New research opens door to Alzheimer's blood test
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the University of Leeds have developed a new technology that could form the basis of a simple blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleScientists find a new mechanism underlying depression
(Medical Xpress)—The World health Organization calls depression "the leading cause of disability worldwide," causing more years of disability than cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular and respiratory...
View ArticleScientists make your stomach turn bright green if you have an ulcer
Doctors may soon be able to diagnose stomach ulcers without taking tissue samples from the stomach. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark now report to have developed a new, safer and...
View ArticleColor-coded cells reveal patchwork patterns of X chromosome silencing in...
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...
View ArticleScientists identify possible key to drug resistance in Crohn's disease
Two-thirds to three-quarters of the estimated 700,000 Americans living with Crohn's disease, an autoimmune condition that can disrupt the entire gastrointestinal tract, will require surgery at some...
View ArticleResearchers discover ovarian cancer biomarker
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have identified a microRNA biomarker that shows promise in predicting treatment response in the most common form of ovarian cancer – a breakthrough that...
View ArticleStopping tumors in their path
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadly form of primary malignant brain cancer accounting for approximately 15% of all brain tumours and occurring mostly in adults between the ages of 45 and...
View ArticleInfants show ability to tell friends from foes
(Medical Xpress)—Even before babies have language skills or much information about social structures, they can infer whether other people are likely to be friends by observing their likes and dislikes,...
View ArticleStudy finds that information is as important as medication in reducing...
The information that clinicians provide to patients when prescribing treatments has long been thought to play a role in the way that patients respond to drug therapies. Now an innovative study of...
View ArticleBio-inspired glue keeps hearts securely sealed
When a child is born with a heart defect such as a hole in the heart, the highly invasive therapies are challenging due to an inability to quickly and safely secure devices inside the heart. Sutures...
View ArticleStudy: Two-sizes-too-small 'Grinch' effect hampers heart transplantation success
Current protocols for matching donor hearts to recipients foster sex mismatching and heart size disparities, according to a first-of-its kind analysis by physicians at the University of Maryland School...
View ArticleNociceptin: Nature's balm for the stressed brain
Collaborating scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the University of Camerino in Italy have published new findings on a system in the brain...
View ArticleMental disorders in mid-life and older adulthood more prevalent than...
Common methods of assessing mental or physical disorders may consistently underestimate the prevalence of mental disorders among middle-aged and older adults, a new study from the Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleNew device can reduce sleep apnea episodes by 70 percent, study shows
Implantation of a sleep apnea device called Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) therapy can lead to significant improvements for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), according to a study...
View ArticleScientists unlock evolution of cholera, identify strain responsible for early...
Working with a nearly 200-year-old sample of preserved intestine, researchers at McMaster University and the University of Sydney have traced the bacterium behind a global cholera pandemic that killed...
View ArticleBacteria linked to water breaking prematurely during pregnancy
A high presence of bacteria at the site where fetal membranes rupture may be the key to understanding why some pregnant women experience their "water breaking" prematurely, researchers at Duke Medicine...
View ArticleStem cell research identifies new gene targets in patients with Alzheimer's...
Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute in collaboration with scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) successfully generated a stem cell...
View ArticleHigher risk of birth problems after assisted conception
A University of Adelaide study has shown that the risk of serious complications such as stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death is around twice as high for babies conceived by...
View ArticleSimple test can indicate cervical cancer
Researchers at the University of Louisville have confirmed that using the heat profile from a person's blood, called a plasma thermogram, can serve as an indicator for the presence or absence of...
View ArticleResearchers find rare genetic cause of Tourette syndrome
A rare genetic mutation that disrupts production of histamine in the brain is a cause of the tics and other abnormalities of Tourette syndrome, according to new findings by Yale School of Medicine...
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