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Unexpected toughness may mark out cancer cells in the blood

(Medical Xpress)—A surprising discovery about the physical properties of cancer cells could help improve a new diagnostic approach – a liquid biopsy – that detects, measures, and evaluates cancer cells ...

Cancer created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify depression and anxiety biomarker in youths

Scientists have discovered a cognitive biomarker – a biological indicator of a disease – for young adolescents who are at high risk of developing depression and anxiety. Their findings were published today, 28 November, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers team to develop point-of-need traumatic brain injury diagnostic device

A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics and SFC Fluidics, a USA microfluidics-based biomedical device development company, will be collaborating to develop a portable diagnostic tool for rapid triaging of traumatic brain injury ...

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists report a potential new treatment to prevent strokes

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists may have discovered a new way to prevent strokes in high risk patients, according to research from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire ...

Cardiology created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug resistance biomarker could improve cancer treatment

Cancer therapies often have short-lived benefits due to the emergence of genetic mutations that cause drug resistance. A key gene that determines resistance to a range of cancer drugs has been reported in a study published ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

YKL-40 is marker of mortality in hospitalized patients

(HealthDay)—For patients admitted to the hospital, the inflammatory biomarker YKL-40 is a strong predictor of mortality, regardless of diagnosis, according to a study published online Nov. 12 in the Journal of ...

Inflammatory disorders created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Optimal dose suggested for dasatinib in ovarian cancer

(HealthDay)—A phase I trial of dasatinib combined with paclitaxel and carboplatin has determined the optimal dose of dasatinib and suggested some efficacy in women with advanced or recurrent ovarian cancer, ...

Cancer created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wandering minds associated with aging cells

Scientific studies have suggested that a wandering mind indicates unhappiness, whereas a mind that is present in the moment indicates well-being. Now, a preliminary UCSF study suggests a possible link between mind wandering ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research breakthrough could halt melanoma metastasis

In laboratory experiments, scientists have eliminated metastasis, the spread of cancer from the original tumor to other parts of the body, in melanoma by inhibiting a protein known as melanoma differentiation associated gene-9 ...

Cancer created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Being neurotic, and conscientious, a good combo for health

Under certain circumstances neuroticism can be good for your health, according to a University of Rochester Medical Center study showing that some self-described neurotics also tended to have the lowest levels of Interleukin ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Detection, analysis of 'cell dust' may allow diagnosis, monitoring of brain cancer

A novel miniature diagnostic platform using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology is capable of detecting minuscule cell particles known as microvesicles in a drop of blood. Microvesicles shed by cancer ...

Medical research created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A simpler way to predict heart failure

(Medical Xpress)—The most widely used models for predicting heart failure rely on a complex combination of lifestyle, demographic, and cardiovascular risk factor information.

Cardiology created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Text mining: Technology to speed up Alzheimer's biomarker discovery

New research proves that 'text mining' or using the power of computers to read the entire biomedical knowledge base, is a promising new tool in the search for Alzheimer's disease biomarkers.

Medical research created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

MRI and EEG could identify children at risk for epilepsy after febrile seizures

Seizures during childhood fever are usually benign, but when prolonged, they can foreshadow an increased risk of epilepsy later in life. Now a study funded by the National Institutes of Health suggests that brain imaging ...

Neuroscience created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Measuring metabolism can predict Alzheimer's progress with 90 percent accuracy

A new study from Tel Aviv University suggests that early clues about the progression of the disease can be found in the metabolism of the brain, making it possible to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's at an ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0