Archive: 11/03/2014
Study finds CT scans predict chemotherapy response in pancreatic cancer
Computed tomography (CT) scans routinely taken to guide the treatment of pancreatic cancer may provide an important secondary benefit. According to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the ...
Mar 11, 2014
Filling out those employment questionnaires might reveal more than you think
Your answers on psychological questionnaires, including some of the ones that some employers give their employees, might have a distinct biological signature. New research indeed demonstrates overlap between what workers ...
Mar 11, 2014
A new cell type is implicated in epilepsy caused by traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for epilepsy, though the relationship is not understood. A new study in mice, published in Cerebral Cortex, identifies increased levels of a specific neurotransmitter as a contributing ...
Mar 11, 2014
Study: Women report more pain than men after knee replacement surgery
Middle-aged women with rheumatoid arthritis or arthritis resulting from an injury are among the patients most likely to experience serious pain following a knee replacement, researchers from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) ...
Mar 11, 2014
New MRI can 'see through' metal screws to follow patients after hip fracture surgery
People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture, known as a femoral neck fracture, are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI developed at Hospital for Special Surgery in collaboration with GE Healthcare ...
Mar 11, 2014
Detecting, testing, treating rare diseases: Technology delivers new era of personalization
A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health, Emory University and Cedars-Sinai – specialists in identifying and treating very rare diseases – used three innovative tools to detect a previously unknown ...
Mar 11, 2014