Daily Low-dose Aspirin Could Avoid Ovarian Cancer
Scientists suggested one low-dose aspirin a day could help women avoid ovarian cancer or boost their survival should it develop, according to two new studies
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Neurons Can Carry Multiple Signals At A Time
Back in the early days of telecommunications, engineers devised a clever way to send multiple telephone calls through a single wire at the same time. Called time-division multiplexing, this technique rapidly switches between sending pieces of each message. New research from Duke University shows that neurons in the brain may be capable of a similar strategy
Prescribing Rates Of Osteoporosis Continue Downwards Trajectory
Prescribing rates for osteoporosis medications continue to spiral downwards to the point where only a fraction of patients with clear evidence of osteoporosis receives the drugs, new data show.
Researchers Joined To Fight Common Viral Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Stanford researchers have joined forces to learn how immune cells in some kidney transplant patients fight a common virus. The work could lead to a test to predict who is at risk, and possibly develop new treatments
SPECT/CT Imaging of Chemotherapy-induced Tumor Apoptosis
Non-invasive imaging of apoptosis in tumors induced by chemotherapy is of great value in the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy. In this study, we report the synthesis, characterization, and utilization of radionuclide technetium-99m (99mTc)-labeled dendrimer-entrapped gold nanoparticles (Au DENPs) for targeted SPECT/CT imaging of chemotherapy-induced tumor apoptosis
Few Young Women With PID Screened for HIV or Syphilis
Although women who have pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) are at heightened risk for also being infected with syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), few adolescent females diagnosed with PID in the nation's pediatric emergency departments (ED) undergo laboratory tests for HIV or syphilis, according to a retrospective cohort study published online July 24, 2018, in Pediatrics
Empagliflozin Doesn't Rise Bone Fractures Risk
Empagliflozin does not increase the risk of bone fracture in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published online June 15 in Diabetes Care
Single-cell RNA Sequencing Technology And New Retinal Ganglion Cell Subtypes
Single-cell sequencing technologies are filling in fine details in the catalog of life. Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center (UConn Health) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) have identified 40 subtypes of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) along with the genetic markers and transcription factors that differentiate them
Study Finds Safety Drugs To Use During Pregnancy
Expectant mothers often face a dilemma about whether to take medication when they fall ill due to fears it might harm their unborn baby, but new research is unraveling which drugs are safe to take during pregnancy
Careful Patient Selection Gives Best Results for Vaginal Mesh Surgery
The high number of reported complications from transvaginal repairs for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) using vaginal mesh have led to a significant decline in its use, despite its initial promise
Scientists Finds 56 Suspect Chemicals in Average Pregnant Woman
Each year, tens of thousands of chemicals are manufactured in or imported into the United States—more than 30,000 pounds of industrial chemicals for every American—yet experts know very little about which chemicals may enter people's bodies, or how these substances affect human health
Heritable Genome Editing Could Become 'Morally Permissible'
An independent inquiry led by Nuffield Council on Bioethics, involving UCL, has concluded that editing the DNA of a human embryo, sperm, or egg to influence the characteristics of a future person could be "morally permissible"