Archive: 06/02/2018
Guidelines extended to improve the use of feedback from patients in clinical trials
Researchers have recommended changes to international guidelines used in the development of clinical trials in an effort to gain information about the impact of the treatment on participating patients and their quality of ...
Feb 6, 2018
Type-2 diabetes: Insulin held up in traffic
In a new study, researchers from the universities of Uppsala and Lund show why insulin secretion is not working properly in patients suffering from type-2 diabetes. The report is published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Feb 6, 2018
Scientists seek to perfect calculations for comparing cervical cancer radiation doses
Research from VCU Massey Cancer Center has found that one of the standard practices for comparing cervical cancer radiation therapy treatments may be misleading, and the use of an alternative mathematical formula could be ...
Feb 6, 2018
Magnetic brain stimulation alters negative emotion perception
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that processing of negative emotion can be strengthened or weakened by tuning the excitability of the right frontal part of the ...
Feb 6, 2018
Study of first-graders shows fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevalent in US communities
A study of more than 6,000 first-graders across four U.S. communities has found that a significant number of the children have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), with conservative rates ranging from 1 to 5 percent in ...
Feb 6, 2018