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Bedfont Scientific selected as finalist for Maidstone Business Awards

Maidstone Business Awards gives businesses across Maidstone the opportunity to shout about their achievements.

From Bedfont® Scientific Ltd 8 Jun 2017

Sleepion 2 uses aromatherapy, soothing light and ambient sounds to promote deeper sleep

Cheero USA announced the Sleepion 2, an innovative sleep aid system that uses aromatherapy, soothing light and ambient sounds clinically proven to promote deeper sleep.

8 Jun 2017

New florescent imaging technique tracks actions of key enzymes in cancer, kidney disease

Researchers at the Universities of York and Leiden have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions of key enzymes in cancer, genetic disorders and kidney disease.

8 Jun 2017

Moderate drinking is associated with decline in brain health, claim researchers

Even drinking moderate amounts of alcohol is associated with an increased risk of brain damage and impaired cognitive function, say researchers. Heavy drinking has previously been associated with adverse brain outcomes, but few studies have looked at whether moderate drinking also is.

8 Jun 2017

IBS researchers devise nanochannels for iodide transport in cell membranes

Exchange of iodide (iodine ions) between bloodstream and cells is crucial for the health of several organs and its malfunctioning is linked to goiter, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, breast cancer, and gastric cancer.

8 Jun 2017

Cannabis use during adolescence linked to greater risk of illegal substance abuse in early adulthood

According to the study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, regular and occasional use of cannabis as an adolescent is linked with a greater risk of other illicit drug consumption in early adulthood. The study by Bristol's Population Health Science Institute also found that cannabis use was connected with harmful drinking and smoking. One in five adolescents are at a risk of tobacco dependency, harmful alcohol consumption, and illicit drug use.

8 Jun 2017

If insurance market crashes, can lawmakers put the pieces back together?

In his high-stakes strategy to overhaul the federal health law, President Donald Trump is threatening to upend the individual health insurance market with several key policies. But if the market actually breaks, could anyone put it back together again?

8 Jun 2017

Rice scientists use magnets and nanoparticles to make vessels temporarily ‘leaky’

The endothelial cells that line blood vessels are packed tightly to keep blood inside and flowing, but scientists at Rice University and their colleagues have discovered it may be possible to selectively open gaps in those barriers just enough to let large molecules through -- and then close them again.

8 Jun 2017

Neuroimaging measures of emotional brain function may help predict PTSD

Neuroimaging measures of emotional brain function after acute trauma may help predict whether a person will develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study in Biological Psychiatry.

8 Jun 2017

Berlin meeting of colorectal specialists to drive best practice and innovation

It is less than five months to go until the 2017 ESCP Meeting, which is taking place in Berlin between 20 and 21 September. The meeting, hosted by the European Society of Coloproctology, brings together global experts to drive innovation and best practice in the field and will feature the latest coloproctological research.

8 Jun 2017

Former pharma reps’ new mission: To school docs on high drug costs

As a drug salesman, Mike Courtney worked hard to make health care expensive. He wined and dined doctors, golfed with them and bought lunch for their entire staffs — all to promote pills often costing thousands of dollars a year.

8 Jun 2017

More-is-better approach appears to improve vaccine protection from HIV-like virus in monkeys

Building on insights from an HIV vaccine regimen in humans that had partial success during a phase 3 clinical trial in Thailand, a Duke-led research team used a more-is-better approach in monkeys that appeared to improve vaccine protection from an HIV-like virus.

8 Jun 2017

Surgery prior to drug treatment not beneficial for women with metastasized breast cancer

A new study from the ABCSG indicates that women suffering from metastasized breast cancer do not benefit from surgery performed prior to drug treatment.

8 Jun 2017

Researchers find new way to improve T-cell therapy for treating cancer

Scientists have armed immune cells with a new surface molecule. This causes the cells to respond particularly aggressively when they encounter a protein that tumors actually use to camouflage themselves from the immune system.

8 Jun 2017

Tonic immobility linked to subsequent PTSD and severe depression in rape victims

Active resistance is often considered to be the "normal" reaction during rape, but a new study found that most victims may experience a state of involuntary paralysis, called tonic immobility, during rape.

8 Jun 2017

Protected but priced out: Patients worry about health law’s future in Arizona

For years, says Corinne Bobbie, shopping in Arizona for a health plan for her little girl went like this: “‘Sorry, we’re not covering that kid,'” Bobbie recalls insurers telling her. “‘She’s a liability.'”

8 Jun 2017

Genetic manipulation of exosomes may offer new therapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer

Genetic manipulation of exosomes, virus-sized particles released by all cells, may offer a new therapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

8 Jun 2017

Scientists find that pathologists over diagnose lesions of the appendix as invasive cancer

Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers in a paper published June 7 in the journal PLOS ONE.

8 Jun 2017

Research reveals link between POMC neurons and release of insulin by the pancreas

The brain is key in the regulation of appetite, body weight and metabolism. Specifically, there is a small group of hypothalamus neurons, called POMC, that detect and integrate signals that inform on the energy state of the organism and activate the appropriate physiological responses.

8 Jun 2017

Researchers use MRI to show how infant brain connections can predict autism risk at age two

For the first time, autism researchers used MRIs of six-month olds to show how brain regions are connected and synchronized, and then predict which babies at high risk of developing autism would be diagnosed with the condition at age two.

8 Jun 2017

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Bedfont Scientific selected as finalist for Maidstone Business Awards

Sleepion 2 uses aromatherapy, soothing light and ambient sounds to promote deeper sleep

New florescent imaging technique tracks actions of key enzymes in cancer, kidney disease

Moderate drinking is associated with decline in brain health, claim researchers

IBS researchers devise nanochannels for iodide transport in cell membranes

Cannabis use during adolescence linked to greater risk of illegal substance abuse in early adulthood

If insurance market crashes, can lawmakers put the pieces back together?

Rice scientists use magnets and nanoparticles to make vessels temporarily ‘leaky’

Neuroimaging measures of emotional brain function may help predict PTSD

Berlin meeting of colorectal specialists to drive best practice and innovation

Former pharma reps’ new mission: To school docs on high drug costs

More-is-better approach appears to improve vaccine protection from HIV-like virus in monkeys

Surgery prior to drug treatment not beneficial for women with metastasized breast cancer

Researchers find new way to improve T-cell therapy for treating cancer

Tonic immobility linked to subsequent PTSD and severe depression in rape victims

Protected but priced out: Patients worry about health law’s future in Arizona

Genetic manipulation of exosomes may offer new therapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer

Scientists find that pathologists over diagnose lesions of the appendix as invasive cancer

Research reveals link between POMC neurons and release of insulin by the pancreas

Researchers use MRI to show how infant brain connections can predict autism risk at age two

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