Month: April 2018

Medicine, Health Care Seniors Stick to Fitness Routines… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by University of British Columbia Older adults are more likely to stick with a group exercise program if they can do it with people their own age, a new University of British Columbia study has found. Working out with peers of the same gender doesn’t seem to make a difference – it’s the age that counts. “This study points to the importance of

Medicine, Health Care A Potential New Weapon in… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania Cocaine and other drugs of abuse hijack the natural reward circuits in the brain. In part, that’s why it’s so hard to quit using these substances. Moreover, relapse rates hover between 40 and 60 percent, similar to rates for other chronic conditions like hypertension and Type 1 diabetes. University of Pennsylvania behavioral pharmacologist and neuroscientist Heath Schmidt studies how

Medicine, Health Care Size Matters When Fighting Cancer,… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   HOUSTON – (April 26, 2018) – Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer with a double whammy of a virus combined with boosting the natural immune system, according to a pioneering study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and

Medicine, Health Care Music Activates Regions of the… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by University of Utah Health   Ever get chills listening to a particularly moving piece of music? You can thank the salience network of the brain for that emotional joint. Surprisingly, this region also remains an island of remembrance that is spared from the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the University of Utah Health are looking to this region of the brain to

Medicine, Health Care Hearing Screening for Public Safety… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by Wolters Kluwer Health   April 27, 2018 – Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals – but standard hearing tests don’t give a true picture of whether these professionals can hear and communicate in the specific “noise environments” where they must work. A new approach to hearing assessment in public safety officers — which

Medicine, Health Care Online Reviews of Plastic Surgeons… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by Wolters Kluwer Health   April 27, 2018 – Good cosmetic results are an important factor – but not the only factor – differentiating positive versus negative reviews for plastic surgeons on Google, Yelp, and other online review sites, according to a special topic paper in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic

Medicine, Health Care Platelet-rich Plasma for Cosmetic Facial… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by Wolters Kluwer Health   April 27, 2018 – Most studies evaluating platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection for facial rejuvenation and other cosmetic procedures have reported positive results, according to a critical review in the May issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). But the research evidence supporting PRP for facial aesthetic procedures has

Psychology Parents May Help Prep Kids… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Warm, nurturing parents may pass along strategies for building and maintaining positive relationships to their kids, setting them up for healthier, less-violent romantic relationships as young adults, according to researchers. Researchers found that when adolescents reported a positive family climate and their parents using more effective parenting strategies — like providing reasons for decisions and refraining from harsh

Psychology Black-oriented Films Can Be Highly… Published: April 29, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania Despite the persistent notion in Hollywood that films starring people of color aren’t marketable to a broad audience, the success of Black Panther — a Marvel movie starring a Black superhero and with an almost entirely Black cast — provides a clear counterexample, having grossed $1.3 billion worldwide. New research from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania

Medicine, Health Care Scientists Identify a Potential Treatment… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by IDIBELL-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute The work of researchers Francesc Viñals and Mariona Graupera at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL, Oncobell program) – Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO, ProCURE program) – University of Barcelona, together with Dr. Antoni Riera-Mestre (IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, University of Barcelona), has led to a new potential treatment for Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) or Rendu-Osler Syndrome, a

Medicine, Health Care Publication Details IDRI’s Promising Leprosy… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Infectious Disease Research Institute   A publication in Nature Partner Journals (npj) Vaccines indicates that post-exposure prophylaxis with LepVax, IDRI’s leprosy vaccine candidate, not only appears safe but, unlike BCG (a tuberculosis vaccine that provides some protection against leprosy), alleviates and delays the neurologic disruptions caused by Mycobacterium leprae infection in nine-banded armadillos. This is an important finding because armadillos are the only

Medicine, Health Care Fluoride Varnish in the Primary… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care   Whereas caries in adults and adolescents is declining, studies in children under the age of 3 have shown that caries in this age group has hardly decreased: On average, about 14% of all 3-year-olds in Germany have caries in the primary dentition. Fluoride varnish effectively helps in the remineralization of the tooth surface and

