CWRU study finds depression symptoms and emotional support impact PTSD treatment progress
2014-01-24
Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also experience depression. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found that during PTSD treatments, ...
Sports medicine physical of the future could help athletes 'ESCAPE' sudden cardiac death
2014-01-24
BOSTON (01/23/14)—A young athlete in seemingly excellent health dies suddenly from a previously ...
Are developing heart valves sensitive to environmental chemicals?
2014-01-24
Baltimore, MD—Exposure to environmental endocrine disrupters, such as bisphenol A, which mimic estrogen, is associated with adverse health effects. Bisphenol A is commonly found in plastic bottles ...
New clues may link hereditary cancer genes to increased risk of cancer from alcohol
2014-01-24
In laboratory experiments conducted on human cell lines at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, scientists have shown that people carrying certain mutations in two hereditary ...
New computer model may aid personalized cancer care
2014-01-24
BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have developed a mathematical model to predict how a patient's tumor is likely to behave and which of several possible treatments is most likely to be ...
Lab-grown, virus-free stem cells repair retinal tissue in mice
2014-01-24
Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue in mice. The stem cells, derived from human ...
A scientific first: Physicists, physicians, engineers photograph radiation beams in the human body through the Cherenkov effect
2014-01-24
(Lebanon, NH 1/22/14) — A scientific breakthrough may give the field of radiation oncology new tools ...
Putting a brake on tumor spread
2014-01-24
A team of scientists, led by principal investigator David D. Schlaepfer, PhD, a professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has found that a protein ...
Exploring the roots of the problem: How a South American tree adapts to volcanic soils
2014-01-24
Soils ...
Patients receiving ADT should be counseled to improve mental and emotional well-being
2014-01-24
New York, NY, January 23, 2014 – A new study published in the Journal ...
Aspirin intake may stop growth of vestibular schwannomas/acoustic neuromas
2014-01-24
BOSTON (Jan. 24, 2014) — Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, ...
Study identifies gene tied to motor neuron loss in ALS
2014-01-23
NEW YORK, NY (January 22, 2014) — Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have ...
A pill 'melts away' common form of leukemia
2014-01-23
NEW YORK (January 22, 2014) -- Use of a twice-daily pill could turn a deadly blood cancer into a highly treatable disease, ...
Obesity in mothers alters babies' weight through brain rewiring
2014-01-23
Obese mothers are more likely to have children with metabolic disorders such as diabetes compared with thin mothers, but the underlying molecular and cellular reasons for this effect have been unclear. A study ...
To stay a step ahead of breast cancer, make a map of the future
2014-01-23
Cancer isn't a singular disease, even when talking about one tumor. A tumor consists of a varied mix of cells whose complicated arrangement changes all the time, especially and most vexingly as doctors and patients ...
Mother's high-fat diet alters metabolism in offspring, leading to higher obesity risk
2014-01-23
The offspring of obese mothers consuming a high-fat diet during pregnancy are at a higher risk than the children of thin mothers for lifelong obesity, and related metabolic disorders. ...
Experiments show hypothesis of microtubule steering accurate
2014-01-23
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Experiments show hypothesis of microtubule steering accurate
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This is a movie of a polymerizing microtubule (originating in bottom left corner) encountering a static microtubule ...
What makes cell division accurate?
2014-01-23
Baltimore, MD— As all school-children learn, cells divide using a process called mitosis, which consists of a number of phases during which duplicate copies of the cell's DNA-containing chromosomes are pulled apart and separated into two distinct ...
Ancient forests stabilized Earth's CO2 and climate
2014-01-23
UK researchers have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years. When CO2 levels became ...
Brain uses serotonin to perpetuate chronic pain signals in local nerves
2014-01-23
Setting the stage for possible advances in pain treatment, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland ...
Sniffed out -- The 'gas detectors' of the plant world
2014-01-23
The elusive trigger that allows plants to 'see' the gas nitric oxide (NO), an important signalling molecule, has been tracked down by scientists at The University of Nottingham. It is the first ...
Does it pay to be a lover or a fighter? It depends on how you woo females
2014-01-23
As ...
A time for memories
2014-01-23
Neuroscientists from the University of Leicester, in collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at ...
Long-term spinal cord stimulation stalls symptoms of Parkinson's-like disease
2014-01-23
DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke Medicine have shown that continuing spinal cord stimulation appears to produce improvements in symptoms of Parkinson's disease, and ...
Large and in charge
2014-01-23
Bigger really is better – at least it was for early prehistoric life.
A NASA research group featuring University of Toronto Mississauga professor Marc Laflamme has helped to explain why some ...
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