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Medicine, Health Care The Link Between Handgrip Strength… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by American Geriatrics Society As we age, we may become weaker as our muscles tend to lose their mass and strength. This condition of losing muscle mass is called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia can lead to problems performing your daily activities, such as shopping, socializing, and taking care of yourself and your home. Having sarcopenia can lessen your quality of life–and your independence. A simple,

Medicine, Health Care Understanding Immune System Interplay to… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Babraham Institute A rare opportunity to analyse both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed immunology researchers at the Babraham Institute to pinpoint how an immunosuppressive drug works to prevent the production of antibodies against the transplanted tissue. This understanding, gained through working together with transplant research immunologists in Oxford, may lead to improved ways of identifying transplant recipients

Medicine, Health Care Perception That Antibiotics Are Harmless… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics Policy WASHINGTON — A new study of decision-making about the use of antibiotics in medicine has found that the mistaken belief that antibiotics are harmless is widespread, especially among patients. Clinicians and patients alike are influenced by the general notion of “why not take a risk” (“WNTAR”), a belief that there is potential benefit and very little

Medicine, Health Care Antifungal Drug Eliminates Sleeping Bowel… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Cancer Research UK   An antifungal medication, commonly prescribed for toenail infections, could help eliminate dormant cells within bowel tumours, according to new research funded by Cancer Research UK and published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine today (Thursday). Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute have shown in laboratory studies in mice, that itraconazole effectively halts the growth and progression of

Medicine, Health Care Organoid Profiling Identifies Treatments for… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory   Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Patient-derived organoids, hollow spheres of cells cultured from tumors, can quickly and accurately predict how patients with pancreatic cancer respond to a variety of treatments, facilitating a precision-medicine approach to the deadly disease. That is the conclusion of an international team of researchers led by David Tuveson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor

Medicine, Health Care For Patients with Prostate Cancer,… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Elsevier   New York, May 31, 2018 – A new study published in the Journal of Urology® reports that men with prostate cancer who had worse urinary, bowel, and sexual function after surgery or radiotherapy than others experienced more emotional distress. Interestingly, the reverse was also true as experiencing more distress led to worse function. The likelihood of this reciprocal relationship highlights the

Medicine, Health Care ‘Why Not Take a Risk’… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by George Washington University   WASHINGTON (May 31, 2018)–“Antibiotics can’t hurt. They might even make me feel better. Why not take a risk?” You may have had similar thoughts when sick with the flu or common cold. Your doctor may think so too. A new study led by David Broniatowski, an assistant professor in the George Washington University’s department of engineering management and systems

Medicine, Health Care Study Estimates Increased Death Rate… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Boston, MA – The mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% [95% confidence interval (CI) 11% to 114%] after Hurricane Maria, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was conducted in January and February 2018, in collaboration with colleagues from Carlos Albizu University

Medicine, Health Care Infection Rates After Colonoscopy, Endoscopy… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously believed, according to a Johns Hopkins study published online this month in the journal Gut. Johns Hopkins researcher Susan Hutfless led a team that plumbed medical data from the year 2014 and determined that patients who underwent one of

Medicine, Health Care Handgun Purchaser Licensing Laws Linked… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health   State laws that require gun purchasers to obtain a license contingent on passing a background check performed by state or local law enforcement are associated with a 14 percent reduction in firearm homicides in large, urban counties, a new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found. Studies have shown that

Medicine, Health Care Inefficient Fat Metabolism a Possible… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Karolinska Institutet Protracted weight gain can, in some cases, be attributed to a reduced ability to metabolise fat, a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the esteemed journal Cell Metabolism shows. Sensitive individuals might need more intensive lifestyle changes if they are to avoid becoming overweight and developing type 2 diabetes, claim the researchers, who are now developing means

Medicine, Health Care Lipid Molecules Can Be Used… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Karolinska Institutet   Cancer cells can when the blood supply is low use lipid molecules as fuel instead of blood glucose. This has been shown in animal tumour models by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in a study published in Cell Metabolism. The mechanism may help explain why tumours often develop resistance to cancer drugs that inhibit the formation of blood vessels.

