(The Hastings Center) This edition of the Hastings Center Report includes a number of essays that look at personalized medicine from several perspectives.
Read more »Strategy discovered to prevent Alzheimer's-associated traffic jams in the brain
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(Gladstone Institutes) Amyloid beta proteins, widely thought to cause Alzheimer's disease, block the transport of vital cargoes inside brain cells. Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have discovered that reducing the level of another protein, tau, can prevent amyloid beta from causing such traffic jams.
Read more »New dual recognition mechanism discovered in tuberculosis
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(Case Western Reserve University) One third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which leads to tuberculosis (TB), a leading cause of death worldwide. A new discovery, led by a team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, offers hope for new approaches to the prevention and treatment of TB.
Read more »Pediatric vaccine stockpile policies need to be revisited, researcher says
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(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Vaccine manufacturers and public health decision-makers need to collaborate in a more efficient and effective manner not only to reduce the likelihood of supply shortages for pediatric vaccines but also to maximize community immunity, says Sheldon H. Jacobson, a University of Illinois researcher who specializes in statistics and data analysis.
Read more »VCU Medical Center leads study of first US portable driver for powering the total artificial heart
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(Virginia Commonwealth University) The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their own homes until a donor heart becomes available for transplant.
Read more »Romantic partner may play role in reducing vulvovaginal pain
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(University of Montreal) An investigation published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine has found that male partners who express greater support, attention and sympathy to women's chronic vulvovaginal pain may trigger more pain, but also increase sexual satisfaction in female partners.
Read more »Study finds most Oregon hospices do not fully participate in the Death with Dignity Act
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(The Hastings Center) A survey in the latest issue of the Hastings Center Report found that most hospices in Oregon, the first state to legalize physician-assistance in dying, either do not participate in or have limited participation in requests for such assistance. Both legal and moral reasons are identified.
Read more »4th EAU NEEM in Riga opens tomorrow
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(European Association of Urology) The 4th North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) will open tomorrow in Riga, Latvia, with prostate, bladder and renal cancers topping the scientific agenda during the two-day meeting.
Read more »People learn new information more effectively when brain activity is consistent, research shows
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(University of Texas at Austin) People are more likely to remember specific information such as faces or words if the pattern of activity in their brain is similar each time they study that information, according to new research from a University of Texas at Austin psychologist and his colleagues.
Read more »Improvement in prediction of blood clots in cancer patients
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(American Society of Hematology) For cancer patients, who have an increased risk of developing venous thromboembolism due to a hyperactive blood coagulation system, there is now an enhanced risk model to predict their chance of developing blood clots, according to a recent study published today in Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.
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