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New treatment to reverse drug resistance in some cancers

28.06.2018 Health Problems

University of Queensland researchers have discovered how to reverse drug resistance in skin and mouth squamous cell carcinomas. UQ Diamantina Institute Associate Professor Nicholas Saunders said squamous cell carcinomas was curable when diagnosed early but difficult to eradicate once the cancer spread. “This cancer of the skin and mouth kills approximately 1,400 Australians each year,” Dr. Saunders said. “The drugs […]

Why some people resist authority

15.05.2018 Health Problems

Control aversion—the urge to rebel against control over one’s decisions—can be explained by connectivity between two regions of the brain as well as behavioral measures of distrust and lack of understanding, according to a study of university students published in JNeurosci. Individual differences in control aversion are well-documented and can interfere with important decisions, such as whether or not to […]

Study shows why bosses cut some employees slack for unethical behavior

02.05.2018 Health Problems

Imagine—or perhaps you don’t have to—that you’re at work and feeling very tired. You’re nearing the deadline on an important project, and you’ve stayed late at the office every day for weeks. Perhaps because you’re feeling so fatigued, when you submit an expense report for a recent lunch, you may round up just a smidge. Now imagine you are the […]

Drug reduces size of some lung cancer tumors, relapse rate after surgery

16.04.2018 Health Problems

A drug given to early stage lung cancer patients before they undergo surgery showed major tumor responses in the removed tumor and an increase in anti-tumor T-cells that remained after the tumor was removed, which resulted in fewer relapse cases in the patients. The research teams at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel […]

New technique makes heart valve replacement safer for some high-risk patients

03.04.2018 Health Problems

Scientists have developed a novel technique that prevents coronary artery obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a rare but often fatal complication. The method, called Bioprosthetic Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery obstruction (BASILICA), will increase treatment options for high-risk patients who need heart valve procedures. The findings by researchers at the National Institutes of Health […]

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