Medicine, Health Care Neonicotinoids May Alter Estrogen Production… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Institut national de la recherche scientifique – INRS Neonicotinoids are currently the most widely used pesticides in the world and frequently make headlines because of their harmful effects on honeybees and other insect pollinators. Now, a study published in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives, indicates they may also have an impact on human health by disrupting our hormonal systems. This study

Medicine, Health Care Meningococcal Meningitis: Stomach Pain Should… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Institut Pasteur   © Monet, FotoliaPatients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck… but they might also just have a bad stomach ache. This can be so severe that they are sometimes wrongly operated for appendicitis. Teams from the Institut Pasteur and the Department of Pediatrics at Bicêtre Hospital (AP-HP) decided to investigate the question.

Medicine, Health Care Mid-life Chronic Inflammation May Be… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   A study of nearly 6,000 Americans followed for 24 years from middle to late adulthood found that having chronic inflammation in middle age may be linked to an increased risk of frailty and overall poorer health decades later. A report on the study, led by Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators, is published in the March issue of The Journal of

Medicine, Health Care Smartphone App Keeps an ‘Eye’… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   Johns Hopkins researchers report success with a smart phone video-based app that substitutes for a daily in-person visit by a health care worker required for tuberculosis treatment known as directly observed therapy, or DOT. The preliminary study showed that the app may be less costly and may improve privacy concerns raised by patients compared to in-person visits. A summary

Medicine, Health Care US Autism Rate Edges Up… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health   Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that finds the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among 11 surveillance sites as one in 59 among children aged 8 years in 2014 (or 1.7 percent). This marks a 15

Medicine, Health Care Unprecedented Study Identifies 44 Genetic… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by King’s College London A global research project has mapped out the genetic basis of major depression, identifying 44 genetic variants which are risk factors for depression, 30 of which are newly discovered. The study, by the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and co-led in the UK by King’s College London, is the largest study to-date of genetic risk factors for major depression. Published today

Medicine, Health Care Taxing Sweet Snacks May Bring… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine Taxing sweet snacks could lead to broader reductions in the amount of sugar purchased than similar increases in the price of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), according to new research published in BMJ Open. The research team from the London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, estimate that adding 10%

Medicine, Health Care First-of-its-kind Study Associates Obesity with… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA – Research led by LSU Health New Orleans faculty has found that obesity contributed to poorer outcomes in non-white patients who had hemorrhagic strokes. It is one of the few studies examining outcomes of patients with obesity following intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and is the first such study conducted within the stroke belt of

Medicine, Health Care Hearing Aids Linked to Fewer… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan They cost thousands of dollars, and insurance almost never covers them. But hearing aids may hold the potential to cut older adults’ visits to the hospital or emergency room, according to a new study. That could mean lower costs in the long run, though more research is needed to see if this is true. The study

Medicine, Health Care Bacteria in the Small Intestine… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Midwestern University   A researcher at Midwestern University led a new study showing that Western diets, high in fat and simple sugar, promote the growth of bacteria in the small intestine that increase fat digestion and absorption. The goals of the study, published in the journal Cell Host and Microbe on April 11, 2018, were to determine if microbes were required for digestion

Medicine, Health Care Too Liberal Use of Oxygen… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by McMaster University   Hamilton, ON (April 26, 2018) – McMaster University researchers have found there is such a thing as too much oxygen for acutely ill adults. Extensive data analyses in a study from the university show that supplemental oxygen, when given liberally to these patients, increases the risk of death without improving other health outcomes. The results were published today in The

Medicine, Health Care Accepted Or Rejected? Uncovering How… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Osaka University Osaka – When a pathogen evades or overcomes our innate immune defenses, the adaptive immune system kicks into action. There are two types of adaptive immune responses: cell-mediated immunity mediated by T cells and humoral immunity mediated by antibodies produced by B cells. Affinity maturation of B cells in the germinal center (GC) is a process of evolution involving mutation

