impact of smoking on California's economy tallied at $18.1 billion

Faster weight gain during inpatient treatment safe, effective for anorexia patients

Chemicals used in plastics linked to increased risk of high blood pressure, diabetes in children and adolescents

International research team identifies new gene associated with 4H leukodystrophy

UK study suggests new approach to develop highly-potent drugs

Internet-based program can help people manage their chronic pain, reduce reliance on opioids

New research identifies potential treatment for primary effusion lymphoma

LUX-Lung 8 supports afatinib in squamous NSCLC

Surgery delays for elderly patients with traumatic spinal cord injury

DME treatment evolves in favour of intravitreal anti-VEGF injections

How microRNA is transforming science: From discovery to diagnostics

Advancing benzodiazepine detection

The Surgeon-Scientist Pioneering Regenerative Engineering

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