Month: November 2017

Medicine, Health Care Phase III Immunotherapy Trial for… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by Thomas Jefferson University (PHILADELPHIA) – A new study of fremanezumab, an immunotherapy that counteracts one of the molecules released during migraine, was found successful in reducing the number of days that chronic migraine sufferers experienced headaches. The results of the phase III clinical trial were published November 29, 2017 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The World Health Organization estimates that

Medicine, Health Care Behavior Not Indicative of Pain… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University College London In stressed newborn babies, behaviour alone is not a reliable way of assessing pain, according to new UCL and UCLH research. The study, published today in Current Biology and funded by the Medical Research Council UK, found that hospitalised newborns, who are already stressed by their environment have a much larger pain response in their brain following a routine

Medicine, Health Care New Vaccine Technique Effectively Fights… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences A new vaccine technique can fight a certain type of breast cancer in mice. So-called HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for between 20 and 30 per cent of all cases of breast cancer in humans. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bologna now show that the same type of

Medicine, Health Care Type 1 Diabetes as Common… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Exeter   Type 1 diabetes is not predominantly a ‘disease of childhood’ as previously believed, but is similarly prevalent in adults, new research published in the Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology shows. Research by the University of Exeter Medical School using UK Biobank found that adults are as likely to develop type 1 diabetes as children, with more than 40 per cent of

Medicine, Health Care Dancing Zumba for Five Weeks… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Granada Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have proven that a five-week exercise program based on the Zumba Fitness® discipline improves the quality of life of inactive university workers, especially the emotional aspect, and most of those improvements lasted for up to 2 months after the completion of said program. The research, published in the Health Education Journal, was

Medicine, Health Care Do Your Ears Hang Low?… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences PITTSBURGH, Nov. 30, 2017 – A common, hands-on method for teaching genetics in grade school encourages students to compare their earlobes with those of their parents: Are they attached and smoothly mesh with the jawline? Or are they detached and dangly? The answer is meant to teach students about dominant and recessive genes. Simple,

Medicine, Health Care Studies Examine the Effects of… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by Wiley New research provides insights on the potential effects of weight on the health of individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A study published in Arthritis Care Research examines how overweight and obesity may affect the likelihood of achieving remission in early RA. A separate study in Arthritis Rheumatology focuses on weight change in early RA and patients’ subsequent risk of early death.

Psychology Can a Rude Waiter Make… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by Society for Consumer Psychology   Have you ever experienced poor service at a restaurant or hotel? Findings from a new study suggest that for certain people, a rude waiter or clerk can influence how tasty the food seems or how attractive the rooms appear. Researcher Jaehoon Lee of Southern Illinois University was eager to investigate when poor service influences a consumer’s opinion of other aspects

Psychology When Brands Tempt Us to… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by Society for Consumer Psychology   While many people consider themselves generally moral and honest, even the most upstanding citizens will likely become willing to lie, cheat and steal under certain circumstances, according to evidence from a new study in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. If consumers believe that a company is harmful in some way–to the environment or to people — then they feel justified

Psychology Recurring Nightmares Could Reflect Your… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by Springer People who are frustrated because their basic psychological needs for autonomy, relatedness and feeling competent are not met are more likely to have a recurring bad dream and to analyze their dreams negatively. This is according to Netta Weinstein of the University of Cardiff in the UK, who is lead author of an article on dreams published in Springer’s journal Motivation and Emotion.

