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Autistic children with co-occurring ADHD have greater adaptive behavior impairments

A pair of new studies has provided new insight into the challenges faced by children on the autism spectrum who exhibit symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

19 Feb 2019

New project aims to improve lung disease care in Appalachia

A new program will use telehealth to bring together a University of Virginia Health System team with primary care providers in the Appalachian region of Virginia to improve lung disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

19 Feb 2019

Study finds no evidence that tougher policies prevent teenage cannabis use

A new study from the University of Kent has found no evidence that teenage cannabis use is lower in countries with tougher policies.

19 Feb 2019

Multinational initiative to study familial primary distal renal tubular acidosis

In addition to regulating the body's fluid balance, by excreting greater or smaller amounts of urine, the kidneys also maintain the proper balance of electrolytes (salts) and the pH (an acid-base equilibrium) within our body.

19 Feb 2019

Researchers create new map of the brain's own immune system

A team of researchers under the direction of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg has created an entirely new map of the brain's own immune system in humans and mice.

19 Feb 2019

Brain imaging indicates potential success of drug therapy in depressive patients

Working with international partners, a MedUni Vienna research group has shown that imaging techniques carried out prior to treatment indicate the potential success of drug therapy in depressive patients.

19 Feb 2019

For 2020 Dem hopefuls, ‘Medicare-for-all’ is a defining issue, however they define it

Democrats with 2020 presidential aspirations are courting the party's increasingly influential progressive wing and staking out ambitious policy platforms.

19 Feb 2019

Specialized lung cells appear in the developing fetus much earlier than previously thought

Specialized lung cells appear in the developing fetus much earlier than scientists previously thought. A new animal study reports how cells that become alveoli, the tiny compartments in which gas exchange occurs in the lung, begin their specialized roles very early in prenatal life.

19 Feb 2019

Female adolescent blood donors more likely to have iron deficiency and related anemia

Female adolescent blood donors are more likely to have low iron stores and iron deficiency anemia than adult female blood donors and nondonors, which could have significant negative consequences on their developing brains, a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests.

19 Feb 2019

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

For some older people, the joy of sex may be tempered by financial concerns: Can they afford the medications they need to improve their experience between the sheets?

19 Feb 2019

Research unravels neural mechanisms underlying illusions of complex-flow motion

A study of humans and monkeys published in JNeurosci has found the same subset of neurons encode actual and illusionary motion, although it takes the brain slightly longer to distinguish between the two.

From Society for Neuroscience 19 Feb 2019

Study shows how animals may remember and locate food sources

A subset of neurons in the hippocampus respond to both place and taste, according to research in male rats published in JNeurosci.

From Society for Neuroscience 19 Feb 2019

New study establishes how stress favors breast cancer growth and spread

Cancer: The word alone evokes dread, anxiety, and fear. Accordingly, many women living with the disease and undergoing treatment experience chronic stress and depression.

19 Feb 2019

Early marker of cardiac damage triggered by cancer treatment identified

Every year, 4 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Europe. Advances in cancer treatment sometimes come at the cost of major adverse effects, and one of the most prominent is cardiotoxicity. Myocardial toxicity affects as many as 25% of patients undergoing treatment with commonly used anticancer drugs.

19 Feb 2019

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

New research shows us just how important primary care physicians are in prolonging our lives.

19 Feb 2019

Harnessing the evolutionary games played by cancer cells to advance therapies

Despite rapid advances in targeted therapies for cancer, tumors commonly develop resistance to treatment. When resistance emerges, tumor cells continue to grow unchecked, despite all attempts to slow cancer progression.

19 Feb 2019

Study sheds new light on how antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between bacteria

By studying fish raised in aquaculture, researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Campinas in Brazil have shed new light on the mechanisms by which antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between bacteria.

19 Feb 2019

Medical News

Autistic children with co-occurring ADHD have greater adaptive behavior impairments

New project aims to improve lung disease care in Appalachia

Study finds no evidence that tougher policies prevent teenage cannabis use

Multinational initiative to study familial primary distal renal tubular acidosis

Researchers create new map of the brain's own immune system

Brain imaging indicates potential success of drug therapy in depressive patients

For 2020 Dem hopefuls, ‘Medicare-for-all’ is a defining issue, however they define it

Specialized lung cells appear in the developing fetus much earlier than previously thought

Female adolescent blood donors more likely to have iron deficiency and related anemia

The high cost of sex: Insurers often don’t pay for drugs to treat problems

Research unravels neural mechanisms underlying illusions of complex-flow motion

Study shows how animals may remember and locate food sources

New study establishes how stress favors breast cancer growth and spread

Early marker of cardiac damage triggered by cancer treatment identified

Greater primary care physician supply associated with longer life spans

Harnessing the evolutionary games played by cancer cells to advance therapies

Study sheds new light on how antibiotic resistance genes are transferred between bacteria

Influenza and common cold are completely different diseases, study shows

Antimicrobial reusable coffee cups are less likely to become contaminated with bacteria, study shows

Researchers develop new computer game for dementia carers

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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