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Medicine, Health Care Dogs Born in the Summertime… Published: May 20, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Dogs born June through August are at higher risk of heart disease than those born other months, rising in July to 74 percent higher risk, according to a study published this week in Scientific Reports from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A correlation to outdoor air pollution

Medicine, Health Care UA Surgeons Developing New Tool… Published: May 20, 2018.Released by University of Arizona Health Sciences   SAN FRANCISCO – Physicians at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson are developing a new tool that detects urine, or urethral, blockage. The technique may soon make it easier for patients to test themselves for the condition from the comfort of their own homes. Urethral strictures are a slowing or blocking of the natural

Medicine, Health Care Simpler Scan Still Effective in… Published: May 20, 2018.Released by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   HOUSTON – (May 18, 2018) – A study led by a neurologist from McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) showed that a computed tomography (CT scan) could be sufficient for determining thrombectomy treatment in stroke. The late-breaking results were presented by Amrou Sarraj, M.D., today at

Medicine, Health Care Resistance to Antifungal Drugs Could… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Imperial College London Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world. An international team, led by researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Exeter, warns that improvements are needed in how existing drugs are used, as well as an increased focus on the discovery of new treatments, in

Medicine, Health Care Resistance to Antifungal Drugs Could… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Imperial College London Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world. An international team, led by researchers from Imperial College London and the University of Exeter, warns that improvements are needed in how existing drugs are used, as well as an increased focus on the discovery of new treatments, in

Medicine, Health Care Improving Survival in Pancreatic Cancer… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   A small study of adults with the most common form of pancreatic cancer adds to evidence that patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations long linked to a high risk of breast cancer have poorer overall survival rates than those without the mutations. The same study also found that those with BRCA1 or BRCA2 had better survival rates with

Medicine, Health Care Improving Survival in Pancreatic Cancer… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   A small study of adults with the most common form of pancreatic cancer adds to evidence that patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations long linked to a high risk of breast cancer have poorer overall survival rates than those without the mutations. The same study also found that those with BRCA1 or BRCA2 had better survival rates with

Medicine, Health Care Chance Discovery Links Inflammatory Bowel… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by John Innes Centre New research has uncovered a surprise link between a common bacterial toxin found in the gut and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The researchers at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, working alongside a team of scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA), have helped establish a connection between microcin B17, a well-known toxin produced by E. coli bacteria,

Medicine, Health Care Chance Discovery Links Inflammatory Bowel… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by John Innes Centre New research has uncovered a surprise link between a common bacterial toxin found in the gut and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The researchers at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, working alongside a team of scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston, USA), have helped establish a connection between microcin B17, a well-known toxin produced by E. coli bacteria,

Medicine, Health Care La Trobe’s Infection-busting Discovery … Published: May 17, 2018.Released by La Trobe University A team of scientists from Melbourne’s La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the potential to fight life-threatening infectious diseases. The scientific discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, could lead to the development of a new class of antibiotics and meet the challenge of rising antibiotic resistance. Dr Mark Hulett and

Medicine, Health Care La Trobe’s Infection-busting Discovery … Published: May 17, 2018.Released by La Trobe University A team of scientists from Melbourne’s La Trobe University has shown a protein found in a tobacco plant has the potential to fight life-threatening infectious diseases. The scientific discovery, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, could lead to the development of a new class of antibiotics and meet the challenge of rising antibiotic resistance. Dr Mark Hulett and

Medicine, Health Care Automated System Better Identifies Patients… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more accurate results than did traditional surveillance methods, which rely on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data. In their paper published in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team report that their system –

Medicine, Health Care Automated System Better Identifies Patients… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Massachusetts General Hospital An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more accurate results than did traditional surveillance methods, which rely on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data. In their paper published in Infection Control Hospital Epidemiology, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team report that their system –

Medicine, Health Care Antibacterial in Your Toothpaste May… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Michigan State University   EAST LANSING, Mich. — A common antibacterial substance found in toothpaste may combat life-threatening diseases such as cystic fibrosis, or CF, when combined with an already FDA-approved drug. Michigan State University researchers have found that when triclosan, a substance that reduces or prevents bacteria from growing, is combined with an antibiotic called tobramycin, it kills the cells that protect

Medicine, Health Care Antibacterial in Your Toothpaste May… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Michigan State University   EAST LANSING, Mich. — A common antibacterial substance found in toothpaste may combat life-threatening diseases such as cystic fibrosis, or CF, when combined with an already FDA-approved drug. Michigan State University researchers have found that when triclosan, a substance that reduces or prevents bacteria from growing, is combined with an antibiotic called tobramycin, it kills the cells that protect