Psychology Research Finds Patients with Post-traumatic… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Birmingham Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Amsterdam hope to have found a new neurobiological marker to help recognise patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Using an electroencephalogram (EEG) – a test that detects electrical activity in a person’s brain via electrodes attached to their scalp – researchers studied the brain activity of a group of thirteen patients with PTSD. The

Psychology Study Reads Between the Lines… Published: November 30, 2017.Released by University of Texas at Dallas   The nation’s 31 million children growing up in homes with low socioeconomic status have, on average, significantly smaller vocabularies compared with their peers. A new study from the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at The University of Texas at Dallas found these differences in vocabulary growth among grade school children of different socioeconomic statuses are likely related to differences

Medicine, Health Care Study Shows Lower Lung Cancer… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Kentucky   A recent study by University of Kentucky BREATHE (Bridging Research Efforts and Advocacy Toward Healthy Environments) researchers shows that fewer new cases of lung cancer were found in communities with strong smoke-free workplace laws. The study, “Lung Cancer Incidence and the Strength of Municipal Smoke-free Ordinances” was published in Cancer, an American Cancer Society journal dedicated to providing clinicians

Medicine, Health Care Penn Researchers: an Injectable Gel… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Pennsylvania In mammals, including humans, the cells that contract the heart muscle and enable it to beat do not regenerate after injury. After a heart attack, there is a dramatic loss of these heart muscle cells and those that survive cannot effectively replicate. With fewer of these contractile cells, known as cardiomyocytes, the heart pumps less blood with each beat,

Medicine, Health Care Is Underground Transit Worse for… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Southern California   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 90 percent of the 4.5 million workers in the Los Angeles area spend an average of 60 minutes each day commuting on a roadway or railway. When USC researchers from the Viterbi School of Engineering set out to study the environmental benefits of different modes of public transit in LA, they

Medicine, Health Care Living in a ‘War Zone’… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Warwick Mums-to-be living in war zones/areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birthweight babies. However the evidence for any impact on the rate of other complications of pregnancy is less clear. That’s the findings of a review of the available evidence conducted by the University of Warwick and published in the online journal BMJ

Medicine, Health Care UTSW Scientists Take Early Step… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by UT Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – Nov. 28, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a method to map protein changes that occur in different subtypes of breast cancer cells in response to DNA damage from a new class of chemotherapy drugs. The research could someday lead to a test to predict an individual patient’s response to a particular drug in

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Develop New Technique to… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by World Scientific A team of scientists, physicians, and engineers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine (CEM) and the Transplant Center of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA reported the development of a new technology that enables researchers to better study liver transplantation in a pre-clinical setting. The model specifically examines the reperfusion stage of

Medicine, Health Care Largest Genetic Study of Mosquitoes… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute The largest ever genetic study of mosquitoes reveals the movement of insecticide resistance between different regions of Africa and finds several rapidly evolving insecticide resistance genes. Reported today (29 November) in Nature, this genetic resource will be used to develop new tools for monitoring resistance and managing insecticide use, and for designing novel control methods. Malaria is transmitted

Psychology Employee-job Personality Match Linked with… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by Association for Psychological Science An employee whose personality traits closely match the traits that are ideal for her job is likely to earn more than an employee whose traits are less aligned, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Our findings show that looking at the combination of personality traits and job demands is key

Psychology Poverty, Ethics And Discrimination: How… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Cognitive psychology examines how people view the world and what drives them to behave a certain way. These everyday decisions are shaped by countless factors. However, research on cognition often leaves out a key consideration — the cultural context. In a new paper, scientists look at how cognitive research on poverty, ethics and discrimination would be enriched by engaging

Psychology Combinations of Certain Personality Traits… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University at Buffalo   BUFFALO, N.Y. – Though high levels of neuroticism put people at risk for depression and anxiety, if those same individuals are also highly extraverted and conscientious they could have a measure of protection against those disorders, according to the results of a new study by a team of University at Buffalo psychologists. The findings, published in the Journal of Research in

Psychology Empowering Workers Can Cause Uncertainty… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Exeter Attempts by managers to empower staff by delegating different work to them or asking for their opinions can be detrimental for employee productivity, research shows. Giving employees more authority can have a negative impact on their day to day performance and perhaps give the impression that their boss is just seeking to avoid doing their own work, according to the study.

