http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Michigan's Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies has achieved another of its primary goals: reprogramming adult skin cells so they behave like embryonic stem cells. http://phys.org/news230877993.html Biology Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:47:01 EST news230877993 In an effort to improve treatment and one day find a cure for pancreatic cancer, the TGen Foundation today joined with key donors and community leaders to announce the creation of globalCure. http://phys.org/news218985928.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:25:58 EST news218985928 Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are testing a unique gene therapy product called CERE-120 to evaluate if its use can improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Rush is one of 11 sites in the U.S. and the only site in Illinois enrolling patients into the new, double-blinded trial. http://phys.org/news218810890.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:48:30 EST news218810890 An inexpensive and rapid testing method can effectively identify a sub-group of never-smoking lung cancer patients whose tumors express a molecule associated with increased risk of disease progression or recurrence, US researchers have found. http://phys.org/news217828859.html Medicine & Health Fri, 25 Feb 2011 04:01:24 EST news217828859 (PhysOrg.com) -- A non-invasive brain imaging technique gives new hope to patients with Parkinson's disease in finding new and better treatment plans and tracking the disease progression, a new University of Michigan study shows. http://phys.org/news217756704.html Medicine & Health Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:20:02 EST news217756704 Women seem to experience more health-related quality of life issues than men for up to 10 years following a diagnosis of the skin cancer melanoma, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://phys.org/news217528257.html Medicine & Health Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:31:07 EST news217528257 A scientist from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has devised a new method of analyzing and quantifying changes in proteins that result from a common chemical process. The new findings could provide new insights into the effects of a highly destructive form of stress on proteins in various disease models, particularly cancer. http://phys.org/news213530926.html Chemistry Thu, 06 Jan 2011 10:09:13 EST news213530926 (PhysOrg.com) -- A range of new clinical, functional, and neuroimaging tests developed by researchers at UCL make it possible to track the progression of Huntington’s disease long before noticeable symptoms appear. http://phys.org/news210603762.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:03:22 EST news210603762 Giving emergency artesunate suppositories to children with suspected severe malaria before referring them for treatment is a cost-effective intervention that can substantially improve the management of childhood malaria in remote African settings, according to a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health [BUSPH] researcher Yesim Tozan, PhD. http://phys.org/news210310825.html Medicine & Health Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:50:01 EST news210310825 The National Institutes of Health has expanded a genetic and clinical research database to give researchers access to the first digital study images. The National Eye Institute (NEI), in collaboration with the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), has made available more than 72,000 lens photographs and fundus photographs of the back of the eye, collected from the participants of the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS). http://phys.org/news209738420.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:40:32 EST news209738420 Studies have shown higher survival rates for people with head and neck cancers that test positive for HPV when they are treated with systemic chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Now a new study suggests outcomes are also better when radiation therapy is combined with cetuximab, a targeted therapy. The data will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, October 31st through November 4th in San Diego. http://phys.org/news207235568.html Medicine & Health Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:40:01 EST news207235568 Contrary to what many oncologists believe, patients with metastatic breast cancer live longer on average if their chemotherapy is continued after their cancer is brought under control, a new meta-analysis shows. http://phys.org/news206099741.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:30:01 EST news206099741 Italian researchers report that liver transplant candidates who have a strong religious connection have better post-transplant survival. This study also finds that religiosity—regardless of cause of death—prolongs the life span of individuals who underwent liver transplantation. Full findings are now available online and in the October issue of Liver Transplantation. a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD). http://phys.org/news205058211.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:50:01 EST news205058211 Delays of 12 hours or more before surgery do not appear to adversely affect 30-day outcomes among patients undergoing appendectomies for acute appendicitis, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery. http://phys.org/news204221555.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:30:06 EST news204221555 Processed and fast foods enriched with phosphorus additives may play a role in health disparities in chronic kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Previously, genetics was considered the leading reason blacks are four times more likely to progress to end stage renal disease than whites and have much higher rates of cardiovascular disease and mortality in early chronic kidney disease (CKD). http://phys.org/news203879523.html Medicine & Health Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:12:14 EST news203879523 Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) is a common genetic disease that results in chronic kidney failure. http://phys.org/news203599903.