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Remote therapy program improves quality of life, lowers distress after cancer diagnosis
ASCO Perspective "When the doctor says cancer, it can bring on a wave of emotions, fear, and uncertainty. Cancer care...
Psychological intervention lowers survivors’ fear of cancer recurrence
ASCO Perspective "The number of people surviving cancer is higher than ever before, but many survivors fear that the cancer...
A single radiation treatment sufficiently relieves spinal cord compression symptoms
ASCO Perspective "Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often...
Abiraterone delays metastatic prostate cancer growth by 18 months, extends survival
ASCO Perspective "For men who are diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, treatment has evolved into more effective approaches, first with...
‘Hail Mary’ mechanism can rescue cells with severely damaged chromosomes
Credit: Sullivan Lab, UC Santa Cruz The DNA vital to the life of a cell is packaged in chromosomes, and...
Artificial fluorescent membrane lipid shows active role in living cells
Credit: (c) 2017 Kinoshita M. et al. Journal of Cell Biology. VOL:216 NO:4 1183-1204. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201607086 Osaka, Japan - Biological...
Maternal-fetal transmission of Zika virus and therapeutic approaches to prevent it
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 5, 2017--The devastating effects of Zika virus on the brain...
White noise after loud noise prevents hearing deficits in mice
Mild hearing loss from exposure to less than one hour of loud noise leads to a reorganization of circuits in...
Memory loss and other cognitive decline linked to blood vessel disease in the brain
MAYWOOD, IL - Memory loss, language problems and other symptoms of cognitive decline are strongly associated with diseases of the...
Four Dana-Farber Researchers awarded prestigious ‘outstanding investigator awards’
BOSTON -- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded four Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers with Outstanding Investigator Awards (OIA) for...
CRISPR tech leads to new screening tool for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UCF, College of Medicine A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida is using breakthrough gene-editing technology...
Research reveals new insights into why the heart does not repair itself
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Heart muscle is one of the least renewable tissues in the body, which is one...
Two-part system turns stem cells into whatever you want
Credit: Laura Randolph, Penn State Whether using embryonic or adult stem cells, coercing these master cells to convert to the...
Is there a link between infertility and child educational outcomes?
Credit: UIC How does resolved parental infertility relate to children's performance in school? A University of Illinois at Chicago sociologist...
Treating depression w/ software: Tech from Mount Sinai steps into the digital healthcare universe
A treatment for depression using Emotional Faces Memory Task (EFMT), a technology originally developed by two Mount Sinai researchers, resulted...
NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new parents
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for...
Newly discovered DNA sequences can protect chromosomes in rotifers
Credit: Michael Shribak, Irina Arkhipova WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Rotifers are tough, microscopic organisms highly resistant to radiation and repeated...
NIAID-sponsored trial of experimental Chikungunya vaccine begins
Credit: NIAID A clinical trial of an experimental vaccine to prevent infection with chikungunya virus is now enrolling healthy adult...
Social jet lag is associated with worse mood, poorer health and heart disease
Preliminary results of a new study show that social jet lag has emerged as an important circadian marker for health...
Antibiotic overuse in children could be reduced with improved communication
To help reduce unnecessary use of antibiotics for common childhood illnesses, parents would benefit from fuller communication from their health...
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