Medical Research News: Publications and Resources

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Medical Research News: Publications and Resources
Title of Document	Paper Author	Peer Review	Preface / Postface	Publication Type	Publish Date	Updated / Revised
Connecting Omics: Molecular Map of The Human Body	Weill Cornell Medicine	Yes	✓ Preface	Announcement	2024/09/11	2024/09/20
New Study Debunks Myth: Moderate Drinking Doesn't Extend Lifespan	Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs	Yes		Informative	2024/07/26
Study Reveals Presence of Arsenic, Lead, and Other Toxic Metals in Tampons	University of California - Berkeley	Yes		Research, Study, Analysis	2024/07/03
Scientists Suggest Novel Method to Determine Onset of Infant Consciousness	University of Birmingham	Yes		Experimental Study	2024/03/22	2024/03/23
Bilirubin Reductase Enzyme Makes Urine Yellow	University of Maryland	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Informative	2024/01/03	2025/05/03
Predicting Cognitive Scores by Utilizing Movie Watching FMRI and Eye Tracking	West China Hospital of Sichuan University	Yes		Announcement / Notification	2023/09/16
America Unprepared for Zoonotic Disease Threats	New York University	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Reports & Proceedings	2023/07/06	2025/02/07
I Can Not See, I Can Not Hear, But Somehow I Know	IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca	Yes			2023/01/16
Light Source Producing Two Entangled Light Beams Developed	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo	Yes			2023/01/03	2023/01/17
Don't Look at Me Like That - Gazes and Facial Expressions	University of Würzburg	Yes			2022/09/21
Belief Change: A New Predictive Network Model	Santa Fe Institute	Yes			2022/08/21	2023/01/04
Scientists Restore Cell and Organ Function After Death	Yale University	Yes			2022/08/06	2023/01/04
Bear Blood Protects Against Human Muscle Breakdown	Hiroshima University	Yes			2022/07/16	2023/01/04
Mother's Empathy and Epigenetic Changes to Oxytocin Gene Link	University of Fukui, Japan				2020/12/09	2021/02/27
New Bone Bandage Accelerates Repair of a Break	Duke University				2019/12/13
Urine Dipstick Enables Field Detection of River Blindness	Scripps Research Institute	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Research, Study, Analysis	2018/09/02	2025/06/30
Mobile Phone Radiation May Affect Adolescent Memory	Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute	Yes		Research Study Analysis	2018/07/28	2023/10/01
Tungsten: Concern Over Possible Health Risk by Human Exposure to Tungsten	McGill University	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Findings	2018/04/17	2025/04/06
Decoding Cancer's DNA: The Cancer Genome Atlas Unravels Genetic Origins	Julia Evangelou Strait - Washington University School of Medicine	Yes	✓ Preface	Announcement	2018/04/05	2024/10/05
Metabolomics - Promising Tool for Advancing in Treatment Personalization of Oncological Patients	Bentham Science Publishers				2018/02/15
Effects of Genetic Engineering by Changing DNA	Ian C. Langtree				2017/12/20	2021/02/10
Majority in Favor of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Screening	University of Warwick				2017/12/09	2017/12/15
Studying Chromosomes Centers May Reveal Link to Down Syndrome	Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan				2017/11/20	2020/06/02
Drinking Glasses Can Contain Harmful Levels of Lead and Cadmium	University of Plymouth	Yes		Research, Study, Analysis	2017/11/07	2024/12/06
Brain Games or Training Have No Effect On Decision Making or Cognitive Function	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine				2017/07/10	2020/07/19
Hope for Patients with Friedreich's Ataxia and Related Diseases	University of California, Davis				2017/06/08	2020/02/16
Left-handed? Slender Face Identified as Marker for Left-Handedness	University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine				2017/04/27
Paralyzed Man Moves Legs Using Electrical Stimulation of Spinal Cord	Mayo Clinic				2017/04/03
