Doctors may one day be able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of severe dementia, and monitor a patient’s response to treatment by doing a simple blood test. This is made possible using the APEX (Amplified Plasmonic EXosome) system invented by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS). Designed to pick […]
Successful support for parents of anorexia patients
In a pilot projected at the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of MedUni Wien and AKH Wien, parents of anorexia patients were familiarised with the illness in the form of workshops and an online intervention and introduced to skills for the interaction with their children in order to promote healing. The scientific evaluation […]
Study: More aggressive treatments needed to improve 5-year survival rate for glioblastoma
Despite improvements in median and short-term survival rates for patients with glioblastoma, the most common brain tumor in adults, the percentage of patients achieving five-year survival remains low, according to new Mayo Clinic research. A study to be published next month in Mayo Clinic Proceedings finds that little has changed in terms of five-year survival—only […]
3-D technology might improve body appreciation for young women
3-D technology has transformed movies and medical imaging, and now it might be able to help young women better appreciate their bodies. Virginia Ramseyer Winter, assistant professor in the School of Social Work and director of the MU Center for Body Image Research and Policy, is a nationally recognized body image expert. In a new […]
Sleep training for your kids: Why and how it works
For thousands of years, mothers have sung lullabies to help their babies and children fall asleep. In more recent times, gadgets and devices have been invented and marketed to help the tired child—and weary parent. One of these devices has been linked in recent years to the tragic deaths of 32 babies. Fisher Price recently […]
No longer do you have to feel left out or uncool for being sober
We all know what sobriety used to be: sober, in all meanings of the word. It was a soda with lime instead of Bordeaux; a trip to the gym Friday evenings while everyone else hit happy hour. For those with a serious alcohol problem, it was a worthy decision, maybe even a lifesaving one. It […]
A new tool that makes it possible to adapt treatment for patients with cardiogenic shock
A joint research effort by the Hospital and the Instituto de Investigación Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP) is characterizing and studying a new cohort of cardiogenic shock patients to predict the risk of this heart attack-derived complication which, while infrequent, sometimes presents a fatal outcome. It is the first molecular study for risk prediction described […]
First randomised trial finds no substantial difference in risk of acquiring HIV for 3 different forms of contraception
Previous research has suggested that some contraceptive methods may increase women’s susceptibility to HIV. However, all three forms of contraception trialled were safe and highly effective, supporting their continued and increased access alongside high quality HIV prevention services. A randomised trial of more than 7,800 African women found that a type of contraceptive injection (intramuscular […]
Contaminated food for millions of diseases
In the European Region, 44 people are diagnosed per Minute of contaminated food, for of 4,700 people a year, the disease is fatal. The world health organization (WHO) reports. Experts believe that this is just the tip of the iceberg and the actual number of cases is much higher. Diarrhoea pathogens to be the cause […]
A New Start for Starfish
happy-tail_starfish_061219_main.png Just as some starfish can regrow lost parts of their bodies over time, a two-year-old, once-neglected cat named Starfish has also found a way to start anew. On June 17, 2018, the ASPCA assisted the New York Police Department (NYPD) with the removal of 48 animals from a residence in the Bronx. Among the […]