Archive: 21/03/2014

Screening of patients with rheumatism improves insight into cardiovascular disease

Since the fifties, researchers have observed that patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased mortality from cardiovascular disease. Patients with this form of rheumatism were approximately 50% more likely to suffer ...

Mar 21, 2014

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A study using Drosophila flies reveals new regulatory mechanisms of cell migration

Cell migration is highly coordinated and occurs in processes such as embryonic development, wound healing, the formation of new blood vessels, and tumour cell invasion. For the successful control of cell movement, this process ...

Mar 21, 2014

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Geographic moves take a toll on kids' mental health

Children in military families who relocate have an increased odds of suffering mental health problems, finds a large new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Mar 21, 2014

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Researcher first to identify cellular patterns of contraction in human hearts

(Medical Xpress)—When Premi Haynes was growing up in Pune, India, she attended Stella Maris High School, an English language convent school founded by Swiss nuns. Her second grade singing class used a book of English songs. ...

Mar 21, 2014

OSU finds new compound that could treat autoimmune diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Oregon State University have discovered a chemical compound that could be a safer alternative for treating autoimmune diseases.

Mar 21, 2014

Visualizing real-time development of capillary networks in adult brains

The advancement of microscopic photoimaging techniques has enabled the visualization of real-time cellular events in living organs. The brain capillary network exhibits a unique feature that forms a blood-brain barrier (BBB), ...

Mar 21, 2014

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Tweets can help track national health trends—and now local ones too

(Medical Xpress)—When Twitter recently unveiled a new grant program that will allow outside researchers to mine its stockpile of tweets, the social media site pointed to Johns Hopkins' flu tracking as one example of the useful ...

Mar 21, 2014