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New blood test can predict drug resistance in patients with advanced prostate cancer

When bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, treatment with these medications becomes ineffective. Similarly, tumor cells can also change in such a way that renders them resistant to particular medications.

22 Aug 2017

Combination treatment effectively vaccinates mice against cancer

By combining an FDA-approved cancer immunotherapy with an emerging tumor-roasting nanotechnology, Duke University researchers improved the efficacy of both therapies in a proof-of-concept study using mice.

18 Aug 2017

New research suggests cell immortalization as more complicated process than originally thought

A mutation that helps make cells immortal is critical to the development of a tumor, but new research at the University of California, Berkeley suggests that becoming immortal is a more complicated process than originally thought.

18 Aug 2017

Mount Sinai experts offer tips on knowing risks and detecting symptoms of ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of death in American women and according to the National Cancer Institute, approximately 22,000 women will be diagnosed with the disease and 14,000 will die from it.

11 Aug 2017

Abdominal pain now due to dental braces swallowed 10 years earlier: Case report

In a rarely seen case, a 30-year-old woman presented to the doctors at the emergency department with a worsening pain at the centre of her abdomen. The pain was colicky over the last couple of days and on investigations the team of doctors found that it was due to something she had swallowed years earlier. The report of this case was published this week in the journal BMJ reports.

9 Aug 2017

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center named one of nation's best hospitals for 2017–18

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center once again has been recognized as one of the nation's best hospitals for 2017–18 by U.S. News & World Report.

8 Aug 2017

Investigators identify evidence-based recommendations to enhance patient's postoperative recovery

Collaborators in a new nationwide program for hospitals designed to improve the recovery of surgical patients have identified their first set of evidence-based recommendations: a care plan for colon and rectal surgical procedures.

8 Aug 2017

Potential drug offers hope for therapy-resistant breast cancer patients

UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center researchers have shown that a first-in-class molecule can prevent breast cancer growth when traditional therapies stop working.

8 Aug 2017

U.S. News names Roswell Park as 2017–18 Best Hospital for cancer

Roswell Park Cancer Institute has been named a 2017–18 Best Hospital for cancer by U.S. News & World Report.

8 Aug 2017

Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents deposit in the brain

The International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine has provided new guidance in the use of contrast agents during MRI scans. Emerging research suggests gadolinium-based contrast agents, injected in a patient's veins to brighten tissues in MRI images, accumulate in the brain.

7 Aug 2017

Botulinum neurotoxin type X holds potential to open up new field of toxin therapeutics

Botulinum toxins are currently used on more than 80 medical conditions including Muscle spasms, Overactive bladder, Chronic migraine, Cervical dystonia, Sweating and Cerebral Palsy (CP).

3 Aug 2017

"Fat switch" may hold the key to obesity finds new study

Scientists have been trying for years now to understand what causes overweight and obesity in some but not in others. Now researchers at the Monash University's Biomedicine Discovery Institute seem to have solved the puzzle that has been baffling them all – a so called “fat switch” in the brain that regulates weight gain. This could also mean a new potential for treatment of obesity in future. The study appeared in the journal Cell Metabolism today.

1 Aug 2017

Research offers explanation for ineffectiveness of checkpoint immunotherapy against bladder cancer

New research offers a possible explanation for why a new type of cancer treatment hasn't been working as expected against bladder cancer.

25 Jul 2017

African-American patients have increased gene mutations in tobacco-related tumors, study finds

African-Americans typically have worse outcomes from smoking-related cancers than Caucasians, but the reasons for this remain elusive. However, scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have taken a big step toward solving this puzzle.

25 Jul 2017

New map may be first step to developing treatments for complex brain disorders

Just as parents are not the root of all their children's problems, a single gene mutation can't be blamed for complex brain disorders like autism, according to a Keck School of Medicine of USC neuroscientist.

25 Jul 2017

Diagnosing prostate cancer through a £225 urine test

This test, which we have branded SelectMDx for Prostate Cancer, came with the acquisition of a company in the Netherlands called NovioGendix. They developed a prototype assay, so they did most of the heavy lifting in terms of discovering the two specific biomarkers that are currently in the product. These biomarkers are tuned towards the detection of what I call clinically significant prostate cancer.

24 Jul 2017

High dose flu vaccine reduces risk of respiratory and all-cause hospitalizations, study finds

In the largest nursing home study to date on the effect of a high dose (HD) flu vaccine, researchers found that vaccines with four times the antigen of standard flu (SD) vaccines significantly reduced the risk of respiratory and all-cause hospitalization during flu season.

21 Jul 2017

New report highlights beneficial effects of nonmedical interventions for people with dementia

Managing lifestyle factors such as hearing loss, smoking, hypertension and depression could prevent one-third of the world's dementia cases, according to a report by the first Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention and Care.

20 Jul 2017

Study shows variation in testosterone prescribing practices in VA system

Providers in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) system vary in their testosterone prescribing practices, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

19 Jul 2017

Researchers uncover new clues to why BRCA1 mutations cause breast and ovarian cancer

The human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them. Women who inherit a faulty copy of BRCA1 have up to a 65 percent chance to develop breast cancer by age 70. They also have up to a 39 percent chance to develop ovarian cancer.

19 Jul 2017

Urology News and Research

Latest Urology News and Research

New blood test can predict drug resistance in patients with advanced prostate cancer

Combination treatment effectively vaccinates mice against cancer

New research suggests cell immortalization as more complicated process than originally thought

Mount Sinai experts offer tips on knowing risks and detecting symptoms of ovarian cancer

Abdominal pain now due to dental braces swallowed 10 years earlier: Case report

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center named one of nation's best hospitals for 2017–18

Investigators identify evidence-based recommendations to enhance patient's postoperative recovery

Potential drug offers hope for therapy-resistant breast cancer patients

U.S. News names Roswell Park as 2017–18 Best Hospital for cancer

Gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents deposit in the brain

Botulinum neurotoxin type X holds potential to open up new field of toxin therapeutics

"Fat switch" may hold the key to obesity finds new study

Research offers explanation for ineffectiveness of checkpoint immunotherapy against bladder cancer

African-American patients have increased gene mutations in tobacco-related tumors, study finds

New map may be first step to developing treatments for complex brain disorders

Diagnosing prostate cancer through a £225 urine test

High dose flu vaccine reduces risk of respiratory and all-cause hospitalizations, study finds

New report highlights beneficial effects of nonmedical interventions for people with dementia

Study shows variation in testosterone prescribing practices in VA system

Researchers uncover new clues to why BRCA1 mutations cause breast and ovarian cancer

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