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Virtual robotic ultrasound can improve diagnosis of heart failure patients living in rural communities

While in Germany, Partho P. Sengupta, MD, of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai used a computer to perform a robot-assisted trans-Atlantic ultrasound examination on a person in Boston.

12 Aug 2014

Study exposes racial differences in the treatment of lymphoma

A new study published in a leading scientific journal has shown race can have a detrimental effect on medical treatment offered by doctors.

12 Aug 2014

Scientists use nanowires to monitor and influence cellular activity

No longer just fantastical fodder for sci-fi buffs, cyborg technology is bringing us tangible progress toward real-life electronic skin, prosthetics and ultraflexible circuits.

12 Aug 2014

Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation

Blood stem cells have the potential to turn into any type of blood cell, whether it be the oxygen-carrying red blood cells, or the many types of white blood cells of the immune system that help fight infection.

12 Aug 2014

Findings may lead to new tools in understanding human cognitive development, neuropsychiatric disorders

How genes affect intelligence is complicated. Multiple genes, many yet unknown, are thought to interact among themselves and with environmental factors to influence the diverse abilities involved in intelligence.

12 Aug 2014

Prominent scientists to deliver scientific presentations at ACS meeting

The Kavli Foundation Lecture series today features two prominent scientists: one in the booming area of ionic liquids, the other in medical materials.

12 Aug 2014

Study shows castor bean oil reduces epileptic seizures related to Glut1 deficiency

Two years ago, the parents of Chloe Olivarez watched painfully as their daughter experienced epileptic seizures hundreds of times a day.

12 Aug 2014

Study examines the influence of unexpected task constraint on voluntary task switching

Kessler Foundation scientists have published results of cognitive research that show the negative effects that unexpected task constraint, following self-generated task choice, has on task-switching performance.

12 Aug 2014

Study suggests autophagy is involved in the onset of vascular dementia

Autophagy is a basic catabolic mechanism by which unnecessary or dysfunctional cellular components are degraded by lysosomes.

12 Aug 2014

Cochrane review finds little evidence to support use of sleep or wake drugs for shift workers

Shift workers are taking drugs to help them stay awake or get to sleep despite weak evidence for their benefit, according to a new Cochrane review.

12 Aug 2014

Wolters Kluwer Health's new edition addresses full spectrum of modern primary care

Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry and students of medicine, today introduced the seventh edition of Primary Care Medicine: Office Evaluation and Management of the Adult Patient, the seminal information resource for office-based adult patient care.

12 Aug 2014

ChromaDex reports 42% increase in Q2 2014 net sales

ChromaDex Corp., an innovative natural products company that provides proprietary, ingredients and science-based solutions to the dietary supplement, food and beverage, animal health, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, announced today the financial results for the quarter ended June 28, 2014.

12 Aug 2014

LUTS tend to improve after pelvic mass surgery

Surgical removal of a benign pelvic mass usually improves women’s pre-existing lower urinary tract symptoms, study findings suggest.

12 Aug 2014

Almonds can help reduce inflammation in people with poorly controlled diabetes

Evidence continues to mount supporting the role of almonds and other tree nuts as part of an overall dietary pattern that is beneficial for those with type 2 diabetes. Three new studies suggest a relationship between regular consumption of tree nuts, such as almonds, and improvement in various markers of health in type 2 diabetes.

12 Aug 2014

OncoSynergy's OS2966 receives FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of glioblastoma

OncoSynergy announced today that the FDA Office of Orphan Products Development has granted orphan drug designation for the investigational drug candidate OS2966, a neutralizing anti-CD29 monoclonal antibody, for the treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest primary adult brain tumor.

12 Aug 2014

Study demonstrates relationship between lucid dreaming and insight

People who are aware they are asleep when they are dreaming have better than average problem-solving abilities, new research has discovered.

12 Aug 2014

Feist-Weiller, Caris Life Sciences partner to offer breakthrough technology to cancer patients

Doctors at the LSU Health Shreveport Feist-Weiller Cancer Center will now have access to innovative, precision-medicine technology that determines the unique biological characteristics of each individual patient's cancer tumor.

12 Aug 2014

Research: First effective web-based treatment for bipolar disorder

The first effective web-based treatment for Bipolar Disorder based on the latest research evidence has been developed by psychologists.

12 Aug 2014

Sanofi, PATH announce delivery of first large-scale batches of antimalarial treatments

Sanofi and PATH today announced the delivery of the first large-scale batches of antimalarial treatments manufactured with a new semisynthetic artemisinin derivative to malaria-endemic countries in Africa.

12 Aug 2014

GenVec reports net loss of $1.7 million for second quarter 2014

GenVec, Inc. today reported financial results for the three-month and six-month periods ended June 30, 2014. For the three-month period ended June 30, 2014, the company reported a net loss of $1.7 million or $0.10 per share on revenues of $0.1 million as compared to a net loss of $3.1 million or $0.24 per share on revenues of $0.7 million in the same period in the prior year.

12 Aug 2014

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Virtual robotic ultrasound can improve diagnosis of heart failure patients living in rural communities

Study exposes racial differences in the treatment of lymphoma

Scientists use nanowires to monitor and influence cellular activity

Epigenetics has a large say in blood formation

Findings may lead to new tools in understanding human cognitive development, neuropsychiatric disorders

Prominent scientists to deliver scientific presentations at ACS meeting

Study shows castor bean oil reduces epileptic seizures related to Glut1 deficiency

Study examines the influence of unexpected task constraint on voluntary task switching

Study suggests autophagy is involved in the onset of vascular dementia

Cochrane review finds little evidence to support use of sleep or wake drugs for shift workers

Wolters Kluwer Health's new edition addresses full spectrum of modern primary care

ChromaDex reports 42% increase in Q2 2014 net sales

LUTS tend to improve after pelvic mass surgery

Almonds can help reduce inflammation in people with poorly controlled diabetes

OncoSynergy's OS2966 receives FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of glioblastoma

Study demonstrates relationship between lucid dreaming and insight

Feist-Weiller, Caris Life Sciences partner to offer breakthrough technology to cancer patients

Research: First effective web-based treatment for bipolar disorder

Sanofi, PATH announce delivery of first large-scale batches of antimalarial treatments

GenVec reports net loss of $1.7 million for second quarter 2014

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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