Psychology Study: Stereotypes About Race And… Published: November 29, 2017.Released by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Prior research has established that society appears to accord less forgiveness to African-Americans when they arrive in bankruptcy court: Proceedings take longer, cost more and typically lead to lower levels of debt relief. And according to new research co-written by an interdisciplinary team of University of Illinois experts in psychology and legal studies, practitioners inside the

Medicine, Health Care Worried About Holiday Weight Gain?… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev BEER-SHEVA, Israel…November 27 – A new, long-term diet study published in the high impact American Heart Association journal, Circulation, used MRI imaging technology for the first time to plot the diverse changes in an array of body organ fat storage pools during 18 months of Mediterranean/low-carb (Med/LC) and low-fat diets, with and without moderate physical

Medicine, Health Care Radiologists Detect Injury Patterns of… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Brigham and Women’s Hospital   Radiology images can reveal critical clues not only about a patient’s current injuries, but also about patterns of violence a person may be experiencing. Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital present data today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) from a study that reveals new ways that radiologists can be involved in

Medicine, Health Care New HIV Guideline Outlines Cost-effective… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Canadian Medical Association Journal   A new Canadian guideline outlines how new biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection can best be used in high-risk populations both before and after exposure to the virus. The guideline, published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.170494, applies to adults at risk of HIV infection through sexual activity or injection drug use. “The large financial cost of

Medicine, Health Care Blood Lead Levels Lower, but… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Elsevier Ann Arbor, November 27, 2017 – American children and adolescents who do not drink tap water, which is typically fluoridated, are much more likely to have tooth decay, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. However, the study confirms that those who drink tap water are more likely to have elevated levels of lead in their

Medicine, Health Care Scientists Reveal New Avenue for… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by King’s College London   New research from King’s College London has revealed a previously undiscovered mechanism of cellular communication, between neurons and immune cells, in neuropathic pain. The authors, who published their findings today in Nature Communications, identified a new method of treating neuropathic pain in mice, which could be more safe and effective than current treatments comprising of opioids and antiepileptic drugs.

Medicine, Health Care High Levels of Natural Immune… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University   AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Patients diagnosed with the most common form of leukemia who also have high levels of an enzyme known to suppress the immune system are most likely to die early, researchers say. High levels of this enzyme, indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase, or IDO, at diagnosis also identify those who might benefit

Medicine, Health Care Neurofeedback Shows Promise in Treating… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Radiological Society of North America   CHICAGO – Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have found that neurofeedback training has the potential to reduce the severity of tinnitus or even eliminate it, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Tinnitus is the perception of noise, often ringing, in the ear. The condition is

Medicine, Health Care New Studies Show Brain Impact… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Radiological Society of North America   CHICAGO – School-age football players with a history of concussion and high impact exposure undergo brain changes after one season of play, according to two new studies conducted at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Both

Medicine, Health Care Radiology Offers Clues in Cases… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Radiological Society of North America   CHICAGO – Radiologic signs of injury could help identify victims of intimate partner violence, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). “Radiologists must be aware that intimate partner abuse is a common public health problem,” said study author Elizabeth George, M.D., a radiology resident at Brigham

Medicine, Health Care New Discovery to Accelerate Development… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by University of Adelaide   A recent discovery by Australian scientists is likely to improve the sustainability of the Australian wine sector and significantly accelerate the breeding of more robust salt-tolerant grapevines. With funding from Wine Australia, a team of scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Agriculture and Food identified genes expressed

Medicine, Health Care Holding Infants – Or Not… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by University of British Columbia The amount of close and comforting contact between infants and their caregivers can affect children at the molecular level, an effect detectable four years later, according to new research from the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute. The study showed that children who had been more distressed as infants and had received less physical

Medicine, Health Care Under Affordable Care Act, Americans… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences   By reducing out-of-pocket costs for preventive treatment, the Affordable Care Act appears to have encouraged more people to have health screenings related to their cardiovascular health, a UCLA study found. Comparing figures from 2006 through 2013, researchers found that more people were screened for diabetes, high cholesterol, cigarette use and high blood pressure —

Medicine, Health Care Children Who Commute to School… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by University of Granada Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) belonging to the research group PROFITH have proven that children who actively commute to school (that is, walking or cycling) without adults accompanying them have better safety perceptions and autonomy. The research is fostered by an initiative from Granada’s provincial government and its Department of Environment with the goal of promoting safe

