Archive: 05/11/2014

How terminally ill kids and their parents can plan for a better death

The diagnosis of a palliative illness in a child or adolescent is devastating for all involved: parents, family members and the children themselves, as they grieve for life they had planned and believed they would have. The ...

Nov 5, 2014

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Smokers with rheumatoid arthritis face extra barriers to quitting

Smokers who suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) may need more targeted support to successfully quit a habit that will likely worsen their disease, latest University of Otago research suggests.

Nov 5, 2014

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Researchers explore the relationship between empathy and aggression

Empathy is among humanity's defining characteristics. Understanding another person's plight can inspire gentle emotions and encourage nurturing behaviors.

Nov 5, 2014

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Team pieces together signaling pathway leading to obesity

As scientists probe the molecular underpinnings of why some people are prone to obesity and some to leanness, they are discovering that weight maintenance is more complicated than the old "calories in, calories out" adage.

Nov 5, 2014

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Tiny patient prompts advance in neuro-genetics

Take a deep breath and hold it. Keep holding it. Keep waiting … wait … don't breathe yet … Feel that burning in your lungs?

Nov 5, 2014

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Robotic hospital beds are the future of patient transportation

A new autonomous hospital bed is set to revolutionise hospital practices and patient transportation. A team from the UTS Centre for Health Technologies in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology has developed ...

Nov 5, 2014

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Environmental carcinogens leave distinctive genetic imprints in tumors

Genetically engineering tumors in mice, a technique that has dominated cancer research for decades, may not replicate important features of cancers caused by exposure to environmental carcinogens, according to a new study ...

Nov 5, 2014

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BRCA-targeting drugs could treat prostate cancer, leading expert says

A pioneering cancer drug set to become the first to be approved specifically for inherited cancers could also be used much more widely to treat prostate cancer, a world-leading expert said today.

Nov 5, 2014

Study gives insight into breast cancer recurrence

Work by University of Manchester scientists has explored what allows some cases of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS), a non-invasive form of breast cancer, to resist treatment and come back, as well as identifying a potential ...

Nov 5, 2014

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Kidney failure later in life can be predicted based on measurements taken in adolescence

Researchers at Örebro University found that high blood pressure, being overweight, elevation of a blood marker indicating inflammation, or the presence of protein in the urine in otherwise healthy teenage males were all ...

Nov 5, 2014

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