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Rises in unemployment linked to significant increases in prostate cancer mortality

The knock-on effects of the economic downturn have been explored in economy and psychology. Now researchers are examining the effects of unemployment on an even darker subject - cancer mortality.

14 May 2015

Charity tackling antibiotic resistance welcomes latest O'Neill report

Antibiotic Research UK, the world’s first charity created to develop new antibiotics welcomes this latest O’Neill report and endorses whole heartedly its recommendations.

14 May 2015

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to award grants to 40 scientists for research into mental illness

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced its 2015 Independent Investigator Grants which will award $3.9 million in funding to 40 mid-career scientists from 30 institutions in 16 countries.

14 May 2015

EKF highlighting its expanding range of liquid stable clinical chemistry reagents at Hospitalar 2015

EKF Diagnostics will be highlighting its expanding Stanbio central laboratory clinical chemistry range at Hospitalar, 19–22 May, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

From EKF Diagnostics 14 May 2015

Envision presents awards for work in low vision rehabilitation

Envision presents the Lifetime Achievement Award from time-to-time to researchers whose careers have been marked by outstanding, creative and important contributions to low vision research...

14 May 2015

Immunotherapy for kidney cancer - Phase 3 update from Argos Therapeutics at ASCO

Argos is developing AGS-003, which is a fully personalized immunotherapy designed to induce a durable memory T-cell response specific to each patient’s cancer...

14 May 2015

Men with asthma less likely to develop lethal prostate cancer

Scientists found that men with a history of asthma were 29 percent less likely to have been diagnosed with prostate cancer that spread or to have died of their prostate cancer...

14 May 2015

Prostate cancer patients can experience cognitive impairment following androgen deprivation therapy

Cognitive impairment can occur in cancer patients who are treated with a variety of therapies, including radiation therapy, hormone therapy, and chemotherapy.

14 May 2015

Researchers receive NSF RAPID response grants to develop computer model for Ebola spread

Identifying and tracking individuals affected by the Ebola virus in densely populated areas presents a unique and urgent set of challenges in public health surveillance.

14 May 2015

Hand-grip strength could be used as a predictor of stroke and heart attack

The authors of the study say grip strength was a stronger predictor of death than systolic blood pressure and that a grip test may provide a simple and cost-effective way of identifying people at high risk of heart attack or stroke...

14 May 2015

Human microbiome contains unique fingerprints, shows study

A new study shows that the microbial communities we carry in and on our bodies—known as the human microbiome—have the potential to uniquely identify individuals, much like a fingerprint.

14 May 2015

Researchers make major step toward finding target to combat drug-resistant neuroblastoma

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have made an important step toward finding a target in the fight against drug-resistant neuroblastoma (NBL), the most common solid malignancy found, outside of the skull, in children.

14 May 2015

Gadusol compound can provide a systemic sunscreen to humans

Researchers have discovered why many animal species can spend their whole lives outdoors with no apparent concern about high levels of solar exposure: they make their own sunscreen.

14 May 2015

Dopamine-producing neurons affect crucial brain functions

Nerve cells that produce dopamine for the purpose of transmitting signals to other cells affect numerous crucial brain functions.

14 May 2015

Exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke causes mild intoxication

Researchers recruited seven people ages 18 to 45 who said they smoked cannabis at least twice per week and tested positive for THC, but who tested negative for other drugs, and 12 others in the same age range who said they had not used cannabis in the past six months and tested negative for cannabis, other drugs, and alcohol...

14 May 2015

Study finds similarity in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys

Transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys show similarity to humans with Huntington's in their progressive neurodegeneration and decline of motor control, scientists from Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, report.

14 May 2015

Financial incentive programs help smokers kick the habit, finds Penn study

Four different financial incentive programs, each worth roughly $800 over six months, all help more smokers kick the habit than providing free access to behavioral counseling and nicotine replacement therapy. Further, the way in which equally-sized payouts are structured influences their effectiveness.

14 May 2015

Medical Research News

Rises in unemployment linked to significant increases in prostate cancer mortality

Charity tackling antibiotic resistance welcomes latest O'Neill report

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to award grants to 40 scientists for research into mental illness

EKF highlighting its expanding range of liquid stable clinical chemistry reagents at Hospitalar 2015

Envision presents awards for work in low vision rehabilitation

Immunotherapy for kidney cancer - Phase 3 update from Argos Therapeutics at ASCO

Men with asthma less likely to develop lethal prostate cancer

Prostate cancer patients can experience cognitive impairment following androgen deprivation therapy

Researchers receive NSF RAPID response grants to develop computer model for Ebola spread

Hand-grip strength could be used as a predictor of stroke and heart attack

Human microbiome contains unique fingerprints, shows study

Researchers make major step toward finding target to combat drug-resistant neuroblastoma

Gadusol compound can provide a systemic sunscreen to humans

Dopamine-producing neurons affect crucial brain functions

Exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke causes mild intoxication

Study finds similarity in clinical progression between human patients and Huntington's disease monkeys

Financial incentive programs help smokers kick the habit, finds Penn study

Historic mining pollution in south west England reduces genetic diversity of brown trout

Denali launched to discover, develop effective medicines for neurodegenerative diseases

Workplace mindfulness-based intervention reduces stress levels of employees

Transforming Cardiovascular Care: Insights from Mina Makar at AstraZeneca

Clue's CEO Rhiannon White on the Future of Femtech and PCOS

Freezing Point Osmometry in Life Science Applications

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