Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Targeted Losartan Delivery Reduces Liver Inflammation in Rats

A recent study found that rats with advanced fibrosis that were administered a short-term dose of losartan-M6PHSA had reduced liver inflammation and fibrosis….

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Non-Radiologists Increasingly Lease PET Scanners

“One of the well-known factors contributing to rising imaging costs is self-referral among non-radiologist physicians which has been shown to result in…

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How Image Embedding in Radiology Reports Enhances Patient Care

“The imaging exam report provides an important means of communication between the radiologist and the other physicians rendering care and is often the only…

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New Drug Aprepitant Cuts Nausea for Bone Marrow Patients

But a Loyola University Health System study has found the drug aprepitant can dramatically reduce both nausea and vomiting when combined with other anti-nausea…

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Frequent Napping Linked to Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Seniors

Results show that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 36 percent higher (adjusted odds ratio = 1.36) in participants who reported napping four to six times a…

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Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Childhood Muscle Disorder

This muscle-wasting disease results when a child’s motor neurons – nerve cells that send signals from the spinal cord to muscles – produce insufficient amounts…

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African-Americans Face Highest Stroke Rates, Study Reveals

The findings are from UAB's Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study, one of the largest ongoing health studies that includes…

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Patient Age Influences Stroke-Prevention Procedure Choices

In findings reported Feb. 26 at the International Stroke Conference in San Antonio, Texas, the researchers say physicians now have better information when…

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Hypnosis Eases Pain for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer

The randomized trial measured pain and suffering, frequency of pain and degree of constant pain among 124 women with metastatic breast cancer, according to…

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Boosting Neurogenesis: A Path to Prevent Drug Addiction

Their hypothesis – that increasing the normally occurring process of making nerve cells might prevent addiction – is based on a rodent study demonstrating that…

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New Biomarkers for Early Liver Cancer Detection Needed

Widely used biomarkers are not optimal in early detection of liver cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, according to a new…

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How do postgraduate students process information and learn?

Information Processing Strategies and Styles in Instructional Design: a Grounded Theory ApproachSohaimi Zakaria of UiTM studied the understanding of…

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New Study Reveals Innovative Approach to HLH Disease Research

The human disease, known as Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH, is a rare inflammatory disease that kills between 50 percent and 90 percent of its…

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Understanding Schizophrenia: Key Findings from New Studies

In reports of two new studies, researchers led by Johns Hopkins say they have identified the mechanisms rooted in two anatomical brain abnormalities that may…

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Video Games Aid Depression Relief in Older Adults

The study, led by Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Distinguished Professor of psychiatry and neurosciences at UCSD School of Medicine, Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in…

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Revamping Beluga Sturgeon Management: Study Reveals Urgent Need

A first-of-its-kind study of a Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon (Huso huso) fishery demonstrates current harvest rates are four to five times higher than those that…

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