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:20:03 EST news203599903 An intervention that targeted modifiable stressors in the home of patients with dementia resulted in better outcomes for the patients and their caregivers at 4 months, but not at 9 months, although the caregivers perceived greater benefits, according to a study in the September 1 issue of JAMA. http://phys.org/news202453642.html Medicine & Health Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:07 EST news202453642 An Editorial in this week's Lancet discusses the poor record of drug trials in Alzheimer's disease, following the dumping of semagacestat on the phase 3 scrapheap of other failed disease-modifying drugs for the condition. http://phys.org/news202049347.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:30:01 EST news202049347 Although the standard practice of treating patients with advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma using radiation and chemotherapy may reduce cancer deaths compared to patients treated with radiation alone, non-cancer related deaths and toxicity problems have been shown to increase, according to a recent study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://phys.org/news198403366.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:03 EST news198403366 New research has identified the memory and brain scan tests that appear to predict best whether a person with cognitive problems might develop Alzheimer's disease. The research is published in the June 30, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://phys.org/news197121198.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:00:04 EST news197121198 A new study led by University of Leicester researchers at Glenfield Hospital suggests that CT scans may be the way forward for monitoring progression of severe asthma as well as checking how it is responding to treatment. http://phys.org/news195732027.html Medicine & Health Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:10:01 EST news195732027 A blood vessel-blocking drug called tasquinimod slowed the rate of disease progression in a clinical trial of 200 prostate cancer patients, according to experts at Johns Hopkins, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Duke University. http://phys.org/news195237569.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:00:16 EST news195237569 After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80 percent of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical nerve that runs along the prostate. http://phys.org/news195224318.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:58:53 EST news195224318 (PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Illinois at Chicago is taking part in an international, multi-center study for patients newly diagnosed with the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, or GBM. http://phys.org/news194876151.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:16:19 EST news194876151 (PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors around the world will soon have a powerful new tool at their disposal in the fight against HIV and other infectious diseases: a virtual laboratory that will help them match drugs to patients and make treatments more effective. http://phys.org/news194870770.html Medicine & Health Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:46:27 EST news194870770 Ohio scientists hope to counter the re-emerging threat of tuberculosis (TB) with help from proteins from our bodies. In a research report published in the June 2010 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, scientists show how the protein CCL5 plays a protective role in helping the body ward off this contagious, airborne disease in the early stages of infection. CCL5 is a member of a large family of proteins responsible for immune cell migration toward infection sites. The work on this molecule suggests that CCL5 and/or related proteins may lead to new therapies that help the immune system resist TB. http://phys.org/news194615113.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:20:01 EST news194615113 In the study, seven of eight subjects experienced a decrease in viral load set point and one subject experienced prolonged, complete control of HIV viremia for more than 14 weeks in the absence of HAART. The study looked at Lexgenleucel-T infusions in HIV-1 infected individuals prior to being taken off their antiretroviral treatment regimens as part of the study design's scheduled treatment interruption. http://phys.org/news185778531.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:16:34 EST news185778531 High antiretroviral therapy adherence, which has been shown to be a major predictor of HIV disease progression and survival, is now associated with lower health care costs, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers examined the effect of antiretroviral therapy adherence on direct health care costs and found that antiretroviral therapy improves health outcomes for people infected with HIV, saving a net overall median monthly health care cost of $85 per patient. The results are featured in the January 5, 2009, issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://phys.org/news182000891.html Medicine & Health Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:48:53 EST news182000891 Can treatments that reduce risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD) also help combat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that affects millions of Americans? CVD and AMD share some risk factors-such as smoking, high blood pressure, and inflammation-and a recent study found that people who have early-stage AMD are more likely to develop heart disease. This month's Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, reports on how two heart disease treatments, low-dose aspirin and statin medications, may impact AMD risk and disease progression. http://phys.org/news178892149.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:06 EST news178892149 A team of scientists from The Forsyth Institute, the University of Connecticut Health Center, the CDC and the Wadsworth Center, have used state-of-the-art technology to elucidate the molecular architecture of Treponema pallidum, the bacterium which causes syphilis. The previously unknown detailed structure of the bacteria can now be shown in three dimensions. This provides the first real image of the pathogen and reveals previously unknown features, which may help fight the spread of syphilis. http://phys.org/news178810220.html Biology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:30:02 EST news178810220