Archive: 13/10/2015
Study underscores need to assess behavioral sequelae of TBI
Kessler researchers assessed moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) for frontal behavioral syndromes and cognitive function. Their finding suggest that adding the Frontal Systems Behavior Scale to neuropsychological ...
Oct 13, 2015
Use of e-cigarettes and alternative tobacco products may lead to increased tobacco use
The increasing use of alternative tobacco products, such as water pipes and e-cigarettes, by children under the age of 18 is a burgeoning public health crisis, researchers from NYU Langone Medical Center write in a commentary ...
Oct 13, 2015
Preclinical study shows potential to increase the effectiveness of leukemia treatments
Preclinical experiments led by a team of researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have shown that blocking the production of a protein known as chromodomain helicase DNA-binding protein 4 (CHD4) may help increase the effectiveness ...
Oct 13, 2015
Anticancer effects of drugs overestimated by as much as 45 percent in animal models
Badly designed studies may lead to the efficacy of drugs being overestimated and money being wasted on trials that prove fruitless, according to new a study from McGill University in Canada.
Oct 13, 2015