Medical News

RSS

Racial disparities in asthma can be explained by socioeconomic and environmental factors

In the United States, there are persistent racial disparities in asthma prevalence, morbidity and mortality. These disparities can largely be explained by looking at socioeconomic and environmental factors, such as access to healthcare, a nationwide analysis shows.

11 Jan 2019

Study combines two forecasting methods with machine learning to estimate flu activity

Influenza is highly contagious and easily spreads as people move about and travel, making tracking and forecasting flu activity a challenge. While the CDC continuously monitors patient visits for flu-like illness in the U.S., this information can lag up to two weeks behind real time.

11 Jan 2019

New path for treating Latino immigrants with mental health and substance misuse symptoms

A team of researchers at the Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) - in collaboration with two teams in Spain and collaborators in the U.S. and Puerto Rico - has tested a novel preventive intervention designed to provide tailored treatment for Latino immigrants with both mental health and substance misuse symptoms.

11 Jan 2019

New potential immunotherapy target in pancreatic cancer identified

Researchers have identified a new potential immunotherapy target in pancreatic cancer, which so far has been notoriously resistant to treatment with immune checkpoint blockade drugs effective against a variety of other cancers.

11 Jan 2019

More states join Go NAPSACC online program to improve health of young children

In 2019, Go NAPSACC will be in 20 states working to improve the health of young children. Developed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Go NAPSACC is an online tool that helps child care programs create environments for healthy eating and physical activity in children.

11 Jan 2019

New research could have a significant impact on cancer therapy

Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has found a new role for a protein discovered by his lab in preventing the growth and spread of breast cancer.

11 Jan 2019

Lupus Research Alliance announces research awards to accelerate development of new therapies

Can "borrowed" drugs for treating other diseases protect the skin in patients with lupus? Can researchers coax the body to weed out harmful immune cells that drive tissue destruction in lupus? Those are just two of the innovative approaches for lupus therapies recognized by the Lupus Research Alliance with the latest round of its Target Identification in Lupus grants.

11 Jan 2019

£1.5 million awarded to brain tumor researchers to extend lab-based research into clinical trials

Brain tumors kill more people under the age of 40 than any other cancer and less than 20% of those diagnosed survive beyond five years, compared to 50% of all other cancers. New funding from Barts Charity will help researchers get closer to a cure.

11 Jan 2019

TPU physicists propose to use neutron activation analysis of mosses for environmental monitoring

Physicists from Tomsk Polytechnic University developed an optimal method for environmental monitoring using neutron activation analysis of mosses. The new approach can be used for the assessment of air quality in the cities.

11 Jan 2019

Review examines what influences HIV-positive patients to stay on antiretroviral drugs in Africa

An international team of researchers have carried out a review of the evidence examining what influences people who are HIV positive to go to health services and then stay on antiretroviral drugs in Africa.

11 Jan 2019

Reviewing applications of advanced materials in drug delivery and biomedicine

The Graphene family of materials has emerged as one of the most useful new age nano-biomaterials. Graphene-based materials exhibit excellent physicochemical properties, such as high electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, and high surface area with π-conjugated carbon atoms stacked to form honeycomb structure, suitable for binding other molecules.

11 Jan 2019

PSMF supports two federal laws aimed to improve maternal safety in hospitals

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation supports two federal laws aimed to improve the safety of mothers in hospitals across the United States.

11 Jan 2019

New analytic model can accurately predict patients at risk of developing PTSD

New findings from an international research team led by psychiatrists at NYU School of Medicine show that a newly-developed analytic model can predict soon after a shocking or scary event - and with significant accuracy -- the likelihood of someone developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

11 Jan 2019

New class of sleeping pill preserves ability to wake in response to danger signals

In a trial of one of the main class of prescription sleeping pills, half the participants slept through a fire alarm as loud as someone vacuuming next to their bed. But a newer alternative preserves the ability to wake in response to danger signals, according to a new research.

11 Jan 2019

Misused veterinary prescriptions could contribute to the ongoing opioid epidemic

The increase in opioid prescriptions for people over the past decade may have been paralleled by an increase in opioid prescriptions for pets, according to a study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Veterinary Medicine.

11 Jan 2019

Many low-income women unable to afford menstrual hygiene products, finds study

While access to menstrual hygiene products has been garnering attention in the developing world, low-income women and girls in major U.S. metropolitan areas also struggle to afford period supplies and often resort to making do with cloth, rags, paper towels, or even children's diapers during their monthly cycles.

11 Jan 2019

Excess belly fat may lead to a reduction in gray matter

A new study has found that excess abdominal fat is associated with a lower volume of gray matter in the brain, resulting in a smaller brain size.

11 Jan 2019

Air pollution on the London Underground is 30 times higher than a busy road

A new report has revealed that the air within the London Underground is 30 times more polluted than the air surrounding London’s busiest roads.

11 Jan 2019

Newsom diverges sharply from Washington with health care budget

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled his first state budget, one that leads California down a very different health care path than the one Washington has forged.

11 Jan 2019

Parasites from children with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their brains, shows research

A team at LSTM with their collaborators in Malawi and Denmark have provided, for the first time, evidence which links the ability of red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite to bind to the cells lining the blood vessels of the brain, with the clinical syndrome cerebral malaria.

11 Jan 2019

Medical News

Racial disparities in asthma can be explained by socioeconomic and environmental factors

Study combines two forecasting methods with machine learning to estimate flu activity

New path for treating Latino immigrants with mental health and substance misuse symptoms

New potential immunotherapy target in pancreatic cancer identified

More states join Go NAPSACC online program to improve health of young children

New research could have a significant impact on cancer therapy

Lupus Research Alliance announces research awards to accelerate development of new therapies

£1.5 million awarded to brain tumor researchers to extend lab-based research into clinical trials

TPU physicists propose to use neutron activation analysis of mosses for environmental monitoring

Review examines what influences HIV-positive patients to stay on antiretroviral drugs in Africa

Reviewing applications of advanced materials in drug delivery and biomedicine

PSMF supports two federal laws aimed to improve maternal safety in hospitals

New analytic model can accurately predict patients at risk of developing PTSD

New class of sleeping pill preserves ability to wake in response to danger signals

Misused veterinary prescriptions could contribute to the ongoing opioid epidemic

Many low-income women unable to afford menstrual hygiene products, finds study

Excess belly fat may lead to a reduction in gray matter

Air pollution on the London Underground is 30 times higher than a busy road

Newsom diverges sharply from Washington with health care budget

Parasites from children with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their brains, shows research

Advancing Drug Safety Assessment With AI, Predictive Modeling, and Human-Relevant Data

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

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

Latest News