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High blood pressure easy to miss in children with kidney disease

November 20, 2009

Spot blood pressure readings in children with chronic kidney disease often fail to detect hypertension -- even during doctor's office visits -- increasing a child's risk for serious heart problems, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center and other institutions. A report of the findings appears online in the Journal of American Society of Nephrology.

Paleontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions

November 19, 2009

Arnie Miller, University of Cincinnati professor of paleontology in the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, and co-author Michael Foote of the University of Chicago publish their research in the Nov. 20 issue of Science with their paper, "Epicontinental Seas Versus Open-Ocean Settings: The Kinetics of Mass Extinction and Origination."

Pandemic flu vaccine campaigns may be undermined by coincidental medical events

October 30, 2009

CINCINNATI -- The effectiveness of pandemic flu vaccination campaigns -- like that now underway for H1N1 -- could be undermined by the public incorrectly associating coincidental and unrelated h

INTUNIV demonstrated symptom reduction on oppositional subscale Conners' ADHD rating scale

October 30, 2009

HONOLULU - October 29, 2009 -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced new study results on INTUNIV? (guanfacine) Extended Release Tablets, a

Lessons from flu seasons past

October 29, 2009

Pregnant women who catch the flu are at serious risk for flu-related complications, including death, and that risk far outweighs the risk of possible side effects from injectable vaccines containin

Novel polymer delivers genetic medicine, allows tracking

October 6, 2009

Blacksburg, Va. -- Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel into cells, deliver genetic cargo, and packs a beacon so scientists can follow its movements in living systems.

Multivisceral transplant survival rates improve with new treatment, says Pittsburgh study

October 5, 2009

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5 -- Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive protocols and better post-operative management, said researchers at the Thomas E.

UC nanotech researchers develop artificial pore

September 28, 2009

CINCINNATI -- Using an RNA-powered nanomotor, University of Cincinnati (UC) biomedical engineering researchers have successfully developed an artificial pore able to transmit nanoscale material through a membrane.

Researchers find group therapy benefits homeless veterans prone to violence

September 25, 2009

A new study finds that group therapy can benefit homeless veterans who have admitted taking physical or emotional abuse against their partners.

Cancer predisposition from genetic variation shows strong gender bias

September 21, 2009

CINCINNATI -- Cancer predisposition resulting from the presence of a specific gene variant shows a strong gender bias, researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have demonstrated.

In addition, the research indicates that the risk for development of cancer in individuals harboring the gene variant can be further increased as a result of environmental exposure.

Peter Stambrook, P

Drug discovery process more accurate, less expensive using novel mass spectrometry application

September 17, 2009

CINCINNATI -- Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts.

Scientists identify gene for short-circuiting excess mucus in lung disease, common colds

September 14, 2009

CINCINNATI - Scientists have identified the main genetic switch that causes excessive mucus in the lungs, a discovery that one day could ease suffering for people with chronic lung diseases like asthma and cystic fibrosis, or just those fighting the common cold.

Study shows common pain cream could protect heart during attack

September 14, 2009

CINCINNATI -- New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that a common, over-the-counter pain salve rubbed on the skin during a heart attack could serve as a cardiac-protectant, preventing or reducing damage to the heart while interventions are administered.

These findings are published in the Sept. 14 edition of the journal Circulation.

Children with newly diagnosed epilepsy at risk for cognitive problems

August 12, 2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. ?Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may also have problems with language, memory, learning and other cognitive skills, according to a study published in the August 12, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Einstein researchers identify potential target for metastatic cancer

August 10, 2009

August 10, 2009 - (BRONX, NY) - The deadliest part of the cancer process, metastasis, appears to rely on help from macrophages, potent immune system cells that usually defend vigorously against disease, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report.



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