Medicine, Health Care Next-generation Sequencing Sheds Light on… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Kobe University Rotavirus A causes acute diarrhea in young children, and infects both animals and humans worldwide. A Japanese research group has found that the acute gastroenteritis infecting children in Indonesia between 2015 and 2016 was caused by dominant strains of equine-like G3 rotavirus, genetically different from human strains of the virus. The findings could shed light on how the virus traveled

Medicine, Health Care Atherosclerosis: Stopped on Time … Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München   The internal clock controls all vital functions in the body. Body temperature as well as blood pressure or the release of certain enzymes are subject to oscillations throughout the day, the so-called circadian rhythm. For the first time, a team around Professor Oliver Söhnlein has now shown the influence of circadian rhythms on atherosclerosis – a vascular disease that ultimately

Medicine, Health Care New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Colorectal… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New guidelines developed by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults begin at age 45, five years earlier than the previous recommendation. The guideline update, published as an Early View paper in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians available online here, was co-authored by Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, DrPH,

Medicine, Health Care News Flash About Hot Flashes:… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Mayo Clinic   SCOTTSDALE, Ariz – Menopause symptoms are not just for midlife anymore, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published this month in the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. The study, conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic gathered data from nearly 5,000 women. When asked whether they experienced any symptoms commonly associated with menopause, such as hot flashes and

Medicine, Health Care Neuroscientists Discover Roles of Gene… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology   CAMBRIDGE, MA – People with a gene variant called APOE4 have a higher risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease: APOE4 is three times more common among Alzheimer’s patients than it is among the general population. However, little is known about why this version of the APOE gene, which is normally involved in metabolism and transport of fatty molecules

Medicine, Health Care Screening Resident Physicians Entering Training… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital Screening resident physicians entering their first year of training to identify those with pre-existing sleep problems does not appear to provide useful data regarding risks of developing sleep impairment during subsequent months. In their study appearing in the June issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team describes finding that even those

Medicine, Health Care The Secret to Longevity Is… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by McGill University   You are what you eat. Or so the saying goes. Science now tells us that we are what the bacteria living in our intestinal tract eat and this could have an influence on how well we age. Building on this, McGill University scientists fed fruit flies with a combination of probiotics and an herbal supplement called Triphala that was able

Medicine, Health Care More Important for Heart Patients… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Norwegian University of Science and Technology Increased physical activity, not weight loss, gives individuals with coronary heart disease a longer lease on life, according to a new study conducted at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). NTNU researchers have found that heart disease patients can gain weight without jeopardizing their health, but sitting in their recliner incurs significant health risks.

Medicine, Health Care The Genome Guardian Turns to… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Publicase Comunicação Científica   It has long been known that abnormal changes in the p53 protein are associated with many cancers. In fact, the gene that codes the p53 protein is the one most frequently mutated in human cancers. The protein, known as the guardian of the genome, has the main role of suppressing tumor formation and in so doing it blocks cancer

Medicine, Health Care SF State Study Finds US… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by San Francisco State University Our national forests and grasslands — 193 million acres throughout the United States — are a national treasure intended for use by everyone. But a new study by San Francisco State University Professor of Recreation, Parks Tourism Nina Roberts and the U.S. Forest Service finds that many ethnic minorities are not using or enjoying these places. The researchers

Medicine, Health Care Symptoms Worsen Around Menses for… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Illinois at Chicago Symptoms associated with borderline personality disorder — a severe and chronic mood disorder characterized by an inability to manage strong emotions — tend to worsen just before and during menses, according to a study in Psychological Medicine. Borderline personality disorder is a mental illness marked by an ongoing pattern of varying moods, self-image and behavior, according to

