Medical News
A Trial of Early Antiretrovirals and Isoniazid Preventive Therapy in Africa
New England Journal of Medicine - 20 Jul 2015 18:16
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Overcoming Impediments to Global Implementation of Early Antiretroviral Therapy
New England Journal of Medicine - 20 Jul 2015 18:15
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy in Early Asymptomatic HIV Infection
New England Journal of Medicine - 20 Jul 2015 18:15
New England Journal of Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Tiny, Wireless Device Delivers Drugs Via Remote Control
Tech Times - 20 Jul 2015 15:16
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine and the University of Illinois developed a new technology that allows drug treatments to be delivered to the body by activating a wireless device implanted in a...
Your Saliva Could Tell If You're At Risk Of Alzheimer's Disease
Tech Times - 20 Jul 2015 13:52
Scientists conducted a small experiment and found that certain compounds in the saliva may detect Alzheimer's. Experts have differing opinions about the reliability of the study; however, a lot have noted how promising t...
Magnetic Pulses Might Provide Long-Lasting Tinnitus Relief: No, It Will Not Suck Your Brain Out
Tech Times - 20 Jul 2015 13:51
A new study conducted by researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University and the Veterans Affairs Portland Medical Center suggests that a transcranial magnetic stimulation system typically used for depression tre...
Georgia State study finds state regulations linked to late cancer diagnoses
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Georgia State University) States' regulations of health insurance and practitioners significantly influence when patients receive colorectal or breast cancer diagnoses, especially among people younger than the Medicare-...
Gut worms protect babies' brains from inflammation
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Duke University) A Duke University study in rats finds that gut worms can protect babies' brains from inflammation and long-term learning and memory problems caused by newborn infections. Expectant mother rats with tape...
HIV control through treatment durably prevents heterosexual transmission of virus
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Antiretroviral treatment that consistently suppresses HIV is highly effective at preventing sexual transmission of the virus in heterosexual couples where one p...
How effective is total knee replacement in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Wiley) Studies that have assessed the effects of total knee replacement on quality of life are scarce and have been almost exclusively limited to patients with osteoarthritis, even though rheumatoid arthritis is the mos...
Infants use expectations to shape their brains
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Princeton University) Infants can use their expectations about the world to rapidly shape their developing brains, researchers have found.A series of experiments with infants ages 5 to 7 months has shown that portions o...
Is Facebook use always associated with poorer body image and risky dieting?
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(University of North Carolina Health Care) College women who are more emotionally invested in Facebook and have lots of Facebook friends are less concerned with body size and shape and less likely to engage in risky diet...
Life-saving breast cancer drugs going untaken in Appalachia
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(University of Virginia Health System) Nearly one-third of breast cancer survivors in Appalachia are not taking the critical, potentially life-saving follow-up treatment -- despite having insurance that would pay for it,...
MCW Medical Scientist Training Program receives federal funding
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Medical College of Wisconsin) The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a 5-year, $1.5 million training grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medicine Sciences to fund MCW's Me...
MSU's BEACON Center nets $22.5M grant to continue evolution research
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Michigan State University) Michigan State University has been awarded $22.5 million by the National Science Foundation to continue the research, education and outreach activities of the BEACON Center for the Study of Ev...
Major new textbook on cerebrovascular disease
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Loyola University Health System) Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine professor and chair of the Department of Neurology, José Biller, MD, an internationally known expert on stroke, is co-editor of a ma...
Mayo Clinic study uncovers key differences among ALS patients
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Mayo Clinic) Researchers on Mayo Clinic's Florida campus have identified key differences between patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and those with the most common genetic ...
Michelangelo likely used mathematics when painting the creation of Adam
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Wiley) New research provides mathematical evidence that Michelangelo used the Golden Ratio of 1.6 when painting The Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Mom's weight during first pregnancy may impact second child
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Saint Louis University) Saint Louis University researchers showed a relationship between mom's weight during her first uncomplicated pregnancy and problems with subsequent babies.
Most chronic pain patients use alternative therapies, but many don't tell their doctors
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(Kaiser Permanente) More than half of chronic pain patients in a managed care setting reported using chiropractic care or acupuncture or both, but many of these patients didn't discuss this care with their primary care p...
NIH joins public-private partnership to fund research on autism biomarkers
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health) Government, nonprofit, and other private partners will fund a multi-year project to develop and improve clinical research tools for studying autism spectrum disorder. Led by Jame...
New Pap smear schedule led to fewer chlamydia tests, new U-M study suggests
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2015 06:00
(University of Michigan Health System) It's a tale of two tests: one for early signs of cervical cancer, the other for the sexually transmitted disease chlamydia. But a change in the recommended schedule for one may have...