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28-Feb-2017 10:00 AM EST
New Treatment Option Shows Promise for Skin and Hair Conditions
American Academy of Dermatology

Alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis and vitiligo are highly visible dermatologic conditions that can have a negative effect on patients’ quality of life and overall health. An emerging treatment option, however, could provide effective therapy...

Released: 2-Mar-2017 5:45 PM EST
Cleveland Takes New Steps to Tackle “Superbugs”
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center are teaming up to take on the rising problem of antibiotic resistance.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 1:45 PM EST
Horseback Riding Interventions Have Therapeutic Benefits for People with Disabilities
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Physical activities incorporating horseback riding can help to improve strength, balance, and other outcomes for children and adults with a range of neuromotor, developmental, and physical disabilities, according to a report in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 1:05 PM EST
What to Ask Your Doctor When Getting a Colonoscopy
Loyola Medicine

When scheduling a screening colonoscopy, a patient should ask the physician's adenoma detection rate.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EST
Earth’s Viral Diversity Unveiled
Department of Energy, Office of Science

New publicly available database of DNA viruses and retroviruses debuts.

   
Released: 2-Mar-2017 10:05 AM EST
Award Honors UTSW Research on Communication Between Bacteria and Humans
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center microbiologist Dr. Neal Alto has been named a recipient of the 2017 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research for his work on interspecies communication between disease-causing bacteria and the humans they infect.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EST
UTHealth Part of Unprecedented NHLBI Grant to Bring Adult Whole Genome Sequencing to Clinical Space
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), in collaboration with the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine (HGSC), is a participant in a $500 million program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program to bring whole genome sequencing and other “omic” technologies that monitor the expression of the genome in response to the environment to the forefront of clinical research.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 6:05 AM EST
The Three Questions That Can Help Ensure the Success of Treatment for Depression
University of Haifa

The study found that the patient’s age, expectations regarding the relationship with the therapist, and level of vindictiveness predicted whether they should undergo psychotherapy or medication

   
27-Feb-2017 9:00 AM EST
Powerful RNA-Based Technology Could Help Shape the Future
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Using antibodies to treat disease has been one of the great success stories of early 21st-century medicine. Already five of the ten top-selling pharmaceuticals in the United States are antibody products. But antibodies are large, complex proteins that can be expensive to manufacture. Now, a team led by scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania demonstrates in an animal model a new way to deliver safer and more cost-effective therapeutic antibodies.

Released: 2-Mar-2017 1:05 AM EST
New Treatment Delivery Methods of Medication for Opioid Addiction Show Promise
Rutgers University

Addiction medicine expert Petros Levounis says a maintenance treatment that combines medication with behavioral treatment and recovery support gives patients the best chance of sustainable recovery

28-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
MD Anderson Study Ties Protein ‘Reader’ ENL to Common Leukemia
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Anyone who uses an employee badge to enter a building may understand how a protein called ENL opens new possibilities for treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a fast-growing cancer of bone marrow and blood cells and the second most common type of leukemia in children and adults.

Released: 1-Mar-2017 12:05 PM EST
Americans Divided on Obamacare Repeal, Poll Finds
Washington University in St. Louis

As House Republicans labor to define a new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), public support for the 2010 legislation is at an all-time high, according to a national survey taken in January by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis.

   
Released: 1-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EST
Desk Jobs Are Bad for Your Heart and Your Waist
University of Warwick

A new study shows further evidence for the view that spending too much time sitting down is bad for our health and our waistline.

Released: 1-Mar-2017 11:00 AM EST
German Translation Now Available for NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Kidney Cancer
National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), through funding from the NCCN Foundation® and Kidney Cancer Association, has published a German translation of the NCCN Guidelines for Patients®: Kidney Cancer.