Medicine, Health Care Gut-inhabiting Enterobacter Increases Subcutaneous Fat… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Jyväskylä – Jyväskylän yliopisto A research project performed at the universities of Jyväskylä and Turku studied the effects of a specific gut enterobacterium on body fat mass. The researchers administered either live enterobacterium or a saline solution to mice intragastrically over a 12-week period. The mice that received the enterobacterium had significantly higher subcutaneous fat mass than the mice that

Medicine, Health Care Beyond BRCA: Links Between Breast,… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   PHILADELPHIA – Rates of inherited mutations in genes other than BRCA1/2 are twice as high in breast cancer patients who have had a second primary cancer – including, in some cases, different types of breast cancer – compared to patients who have only had a single breast cancer. But the rates of these mutations were still

Medicine, Health Care Conflicting Guidance on Opioid Prescribing… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing   PHILADELPHIA (May 31, 2018) – Persistent pain and recurrent episodes of pain are common for those who are living with cancer, or for those undergoing cancer treatment. When used properly, prescription opioids have long been known to help combat pain experienced by people with cancer. In the face of the worsening opioid epidemic, clinical guidelines have

Medicine, Health Care Penn-developed Approach Could Limit Toxicity… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   PHILADELPHIA – A new approach pioneered at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center may provide a new path towards treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with CAR T cells. To treat AML, investigators have to target a specific protein – CD33 – that’s also expressed on healthy cells, meaning the therapy cannot attack the cancer without

Medicine, Health Care Labor Exploitation Is Endemic in… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Sheffield   Labour exploitation including forced labour is endemic at the base of global tea and cocoa supply chains, according to a pioneering international study published by researchers at the University of Sheffield today (31 May 2018). The two-year Global Business of Forced Labour study investigated the business models of forced labour in global tea and cocoa supply chains. Forced labour

Medicine, Health Care New Findings Link Estrogen And… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Turku Women are more prone to the development of autoimmune diseases. The female hormone estrogen is likely to affect the immune system. A team of scientists from Turku Center for Biotechnology and University of Georgia reported new findings related to the involvement of estrogen hormone receptor in autoimmune diseases. The incidence of autoimmune diseases such as MS, RA, and SLE

Medicine, Health Care Memory Depends on Protein ‘Off-switch’,… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Warwick Memory, learning and cognitive flexibility depend on a protein ‘off-switch’ in the brain, according to a breakthrough discovery made by an international research collaboration co-led by the University of Warwick. This new knowledge could enable us to better understand and combat neurological diseases which inhibit memory, such as Alzheimer’s. Dr Mark Wall from Warwick’s School of Life Sciences, with

Medicine, Health Care A New Understanding of How… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by UT Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – May 31, 2018 – Glucose is the energy that fuels cells, and the body likes to store glucose for later use. But too much glucose can contribute to obesity, and scientists have long wanted to understand what happens within a cell to tip the balance. To solve this riddle, researchers at UT Southwestern’s Cecil H. and

Medicine, Health Care Drugs That Suppress Immune System… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Washington University School of Medicine   People who take drugs that suppress the immune system are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The findings, published May 31 in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, suggest that a person’s own immune system helps nudge him or her down the path toward

Psychology Mothers with High Emotional, Cognitive… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Brigham Young University A new parenting study finds that the greater emotional control and problem-solving abilities a mother has, the less likely her children will develop behavioral problems, such as throwing tantrums or fighting. The study also found mothers who stay in control emotionally are less likely to be verbally harsh with their children, and mothers who stay in control cognitively are less likely

Psychology For American Indian Youth, Risk… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Colorado State University Since 1975, Colorado State University social scientists have studied rates of drug and alcohol use among American Indian youths living on or near reservations. Their latest published results underscore a trend that has persisted over many decades: Native adolescents are more likely to use alcohol and illicit drugs than non-Native adolescents in the United States. The researchers are from the CSU

Psychology This Is Your Brain Detecting… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Ohio State University   COLUMBUS, Ohio – Detecting patterns is an important part of how humans learn and make decisions. Now, researchers have seen what is happening in people’s brains as they first find patterns in information they are presented. Findings showed that the brain processes pattern learning in a different way from another common way that people learn, called probabilistic learning. Researchers showed study

Psychology For Anxiety, a Single Intervention… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by University of Connecticut No matter which treatment they get, only 20 percent of young people diagnosed with anxiety will stay well over the long term, UConn Health researchers report in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. “When you see so few kids stay non-symptomatic after receiving the best treatments we have, that’s discouraging,” says UConn Health psychologist Golda Ginsburg.