Medicine, Health Care Arthritis Drugs Potentially Safe for… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by McGill University Health Centre Montreal, May 17, 2018 – A new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has revealed that pregnant women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be able to use certain RA drugs without possible increased health risks to their unborn babies. The research findings are published today in the journal Arthritis

Medicine, Health Care Arthritis Drugs Potentially Safe for… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by McGill University Health Centre Montreal, May 17, 2018 – A new study led by a team at the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC) in Montreal has revealed that pregnant women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be able to use certain RA drugs without possible increased health risks to their unborn babies. The research findings are published today in the journal Arthritis

Medicine, Health Care Microglia Are Key Defenders Against… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases WHAT: Prion diseases are slow degenerative brain diseases that occur in people and various other mammals. No vaccines or treatments are available, and these diseases are almost always fatal. Scientists have found little evidence of a protective immune response to prion infections. Further, microglia–brain cells usually involved in the first level of host defense against

Medicine, Health Care International Study Suggests Combination Therapy… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke   Results from an international clinical trial of more than 4880 participants, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that combining clopidogrel and aspirin following a small stroke or experiencing minor stroke symptoms decreases risk of a new stroke, heart attack or other ischemic event within 90 days. The combination therapy was also associated

Medicine, Health Care Male Depression May Lower Pregnancy… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development   Among couples being treated for infertility, depression in the male partner was linked to lower pregnancy chances, while depression in the female partner was not found to influence the rate of live birth, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study, which appears in Fertility and

Medicine, Health Care Throwing Out Food … Published: May 17, 2018.Released by National Research University Higher School of Economics Rational behavior is not the only thing that keeps Russians from throwing away food; many food-handling practices have been shaped by socio-cultural factors, including the gastronomic trauma suffered in times of famine and scarcity. Valeria Erguneva and Darya Asaturyan from HSE University have studied some of the cultural attitudes towards food loss and waste in Russia.

Medicine, Health Care Buyer Beware: Some Water-filter Pitchers… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Ohio State University   COLUMBUS, Ohio – Water pitchers designed to rid water of harmful contaminants are not created equal, new research has found. Scientists from The Ohio State University compared three popular pitcher brands’ ability to clear dangerous microcystins from tap water. They found that while one did an excellent job, other pitchers allowed the toxins – which appear during harmful algal

Medicine, Health Care Doctors in US And Canada… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Physicians for a National Health Program WASHINGTON, D.C. — The skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs is one of the biggest concerns for American voters. However, in his proposal last Friday, President Donald Trump failed to offer any new policies that would expand access, reduce costs, or increase the safety and efficacy of prescriptions. Today, a group of 21 prominent physicians published a

Medicine, Health Care Immune Cell Provides Cradle for… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Princeton University A new study finds that one of the toughest characters in the immune system, the macrophage, has a nurturing side, at least when it comes to guarding the developing breast. The study published online this week in the journal Science found that macrophages play an important role in maintaining the mammary gland’s stem cell niche, a sort of nursery for

Medicine, Health Care New Genes Found That Determine… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Queen Mary University of London A new study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) has discovered 30 new gene locations that determine how the heart responds to and recovers from exercise. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, was conducted using the genetic and electrocardiogram data of 67,000 people from UK Biobank. The findings

Medicine, Health Care Single Surface Protein Boosts Multiple… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Rockefeller University Press Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have discovered that a signaling protein elevated in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) plays a much wider role in the disease than previously thought. The study, which will be published May 17 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, raises hopes that current efforts to target this signaling

Medicine, Health Care Sex, Viruses And Cancer … Published: May 17, 2018.Released by The Ottawa Hospital A new study suggests that a common treatment for erectile dysfunction combined with the flu vaccine may be able to help the immune system mop up cancer cells left behind after surgery. The study, published in OncoImmunology, shows that this unconventional strategy can reduce the spread of cancer by more than 90 percent in a mouse model. It is

Medicine, Health Care Pig Immunology Comes of Age:… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Bristol   Researchers from The Pirbright Institute, University of Bristol, Cardiff University and University of Oxford have generated tools that allow scientists to understand a vital area of the pig immune system which was previously inaccessible. The methods developed show how immune cells in pigs, called CD8 (killer) T cells, are recruited in large numbers in the lung after infection with

Medicine, Health Care A New System Is Designed… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Córdoba Cryopreservation is a freezing method that stores spermatozoa to be used for reproduction. Although it is a widespread process, its main issue is the ice formation that occurs during said process, which ends up affecting sperm structure and quality. In order to diminish this harm, usually permeable cryoprotectants are used, which are substances that penetrate tissues and act inside

