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Early psychoeducation helps schizophrenia carers cope

Psychoeducation should be routinely offered to family members of schizophrenia patients as early as possible following diagnosis, findings from a mixed-method systematic review indicate.

10 Jan 2014

Cardiovascular conditions may be overlooked in bipolar disorder

Cardiovascular comorbidities may be going under-recognized and undertreated in patients with bipolar disorder, say UK researchers.

10 Jan 2014

Scientists progress towards understanding how some bacterial cells escape being killed by antibiotics

Scientists have made an important advance in understanding how a subset of bacterial cells escape being killed by many antibiotics.

10 Jan 2014

NPF, CORRONA to create first psoriasis registry to improve treatments and patient outcomes

To advance understanding of psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country, affecting up to 7.5 million Americans—and help scientists and clinicians improve treatments and patient outcomes, the National Psoriasis Foundation and the Consortium of Rheumatology Researchers of North America, Inc. will create the first psoriasis registry co-developed and co-administered by a nonprofit.

10 Jan 2014

Patient's own bone-marrow stromal cells could treat multi-drug resistant TB

Findings of a preliminary study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine suggest that a patient’s own bone-marrow stromal (stem) cells could be used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively-drug (XDR) tuberculosis.

10 Jan 2014

Lifestyle changes and screening tools prove to reduce cancer risk, says doctor

President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a bite out of our cancer risk.

10 Jan 2014

Study shows wide-ranging variation in patterns of X chromosome inactivation in female mice

Producing brightly speckled red and green snapshots of many different tissues, Johns Hopkins researchers have color-coded cells in female mice to display which of their two X chromosomes has been made inactive, or “silenced.”

10 Jan 2014

Hormone associated with improved glucose metabolism activates calorie-burning brown fat

Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have discovered that a hormone long associated with weight loss and improved glucose metabolism is linked to activation of calorie-burning brown fat.

10 Jan 2014

Foundation Medicine announces discovery of high incidence of ERBB2 alterations in MPUC patients

Foundation Medicine, Inc. today announced the discovery of a high incidence of ERBB2 (HER2) extracellular domain alterations in patients with micropapillary urothelial carcinoma, a particularly aggressive form of urinary bladder cancer, using FoundationOne. The research was published in the current edition of Clinical Cancer Research.

10 Jan 2014

Study: HIV-specific poison kills persisting HIV-infected cells during antiretroviral therapy

A team including University of North Carolina and NIH scientists has demonstrated in a mouse model that an HIV-specific poison can kill cells in which the virus is actively reproducing despite antiretroviral therapy.

10 Jan 2014

SHY hypothesis challenges theory that sleep strengthens brain connections

Why do animals ranging from fruit flies to humans all need to sleep? After all, sleep disconnects them from their environment, puts them at risk and keeps them from seeking food or mates for large parts of the day.

10 Jan 2014

Men who are fit and obese run higher risk of having heart attack than unfit, lean men

In a study published in the European Heart Journal, a research team at Ume- University, Sweden, has shown that physical fitness in your teens can reduce the risk of heart attack later in life, while men who are fit and obese in their teens run a higher risk of having a heart attack than unfit, lean men.

10 Jan 2014

Virginia Tech engineer receives NSF RAPID grant to study effects of antibiotic resistance genes on Colorado flood

The World Health Organization and the Center for Disease Control has recognized antibiotic resistance "as a critical health challenge of our time," said Amy Pruden, a Virginia Tech environmental engineer who is credited with pioneering the concept of antibiotic resistance genes as environmental pollutants.

10 Jan 2014

FDA approves Ocular Therapeutix’s ReSure Sealant for ophthalmic use

Ocular Therapeutix announced today it has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to commercialize the ReSure Sealant in the United States, with an indication for prevention of postoperative fluid egress from incisions with a demonstrated wound leak following cataract surgery.

10 Jan 2014

Researchers examine genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Contrary to a common belief, researchers have shown that genetic regions associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes were unlikely to have been beneficial to people at stages through human evolution.

10 Jan 2014

AOM associated with significant increases in direct costs incurred by consumers, health care system

Acute otitis media, or ear infection, is the most common ailment among kids of preschool age and younger in the U.S., primarily because these children have immature middle-ear drainage systems, higher exposure to respiratory illnesses and undeveloped immune systems.

10 Jan 2014

Research: SLPI protein produced by body in response to injury plays vital role in patients with ALF

Findings published in the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases journal, Hepatology, indicate that infection, the commonest cause of mortality in patients with acute liver failure, may be decreased by inhibiting the activity of a protein found in saliva called SLPI.

10 Jan 2014

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Early psychoeducation helps schizophrenia carers cope

Cardiovascular conditions may be overlooked in bipolar disorder

Scientists progress towards understanding how some bacterial cells escape being killed by antibiotics

NPF, CORRONA to create first psoriasis registry to improve treatments and patient outcomes

Patient's own bone-marrow stromal cells could treat multi-drug resistant TB

Lifestyle changes and screening tools prove to reduce cancer risk, says doctor

Study shows wide-ranging variation in patterns of X chromosome inactivation in female mice

Hormone associated with improved glucose metabolism activates calorie-burning brown fat

Foundation Medicine announces discovery of high incidence of ERBB2 alterations in MPUC patients

Study: HIV-specific poison kills persisting HIV-infected cells during antiretroviral therapy

SHY hypothesis challenges theory that sleep strengthens brain connections

Men who are fit and obese run higher risk of having heart attack than unfit, lean men

Virginia Tech engineer receives NSF RAPID grant to study effects of antibiotic resistance genes on Colorado flood

FDA approves Ocular Therapeutix’s ReSure Sealant for ophthalmic use

Researchers examine genetic variants associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

AOM associated with significant increases in direct costs incurred by consumers, health care system

Research: SLPI protein produced by body in response to injury plays vital role in patients with ALF

Minority patients and those of lower socioeconomic status are more likely to have advanced thyroid cancer

Researchers deploy potential new weapon against HIV

Teens with a history of concussions more likely to suffer from depression

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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How can microdialysis benefit drug development

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