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'Eye scan' shows promise to diagnose central nervous system disorders

Partners from Austria – represented by Medical University of Vienna – Germany, France and the Netherlands are taking part in the EU "MOON" project (multimodal optical diagnostics for age-related diseases of the eye and central nervous system) to develop new techniques for early diagnosis of these diseases and successfully apply them in treatment and diagnosis.

12 Oct 2018

Synspira’s abstracts accepted for presentation at the 32nd Annual NACFC

Synspira, a privately held company developing a new class of inhaled glycopolymer-based therapeutics for the treatment of pulmonary disease, today announced that three abstracts have been accepted for presentation at the 32nd Annual North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference, occurring October 18-20 in Denver, CO.

12 Oct 2018

King's commemorates activities and research on World Arthritis Day

King's has a long history with arthritis research and been recognised as having one of the premier rheumatology research units in Europe.

12 Oct 2018

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

A new nationally agreed standard of care released today (Thursday) aims to reduce the tens of thousands of Australian lives put at risk each year by largely preventable blood clots, which kill four times more people than road accidents.

12 Oct 2018

Researchers successfully develop in vivo skin imaging technology

A Research and Development group led by Professor Yoshifumi Saijo of Tohoku University and Noriyuki Masuda of Advantest has succeeded in developing in vivo skin imaging technology that can simultaneously generate dual-wavelength photoacoustic images and ultrasound images.

12 Oct 2018

Dementia and guns: When should doctors broach the topic?

Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors don’t ask. As the number of Americans with dementia rises, health professionals are grappling with when and how to pose the question: “Do you have guns at home?”

12 Oct 2018

Smoking genes do not trigger heavier drinking, shows research

Some smokers have genes that predispose them to heavier smoking. Researchers looked at whether those same genes might trigger heavier drinking — and it turns out, they don't.

12 Oct 2018

Antimicrobial signaling molecule has lower activity against hepatitis C virus in most humans

An antimicrobial signaling molecule called IFNλ4 has lower activity against the hepatitis C virus in the vast majority of humans compared with chimpanzees and African hunter-gatherer Pygmies, according to a study published October 11 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by John McLauchlan’s research team at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research in the UK, and colleagues.

12 Oct 2018

Working Towards a Sustainable Future for the NHS

An interview with Jennifer Lee, Director of Market Access and Advocacy at Janssen UK, the pharmaceutical company of Johnson & Johnson, discussing the importance of innovation in the private sector and making new technologies available to the NHS.

12 Oct 2018

Antidepressants can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists at the University of Waterloo have discovered that antidepressant medications can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

12 Oct 2018

Fight for Sight chooses World Sight Day 2018 to announce funding for glaucoma research

Fight for Sight has chosen World Sight Day 2018 to announce funding for a research project that will develop personalized medicine for patients at risk of glaucoma from steroid use.

12 Oct 2018

Infant’s complex babble may predict later literacy skills

Infants’ early speech production may predict their later literacy, according to a study published October 10, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kelly Farquharson from Florida State University and colleagues.

12 Oct 2018

New patient-centric website launched in Europe to empower people with chronic conditions

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. today announced the European launch of Life Effects (https://lifeeffects.teva), a patient-centric website hosting content created by patients and checked by experts, at the European Committee for the Treatment and Research of Multiple Sclerosis Congress in Berlin.

12 Oct 2018

Study suggests new approach to treat life-threatening blood disorder in children

Pediatric researchers studying the life-threatening blood disorder Fanconi anemia have devised a method to block the abnormal biological signals that drive the disease.

12 Oct 2018

Retia Medical Introduces World Renowned Clinical Advisory Board

Retia Medical, a medical device company focused on transforming critical care, today announced a Clinical Advisory Board of anesthesiologists.

12 Oct 2018

Legal scholars sound alarm on academies' report about returning research results to participants

In a Policy Forum article appearing in the Oct. 12 issue of Science, leading bioethics and legal scholars sound the alarm about a recent report from National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

12 Oct 2018

Mast cells associated with allergies also play key role in survival, study reveals

In a University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found evidence that mast cells, an important group of immune cells typically associated with allergies, actually enable the body to survive fasting or intense exercise.

12 Oct 2018

Kent State professor receives grant to study role of oxytocin in the developing brain

Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., a professor in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, recently received a $450,000 grant to study the role that oxytocin plays in the developing brain.

12 Oct 2018

Neuroscientists unravel how two different types of brain plasticity work on synapses

The brain's crucial function is to allow organisms to learn and adapt to their surroundings. It does this by literally changing the connections, or synapses, between neurons, strengthening meaningful patterns of neural activity in order to store information. The existence of this process - brain plasticity - has been known for some time.

12 Oct 2018

World Arthritis Day: New campaign raises awareness for early diagnosis of rheumatic diseases

The European League Against Rheumatism, EULAR, calls for people to come together on World Arthritis Day (12th October) to raise awareness of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. EULAR's Don't Delay, Connect Today Campaign aims to improve early diagnosis and timely access to care to help benefit the lives of the 120 million people in Europe with RMDs.

12 Oct 2018

Medical News

'Eye scan' shows promise to diagnose central nervous system disorders

Synspira’s abstracts accepted for presentation at the 32nd Annual NACFC

King's commemorates activities and research on World Arthritis Day

New standard of care aims to prevent deaths caused by largely preventable blood clots

Researchers successfully develop in vivo skin imaging technology

Dementia and guns: When should doctors broach the topic?

Smoking genes do not trigger heavier drinking, shows research

Antimicrobial signaling molecule has lower activity against hepatitis C virus in most humans

Working Towards a Sustainable Future for the NHS

Antidepressants can be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease

Fight for Sight chooses World Sight Day 2018 to announce funding for glaucoma research

Infant’s complex babble may predict later literacy skills

New patient-centric website launched in Europe to empower people with chronic conditions

Study suggests new approach to treat life-threatening blood disorder in children

Retia Medical Introduces World Renowned Clinical Advisory Board

Legal scholars sound alarm on academies' report about returning research results to participants

Mast cells associated with allergies also play key role in survival, study reveals

Kent State professor receives grant to study role of oxytocin in the developing brain

Neuroscientists unravel how two different types of brain plasticity work on synapses

World Arthritis Day: New campaign raises awareness for early diagnosis of rheumatic diseases

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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