Medicine, Health Care New Blood Test Rapidly Detects… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of California – San Diego Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. It is tough to cure because it is usually not discovered until it has reached an advanced stage. But a new diagnostic test developed by researchers at UC San Diego shows promise for detecting the disease earlier. The test, which

Medicine, Health Care Old Drug Provides Promising New… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Liverpool An international study led by biochemists at the University of Liverpool has shown that the drug-molecule ebselen can correct many of the toxic characteristics of a protein that causes some cases of hereditary motor neurone disease (MND). MND is an incurable, progressive disease that attacks the nerves controlling movement so muscles no longer work. MND affects about 5000 people

Medicine, Health Care Hookah Responsible for over Half… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences   PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2018 – Smoking tobacco from a waterpipe, also known as a hookah, accounted for over half of the tobacco smoke volume consumed by young adult hookah and cigarette smokers in the U.S., a new University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine analysis discovered. Toxicant exposures – such as tar, carbon monoxide and

Medicine, Health Care Ovarian Cancer Drug Shows Promise… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   PHILADELPHIA – A targeted therapy that has shown its power in fighting ovarian cancer in women including those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations may also help patients with aggressive pancreatic cancer who harbor these mutations and have few or no other treatment options. An international team of researchers led by the Perelman School of Medicine and

Medicine, Health Care Robots Grow Mini-organs from Human… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine An automated system that uses robots has been designed to rapidly produce human mini-organs derived from stem cells. Researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle developed the new system. The advance promises to greatly expand the use of mini-organs in basic research and drug discovery, according to Benjamin Freedman, assistant professor of

Medicine, Health Care Surprise Cell Death Discovery Provides… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australian researchers have made a surprise discovery that could rewrite our understanding of the role programmed cell death plays in embryonic development and congenital birth defects. The team showed that, while programmed cell death – or apoptosis – is essential for healthy development overall, many organs and tissues do not require apoptosis to develop normally. The study,

Medicine, Health Care Surviving Sepsis Campaign Update Focuses… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Wolters Kluwer Health   May 16, 2018 – For patients with sepsis, a serious infection causing widespread inflammation, immediate treatment is essential to improve the chances of survival. An updated “Hour-1 Bundle” of the international, evidence-based guidelines for treatment of sepsis is introduced in the June issue of Critical Care Medicine. The official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), Critical

Medicine, Health Care Rheumatoid Arthritis Drugs Taken During… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Wiley New research indicates that when pregnant women take certain rheumatoid arthritis (RA) drugs that may cause immunosuppression, their children do not have a marked excess risk of developing serious infections. The Arthritis Rheumatology findings are potentially encouraging for women with RA who are or wish to become pregnant. In North America, infections are the leading cause of mortality in children less

Medicine, Health Care Blood Type Affects Severity of… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Washington University School of Medicine   A new study shows that a kind of E. coli most associated with “travelers’ diarrhea” and children in underdeveloped areas of the world causes more severe disease in people with blood type A. The bacteria release a protein that latches onto intestinal cells in people with blood type A, but not blood type O or B, according

Psychology Young People Are Choosing Marijuana… Published: May 17, 2018.Released by Springer More young people are turning to marijuana as their first substance of choice, rather than smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol. This pattern is especially prevalent among young men of specific racial and ethnic groups in the US, says Brian Fairman of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the US, in Springer’s journal Prevention Science. He says that young people

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Identify Method to Overcome… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Mayo Clinic   ROCHESTER Minn. – A team of researchers including investigators from Mayo Clinic has identified a technology to address the problem of false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening. The team’s findings are published in the current issue of PLOS One. “As physicians, one of the most challenging problems in screening patients for lung cancer is that the vast majority of

Medicine, Health Care Plug-and-play Diagnostic Devices … Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Massachusetts Institute of Technology   CAMBRIDGE, MA — Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic devices. These “plug-and-play” devices, which require little expertise to assemble, can test blood glucose levels in diabetic patients or detect viral infection, among other functions. “Our long-term motivation is to enable small,

Medicine, Health Care Not Quite a ‘Double Bind’… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Ohio State University   COLUMBUS, Ohio – Many studies have shown that both minority and women scientists face disadvantages in reaching the highest levels of their careers. So it would make sense that minority women would face a “double bind” that would particularly disadvantage them. But a new study using a massive database of scientific articles suggests that minority women actually face what

Medicine, Health Care Genetic Fixer-uppers May Help Predict… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Penn State HERSHEY, Pa. — Mutations in genes that help repair damage to DNA may aid in predicting the prognosis of patients with bladder and other related cancers, according to researchers. The researchers found that bladder cancer patients who had mutations in their ATM or RB1 genes — proteins that help repair DNA damage when they’re functioning normally — tended not to

