الاثنين، 1 يونيو 2015

ScienceDaily: Top News

ScienceDaily: Top News


Research solves mystery of memory and mood

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:11 PM PDT

Researchers have identified two types of stem cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain crucial for learning and memory.

Preoperative statins reduce mortality in coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:11 PM PDT

New research is exploring the protective effect of various heart medications that patients are taking before undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and concludes that statins reduce the risk of death by two thirds, or 67 percent, while no consistent effects were seen for other medications.

American surgery patients: More pain medication, yet more pain

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:11 PM PDT

New research shows that American patients undergoing orthopedic surgery receive more treatments for pain and that their experience of pain differs in some aspects to orthopedic patients internationally.

No reason for laughing gas to be withdrawn from operating theaters

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:11 PM PDT

A new article concludes that there is 'no clinically relevant evidence for the withdrawal of nitrous oxide.'

Discovery could improve radiotherapy for wide range of cancers

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:10 PM PDT

Scientists have discovered how giving a class of drugs called AKT inhibitors in combination with radiotherapy might boost its effectiveness across a wide range of cancers, according to a new study.

High cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict

Posted: 31 May 2015 06:10 PM PDT

Researchers have calculated that £288 million is the cost of lifetime care for amputee veterans from the Afghanistan conflict.

75 per cent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions covered by national targets

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:11 PM PDT

Three-quarters of the world's annual emissions of greenhouse gases are now limited by national targets, according to a new study.

Immunotherapy drug improves survival for common form of lung cancer

Posted: 31 May 2015 03:11 PM PDT

In a head-to-head clinical trial comparing standard chemotherapy with the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, researchers found that people with squamous-non-small cell lung cancer who received nivolumab lived, on average, 3.2 months longer than those receiving chemotherapy. Squamous non-small cell lung cancer accounts for 25 to 30 percent of all lung malignancies.

Contact lens wearers: Eyes may get more infections because their 'microbiomes' have changed

Posted: 31 May 2015 11:10 AM PDT

Using high-precision genetic tests to differentiate the thousands of bacteria that make up the human microbiome, researchers suggest that they have found a possible — and potentially surprising — root cause of the increased frequency of certain eye infections among contact lens wearers.

Possible new combination chemotherapy for patients with advanced prostate cancer

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT

A role for combination therapy using two or more chemotherapy agents at the same time has not been well studied. This week, however, results of a clinical trial may change the perspective on a role for combination chemotherapy in advanced disease.

Risks of whole brain radiation therapy added to radiosurgery outweigh benefits for patients with limited brain metastases

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Whole Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) is associated with significantly worse cognitive function than radiosurgery, and should no longer be used in the adjuvant setting after radiosurgery to treat cancer patients with brain metastases, according to a large study.

Immunotherapy combo increases progression-free survival in advanced melanoma patients

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Treating advanced melanoma patients with either a combination of the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab and ipilimumab or nivolumab alone significantly increases progression-free survival over using ipilimumab alone, according to researchers.

Gene therapy, surgery could mean eight more months for sickest brain cancer patients

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT

As the most malignant of primary brain cancers, glioblastomas are frustratingly difficult to treat. Surgery is often risky and cannot remove all of the tumor, and chemotherapy eventually becomes ineffective for most patients. Median survival is around 15 months for patients with this tumor, and the quality of life in the last five months is often quite poor.

Mobile Maestro: Immersive sound reproduction system from several smart phones

Posted: 31 May 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Mobile Maestro enables users to enjoy a high-quality listening experience anytime and anywhere through the collaborative use of multiple mobile devices.

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