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Analysis shows changes in public perception of e-cigarettes and cigarettes

An analysis of data from two nationally representative surveys reports a greater proportion of U.S. adults perceived electronic cigarettes to be as, or more, harmful than cigarettes and a decreasing proportion of U.S. adults perceived e-cigarettes to be less harmful than cigarettes.

30 Mar 2019

Deaths associated with tobacco smoking continue to increase among men in Asia

In this analysis of data from 20 studies conducted in China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and India with more than 1 million participants, deaths associated with smoking continued to increase among men in Asia grouped by the years in which they were born.

30 Mar 2019

Illinois professor works to improve technology in the NICU

The bond between a parent and their child is forged within the first few weeks of life. The nurse places the baby in their parents' arms where it will be comforted and rocked for countless hours of their newborn life.

30 Mar 2019

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes could be common in tropical and subtropical rural settings

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes, initially reported among agricultural communities in Central America and Sri Lanka, is also present in India, particularly in Southern rural areas, and could be common in other tropical and subtropical rural settings.

30 Mar 2019

QUT researchers suggest financial aid to cover childcare costs for female academics

Offering financial aid to cover childcare costs for female academics attending conferences is one of the suggestions offered by QUT researchers who surveyed Australian women on how caring for children has affected their careers.

30 Mar 2019

Neuroscientists develop new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia

Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have developed a new animal model of schizophrenia that will enable researchers around the world to better understand the disease and develop new treatments.

30 Mar 2019

Research demonstrates clinical utility of ddPCR-powered liquid biopsy at 2019 AACR Annual Meeting

New research demonstrating the clinical utility of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR powered liquid biopsy will be presented this week during the 2019 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting in Atlanta, March 29-April 3.

30 Mar 2019

New combination therapy found to be well tolerated in patients with aggressive brain tumor

A phase I clinical trial that set out to assess the safety of a new combination therapy for a type of aggressive brain tumour has found the treatment to be well tolerated in patients.

30 Mar 2019

Scientists create new models of tropical eye worm for development of anti-filarial drugs

Researchers at the LSTM's Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, and University of Buea, Cameroon have developed new models of the tropical eye worm, Loa loa for the development of new drugs against filariasis.

30 Mar 2019

Researchers produce first global map of cerebral function lateralization

In 1865, French physician Paul Broca noted that among patients with brain damage, only those with the left frontal lobe affected had speech difficulties.

30 Mar 2019

Preterm babies born without a protein in blood cells have higher risk of cerebral palsy and death

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found that some preterm babies born without haptoglobin, a protein in blood cells, have higher odds of brain bleeding, cerebral palsy and death. Their findings suggest that the absence of the protein could serve as a potential biomarker indicating a need for increased monitoring or other preventive interventions.

30 Mar 2019

Cellular mechanism that connects smoking during pregnancy and baby’s obesity risk identified

Using foreskin tissue from newborn circumcisions, a group of researchers have identified a potential cellular mechanism that connects a mother's smoking while pregnant with an increased risk of offspring obesity later in life.

30 Mar 2019

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

While non-small cell lung cancer is the more common form of lung cancer and attracts the lion's share of the research funding, recent developments in small cell lung cancer may be shifting that slightly.

29 Mar 2019

Educating doctors alone may not have a noticeable effect on prescribing rates, study shows

Purely educating doctors about the importance of prescribing certain therapies may not be enough to make a meaningful impact, according to a new Penn Medicine study.

29 Mar 2019

UA immunobiology professor will use $1.9 million grant to study copper's therapeutic potential

Pneumonia starts like this: A bacterial cell called Streptococcus pneumoniae enters the nostril. It travels down the nasal passage and into the lungs, where a war begins. In the lungs, S. pneumoniae encounters immune cells called macrophages, which will do whatever they can to fight it off.

29 Mar 2019

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

The Mount Sinai Health System and the Hasso Plattner Institute today announced an affiliation that brings together industry leaders with combined expertise in health care delivery, health sciences, biomedical and digital engineering, machine learning and artificial intelligence to rapidly develop digital health products with real-time predictive and preventive capabilities that empower patients and health care providers, and improve health and health outcomes.

29 Mar 2019

Medical News

Analysis shows changes in public perception of e-cigarettes and cigarettes

Deaths associated with tobacco smoking continue to increase among men in Asia

Illinois professor works to improve technology in the NICU

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes could be common in tropical and subtropical rural settings

QUT researchers suggest financial aid to cover childcare costs for female academics

Neuroscientists develop new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia

Research demonstrates clinical utility of ddPCR-powered liquid biopsy at 2019 AACR Annual Meeting

New combination therapy found to be well tolerated in patients with aggressive brain tumor

Scientists create new models of tropical eye worm for development of anti-filarial drugs

Researchers produce first global map of cerebral function lateralization

Preterm babies born without a protein in blood cells have higher risk of cerebral palsy and death

Cellular mechanism that connects smoking during pregnancy and baby’s obesity risk identified

IASLC 2019 Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting focuses on immunotherapy and patient perspective

Educating doctors alone may not have a noticeable effect on prescribing rates, study shows

UA immunobiology professor will use $1.9 million grant to study copper's therapeutic potential

New Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health launched at Mount Sinai

Gastrointestinal symptoms in children could be a red flag for future mental health problems

FDA approves new oral drug to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis

CMS ignores federal judge ruling to approve Medicaid work rules in Utah

Maternal smoking and pre-eclampsia may affect fertility of offspring

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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