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Researchers develop new method for identifying lung nodules

Pulmonary nodules are common, but few studies of lung nodule identification and clinical evaluation have been performed in community settings. Researchers from Kaiser Permanente Southern California identified 7,112 patients ...

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

Stress shrank brain area of Japan tsunami survivors: study

Emotional stress caused by last year's tsunami caused a part of some survivors' brains to shrink, according to scientists in Japan who grasped a unique chance to study the neurological effects of trauma.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 22, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Virtual reality allows researchers to measure brain activity during behavior at unprecedented resolution

Researchers have developed a new technique which allows them to measure brain activity in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells. The technique, reported today in the journal Nature, has be ...

Neuroscience created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Killer T-cells found to counter obesity-related diabetes

(Medical Xpress) -- For years, researchers have known that obesity, type 2 diabetes and low-level inflammation are linked, but how they are connected has not been well understood.

Diabetes created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wee small hours of the morning explained at last

Scientists have pinpointed a protein that helps explain why the elderly frequently have to get up in the night to urinate, a problem that can badly interfere with sleep.

Health created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research represents major breakthrough in macular degeneration

University of Kentucky researchers, led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, have made a major breakthrough in the "dry" form of age-related macular degeneration known as geographic atrophy (GA). GA is an untreatable condition that ...

Medical research created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

DNA from heart's own cells plays role in heart failure by mistakenly activating immune system

DNA from the heart's own cells plays a role in heart failure by mistakenly activating the body's immune system, according to a study by British and Japanese researchers, co-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Scientists ...

Immunology created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In breakthrough study damaged mouse hearts regenerated by transforming scar tissue into beating heart muscle

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes today are announcing a research breakthrough in mice that one day may help doctors restore hearts damaged by heart attacks—by converting scar-forming cardiac cells into beating ...

Cardiology created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain-activated muscle stimulation restores monkeys' hand movement after paralysis

An artificial connection between the brain and muscles can restore complex hand movements in monkeys following paralysis, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Medical research created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study sheds light on how selective hearing works in the brain

The longstanding mystery of how selective hearing works – how people can tune in to a single speaker while tuning out their crowded, noisy environs – is solved this week in the journal Nature by two ...

Neuroscience created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blood type A may predispose to some rotavirus infections

Whether you become infected by some strains of rotavirus may depend on your blood type.

Medical research created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FLT3 gene mutations play critically important role in acute myeloid leukemia

The key to treating one of the most common types of human leukemia may lie within mutations in a gene called FLT3, according to new research led by physician-scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nature reports on unapproved stem-cell therapies in China

(Phys.org) -- A report in the journal Nature on the extent of unapproved stem-cell treatments in China has found that the practice is still widespread and is attracting thousands of medical tourists to the country.

Health created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Researchers uncover multiple faces of deadly breast cancer

An international team of scientists, including four at Simon Fraser University, has made a discovery that will change the way the most deadly form of breast cancer is treated.

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

Complex role of genes in autism revealed

University of Washington researchers announced their findings from a major study looking into the genetic basis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with an approach piloted at the UW. Their results are reported ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast