Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2010 11:48 - 0 Comments

Mosquitoes sniff out prey with multi-sensors

VANDERBILT (US)—To track human prey, malaria mosquitoes use several different kinds of odor sensors, according to a new study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 19, 2010 14:56 - 1 Comment

Antidepressant has ‘magic’ properties

YALE (US)—Researchers have discovered how a novel antidepressant can take effect in hours, rather than the weeks or months usually required for most drugs currently on the market. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 18, 2010 17:14 - 1 Comment

Chinese herbs ease chemo side effects

YALE (US)—A combination of Chinese herbs in use for more than 1,800 years reduced the gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy in mice, while actually enhancing the effects of the cancer treatment, researchers report. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jul 15, 2010 9:44 - 1 Comment

Signature identifies severe pancreatic cancer

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US)—Identifying patients who have a more aggressive form of pancreatic cancer could allow better treatment decisions and predict survival prognosis, a new study finds. </p

Health & Medicine - Jun 25, 2010 16:42 - 1 Comment

Can emotion help a heart beat stronger?

U. ROCHESTER (US)—Emotions such as fear and rage are often accompanied by a strong heartbeat. New research suggests that those natural responses may also be used to combat heart failure. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 25, 2010 11:51 - 1 Comment

Painkillers 2.0: Relief without side effects

U. LEEDS (UK)—An international group of scientists has discovered how two proteins play a key role in inflammation and in how we experience pain, paving the way for a new generation of painkillers. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Mar 3, 2010 12:26 - 0 Comments

Known drugs may help veterans with PTSD

U. TEXAS (US)—Drugs that have shown success in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s diseases may also be useful in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 10, 2010 10:51 - 2 Comments

Drug shows promise for Huntington’s disease

U. ROCHESTER (US)—An experimental drug in early stage clinical trial appears to be safe and may improve cognition in people with Huntington’s disease. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 4, 2010 12:21 - 0 Comments

Study clears way for better flu-blocking drugs

IOWA STATE (US)—A study detailing how antiviral drugs block influenza A viruses should pave the way for development of new drugs to fight a range of flu viruses, including pandemic H1N1, says lead researcher Mei Hong. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 30, 2009 12:46 - 2 Comments

Adding pharmacists into the care formula

U. BUFFALO (US)—When pharmacists directly participate in diabetic care, patient outcomes improve and treatment costs are reduced, according to a new study. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Dec 14, 2009 14:43 - 8 Comments

Just your garden-variety poisonous catfish

U. MICHIGAN (US)—Venomous catfish are far more common than previously thought, a new study finds. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 11:37 - 0 Comments

To sniff out muscle repair, follow the nose

EMORY (US)—When muscle cells need repair, it turns out they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process. And if it weren’t for a team of—ahem—nosy researchers, it’s a connection that could have continued to go unnoticed. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2009 11:08 - 3 Comments

Getting the bugs out of giving meds

ILLINOIS (US)—Software design principles and debugging methods are helping researchers identify a way to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to errors in how drugs are administered to hospital patients. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2009 14:00 - 29 Comments

‘Female Viagra’ targets brain to boost sex drive

UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—A drug originally designed to fight depression has shown to increase sex drive in women with low libido. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2009 3:06 - 5 Comments

Smoking takes a backseat to mental health

NORTHWESTERN (US)–People with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country, but doctors are not recommending they quit, according to a recent study. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2009 18:32 - 2 Comments

Gene bends rules of brain development

UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—A critical gene has been identified in determining if the brain will develop normally. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Aug 20, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments

Light’s a total turnoff for protein

A photoactivatable protein enables control of cell movement in living cells. Activation of Rac in the red circle (left) led to localized cell protrusion and translocation of the kinase PAK to the cell edge (right hand image, Pak in red). (Credit: Yi Wu)

Health & Medicine - Aug 18, 2009 10:26 - 0 Comments

Potent target for stopping colon cancer

“If we can use an inhibitor to block ERBB3, then it should be a very potent anti-cancer therapeutic,” says the study’s lead author David Threadgill.

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