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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

New approaches needed to improve visual accessibility for people with low vision-challenges

New approaches and tools are needed to improve visual accessibility for people with low vision in the "real world," according to a special article in the July issue of , official journal of the the American Academy of Optometry.

25 Jun 2014

Researchers find that chance of collision decreased with more bicyclists

A University of Colorado Denver study examining collisions between bicycles and motorists, shows bicyclist safety significantly increases when there are more bikes on the road, a finding that could be attributed to a "safety in numbers effect."

25 Jun 2014

Dental hygienists prepare to take increased responsibilities for oral health care

With opportunities to take increased responsibility for oral health care and to deliver care in a more comprehensive way, it's an exciting time in the profession of dental hygiene.

25 Jun 2014

Paralyzed man can move fingers and hand with his own thoughts

For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Battelle.

25 Jun 2014

Myosin binding protein C holds the key to new treatments for heart disease

Loyola University Chicago recently hosted a meeting of more than 60 of the world's leading researchers of a protein that could hold the key to new treatments for heart disease.

25 Jun 2014

3D mammography detects more invasive cancers, reduces call-back rates

3D Mammography finds significantly more invasive cancers and reduces unnecessary recalls, according to a large, retrospective study published in June 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

25 Jun 2014

Sclerosis patients treated with HSCT experience better long-term event-free survival

Among patients with a severe, life-threatening type of sclerosis, treatment with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), compared to intravenous infusion of the chemotherapeutic drug cyclophosphamide, was associated with an increased treatment-related risk of death in the first year, but better long-term survival, according to a study in the June 25 issue of JAMA.

25 Jun 2014

Study: Weight loss linked with increased sleep duration

Obese adults who lose at least 5 percent of their body weight report that they sleep better and longer after six months of weight loss, according to a new study.

25 Jun 2014

Mode of cancer cell recognition opens up new possibilities for leukaemia immunotherapy

Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new class of lipids in the leukaemia cells that are detected by a unique group of immune cells. By recognising the lipids, the immune cells stimulate an immune response to destroy the leukaemia cells and suppress their growth.

25 Jun 2014

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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

New approaches needed to improve visual accessibility for people with low vision-challenges

Researchers find that chance of collision decreased with more bicyclists

Dental hygienists prepare to take increased responsibilities for oral health care

Paralyzed man can move fingers and hand with his own thoughts

Myosin binding protein C holds the key to new treatments for heart disease

3D mammography detects more invasive cancers, reduces call-back rates

Sclerosis patients treated with HSCT experience better long-term event-free survival

Study: Weight loss linked with increased sleep duration

Mode of cancer cell recognition opens up new possibilities for leukaemia immunotherapy

Small antioxidant molecules suppress colon cancer associated with colitis

Fatty acids in nuts help reduce risk of CHD in people with type 2 diabetes

Gene in brain promotes kidney cancer, report researchers

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