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Show Stress Suppresses Response… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by University of Queensland New research shows that chronic stress suppresses the immune system’s response to cancer, reducing the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatments. University of Queensland scientists say they are investigating dual therapies for patients to reduce stress signalling and improve their response to treatments. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Dr Stephen Mattarollo said lymphoma progressed more rapidly in mouse models when stress pathways

Medicine, Health Care Immune Deficiency Explains Rampant Caries… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Umea University Researchers at Umeå University in Sweden have made a novel discovery connecting genetic innate immunity deficiencies to rampant caries and increased risk of dental caries affecting about one in five children. The results could lead to a better way of identifying high-risk patients and treat their caries. The study has been published in the journal EBioMedicine. In a five-year study,

Medicine, Health Care US Arthritis Prevalence Is Much… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Wiley New research indicates that the prevalence of arthritis in the United States has been substantially underestimated, especially among adults 65 years old. The Arthritis Rheumatology findings indicate that research is needed to better monitor arthritis prevalence in the US population and to develop better prevention strategies. Current national estimates of arthritis rely on a single survey question, asking participants whether they

Psychology White Male Gun Owners with… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Baylor University   White male gun owners who have lost, or fear losing, their economic footing tend to feel morally and emotionally attached to their guns, according to a Baylor University study. This segment of the population also is most likely to say that violence against the United States government is sometimes justified, reported researchers F. Carson Mencken, Ph.D., and Paul Froese, Ph.D., professors of

Psychology Xenophobia Strongly Linked to Brexit,… Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Frontiers As concerns increase about Russian influence on the UK’s Brexit referendum, new research provides evidence that British citizens who agreed that immigrants threaten their values and way of life were more likely to have voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. The study, published today in open access journal Frontiers in Psychology, shows that this xenophobia, or a fear of

Psychology When Friends Become Objects … Published: November 27, 2017.Released by Ruhr-University Bochum Why do people use social media? Striving to answer this question, social psychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have conducted a survey with more than 500 Facebook users with regard to their personality structure and the way they use the platform. Based on the results, they have developed the first comprehensive theory of social media usage. According to that theory, self-regulation is the key:

Medicine, Health Care Sclerosis Medicine Can Fight Multi-resistant… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Aarhus University Encountering bacteria with innocent names such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae can lead to hospitalisation and – in a worst-case scenario – can also be life-threatening. The bacteria, which cause infections such as pneumonia, frequently develop multi-resistance towards classic antibiotics. Researchers from Aarhus University have discovered that a drug known as glatiramer acetate, which is normally used for treating the

Medicine, Health Care The Future of Sutures And… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Brigham and Women’s Hospital   Although sutures and staples have been used for decades to close wounds or surgical incisions, both have their drawbacks: suturing can be time-consuming and can lead to extended and costly procedures, while staples are limited to use during open procedures and can cause tissue damage upon insertion, which can lead to infection. Additionally, neither offer a waterproof seal

Medicine, Health Care A ‘Half-hearted’ Solution to One-sided… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Boston Children’s Hospital   Soft robotic actuators, which are pneumatic artificial muscles designed and programmed to perform lifelike motions, have recently emerged as an attractive alternative to more rigid components that have conventionally been used in biomedical devices. In fact, earlier this year, a Boston Children’s Hospital team revealed a proof-of-concept soft robotic sleeve that could support the function of a failing heart.

Medicine, Health Care Moderate Coffee Drinking ‘More Likely… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by BMJ   Drinking coffee is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it” for a range of health outcomes, say researchers in The BMJ today. They bring together evidence from over 200 studies and find that drinking three to four cups of coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of death and getting heart disease compared with drinking no coffee.

