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Researchers cure drug-resistant infections without antibiotics

18.10.2018 Health Problems

Biochemists, microbiologists, drug discovery experts and infectious disease doctors have teamed up in a new study that shows antibiotics are not always necessary to cure sepsis in mice. Instead of killing causative bacteria with antibiotics, researchers treated infected mice with molecules that block toxin formation in bacteria. Every treated mouse survived. The breakthrough study, published in Scientific Reports, suggests infections […]

New imaging tool captures how sound moves through the chinchilla ear

17.10.2018 Health Problems

Researchers have developed a new device that can be used to visualize how sound-induced vibrations travel through the ear. The technology is providing new insight into how the ear receives and processes sound waves and, with additional development, might one day be used by physicians to diagnose diseases that affect hearing. The new imaging tool is based on optical coherence […]

More women need to be screened for cervical cancer

17.10.2018 Health Problems

Up to 30 per cent of Canadian women are not being regularly screened for cervical cancer, and the lapse is resulting in unnecessary cases of cervical cancer every year, say University of Alberta obstetrics and gynecology residents. “Every year, 1,500 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 400 will die,” said Lindsay Drummond, a second year OB/GYN resident in the […]

As US suicides rates rise, Latinos show relative immunity

17.10.2018 Health Problems

The young man held the medication in his hand—and considered using it to end his life. But then he “put it down and said, ‘No. I need help,’” before heading to a Laredo, Texas, emergency room, said Kimberly Gallegos, who at the time earlier this year was a mobile crisis worker for a local mental health center. Gallegos was helping […]

Top athletes weigh in on perceived effectiveness of anti-doping measures

16.10.2018 Health Problems

When trying to determine how best to deter doping in competitive sports, who better to ask than the athletes themselves? A first-of-its-kind study in Frontiers in Psychology did precisely that by asking top level German cyclists and field athletes to rate which anti-doping methods they perceived as the most effective. The athletes identified improved detection and diagnostics, increased bans for […]

Us vs. them: Understanding the neurobiology of stereotypes

16.10.2018 Health Problems

Recent studies into how human beings think about members of other social groups reveal that biases sometimes operate beyond our conscious control. Called implicit bias, the tendency to be suspicious of people we perceive as strangers or “not like us” probably evolved early in our ancestry, when small groups of humans competed against each other for precious resources like food […]

High variability in metabolic measures may up mortality

16.10.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—High variability in metabolic parameters is associated with increased risk for mortality and cardiovascular events, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in Circulation. Mee Kyoung Kim, M.D., Ph.D., from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, and colleagues used nationally representative data from the Korean National Health Insurance System for 6,748,773 people who were free of diabetes mellitus, […]

Alcohol-related liver disease patients need more care, study finds

15.10.2018 Health Problems

Two in three ALD patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) survived for less than a year afterwards, the study shows. The findings highlight the need for increased support for ALD patients after they leave hospital, researchers suggest. The number of intensive care admissions for ALD are increasing in the UK but, until now, little was known about the […]

Five cancers women must be vigilant about

15.10.2018 Health Problems

We asked some of Roswell Park’s doctors who specialize in cancers that affect women to share some tips for preventing or treating cancer. Here’s what they offered. Breast Cancer Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. Most women who are diagnosed with breast cancer do not actually have a family history of breast cancer. “Since 1990, the […]

Hormone therapy not beneficial in subclinical hypothyroidism

15.10.2018 Health Problems

(HealthDay)—Thyroid hormone therapy is not associated with improvements in general quality of life or thyroid-related symptoms in non-pregnant adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, according to a review published in the Oct. 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Martin Feller, M.D., from the University of Bern in Switzerland, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to identify randomized […]

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