Psychology Researchers Document Another Cost of… Published: May 31, 2018.Released by Washington State University Scientists at UCLA and Washington State University are seeing America’s polarization play out at the family dinner table, with Thanksgiving visits that were 30 to 50 minutes shorter after the presidential election of 2016. Economists Keith Chen and Ryne Rohla also saw that visits were even shorter for travelers from media markets with intense political advertising. Their findings appear in the

Medicine, Health Care Smoking, Lack of Exercise Linked… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Arizona A growing body of research links divorce to a wide range of poor health outcomes, including greater risk for early death. However, the reason for the connection is not well understood. A new study by the University of Arizona points to two possible culprits: a greater likelihood of smoking after divorce and lower levels of physical activity. “We were

Medicine, Health Care As Colorectal Cancer Rises in… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The American Cancer Society (ACS) and other preventive guideline organizations recommend that screening for colorectal cancer start for people of average risk at age 50. However, new data showing rising colorectal cancer incidence in people younger than 50 – and in some cases much younger than 50 – may argue for an earlier start to screening.

Medicine, Health Care High Protein Diet Slightly Increases… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Eastern Finland For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk for heart failure than those who ate less protein, according to new research from the University of Eastern Finland. Proteins from fish and eggs were not associated with heart failure risk in this study. The findings were reported in Circulation: Heart Failure. Despite

Medicine, Health Care New Guidance on Treating Diabetes… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Exeter New guidance has been published on managing diabetes in the elderly, including for the first time how to manage treatment for the particularly frail. The guidance was produced from a collaboration between experts in diabetes medicine, primary care and geriatric medicine, led by Dr David Strain at the University of Exeter Medical School. It will advise clinicians on helping

Medicine, Health Care Having an Abortion Does Not… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Maryland Having an abortion does not increase a woman’s risk for depression, according to a new study of nearly 400,000 women published today in JAMA Psychiatry. While previous research has found abortion does not harm women’s mental health, studies claiming that it does continue to be published and state policies that restrict access to abortion in the United States have

Medicine, Health Care Growth Hormone May Provide New… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Gothenburg Less fatigue and better recovery of cognitive abilities such as learning and memory. These may be the results of growth hormone treatment after a stroke, an experimental study of mice published in the journal Stroke suggests. “We hope that this work can pave the way for clinical studies involving the use of human growth hormone as treatment in the

Medicine, Health Care CLL Patient Treated at Penn… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – The doctors who have spent years studying the case call it “a series of fortunate events.” What began as a remarkable response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is now providing evidence about the human genome and immune response that could help turn gene therapy non-responders into responders. Researchers at the University

Medicine, Health Care Using Telemedicine to Bring Genetic… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   PHILADELPHIA – Genetic counseling for cancer patients has become standard of care at academic medical centers, but patients cared for at community-based medical practices across the United States may not have access to these resources. Video and phone sessions can close that gap and bring genetic counseling to patients who would not otherwise have the chance

Medicine, Health Care Some Blood Stem Cells Are… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Southern California – Health Sciences   In your body, blood stem cells produce approximately 10 billion new white blood cells, which are also known as immune cells, each and every day. Even more remarkably, if some of these blood stem cells fail to do their part, then other blood stem cells pick up their slack and overproduce whichever specific type of

