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• Discovery of new ovarian cancer signaling hub points to target for limiting metastasis
• Fruit and veggies give you the feel-good factor
• Study maps transmission of MERS virus in South Korean hospital from one 'super-spreader' patient
• Immunotherapy reduces cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteochondral allograft transplantation effective for treating knee cartilage injuries
• Concussions on the rise for adolescents
• Ecological context of mosquito-borne infectious disease
• Ultrashort cell-free DNA reveals health of organ transplants
• Scientists link bipolar disorder to unexpected brain region
• Traffic noise increases the risk of heart attack
• Researchers show phone calls can forecast dengue fever outbreaks
• Statins may be associated with reduced mortality in 4 common cancers
• Researchers find new way to control genes often involved in cancer growth
• Web-based data tool designed to enhance drug safety
• Exercise training in heart failure: Shaping your proteins
• Going to 'Wars' against cancer, heart disease
• A 'time switch' in the brain improves sense of smell 
• Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse premature aging
• Hamstring injuries in baseball may be preventable
• Wearable neuromuscular device may help reduce ACL injuries in female soccer players
• Composition of artificial turf surfaces key to preventing high school football injuries
• Return-to-play rates high for football players after shoulder instability surgery
• Despite advances, HIV epidemic continues among gay men across the globe
• No evidence of weekend increase in mental health patient suicide
• Graphene flexes its muscles in new study
• Imaging technique could help focus breast cancer treatment
• Routine screenings prevent cervical cancer in elderly women
• Loss of a microRNA family, let-7, found key in neuroblastoma
• Electric assist bikes provide meaningful exercise, cardiovascular benefits for riders
• Study identifies a developmental cause of cardiac hypertrophy
• New immunotherapy combo effectively treats advanced brain cancer in pre-clinical models

Discovery of new ovarian cancer signaling hub points to target for limiting metastasis Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:28 PM PDT Researchers have found a previously undiscovered pathway through which ovarian cells can be transformed into cancer cells, one they think provides an excellent opportunity for targeting by new drugs, which, when combined with others now in development, may be able to stave off metastatic disease.

Fruit and veggies give you the feel-good factor Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:42 AM PDT New research suggests up to eight-a-day can make you happier.

Study maps transmission of MERS virus in South Korean hospital from one 'super-spreader' patient Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:40 AM PDT Tracing the movements of patients at a South Korean hospital has helped identify how Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus was transmitted from a single super-spreader patient in an overcrowded emergency room to a total of 82 individuals over three days including patients, visitors and health-care workers. The study maps the transmission of South Korea's first outbreak of MERS virus and the case of highest transmission of MERS virus from a single patient outside the Middle East.

Immunotherapy reduces cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:40 AM PDT Immunotherapy reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research. The combination of two extra-low dose anticytokine drugs reduced rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and cardiovascular events.

Osteochondral allograft transplantation effective for treating knee cartilage injuries Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:40 AM PDT For athletes and highly active patients who sustain cartilage injuries to their knee, an osteochondral allograft transplantation can be a successful treatment option, according to new research. The study showed these patients were consistently able to return to sport or recreational activities after the surgery, though frequently at a lower activity level.

Concussions on the rise for adolescents Posted: 10 Jul 2016 06:40 AM PDT Sustaining a concussion during adolescence may be more common than previous estimates, according to researchers.

Ecological context of mosquito-borne infectious disease Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:51 AM PDT The resurgence of Zika virus has raised anxieties about the spread of infectious disease by mosquitoes; climate change and species invasions are strong themes on the minds of infectious disease experts.

Ultrashort cell-free DNA reveals health of organ transplants Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:51 AM PDT When cells die, whether through apoptosis or necrosis, the DNA and other molecules found in those cells don't just disappear. They wind up in the blood stream, where degraded bits and pieces can be extracted. This cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is degraded due to its exposure to enzymes in the blood but is nonetheless a powerful monitoring tool in cancer, pregnancy and organ transplantation. Now, borrowing a genomics technique used in the study of the ancient past, a graduate student has come up with a diagnostic tool that can open a window into a transplant recipient's immediate future through the analysis of cfDNA.

Scientists link bipolar disorder to unexpected brain region Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:49 AM PDT For the first time, researchers show that ensembles of genes within the striatum could be deeply involved in bipolar disorder. Most modern studies of bipolar disorder have concentrated on the brain's cortex, the largest part of the brain in humans, associated with higher-level thought and action.

Traffic noise increases the risk of heart attack Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:49 AM PDT Your risk of heart attack increases with the amount of traffic noise to which you are exposed. The increase in risk -- though slight -- is greatest with road and rail traffic noise, less with aircraft noise.

Researchers show phone calls can forecast dengue fever outbreaks Posted: 08 Jul 2016 11:49 AM PDT A team of scientists has developed a system that can forecast the outbreak of dengue fever by simply analyzing the calling behavior of citizens to a public-health hotline. This telephone-based disease surveillance system can forecast two to three weeks ahead of time, and with intra-city granularity, the outbreak of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne virus that infects up to 400,000 people each year.

