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Neuroimaging support for psychosis continuum

Cortical thinning is present in people with nonclinical psychotic symptoms, but is less pronounced than in those with a psychotic disorder, report researchers

25 Jun 2014

Brain activation differences hint at developing course of bipolar disorder

Results of an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis highlight the differences and similarities in brain activation between youths and adults with bipolar disorder.

25 Jun 2014

Intercalated erlotinib–eribulin ‘feasible’ without added efficacy

Erlotinib can be intercalated with the anti-tubule agent eribulin mesylate for patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer but it is unlikely to increase treatment efficacy in those without epidermal growth factor receptor activating mutations, research suggests.

25 Jun 2014

WebPT receives significant investment from Battery Ventures

WebPT, the leading web-based electronic medical record (EMR) solution for rehabilitation therapists, today announced it has received a significant investment from Battery Ventures. WebPT intends to use the new capital to accelerate growth.

25 Jun 2014

Key historical misconceptions hinder research and treatment for brain metastases

"Key historical misconceptions" are hindering progress in research and treatment for patients with cancer metastases to the brain, suggests a special article in the July issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

25 Jun 2014

Oral gavage is not appropriate for hazard assessments of EDCs, say researchers

Challenging risk assessment methods used for decades by toxicologists, a new review of the literature led by environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggests that oral gavage, the most widely accepted method of dosing lab animals to test chemical toxicity, does not accurately mimic how humans are exposed to chemicals in everyday life.

25 Jun 2014

Freelance journalist receives Endocrine Society's annual award

Freelance journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin received the Endocrine Society's annual Award for Excellence in Science and Medical Journalism, the Society announced today.

25 Jun 2014

Researchers discover primordial cancer in primitive and evolutionary old animals

Every year around 450,000 people in Germany are diagnosed with cancer. Each one of them dreams of a victory in the battle against it.

25 Jun 2014

Summer offers ideal opportunity to get tonsil removal

Pool pass, sports camp, visiting relatives and getting tonsils removed are all normal activities for children during the summer months.

25 Jun 2014

NIH receives award to design biomaterial that can regenerate damaged skeletal muscle

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a three-year, $437,248 grant to a University of Arkansas biomedical engineering researcher to design and test a biomaterial that can regenerate damaged skeletal muscle.

25 Jun 2014

Required dose of saline solutions can prevent common injuries in football players

Some of the most common injuries in football players are violent joint sprains and muscle strains in the legs, which are sometimes caused by anxiety and fatigue accumulated after several games in a few weeks.

25 Jun 2014

Study: Cohesin mutations are common in melanoma and bladder cancer

Massive sequencing of cancer genomes brings to light new genes every day that could be involved in the process of tumour formation.

25 Jun 2014

Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases depression, higher BMI in early adolescence

Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases the likelihood of both depression and higher body mass index (BMI) in early adolescence, which can worsen and lead to illness for young adults, according to a new report in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

25 Jun 2014

Henry Ford launches clinical trial for treatment of tinnitus caused by noise trauma

Henry Ford Health System has launched a clinical trial to investigate a new drug for the treatment of tinnitus, a chronic ringing of the head or ears that affects more than 600 million people worldwide.

25 Jun 2014

Study explores how visual skills of cricket players change with age

Scientists at Royal Holloway, University of London, will investigate how cricket players' ability to play shots changes over the course of a lifetime in a new study into eye movements and skill learning.

25 Jun 2014

Duke enters into collaboration with BMS to promote open access to clinical information

Duke University, through its Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), announced this week it has entered into a novel collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to promote open access to clinical information from company-sponsored studies.

25 Jun 2014

Wild fleas transmit Chagas' disease in some regions of Latin America

For 10 years, major fumigation campaigns in the villages have eliminated the fleas that transmit Chagas' disease in many Latin American countries.

25 Jun 2014

Patients with Cushing’s syndrome experience significant weight loss while taking oral medication

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore endocrinologist, Henry G. Fein, M.D., today presented new research showing that patients with Cushing's syndrome, a rare disease that can lead to extreme weight gain, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and psychological issues, experienced significant, sustained weight loss while taking oral medication daily over a number of years to manage symptoms of the disease.

25 Jun 2014

University of Maryland School of Medicine receives NIH grant to establish neuroscience research center

The University of Maryland School of Medicine's Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a research center in the School's Department of Psychiatry, was awarded a $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a Silvio O. Conte Neuroscience Research Center that will examine the causes of schizophrenia and search for possible new treatments.

25 Jun 2014

Journal of the American Dental Association to be published by Elsevier on January 2015

The American Dental Association (ADA) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Elsevier to publish The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), the ADA's flagship publication and the nation's premier dental journal.

25 Jun 2014

Medical Research News

Neuroimaging support for psychosis continuum

Brain activation differences hint at developing course of bipolar disorder

Intercalated erlotinib–eribulin ‘feasible’ without added efficacy

WebPT receives significant investment from Battery Ventures

Key historical misconceptions hinder research and treatment for brain metastases

Oral gavage is not appropriate for hazard assessments of EDCs, say researchers

Freelance journalist receives Endocrine Society's annual award

Researchers discover primordial cancer in primitive and evolutionary old animals

Summer offers ideal opportunity to get tonsil removal

NIH receives award to design biomaterial that can regenerate damaged skeletal muscle

Required dose of saline solutions can prevent common injuries in football players

Study: Cohesin mutations are common in melanoma and bladder cancer

Socioeconomic adversity during childhood increases depression, higher BMI in early adolescence

Henry Ford launches clinical trial for treatment of tinnitus caused by noise trauma

Study explores how visual skills of cricket players change with age

Duke enters into collaboration with BMS to promote open access to clinical information

Wild fleas transmit Chagas' disease in some regions of Latin America

Patients with Cushing’s syndrome experience significant weight loss while taking oral medication

University of Maryland School of Medicine receives NIH grant to establish neuroscience research center

Journal of the American Dental Association to be published by Elsevier on January 2015

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