Medicine, Health Care Study Sheds Light on Recently… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Osaka University Osaka – Evolution enables beneficial traits to dominate a population. Given enough time, groups exposed to different environments will eventually evolve unique adaptive traits. Knowing how environmental pressures shape human evolution can lead to a better understanding of why certain populations or ethnic groups today are predisposed to certain characteristics. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers centered

Medicine, Health Care VA Delivers Higher Quality Care… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by RAND Corporation   The VA health care system performs similar to or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient care quality, although there is high variation in quality across individual VA facilities, according to a new RAND Corporation study. Examining a wide array of commonly used measures of health care quality, researchers found that VA hospitals generally provided better

Medicine, Health Care US Autism Rates Rise 15… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Rutgers University   A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which uses research by Rutgers University, shows a significant increase in the estimated percentage of 8-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States. The report, released April 26, found that one in 59 children had autism, up an average of 15 percent from two years

Medicine, Health Care Expanded Registry Data Shows Continued… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 – The post-approval study evaluating the safety and efficacy of MitraClip in a real-world, commercial setting was presented today as late-breaking clinical science at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2018 Scientific Sessions. The prospective, single-arm, multi-center, observational study entitled, The Abbott Post-Approval Study 1 MitraClip Registry: 1-year Results

Medicine, Health Care Infection of the Heart Valves… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 – A new study finds the number of patients hospitalized with endocarditis has increased dramatically over the last decade in a pattern that mirrors the increase in mixed drug use. The nearly decade-long retrospective study analyzed patients in the epicenter of the opioid epidemic–West Virginia. Findings showed a trend between the

Medicine, Health Care New Clinical Trial Shows Second… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 – Results of the PERSPECTIVE trial were presented today as late-breaking clinical science at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 2018 Scientific Sessions. The PERSPECTIVE study is a prospective, single-center rigorously performed clinical trial and reports on one-year outcomes of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention

Medicine, Health Care New Study Shows Length of… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 – A new study finds patients who stay in the hospital for more than 72 hours when undergoing trans-femoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TF-TAVR) procedure may be associated with negative short and long-term outcomes. The authors, for the first time, report a significant decline in the rates of delayed discharge; and

Medicine, Health Care New Study Shows Therapy for… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 – Late-breaking clinical science shows common therapy options for psoriasis (PSO)-a chronic inflammatory skin disease-can help reduce coronary plaque. The authors found that not only do the treatments reduce the volume of the plaque, but also the plaque becomes less inflammatory over time harboring fewer characteristics prone to rupture and cause

Medicine, Health Care New Study Shows Life-saving Outcomes… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, APRIL 26, 2018 – A new study examines the effectiveness of 3D printing technology and computer modeling to predict paravalvular leak (PVL) in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). A common risk of TAVR is an ill-fitting valve which can lead to PVL. To address this risk, the study used 3D printing technology

Medicine, Health Care Studies Find More Patients Admitted… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions   SAN DIEGO, APRIL 26, 2018 – Two new studies examined seasonal variations in cardiac-related hospitalizations specifically for aortic dissection and ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarctions (STEMI). The results of both studies revealed winter as the most common time for hospital admissions and used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database (NIS) for analysis. Results were presented at the Society for

Medicine, Health Care Probiotics Useful in the Fight… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America   NEW YORK (April 26, 2018) – Probiotics may be a relatively safe, simple, and low-cost solution for preventing Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in hospital settings, according to two studies published today in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Both studies show that treating patients who received antibiotics with

Medicine, Health Care Treating Cardiovascular Disorders – And… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Texas AM University   You’ve heard of “nature versus nurture,” and philosophers argue about which is more important. But how does this work on the cellular level? Although genes stay the same throughout the lifespan, genetic code isn’t necessarily a person’s destiny. In fact, genes can be switched on and off to regulate a number of activities within cells. The body does this

