Archive: 16/03/2017

Drug and alcohol problems linked to increased veteran suicide risk, especially in women

Veterans who have drug or alcohol problems are more than twice as likely to die by suicide as their comrades, a new study finds. And women veterans with substance use disorders have an even higher rate of suicide—more than ...

Mar 16, 2017

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Nanoparticle paves the way for new triple negative breast cancer drug

A potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a nanoparticle to deliver it directly into the cancer cells - have been developed by UK researchers.

Mar 16, 2017

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Difficult to get orthodontics to work in younger children

Nagging by parents—and the ingenuity of the child. Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy shows that there are success factors when children with a severe overjet have irregularities of the teeth corrected at an early age. ...

Mar 16, 2017

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Treating cocaine addiction by reducing our appetite for drugs?

The hypocretin/orexin (HCRT) system of the brain is best known for promoting wakefulness and appetite. A new paper in Biological Psychiatry suggests that blocking hypocretin signaling via the HCRT-1 receptor (HCRT-R1) might ...

Mar 16, 2017

Study shows tailored physical therapy program reduces bad falls in the elderly

Falls are a leading cause of death and disability in the elderly, and also contribute to rising healthcare costs. In 2012, a research team from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore teamed up with the Singapore ...

Mar 16, 2017

Giving birth may be riskier today than in the past

A new article explores how the double burden of malnutrition and the global obesity epidemic may be reshaping obstetrical difficulties experienced by women.

Mar 16, 2017

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Immune cell drives heart failure in mice

A new study in mice reveals that eosinophils, a type of disease-fighting white blood cell, appear to be at least partly responsible for the progression of heart muscle inflammation to heart failure in mice.

Mar 16, 2017

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Self-harm risk assessment scales 'unhelpful'

People who come to hospital after self-harm are unlikely to be helped by the use of risk scales when they see mental health staff, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Mar 16, 2017