Medicine, Health Care The Genome of Leishmania Reveals… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Center for Genomic Regulation Leishmaniasis is an important human and veterinary disease caused by Leishmania parasites that affect 12 million people in over 98 endemic countries. The disease is now emerging in Europe due to climate change and massive population displacement. The parasite is known to rapidly adapt to novel environments with important consequences for disease outcome. It has therefore been recognized

Medicine, Health Care Glucocorticoids Offer Long-term Benefits for… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Children’s National Health System WASHINGTON–(Nov. 22, 2017)–Glucocorticoids, a class of steroid hormone medications often prescribed to patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), offer long-term benefits for this disease, including longer preservation of muscle strength and function and decreased risk of death. These findings support the standard prescribing practices in many clinics and could help sway parents who are on the fence about

Medicine, Health Care Schizophrenia Drug Development May Be… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Columbia University Medical Center   New York, November 22, 2017–Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI) have identified biomarkers that can aid in the development of better treatments for schizophrenia. The findings were published online today in JAMA Psychiatry. In the past two decades, the pharmaceutical industry has spent over $2.5 billion to develop new

Medicine, Health Care Antimalarial Drugs Could Support Existing… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by ecancermedicalscience Antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could find another use as cancer treatments, according to a new clinical study published in ecancermedicalscience. Researchers from the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project, an international collaboration between the Anticancer Fund, Belgium, and USA-based GlobalCures, say there is evidence to include these drugs in further clinical investigations. The authors are particularly excited about the potential

Medicine, Health Care Four Simple Tests Could Help… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by European Lung Foundation Testing for fever, high pulse rate, crackly breath sounds, and low oxygen levels could be key to helping GPs distinguish pneumonia from less serious infections, according to a large study published in the European Respiratory Journal[1]. Pneumonia is a severe lung infection that can be life-threatening and often requires treatment with antibiotics. However, it is notoriously difficult to discriminate

Medicine, Health Care Low-salt Heart-healthy Dash Diet… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy DASH diet substantially lowers systolic blood pressure — the top number in a blood pressure test — especially in people with higher baseline systolic readings. Results of the randomized clinical trial of the dietary combination, conducted

Medicine, Health Care Study Reveals New Mechanisms of… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by King’s College London   Researchers at King’s College London have discovered new mechanisms of cell death, which may be involved in debilitating neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. This novel research, published today in Current Biology, could lead to new therapeutic approaches for treating or delaying the progression of neurodegenerative conditions that are currently incurable, if the findings are expanded.

Medicine, Health Care Ludwig Researchers Unravel Novel Mechanism… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research   NOVEMBER 23, 2017, New York — A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a key mechanism by which tumors develop resistance to radiation therapy and shown how such resistance might be overcome with drugs that are currently under development. The discovery addresses a longstanding challenge: as many as 40% of large tumors develop resistance to radiotherapy, significantly

Medicine, Health Care Lung Cancer Triggers Pulmonary Hypertension… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Shortness of breath and respiratory distress often increase the suffering of advanced-stage lung cancer patients. These symptoms can be triggered by pulmonary hypertension, as scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad Nauheim and the German Center for Lung Research found after examining more than 500 patients. The pulmonary hypertension observed is possibly due to immune

Medicine, Health Care Increased Use of Ambulatory Surgery… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan   ANN ARBOR, Mich. – National data shows a major shift in eye surgeries from hospitals to less expensive ambulatory surgery centers where care may be delivered faster and closer to home for some patients. Over the past decade the proportion of cataract surgeries performed at surgery centers increased steadily, reaching 73 percent in 2014, compared to

Medicine, Health Care New Research Suggests High-intensity Exercise… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by McMaster University   The health advantages of high-intensity exercise are widely known but new research from McMaster University points to another major benefit: better memory. The findings could have implications for an aging population which is grappling with the growing problem of catastrophic diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. Scientists have found that six weeks of intense exercise–short bouts of interval training over

Medicine, Health Care NIH Scientists And Collaborators Find… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and collaborators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have detected abnormal prion protein in the skin of nearly two dozen people who died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). The scientists also exposed a dozen healthy mice to skin extracts from two of the CJD patients, and all developed

