Archive: 07/05/2014

Researchers discover 'bad' cholesterol contributes to cancer spread in the body

(Medical Xpress)—In a world-first, University of Sydney researchers have discovered one of the main reasons behind why cancer spreads throughout the body - the help of 'bad' cholesterol.

May 7, 2014

A molecular target may lead to drug to fight leukaemia

(Medical Xpress)—A molecular 'target' that could lead to a drug to fight leukaemia is in the sights of a team of University of Queensland researchers.

May 7, 2014

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Undocumented immigrants use fewer health services than US-born residents

Undocumented immigrants in California see the doctor and visit emergency rooms significantly less often than U.S. citizens and documented immigrants, according to a study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research published ...

May 7, 2014

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GaitTrack app makes cellphone a medical monitor for heart, lung patients

(Medical Xpress)—By simply carrying around their cellphones, patients who suffer from chronic disease could soon have an accurate health monitor that warns their doctors when their symptoms worsen.

May 7, 2014

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3D printed device to treat sleep apnoea

(Medical Xpress)—Using a 3D scanner to map a patient's mouth, CSIRO researchers and Australian dental company, Oventus, can now print a mouthpiece which prevents dangerous pauses in breath during sleep.

May 7, 2014

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Discovery helps explain how B cells adapt to their targets

(Medical Xpress)—Over the weeks following an invasion by a disease-causing microbe, the human immune system fine tunes its defenses, producing proteins called antibodies that are ever more precisely targeted at the invader. ...

May 7, 2014

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Racist attitudes and beliefs affect medical treatment of US minority groups

Patients from minority ethnic groups in the US may be facing racist attitudes and beliefs that can unintentionally affect their treatment, a review of healthcare providers has found.

May 7, 2014

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Psychologist researches 'sensation seeking' people

Whether you're a thrill seeker, or someone who'd rather be safe than sorry, clinical psychologist Ken Carter is looking for you.

May 7, 2014

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A world of disease at your fingertips

A few decades ago, medical students used to spend an inordinate amount of time inside UNSW's Museum of Human Disease. Studying its formalin-preserved specimens was the primary way to learn how to identify the appearances ...

May 7, 2014

The genetics of aggression and self-control

Everyone knows someone with a quick temper – it might even be you. And while scientists have known for decades that aggression is hereditary, there is another biological layer to those angry flare-ups: self-control.

May 7, 2014

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