Medical research
Student develops technique to diagnose cancer from a single drop of blood
What if a physician could effectively diagnose cancer from one drop of a patient's blood?
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Cardiology
Seven healthy heart measures may reduce heart failure risk
People scoring well on the American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7 checklist for a healthy heart are less likely to develop heart failure, a condition that reduces blood and oxygen flow to the body, according to new ...
Dec 22, 2015
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Cardiology
Gut bacteria may impact body weight, fat and good cholesterol levels
For better cardiovascular health, check your gut. Bacteria living in your gut may impact your weight, fat and good cholesterol levels, factors necessary to help maintain a healthy heart, according to new research in Circulation ...
Sep 10, 2015
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Study's findings could help expand the donor pool for liver transplantation
Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD), in which transplant organs are taken from donors after ay period of no blood circulation or oxygenation, is often considered inferior to donation after brain death, in which circulation ...
Sep 8, 2015
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Cardiology
Researchers identify a new approach for lowering harmful lipids
Xian-Cheng Jiang, PhD, professor of cell biology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has led a study identifying a new approach for lowering "bad" lipids in blood circulation, a critical means to combat devastating cardiovascular ...
Sep 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Circulating tumor cell assays may play role in managing bladder CA
(HealthDay)—Circulating tumor cell assays may have a role in the management of bladder cancer, according to a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Urology.
Aug 25, 2015
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Cardiology
Surgeons refine procedure for life-threatening congenital heart defect
For children born with life-threating hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), reconstructive surgeries can restore blood circulation. While the most common corrective approach is the three-stage Norwood procedure, an alternative ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Scaffold-integrated microchips for end-to-end in vitro tumor cell attachment and xenograft formation
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, Florida State University, and University of Massachusetts has developed a new design of microchip that can retrieve microfluidically attached cancer cells for serial ...
Aug 4, 2015
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Medical research
Stem cell therapy shows promise in small clinical trial for rare lung disease
Canadian researchers have published promising results of the first clinical trial in the world of a genetically-enhanced stem cell therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This rare and deadly disease mainly affects ...
Jul 20, 2015
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Cardiology
Researchers identify cause of heart damage in sepsis patients
Researchers at the University of Liverpool's Institute of Infection and Global Health (IGH) have discovered a common cause of heart damage in patients with sepsis.
Jul 8, 2015
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