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New study to investigate how yoga benefits older people with multiple long-term health conditions

A major £1.4 million study investigating the benefits that yoga brings to older people with multiple long-term health conditions is about to begin at Northumbria University, Newcastle.

29 Nov 2018

Diets supplemented with extract of soursop leaves can prevent fibromyalgia symptoms

Researchers from the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Seville have recently published a study in which they state that diets supplemented with aqueous extract of Annona muricata L. leaves can prevent the symptoms associated with fibromyalgia, so improving the lives of these patients.

28 Nov 2018

Researchers identify first genetic risk variants for ADHD

A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium has for the first time identified genetic variants which increase the risk of ADHD.

28 Nov 2018

Antibiotics can effectively target and eliminate senescent cells

ANTIBIOTICS have emerged as potentially lifespan-enhancing drugs, according to the results of new research carried out in the UK.

28 Nov 2018

Researchers map cells in the early human placenta to shed light on pregnancy complications

To treat and prevent pregnancy-related disorders, researchers must understand not only what can go wrong, but when. Complications, such as preeclampsia and pre-term birth, often occur in the second or third trimester, and most research to date has focused on those later stages of pregnancy. But the biological events that lead to these problems could start much earlier.

28 Nov 2018

Researchers discover first common genetic risk factors associated with ADHD

A global team of researchers has found the first common genetic risk factors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a complex condition affecting around 1 in 20 children.

27 Nov 2018

Project ECHO: A telementoring project launched in Washington, D.C. and Maryland to fight diabetes

In areas of Washington, D.C. and Maryland the prevalence of diabetes is as high as 15 percent in adults. This, coupled with long waitlists at endocrinologist offices, helped to fuel the idea that primary care physicians with advanced training in diabetes could effectively care for complex patients living with diabetes.

27 Nov 2018

New study could provide a potential new drug to help fight obesity

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a way of making the white fat 'browner' and increasing the efficiency of brown fat.

27 Nov 2018

Scientists focus on epigenetics to identify factors involved in Hispanic childhood obesity

Are there changes that affect genes and fuel a person's propensity to develop obesity? That's a question under study at Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

27 Nov 2018

FDA grants accelerated approval to oncology drug for treatment of key genetic driver of cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today granted accelerated approval to Vitrakvi (larotrectinib), a treatment for adult and pediatric patients whose cancers have a specific genetic feature (biomarker).

27 Nov 2018

Small-area-based open data can help in cost-effective health care service planning

When assessing the effects of socioeconomic status on health inequalities or outcomes of care, it is worthwhile to use small-area-based open data instead of individual SES information, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

26 Nov 2018

GE Healthcare showcases new Edison applications and Edison-powered devices at RSNA 2018

GE Healthcare today announced new applications and smart devices built on Edison - a platform that helps accelerate the development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence technology and empower providers to deliver faster, more precise care.

25 Nov 2018

Study: One in five young adults in India has hypertension

One in five young adults in India has high blood pressure, according to research presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India. That equates to around 80 million people, which is more than the entire UK population.

25 Nov 2018

Diabetes on the rise and insulin production may soon become inadequate

Diabetes affects millions of people and is currently one of the most prevalent and dreaded non-communicable conditions.

23 Nov 2018

AI and Big Data enable better diagnosis, personalized treatment of eye diseases

"Exactly one year ago, we spoke about the fact that, in future, it will be possible to diagnose diabetes from the eye using automatic digital retinal screening, without the assistance of an ophthalmologist – 12 months on, MedUni Vienna is right in the middle of this digital revolution." These were the words used by Ursula Schmidt-Erfurth, Head of MedUni Vienna's Department of Ophthalmology and Optometrics to open today's press conference about the ART-2018 Specialist Meeting on new developments in retinal therapy, which is to take place on 1 December.

22 Nov 2018

Check your medical records for dangerous errors

When Liz Tidyman's elderly parents moved across the country to be closer to their children and grandchildren years ago, they carried their medical records with them in a couple of brown cardboard folders tied with string.

21 Nov 2018

Sugary drinks may be addictive and are harmful to health, study suggests

Just as we might have guessed, those tasty, sugar-sweetened beverages that increase risk of diabetes and other chronic diseases may actually be addictive.

21 Nov 2018

Gut protein mutations protect against spikes in blood glucose levels

Why is it that, despite consuming the same number of calories, sodium and sugar, some people face little risk of diabetes or obesity while others are at higher risk? A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital has uncovered mutations in a gene that appear to help drive this difference.

21 Nov 2018

Less pollution could increase the average lifespan of Copenhageners by an entire year in 2040

Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, busses and cars each year costs lives.

20 Nov 2018

About 300 million bits of DNA are missing from basic reference genome, report scientists

For the past 17 years, most scientists around the globe have been using the nucleic acid sequence, or genome, an assembly of DNA information, from primarily a single individual as a kind of "baseline" reference and human species representation for comparing genetic variety among groups of people.

20 Nov 2018

Endocrinology News and Research

Latest Endocrinology News and Research

New study to investigate how yoga benefits older people with multiple long-term health conditions

Diets supplemented with extract of soursop leaves can prevent fibromyalgia symptoms

Researchers identify first genetic risk variants for ADHD

Antibiotics can effectively target and eliminate senescent cells

Researchers map cells in the early human placenta to shed light on pregnancy complications

Researchers discover first common genetic risk factors associated with ADHD

Project ECHO: A telementoring project launched in Washington, D.C. and Maryland to fight diabetes

New study could provide a potential new drug to help fight obesity

Scientists focus on epigenetics to identify factors involved in Hispanic childhood obesity

FDA grants accelerated approval to oncology drug for treatment of key genetic driver of cancer

Small-area-based open data can help in cost-effective health care service planning

GE Healthcare showcases new Edison applications and Edison-powered devices at RSNA 2018

Study: One in five young adults in India has hypertension

Diabetes on the rise and insulin production may soon become inadequate

AI and Big Data enable better diagnosis, personalized treatment of eye diseases

Check your medical records for dangerous errors

Sugary drinks may be addictive and are harmful to health, study suggests

Gut protein mutations protect against spikes in blood glucose levels

Less pollution could increase the average lifespan of Copenhageners by an entire year in 2040

About 300 million bits of DNA are missing from basic reference genome, report scientists

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