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MSU receives $5 million NIH grant to find link between pesticides and Parkinson's

A Michigan State University researcher is hoping to make a connection between pesticides, olfactory impairment and early symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases among aging farmers.

6 Mar 2019

Nuclear medicine imaging assesses melanoma patients' response to immunotherapy

Nuclear medicine imaging with PET/CT can monitor the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma and predict outcome. In this way, a patient's therapy can be more effectively tailored to his or her personal response.

6 Mar 2019

Scientists move one step closer to a HIV cure

Scientists found no rebound of HIV in two patients who stopped taking their HIV medication after they received stem cell transplants for a hematological [blood] disease. Both patients underwent stem cell transplantation as part of their cancer treatment.

6 Mar 2019

Updated intake recommendations for sodium and potassium

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reviews current evidence and updates intake recommendations known as the Dietary Reference Intakes for sodium and potassium that were established in 2005.

6 Mar 2019

Discovery of protein, lipid connection could lead to new influenza therapies

The connection between an influenza virus surface protein and a host cell lipid has been discovered by researchers at the University of Maine and the National Institutes of Health. Confirmation of direct interaction between the protein and lipid could lead to new antiviral therapies.

6 Mar 2019

Researchers to examine how sexual trauma increases HIV risk in women

The link between sexual violence and HIV risk is well-known, extensively documented through behavioral research. But there is growing evidence that sexual trauma also poses a heightened biological risk for HIV infection, especially in adolescents and young women.

6 Mar 2019

Many heroin users are not prepared to prevent or treat fentanyl-related overdoses, study finds

Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by the opioid epidemic, recognize that the heroin they buy is now almost always laced with the highly dangerous synthetic opioid fentanyl, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

6 Mar 2019

Integrated therapy is effective in treating obesity and depression

An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and depression improved weight loss and depressive symptoms compared with routine physician care, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

6 Mar 2019

Researchers harness power of artificial intelligence to better match cancer patients with clinical trials

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory Health Data Sciences Institute have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to better match cancer patients with clinical trials.

6 Mar 2019

Low-calorie 'fasting-mimicking' diet has potential to treat people with IBD

What if a special diet could reduce inflammation and repair your gut? USC researchers provided evidence that a low-calorie "fasting-mimicking" diet has the potential to do just that.

6 Mar 2019

Women scientists receive lesser federal funding compared to male investigators

First-time women principal investigator scientists received considerably less funding from the National Institutes of Health compared to first-time male principal investigators, even at top research institutions, reports a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the Kellogg School of Management.

6 Mar 2019

Muscle fatigue caused by overexertion can impair learning

Researchers have found that muscle fatigue caused by overexertion when practicing a skill can affect the task in hand and impair learning afterwards.

6 Mar 2019

New analysis shows success of measles vaccine campaigns in saving children's lives in India

A mass measles vaccination campaign saved tens of thousands of children's lives in India between 2010 and 2013, according to a report published today in eLife.

6 Mar 2019

Artificial intelligence systems may detect breast cancer as accurately as radiologists

A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that artificial intelligence systems may be able to perform as accurately as radiologists in the evaluation of digital mammography in breast cancer screening.

6 Mar 2019

Changing drugs, deprescribing do not lower severity and duration of delirium in ICU patients

The results of two new Regenstrief Institute trials published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society underscore and confirm the need to look to options other than medication to lower the duration or severity of delirium in intensive care unit patients.

6 Mar 2019

Older adults with positive attitude about health are more willing to engage with negative information

To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health. That's one takeaway from a study that found older adults are more willing to engage with negative health information when they have a positive attitude about their health.

6 Mar 2019

$Better prediction of osteoporotic hip fractures using 3D simulation of bone densitometry$

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MSU receives $5 million NIH grant to find link between pesticides and Parkinson's

Nuclear medicine imaging assesses melanoma patients' response to immunotherapy

Scientists move one step closer to a HIV cure

Updated intake recommendations for sodium and potassium

Discovery of protein, lipid connection could lead to new influenza therapies

Researchers to examine how sexual trauma increases HIV risk in women

Many heroin users are not prepared to prevent or treat fentanyl-related overdoses, study finds

Integrated therapy is effective in treating obesity and depression

Researchers harness power of artificial intelligence to better match cancer patients with clinical trials

Low-calorie 'fasting-mimicking' diet has potential to treat people with IBD

Women scientists receive lesser federal funding compared to male investigators

Muscle fatigue caused by overexertion can impair learning

New analysis shows success of measles vaccine campaigns in saving children's lives in India

Artificial intelligence systems may detect breast cancer as accurately as radiologists

Changing drugs, deprescribing do not lower severity and duration of delirium in ICU patients

Older adults with positive attitude about health are more willing to engage with negative information

Better prediction of osteoporotic hip fractures using 3D simulation of bone densitometry

Infants with bronchiolitis are at increased risk of hospitalization for asthma in preschool years

Second man cured of HIV

Gottleib resigns from FDA – issue of rising teen vaping remains unsolved

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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