What has become ubiquitous with age – gray hair – may soon become a thing of the past. Forget about trips to the hair salon, or buying box dye to cover up those roots, now a team of European researchers say. Original post on natureworldnews.com Comments on reddit.com
The seventh child to receive an experimental leukemia therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia got good news last week: It worked. Original post on philly.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s city attorney said on Monday he has opened an investigation into recent newspaper reports that a Nevada mental hospital was illegally busing hundreds of newly discharged psychiatric patients to California and other states. In a letter to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, City Attorney Dennis Herrera cited a Sacramento Bee investigative series documenting what it described as rampant Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Early trials suggest a host of allergies and autoimmune ailments could be treated by ingesting worm-like parasites. But will it ever reach the clinic? Original post on bbc.com Comments on reddit.com
(Phys.org) —Exposing packaged liquids, fruits and vegetables to an electrical field for just minutes might eliminate all traces of foodborne pathogens on those foods, according to a Purdue University study. Original post on phys.org Comments on reddit.com
Rockefeller University researchers may have found a new way to kill bacteria and prevent antibiotic resistance. Original post on healthline.com Comments on reddit.com
Technique to make tissue transparent offers three-dimensional view of neural networks. Original post on nature.com Comments on reddit.com
Dogs and other animals are receiving stem cell therapy in which stem cells are taken from fat. Original post on abcnews.go.com Comments on reddit.com
Tweaking immune cells so they recognise a molecule found only on cancer cells can make a usually fatal form of leukaemia vanish Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
A small group of adults given rapid drug treatment after HIV infection no longer need drugs to keep the virus in check Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
(Reuters) – When the local doctor who had been treating Vicky Hilborn told her that her rare cancer had spread throughout her body, including her brain, she and her husband refused to accept a death sentence. Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
Former U.S. Navy Corpsman Jeremy Usher came home in 2003 from Iraq and Afghanistan to sleepless nights and panic attacks, with vivid flashbacks of combat, horrifying nightmares, anxiety and Original post on tribune.com Comments on reddit.com
Diabetic beagles haven’t needed an insulin injection for four years following treatment with two genes that work together to regulate glucose Original post on newscientist.com Comments on reddit.com
Two Indiana University researchers have developed a computer model they say can identify significantly better and less-expensive treatments than can doctors acting alone. It’s just the latest evidence that big data will have a profound impact on our health care system. Original post on gigaom.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers at the University of Michigan’s Life Sciences Institute have found that amlexanox, an off-patent drug currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and other uses, also reverses obesity Original post on umich.edu Comments on reddit.com
Stroke, traumatic injury, and metabolic disorder are major causes of brain damage and permanent disabilities, including motor dysfunction, psychological disorders, memory loss, and more. Original post on psypost.org Comments on reddit.com
Mammals have two types of fat tissue: Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT or Original post on scilogs.com Comments on reddit.com
Parkinson’s experts have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon— many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain are developing new creative talents, including painting, sculpting, writing and more. Original post on laboratoryequipment.com Comments on reddit.com
It’s a staggering modern-day irony that the most common complication for hospital patients is acquiring an infection during their visit, affecting 1 in 20 patients in the US. It’s a problem estimated to cause millions of infections with 100,000 or so leading to death per year and a whopping $45 billion annually in hospital costs. If this isn’t bad enough, the tragedies from deadly superbugs within healthcare facilities are on the rise and will likely continue as the last lines of antibiotics fail without any new drugs moving fast enough up the pipeline to help. Original post on singularityhub.com Comments on reddit.com
Researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen and B-WARE Research Centre have discovered new methane-consuming bacteria in the soil beneath the Brunssummerheide peatland reserve in Limburg, the Netherlands. Although the bacteria may be the result of environmental pollution, they are now consuming the harmful greenhouse gas. Applied and Environmental Microbiology has published the results in its December issue (link http://aem.asm.org/content/78/24/8657.short). Original post on ru.nl Comments on reddit.com
Illegal drug commonly known as ecstasy reduces PTSD symptoms, doesn’t harm memory and concentration, or induce drug abuse, researchers find Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine. Original post on harvardmagazine.com Comments on reddit.com
Frank J. Morrocco was released from federal prison last December, after serving 20 years behind bars for a drug conspiracy conviction. But last month, Morrocco wanted to go back. He shoplifted from a local grocery store with the intention of getting arrested and getting sent to jail for a second time. Why was Morrocco so [...] Original post on thinkprogress.org Comments on reddit.com
Data-driven healthcare won’t replace physicians entirely, but it will help those receptive to technology perform their jobs better. By Vinod Khosla FORTUNE — Healthcare today is often really the “practice of medicine” rather than the “science of medicine.” Take fever Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – A pre-trial hearing for U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of masterminding a massive leak of classified material to the WikiLeaks website, focused on Saturday on a 2011 incident when he broke down and cried in a military brig. The hearing is to determine whether Manning should face a court-martial on suspicion of leaking thousands of classified documents, including military reports and diplomatic cables…. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Scientists in Cambridge have reversed paralysis in dogs after injecting them with cells grown from the lining of their nose. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
