Cedars-Sinai investigators develop more accurate measure of body fat
LOS ANGELES (Aug. 27, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a simpler and more accurate method of estimating body fat than the widely used body...
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Child lead exposure study finds substantial reductions possible
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New data from a long-term study of 355 mothers and their children found that fixing peeling paint and removing other household sources...
Investigating what keeps metastatic breast cancer in check
At the time of initial diagnosis, most patients with breast cancer show no signs that their cancer has spread elsewhere in the body. Yet, up...
EXP2 protein helps deadliest malaria parasite obtain nutrients during infection
Credit: Image courtesy of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers from the National...
Enzyme ducts in the pancreas are formed like rivers
Credit: The University of Copenhagen With methods used to analyse road systems and rivers researchers from the University of Copenhagen have studied the formation of...
The sugar wars: Rhetoric or reason?
Credit: (From Archer: In Defense of Sugar) Amsterdam, August 27, 2018 - Over the past 50 years researchers, clinicians, professional organizations, and health charities have...
Connectome organization in childhood ALL and risk of delayed neurodevelopment
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 27, 2018--A new study provides novel insights into the cognitive effects of childhood acute lymphoblastic...
World’s largest transfusion study in cardiac surgery changes transfusion practices
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - Lower thresholds for blood transfusions for cardiac surgery patients compared to traditional thresholds provide positive patient...
Ross procedure may provide longer survival and better quality of life, study suggests
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - The Ross procedure, a valve replacement surgery that is largely unused in practice, may provide long-term...
New medications for diabetes management have additional heart benefits, study finds
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 27, 2018 - A drug used to manage diabetes may reduce heart disease and death in people with diabetes...
Happy older people live longer, say researchers
Happy older people live longer, according to researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore. In a study published today in Age and Ageing, the scientific...
Additional inhibitor can help anti-VEGF therapy overcome resistance in deadly brain cancer
PHILADELPHIA - Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor's access to blood vessels could be the key to helping those therapies overcome...
HIV RNA expression inhibitors may restore immune function in HIV-infected individuals
(BOSTON) - Immune activation and inflammation persist in the majority of treated HIV-infected individuals and is associated with excess risk of mortality and morbidity. A...
Pioneers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia greet European Commission’s approval of Kymriah
Oncologists from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today celebrated a watershed moment in medicine: approval by the European Commission (EC) of Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel, formerly CTL019..
Reversing influences of intergenerational stress offers hope for addressing public health
ATLANTA - In an effort to help protect children from intergenerational vulnerabilities associated with parental trauma and stress, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research...
