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Study could improve patients' abilities to manage symptoms of mental illness

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause the brain to have trouble dealing with cognitively effortful states, like focusing attention over long periods of time, discriminating between two things that are difficult to tell apart, and responding quickly to information that is coming in fast.

18 Aug 2019

Protein governing platinum-resistant ovarian cancer identified

The extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) protein is an important mechanism behind platinum-resistance in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, according to a study from a research team at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center.

18 Aug 2019

International study investigates the genetic cause of stuttering

Researchers need 3,000 Australian stutterers for an international study that is searching for the genes in human DNA which cause stuttering.

18 Aug 2019

Researchers discover how stress can decrease the desire to eat

Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat. Findings appear in Nature Communications.

18 Aug 2019

Transgender college students more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers

The largest and most comprehensive mental health survey of college students in the US reveals that students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary face enormous mental health disparities relative to their peers.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves first spinal tether device to treat children with idiopathic scoliosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first spinal tether device intended to be used in children and adolescents to correct the most common form of scoliosis, called idiopathic scoliosis, that has not responded to conservative treatment options, such as external bracing.

18 Aug 2019

UTHealth School of Dentistry offers new 'telementoring' program

Kuwaiti dentist Alaa Al-Saffar, DDS, may be 7,000 miles from the Texas Medical Center but that did not keep her from catching a lecture on mouth ulcers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

18 Aug 2019

Research finds lack of racial diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs

New research published this week in JAMA Oncology has found a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs.

18 Aug 2019

Hospital pharmacist-led approach can reduce antibiotic use

In small, community hospitals that don't have resources for a dedicated staff to oversee the proper use of antibiotics, turning to staff pharmacists showed promise in a model study conducted by Duke Health.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves new drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inrebic (fedratinib) capsules to treat adult patients with certain types of myelofibrosis.

18 Aug 2019

Stanford engineers develop stickers to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin

We tend to take our skin's protective function for granted, ignoring its other roles in signaling subtleties like a fluttering heart or a flush of embarrassment.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves novel device to treat symptoms associated with advanced heart failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Barostim Neo System for the improvement of symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure who are not suited for treatment with other heart failure devices, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy.

18 Aug 2019

Guideline recommendations for management of patients with severe TBI continue to evolve

New evidence continues to drive the evolution of guideline recommendations for the medical management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

18 Aug 2019

Despite failed promises, stem cell advocates again want taxpayers to pony up billions

Californians voted in 2004 to shell out billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund cutting-edge stem cell treatments.

16 Aug 2019

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Vision Engineering, a manufacturer of high quality visual inspection and measurement technologies, launches its latest, innovative flagship product Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) microscope.

From Vision Engineering Limited 16 Aug 2019

Study shows how plants coordinate their internal circadian clocks

From cyanobacteria to humans, nearly all living things on Earth have an internal circadian clock that regulates their activities on a 24-hour cycle.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Influenza A virus host range restricted by dysregulated expression of M gene segment

The host range of the influenza A virus is restricted by dysregulated expression of the M viral gene segment, according to a study published August 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Anice Lowen and John Steel of Emory University School of Medicine, and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Fruit fly model for studying diseases like gout, kidney stones reveals new drug targets

A new fruit fly model that mimics diseases associated with high uric acid levels, such as gout and kidney stones, has revealed new targets for developing treatments for these diseases.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it

Louis Morano knew what he needed, and he knew where to get it. He made his way to a mobile medical clinic parked on a corner of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, in the geographical heart of the city's overdose crisis. People call it "the bupe bus."

16 Aug 2019

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

The politics of health care are changing. And one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act — the so-called Cadillac tax — may be about to change with it.

16 Aug 2019

Medical News

Study could improve patients' abilities to manage symptoms of mental illness

Protein governing platinum-resistant ovarian cancer identified

International study investigates the genetic cause of stuttering

Researchers discover how stress can decrease the desire to eat

Transgender college students more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers

FDA approves first spinal tether device to treat children with idiopathic scoliosis

UTHealth School of Dentistry offers new 'telementoring' program

Research finds lack of racial diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs

Hospital pharmacist-led approach can reduce antibiotic use

FDA approves new drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis

Stanford engineers develop stickers to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin

FDA approves novel device to treat symptoms associated with advanced heart failure

Guideline recommendations for management of patients with severe TBI continue to evolve

Despite failed promises, stem cell advocates again want taxpayers to pony up billions

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Study shows how plants coordinate their internal circadian clocks

Influenza A virus host range restricted by dysregulated expression of M gene segment

Fruit fly model for studying diseases like gout, kidney stones reveals new drug targets

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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