Archive: 21/11/2018

Treating spinal pain with replacement discs made of 'engineered living tissue' moves closer to reality

For the first time, bioengineered spinal discs were successfully implanted and provided long-term function in the largest animal model ever evaluated for tissue-engineered disc replacement. A new Penn Medicine study published ...

Nov 21, 2018

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ED utilization up for pediatric mTBI after TBI legislation

(HealthDay)—Implementation of state youth traumatic brain injury (TBI) legislation correlated with an increase in pediatric emergency department utilization for youth sports- and recreation-related mild TBI (mTBI) evaluation, ...

Nov 21, 2018

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AI-based smartphone app can help cut cancer pain severity

(HealthDay)—An artificial intelligence (AI)-based smartphone app can reduce the severity of cancer patients' reported pain and hospital admissions, according to a study presented at the annual Palliative and Supportive ...

Nov 21, 2018

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IBD disability index for self-report reliable, valid

(HealthDay)—The Inflammatory Bowel Disease Disability Index (IBD-DI) for self-report (IBD-DI-SR) is reliable and valid for measuring disability in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study recently published ...

Nov 21, 2018

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Modeling the most common form of vision loss in older adults

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects roughly 200,000 individuals in the United States each year. In most, it comes on slowly, gradually blurring the central field of vision used for activities like reading and driving. ...

Nov 21, 2018

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Bone erosions more frequent with old age at onset of early RA

(HealthDay)—Old age at onset of early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with more frequent bone erosions, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases.

Nov 21, 2018

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Study calls for shake-up in mental health provision to improve patient outcomes

A new study published in the journal Social Theory & Health has called into question how patients interact and respond to psychiatry when they present to mental health services.

Nov 21, 2018

Researchers discover key gene in cells associated with age-related hearing loss

An international group of researchers, led by Ronna Hertzano, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Anatomy and Neurobiology, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine ...

Nov 21, 2018

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Sugar supplement slows tumor growth and can improve cancer treatment

Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple types of cancer.

Nov 21, 2018

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Never-before-seen DNA recombination in the brain linked to Alzheimer's disease

Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have identified gene recombination in neurons that produces thousands of new gene variants within Alzheimer's disease brains. The study, published today ...

Nov 21, 2018

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