Archive: 30/06/2015

Sleep apnea therapy treats patients through upper airway stimulation

A state-of-the-art implant designed to treat obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is now being offered at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. The device is the first of its kind approved by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Why are some children more giving than others?

Parents and educators are acutely aware that children can be both excessively self-oriented and overwhelmingly generous. For every preschooler refusing to share his toy truck, there's an 8-year-old who insists on giving all ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Particulate matter from modern gasoline engines damages our lungs

Particulate matter from gasoline engines is harmful to our airways, regardless of whether the engines are a bit older or comply with recent EU standards. Fine dust particles allow pathogens to enter the lungs easier. Researchers ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Photodynamic therapy for persistent/recurrent esophageal cancer using Laserphyrin and semiconductor laser

An investigator-initiated clinical trial led by Professor Manabu Muto of the Graduate School of Medicine (involving the seven institutions listed below) has demonstrated that photodynamic therapy (PDT) using Laserphyrin (talaporfin ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Patient access to cardiovascular devices delayed by bureaucracy

Patients are experiencing significant delays in access to approved cardiovascular devices due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, reveals a Devices White Paper from the Cardiovascular Round Table (CRT) published today in European ...

Jun 30, 2015

Reassurance can be as important as waiting times for ambulance patients

Ambulance services should be assessed on how reassured patients and their families feel during an emergency as well as on response times, researchers have found.

Jun 30, 2015

Molecular switch for a healthy metabolism discovered

The protein complex mTORC1 is a central regulator of cell metabolism. In the active state, it stimulates anabolic processes and increases the production and storage of proteins and lipids. Researchers from the German Leibniz ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Majority of men who use violence toward partners struggle with serious mental health issues

The majority of men who use violence towards their partner struggle with serious mental health issues. We need to look at more than just the power relations between the sexes in order to understand and prevent domestic violence, ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Small RNAs found to play important roles in memory formation

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that a type of genetic material called "microRNA" plays surprisingly different roles in the formation of memory in animal models. In some ...

Jun 30, 2015

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Men and women could use different cells to process pain

We have known for some time that there are sex differences when it comes to experiencing pain, with women showing a higher sensitivity to painful events compared to men. While we don't really understand why this is, it seems ...

Jun 30, 2015

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