Medical News
Urine test for early stage pancreatic cancer possible after biomarker discovery
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund) A combination of three proteins found at high levels in urine can accurately detect early-stage pancreatic cancer, UK researchers have found. The discovery could lead to a non-invasive, ...
Experts Debate Whether A 'Sugar Tax' Could Help Combat Obesity
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 15:38
Opinion is divided on whether taxing products based on their sugar content would help in the fight against obesity. Supporters point to taxes on alcohol and tobacco, which have reduced consumption; opponents say a sugar ...
Brain Training iPad Game Helps Improve Life Of Schizophrenia Patients
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 15:28
Researchers at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom have developed a new iPad app designed to help people, especially patients with schizophrenia, improve their cognitive skills to allow them to live indepen...
Picky Eating May Indicate Risk For ADHD, Anxiety, Or Depression In Children
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 14:14
Children with more severe forms of selective eating habits exhibit symptoms of conditions that include ADHD, depression and anxiety. Such children may meet the criteria for the eating disorder called Avoidant/Restrictive...
World Breastfeeding Week: How Breastfeeding Benefits Babies And Moms
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 13:58
Breastfeeding does not only provide benefits to babies, but to moms as well. In line with this, the World Breastfeeding Week is being held every year to promote the utmost importance and advantages of continuous breastfe...
Jessica Alba's Honest Company Dishonest About 'All-Natural' Sunscreen?
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 13:49
A small number of Honest Company customers complained about the all-natural sunscreen lotion, which caused sunburns on their skin despite the product's SPF 30 label. The company says they are taking the matter seriously,...
Coffee Can Help Boost Your Mental Health: How Many Cups Will Make A Difference?
Tech Times - 3 Aug 2015 13:40
How coffee affects mental health is not only based on the amount consumed but also the drinking habits practiced by individuals. Modifying coffee intake through time may have an impact on the rate of cognitive decline th...
Even moderate picky eating can have negative effects on children's health
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Duke University Medical Center) Picky eating among children is a common but burdensome problem that can result in poor nutrition for kids, family conflict, and frustrated parents. Although many families see picky eating...
Fly brains filter out visual information caused by their own movements, like humans
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Rockefeller University) To cut down on the barrage of sensory information, the human brain ignores input caused by eye movements. Researchers have found a similar process in flies, whose brains shut out input generated ...
High academic stress linked to increased illness, injuries among college football players
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) University of Missouri researchers have found college football players are more likely to experience injuries during test weeks than during training camp. The effects of academic stress ...
How the finch changes its tune
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of California - San Francisco) Researchers at UC San Francisco have discovered a neurological mechanism that could explain how songbirds' neural creativity-generator lets them refine and alter their songs as ...
How to convince vaccine skeptics -- and how not to
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of California - Los Angeles) Many skeptics of vaccinating their children can be convinced to do so, but only if it is presented a certain way, a team of psychologists reports this week. The finding is especia...
Irradiation of regional nodes in stage I - III breast cancer patients affects overall survival
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) At a median follow-up of 10.9 years, an EORTC study has shown that irradiation of regional nodes in patients with stage I, II, or III breast cancer has a margi...
Marriage can lead to dramatic reduction in heavy drinking in young adults
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Research on alcohol-use disorders consistently shows problem drinking decreases as we age. Now, researchers collaborating between the University of Missouri and Arizona State University ...
Molecular spies to fight cancer
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf) Scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, together with colleagues at the University of Zurich and the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, have for the first time successfully teste...
Nanoparticles used to breach mucus barrier in lungs
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil ha...
National Academy of Medicine and FDA announce Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellows
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(National Academy of Sciences) The National Academy of Medicine, formerly the Institute of Medicine, along with the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products have named the 2015-2016 class of the FDA Tob...
New approach for making vaccines for deadly diseases
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers have devised an entirely new approach to vaccines -- creating immunity without vaccination. They demonstrated that animals injected with synthetic DNA engineere...
New survey to distinguishing between expectable vs. worrisome early childhood misbehavior
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Elsevier) Researchers at Northwestern University are using a novel dimensional method for distinguishing misbehavior that is expectable in early childhood versus that which is cause for clinical concern.
Northwestern receives $17.5 million grant for HIV prevention research
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(Northwestern University) Northwestern University scientists will lead an interdisciplinary project funded by the National Institutes of Health to invent, develop and test an implantable drug delivery system to protect h...
Our elegant brain: Motor learning in the fast lane
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(McGill University) Researchers at McGill University have discovered that to learn new motor skills, neurons within the cerebellum engage in elegant, virtually mathematical, computations to quickly compare expected and a...
Pitt researchers to monitor resistance to HIV drugs in Africa
EurekAlert! - 3 Aug 2015 06:00
(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Infectious diseases researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine are leading a five-year, $5 million initiative to monitor drug resistance dur...