Released: 1-Mar-2017 3:00 AM EST
New Study Shows Significant Economic Burden of Skin Disease in the United States
American Academy of Dermatology

Citing a new study assessing the impact of skin disease on patients and the U.S. economy, the American Academy of Dermatology is launching a new campaign to raise awareness of the breadth of serious skin diseases that affect patients, as well as the critical role dermatologists play in an era of team-based health care.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 4:05 PM EST
Researchers in the GW Department of Dermatology to Speak, Present Posters at the 2017 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting
George Washington University

Clinicians and researchers from the GW Department of Dermatology will present on a variety of topics, including nanotechnology, fungal infections of the skin, cannabis for autoimmune diseases, contact dermatitis, and public health threats at the 75th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 4:05 PM EST
Two Migration Proteins Boost Predictive Value of Pancreatic Cancer Biomarker
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Adding two blood-borne proteins associated with cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer to detect early stage disease, a research team from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
A Softer Approach to Colon Cancer Screening: A Q&A with Samir Gupta
UC San Diego Health

UC San Diego Health gastroenterologist and colorectal cancer screening expert offers advice on screening methods for colorectal cancer.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 11:05 AM EST
Study Finds No Evidence of Common Herpes Type Virus in Aggressive Brain Cancer Tissue
Johns Hopkins Medicine

In a rigorous study of tumor tissue collected from 125 patients with aggressive brain cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have found no evidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and conclude that a link between the two diseases, as claimed by earlier reports, likely does not exist.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 11:05 AM EST
Open Science Prize Goes to Software Tool for Tracking Viral Outbreaks
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

After three rounds of competition — one of which involved a public vote — a software tool developed by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Basel to track Zika, Ebola and other viral disease outbreaks in real time has won the first-ever international Open Science Prize.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 10:05 AM EST
Anesthesia Considerations for African Americans Prior to Surgery
American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology

Informs the African American community of how two chronic diseases and other health issues can have an impact on anesthesia if surgery is needed.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 8:30 AM EST
Body's Immune Response to Bioterrorism Bacteria That Causes Tularemia Is Focus of Ongoing Research
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

While not as commonly known as toxins such as anthrax or smallpox, the Centers for Disease Control puts Francisella tularensis in the same category as these bioterrorism agents. Dr. Meenakshi Malik has dedicated much of her life to studying this potentially deadly bacterium, and she has begun to make progress towards developing a preventive vaccine. The National Institutes of Health is so encouraged by her work that they recently awarded her a second grant so that she may expand her research in this area.

Released: 28-Feb-2017 8:05 AM EST
More Mosquito Species Than Previously Thought May Transmit Zika
University of Georgia

Zika virus could be transmitted by more mosquito species than those currently known, according to a new predictive model created by ecologists at the University of Georgia and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

   
Released: 27-Feb-2017 5:05 PM EST
Health Care Changes to Impact Dental Care
American Dental Hygienists' Association

This June, more than 1,500 dental hygienists will come together from all parts of the U.S. to learn from top dental hygiene experts, advance their careers with new research and technology, and engage with their peers at the American Dental Hygienists’ Association’s 94th Annual Conference. Committed to providing excellent content, ADHA is proud to announce Hannah Maxey, PhD, MPH, RDH, who will cover changes in the health care system and how dental hygienists can prepare themselves for those changes at this year's conference.

Released: 27-Feb-2017 4:05 PM EST
Mount Sinai Experts Share Tips for Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month This March
Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai experts are available during March’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness month to discuss prevention, screening options, and risk factors.

23-Feb-2017 1:00 PM EST
New Tool for Combating Mosquito-Borne Disease: Insect Parasite Genes
Vanderbilt University

Discovery of the genes that the insect parasite Wolbachia uses to control its hosts' reproduction provides a powerful new tool for enhancing biological control efforts for mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, Zika and malaria.

   
27-Feb-2017 8:05 AM EST
Research Could Lead to Better Vaccines and New Antivirals
Sanford Burnham Prebys

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified a new regulator of the innate immune response—the immediate, natural immune response to foreign invaders. The study, published recently in Nature Microbiology, suggests that therapeutics that modulate the regulator—an immune checkpoint—may represent the next generation of antiviral drugs, vaccine adjuvants, cancer immunotherapies, and treatments for autoimmune disease.

