Medical News
Federal grant allows OU Health Sciences Center to enhance dementia care across Oklahoma
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(University of Oklahoma) The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, working with partners across the state, has been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to enhance the care and support of a growing group of Okl...
Deep Aging Clocks: The emergence of AI-based biomarkers of aging and longevity
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(InSilico Medicine, Inc.) The advent of deep biomarkers of aging, longevity and mortality presents a range of non-obvious applications.
Treated Gut Bacteria Help Slim Down Cardiovascular Risks in Obese People
Discover - 3 Jul 2019 20:38
(Credit: aijiro/Shutterstock) Nearly a third of all deaths in the world are due to heart diseases. Now, a new study suggests that an infusion of gut bacteria might hold promise for treating cardiovascular conditions. The...
Are opioids being inappropriately prescribed to treat gout?
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) Although there are effective treatments for gout, the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, a new Arthritis Care & Research study found that opioids are commonly prescribed to patients with gout who seek tr...
Smokers three times likely to die from heart disease
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Australian National University) Smoking is killing at least 17 Australians a day from preventable heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular conditions, new research led by The Australian National University (ANU) ...
Mechanism behind low cancer occurrence in bats signals potential treatment strategies for humans
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Duke-NUS Medical School) Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered a potential mechanism behind cancer suppression in bats that may lead to future therapies for human cancers. The research shows that bat c...
Blood pressure drug linked with increased risk of bowel condition
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Imperial College London) A type of blood pressure lowering medication, called a calcium-channel blocker, may be linked with an increased risk of a type of bowel condition called diverticulosis.
Depression is common and linked with early death in patients with blood cancers
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) In a Psycho-Oncology study of patients newly diagnosed with lymphoma or multiple myeloma, one-third of participants reported depressive symptoms around the time of diagnosis, and depressive symptoms were linked w...
Diet quality may affect risk of frailty in older adults
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) Poorer overall diet quality was linked with an increased risk of becoming frail in a study of US community-dwelling older adults, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Does marital status affect prognosis after breast cancer diagnosis?
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) In a Cancer Medicine study of 298,434 patients diagnosed with breast cancer between 2004 and 2012, married patients had a better prognosis than patients who were single, who in turn had a better prognosis than th...
Exercise improves anxiety and mood in older adults undergoing chemotherapy
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) Although we know that exercise improves anxiety and mood problems in younger people with cancer, few studies have looked at the effects of exercise on older adults with cancer. Since most ne...
HIV infection may increase heart failure and stroke risk
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) A Journal of the American Heart Association analysis of information from a large health insurance database reveals that people living with HIV have an elevated risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), par...
Hospitals address opioid crisis via stewardship with strong pharmacist involvement
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists)) A survey of health-system pharmacy directors released today found that most large health systems have active stewardship programs to prevent the misuse of opioids --...
Medication linked to increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) Medications that target tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), a protein involved in inflammation, have revolutionized the management of certain autoimmune diseases, but paradoxically, these agents might provoke th...
Milk and dairy products can help prevent chronic disease
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(University of Granada) Ángel Gil, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Granada, has recently coordinated a study reviewing worldwide scientific literature on the role of dairy products i...
NIH scientists link genetics to risk of high blood pressure among blacks
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Variants in the gene ARMC5 may be associated with high blood pressure among blacks, according to a National Institutes of Health study...
Neurosciences unlock the secret of the first abstract engravings
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(CNRS) Long before Lascaux paintings, humans engraved abstract motifs on stones. The question is whether they are the result of unpurposive behaviour, the simple desire of imitating nature or endowed with meaning. A rece...
New high blood pressure guidelines could increase detection of gestational hypertension
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and colleagues conducted the first-ever study to evaluate the impact the 2017 ACA/AHA guidelines could have on detecting gestational hypertension...
Paediatric cancers: Towards more targeted therapy
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Université catholique de Louvain) UCLouvain researcher Anabelle Decottignies has found a possible strategy for killing cancer cells, especially in children, without affecting healthy cells, as reported in the scientifi...
PathMaker Neurosystems is named as recipient of France's top prize for innovation
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(The City University of New York) PathMaker Neurosystems Inc. ('PathMaker') is very pleased to announce that it has been named as the 2019 recipient of the CCI France International Trophy for Innovation at this year's Tr...
Perfect timing: Making the 'switch' from juvenile to adult
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(University of Rochester Medical Center) Very little is known about how the onset of puberty is controlled in humans, but the discovery of a new gene in the roundworm C. elegans could be the 'missing link' that determine...
Pre-eclampsia may carry long-term heart risks for women
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(Wiley) Pre-eclampsia is a potentially dangerous condition characterized by high blood pressure that arises in some pregnant women, but a review of published studies in Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine indi...