Archive: 06/04/2016

Study concludes insurers should provide better coverage for cutting-edge genetic test

UCLA researchers have found that a state-of-the-art molecular genetic test greatly improves the speed and accuracy with which they can diagnose neurogenetic disorders in children and adults. The discovery could lead directly ...

Apr 6, 2016

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Diagnostic tests for heart disease function differently for women, men

Tests used to diagnose and assess the severity of coronary artery disease appear to function differently for women and men who have stable symptoms, according to researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Apr 6, 2016

Workouts appear to restore connections between neurons, researchers find

In as little as a few months, antipsychotic medications can tame the delusions and hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia. But the medications do little to reverse the less familiar brain-based problems that accompany ...

Apr 6, 2016

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Reprogramming gut bacteria as 'living therapeutics'

An MIT spinout, Synlogic, is aiming to create a new class of medicines, by re-programming bacteria found in the gut as "living therapeutics."

Apr 6, 2016

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English doctors stage fourth strike in bitter dispute

Junior doctors in English hospitals went on strike again Wednesday, withdrawing all but emergency care in their fourth walk-out in a bitter dispute with the government over working conditions.

Apr 6, 2016

Eating blueberries could regulate genetic and biochemical drivers of depression and suicide

For many people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), available medical treatments offer only limited relief. In a series of studies conducted in rats, researchers have found that eating blueberries could ...

Apr 6, 2016

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Physiologists study how athletes respond to icy water conditions

Hundreds of athletes around the globe are diving into frigid waters to compete in one-mile ice swims. Performance and human physiological response in water this cold—it must be 5o Celsius or less to qualify as an "ice mile" ...

Apr 6, 2016

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Scientists find safer way to make common blood thinner heparin

For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to make the common blood-thinning medication heparin using human cells in the laboratory. The new method could offer a safer alternative to current heparin production methods, ...

Apr 6, 2016