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Brain's electrical activity may be more primary factor in memory solidification

The permanence of memories has long thought to be mediated solely by the production of new proteins. However, new research from the University of Alberta has shown that the electrical activity of the brain may be a more primary factor in memory solidification.

5 Aug 2015

Missing follow-up visit to pulmonologist after COPD exacerbation increases risk for hospital readmission

Researchers have found the risk for hospital readmission to be nearly three times higher after COPD exacerbation if a follow-up visit to a pulmonologist is skipped.

5 Aug 2015

Lenalidomide therapy may have immediate effect in treatment of sarcoidosis-related symptoms

A case study published in the August issue of the journal CHEST found lenalidomide treatments may have an immediate effect in the treatment of sarcoidosis-related symptoms. Sarcoidosis, a disease that involves abnormal collections of inflammatory cells that can form nodules in various organs, can affect individuals from all racial and age groups.

5 Aug 2015

Rice University scientists identify genetic mechanism that allows bacteria to resist antibiotics

Rice University scientists are developing strategies to keep germs from evolving resistance to antibiotics by heading them off at the pass.

5 Aug 2015

Coordinated, two-part approach could help reduce hospital-acquired infections

By coordinating with state health departments and communicating with each other about patients with C. difficile and antibiotic-resistant infections, hospitals, long-term acute-care facilities and nursing homes could reduce the number of such hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) by an estimated 619,000 cases in the next five years, a new Centers for Disease Control 9 (CDC)-led report has found.

5 Aug 2015

Study reports significant decline in new cases of Alzheimer disease, other dementias in African-Americans

An Indiana University and Regenstrief Institute study is the first to report significantly decreased incidence rates over two decades for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in African-Americans. The study is also the first to show that the incidence rate of these conditions in Africans was unchanged over the same period.

5 Aug 2015

Nonmedical use of prescription opioids increasing among young adults

The nonmedical use of prescription opioids (POs) has become an area of increasing public health concern in the United States and rates of use are particularly high among young adults. In the past decade, an emerging "epidemic" of nonmedical PO use has been reported.

5 Aug 2015

Access to dental care by low-income Americans becomes exception as only fewer dentists accept Medicaid

More than 2 percent of all emergency department visits are now related to nontraumatic dental conditions, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the University of California-San Francisco, Truven Health Analytics and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

5 Aug 2015

Researchers reveal how insulin reaches and acts in the brain to improve memory

Researchers at the UW Medicine, Veteran's Administration Puget Sound and Saint Louis University have made a promising discovery that insulin delivered high up in the nasal cavity goes to affected areas of brain with lasting results in improving memory.

5 Aug 2015

Molecular packaging enhances cancer drug’s effectiveness at destroying tumors

Researchers have packaged a widely used cancer drug into nanoparticles, more than doubling its effectiveness at destroying tumors.

5 Aug 2015

McGill researchers identify brain structures involved in delayed gratification

Researchers at McGill have clearly identified, for the first time, the specific parts of the brain involved in decisions that call for delayed gratification. In a paper recently published in the European Journal of Neuroscience, they demonstrated that the hippocampus (associated with memory) and the nucleus accumbens (associated with pleasure) work together in making critical decisions of this type, where time plays a role.

5 Aug 2015

New health care program covered by Medicaid improves some aspects of care for disabled adults

UF Health researchers have found that care linked to heart attacks and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, among disabled adults covered by Medicaid has improved with the expansion of a new health care program in Texas over the last decade.

5 Aug 2015

UBC scientists reveal new weapon to combat malnutrition

UBC scientists have opened the doors to new research into malnutrition by creating an animal model that replicates the imbalance of gut bacteria associated with the difficult-to-treat disease.

5 Aug 2015

Pharmaxis, Synairgen partner to develop LOXL2 inhibitor to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis Ltd and UK biotechnology company Synairgen plc today announced they have entered into a research collaboration to develop a selective inhibitor to the lysyl oxidase type 2 enzyme (LOXL2) to treat the fatal lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

5 Aug 2015

University of Liverpool study finds that HIV can continue to grow in patients despite treatment

HIV can continue to grow in patients who are thought to be responding well to treatment, according to research by the University of Liverpool.

5 Aug 2015

Women who exercised during teen years less likely to die from cancer in later life

Women who exercised during their teen years were less likely to die from cancer and all other causes during middle-age and later in life, according to a new study by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Shanghai Cancer Institute in China.

5 Aug 2015

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Brain's electrical activity may be more primary factor in memory solidification

Missing follow-up visit to pulmonologist after COPD exacerbation increases risk for hospital readmission

Lenalidomide therapy may have immediate effect in treatment of sarcoidosis-related symptoms

Rice University scientists identify genetic mechanism that allows bacteria to resist antibiotics

Coordinated, two-part approach could help reduce hospital-acquired infections

Study reports significant decline in new cases of Alzheimer disease, other dementias in African-Americans

Nonmedical use of prescription opioids increasing among young adults

Access to dental care by low-income Americans becomes exception as only fewer dentists accept Medicaid

Researchers reveal how insulin reaches and acts in the brain to improve memory

Molecular packaging enhances cancer drug’s effectiveness at destroying tumors

McGill researchers identify brain structures involved in delayed gratification

New health care program covered by Medicaid improves some aspects of care for disabled adults

UBC scientists reveal new weapon to combat malnutrition

Pharmaxis, Synairgen partner to develop LOXL2 inhibitor to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

University of Liverpool study finds that HIV can continue to grow in patients despite treatment

Women who exercised during teen years less likely to die from cancer in later life

New study reveals how infectious proteins spread from gut to the brain

Research finds no link between teen marijuana use and later mental health issues

Study finds evidence that gut microbes affect circadian rhythms, metabolism in mice

Antiepileptic monotherapy does not increase intrauterine death risk

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

Automating research - solutions and best practices

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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