Archive: 11/04/2016

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may increase risk of depression

A new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has found a significant association between depression and patients being treated for localized prostate cancer (PCa) by androgen deprivation therapy (ADT).

Apr 11, 2016

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Researchers identify root of chronic pain as potential new drug target

When we are in pain, we reach for painkillers as we try to "turn off" the pain. Unfortunately, this does not always work, and this problem has prompted researchers around the world to seek the "main switch" that can promptly ...

Apr 11, 2016

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Variations in gene expression may underlie increased food intake in obesity

Large-scale genetic studies have identified a number of variations in genes that increase an individual's susceptibility to obesity.

Apr 11, 2016

Omega factor: Novel method measures mortality risk when multiple diseases threaten

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a novel method for assessing mortality risk in elderly patients with cancer who also suffer from other serious diseases or conditions. ...

Apr 11, 2016

Whites receive more state funding for autism services than other racial / ethnic groups

Whites with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in California receive more state funding than Hispanics, African Americans, Asians and others, new research from UC Davis Health System has found. The study also showed that state ...

Apr 11, 2016

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Solving a genetic mystery in type 1 diabetes

In type 1 diabetes, the immune system attacks the body's own insulin-producing cells. Scientists understand reasonably well how this autoimmune attack progresses, but they don't understand what triggers the attack or how ...

Apr 11, 2016

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Large number of patients admitted through ED with sepsis not given a formal diagnosis code

A large number of patients admitted through the emergency department with severe sepsis or septic shock are not given a specific International Classification of Disease (ICD) code used around the world to collect data on ...

Apr 11, 2016

New findings reveal social thinking in the infant brain

An innovative collaboration between neuroscientists and developmental psychologists that investigated how infants' brains process other people's action provides the first evidence that directly links neural responses from ...

Apr 11, 2016

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More than three percent of men on active surveillance for prostate cancer may have metastases

Radical treatment such as surgery and radiation for localized prostate cancer may cause significant side effects. Active surveillance is increasingly accepted as an option for treating patients with clinically insignificant ...

Apr 11, 2016

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Bronchial thermoplasty improves asthma regardless of socioeconomic status

Among people with asthma, lower socioeconomic status, education level, and ethnic minority status clearly have undesirable effects on their care and outcomes. Patients with severe disease who attend county (public) hospitals ...

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Archive: 11/04/2016

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer may increase risk of depression

Researchers identify root of chronic pain as potential new drug target

Variations in gene expression may underlie increased food intake in obesity

Omega factor: Novel method measures mortality risk when multiple diseases threaten

Whites receive more state funding for autism services than other racial / ethnic groups

Solving a genetic mystery in type 1 diabetes

Large number of patients admitted through ED with sepsis not given a formal diagnosis code

New findings reveal social thinking in the infant brain

More than three percent of men on active surveillance for prostate cancer may have metastases

Bronchial thermoplasty improves asthma regardless of socioeconomic status

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