Archive: 17/01/2017

Penn Medicine launches first Apple ResearchKit app for sarcoidosis patients

Penn Medicine today launched its first Apple ResearchKit app, focused on patients with sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition that can affect the lungs, skin, eyes, heart, brain, and other organs. The effort marks Penn's ...

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First study to measure effectiveness of NFL PLAY 60 program shows positive results on youth fitness

The National Football League (NFL) Foundation has invested heavily in its NFL PLAY 60 initiative to promote fitness and health among youth over the past decade. Its impact on childhood fitness and obesity levels, however, ...

Jan 17, 2017

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Retinopathy of prematurity: New developments are cause for hope

A mini-symposium published in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) provides important insights into new techniques and treatments that show promise for eliminating retinopathy ...

Jan 17, 2017

Delhi's health system: Inadequate progress for a global city

Over the past decade, India has emerged as one of world's most important engines of economic growth. In the health sector, India is often associated with its accomplishments in promoting innovation in the delivery of health ...

Jan 17, 2017

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Racial bias in a heartbeat: How signals from the heart shape snap judgements about threat

Our heartbeat can increase pre-existing racial biases when we face a potential threat, according to new research published in Nature Communications. In particular, participants were likely to misperceive a situation involving ...

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Nursing homes falling behind with end-of-life directives

Popular medical dramas such as Grey's Anatomy and Chicago Med often depict the tensions that can arise while making end-of-life medical decisions without "advance directives" on file. Advance directives, or living wills, ...

Jan 17, 2017

Successful antibody trial in HIV-infected individuals

A research team led by investigators of the Rockefeller University in New York and Prof Florian Klein, University Hospital Cologne and German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), has tested a new HIV neutralising antibody, ...

Jan 17, 2017

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Mounting challenge to brain sex differences

How different are men and women's brains? The latest evidence to address this controversy comes from a study at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, where a meta-analysis of human amygdala volumes found no ...

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Colorado medical students defend physicians' right to recommend marijuana

Colorado students viewed the legalization of marijuana favorably, medicinal or otherwise, and generally felt that the medical use of marijuana is acceptable in the treatment of conditions approved by the Colorado Medical ...

Jan 17, 2017

Penn study identifies potent inhibitor of Zika entry into human cells

A panel of small molecules that inhibit Zika virus infection, including one that stands out as a potent inhibitor of Zika viral entry into relevant human cell types, was discovered by researchers from the Perelman School ...

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Archive: 17/01/2017

Penn Medicine launches first Apple ResearchKit app for sarcoidosis patients

First study to measure effectiveness of NFL PLAY 60 program shows positive results on youth fitness

Retinopathy of prematurity: New developments are cause for hope

Delhi's health system: Inadequate progress for a global city

Racial bias in a heartbeat: How signals from the heart shape snap judgements about threat

Nursing homes falling behind with end-of-life directives

Successful antibody trial in HIV-infected individuals

Mounting challenge to brain sex differences

Colorado medical students defend physicians' right to recommend marijuana

Penn study identifies potent inhibitor of Zika entry into human cells

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