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Psychotic experiences ‘not always pathologic’

A study backs the existence of “healthy schizotypy,” in which psychotic experiences do not lead to mental illness.

10 Sep 2013

Mental health–asthma link heightened by obesity

Data from Norway suggest that anxiety and depression interact with obesity to increase the risk for adult-onset asthma.

10 Sep 2013

New Report Lays Out Guidelines To Improve Cancer Care

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10 Sep 2013

Chemists Find New Way To Put The Brakes On Cancer

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10 Sep 2013

Weill Cornell Medical College gets $100M gift to launch Driving Discoveries, Changing Lives campaign

Weill Cornell Medical College announced today that it has received a $100 million gift from longtime benefactors Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Foundation to launch the Medical College's $300 million Driving Discoveries, Changing Lives campaign dedicated to using the most advanced scientific approaches to rapidly translate research breakthroughs into innovative treatments and therapies for patients.

10 Sep 2013

Screening older people for minor memory changes may lead to harmful treatment

A political drive, led by the UK and US, to screen older people for minor memory changes (often called mild cognitive impairment or pre-dementia) is leading to unnecessary investigation and potentially harmful treatment for what is arguably an inevitable consequence of ageing, warn University of Sydney experts in in a paper published in the British Medical Journal today.

10 Sep 2013

SYNthesis med chem opens new medicinal chemistry unit in Cambridge's Babraham Research Campus

SYNthesis med chem, the global contract research organisation providing synthetic and medicinal chemistry services, today announced that the company has opened a new facility at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge, UK.

10 Sep 2013

New study reveals evaluation results of national anti-smoking campaign in USA

A comprehensive evaluation of the first ever federally-funded national smoking cessation campaign in the USA has revealed that the campaign may have helped at least 100 000 people in the USA to give up smoking, according to new results published in The Lancet.

10 Sep 2013

Banook Central Imaging, Oncodesign partner to expand use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging

Oncodesign, a contract research laboratory dedicated to the discovery of new anticancer therapies, and Banook Central Imaging, a company specializing in the centralized reading of medical images, today announce the start of a partnership to expand the use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging.

10 Sep 2013

New prescribing protocol could reduce potential misuse of antibiotics

Researchers have developed a new strategy for prescribing antibiotics that could reduce patient harm and help combat the rise in antibiotic resistance.

10 Sep 2013

Artificial nose: New device to diagnose blood infections and finger specific microbe

Disease-causing bacteria stink - literally - and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis for a faster and simpler new way to diagnose blood infections and finger the specific microbe, scientists reported here today at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society.

10 Sep 2013

Study: Nearly one in five older adults end up in emergency department after surgery

Nearly one in five older adults who have common operations will end up in the emergency department within a month of their hospital stay, a new study finds - a surprisingly high number found in the first national look at the issue.

10 Sep 2013

Drug can be delivered safely to people with COPD in both "mist" and "dry powder" inhalers, say experts

An international study led by a Johns Hopkins pulmonary expert finds that the drug tiotropium (marketed as the Spiriva brand), can be delivered safely and effectively to people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in both "mist" and traditional "dry powder" inhalers.

10 Sep 2013

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

In one of the first studies of its kind, a joint UCLA/RAND Corporation study addressed the prevalence and cost of critical care therapies provided in intensive care units that were perceived by physicians as "futile."

10 Sep 2013

Studies suggest need for more research to better understand caffeine addiction

Studies have shown that caffeine users can become dependent on or addicted to caffeine and may have difficulty reducing their consumption, as can occur with other drugs of dependence. A comprehensive review of the current evidence on caffeine dependence is presented in an article in Journal of Caffeine Research, a peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

10 Sep 2013

Parasites could be potential key to treating autoimmune diseases

There is a new weapon in the fight against autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease and lupus, the common trait of which is an immune system that attacks its own organs and tissues.

10 Sep 2013

Combination of 2 antiviral drugs improves outcome in monkey model of MERS-CoV infection

National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists report that a combination of two licensed antiviral drugs reduces virus replication and improves clinical outcome in a recently developed monkey model of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

10 Sep 2013

Children who live in "smart growth" neighborhoods get 46% more physical activity

Children who live in "smart growth" neighborhoods--developments that are designed to increase walkability and have more parks and green space areas--get 46 percent more moderate or vigorous physical activity than kids who live in conventional neighborhoods, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

10 Sep 2013

Women veterans at risk for heart disease recruited for mindfulness-based stress reduction study

Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing researchers and Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital are recruiting women veterans at risk for heart disease for a mindfulness-based stress reduction study. MBSR is a form of complementary medicine that combines yoga and meditation.

10 Sep 2013

Picture-taking health monitor receives facelift

A wearable, picture-taking health monitor created by University of Pittsburgh researchers has received a recent facelift. Now, in addition to documenting what a person eats, the eButton prototype can accurately match those images against a geometric-shape library, providing a much easier method for counting calories.

10 Sep 2013

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Psychotic experiences ‘not always pathologic’

Mental health–asthma link heightened by obesity

New Report Lays Out Guidelines To Improve Cancer Care

Chemists Find New Way To Put The Brakes On Cancer

Weill Cornell Medical College gets $100M gift to launch Driving Discoveries, Changing Lives campaign

Screening older people for minor memory changes may lead to harmful treatment

SYNthesis med chem opens new medicinal chemistry unit in Cambridge's Babraham Research Campus

New study reveals evaluation results of national anti-smoking campaign in USA

Banook Central Imaging, Oncodesign partner to expand use of new approaches in pharmaco-imaging

New prescribing protocol could reduce potential misuse of antibiotics

Artificial nose: New device to diagnose blood infections and finger specific microbe

Study: Nearly one in five older adults end up in emergency department after surgery

Drug can be delivered safely to people with COPD in both "mist" and "dry powder" inhalers, say experts

Researchers assess prevalence, cost of critical care therapies seen as futile by doctors

Studies suggest need for more research to better understand caffeine addiction

Parasites could be potential key to treating autoimmune diseases

Combination of 2 antiviral drugs improves outcome in monkey model of MERS-CoV infection

Children who live in "smart growth" neighborhoods get 46% more physical activity

Women veterans at risk for heart disease recruited for mindfulness-based stress reduction study

Picture-taking health monitor receives facelift

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