News articles tagged with 'clinical'
Hope for muscle wasting disease
— 22 Nov 2011 16:53 | HealthA health supplement used by bodybuilders could be the key to treating a life-threatening muscular dystrophy affecting hundreds of Australian children, new research shows…
Huntington's disease protein has broader effects on brain, study shows
— 6 Apr 2011 17:28 | HealthIn Huntington's disease, the mutant protein known as huntingtin leads to the degeneration of a part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, causing the motor disturbances that represent…
HIV-1 drug resistance mutations associated with increased risk of antiretroviral treatment failure
— 6 Apr 2011 16:19 | HealthAn analysis of data from 10 studies indicates that the presence of low frequency (also called 'minority') human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) drug resistance mutations, particularly…
Comprehensive approach can improve clinical care of Kenyan children
— 6 Apr 2011 16:04 | HealthA multifaceted approach that addressed deficiencies in clinical knowledge, skills, motivation, resources, and the organisation of care was associated with improvements in practice for…
NIH study finds genetic clues to major cause of kidney disease worldwide
— 6 Apr 2011 15:58 | HealthFor the first time, researchers have found five regions in the human genome that increase susceptibility to immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy, a major cause of kidney failure worldwide…
Potassium channel gene modifies risk for epilepsy
— 4 Apr 2011 18:09 | HealthVanderbilt University researchers have identified a new gene that can influence a person's risk for developing epilepsy. The findings, reported in the March 29 Proceedings of the National…
Immune system may guide chemotherapy for breast cancer
— 3 Apr 2011 12:20 | HealthA study published in Cancer Discovery, the newest journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, debuting here at the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011, held April 2-6, showed…
IOVS publishes consensus findings on meibomian gland dysfunction
— 31 Mar 2011 15:27 | HealthThe first global consensus report on meibomian gland dysfunction - a major cause of lid disease and evaporative dry eye - has been published in a special issue of the Investigative…
Researchers publish molecular disease model for melanoma
— 31 Mar 2011 15:12 | HealthCancer Commons, an initiative of CollabRx, a provider of information technology to personalise cancer treatments and accelerate research, announces the publication of a molecular disease…
Health care IT providers need to do more to solicit user feedback
— 30 Mar 2011 17:31 | HealthInformation technology (IT) companies need to bring in doctors and other health care stakeholders in order to ensure that new technologies and applications are actually useful to the…