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MD Anderson and Houston Dynamo join hands to kick childhood cancer

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center goes gold for Kick Childhood Cancer Awareness Night at BBVA Stadium, Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. as the Houston Dynamo take on Orlando City SC, a professional soccer club in Orlando, Florida.

23 Sep 2019

Natural antioxidant in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

23 Sep 2019

Want to reduce suicides? Follow the data — to medical offices, motels and even animal shelters

On Kimberly Repp's office wall is a sign in Latin: Hic locus est ubi mors gaudet succurrere vitae. This is a place where the dead delight in helping the living.

23 Sep 2019

Discrete choice experiments can predict real-world healthcare choices, research shows

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR- the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of research demonstrating that discrete choice experiments are able to predict real-world healthcare choices.

23 Sep 2019

Researchers use high-throughput mutagenesis approach to study ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating and incurable nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control and normally death within a few years of diagnosis.

23 Sep 2019

Fat mass index, not BMI, linked to higher risk of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients

In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index, is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular events, according to new research in CMAJ.

23 Sep 2019

Wearable technology for the elderly automatically calls for help in time of need

The team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology, in collaboration with the Department of Geriatrics at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, are developing a system that monitors the health conditions of the elderly.

23 Sep 2019

Tackling the growing problem of heart disease in children with common sense interventions

Heart disease, which was once an illness affecting adults, is now a major concern among children. In fact, many studies have shown that the risks of cardiovascular disease pile up since childhood, hence, starting to educate them about practicing a healthy lifestyle is crucial to prevent the development of chronic and potentially-fatal diseases in the future.

23 Sep 2019

Study finds no overall improvement in heart transplant waitlist after policy change

In March 2016, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network revised its criteria for prioritizing children awaiting heart transplantation in the U.S. with the intention of reducing the number of deaths on the waitlist, but a new study suggests unintended consequences.

23 Sep 2019

Data on health-related quality of life often not collected for investigational cancer drugs

A recent analysis from Canada found that information on health-related quality of life is often not collected for investigational cancer drugs or used to calculate the balance of costs and benefits of these drugs when they are submitted for reimbursement, according to findings published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

23 Sep 2019

IDSA calls for meaningful funding to control current Ebola outbreak

Spending bills released by Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday demonstrate encouraging recognition of some of the most urgent health challenges threatening individual and public health at home and abroad.

23 Sep 2019

Tanzania keeping Ebola under wraps

Ebola could be already on the prowl in Tanzania, but the government is keeping it a secret. This is the official position of the World Health Organization (WHO), who says multiple cases have been secretly reported to it.

23 Sep 2019

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

For people with epilepsy, seizures affect almost every aspect of their lives. The seizures also affect their caregivers' lives, with impacts on physical health, emotional functioning, social relationships, employment and finances.

23 Sep 2019

Conference reviews effects of tobacco products, underscores the importance of oral health

On September 14, 2018 AADR held the "Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy" meeting in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

23 Sep 2019

2019 ASTMH Annual Meeting to focus on Ebola, monkey malaria, and other infectious diseases

This year's meeting will kick off with keynotes from two public health heroes who have pioneered a home-based approach to fighting infant mortality in India that's now being adopted in 10 countries.

23 Sep 2019

African bacterium resists almost all drugs

It looks like it’s time to pay the piper. The first extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of Salmonella typhimurium, called ST313 sublineage II.1, has cropped up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This fails to respond to any of the antibiotics that are commonly used in the DRC, except for ciprofloxacin. And to make things worse, one sample has been isolated that shows incomplete response even to this last drug.

22 Sep 2019

Faster, cheaper, better: improved gene therapy tool production

The heart of modern therapy is increasingly personalized and targeted at specific cellular or genetic deficits. This requires gene therapy, in many cases. A new study, published on 19 September 2019 in the journal Nature, describes an improved way to produce purified gene carrier viruses called AAVs cheaply and quickly, from the culture medium.

22 Sep 2019

New study identifies potential enzyme target for diabetic retinopathy

A new study shows that diabetic retinopathy (DR), or retinal disease caused by the high blood glucose levels in diabetes mellitus, is due to the death of retinal cells because of the high levels of a pro-enzyme called lysyl oxidase propeptide (LOX-PP). This could help researchers develop specific treatments by targeting this molecule.

22 Sep 2019

RNA hitches lysosome rides to make proteins far away from the nucleus

Proteins inside a cell are often made at the site where they are used, rather than being shipped long distances. This is so with nerve cells which have long cell extensions in the form of axons and dendrites, up to four feet long in some case

22 Sep 2019

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

Depression is the most common psychiatric comorbidity in people with epilepsy. Clinical studies have found that 20% to 30% of people with epilepsy have depression; the incidence may be as high as 50% to 55% in people visiting hospital epilepsy centers.

21 Sep 2019

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MD Anderson and Houston Dynamo join hands to kick childhood cancer

Natural antioxidant in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Want to reduce suicides? Follow the data — to medical offices, motels and even animal shelters

Discrete choice experiments can predict real-world healthcare choices, research shows

Researchers use high-throughput mutagenesis approach to study ALS

Fat mass index, not BMI, linked to higher risk of cardiovascular events in diabetic patients

Wearable technology for the elderly automatically calls for help in time of need

Tackling the growing problem of heart disease in children with common sense interventions

Study finds no overall improvement in heart transplant waitlist after policy change

Data on health-related quality of life often not collected for investigational cancer drugs

IDSA calls for meaningful funding to control current Ebola outbreak

Tanzania keeping Ebola under wraps

How one family counters epilepsy and caregiver stress by giving back

Conference reviews effects of tobacco products, underscores the importance of oral health

2019 ASTMH Annual Meeting to focus on Ebola, monkey malaria, and other infectious diseases

African bacterium resists almost all drugs

Faster, cheaper, better: improved gene therapy tool production

New study identifies potential enzyme target for diabetic retinopathy

RNA hitches lysosome rides to make proteins far away from the nucleus

Identification and management of depression in people with epilepsy to save lives

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