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Smoke-free world: We all can take a part in creating smoke-free environment

By Guest PostOctober 12, 2017Health, Small Businessalternatives to tobacco, chewing gum, e cig liquid, how to quit, nicotine patches, smoke free workplace, smoke free world, smoking, smoking alternatives, vaping

In recent years, thanks to a push by health organizations and anti-smoking movements, the world has become much more aware of the risks involved with smoking and the long-term damage it can cause. Many leading countries around the world have developed stricter rules and regulations regarding the distribution and usage of cigarettes and tobacco products. This has been welcomed as more and more people are quitting smoking and fewer people than ever before are taking up the habit. (more…)

Improving cancer detection

By Guest PostOctober 11, 2017Healthaccurate detection, antigens, elisa, emily day, improving cancer detection, margaret billingsley, rachel riley, sensitivity of elisa, technique

Undergrad biomedical engineering student is lead author on PLOS ONE paper

Accurate detection of antigens — receptors that are overexpressed on diseased cells relative to healthy cells — is imperative for clinicians to diagnose disease, assess treatment success and predict patient outcomes. (more…)

Nanoparticles trick body into accepting organ transplants

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2017Healthjordan pober, kidney transplants, mark saltzman, nanoparticles, organ rejection, organ transplant

Using nanoparticles, Yale researchers have developed a drug-delivery system that could reduce organ transplant complications by hiding the donated tissue from the recipient’s immune system. (more…)

Erzählen vom Leben mit einer Essstörung

By Guest PostOctober 9, 2017Healthadhs, anorexie, bulimie, essstoerung, gabriele lucius hoene, internetplattform, krankheit, krankheitserfahrungen

Freiburger Psychologinnen suchen Männer, die auf einer Internetplattform über ihre Krankheit berichten

Für die Internetplattform www.krankheitserfahrungen.de sucht das Institut für Psychologie der Universität Freiburg Männer unterschiedlichen Alters, die mit einer Essstörung – Anorexie oder Bulimie – leben oder in der Vergangenheit gelebt haben und bereit sind, darüber zu berichten. (more…)

Antivitamin B12 als Wolf im Schafspelz

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2017Healthantibiotika, antivitamin b12, b 12 mangel, bernhard kraeutler, krebstherapie, wolf im schafspelz

Antivitamine B12 verhalten sich wie der sprichwörtliche Wolf im Schafspelz: Nach außen hin haben sie die gleiche Struktur wie Vitamin B12, nach innen funktionieren sie aber ganz anders. Chemiker haben nun mit Hilfe eines neuen Antivitamins B12 den Schlüsselschritt der zellulären Verarbeitung von Vitamin B12 nachvollzogen und dabei die Struktur des beteiligten humanen Enzyms aufgeklärt. (more…)

Computer mit Köpfchen

By Guest PostSeptember 27, 2017Healtheeg vom gehirn, human brain mapping, kuenstliche neuronale netze, robin tibor schirrmeister, tonio ball

Künstliche neuronale Netze entschlüsseln Hirnaktivität bei ausgeführten und vorgestellten Bewegungen

Beim Filtern von Informationen mit Suchmaschinen, als Gegner bei Brettspielen oder zur Erkennung von Bildinhalten: Bei bestimmten Aufgaben ist künstliche Intelligenz der menschlichen längst überlegen. Wie Ideen aus der Informatik auch die Hirnforschung revolutionieren könnten, zeigen nun mehrere Gruppen aus dem Freiburger Exzellenzcluster BrainLinks-BrainTools um den Neurowissenschaftler Privatdozent Dr. Tonio Ball. (more…)

Immigrant doctors trained to help bridge major gaps in care

By Guest PostSeptember 24, 2017Healthimmigrant doctors, jose javier hernandez, Mexico, michelle bholat, oaxaca, ucla

UCLA program offers education and certification to physicians who agree to provide services in underserved communities

No one would argue that the United States has a significant shortage of primary care physicians, or that California’s shortage is extreme. A “shortage” is defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as fewer than one primary care physician for every 3,000 to 3,500 people, and according to the agency’s statistics, California has 607 federally designated shortage areas, impacting a population of some 6.7 million people. (more…)

Microscope can scan tumors during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D

By Guest PostSeptember 21, 2017Health3d image, adam glaser, biopsy samples, biopsy specimen, cancer biopsies, jonathan liu, larry true, light sheet microscope, nicholas reder, patients diagnosis, scan, tumors

When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue while conserving as much of the healthy breast tissue as possible. (more…)

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