By Brigham and Women's Hospital
More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. But treating and studying chronic pain is complex and presents many challenges. Scientists have long searched for a method to objectively measure pain and a new study advances that effort.
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By University of Georgia
New research identifies the mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain. Looking for ways to improve outcomes for stroke patients, researchers used candesartan, a commonly prescribed medication for lowering blood pressure, to identi
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By University of Michigan Health System
Heart-healthy habits help patients with PAD, but lifestyle changes and medical therapy are dramatically underused by patients and their doctors.
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By Scripps Research Institute
Scientists have developed a new approach to alter the function of RNA in living cells by designing molecules that recognize and disable RNA targets. As a proof of principle, in the new study the team designed a molecule that disabled the RNA causing myoto
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By Georgetown University Medical Center
A group of neuroscientists say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and frontotemporal dementia -- and, in the process, have uncovered a possible therapeut
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By Wolters Kluwer Health
Robotic technologies have the potential to help neurosurgeons perform precise, technically demanding operations, together with virtual reality environments to help them navigate through the brain, according to researchers.
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By IOS Press
As many as 50 percent of all human protein-coding genes are regulated by microRNA (miRNA) molecules. While some miRNAs impact onset and progression of cancer, others can actually suppress the development of malignant tumors and are useful in cancer therap
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By University of Michigan Health System
From the moment a stroke occurs, patients must race against the clock to get treatment that can prevent lasting damage. Now, a new study shows the promise -- and the challenges -- of getting them state-of-the-art treatment safely at their local hospital,
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By American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Insulin resistance, or prediabetes, in individuals with kidney disease may be caused by the progressive retention of certain compounds that are normally excreted by the kidneys in healthy individuals, according to a new study. The findings might be used t
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By Thomas Jefferson University
Researchers have developed potentially game-changing diagnostic and prognostic genetic tests shown to better predict prostate cancer survival outcomes and distinguish clinically-relevant cancers.
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By Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Anthracyclines, a class of chemotherapy drugs commonly used to treat breast and childhood cancers are effective, but can cause heart damage that doesn't appear until long after treatment is over. By analyzing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and heart h
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By Temple University Health System
A retrospective analysis of more than 36,000 patients with colon cancer showed that those with early stage disease and diabetes or high blood pressure -- two components of metabolic syndrome -- have a greater risk for cancer recurrence and of dying compar
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By University of Utah
Men whacked punching bags for a new study that suggests human hands evolved not only for the manual dexterity needed to use tools, play a violin or paint a work of art, but so men could make fists and fight.
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By American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
Extending steroid treatment for the most common form of kidney disease in children provides no benefit for preventing relapses or side effects, according to a new study. The findings challenge previous assumptions about optimal treatment strategies for th
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By Weill Cornell Medical College
Diagnosed with severe coronary artery disease, a group of patients too ill for or not responding to other treatment options decided to take part in a clinical trial testing angiogenic gene therapy to help rebuild their damaged blood vessels.
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By EMBO - excellence in life sciences
Researchers have discovered proteins in human urine that offer new opportunities for the diagnosis, study and maybe even the treatment of Kawasaki disease. Mass spectrometry-based proteomic analysis of the human urine proteome, the entire set of proteins
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Researchers have developed a new way of looking at standard MRI scans that more accurately measures damage to the blood-brain barrier in stroke victims, a process they hope will lead to safer, more individualized treatment of blood clots in the brain and
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By Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Scientists have gained new insights into the early phase of the brain's development. Scientists have identified two proteins that control the formation of cell protuberances. The typical ramifications through which nerve cells receive and forward signals
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By Basque Research
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common pediatric cancer, has been the subject of a new study. Newly identified genetic markers could improve the classification of risk groups and predict treatment toxicity in the patient.
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By American Association for Cancer Research
Mice deficient in PTEN in the prostate developed stable precancers. Androgen deprivation promoted progression to invasive prostate cancer. Patients with PTEN-deficient prostate precancers may not benefit from androgen deprivation chemoprevention therapy.
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