Archive: 10/09/2015

Reduced heart rate variability may indicate greater vulnerability to PTSD

A prospective longitudinal study of U.S. Marines suggests that reduced heart rate variability - the changing time interval between heartbeats - may be a contributing risk factor for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ...

Sep 10, 2015

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Brain cells get tweaked 'on the go'

Researchers from the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology (MRC CDN) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, have discovered a new molecular 'switch' that controls the ...

Sep 10, 2015

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Discovery offers hope for treating leukemia relapse post-transplant

Targeting exhausted immune cells may change the prognosis for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) relapse after a stem cell transplant, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

Sep 10, 2015

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DTES residents dying at more than eight times the national average

Marginalized residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are dying at more than eight times the national average, and treatable conditions are the greatest risk factors for mortality, researchers at the University of British ...

Sep 10, 2015

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Researchers find neuroanatomical signature for schizophrenia

While it is known that the incidence and outward symptoms of schizophrenia are strongly influenced by ethnic factors—for instance, patients from Asian ethnicities are more likely to experience visual hallucinations, whereas ...

Sep 10, 2015

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Pancreatic cancer stem cells could be 'suffocated' by an anti-diabetic drug

Cancer cells commonly rely on glycolysis, the type of metabolism that does not use oxygen to generate their energy however, researchers from Queen Mary University of London's Barts Cancer Institute and the Spanish National ...

Sep 10, 2015

New risk score for colorectal cancer, advanced polyps could guide selection of screening test for patients, physicians

Researchers at the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a new risk assessment scoring system that could help physicians judge which patients can forgo invasive colonoscopy testing ...

Sep 10, 2015