Medicine, Health Care Cell Type Switch Helps Colon… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Rockefeller University Press Researchers in Germany have discovered that colon cancers are often resistant to existing drug treatments because they are composed of two different cell types that can replace each other when one cell type is killed. The study, which will be published May 16 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggests that combination therapies targeting both cell types at once

Medicine, Health Care New Study Reveals How Electronic… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Swansea University The study entitled “Long term extension of a randomised controlled trial of probiotics using electronic health records” led by researchers in the Swansea University Medical School and the College of Human and Health Sciences, was published in Scientific Reports. The findings demonstrate the potential of using anonymised routinely collected electronic health records, such as those linked in SAIL, for more

Medicine, Health Care Nearly a Quarter of Ontarians… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by St. Michael’s Hospital   TORONTO, May 16, 2018 — Nearly a quarter (23.9 per cent) of initial opioid prescriptions in Ontario had a daily dose of more than 50 milligram morphine equivalents (MME), exceeding the suggested dose threshold for opioid prescriptions outlined in North American clinical guidelines, according to a new study from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and St. Michael’s

Medicine, Health Care Exercise Beats Genetics in Determining… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)   CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 16, 2018)–With obesity now a global epidemic, there is increased focus on risk factors that contribute to weight gain, especially in postmenopausal women. Although many women may blame genetics for their expanding waistlines, a new study shows that as women age they are more likely to overcome genetic predisposition to obesity through exercise.

Medicine, Health Care Per-capita End-of-life Spending Is Decreasing… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy Clinical Practice Health economists have long considered end-of-life spending to be one of the major contributors to the overall increase in health spending in the United States. That narrative has been supported by recent research findings that increased use of hospice care costs more than it saves, that end-of-life care intensity has been increasing, and end-of-life

Medicine, Health Care Most Deprived Are Nearly Twice… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University College London   Older adults in England with fewer financial resources are more likely to develop dementia, according to new UCL research. Researchers analysed data from over 6000 adults born between 1902 and 1943 and found that the 20% most deprived adults were 50% more likely to develop dementia than the 20% least deprived adults. The study, published today in JAMA Psychiatry,

Medicine, Health Care Study Shows Targeted Biopsy for… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center   CINCINNATI–Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that MRI fusion biopsy–coupling MRI and ultrasound to visualize suspicious lesions in the prostate gland and targeting the biopsy to that particular area–outperformed standard prostate biopsy in patients with a prior negative prostate biopsy. This data, published in the May 10 advance online edition of the journal

Medicine, Health Care Some Calories More Harmful Than… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of California – Davis   While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agree that sugar-sweetened beverages play a unique role in chronic health problems. The disease risk increases even when the beverages are consumed within diets that do not result in weight gain. It’s just one of the

Medicine, Health Care Scientists’ New Way to Identify… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Leeds The plants which produce one of the most popular drinks in the world, coffee, are targeted by a microscopic worm, but scientists are fighting back. An underestimated problem in coffee farming, the parasite has been found in soil samples across the coffee growing world thanks to a new and quick detection method. Details of the method are published in

Medicine, Health Care MN Childcare Programs Focused on… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Minnesota Medical School   (Minneapolis, MN) – Existing state and local programs focused on good nutrition and physical activities for children have led to measurable improvement in practices by the state’s child care programs between 2010 and 2016, says a new University of Minnesota Medical School study. “What’s important to note is that these improvements are based on existing programs in

Medicine, Health Care Drug to Treat Bleeding May… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Nottingham Patients with stroke caused by bleeding on the brain (intracerebral haemorrhage) may benefit from receiving a drug currently used to treat blood loss from major trauma and bleeding after childbirth, an international trial has revealed. The study, led by experts at The University of Nottingham and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme,

Medicine, Health Care Stroke Prevention Drug Combo Shows… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Texas at Austin   If you’ve had a minor stroke or a transient ischemic stroke (TIA), taking the clot-preventing drug clopidogrel along with aspirin may lower your risk of having a major stroke within the next 90 days, according to new research published in The New England Journal of Medicine. An international study of 4,881 adults in 10 countries who either

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Combine Wearable Technology And… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Waterloo   A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology may detect whether your health is failing. The study, which involved researchers from Waterloo’s Faculties of Applied Health Sciences and Engineering, found that the data from wearable sensors and artificial intelligence that assesses changes in aerobic responses could one

