Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Losing just one night of sleep led to an immediate increase in beta-amyloid, a protein in the...
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To starve pancreatic tumors, researchers seek to block ‘self-eating,’ other fuel sources
CHAPEL HILL -- To get the extra energy they need to fuel their uncontrolled growth, cancer cells break down some of their own parts for...
Budesonide add-on therapy improves markers of disease activity but fails to improve histology in patients with primary biliary cholangitis
13 April 2018, Paris, France: The addition of budesonide is associated with clinically meaningful improvements in biochemical markers of disease activity but no improvement in...
Sustained virological response to oral hepatitis C virus treatment associated with reduced mortality in an Italian cohort
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) after direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA)...
Scholars: In #MeToo movement, lessons of restorative and transitional justice important
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new paper from a team of University of Illinois legal scholars argues that reformers of...
A Web-based lifestyle intervention supports weight loss in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) who participated in a web-based lifestyle modification intervention achieved similar levels of weight...
Self-inflicted gunshot wound survivors may deny suicide attempt, face barriers to care
Credit: University of Louisville Researchers have found that more than one-third of patients who denied that their self-inflicted gunshot wound resulted from a suicide attempt...
Breakthrough brings gene-editing medicine one step closer to patient applications
Credit: Ross Neitz Imagine a future where a guided biomachine put into your body seeks out defective gene sequences in each cell and edits in...
Hepatitis C virus elimination programmes report encouraging results: Is elimination within reach?
13 April 2018, Paris, France: Two nationwide programmes in Georgia and Iceland, which were designed to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) at the population level,...
For racial minority adolescents, cigarette and alcohol use linked to suicidality
Credit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Examining more than 20 years of national data for U.S. adolescents, a research team led by Andrew Subica at...
Clinical trial to find new treatment for visceral leishmaniasis begins in eastern Africa
A new study to find a safer, efficacious and more patient-friendly treatment and improved diagnostic tools for people living with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has begun...
Funding will help uncover immune system differences that trigger food allergies
Credit: Children's National Health System Adora A. Lin, M.D., Ph.D., an attending physician in Children's department of Allergy and Immunology, was awarded $240,000 to improve...
Polymer synthesis gets a jolt of caffeine
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Caffeine is well-known for its ability to help people stay alert, but a team of researchers at...
HCV-related liver transplantation and post-transplant survival rates in Europe have improved rapidly in the era of direct-acting antiviral drugs
13 April 2018, Paris, France: HCV-related liver transplantation rates in Europe have declined dramatically since the availability of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs and survival rates...
‘Gayborhoods’ still home to subtle discrimination
Despite claiming to support gay rights, many straight people who live in traditionally gay neighbourhoods still practice subtle forms of discrimination when interacting with their...