http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Ohio State University Medical Center Researchers are interested in exploring how sunlight, sleep and screens (like those on computers and TVs) may affect those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), says Dr. L. Eugene Arnold, a child psychiatrist and ADHD expert at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center's Nisonger Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-expert-explores-sunlight-affect-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders Fri, 17 May 2013 08:07:11 EST news287996818 A study has identified microRNA-155 as a new independent prognostic marker and treatment target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia that has normal-looking chromosomes under the microscope (that is, cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia, or CN-AML). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-acute-leukemia-marker-treatment.html Cancer Mon, 13 May 2013 16:49:07 EST news287682539 A Big Data analysis that integrates three large sets of genomic data available through The Cancer Genome Atlas has identified 37 RNA molecules that might predict survival in patients with the most common form of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-big-analysis-prognostic-rna-markers.html Cancer Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:48:11 EST news286465674 A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) suggests that an unusual experimental drug can reduce breast-cancer aggressiveness, reverse resistance to the drug fulvestrant and perhaps improve the effectiveness of other breast-cancer drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-agent-breast-cancer-growth.html Cancer Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:50:01 EST news285842034 Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which the human papilloma virus (HPV) causes head and neck cancer, and they have designed a drug to block that mechanism. Though further research is needed, the new agent might offer a safer treatment for these tumors when combined with a tapered dose of standard chemotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-drug-cell-suicide-hpv-related-neck.html Cancer Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:32:08 EST news284643120 According to researchers, clinical and translational science has emerged as a national priority and investigators are increasingly becoming reliant on the use of computer science (CS), information science (IS), biomedical informatics (BMI) and information technology (IT) tools and methods to support and enable high impact research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-informatics-clinical.html Other Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:44:56 EST news282548643 Ohio State University cancer researchers have identified molecules in the bloodstream that might accurately gauge the likelihood of radiation illness after exposure to ionizing radiation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-small-molecules-blood-gauge-effects.html Cancer Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:00:03 EST news281010315 As healthcare practitioners and institutions increase their adoption and use of electronic health records, the transition from paper-based to computerized provider documentation (CPD) is having dramatic effects on a range of healthcare and business processes, and not all of them positive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-outdated-paper-computerized-documentation-problematic.html Other Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:30:01 EST news280054708 A new, large-scale study of triple-negative breast cancer shows that small molecules called microRNA can be used to define four subtypes of this aggressive malignancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-triple-negative-breast-cancer-subtypes-microrna.html Cancer Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:06:14 EST news279479136 (Medical Xpress)—Breastfeeding can be a difficult time for both mother and baby, so using cabbage leaves and tea bags to ease pain or eating oatmeal to increase milk production are among the folk remedies that women pass along to new mothers seeking help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-survey-folk-remedies-breastfeeding.html Health Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:37:00 EST news277972603 Doctors should use different therapies when treating older and younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-older-younger-chronic-leukemia-patients.html Cancer Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:05:51 EST news274536342 A new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James) shows that preparing older acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients for bone marrow transplants with a reduced intensity conditioning regimen appears to be associated with higher rates of disease-free survival relative to the more typical treatments usually given to such patients. The study was presented at the 2012 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-intensity-regimen-prior-marrow-transplant_1.html Cancer Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:00:01 EST news274318904 Updated results from a Phase Ib/II clinical trial indicates that a novel therapeutic agent for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is highly active and well tolerated in patients who have relapsed and are resistant to other therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clinical-results-experimental-agent-ibrutinib.html Cancer Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:00:17 EST news274244403 Doctors now use cancer-killing viruses to treat some patients with lethal, fast-growing brain tumors. Clinical trials show that these therapeutic viruses are safe but less effective than expected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-patient-immune-cells-blunt-viral.html Cancer Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:00:06 EST news273067398 A hormone-like substance produced by the body to promote inflammation can cause an aggressive form of leukemia when present at high levels, according to a new study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-chronic-inflammation-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:00:09 EST news271941278