Statins may be associated with reduced mortality in 4 common cancers Posted: 08 Jul 2016 09:36 AM PDT A diagnosis of high cholesterol is associated with reduced mortality and improved survival in the four most common cancers, according to new research. The 14-year study from nearly one million patients found that a high cholesterol diagnosis was associated with lower risk of death in lung, breast, prostate and bowel cancers.

Researchers find new way to control genes often involved in cancer growth Posted: 08 Jul 2016 07:55 AM PDT A new way to control the activity of SETDB1, a protein that is often upregulated in cancer, has been discovered by scientists. The novel mechanism to control the protein function is called monoubiquitination.

Web-based data tool designed to enhance drug safety Posted: 08 Jul 2016 07:55 AM PDT A new online open-access database has been developed by scientists to allow the clinical responses of more than 5 million patients to all FDA-approved drugs to be used to identify unexpected clinical harm, benefits and alternative treatment choices for individual patients

Exercise training in heart failure: Shaping your proteins Posted: 08 Jul 2016 07:54 AM PDT More than 20 million people worldwide are estimated to have heart failure. The results of this study suggest that heart failure development is associated with disruption of cardiac protein quality control system and reinforce the importance of aerobic exercise training as a primary non-pharmacological therapy for treatment of heart failure patients.

Going to 'Wars' against cancer, heart disease Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT The gene Wars2 has been found to be involved in angiogenesis -- blood vessel formation, which is important in ensuring that all parts of the body get nutrients to sustain life -- report scientists. Rats and zebrafish where Wars2 was inhibited had impaired blood vessel formation. Treatments for cancer and diabetic eye disease may be developed to target Wars2 and inhibit blood vessel formation, they explain.

A 'time switch' in the brain improves sense of smell  Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT When the brain processes olfactory stimuli, it differentiates between similar smells using subtly modulated signals. Brain examinations and behavioral studies in mice have now shown that neurons with inhibiting characteristics play a key role in this process.

Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse premature aging Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT Weight loss from bariatric surgery appears to reverse the premature aging associated with obesity, according to new research. Patients had longer telomeres and less inflammation two years later.

Hamstring injuries in baseball may be preventable Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT Creating a program to prevent hamstring injuries in minor league and major league baseball players might be a possibility say researchers.

Wearable neuromuscular device may help reduce ACL injuries in female soccer players Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT Using a wearable neuromuscular device can reduce the risk of ACL injury in female soccer athletes, according to new research. The study showed functional improvements in athletes who used the devices in combination with a regular training program.

Composition of artificial turf surfaces key to preventing high school football injuries Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:17 AM PDT As artificial turf systems are increasingly used at all levels, new research is needed to understand how these surfaces can impact athlete safety. A new study shows how the infill weight of artificial turf surfaces can directly affect the number of injuries to high school football players.

Return-to-play rates high for football players after shoulder instability surgery Posted: 08 Jul 2016 05:16 AM PDT Getting back into the game is important for any athlete after a significant injury but shoulder injuries can be tricky, especially for football players.

Despite advances, HIV epidemic continues among gay men across the globe Posted: 07 Jul 2016 06:50 PM PDT Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men continue to have disproportionately high burdens of HIV infection in countries of low, middle and high income around the world, a new study suggests.

No evidence of weekend increase in mental health patient suicide Posted: 07 Jul 2016 06:50 PM PDT A new study prompted by current government policy for a 'seven-day NHS,' has found that suicide deaths by mental health patients are actually lower at the weekends.

Graphene flexes its muscles in new study Posted: 07 Jul 2016 02:22 PM PDT The unique properties of graphene and graphene foam could one day be used to regenerate 3-dimensional tissues and organs for implantation into the human body, new research shows.

Imaging technique could help focus breast cancer treatment Posted: 07 Jul 2016 02:20 PM PDT Scientists have used imaging techniques as a new way to identify patients who could benefit from certain breast cancer treatments, according to a new study.

Routine screenings prevent cervical cancer in elderly women Posted: 07 Jul 2016 11:25 AM PDT A new study confirms a link between routine Pap smear screenings and a lower risk of developing cervical cancer in women over age 65. However, most American health guidelines discourage women in that age range from receiving screenings unless they have pre-existing risk factors.

Loss of a microRNA family, let-7, found key in neuroblastoma Posted: 07 Jul 2016 11:25 AM PDT A new study finds that a microRNA called let-7 plays a central role in curbing neuroblastoma and could focus efforts to find a targeted, nontoxic alternative to chemotherapy.

Electric assist bikes provide meaningful exercise, cardiovascular benefits for riders Posted: 07 Jul 2016 11:24 AM PDT A new study shows that using an electrically-powered bicycle on a regular basis can provide riders with an effective workout while improving some aspects of cardiovascular health, especially for riders who previously had been sedentary.

Study identifies a developmental cause of cardiac hypertrophy Posted: 07 Jul 2016 11:24 AM PDT A developmental cause of adult-onset cardiac hypertrophy, a dangerous thickening of the heart muscle that can lead to heart failure and death, has been identified by researchers. They say that the new findings could lead to targeted therapies for this condition.

New immunotherapy combo effectively treats advanced brain cancer in pre-clinical models Posted: 07 Jul 2016 11:02 AM PDT A new breakthrough combination treatment has been developed that utilizes a vaccine to activate an immune response against advanced brain tumors.

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