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Physicians don't always fully discuss risks and benefits of cancer screening

A national survey of patients reveals that physicians don't always fully discuss the risks and benefits of cancer screening, reports a new study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

13 Jun 2014

Steroid injections can provide pain relief for mom without affecting baby

From weird cravings to swollen feet, pregnant women deal with a lot during those nine months Some women even suffer from hand pain when there are simple, baby-safe options to treat the symptoms.

13 Jun 2014

Risk of breast cancer recurrence associated with carbohydrate intake

Dartmouth researchers have found that reducing carbohydrate intake could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence among women whose tumor tissue is positive for the IGF-1 receptor.

13 Jun 2014

Persons with lower blood levels of vitamin D are twice likely to die prematurely

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that persons with lower blood levels of vitamin D were twice as likely to die prematurely as people with higher blood levels of vitamin D.

13 Jun 2014

Weight loss most important factor for improving cardiovascular health in obese OSA patients

Obesity and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) tend to co-exist and are associated with a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, including inflammation, insulin resistance, abnormal cholesterol, and high blood pressure. While effective therapies are available for OSA, researchers are still unclear about what interventions are most effective in reducing the burden of risk factors for cardiovascular disease associated with OSA in obese patients.

13 Jun 2014

Study uncovers why statins increase diabetes risk

McMaster University researchers may have found a novel way to suppress the devastating side effect of statins, one of the worlds' most widely used drugs to lower cholesterol and prevent heart disease.

13 Jun 2014

Dancing eases hip or knee pain and helps older adults move better

Dancing eases hip or knee pain and helps older adults move better, according to a small Saint Louis University study.

13 Jun 2014

New class of tumor-targeting agents can seek out dozens of solid tumors

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) report that a new class of tumor-targeting agents can seek out and find dozens of solid tumors, even illuminating brain cancer stem cells that resist current treatments.

13 Jun 2014

Study of human embryonic stems cells identifies bottlenecks restricting formation of colonies

A time-lapse study of human embryonic stems cells has identified bottlenecks restricting the formation of colonies, a discovery that could lead to improvement in their use in regenerative medicine.

13 Jun 2014

Fighting off illness causes sleep deprivation and affects memory

Sickness-induced insomnia is common because of link between brain and immune system. Fighting off illness- rather than the illness itself- causes sleep deprivation and affects memory, a new study has found.

13 Jun 2014

New imaging software measures growth of nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer

Medical-imaging software under development at Rochester Institute of Technology could someday give radiologists a tool for measuring the growth of nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

13 Jun 2014

Investigators isolate protein that is responsible for fungus' ability to cross blood-brain barrier

In a remarkable series of experiments on a fungus that causes cryptococcal meningitis, a deadly infection of the membranes that cover the spinal cord and brain, investigators at UC Davis have isolated a protein that appears to be responsible for the fungus' ability to cross from the bloodstream into the brain.

13 Jun 2014

Cranial ultrasound has greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy in diagnosis of GCA

A new study presented for the first time today at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014), shows that cranial ultrasound has a greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy,* and a comparable specificity in the diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA).

13 Jun 2014

BioAnalytix now fills critical gap in area of biologic drug development

Biologic drugs are highly complex, but they may be the answer to many medical illnesses and conditions that currently have no treatment available.

13 Jun 2014

Walking 6,000 steps per day may protect people at risk of knee OA

A new study shows that walking reduces risk of functional limitation associated with knee osteoarthritis (OA). In fact, the study funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and published in the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) journal, Arthritis Care & Research, suggests that walking 6,000 or more steps per day may protect those with or at risk of knee of OA from developing mobility issues, such as difficulty getting up from a chair and climbing stairs.

13 Jun 2014

Use of opioid linked to higher levels of dissatisfaction following spine surgery

A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) links the use of opioid pain relievers (prescription medications, such as Percocet) to less improvement and higher levels of dissatisfaction following spine surgery.

13 Jun 2014

Survivors of childhood cancers hospitalized more often many years after cancer treatment

Survivors of childhood cancers were hospitalized more often and for longer durations because of blood disorders and other problems, many years after cancer treatment was completed, compared with the general population, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

13 Jun 2014

Research to assess breastfeeding knowledge and confidence of Canadian physicians

The results of a national research project to assess breastfeeding knowledge, confidence, beliefs, and attitudes of Canadian physicians are available today in the Journal of Human Lactation.

13 Jun 2014

Excessive abuse of alcohol causes structural damage at molecular level to the brain

Joint research between the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and the University of Nottingham has identified, for the first time, the structural damage caused at a molecular level to the brain by the chronic excessive abuse of alcohol.

13 Jun 2014

Human mind can rapidly absorb new information by synchronization of brain waves

The human mind can rapidly absorb and analyze new information as it flits from thought to thought. These quickly changing brain states may be encoded by synchronization of brain waves across different brain regions, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists.

13 Jun 2014

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Physicians don't always fully discuss risks and benefits of cancer screening

Steroid injections can provide pain relief for mom without affecting baby

Risk of breast cancer recurrence associated with carbohydrate intake

Persons with lower blood levels of vitamin D are twice likely to die prematurely

Weight loss most important factor for improving cardiovascular health in obese OSA patients

Study uncovers why statins increase diabetes risk

Dancing eases hip or knee pain and helps older adults move better

New class of tumor-targeting agents can seek out dozens of solid tumors

Study of human embryonic stems cells identifies bottlenecks restricting formation of colonies

Fighting off illness causes sleep deprivation and affects memory

New imaging software measures growth of nodules in patients at risk of lung cancer

Investigators isolate protein that is responsible for fungus' ability to cross blood-brain barrier

Cranial ultrasound has greater sensitivity than temporal artery biopsy in diagnosis of GCA

BioAnalytix now fills critical gap in area of biologic drug development

Walking 6,000 steps per day may protect people at risk of knee OA

Use of opioid linked to higher levels of dissatisfaction following spine surgery

Survivors of childhood cancers hospitalized more often many years after cancer treatment

Research to assess breastfeeding knowledge and confidence of Canadian physicians

Excessive abuse of alcohol causes structural damage at molecular level to the brain

Human mind can rapidly absorb new information by synchronization of brain waves

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