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Prenatal exposure to maternal stress hormones predicts nicotine dependence for daughters

Tobacco smoking by pregnant women has long been viewed as a public health risk because of smoking's adverse effects on the development of a fetus.

10 Jan 2014

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who experienced physical abuse in childhood

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who have experienced childhood physical abuse or parental addictions, a new study by University of Toronto researchers has found.

10 Jan 2014

Discovery opens new therapeutic avenue for chronic skin condition affecting millions

Researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology have revealed a critical player in the cellular interactions leading to eczema - a chronic inflammatory skin condition affecting more than 14 million U.S. children and adults.

10 Jan 2014

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

T2 Biosystems, a company developing direct detection products enabling superior diagnostics, announced that scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and T2 Biosystems have published a paper in Blood describing novel clot structure biology detected while testing T2 Bio's T2HemoStat-.

10 Jan 2014

New study gives hope for novel glioblastoma multiforme treatment

A new study is giving researchers hope that novel targeted therapies can be developed for glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and most aggressive form of brain cancer, after demonstrating for the first time that a gene known as melanoma differentiation associated gene-9/syntenin (mda-9/syntenin) is a driving force behind the disease's aggressive and invasive nature.

9 Jan 2014

Longer reads: Hospice drains Medicare; false Obamacare 'horror stories;' growing up without vaccines

Hospice patients are expected to die: The treatment focuses on providing comfort to the terminally ill, not finding a cure. To enroll a patient, two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months or less. But over the past decade, the number of "hospice survivors" in the United States has risen dramatically, in part because hospice companies earn more by recruiting patients who aren't actually dying, a Washington Post investigation has found. Healthier patients are more profitable because they require fewer visits and stay enrolled longer (Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating, 12/26).

9 Jan 2014

Study questions widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness

A study led by University of British Columbia scientists calls into question a widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness.

9 Jan 2014

Low doses of anticancer drug can prevent development of diabetes mellitus type 1

Very low doses of a drug used to treat certain types of cancer protect the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and prevent the development of diabetes mellitus type 1 in mice. The medicine works by lowering the level of so-called sterile inflammation. The findings have been made by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Southern Denmark working with researchers in Belgium, Italy, Canada, Netherlands and the USA.

9 Jan 2014

Antipsychotic medication can actively combat cells of difficult-to-treat form of ALL

In a prime example of finding new uses for older drugs, studies in zebrafish show that a 50-year-old antipsychotic medication called perphenazine can actively combat the cells of a difficult-to-treat form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The drug works by turning on a cancer-suppressing enzyme called PP2A and causing malignant tumor cells to self-destruct.

9 Jan 2014

Researchers develop personalized tool to predict likelihood of prostate cancer overdiagnosis

Studies have found that prostate cancer is overdiagnosed in up to 42 percent of cases, prompting men to receive unnecessary treatment that can cause devastating side effects, including impotence and incontinence.

9 Jan 2014

Study provides details to help scientists design better vaccines for Plasmodium vivax

A form of malaria common in India, Southeast Asia and South America attacks human red blood cells by clamping down on the cells with a pair of proteins, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has revealed.

9 Jan 2014

TSRI researchers develop new fluid biopsy technique to identify patients at high risk of heart attack

A new "fluid biopsy" technique that could identify patients at high risk of a heart attack by identifying specific cells as markers in the bloodstream has been developed by a group of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute.

9 Jan 2014

More insurers extend premium payment deadlines

The relaxed timetables reflect efforts by the insurance industry, as well as the Obama administration, to "coax" people towards "cementing" their 2014 coverage, reports Bloomberg News. In addition, a Commonwealth survey finds more people are shopping on the new health insurance marketplaces. News outlets also report developments from Minnesota, California, Oregon, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Michigan.

9 Jan 2014

Akorn acquires NDA and all rights to Betimol from Santen

Akorn, Inc., a niche generic pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has acquired the NDA and all rights to Betimol (timolol ophthalmic solution) 0.25% & 0.5% from Santen. Akorn plans to begin shipping Betimol in the first quarter of 2014.

9 Jan 2014

Altheus Therapeutics completes enrollment for Phase 2 trial of Zoenasa Rectal Gel for distal ulcerative colitis

Altheus Therapeutics, Inc., announced that it has completed enrollment for ZA201, a 6-week, double-blind, active-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial of the efficacy and safety of Zoenasa Rectal Gel in approximately 120 adult patients with left-sided, or distal, ulcerative colitis. Topline results are expected in to be available in March or early April.

9 Jan 2014

Thirty-one students complete Maddie's Online Graduate Certificate in Shelter Medicine

Thirty-one veterinarians and veterinary students have just completed the Maddie's Online Graduate Certificate in Shelter Medicine. These new certificate holders are now the first in the world to complete the fully online program offered by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine.

9 Jan 2014

Medical News

Prenatal exposure to maternal stress hormones predicts nicotine dependence for daughters

Remission from depression is delayed in adults who experienced physical abuse in childhood

Discovery opens new therapeutic avenue for chronic skin condition affecting millions

T2HemoStat detection of novel clot behavior could direct therapeutic choices for stroke, heart attack victims

New study gives hope for novel glioblastoma multiforme treatment

Longer reads: Hospice drains Medicare; false Obamacare 'horror stories;' growing up without vaccines

Study questions widely used method of diagnosing acute mountain sickness

Low doses of anticancer drug can prevent development of diabetes mellitus type 1

Antipsychotic medication can actively combat cells of difficult-to-treat form of ALL

Researchers develop personalized tool to predict likelihood of prostate cancer overdiagnosis

Study provides details to help scientists design better vaccines for Plasmodium vivax

TSRI researchers develop new fluid biopsy technique to identify patients at high risk of heart attack

More insurers extend premium payment deadlines

Akorn acquires NDA and all rights to Betimol from Santen

Altheus Therapeutics completes enrollment for Phase 2 trial of Zoenasa Rectal Gel for distal ulcerative colitis

Thirty-one students complete Maddie's Online Graduate Certificate in Shelter Medicine

Attenuated psychosis syndrome shows clinical significance

Bipolar screening tools not tailored to young people

New study compares blood pressure management in the US and England

Gastric bypass and cardiovascular disease risk: an interview with Dr. Brethauer, Cleveland Clinic

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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