Medicine, Health Care Encouraging Oxygen’s Assault on Iron… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine   Blocking the action of a key protein frees oxygen to damage iron-dependent proteins in lung and breast cancer cells, slowing their growth and making them easier to kill. This is the implication of a study led by researchers from Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone Health, and published online November 22 in Nature. Human

Medicine, Health Care Certain Popular Cigars Deliver More… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Penn State   Cigars may have a reputation for being safer than cigarettes, but they may be just as harmful and addictive, according to Penn State researchers, who add that small cigars have just as much if not more nicotine than cigarettes. The researchers analyzed the nicotine in smoke from popular brands of “small” or “filtered” cigars — cigars that are almost identical

Medicine, Health Care Intranasal Ketamine Has More Minor… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine   DES PLAINES, IL– Minor adverse events (e.g., bad taste in the mouth and dizziness) occur more frequently with intranasal ketamine than with intranasal fentanyl in children with suspected extremity fractures. That is the primary finding of a study to be published in the December 2017 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine (AEM), a journal of the Society for Academic

Medicine, Health Care Scientists Find Key to Regenerating… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Sanford-Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute   Lake Nona, Fla., November 23, 2017 – A new study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) identifies a signaling pathway that is essential for angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. The findings, published in Nature Communications, may improve current strategies to improve blood flow in ischemic tissue, such

Medicine, Health Care Serious Mortuary Errors Could Be… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by SAGE   New research investigating serious incidents occurring in the management of patient remains after their death concludes that safe mortuary care may be improved by applying lessons learned from existing patient safety work. The research, published today by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, analysed 132 incidents reported in England to a national NHS database between 1 April 2002 and

Medicine, Health Care Considerable Gap Exists in US… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by The JAMA Network Journals   Bottom Line: Nearly a third of about 40 million adults in the United States who report hearing difficulties have not seen a specialist for their hearing problems. Why The Research Is Interesting:  Hearing loss is extremely common and is associated with negative physical, social, cognitive, economic, and emotional consequences. Who and When: A representative sample of U.S. adults who

Medicine, Health Care Temple Researchers Identify Genetic Factors… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Temple University Health System   (Philadelphia, PA) – Endotracheal intubation, in which a tube is inserted through the voice box (larynx) into the windpipe, and tracheotomy, in which surgery is undertaken to create a hole through the neck and into the windpipe (trachea) to facilitate breathing, are widely used in the hospital setting for elective surgery and in cases of serious illness or

Medicine, Health Care Lower Levels of MicroRNA 29… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by Technical University of Munich (TUM) Cardiac fibrosis involves an increase of connective tissue in the cardiac muscle, causing a loss of function. A team of researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now discovered that microRNA 29 (miR-29) plays an important role in the formation of tissue fibrosis. They occur less frequently when miR-29 is suppressed in cardiac muscle cells.

Medicine, Health Care Children with Heart Disease Are… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by University of Birmingham   Less than one per cent of UK children born with congenital heart disease are enrolled in clinical trials looking to improve treatments, research funded by the British Heart Foundation and led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Children’s Hospital has found. The study, published in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery today, is the first systematic review of

Medicine, Health Care GP Online Consultations: Not the… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by University of Bristol   Online GP consultation systems may not be the silver bullet for reducing GP workload and patient waiting times that government policymakers are hoping for, NIHR-funded research from the University of Bristol has found. These systems offer the potential to revolutionise use of primary care, but only with careful implementation and effective marketing, the researchers concluded. NHS England is offering

Medicine, Health Care Radiographs of Dolly’s Skeleton Show… Published: November 24, 2017.Released by University of Nottingham Original concerns that cloning caused early-onset osteoarthritis (OA) in Dolly the sheep are unfounded, say experts at the University of Nottingham and the University of Glasgow. The team, who published last year’s Nottingham Dollies research which showed that the 8 year-old Nottingham ‘Dollies’ had aged normally, have now published a radiographic assessment of the skeletons of Dolly herself, Bonnie