Medical News
'Unexciting' an anxious brain: Novel drug reduces anxiety-like behavior in mice
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Tokyo University of Science) Anxiety is considered a natural response to stress. However, a state of heightened anxiety, called anxiety disorder, prevents thousands of people from living their best lives. While several ...
AI and computer vision remove the need for cell biopsy in testing embryos
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) Testing embryos for aneuploidy (known as PGT-A) has so far required a sample single cell or several cells taken from the embryo by biopsy, and this too has raised f...
Announcing a new journal: Zoonoses
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Compuscript Ltd) Visit the journal website here ().Compuscript is delighted to announce the launch of a new academic journal, Zoonoses.Zoonoses is a gold open-access and peer-reviewed journal for research scientists, ph...
Blood stem cells make brain tumors more aggressive
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)) Blood stem cells make brain tumors more aggressiveFor the first time, scientists from the German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site in Essen/Dü...
CHOP researchers discover unique immune response by cells critical to lung health
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) CHOP researchers have discovered that a specific type of lung cell exhibits unconventional immune properties and may contribute to the outcome of respiratory viral infections. They f...
COVID-19 patients recover faster with metabolic activator treatment, study shows
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(KTH, Royal Institute of Technology) Metabolic activators were found to reduce recovery time by as many as 3.5 days in patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19, according to a study published today in Advanced Science.
COVID-19 vaccine generates immune structures critical for lasting immunity
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) A new study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, published June 28 in the journal Nature, has found evidence that the immune response to Pf...
CU Cancer Center researcher studies oil & gas exposure effect on childhood leukemia risk
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) A pilot study of childhood leukemia patients living near Colorado's oil and gas drilling sites recently led to an American Cancer Society (ACS) grant award for CU Cancer C...
Cancer risk in ART children and young adults is not increased
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) The risk of cancer in children born as a result of fertility treatment has been found to be no greater than in the general population. An 18-year median follow up s...
Emergency physician residents and health care workers at high risk of physical or verbal assault, new analysis shows
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(American College of Emergency Physicians) A new study in Annals of Emergency Medicine highlights the importance of protecting physician residents -- early-career doctors still in training -- and emergency care teams fro...
Evidence-based patient-psychotherapist matching improves mental health care
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) In first-of-its kind research led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst psychotherapy researcher, mental health care patients matched with therapists who had a strong track record...
Excessive screen time linked to obesity in US preteen
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Toronto) A new national study finds that children in the United States with greater screen time usage at ages 9-10 are more likely to gain weight one year later.
Fast IR imaging-based AI identifies tumor type in lung cancer
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Ruhr-University Bochum) The prognosis and effective therapies differ based on the type of lung cancer. While it previously took several days to precisely determine the underlying mutation, a research team at the Centre ...
GluN3A knockout mouse: Alternative model for Alzheimer's neurodegeneration
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) GluN3A-deficient mice display all aspects of Alzheimer's neurodegeneration.
HKUST scientists develop simple blood test for early detection of Alzheimer's disease
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) An international research team led by HKUST has developed a simple but robust blood test from Chinese patient data for early detection and screening of Alzheimer's disease...
Heart failure is associated with an increased risk of cancer
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(European Society of Cardiology) A study in more than 200,000 individuals has found that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer compared to their peers without heart failure. The research is presen...
Hotels offering rooms to homeless in pandemic reap reputational reward
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Bath) Hotels that opened their doors to homeless people in their community during lockdown generated greater positive word-of-mouth marketing than those that offered free accommodation to frontline healthc...
Keck backs Rice bid to 'build a brain'
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Rice University) A $1 million Keck Foundation grant will support work by Rice's Jacob Robinson to understand neural pathways in hydra. The goal is to better understand connections between neurons and muscles that drive ...
Key mutations in Alpha variant enable SARS-CoV-2 to overcome evolutionary weak points
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Cambridge) One of the key mutations seen in the 'Alpha variant' of SARS-CoV-2 - the deletion of two amino acids, H69/V70 - enables the virus to overcome chinks in its armour as it evolves, say an internati...
Love: How the feeling of power determines happy relationships
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Want to have a happy relationship? Make sure both partners feel they can decide on issues that are important to them. Objective power measured by income, for example, doesn't...
Maternal diets rich in Omega-3 fatty acids may protect offspring from breast cancer
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) In a new study recently published by Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Marshall University researchers noted a significant difference in mice from moth...
New West Virginia University initiative aims to bridge the gap between science and policy
EurekAlert! - 28 Jun 2021 06:00
(West Virginia University) A coalition of WVU researchers is working together to address West Virginia's most pressing water issues through Bridge, a campus-wide science and technology policy, leadership and communicatio...