Released: 24-Feb-2017 11:00 AM EST
Media Availability: NIH Scientists Identify Disorder Causing Blindness, Deafness, Albinism and Fragile Bones
NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI)

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified the genetic underpinnings of a rare disorder that causes children to be born with deafness, blindness, albinism and fragile bones.

Released: 24-Feb-2017 10:05 AM EST
Public Health and Local Art Thought Leaders Collaborate to Improve Community Health
University of Louisville

Solving complex social and health issues through arts and culture is the goal of a collaboration between University of Louisville’s Commonwealth Institute of Kentucky (CIK) and IDEAS xLab.

   
Released: 23-Feb-2017 4:05 PM EST
Novel Amyloid Structure Could Lead to New Types of Antibiotics
American Technion Society

Researchers have discovered unique amyloid fibers used by the highly drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacterium (which causes MRSA). The findings could lead to new types of antibiotics with a novel mechanism of action for attacking bacterial toxins.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 3:05 PM EST
Environmental Factors, Genetics and Epigenetics Is Focus of Multiple Sclerosis Forum
Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ACTRIMS)

The second annual ACTRIMS Forum gets underway today. This year, the forum was preceded by the Neurology Resident Summit in Neuroimmunology, which drew 47 residents from the United States and Canada.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 2:05 PM EST
Using Twitter May Increase Food-Poisoning Reporting
Washington University in St. Louis

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. citizens gets food poisoning every year, but very few report it. Twitter communications between the public and the proper government authorities could improve foodborne illness reporting as well as the steps that follow, according to a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 1:15 PM EST
FDA Study Offers Food Establishments Better Methods for Preventing Norovirus Outbreaks
Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)

If you’re sick, stay home. Wash your hands before preparing food. When preparing food, always wear gloves or do not touch the ready-to-eat food with bare hands. For food service workers, following this simple advice, which is part of the FDA Food Code, could drastically reduce the spread of norovirus, the most common type of foodborne illness. These results come from a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration study published in the latest issue of Risk Analysis, the scholarly journal of the Society for Risk Analysis.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 12:05 PM EST
SARS and MERS: What’s Next?
Texas A&M University

It may be difficult to remember now, but when SARS was first recognized in February 2003, people were scared. This heretofore unknown disease was killing people—nearly 10 percent of those infected with what came to be recognized as the SARS-associated coronavirus. Before the end of the year, cases were reported in 29 countries.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 12:00 PM EST
Cholesterol 101
UPMC Pinnacle

Cardiologist Alex Garton, MD discusses knowing your cholesterol numbers and the new American Heart Association guidelines.

21-Feb-2017 11:05 AM EST
Many Patients Receive Prescription Opioids During Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

More than two in five people receiving buprenorphine, a drug commonly used to treat opioid addiction, are also given prescriptions for other opioid painkillers – and two-thirds are prescribed opioids after their treatment is complete, a new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study suggests.

23-Feb-2017 10:00 AM EST
Researchers Uncover a Role for HSP90 in Gene-Environment Interactions in Humans
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

Researchers at Whitehead Institute have now uncovered a role for the protein-folding chaperone HSP90 in humans, not only as a modifier of the effects of mutations, but as a mediator of the impact of the environment on the function of mutant proteins. And these effects of HSP90 can alter the course of human diseases.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 11:05 AM EST
Wayne State Vision Researchers Show Zika Virus Can Damage Retina and Cause Blindness
Research to Prevent Blindness

Scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute have shown that the Zika virus can replicate in the eye’s retinal cells, causing severe tissue damage and even blindness. The research is supported in part by Research to Prevent Blindness.

Released: 23-Feb-2017 10:05 AM EST
Direct-to-Consumer Genomics: Harmful or Empowering?
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Thanks to recent scientific advances and plunging costs in genetic sequencing, consumers now can order inexpensive, mail-in genetic tests to learn more about health risks, inherited traits and ancestry. But, is it a good idea to bypass your doctor’s office when it comes to interpreting health risks?



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