Archive: 02/03/2017

Discovery reveals brain abnormality and mirror movement link

A condition forcing people to involuntarily mirror movements in opposing limbs has been linked to a common developmental brain disorder.

Mar 2, 2017

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Study reveals complication predictors in children with Crohn's disease

Researchers have successfully identified biological signatures in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (CD) capable of predicting whether a child will develop disease-related complications requiring major ...

Mar 2, 2017

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Looking for relief, pregnant women turn to marijuana despite medical advice

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Vital Statistics Reports, more than one in five U.S. births now occur in states where marijuana is legal. That's triggered a concern among health ...

Mar 2, 2017

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Elderly people who choose the wrong shoes have a lower quality of life

As people get older, they experience changes in their foot morphology. If they do not change their shoe size along with these transformations, older people—most of whom choose the wrong shoes—suffer, among other things, ...

Mar 2, 2017

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New treatment option for difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis patients

Between 3 and 5 percent of the population suffers from a form of inflammatory rheumatism. It affects approximately 250,000 to 400,000 people in Austria. Rheumatoid arthritis is one of the most common and also the most dangerous ...

Mar 2, 2017

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Powerful RNA-based technology could help shape the future of therapeutic antibodies

Using antibodies to treat disease has been one of the great success stories of early 21st-century medicine. Already five of the ten top-selling pharmaceuticals in the United States are antibody products. But antibodies are ...

Mar 2, 2017

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Experts ask: Can cannabis be made safer?

As cannabis laws become liberalised in many countries, experts writing in The Lancet Psychiatry argue that there is an urgent need to explore how cannabis use can be made safer.

Mar 2, 2017

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Too many patients get liver tests they don't need, which can raise fears and costs

It can start with the quick check of a box. A doctor orders a range of blood tests all at once, hoping to figure out what's causing a patient to show signs of liver damage. It sounds harmless enough - and faster and more ...

Mar 2, 2017

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While most melanoma survivors limit sun exposure, some report getting suntans and sunburns

Survivors of melanoma were more likely to limit exposure to the sun than people who had never had the disease, but some still reported seeking out suntans and getting sunburns.

Mar 2, 2017

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Scientists discover metabolic pathway that drives tumor growth in aggressive cancers

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that a rheumatoid arthritis drug can block a metabolic pathway that occurs in tumors with a common cancer-causing gene mutation, offering a new possible therapy for aggressive cancers ...

Mar 2, 2017

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