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Cognitive therapy promising for patients who shun antipsychotics

Cognitive behavioural therapy is a promising option for patients with schizophrenia who refuse to take antipsychotics, show the findings of a pilot randomised trial.

6 Feb 2014

Maternal influenza link to bipolar disorder refined

Research suggests that maternal influenza during pregnancy may increase the risk for bipolar disorder with psychotic features in offspring, rather than being associated with bipolar disorder per se.

6 Feb 2014

Rare and de novo mutations flesh out schizophrenia picture

Two studies in Nature show that rare disruptive and de novo mutations may contribute to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.

6 Feb 2014

Women with bipolar disorder shoulder heavy medication burden

Study findings highlight the frequent use of complex polypharmacy in patients with bipolar disorder, with women especially likely to be taking multiple medications.

6 Feb 2014

Pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension common in severe heart failure

Pulmonary hypertension is common in patients with heart failure and is likely to include a pre-capillary component, research suggests.

6 Feb 2014

Study provides extensive review of incidence, risk factors and characteristics of skin cancer in people of color

While people of color have a lower risk of developing skin cancer than Caucasians, they are not immune to the disease. In fact, skin cancer is often diagnosed at a more advanced stage in people of color, which can make it more difficult to treat.

6 Feb 2014

Research focuses on health effects from wood burning

With the winter weather still going strong, lots of people will be restocking the wood pile next to their fireplaces and wood burning stoves. Can using a wood burning stove or fireplace pose a threat to my health?

6 Feb 2014

Chemotherapy following radiation therapy improves survival for adults with brain tumor

Adults with low-grade gliomas, a form of brain tumor, who received a chemotherapy regimen following completion of radiation therapy, lived longer than patients who received radiation therapy alone, according to long-term follow-up results from a National Institutes of Health-supported randomized controlled clinical trial.

6 Feb 2014

New comprehensive textbook on tiny parathyroid glands for endocrine surgeons

How robots enable no-neck-scar thyroid surgery and advanced imaging helps surgeons track down often elusive, tiny parathyroid glands are timely topics for a new comprehensive textbook for endocrine surgeons.

6 Feb 2014

TSRI scientists design artificial proteins as a candidate vaccine against RSV

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new method for designing artificial proteins, and have used it to make key ingredients for a candidate vaccine against a dangerous virus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a significant cause of infant mortality.

6 Feb 2014

Study explores link between facial attractiveness and physical performance in professional cyclists

In a range of species, females show clear preferences when it comes to the choice of their partner - they decide on the basis of external features like antler size or plumage coloration whether a male will be a good father to her offspring, or whether he will provide them with good genes.

6 Feb 2014

Study: Rise of tuberculosis in Zimbabwe linked with widespread food shortage

The rise of tuberculosis (TB) in Zimbabwe during the socio-economic crisis of 2008-9 has been linked to widespread food shortage, according to a new study led by Canadian researchers from the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health published in PLOS ONE.

6 Feb 2014

Minimizing person's sight may help improve brain's ability to process hearing

Minimizing a person's sight for as little as a week may help improve the brain's ability to process hearing, neuroscientists have found.

6 Feb 2014

Researcher tackles new way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor

A Florida State University researcher is tackling a new and inventive way to slow down and perhaps prevent preterm labor.

6 Feb 2014

Use of insulin to treat type 2 diabetes has trebled in the UK, shows study

The use of insulin to treat type 2 diabetes has trebled in the UK over the last 20 years, a new study has revealed. In a study published in the Journal of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, a team of academics from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol reviewed Clinical Practice Research Data (CPRD) to estimate the prevalence of insulin use in the UK population.

6 Feb 2014

AAMC presents Nickens award to Stritch School student

Ray Mendez, third-year medical student at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, was named a 2013 Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship recipient.

6 Feb 2014

Poll shows only 35% of respondents likely to seek aggressive treatment to cancer

A national poll from the University of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute shows 34 percent of respondents would not seek genetic testing to predict their likelihood of developing a hereditary cancer - even if the cost of the testing was not an issue.

6 Feb 2014

Study offers new avenue to pursue in quest for desperately needed treatments for ALS

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists led a study showing that mutations in a gene responsible for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disrupt the RNA transport system in nerve cells.

6 Feb 2014

Research examines differences between male and female brain that contributes to violent behavior

Human behaviors such as violence depend on interactions in the brain between genetic and environmental factors. An individual may be more vulnerable to developing violent behaviors if they have predisposing factors and are then exposed to stress, abuse, or other triggers, especially early in life.

6 Feb 2014

Surgeons develop 'monoblock' flaps to reconstruct severe facial defects

Patients with massive burns causing complete loss of the facial skin pose a difficult challenge for reconstructive surgeons. Now a group of surgeons in China have developed an innovative technique for creating a one-piece skin flap large enough to perform full-face resurfacing, reports The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

6 Feb 2014