Archive: 21/12/2015

Eyes turn into skin: How inflammation can change the fate of cells

EPFL scientists have found that chronic inflammation can cause regenerating cells to grow into new, aberrant types; this is called metaplasia, and is a disorder linked to prolonged inflammation. The study highlights a new ...

Dec 21, 2015

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Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip

A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop a model of the human small airway in which lung inflammatory diseases, ...

Dec 21, 2015

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Ending chronic pain with new drug therapy

A brain region controlling whether we feel happy or sad, as well as addiction, is remodeled by chronic pain, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Dec 21, 2015

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Brain differences in premature babies who later develop autism

Extremely premature babies run a much higher risk of developing autism in later childhood, and even during the neonate period differences are seen in the brains of those who do. This according to a new study by researchers ...

Dec 21, 2015

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Survey shows email between patients and physicians improves health

A third of patients with chronic conditions who exchanged secure emails with their doctors said that these communications improved their overall health, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published today in the American ...

Dec 21, 2015

Overeating and depressed? Team finds connection—and maybe a solution

Chronic overeating and stress are tied to an increased risk of depression and anxiety, and in a new study, Yale researchers explain why that happens and suggest a possible solution.

Dec 21, 2015

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Study finds hypertension-related visits to emergency rooms on rise in US

The number and percentage of patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension are on the rise across the United States, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published recently in the American ...

Dec 21, 2015

Battling obesity epidemic: New look at 'fat tax'

Small price differences at the point of purchase can be highly effective in shifting consumer demand from high calorie to healthier low calorie alternatives, according to a study in the Articles in Advance section of Marketing ...

Dec 21, 2015