Medicine, Health Care National Trial: EEG Brain Tests… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by UT Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – May 15, 2018 – Imagine millions of depressed Americans getting their brain activity measured and undergoing blood tests to determine which antidepressant would work best. Imagine some of them receiving “brain training” or magnetic stimulation to make their brains more amenable to those treatments. A national research trial initiated by UT Southwestern in 2012 is generating

Medicine, Health Care Study: Superbug MRSA Infections Less… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by UT Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – May 15, 2018 – Staph infections, whether MRSA (resistant to methicillin) or susceptible, are important and deadly. Drug-resistant staph infections continue to be deadlier than those that are not resistant and treatable with traditional antibiotics, but treatment costs surprisingly are the same or slightly less, a new national analysis shows. Studies show that about one in

Medicine, Health Care Study Shows Increase in Youth… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Vanderbilt University Medical Center   The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according to a new Vanderbilt-led study published today in Pediatrics. The study, “Hospitalization for Suicide Ideation or Attempt,” looked at trends in emergency room and inpatient encounters for suicide ideation and attempts in children ages 5-17 years at U.S.

Medicine, Health Care Gonorrhea Surveillance Study Maps Antibiotic… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers at The Centre for Genomic Pathogen Surveillance (CGPS), the Wellcome Sanger Institute, European Centre for Disease Control, and their collaborators also showed that using DNA sequencing data they could accurately determine antibiotic resistance and identify incorrect laboratory test

Psychology People Make Different Moral Choices… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Association for Psychological Science Researchers often use hypothetical scenarios to understand how people grapple with moral quandaries, but experimental results suggest that these scenarios may not always reflect real-life behavior. The findings, published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, showed that people tend to focus more on the outcome of their decision and less on absolute moral principles when

Psychology Love Hurts: Spats with Spouse… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A fight with a spouse may end in hurt feelings, but for those with chronic conditions like arthritis or diabetes, those arguments may have physical repercussions as well, according to researchers. They found that in two groups of older individuals — one group with arthritis and one with diabetes — the patients who felt more tension with their

Psychology How Humans Repress Prejudices … Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum-based philosopher Dr Beate Krickel has used psychoanalysis to investigate why people are often not aware of their prejudices. In her accounts, she has been elaborating how prejudices can become unconscious. As researcher at the Institute of Philosophy II at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, she outlines her theory in the journal Philosophical Psychology from May 15, 2018. Tolerant and yet full of bias A

Psychology Intimacy in Later Life Does… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Springer Older people who enjoy a sexually active and emotionally close relationship with their partner tend to perform better at memory tests than sexually inactive older adults on a short-term basis, but this is not the case over a longer period of time. This is according to a study using data from more than 6000 adults aged 50 and over. The research by Mark

Psychology Whites Distrust Biracial People When… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by Rutgers University   Whites consider biracial people to be less trustworthy if they change their racial presentation depending on circumstances, Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers find. The study appears in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Rutgers social psychologists Analia Albuja and Diana Sanchez studied how white people perceive biracial people who identify as biracial but who sometimes “present” themselves as one race or the other

Psychology LGBTQ Teens Experiencing High Levels… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Connecticut   A survey of LGBTQ teenagers across the nation reveals in detail the persistent challenges many of them face going about their daily lives at home, at school, and in their communities. More than 12,000 respondents, ranging in age from 13 to 17, and drawn from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., participated in the online 2017 LGBTQ Teen Survey, the largest

Psychology Understanding Veteran Privacy Rules Could… Published: May 16, 2018.Released by University of Missouri-Columbia COLUMBIA, Mo. – When combat veterans return home, they often are faced with questions about what they experienced overseas. However, choosing to disclose this information can be complicated, as responses can impact one’s public image and personal relationships. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that veterans tend to disclose wartime information on a strict need-to-know basis, and

Medicine, Health Care Joint Resolution: A Link Between… Published: May 15, 2018.Released by University of California – San Diego Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have decoded the epigenetic landscape for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a common autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.3 million Americans. In unveiling RA’s epigenome — the proteins and molecules that decorate DNA and

Medicine, Health Care New Hope for Patients with… Published: May 15, 2018.Released by University of Erlangen-Nuremberg There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately 10 percent of the population. Scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now proven that special treatment could help many sufferers, especially women. Depression and anxiety are among the most common psychiatric disorders across the globe. In 2016 more than

Medicine, Health Care Treating Muscle Wasting Improved Cancer… Published: May 15, 2018.Released by University of Jyväskylä – Jyväskylän yliopisto Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth factor receptor protein, produced at the University of Helsinki, improved survival in a pre-clinical cancer model without affecting the tumour size. This effect was not found when the mice were treated with the recombinant protein only