Medicine, Health Care New Metric Defines Areas of… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Thomas Jefferson University (PHILADELPHIA) – To catch prostate cancer at earlier stages, when it’s more easily treated, many institutions do community outreach and education sessions to explain why cancer screenings can be life-saving. In order to have the highest impact, however, institutions must select where to focus their efforts. Prostate cancer is most common among African American men and can be more

Medicine, Health Care Study of Bat Natural Immunity… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Scientists examining the genome of Egyptian fruit bats, a natural reservoir for the deadly Marburg virus, have identified several immune-related genes that suggest bats deal with viral infections in a substantially different way than primates. Their research, published online today in the journal Cell, demonstrates that bats may be able to host viruses that

Medicine, Health Care Review Finds More Effective Drugs… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Birmingham   New evidence from a Cochrane review published today, led by a University of Birmingham scientist, suggests that alternative drugs may be more effective than the standard drug currently used to stop women bleeding after childbirth. Bleeding after birth, also known as postpartum haemorrhage, is the most common reason why mothers die in childbirth worldwide. Although most healthy women can

Medicine, Health Care A Biochemical Process in Plants… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Córdoba Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. On this occasion, it doesn’t involve miracle species or the like, but rather the results obtained by the University of Cordoba BIO301 research team called “Epigenetics and DNA Repair.” This research team is affiliated with the Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research and is led by Genetics Professor María Teresa

Medicine, Health Care Largest-ever Study of Thyroid Cancer… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers recently completed the largest-ever study of thyroid cancer genetics, mining the data of 583 patient samples of advanced differentiated thyroid cancer and 196 anaplastic thyroid cancers. In addition to identification of specific genes that may drive these cancers and thus provide attractive targets for treatment, the researchers found that in

Medicine, Health Care Mouse Study Identifies New Target… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Cambridge Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a potential therapeutic target in the devastating genetic disease Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS), which is characterised by premature ageing. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, scientists provide preclinical data showing that chemical inhibition or genetic deregulation of the enzyme N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) leads to significant health and lifespan gains

Medicine, Health Care Research Helps Frail Older People… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Leicester Researchers led by the University of Leicester have devised a ‘risk score’ which will be used to help frail older people have better support in hospital. Using the concept of frailty (which captures vulnerability), researchers from the Nuffield Trust and the Universities of Leicester, Newcastle, Southampton and the London School of Economics have created a risk score that will

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Identify 44 Genomic Variants… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of North Carolina Health Care CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – A new meta-analysis of more than 135,000 people with major depression and more than 344,000 controls has identified 44 genomic variants, or loci, that have a statistically significant association with depression. Of these 44 loci, 30 are newly discovered while 14 had been identified in previous studies. In addition, the study identified

Medicine, Health Care Biomarkers And Efficacy of Vaccine… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   LOS ANGELES – In March 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ocrelizumab as the first treatment for both relapsing (RMS) and progressive forms of multiple sclerosis (MS), a genetic disease that afflicts approximately 400,000 Americans with an estimated 10,000 new cases every year. This week at the 2018 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Annual

Medicine, Health Care PARP-1 May Be Key to… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Penn Medicine researchers have used CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to isolate a key genetic feature that could cause resistance to PARP inhibitors in patients with ovarian cancer – and they’ve also proven they have a way to see that feature using PET imaging. The team found PARP inhibitors – a type of targeted therapy

Medicine, Health Care Searching for a Nursing Home… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Southern California Yelp reviews of nursing homes tend to focus more on staff attitudes, staff responsiveness and the physical facility itself than government reviews, a new USC study finds. “Yelp reviewers are looking at different aspects of care than the government reviews,” said Anna Rahman, a corresponding author and assistant research professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.

