Medical News
LSU health team wins Best 2020 Radiology Image award
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) AuntMinnie.com awarded Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman of Radiology Research and Associate Professor of Radiology, and Emma R. Schachner, PhD, Associate Professor of...
Two-birds-one-stone strategy shows promise in RNA-repeat expansion diseases
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Scripps Research Institute) A new strategy for treating a variety of diseases known as RNA-repeat expansion disorders, which affect millions of people, has shown promise in proof-of-principle tests conducted by scientis...
nTIDE October 2020 Jobs Report: Job numbers hold steady for Americans with disabilities
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Kessler Foundation) "The labor force participation rate improved slightly compared to last month reaching the same level compared to this time last year," noted economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD. "This is good news and ...
Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, of NYU to be recognized with the AHA's 2020 Basic Research Prize
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will present its 2020 Basic Research Award to Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine for h...
Anti-depressant repurposed to treat childhood cancer
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) A new study has found that a commonly prescribed anti-depressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory cell experiments. The findings, fro...
Atrophy can be combated by boosting expression of an enzyme produced in muscles
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Study showed that targeted stimulation of PKA production promoted muscle growth and enhanced resistance to fatigue.
Cancer researchers train white blood cells to attacks tumor cells
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Technische Universität Dresden) Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC) and Dresden University Medicine, together with an international team of researchers, were able to demonstrate that ...
Coming out as bisexual associated with increased risk of smoking: BU study
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) For many years, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual (LGB+) folks have been known to be more likely to smoke than their straight counterparts.But a new, first-of-its-k...
Diet and lifestyle during pregnancy linked to modifications in infants' DNA
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Southampton) A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity.
Get on the grid: 'Micro-doses' of Botox provide up-close improvement of facial skin
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Botulinum toxin - best known by the brand name Botox - is a popular treatment to reduce facial lines and wrinkles. Over the years, plastic surgeons have explored alternative approaches to maximize...
Here's how to improve packaged foods nutrition
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Marketing Association) FOP nutrition labeling results in a significant improvement in the nutritional quality of food products.
How cell processes round up and dump damaged proteins
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Reporting unexpected processes, chemist Eric Strieter at UMass Amherst says he and his group have discovered how an enzyme known as UCH37 regulates a cell's waste management system.
Many with lupus at high risk for adverse reactions to pneumocystis pneumonia drug
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American College of Rheumatology) New research shows that adults with systemic lupus erythematosus, who receive trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), a prophylactic therapy to help prevent pneumocystis pneumonia, are...
A better test for the tumor-targeting of CAR-T therapies
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a method to significantly improve the preclinical evaluation of chimeric antigen-receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, in which the immun...
New RA guideline emphasizes maximizing methotrexate and biologics, minimizing steroids
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) will preview its 2020 Guideline for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at ACR Convergence, the ACR's annual meeting.
New juvenile idiopathic arthritis guideline emphasizes disease-modifying treatments
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) will preview the 2021 Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at ACR Convergence, the ACR's annual meeting.
Photopharmacology -- light-gated control of the cytoskeleton
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have developed photoresponsive derivatives of the anticancer drug Taxol®, which allow light-based control of cytoske...
Physical distancing polices not enough to protect lower-income people: BU study
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health study of the first four months of America's coronavirus epidemic, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, shows that physica...
Social distancing may have saved more than 59,000 u.s. Lives if implemented two weeks earlier
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Implementing social distancing, business closures, and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the U.S. two weeks sooner, during the earliest stages of the C...
Study dives into genetic risk of Alzheimer's and dementia for diverse Latinx groups
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) To better understand the association of the APOE gene with cognitive decline in Latinx populations, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and collaborators analyzed metrics of cogni...
The American Heart Association's 2020 Clinical Research Prize to be awarded to Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will award its 2020 Clinical Research Prize to Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh, at n...
The American Heart Association's 2020 Research Achievement Awardee is JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, Dr.P.H, FAHA, of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard
EurekAlert! - 6 Nov 2020 07:00
(American Heart Association) he American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will present its 2020 Research Achievement Award to JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, Dr.P.H., F.A.H.A., during next w...