Archive: 13/04/2015

Healthy elders may hold key to fighting cancer

Could the immune systems of healthy seniors hold clues for beating the most aggressive form of breast cancer?

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Biobanks need legal regulation, says expert

Biobanks are repositories of personal medical data and biological material, such as DNA, blood and tissue samples, collected for research purposes. Legal scholars at LMU and Augsburg University recently produced a draft bill ...

Apr 13, 2015

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Is the length of work careers determined in utero?

Low weight at birth increased the risk of disability pension among men, reveals a new Finnish study published in the PLoS One. Around 20% of the cohort members born in 1934–44 retired on a disability pension between 1971 ...

Apr 13, 2015

Novel neutrophil elastase isoform suggests new approach to pulmonary emphysema

Elastases of white blood cells are involved in tissue destruction and can thus cause various diseases. Scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered a new isoform which could be involved both in the pathogenesis ...

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The genetics of psychiatric disorders

While it has long been recognised that genetics – alongside environmental factors – play a role in developing psychiatric disorders, the function of individual genes is still largely unknown. But an international, multi-disciplinary ...

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Depression is genetic, not a pain in the back

If you suffer from depression and back pain odds are it's down to your genes, suggests new research from the University of Sydney.

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Lower survival rates connected with high-risk melanoma with mutations, study finds

Researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed hundreds of melanoma samples to find out if two genetic mutations more commonly found in melanoma tumors were associated with lower survival rates in ...

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Researchers to investigate overuse of antipsychotic drugs in dementia patients

Rutgers will take the lead in a three-year study that will investigate the effectiveness of federal and state initiatives to address overprescribing of antipsychotic medications for dementia patients in nursing homes.

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Student projects get creative to encourage healthy eating

Unlike writing a prescription for a pill, helping patients change their eating habits isn't something easily fixed in the average doctor's visit.

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Brain training instead of medication to counter insomnia

The ability to finally enjoy a good night's sleep is something that can be learned. An Austrian Science Fund FWF project has investigated how this can best be learned and who responds best to such "brain training".

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