Archive: 08/06/2016

Potential new therapy could reduce dangerous post-heart-attack inflammation

A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has identified a mechanism behind the surge in cardiovascular inflammation that takes place after a heart attack. Working with collaborators from the ...

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Challenges of custom-engineering living tissue to fix a heart

Jianyi "Jay" Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., brought his biomedical engineering expertise to the University of Alabama at Birmingham to fix hearts.

Jun 8, 2016

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Narrow wavelength of UV light safely kills drug-resistant bacteria

Scientists from the Center for Radiological Research at Columbia University Medical Center have shown that a narrow wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) light safely killed drug-resistant MRSA bacteria in mice, demonstrating a ...

Jun 8, 2016

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Sound sleep elusive for many kids with ADHD

(HealthDay)—A new study supports a claim parents have long made about children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder—kids with ADHD don't sleep as well as other kids.

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Researchers find key to Parkinson's disease neurodegeneration

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have uncovered a major reason why the Parkinson's-related protein alpha-synuclein, a major constituent of the Lewy bodies that are the pathological hallmark of ...

Jun 8, 2016

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Lighting color affects sleep and wakefulness

A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.

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Cultural sensitivities obstacle at UN AIDS conference

No one at the high-level United Nations conference devoted to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 denies serious scientific and financial challenges remain, but cultural sensitivities may prove the toughest stumbling block on ...

Jun 8, 2016

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Whole-exome sequencing predicts which bladder cancers and cell lines respond to cisplatin

Much of basic cancer research is based on studies with cultured cancer cells. However, the usefulness of these studies greatly depends on how accurately these cancer cells grown in a dish represent human tumors. A University ...

Jun 8, 2016

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Recovery-oriented systems of care—new approach to integrated treatment for people with substance use, mental disorders

Recovery-oriented systems of care (ROSC) offer a promising approach to improving care for the millions of individuals who have substance use disorders and, very frequently, co-occurring mental health disorders. An update ...

Jun 8, 2016

Strangers reach mutual understanding through talking and asking questions, not from non-verbal cues

Psychologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have discovered that when two strangers meet and interact for the first time, the extent to which they develop mutual understanding depends on how much they talk and ask ...

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