Medicine, Health Care Insomnia Is a Likely Long-term… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Surrey Stroke patients experience sustained problems with insomnia potentially reducing their ability to relearn key skills and putting them at increased risk of depression, a new study in the journal Scientific Reports finds. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Bern, Switzerland, conducted an in depth

Medicine, Health Care Soy Lecithin NSAID Combo Drug… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   When scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) applied a chemical found in soybeans to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), they increased its anticancer properties and reduced its side effects. Findings of the preclinical study of phosphatidylcholine, also called lecithin, appear in the journal Oncology Letters. “The results support

Medicine, Health Care Now, You Can Hold a… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard What if you could hold a physical model of your own brain in your hands, accurate down to its every unique fold? That’s just a normal part of life for Steven Keating, Ph.D., who had a baseball-sized tumor removed from his brain at age 26 while he was a graduate student in the MIT

Medicine, Health Care Body Knows Best: A Natural… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by Weizmann Institute of Science   Treating inflammatory diseases of the bowel is extremely challenging: Genes, gut microbes and disrupted immune function all contribute. Weizmann Institute of Science researchers are proposing a way around this complexity. In a study in mice, published in Cell Reports, they have found a way to trigger a natural defense mechanism that prompts the body itself to alleviate intestinal

Medicine, Health Care Young Women at High Genetic… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by Wolters Kluwer Health   May 29, 2018 – With available testing for breast cancer risk genes, some women are learning at young ages that they are at high lifetime risk of breast cancer. Plastic surgeons play a key role in counseling and managing this group of high-risk young adults, according to a special topic paper in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive

Psychology Cognitive Training Reduces Depression, Rebuilds… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by Center for BrainHealth New research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that certain cognitive training exercises can help reduce depression and improve brain health in individuals years after they have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI). The recent study, published in Human Brain Mapping, revealed significant reductions in the severity of depressive symptoms, increased ability to regulate

Psychology Older Men with Higher Levels… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by Springer The level of sex hormones such as testosterone in a man’s body could influence his religiosity. A new study by Aniruddha Das of McGill University in Canada in Springer’s journal Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology now adds to the growing body of evidence that religiosity is not only influenced by upbringing or psychological makeup, but physiological factors could also play a role. Das

Psychology Research Finds Pain Expectation Is… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of California – Riverside   RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) – So much for, “See? That wasn’t so bad.” If your child thinks the needle is going to hurt, that expectation ensures it’s going to hurt. That’s the finding of first-of-its-kind research from UC Riverside psychologist Kalina Michalska. For the first time, researchers have looked at how expectation influences pain experience in children. “We know that

Psychology Law Firms Do Not Encourage… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Eastern Finland The professional ethos of law firms discourages men from taking parental leave, a new Finnish-Canadian study shows. Carried out by the University of Eastern Finland and TÉLUQ University in Quebec, the study found that the professional culture in law firms rests on traditional masculine ideology, with men regarded as the providers for their families. This view does not encourage men

Psychology Sensory-based Food Education Encourages Children… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Eastern Finland Sensory-based food education given to 3-5 year-old children in the kindergarten increases their willingness to choose vegetables, berries and fruit, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Sensory-based food education offers new tools for promoting healthy dietary habits in early childhood education and care. The findings were published in Public Health Nutrition. The researchers used the

Psychology Workplace Dress Codes Present Barriers… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Missouri-Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to the U.S. Census, nearly 20 million people of working age live with a disability. While past research has indicated that people living with disabilities face barriers in workplace participation, researchers from the University of Missouri have now found one hindrance to workplace participation for people with disabilities is the lack of appropriate clothing. This barrier increases

Psychology New Moms’ Voices Get Lower… Published: May 30, 2018.Released by University of Sussex The pitch of new mothers’ voices temporarily drops after they have had their first baby, according to a new longitudinal study by Dr Kasia Pisanski, Kavya Bhardwaj, and Prof David Reby at the University of Sussex. The researchers analysed women’s voices over a 10-year period – five years before and five years after childbirth – and found that new mothers’ voices

