First description of mEAK-7 gene could suggest path toward therapies for cancer
For years, researchers have known that a gene called EAK-7 plays an important role in determining how long worms will ...
Heart disease severity may depend on nitric oxide levels
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new ...
CAMH study shows details of brain networks in autism
TORONTO (May 14, 2018) - A CAMH study analyzing more than 1,000 brain scans reveals surprising new insights into brain ...
Marketing to physicians by opioid pharma companies leads to more opioid prescriptions
Boston - A new study shows the significant impact that even a meal or two paid for by a pharmaceutical ...
May/June 2018 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Screening Tool Improves Prediction of Developing Dementia In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited ...
Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness
Workplaces that reduce job strain could prevent up to 14 percent of new cases of common mental illness from occurring, ...
Screening tool improves prediction of developing Dementia
In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited test to screen for cognitive defects--follow-up with ...
An updated analysis of direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs
Although proponents suggest that direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising is educational and motivating, a new analysis finds that the potential educational ...
Burnout and scope of practice in new family physicians
Among physicians, family physicians report some of the highest levels of burnout. According to a new study, however, early career ...
New approach to cancer research aims to accelerate studies and reduce cost
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A new model for improving how clinical trials are developed and conducted by ...
Motivation to move may start with being mindful
Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A meditation and stress reduction program may be as effective at ...
The digital doctor’s visit: Enormous potential benefits with equally big risk
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute While data privacy has been a much-talked about topic lately--with questions still lingering about how giants ...
Better equipped in the fight against lung cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women. ...
EuroPCR 2018 Abstracts — A key to what’s of interest today in interventional cardiology
Paris, France, May 2018. The EuroPCR Scientific Abstracts, now available online, play an essential role in keeping abreast of developments ...
Nanomedicine — Targeting cancer cells with sugars
In the treatment of cancer, there are still several limitations. Especially the delivery of sufficient amounts of active chemotherapeutic drug ...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as ...
Molecule that acts on human cells might provide hope for ‘irresistible’ cold cure
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from ...
News from the Journal of Lipid Research
Healthy octogenarians have high cholesterol efflux capacity Many scores designed to help doctors predict whether a patient is at risk ...
Scientists discover a variation of the genome predisposing to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: IDIBELL An article published in Nature Medicine with the collaboration of the research group of Dr. Manel Esteller, director ...
Very obese women should lose weight during pregnancy for a healthy baby
Credit: Elsevier, Heliyon London, May 14, 2018 -- Very obese women should actually lose weight during pregnancy in order to ...
