https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Georgia Health Sciences University Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-indian-key-role-death-cancer.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:41:39 EST news280057274 Researchers at Georgia Regents University Cancer Center are investigating a new avenue of treatment to help boost poor pancreatic cancer survival rates. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-clinical-trial-pancreatic-cancer-survival.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:50:02 EST news279890541 Scientists have found an early step in how the brain's inhibitory cells get excited. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-scientists-inhibitory-brain-cells.html Neuroscience Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:16:39 EST news278774191 Researchers want to know whether a sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with insomnia. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-explores-pills-insomniac-suicidal-thoughts.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:38 EST news278072191 As we age, it just may be the ability to filter and eliminate old information – rather than take in the new stuff - that makes it harder to learn, scientists report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-useless-important-memories.html Neuroscience Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:05:28 EST news276959106 A virtual patient named Denise may help future physicians feel more comfortable and capable assessing suicide risk. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-virtual-patient-future-doctors-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:36:22 EST news276518174 Telestroke networks that enable the remote and rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke can improve the bottom line of patients and hospitals, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-telestroke-networks-cost-effective-hospitals-good.html Cardiology Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:58 EST news274964445 Two enzymes that are elevated in prediabetes could hold clues to helping the 79 million Americans with the condition avoid serious vascular complications and maybe even identify those most at risk for full-blown diabetes, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-enzymes-therapies-prediabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:41:57 EST news274621310 Increased levels of the hormone aldosterone in young black males correlate with an unhealthy chain of events that starts with retaining too much salt and results in an enlarged heart muscle, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-high-hormone-young-black-males.html Medical research Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:00:01 EST news274106128 Select patients with advanced prostate cancer may benefit from a Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center clinical trial that looks to improve survival rates of the FDA-approved prostate cancer drug Provenge. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clinical-trial-advanced-prostate-cancer.html Oncology & Cancer Mon, 03 Dec 2012 12:43:35 EST news273761006 The first evidence of blood vessel dysfunction has been found in a small cohort of generally healthy young people with cystic fibrosis, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-impaired-blood-vessel-function-cystic.html Medical research Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:17:17 EST news273158221 A simple, accurate testing protocol to determine driving fitness in individuals with multiple sclerosis is the aim of a three-year study at Georgia Health Sciences University. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ghsu-capability-ms-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:45:19 EST news272630709 Two proteins are in a tug of war that determines how much the body makes of superoxide, a highly reactive and potentially destructive product of oxygen that's dramatically elevated in cardiovascular disease, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-protein-war-therapies-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:26:09 EST news272204746 The precision and three-dimensional view provided by robots can enable essentially scar-free surgery for some women needing hysterectomies, physicians report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-robots-enable-scar-free-hysterectomies-women.html Surgery Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:43:22 EST news271942988 A 30-minute brain injury education program taught in the hospital may increase children's use of bicycle helmets, Georgia Health Sciences University researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-inpatient-brain-injury-bike-helmet.html Health Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:16:24 EST news271602976 Excessive turnover of cells in the placenta may trigger an unnatural increase in blood pressure that puts mother and baby at risk, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-preeclampsia.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:19:58 EST news271430391 Two proteins have a unique bond that enables brain receptors essential to learning and memory to not only get and stay where they're needed, but to be hauled off when they aren't, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-unique-protein-bond-enables-memory.html Medical research Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:46:30 EDT news270837961 While powerful magnetic stimulation of the frontal lobe of the brain can alleviate symptoms of depression, those receiving the treatment did not report effects on sleep or arousal commonly seen with antidepressant medications, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-magnetic-brain-depression-independent-effect.html Neuroscience Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:30:01 EDT news270469517 A simulated clinical experience guiding future pediatricians through interactions with breastfeeding moms appears to put the doctors at ease with the sensitive and important health topic, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mock-clinical-exams-boost-pediatric.html Health Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:06:57 EDT news270122811 Daily sessions of whole-body vibration may combat prediabetes in adolescents, dramatically reducing inflammation, average blood glucose levels and symptoms such as frequent urination, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-daily-vibration-combat-prediabetes-youth.html Diabetes Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:47:02 EDT news269873213 A common birth control device is effective in treating early-stage endometrial cancer in morbidly obese and high-risk surgery patients, said Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center researchers, and could lead to a cost-effective treatment for all women with this cancer type. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-common-birth-device-cost-effective-treatment.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:43:37 EDT news269620963 Georgia Health Sciences University researchers have developed a mouse that errs on the side of making bone rather than fat, which could eventually lead to better drugs to treat inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-protein-key-drugs-bone-growth.html Medical research Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:33:53 EDT news269519607 Nearly one third of the 40 million Americans with constipation unknowingly work against themselves, squeezing when they should be pushing, and living painfully uncomfortable lives, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-optimal-therapy-sought-patients-defecate.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:58:01 EDT news268999068 While it's leveling off, a decade of increased use of sophisticated, expensive, imaging studies has put radiologists and their specialty front and center in health care reform, says the chair of an academic radiology department. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-radiology-front-center-health-reform.html Other Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:56:24 EDT news268311377 Obesity is a major contributor to heart disease that substantially hinders the disease's proper diagnosis and treatment, says a cardiologist researching the impact of obesity and weight loss on the heart. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-obesity-major-contributor-heart-disease.html Overweight & Obesity Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:02:08 EDT news267184920 Twenty minutes of daily, vigorous physical activity over just three months can reduce a child's risk of diabetes as well as his total body fat - including dangerous, deep abdominal fat – but 40 minutes works even better, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-longer-added-benefit-children-health.html Health Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:58:26 EDT news267184699 A 10-week program that fits easily into the high school curriculum could give students a lifetime of less anger and lower blood pressure, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-lifeskills-teens-anger-blood-pressure.html Health Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:44:22 EDT news266514255 When stressed, about 30 percent of blacks hold onto too much sodium, the equivalent of eating a small order of fast food French fries or a small bag of potato chips, researchers say. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-stress-prompts-retain-salt-fries.html Cardiology Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:44:34 EDT news266240663 Successive, vigorous bouts of leg compressions following a stroke appear to trigger natural protective mechanisms that reduce damage, researchers report. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-leg-compressions-recovery.html Cardiology Mon, 27 Aug 2012 09:51:44 EDT news265279898 Researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center have identified a gene that disrupts the inflammatory process implicated in liver cancer. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-inflammation-cancers.html Oncology & Cancer Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:06:58 EDT news264870392