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Researcher finds lack of evidence behind dietary recommendations to lower children's blood lead levels

For years, parents of children with high blood lead concentrations have been advised by health experts to provide their kids foods rich in iron, calcium and vitamin C.

8 Mar 2017

Evaluation system for emergency medicine residents shines light on potential gender bias

Implicit gender bias has long been suspected in many medical training programs, but until recently has been difficult to study objectively.

8 Mar 2017

Young people do not believe vaping to increase likelihood of smoking, study finds

New peer-reviewed research published today in Drugs Education Prevention and Policy shows that e-cigarettes are not increasing the likelihood of tobacco consumption and may in fact be contributing to negative perceptions about smoking among young people.

8 Mar 2017

Penn researchers identify genome-wide changes caused by high-fat diet

By comparing two strains of mice -- one that becomes obese and diabetic on a high-fat diet and another resistant to a high-fat regimen -- researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania identified genome-wide changes caused by a high-fat diet.

8 Mar 2017

Primary lung cancer tumor may go undiagnosed in some kidney cancer patients

Could lung cancer be hiding in kidney cancer patients? Researchers with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center's Kidney Cancer Program studied patients with metastatic kidney cancer to the lungs and found that 3.5 percent of the group had a primary lung cancer tumor that had gone undiagnosed. This distinction can affect treatment choices and rates of surviva

7 Mar 2017

Giving up cigarettes may be vital for smokers in recovery from illicit substance use disorders, study shows

Smokers in recovery from illicit drug use disorders are at greater risk of relapsing three years later compared with those who do not smoke cigarettes. Results of the study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York appear online in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

7 Mar 2017

Study links unemployment among young women to transactional sex and high HIV rates

Dr. Kelly Austin, Lehigh University assistant professor of sociology, finds in the first research paper to consider the role of unemployment in predicting the female HIV rate, that unemployment among young women significantly impacts the proportion of female HIV cases among those aged 15-24 in developing - especially Sub-Saharan African - countries.

7 Mar 2017

Research points to critical role of stress hormone in emergence of PTSD among soldiers

Up to 20 percent of U.S. veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan developed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder from trauma experienced during wartime, but new neuroscience research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests some soldiers might have a hormonal predisposition to experience such stress-related disorders.

7 Mar 2017

Early treatment with heart failure drug can improve cardiac function in young boys with DMD

Researchers at The Ohio State University Ross Heart Hospital and Nationwide Children's Hospital have shown early treatment with the heart failure medication eplerenone can improve heart function in young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and stabilize heart function in older boys with the disease.

7 Mar 2017

Maternal overweight and obesity linked to increased risk of child’s cerebral palsy

Being overweight or obese during pregnancy increases the chance of having a child with cerebral palsy, according to new research led by the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

7 Mar 2017

Study reveals promising new strategy to attack deadly pediatric brain tumor

Researchers from Northwestern Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago have revealed new insight into how the most deadly pediatric brain tumor, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), may develop.

7 Mar 2017

Researchers identify key mutation that promotes melanoma growth by suppressing immune response

University of California, Irvine researchers have identified a specific mutation that allows melanoma tumor cells to remain undetected by the immune system.

7 Mar 2017

UCI chemists develop cheap, effective way to neutralize deadly snake venom

Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have developed a way to neutralize deadly snake venom more cheaply and effectively than with traditional anti-venom -- an innovation that could spare millions of people the loss of life or limbs each year.

7 Mar 2017

Researchers identify protein biomarker linked to prognosis in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer researchers have identified a protein biomarker expressed on the surface of tumour cells in high-grade serous ovarian cancer, the most common and lethal subtype of the disease.

7 Mar 2017

Student researcher awarded NIDA grant to support dissertation research on syndemic factors

Mr. Raymond Moody - a 4th year doctoral student in Health Psychology and Clinical Science training program at the CUNY Graduate Center and a graduate student researcher at Hunter College's Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training has been awarded a two year grant totaling $155,972 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support his dissertation research.

7 Mar 2017

Milli-robots powered by MRI could provide targeted minimally invasive treatment

Invasive surgical techniques - cutting through the breastbone for open heart surgery or making a large incision to inspect an abdominal tumor - allow physicians to effectively treat disease but can lead to sometimes serious complications and dramatically slow healing for the patient.

7 Mar 2017

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Researcher finds lack of evidence behind dietary recommendations to lower children's blood lead levels

Evaluation system for emergency medicine residents shines light on potential gender bias

Young people do not believe vaping to increase likelihood of smoking, study finds

Penn researchers identify genome-wide changes caused by high-fat diet

Primary lung cancer tumor may go undiagnosed in some kidney cancer patients

Giving up cigarettes may be vital for smokers in recovery from illicit substance use disorders, study shows

Study links unemployment among young women to transactional sex and high HIV rates

Research points to critical role of stress hormone in emergence of PTSD among soldiers

Early treatment with heart failure drug can improve cardiac function in young boys with DMD

Maternal overweight and obesity linked to increased risk of child’s cerebral palsy

Study reveals promising new strategy to attack deadly pediatric brain tumor

Researchers identify key mutation that promotes melanoma growth by suppressing immune response

UCI chemists develop cheap, effective way to neutralize deadly snake venom

Researchers identify protein biomarker linked to prognosis in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Student researcher awarded NIDA grant to support dissertation research on syndemic factors

Milli-robots powered by MRI could provide targeted minimally invasive treatment

Researchers show how composition of mitochondrial calcium portal differs based on organs

Study finds causes for early readmission among older adults discharged to post-acute care facilities

Virginia Tech researchers move one step closer to understanding heart disease at microscopic level

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