Day August 18, 2016

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved an expanded indication for the Sapien XT and Sapien 3 transcatheter heart valves for patients with aortic valve stenosis who are at intermediate risk for death or complications associated with open-heart surgery.…

Residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, voted this week to relocate their village to escape rising sea levels. NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks to Esau Sinnok, a Sishmaref native and an Arctic Youth ambassador, about the decision to move.

Over the past several years, the sports media have presented several stories of youth athletes who have become addicted to prescription painkillers and eventually turned to heroin.  In fact, one of these reports in Sports Illustrated was ominously titled ‘How…

Heart disease and gallstones can be caused by obesity and diabetes They can change levels of bacteria in the gut – which is linked to the heart They are more common in overweight people, women and the over-40s But men…

Study by Columbia University is the first to test theory in humans Researchers found men felt less pain after consuming cannabis It comes amid widespread push to legalize medical marijuana  By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com Published: 15:50 EST, 18…

US researchers are appealing for healthy people to be deliberately injected with Zika.   It is part of a desperate bid to find a cure for the mosquito-borne virus as it spreads in Florida, the only place with local infections in…

Dyskeratosis congenita, or DC, is a rare, inherited disease for which there are limited treatment options and no cure. Typically diagnosed in childhood, the disorder causes stem cells to fail, leading to significant problems including bone marrow failure, lung fibrosis,…

A neurodevelopmental disorder for which there was no known cause has been linked to SON, a gene that is involved in essential mechanisms a cell uses to translate DNA into protein, as well as in DNA replication and cell division.…

WIn a study of children with mild, persistent asthma, scientists found that acetaminophen was tolerated without the worsening of asthma, when compared with ibuprofen use. The study, funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s asthma network (AsthmaNet), appears…

Women may be at the forefront of the fast-growing forensic science field, but they’re also more stressed than their male counterparts, indicates new research led by a Michigan State University criminologist. Females working in forensic science labs were almost two…

Justine Cheadle was expecting when she noticed a lump on her breast Doctors thought it was pregnancy related but she pushed for tests She had stage 2 breast cancer which had spread to her lymph nodes She delayed treatment until…

Study links diets high in fat and sugar with attention disorders Previous studies found children with poor diets developed ADHD But a new study suggests the process affecting brain starts in the womb  By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com Published:…

Zika can ‘wreak havoc’ in the brains of adults, causing long-term damage that may mirror the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. The mosquito-borne infection has already been linked to microcephaly – a serious birth defect in which babies…

They’re seen as a fashionable way to help in the quest to lose weight quickly. Endorsed by celebrities and promoted on Instagram, detox teas are everywhere we look. But just how good are these ‘natural’ weight-loss aids for your health?…

Obesity and Type 2 diabetes are associated with vascular stiffening and the development of cardiovascular disease. Obese and diabetic premenopausal women are most at risk – even more than men of the same age who have similar health issues. A…

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There are four globally endemic human coronaviruses which, together with the better known rhinoviruses, are responsible for causing common colds. Usually, infections with these viruses are harmless to humans. DZIF Professor Christian Drosten, Institute of Virology at the University Hospital…

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insights from industryDr Steven LeBoeufPresident and cofounder, ?Valencell, Inc. Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, MA (Cantab) In what ways are current wearables limited and what do consumers want to see from next generation wearables? Wearables have proliferated in the marketplace,…

(Medical Xpress)—According to the hedonic principle, people are motivated by the pursuit of pleasure and, conversely, the avoidance of pain. Although there is a great deal of evidence to support this theory of motivation, …

One in five children in the UK children leaving primary school are obese and many parents are unable to tell when their own child is overweight. It appears that as a society we have adjusted to overweight as being the…

A mother-of-three has revealed how a stroke robbed her of her American accent and left her speaking with a distinct German twang. Although a formal diagnosis has not yet been made, doctors believe Tracey Peace, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has developed…

A mother who was given life-saving steroids suffered a horrific allergic reaction when she was taken off them, which left her skin burning and flaking off. Beth White, 33, had agonising red blisters erupting all over her body and face…

Scientists at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute found that a deep-water marine sponge collected off of Fort Lauderdale’s coast contains leiodermatolide, a natural product that has the ability to inhibit the growth of cancer cells as well as…

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UNC School of Medicine’s Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment for the estimated 1.5 million women worldwide with HIV who give birth each year. Lyerly, associate director of the UNC Center for Bioethics…

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A new measurement standard developed by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) has been used successfully by the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research to check the performance of next-generation DNA-sequencing technologies for evaluating gene variations associated with…

A new study in animal models, led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), suggests that the eye’s lacrimal glands can be repaired by injecting a kind of regenerative “progenitor” cell. The eye’s lacrimal gland is small but mighty.…

Sales of rye products soared by 9 per cent this year The wheat-free grain is high in fibre and full of nutrients like zinc and iron It’s low in gluten, so less likely to make you bloat unlike traditional breads…

When Freja and Erin Keen’s dad picked them up from school one afternoon a few years ago, he had some very exciting news. Mummy had gone into labour back home, and she was waiting for them to return so they…

Coffee can have a drastic effect on your body and mood Caffeine increases alertness and stimulates the production of adrenaline It also causes a spike in blood pressure and a tightening of the veins Coffee gives your metabolism a kick…

Government ‘challenges’ industry to reduce sugar levels by 20% by 2020 No ban on sweets being placed near checkouts in supermarkets  Third of children in Britain are considered to be obese By Ben Spencer and James Slack for the Daily…

Published in today’s edition of Nature, the research led by Dr Monkol Lek of the University of Sydney and Dr Daniel MacArthur of The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Universities reveals patterns of genetic variation worldwide by sequencing the…

CRISPR-Cas9 is the go-to technique for knocking out genes in human cell lines to discover what the genes do, but the efficiency with which it disables genes can vary immensely. University of California, Berkeley researchers have now found a way…

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Mr. Peter Goodhand, President of The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), today announced a new collaborative research study in partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific and Queen’s University to help bring more targeted diagnosis and treatment to breast cancer patients…

Despite their especially compact structure that is difficult to access, telomeres transcribe information like the rest of the DNA. The RNAs resulting from this process are called TERRA and their function is essential in preserving these protective structures. This is…

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