Archive: 07/12/2017

Researchers use breakthrough technology to understand eclipse eye damage

In a first-of-its-kind study, Mount Sinai researchers are using adaptive optics (AO) to analyze retinal eye damage from the August solar eclipse on a cellular level. The research could help doctors develop a deeper understanding ...

Dec 7, 2017

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The effectiveness of strategies to improve people's access to treatment for tuberculosis

In a new Cochrane Review, researchers from Tanzania working with colleagues in LSTM have evaluated the effectiveness of strategies to improve people's access to treatment for tuberculosis (TB).

Dec 7, 2017

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People with anhedonia do experience pleasure, just not as often

Put bluntly, a hedonist is a bon vivant, or at the very least somebody whose highest priority is to enjoy life. If you suffer from anhedonia – the opposite of this – then you are in an unenviable position. During her ...

Dec 7, 2017

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Community practices not following guidelines for MRI breast cancer screening

Guidelines are not being followed to ensure that breast cancer screening of high risk women, such as those with a strong family history of breast cancer, includes an additional MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan. According ...

Dec 7, 2017

Study finds evidence that a protein, MCP-1, may determine bone loss responses to parathyroid hormone

In a new study published in November in Scientific Reports, New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry) researchers investigating the catabolic effect of parathyroid hormone (PTH) in hyperparathyroidism (HPT) ...

Dec 7, 2017

Study finds recreational drug users not what we think

A James Cook University researcher has been investigating why Australians are among the top users of illegal drugs in the world – and has uncovered some revealing new facts about the motivations of recreational drug users.

Dec 7, 2017