Medical News
South Africa Listeria Outbreak That Killed 180 Linked To Sausage Meat
Tech Times - 6 Mar 2018 04:15
South Africa warned the public against eating processed meat products after tracing deadly listeria outbreak to sausage meat. The outbreak has infected nearly 1,000 and killed 180 people.
Texas A&M Chemists use Technology to Decode Language of Lipid-Protein Interaction
Medical Design Technology - 6 Mar 2018 18:02
News Technology has a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, right down to the cellular level within our own bodies. Texas A&M University chemists are using it to determine how lipids ... Contributed Author: Texas A&M U...
Opioid Overdose Among Children Nearly Doubles, DOJ Creates Task Force
Tech Times - 6 Mar 2018 14:47
The Department of Justice announced the creation of a task force to combat the prescription of opioid drugs. A recent study showed that pediatric admissions for opioid overdose and poisoning among children nearly doubled...
BU study: Insurance status affects in-hospital complication rates after total knee arthroplasty
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) In-hospital complications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are higher among Medicare and Medicaid patients compared to those with private insurance. The study, which appears ...
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic, missed by standard tests
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Emory Health Sciences) Emory microbiologists have detected "heteroresistance" to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes blood, soft tissue and urin...
CRISPR enhances cancer immunotherapy
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) The FDA recently approved the first cellular immunotherapies to treat certain blood cancers. But so far, these T cell immunotherapies can't be used if the T cells themselves are...
Determinant factors for chronic kidney disease after partial nephrectomy
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Rapamycin Press) Minimally invasive surgery appears to offer broader therapeutic scope for the renal masses without compromising oncological outcomes in proper hands.
Determining the cause of difficult-to-control mitochondrial diseases
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Kumamoto University) A Japanese research group has discovered that the 'non-essential' amino acid taurine is important for protein translation in mitochondria and is involved in mitochondrial disease development. The gr...
Doctor reviews on hospital websites vs. reviews on independent physician rating sites
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Hospital for Special Surgery) When looking for a doctor, many consumers turn to websites that post physician ratings and reviews. A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) found a discrepancy between doctor reviews ...
Environmental exposures more determinant of respiratory health than inherited genetics
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research) Researchers have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated with respiratory diseases much more than genetic an...
Helmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Despite claims that helmets do not protect the cervical spine during a motorcycle crash and may even increase the risk of injury, researchers from the University of Wisconsin Ho...
High uptake and use of vaginal ring for HIV prevention observed in open-label study
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Nearly 90 percent of participants in an open-label study of a vaginal ring infused with a drug to prevent HIV are using the monthly ring at least some of the ti...
Interim open-label study results suggest higher dapivirine vaginal ring use, lower HIV risk
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Burness) Interim data from a large open-label study of the monthly dapivirine ring have found increased product use compared to a previous Phase III study. In addition, modeling data suggest that women's HIV-1 risk in t...
Mosquito brain atlas aims to reveal neural circuitry of behavior
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) HHMI researchers have built mosquitobrains.org, the first map of the female mosquito brain. The new resource may ultimately uncover the circuitry behind biting and other behaviors.
Moving toward a future free of drug-induced hearing loss
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Oregon Health & Science University) A new special publication orchestrated by five of the nation's leading hearing experts compiles the latest research into hearing loss caused by drugs and solvents -- how it occurs, ho...
Neurocognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes after total joint replacement
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) Research led by orthopedic surgeons at NYU Langone Health reveals that people with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are undergoing hip and knee replacements at high rates ...
Neuroprotective mechanisms of gene and cell therapy of spinal cord injuries
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Kazan Federal University) Genetically modified stem and progenitor cells overexpressing NTFs have recently attracted special attention of researchers and are most promising for the purposes of regenerative medicine. The...
New tool helps identify risk for post-surgical dislocations following hip replacement
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) A study led by Jonathan Vigdorchik, MD, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU Langone Health, suggests that a new risk prediction model and treatment algorithm can...
Only two US programs now scientifically proven to decrease ACL injury and improve neuromuscular
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) According to the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States, females are four to five times more likely than males to sustain non-contact anterior cruciate ligament...
Overlooked cell key player in preventing age-related vision loss
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Duke University) Researchers have pinpointed a new therapeutic target for macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects over 10 million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 60. The findings...
Pain's origins may be significantly different in males and females
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(University of Texas at Dallas) New research from The University of Texas at Dallas supports the growing consensus that pain begins differently for men and women at the cellular level. Dr. Ted Price, Dr. Salim Megat and ...
Paying attention as the eyes move
EurekAlert! - 6 Mar 2018 07:00
(Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center) The visual system optimally maintains attention on relevant objects even as eye movements are made, shows a study by the German Primate Center.