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Making vaccines more effective

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have discovered an important mechanism in which a synthetic DNA targets the immune system that could significantly improve the effectiveness of future vaccines.

Immunology created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows vitamin E may decrease cancer risk in Cowden syndrome patients

Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered that vitamin E may prevent cancer in patients with an under-recognized genetic disorder.

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cervical cancer and pre-cancer cervical growths require single HPV protein

(Medical Xpress)—Human papillomavirus (HPV) has long been implicated in cervical cancer, but details of how it happens have remained a mystery. Now researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that a single ...

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nurses examine caregiver grief

Family members who care for terminally ill patients at home can be helped by nurses throughout the course of the illness and particularly after the patient's death, according to Penn State nursing researchers.

Health created Sep 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metastatic 'switch' could lead to cancer therapies

(Medical Xpress)—What kills cancer patients often isn't the primary tumor; it's when the tumor metastasizes—or spreads the cancer to other areas of the body.

Cancer created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mathematical model helps design efficient multi-drug therapies

For years, doctors treating those with HIV have recognized a relationship between how faithfully patients take the drugs they prescribe, and how likely the virus is to develop drug resistance. More recently, research has ...

Medical research created Sep 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscience just got faster, cheaper and easier

Richard Gershon has a shiny new toolbox for neuroscientists that will revolutionize their clinical research by making it radically faster, cheaper and more accurate. It also will help researchers recruit children and adults ...

Neuroscience created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Nurse leader resistance perceived as a barrier to high-quality, evidence-based patient care

(Medical Xpress)—A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers - including resistance from nursing leaders - prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices that improve ...

Health created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study pinpoints malignant mesothelioma patients likely to benefit from drug pemetrexed

Previous studies have hypothesized that low levels of the enzyme thymidylate synthase (TS) likely mark patients who will benefit from the drug pemetrexed – but results have been inconclusive at best and at times contradictory. ...

Cancer created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Daily aspirin may help fight prostate cancer, but not breast cancer

(HealthDay)—Two new studies paint a complex portrait of aspirin's impact on cancer risk and mortality, with one suggesting the drug may lower the risk of dying from prostate cancer and the other seeing ...

Cancer created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First UK operation to tackle heart failure with novel nerve-stimulating implant

Researchers at the University of Leicester have announced that the UK's first operation to tackle heart failure (HF) with a novel nerve-stimulating device will be performed today (Thursday August 23) at Glenfield ...

Cardiology created Aug 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers validate molecular signature to predict radiation therapy benefit

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, working with colleagues in Sweden, the Netherlands and Puerto Rico, have validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature that can lead to better radiation therapy decisions for treating ...

Cancer created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More delays in brain growth seen with ADHD

(HealthDay) -- Researchers have uncovered more evidence that certain types of delays in brain development seem to be related to a heightened risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Denosumab superior to zoledronic acid for breast cancer patients with bone metastases

Treatment with denosumab resulted in a greater reduction in skeletal-related events in patients with breast cancer that spread to the bones compared with zoledronic acid, while also maintaining health-related quality of life, ...

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Global study shows brain damage from stroke can be minimised

(Medical Xpress) -- A new study from The University of Queensland shows monitoring the brain of stroke patients using Quantitative EEG (QEEG) studies could inform treatments and therefore, minimising brain damage of stroke ...

Neuroscience created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0