Month: March 2018

Credit: ESMO LUGANO-PARIS 5 March 2018 - New compounds targeting epigenetics have shown remarkable early activity in patients with lymphoma, ...

‘Fighting my cancer as much as possible’: Why many patients join phase 1 clinical trials

Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO-PARIS, 5 March 2018 - "Fighting my cancer as much as possible" is ...

127-million-year-old baby bird fossil sheds light on avian evolution

Credit: Raúl Martín The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians came into ...

Dietary sodium’s impact may not be offset by other aspects of a diet

DALLAS, March 5, 2018 - An international study suggests other aspects of the diet may not offset the harmful effect ...

Stem cell ‘twins’ to study disease

Credit: (Kyoto University / Knut Woltjen) Japan -- Researchers led by Dr. Knut Woltjen report a new gene editing method ...

Healthy diet may not offset high salt intake

A healthy diet may not offset the effects of a high salt intake on blood pressure, suggests a new study. ...

Italian law must change to improve survival from cardiac arrest

Milan, Italy - March 5, 2018: An Italian law requiring citizens to hold a certificate to use a defibrillator must ...

New national guideline sets out best practices for treating opioid addiction

A new Canadian guideline for managing opioid use disorders lays out the optimal strategies for the treatment of opioid addiction, ...

Provide stroke patients with palliative care support minus the label

When caring for stroke patients, health care providers should focus on the social and emotional issues facing patients, rather than ...

Comparison shows value of DNA barcoding in selecting nanoparticles

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech The first direct comparison of in vitro and in vivo screening techniques for identifying nanoparticles ...

Changing size of neurons could shed light on new treatments for motor neurone disease

New research published in The Journal of Physiology improves our understanding of how motor nerve cells (neurons) respond to motor ...

Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment may target viral reservoir in monkeys

After receiving a course of antiretroviral therapy for their HIV-like infection, half of a group of monkeys infused with a ...

Weekend heart attacks twice as likely to kill young patients

March 3, 2018

Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Young heart attack patients are twice as likely to die if they are admitted ...

Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have worse one-year survival

March 3, 2018

Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented ...

Kids persistently allergic to cow’s milk are smaller than peers with nut allergies

Credit: Children's National Health System ORLANDO, Fla.-(March 4, 2018)-Children who experience persistent allergies to cow's milk may remain shorter and ...

Two species of ravens nevermore? New research finds evidence of ‘speciation reversal’

Credit: Bjørn Aksel Bjerke/University of Oslo For over a century, speciation -- where one species splits into two -- has ...

New research showed better survival outcomes in one type of heart failure

March 2, 2018

Singapore - A joint 7-year cohort study of 2039 patients in both Singapore's restructured hospitals and New Zealand's hospitals, revealed ...

Children with marginally low birth weight needs treatment

Credit: Anders Friberg Children with a birth weight under 2.5 kilos stand at risk of becoming underweight and can experience ...

Study in six countries identifies groups that are vulnerable to severe mental illness

March 2, 2018

Young males, ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience first-episode psychosis, defined as ...

Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations