Archive: 18/02/2016

GPs call for more specialist knowledge to manage suicide risk in young people

Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people aged between 15 and 29 worldwide – in the UK alone, 3,156 in this age group died by suicide in 2011-2013.

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Big data model improves prediction of key hospital outcome

More than half of hospital deaths in the United States are related to severe infections, or sepsis. Yale researchers developed a prediction model, drawing on "big data" about local patients and using machine-learning methods, ...

Feb 18, 2016

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How trade deals affect the public's access to affordable medicines and healthcare

At the end of 2015, ASEAN countries became closer to one another as part of the new ASEAN Economic Community. Under the trade bloc's economic integration arrangements, their citizens will find it easier to do business in ...

Feb 18, 2016

Low-risk prostate cancer best managed with active surveillance, according to new recommendations

For most men with low-risk prostate cancer, the recommended strategy is active surveillance with regular testing to check for cancer growth rather than immediate treatment, according to guidelines from the American Society ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Neuroscientists reverse autism symptoms

Autism has diverse genetic causes, most of which are still unknown. About 1 percent of people with autism are missing a gene called Shank3, which is critical for brain development. Without this gene, individuals develop typical ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Innovative oxygen therapy saves unborn baby with deadly heart defect

Prenatal oxygen treatment plus fast and aggressive action after birth helped a San Jose baby born at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford survive until he could undergo surgical repair of his heart at 11 days old.

Feb 18, 2016

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Dramatic remissions seen in immunotherapy trial of blood cancer patients

Twenty-seven out of 29 patients with an advanced blood cancer who received an experimental, "living" immunotherapy as part of a clinical trial experienced sustained remissions, according to preliminary results of the ongoing ...

Feb 18, 2016

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A deeper take on our sexual nature

The organs in our body may have a sexual identity of their own, new research suggests. The idea that our organs could be "male" or "female" raises the possibility that women and men may need different treatments as a result. ...

Feb 18, 2016

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Cancer study is 'paradigm shift' in cause of tumor formation

In a new study published in the American Association of Cancer Research's journal Cancer Research, a pair of investigators at Rutgers and Columbia universities has identified a gene that may provide a new source of potential ...

Feb 18, 2016

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New cause of diabetes

Although insulin-producing cells are found in the endocrine tissue of the pancreas, a new mouse study suggests that abnormalities in the exocrine tissue could cause cell non-autonomous effects that promotes diabetes-like ...

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