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Discharged, dismissed: ERs often miss chance to set overdose survivors on ‘better path’

The last time heroin landed Marissa Angerer in a Midland, Texas, emergency room — naked and unconscious — was May 2016. But that wasn't her first drug-related interaction with the health system.

15 Feb 2019

Common herbicide found to increase the risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

A new study has shown that the herbicide glyphosphate, could increase the risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma by 41 percent among those who are exposed.

15 Feb 2019

Darla Shine joins anti-vaccination campaigners, increases threat of measles outbreak in US

Darla Shine has recently joined anti-vaccination campaigners by claiming that having measles as a child could protect against cancer in later life.

15 Feb 2019

Racial disparities in cancer deaths on the decline for America

A new report has concluded that the racial disparities between cancer deaths among white and black Americans is on the decline.

15 Feb 2019

Scientists implicate hidden genes in the severity of autism symptoms

Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have implicated a largely hidden part of the human genome in the severity of autism symptoms, a discovery that could lead to new insights into the disorder and eventually to clinical therapies for the condition.

15 Feb 2019

Artificial intelligence can accurately predict prognosis of ovarian cancer patients

The artificial intelligence software, created by researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Melbourne, has been able to predict the prognosis of patients with ovarian cancer more accurately than current methods. It can also predict what treatment would be most effective for patients following diagnosis.

15 Feb 2019

Castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer responds to combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors

Some patients with metastatic prostate cancer respond to a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors after hormonal therapy and chemotherapy have failed, according to early results from a clinical trial led by investigators at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center presented today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.

15 Feb 2019

Immune checkpoint molecule protects against future development of cancer

A research team at the University of Louisville has discovered that an immune checkpoint molecule they developed for cancer immunotherapy, also protects against future development of multiple types of cancer when administered by itself.

15 Feb 2019

New method for improved visualization of single-cell RNA- sequencing data

Like going from a pinhole camera to a Polaroid, a significant mathematical update to the formula for a popular bioinformatics data visualization method will allow researchers to develop snapshots of single-cell gene expression not only several times faster but also at much higher-resolution.

15 Feb 2019

Therapeutic endoscopy has an expanding role in the treatment of IBD

According to a new statement from a panel of national and international experts in gastroenterology, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other areas, interventional (or therapeutic) IBD endoscopy has an expanding role in the treatment of disease and of adverse events from surgery.

15 Feb 2019

Index endoscopy results are crucial for assessment of Barrett's patients

A new study indicates that both high-grade abnormal cellular changes (dysplasia) and esophageal adenocarcinoma (a form of cancer) have increased in the last 25 years among people with a digestive condition known as Barrett's esophagus.

15 Feb 2019

New injury documentation tool may provide better evidence for elder abuse cases

An estimated 10 percent of older adults experience some form of abuse each year. However, the link between injuries and possible elder abuse may take months or years to establish and is often difficult to investigate due to poor documentation during prior medical visits.

15 Feb 2019

WVU gynecologic oncologist investigates novel treatment for cervical and vaginal cancers

Cervical cancer can be insidious. Changes to the cervix are often detected with a pap smear, but for those with limited access to health care, cervical and vaginal cancers can go unnoticed for years--silently growing, spreading and invading other organs--and by the time they're detected, they may be so advanced that the patient's prognosis is poor and her treatment options few.

15 Feb 2019

Newly developed stem cell technologies show promise for treating PD patients

Cell replacement may play an increasing role in alleviating the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) in future. Writing in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts describe how newly developed stem cell technologies could be used to treat the disease and discuss the great promise, as well as the significant challenges, of stem cell treatment.

15 Feb 2019

Sausage mislabeling in Canada is down, new study finds

Sausage mislabelling in Canada is down, according to a new University of Guelph DNA barcoding study.

15 Feb 2019

Large-scale clinical trial begins to study liver transplantation between people with HIV

The first large-scale clinical trial to study liver transplantation between people with HIV has begun at clinical centers across the United States. The HOPE in Action Multicenter Liver Study will determine the safety of this practice by evaluating liver recipients for potential transplant-related and HIV-related complications following surgery.

15 Feb 2019

High-protein and low-calorie diet helps older adults lose weight safely, shows study

A high-protein, low-calorie diet helps older adults with obesity lose more weight, maintain more muscle mass, improve bone quality and lose "bad" fat, according to results from a new randomized controlled trial led by Wake Forest University researcher Kristen Beavers.

15 Feb 2019

Multi-sensory teaching method: Arithmetic and geometry can be studied through music, dance

Arithmetic and geometry can be studied through music and dance: this is the new multi-sensory teaching method identified by the European project WeDraw, coordinated by IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.

15 Feb 2019

Suspicious spots on the lungs of children with rhabdomyosarcoma do not behave like metastases

Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor in the muscle tissue of children and adolescents. About 20 children are diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma per year in the Netherlands. "Metastases in these children are often found in the lungs," says professor Hans Merks of the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, who led the study.

15 Feb 2019

Moffitt researchers shed light on how CAR T cells function mechanistically

The scientific community has made great strides over the past decade in the development of a new class of cancer therapy called immunotherapy, a treatment that activates a patient's own immune system to target cancer cells.

15 Feb 2019

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Discharged, dismissed: ERs often miss chance to set overdose survivors on ‘better path’

Common herbicide found to increase the risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Darla Shine joins anti-vaccination campaigners, increases threat of measles outbreak in US

Racial disparities in cancer deaths on the decline for America

Scientists implicate hidden genes in the severity of autism symptoms

Artificial intelligence can accurately predict prognosis of ovarian cancer patients

Castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer responds to combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors

Immune checkpoint molecule protects against future development of cancer

New method for improved visualization of single-cell RNA- sequencing data

Therapeutic endoscopy has an expanding role in the treatment of IBD

Index endoscopy results are crucial for assessment of Barrett's patients

New injury documentation tool may provide better evidence for elder abuse cases

WVU gynecologic oncologist investigates novel treatment for cervical and vaginal cancers

Newly developed stem cell technologies show promise for treating PD patients

Sausage mislabeling in Canada is down, new study finds

Large-scale clinical trial begins to study liver transplantation between people with HIV

High-protein and low-calorie diet helps older adults lose weight safely, shows study

Multi-sensory teaching method: Arithmetic and geometry can be studied through music, dance

Suspicious spots on the lungs of children with rhabdomyosarcoma do not behave like metastases

Moffitt researchers shed light on how CAR T cells function mechanistically

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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