Medicine, Health Care Kids Exposed to General Anesthestic… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Sydney   The new finding published today in Pediatric Anesthesia, is based on a data-linkage study of over 210,000 children in New South Wales, Australia. The 211,978 children included in the study were born in New South Wales at 37-plus weeks’ gestation without major congenital anomalies or neurodevelopmental disability. Of these, researchers had data on their school entry developmental assessment in

Medicine, Health Care In Test with Mice, Zika… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Sao Paulo Scientific Outreach Unit   A study published in the journal Cancer Research, of the American Association for Cancer Research, reveals the therapeutic side of the Zika virus, which in 2015 made global public health authorities wary when the link between the infection of the virus during gestation and the birth of children with microcephaly was established. Now, Brazilian researchers

Medicine, Health Care RNA Editing Study Shows Potential… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center   If there is one thing all cancers have in common, it is they have nothing in common. A multi-center study led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has shed light on why proteins, the seedlings that serve as the incubator for many cancers, can vary from cancer to cancer and even

Medicine, Health Care Noninvasive Brain Tumor Biopsy on… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Washington University in St. Louis   Taking a biopsy of a brain tumor is a complicated and invasive surgical process, but a team of researchers at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a way that allows them to detect tumor biomarkers through a simple blood test. Hong Chen, a biomedical engineer, and Eric C. Leuthardt, MD, a neurosurgeon, led a team of

Psychology I’m (not) Afraid to Say… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by National Research University Higher School of Economics The #imnotafraidtosay flashmob on Facebook and other online actions against sexual violence have helped victims to speak out about the problem and get psychological support from the web. At the same time, full frankness is hardly possible in such projects. It is directly related to anonymity. According to HSE researchers, the most painful experiences are still muted

Psychology Curiosity Is Key to Early… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by Springer Curious children are better able to grasp basic math and reading. This is according to a group of researchers from the University of Michigan, led by Prachi Shah. The study in the journal Pediatric Research, which is published by Springer Nature, is the first to investigate a possible link between curiosity and early academic success among young children. In addition, the researchers found

Psychology Study Finds Horses Remember Facial… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Sussex A study by the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth reveals that horses can read and then remember people’s emotional expressions, enabling them to use this information to identify people who could pose a potential threat. Published today, Thursday 26 April 2018, in the journal, Current Biology, the paper ‘Animals remember previous facial expressions that specific humans have exhibited’ is authored by

Psychology Community Efforts to Prevent Teen… Published: April 27, 2018.Released by University of Washington Want to prevent kids from using drugs and make it stick into young adulthood? Get the community involved and intervene before they’re teens, say researchers from the University of Washington. A new, longitudinal study from the UW Social Development Research Group shows that young adults who grew up in communities that used a coordinated, science-based approach to prevention were more likely

Medicine, Health Care E. Coli – Are We… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by Swansea University   A sepsis awareness and management programme has demonstrated overall success in terms of improved sepsis detection, but has led to an increase in the number of E. coli blood stream infection cases presented, calling into question the targets used by Health Boards and set by the Welsh Government. Sepsis is a serious complication of an infection, which can lead to

Medicine, Health Care What Happens to Stolen Guns?… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by Springer Only about one per cent of all gun transactions in the US are thefts, and there is no evidence that theft is an important source of guns to those who use them to commit violent crimes. In an analysis of nationwide and state-specific data in Springer’s Journal of Urban Health, Philip Cook of Duke University in the US emphasizes that what

Medicine, Health Care Study: Drug-filled, 3-D Printed Dentures… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University at Buffalo   BUFFALO, N.Y. – Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. denture-wearing population suffer frequent fungal infections that cause inflammation, redness and swelling in the mouth. To better treat these infections, called denture-related stomatitis, University at Buffalo researchers have turned to 3-D printers, using the machines to build dentures filled with microscopic capsules that periodically release Amphotericin B, an antifungal medication. A

Medicine, Health Care UNC Researchers Identify Promising Delivery… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center   CHAPEL HILL – Using nanoparticles to bind molecules that can unleash and stimulate immune cells, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found they could more effectively trigger the body’s defenses system against cancer in laboratory studies. The researchers believe their findings, published in the journal Advanced Materials, offer a promising new nanotechnology-based delivery method

