Can weighted vests help maintain bone health when older adults slim down?
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Losing weight can be a tricky balance of risks and benefits for older adults: You ...
Tag: Clinical Trials
University of Miami study explores cognitive function in people with mental illness
Credit: University of Miami Health System A study funded by the Veterans Administration and directed by researchers at the University ...
Safety of novel cancer-specific PET probe confirmed in clinical research
Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor WATABE Tadashi of the Graduate School of Medicine of ...
Improving cardiovascular health of the most vulnerable
Heart disease and stroke are major causes of pre-mature mortality and morbidity in North Carolina, and there are significant racial ...
Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new gene that causes blindness and cardiomyopathy; they have also managed to halt the progression ...
January Alzheimer’s & Dementia highlights: Sleep, race/ethnicity, artificial intelligence
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association January 2020 Journal DigestCredit: Credit Alzheimer's Association CHICAGO, January 16, 2020 ...
Using voice analysis to track the wellness of patients with mental illness
Researchers developed an AI computer application that analyzes a patient's speech patterns to monitor their mental healthCredit: UCLA Health A ...
Chemicals between us: Surprising effects of oxytocin on cocaine addiction
Medical University of South Carolina researchers use the colloquially known 'love hormone' oxytocin as potential therapeutic for cocaine addicts with ...
Involving family in bipolar care helps children and teens stay healthier, longer
Credit: UCLA Health In a UCLA-led study, children and adolescents with a high risk for developing bipolar disorder stayed healthier ...
Prolonged ECG monitoring of ED patients with syncope is safe alternative to hospitalization
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring ...
Study questions routine troponin testing for ACS in geriatric patients with NSCs
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL-- The results of a study ...
Unique Toronto-based clinical trial reveals new subtypes of advanced pancreatic cancer
Researchers identify five subtypes of pancreatic cancer, uncovering new opportunities for targeted treatment of the aggressive diseaseCredit: OICR Toronto - ...
First patient for Parkinson’s disease trial recruited
Credit: Credit: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The first patient has been recruited for a UK-wide trial into ...
Nuclear radiologists ‘outsmart’ prostate cancer with an apparently ineffective drug
Credit: Saarland University/Thorsten Mohr When a non-scientist tries to imagine a scientist, the image that often arises is one of ...
Airway Therapeutics nets $15.5M to advance treatment of serious respiratory diseases
Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial in very preterm infants in 2020Credit: Airway Therapeutics Initiating bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) clinical trial ...
Two drugs used in combination prove to be effective against most aggressive asbestos cancer in mice
CNIO researchers and authors of the finding want to start clinical trialsCredit: CNIO Exposure to asbestos is the major risk ...
Researchers discover a new auto-inflammatory disease called CRIA syndrome
Mutations in the RIPK1 gene responsible for CRIA syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Over the last 20 years, three families have ...
NCI-MATCH: T-DM1 shows promising activity in salivary gland cancer
Discovery in the NCI-MATCH precision medicine cancer trial is consistent with another recent trial, signaling that the data on ado-trastuzumab ...
URI, BayCare, Butler Hospital launch trial for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease
Study seeks 330 volunteers for clinical trialsCredit: URI photo by Michael Salerno. KINGSTON, R.I. - January 6, 2020 -- The ...
Drug trial seeking first ever treatment for dangerous side effect of Prader-Willi syndrome
A worldwide research effort is underway for finding a treatment option for hyperphagia, the most common genetic cause of life-threatening ...
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