Medicine, Health Care NYU Professor Replicates Famous Marshmallow… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by New York University   New York, NY – A new replication study of the well-known “marshmallow test” – a famous psychological experiment designed to measure children’s self-control – suggests that being able to delay gratification at a young age may not be as predictive of later life outcomes as was previously thought. Published in Psychological Science by Dr. Tyler W. Watts, an assistant

Medicine, Health Care People with Dementia More Likely… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by Queensland University of Technology The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led QUT researchers to recommend a ‘Silver Alert’ system, similar to Amber Alerts for missing children, be activated when someone with the diagnosis of dementia is reported lost. Led by Dr Margie MacAndrew from the QUT-based Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration: Carers and Consumers (DCRC-CC), the

Medicine, Health Care Cell Chat: Attacking Disease by… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by RMIT University Breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology that reveals how human cells communicate could lead to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune disorders. Developed by an Australian-Swiss research team, the technology offers researchers unprecedented insights into how individual cells behave – something that scientists are discovering is far more complex than previously thought. The researchers from RMIT University, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Medicine, Health Care Lung-on-a-chip Simulates Pulmonary Fibrosis … Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not easy. One reason: it’s difficult to mimic how the disease damages and scars lung tissue over time, often forcing scientists to employ a hodgepodge of time-consuming and costly techniques to assess the effectiveness of potential treatments.

Medicine, Health Care Regulatory Mutations Missed in Standard… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine   Researchers have identified a type of genetic aberration to be the cause of certain neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital diseases, such as autism and congenital heart disease, which are undetectable by conventional genetic testing. The discovery that genetic mutations called epivariations are involved in these diseases could lead to more advanced diagnostic tools

Medicine, Health Care New Method for Finding Disease-susceptibility… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST) A new study, affiliated with UNIST has recently presented a novel statistical algorithm, capable of identifying potential disease genes in a more accurate and cost-effective way. This algorithm has also been considered as a new promising approach for the identification of candidate disease genes, as it works effectively with less genomic data and takes only

Medicine, Health Care Doctors Fail to Flag Concussion… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of California – San Francisco   As evidence builds of more long-term effects linked to concussion, a nationwide study led by scientists at UCSF and the University of Southern California has found that more than half of the patients seen at top-level trauma centers may fall off the radar shortly after diagnosis, placing in jeopardy treatments for these long-term effects. Among 831

Medicine, Health Care New Chromosome Study Can Lead… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Foetuses with a so-called new balanced chromosomal aberration have a higher risk of developing brain disorders such as autism and mental retardation than previously anticipated. The risk is 20 per cent for foetuses with these types of aberrations according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. These chromosomal aberrations are

Medicine, Health Care UEA Research Could Help Fine-tune… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of East Anglia Cancer therapies that cut off blood supply to a tumour could be more effective in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. New research published today in the journal EMBO Reports reveals that tumour growth is better-reduced in mice when the expression of a particular protein called Beta3-integrin is

Medicine, Health Care UMD Food Scientist Guides Students… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Maryland   College Park, MD — In an effort to sustain and educate the next generation of food safety experts in the United States, Dr. Bob Buchanan of the University of Maryland has served as a scientific mentor to a pair of academically accelerated high school students who are challenging the current food avoidance recommendations for pregnant women as established by

Medicine, Health Care Most Concussion Patients Fall Under… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Southern California Millions of Americans suffer concussions each year, and many endure symptoms for months or years afterward. A new study shows that a majority of patients with a concussion receive no follow-up care within three months of discharge from the hospital. Based on a sample of 831 patients sent to a top-level trauma center with a concussion, or mild

Medicine, Health Care Study Suggests Obese Children Who… Published: May 28, 2018.Released by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   Obese children who consume at least two servings of any type of cow’s milk daily are more likely to have lower fasting insulin, indicating better blood sugar control, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The findings of the study, to be presented at the European Congress