Medicine, Health Care Indications of Psychosis Appear in… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Basel Imaging techniques can be used to detect the development of psychosis in the brains of high-risk patients at an early stage, as reported by researchers from the University of Basel and Western University in the journal JAMA Psychiatry. Detecting psychosis early increases the chances of effective treatment. Despite advances in diagnosis, however, it has previously not been possible to

Medicine, Health Care Fetal Immune System Rejects the… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of California – San Francisco   Preterm labor, a common pregnancy complication, has long been a mystery to scientists. But a new study from UC San Francisco shows it may sometimes happen when the fetal immune system “wakes up” too early and begins to reject the mother, causing the uterus to start contracting. The researchers think the fetal immune system becomes triggered

Medicine, Health Care Research Identifies Easier Way to… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Kent New research has revealed that simple, commercially available computer programmes could be used to design next generation drug-delivery systems by predicting more easily how different chemical compounds interact. Led by Dr Jennifer Hiscock of the University of Kent, a team of researchers has identified a new more cost-effective way of predicting how compounds known as amphiphiles will interact with

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Develop New Tools in… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Missouri-Columbia Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal microvascular disease that often causes blindness in adults who have had diabetes mellitus for 10 years or more. Estimates are that 600 million people will have some sort of diabetic retinopathy by 2040. Previously, no good animal models existed that scientists could use to study the disease, its diagnosis or potential treatments. Now, a

Medicine, Health Care Children of Youngest And Oldest… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of New South Wales   Children born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age 5, largely due to social and economic disadvantage, a UNSW Sydney-led study of almost 100,000 school children has found. The risk declines steadily with every additional year of a mother’s age up to 30 years, then increases slightly after 35 years and older

Medicine, Health Care Bacteria Boost Antifungal Drug Resistance… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania Early childhood caries, a form of severe tooth decay affecting toddlers and preschoolers, can set children up for a lifetime of dental and health problems. The problem can be significant enough that surgery is the only effective way to treat it. Recently researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine discovered that, in many cases, early childhood

Medicine, Health Care Inducing Labor at 39 Weeks… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of South Florida (USF Health)   TAMPA, Fla. (April 25, 2018) – It’s better to induce than to watch and wait. That’s the result of a new study published in PLOS ONE. Researchers at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine found first-time healthy mothers electively induced (artificially stimulated) at 39 weeks are at less risk of cesarean delivery and

Medicine, Health Care Retirement Transition Increases Sitting During… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Turku Retirement transition may influence living habits and time use. The researchers of the University of Turku, Finland, found that retirement transition also has an impact on the amount of sitting during free time. The daily amount of sitting during free time increased on average from four and a half to six hours during retirement transition. The time used for

Medicine, Health Care Brain Folding Provides Researchers with… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by University of Western Ontario By using images of the brain to look at how its outer surface is folded on itself, researchers can predict which high-risk patients will develop psychosis with more than 80 per cent accuracy. Before now, there has been no way to examine young people before they become ill to reliably identify who will develop acute psychosis and who

Medicine, Health Care Mediterranean Diet Boosts Beneficial Bacteria… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center   WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 25, 2018 – Here’s another reason to eat a Mediterranean-type diet: It’s good for your gut. Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that eating a plant-based diet enhanced the good bacteria living in the gut by up to 7 percent as compared to only 0.5 percent from eating a more meat-centric,

Psychology Looking Past Peer Influence: Genetic… Published: April 25, 2018.Released by Florida Atlantic University   Parents and adults spend a lot of time worrying about the influence of friends and peers when it comes to teen substance use – drinking alcohol, binge drinking, marijuana use and other illicit drugs. Is it all about an adolescent’s environment, their friends, peers and family, or is there a genetic component that drives their desire for risk taking and novelty?