Archive: 16/09/2015

Fruit and vegetables aren't only good for a healthy body—they protect your mind too

Eating a Mediterranean diet or other healthy dietary pattern, comprising of fruit, vegetables, legumes, and nuts and low in processed meats, is associated with preventing the onset of depression, according to research published ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Multiple myeloma patients vulnerable to 'financial toxicity,' due to costly treatments

Even patients with health insurance who have multiple myeloma may be vulnerable to "financial toxicity" - including those who make over $100,000 a year - because of the higher use of novel therapeutics and extended duration ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Reanalysis of antidepressant trial finds popular drug ineffective, unsafe for adolescents

The widely used antidepressant paroxetine is neither safe nor effective for adolescents with depression, concludes a reanalysis of an influential study originally published in 2001.

Sep 16, 2015

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High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages linked to overall poor diet

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Stockholm shows that high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, which has been linked to increased risk ...

Sep 16, 2015

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UI Health validates cure for sickle cell in adults

Physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have cured 12 adult patients of sickle cell disease using a unique procedure for stem cell transplantation from healthy, tissue-matched siblings.

Sep 16, 2015

Scientists create immunity to deadly parasite by manipulating host's genes

There are two common approaches to protecting humans from infectious disease: Targeting pathogens and parasites with medicines such as antibiotics, or dealing with the conditions that allow transmission. Exciting new research ...

Sep 16, 2015

Women who give birth in rural hospitals are more likely to need to be later readmitted

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Texas A&M Health Science Center compared hospital readmission rates for women who delivered their baby in rural versus urban hospitals. The study found ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Researchers isolate possible ovarian cancer biomarkers; find that biomarker loads can vary with disease stage

Researchers from North Carolina State University utilized a highly sensitive mass spectrometry analysis to identify and measure difficult-to-detect N-glycan biomarkers associated with ovarian cancers in stages I – IV. In ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Rapamycin prevents Parkinson's in mouse model of incurable neurodegenerative disease

Rapamycin, an FDA-approved drug that extends lifespan in several species, prevented Parkinson's disease (PD) in middle-age mice that were genetically fated to develop the incurable neurodegenerative motor disease that affects ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Being overweight may increase risk of type of brain tumor

Being overweight or obese may be tied to an increased risk of a type of brain tumor called meningioma, according to a new meta-analysis published in the September 16, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Archive: 16/09/2015

Fruit and vegetables aren't only good for a healthy body—they protect your mind too

Multiple myeloma patients vulnerable to 'financial toxicity,' due to costly treatments

Reanalysis of antidepressant trial finds popular drug ineffective, unsafe for adolescents

High consumption of sugar sweetened beverages linked to overall poor diet

UI Health validates cure for sickle cell in adults

Scientists create immunity to deadly parasite by manipulating host's genes

Women who give birth in rural hospitals are more likely to need to be later readmitted

Researchers isolate possible ovarian cancer biomarkers; find that biomarker loads can vary with disease stage

Rapamycin prevents Parkinson's in mouse model of incurable neurodegenerative disease

Being overweight may increase risk of type of brain tumor

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