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Study: Women are 83% more likely to experience repeat abuse by using weapon

Women are up to 83 percent more likely to experience repeat abuse by their male partners if a weapon is used in the initial abuse incident, according to a new study that has implications for victims, counselors and police.

29 Jan 2014

UC San Diego Health System named recipient of Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence

UC San Diego Health System is a recipient of Healthgrades' "Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence." Top performing hospitals were selected based on clinical excellence across a broad spectrum of care in specialty areas such as cardiac and neuro surgery and gastrointestinal, pulmonary and critical care.

29 Jan 2014

Dormant prostate cancer cells within bone tissue can be reawakened to a cancerous state

Dormant prostate cancer cells in bone tissue can be reawakened to cause secondary tumours, according to new research published in Endocrine-Related Cancer. Targeting the wake-up call could prevent metastasis and improve prostate cancer survival rates.

29 Jan 2014

Obama urges Americans to sign up for coverage in State of the Union

The president extolled the health law during his State of the Union address, describing those who are benefiting and challenging Republicans for their ideas. Utah Sen. Mike Lee hit back, calling the law "an inequality Godzilla that has robbed working families of their insurance, their doctors, their wages and their jobs," while Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers cited its troubled rollout.

29 Jan 2014

Running is more effective than walking for breast cancer survivors

Previous studies have shown that breast cancer survivors who meet the current exercise recommendations (2.5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity per week) are at 25% lower risk for dying from breast cancer.

29 Jan 2014

Researchers discover potential treatment for viral infection that causes illnesses in children

Researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a viral infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The findings also point to possible treatments for related viruses including those that cause "common cold" symptoms.

29 Jan 2014

Researchers identify new technique of measuring brain activity in newborns

JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, will publish a procedure to identify newborns and children at-risk for developmental problems, especially those born prematurely.

29 Jan 2014

Myriad Genetics' Prolaris opens door to a new era of personalized treatment for prostate cancer

Myriad Genetics, Inc. today announced results from PROCEDE 500, a clinical utility study with its Prolaris test, at the 2014 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, Calif. The study demonstrated the significant clinical value of Prolaris to physicians who are treating men with prostate cancer. Prolaris is a prognostic test that accurately predicts prostate cancer-specific death and metastases and has been validated in 11 clinical studies with more than 5,000 patients.

29 Jan 2014

UNC researchers develop new radiation-free ultrasound technique to detect, monitor cancer

While ultrasound provides a less expensive and radiation-free alternative to detecting and monitoring cancer compared to technologies such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, ultrasound has seen limited use in cancer treatment due to clarity and resolution issues.

29 Jan 2014

Research shows how emotional similarity reduces stress

Does giving a speech in public stress you out? Or writing a big presentation for your boss? What about skydiving? One way to cope, according to a new study from Sarah Townsend, assistant professor of management and organization at the USC Marshall School of Business, is to share your feelings with someone who is having a similar emotional reaction to the same scenario

29 Jan 2014

Researchers identify new subgroup of patients suffering from schizophrenia with motor disorders

Researchers led by Marta Barrachina, Institute of Neuropathology of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have identified a new subgroup of patients suffering from schizophrenia characterized by motor disorders.

29 Jan 2014

Susceptible loci identified for bipolar I disorder in Taiwanese

Researchers have identified three genetic loci that may be linked to bipolar I disorder risk in Taiwanese individuals.

29 Jan 2014

Impaired cognitive insight linked to delusions in psychosis risk

High levels of self-certainty, one aspect of cognitive insight, are associated with the presence of delusional symptoms in people with at-risk mental states, a study shows.

29 Jan 2014

REM sleep, memory and depression: an interview with Dr Penny Lewis, University of Manchester

Usually you don’t go into REM until you’ve passed through all the other stages of sleep. The stage immediately before REM is slow-wave sleep.

From The University of Manchester 29 Jan 2014

Omeros announces positive results from Phase 2a trial of OMS824 in patients with schizophrenia

Omeros Corporation today announced positive results from a Phase 2a clinical trial of OMS824, the company's phosphodiesterase 10 (PDE10) inhibitor, in which the drug was well tolerated and demonstrated comparable systemic pharmacokinetics when administered alone and concomitantly with approved antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia. OMS824 selectively inhibits PDE10, an enzyme expressed in areas of the brain linked to a wide range of diseases that affect cognition, including schizophrenia and Huntington's disease.

29 Jan 2014

First Edition: January 29, 2014

Today's headlines include reports about how the health law played in last night's State-of-the-Union address by President Barack Obama.

29 Jan 2014

Douglas J. Mathisen receives Distinguished Service Award from Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Douglas J. Mathisen, MD was awarded a Distinguished Service Award by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons on Monday evening at the Society's 50th Annual Meeting.

29 Jan 2014

NIBIB-funded researchers develop microscopic technique to improve Mohs surgery

A common surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer, known as Mohs surgery typically achieves excellent results but can be a long process, as the surgeon successively removes the area of concern until the surrounding tissue is free of cancer.

29 Jan 2014

FARA funds gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia

The gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia launched in November in labs at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, in Barcelona, and the "Centro de Biolog-a Molecular Severo Ochoa", in Madrid, has received 100,000 US$ per year for two years from the Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance.

29 Jan 2014

State highlights: N.Y. mayors, governor press federal gov't on Medicaid waiver, state gov't for more aid; Dallas hospitals get biggest state fines; S.C. hospital Medicaid data posted

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, at odds over how to pay for prekindergarten, showed a unified front on Monday on helping distressed Brooklyn hospitals and said that without immediate federal support, "there will be closures." The mayor and the governor seemed to be escalating a dispute with the Obama administration over who was responsible for the fate of floundering hospitals like Interfaith Medical Center and Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn (Hartocollis, 1/27).

29 Jan 2014

Medical News

Study: Women are 83% more likely to experience repeat abuse by using weapon

UC San Diego Health System named recipient of Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence

Dormant prostate cancer cells within bone tissue can be reawakened to a cancerous state

Obama urges Americans to sign up for coverage in State of the Union

Running is more effective than walking for breast cancer survivors

Researchers discover potential treatment for viral infection that causes illnesses in children

Researchers identify new technique of measuring brain activity in newborns

Myriad Genetics' Prolaris opens door to a new era of personalized treatment for prostate cancer

UNC researchers develop new radiation-free ultrasound technique to detect, monitor cancer

Research shows how emotional similarity reduces stress

Researchers identify new subgroup of patients suffering from schizophrenia with motor disorders

Susceptible loci identified for bipolar I disorder in Taiwanese

Impaired cognitive insight linked to delusions in psychosis risk

REM sleep, memory and depression: an interview with Dr Penny Lewis, University of Manchester

Omeros announces positive results from Phase 2a trial of OMS824 in patients with schizophrenia

First Edition: January 29, 2014

Douglas J. Mathisen receives Distinguished Service Award from Society of Thoracic Surgeons

NIBIB-funded researchers develop microscopic technique to improve Mohs surgery

FARA funds gene therapy-based research project to tackle Friedreich's ataxia

State highlights: N.Y. mayors, governor press federal gov't on Medicaid waiver, state gov't for more aid; Dallas hospitals get biggest state fines; S.C. hospital Medicaid data posted

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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