Higher insulin is an independent prognostic factor in advanced breast cancer
Lisbon, Portugal: Patients with breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body (metastasised) and who have higher insulin levels than normal, but...
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UTSW identifies ion channel necessary for hormone and anti-obesity…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Feb. 6, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified an ion channel required for brain cells to suppress...
New study of gene mutations causing Leigh syndrome shows effects on…
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Previous oral contraceptive use associated with better outcomes in patients with ovarian cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients who develop ovarian cancer appear to have better outcomes if they have a history of oral contraceptive use, according to a...
Further reductions in radiotherapy to young children with brain tumors…
Credit: CHLA A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of reduced radiotherapy did worse...
Flip side of innovation: What causes doctors to scale back on the use…
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute All countries face the challenge of funding ever-new and expensive treatments, with increasing pressure on budgets, harmful deficit spending, and ever-higher...
Old drugs, new tricks: Medications approved for other uses also have antibiotic action
IMAGE: University of Illinois chemists found that a number of drugs approved to treat various conditions also have antibiotic properties. Pictured, from left: research scientist...
Improved risk recognition expected to enhance fertility preservation…
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital About 11 percent of females who survive childhood cancer have an ovarian condition that leaves them at risk for...
Women and men military veterans, childhood adversity and alcohol and drug use
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a national study led by public health scientist Elizabeth Evans at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with...
Predicting — and preventing — psychiatric morbidity after ARDS
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – After surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome, a disease in which fluid begins to leak into the lungs of...
Ischemic renal failure and organ damage: A new mouse model holds the key
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UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human…
IMAGE: Dr. Joshua Mendell Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 24, 2015 – Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a...
McIndoe awarded $12.8 million grant to continue to lead national consortium on diabetic…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 25, 2017) – Dr. Richard A. McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic...
Researchers link post-right stroke delirium and spatial neglect to…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. Nov.20, 2017. Stroke researchers at Kessler Foundation have proposed a theory for the high incidence of delirium and spatial...
What happens when patients access their mental health providers’…
Credit: Michael Moody Thanks to electronic health records and online portals, more and more patients are being given access to the notes their clinicians write...