Unexpected Link Between Cancer and Autism	University of Turku				2017/03/16	2021/03/27
New Insights into TMAU: Uncovering Hidden Causes of Fish Odor Syndrome	Monell Chemical Senses Center		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Research, Study, Analysis	2017/02/15	2025/04/19
Gene Discovery Helps Children with Dystonia and Movement Disorder Walk Again	University College London (UCL)				2016/12/20	2021/04/15
Brain Scans of Children with Tourette's Provides Clues	Washington University School of Medicine				2016/11/09
Focused Ultrasound for Treatment of Essential Tremor Proves Safe and Effective	University of Virginia Health System				2016/08/25	2021/05/11
WellSpringboard - Crowdfunding Medical Breakthroughs	University of Michigan Health System				2016/06/10	2019/05/08
Everyone Wants to Help the Ill - But Not the Unemployed	Aarhus University				2016/06/06
Candida Yeast Infection and Mental Illness Link	Johns Hopkins Medicine				2016/05/05	2020/06/05
Course of Human Evolution Could Change With Gene Editing Technology	Issues in Science and Technology	Yes		Observational Study	2016/04/07	2023/06/28
Social Media: Study of Patient Experience Sharing	University of Leicester	Yes			2016/03/24	2023/06/08
Genetic Cause of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA) Identified	Hiroshima University	Yes	✓ Preface	Research, Study, Analysis	2016/03/14	2024/10/11
Short or Overweight? Height and Weight Bias Costs Workers	University of Exeter	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Research, Study, Analysis	2016/03/09	2025/09/17
Brain Waves May Spread by Electrical Fields	Case Western Reserve University				2016/02/26	2021/06/20
MicroRNA: A General Overview	Thomas C. Weiss				2016/01/29	2021/06/30
Hope for Huntington's Disease Patients	Ian C. Langtree			Findings	2016/01/24	2024/12/25
Gene Editing - A Future Disease Cure?	Thomas C. Weiss				2015/11/24	2017/09/22
New ResearchKit Studies for Autism, Epilepsy & Melanoma - Apple	Apple				2015/10/16
Schistosomiasis Japonica: Skin Hyperthermia Treatment	Science China Press	Yes	✓ Preface	Research, Study, Analysis	2015/10/14	2025/02/11
DNA Sequencing for Urinary Tract Infection Treatment	University of East Anglia				2015/09/21	2017/06/26
Detecting Klinefelter Syndrome Disorder in Boys	Columbia University Medical Center	Yes		Conversion, Calculation	2015/09/02	2024/05/14
Epigenetic Inheritance: Facts and General Information	Thomas C. Weiss				2015/08/26	2020/12/23
Predicting if Children with DiGeorge Syndrome will Develop Autism or Psychosis	University of California - Los Angeles				2015/07/31	2017/06/26
The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI)	Thomas C. Weiss				2015/07/20	2017/06/25
Can You Hear Inaudible Sound Such as Wind Turbines	Dr. Christian Koch				2015/07/13	2020/09/15
Explore Your Body at Cellular Level With Google Maps	University of New South Wales	Yes		Informative	2015/03/30	2024/09/16
The Personal Genome Project (PGP) at Harvard	Ian C. Langtree				2015/03/27	2020/09/29
Growing Muscle from Cells to Produce a Graft	EMBO				2015/02/26	2020/10/05
Synthetic Triheptanoin Oil May Help Huntington's Disease	American Academy of Neurology				2015/01/10	2021/09/21
Tobacco Smoke Toxins Can Increase SCI Pain and Worsen MS	Purdue University				2014/12/04	2020/11/13
Converting Skin Cells into Sensory Neurons that Detect Body Sensations	Scripps Research Institute			Study	2014/11/24	2023/09/12
New Approach for Treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)	Thomas Jefferson University				2014/11/23	2020/11/19
Breast Cancer Drug Shows Promise in Combination Therapy for Ewing Sarcoma	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital				2014/10/28
ALS is a Protein Aggregation Disease	Cornell University				2014/10/27	2020/12/08
Over 400 Genes Linked to Height Determination	Boston Children's Hospital				2014/10/11	2020/12/11
Copper Compound May Help Lou Gehrig's Disease Patients	Oregon State University				2014/06/13	2021/11/29
Daily Tomato Pill Improves Blood Vessels in Cardiovascular Disease Patients	University of Cambridge				2014/06/13	2014/09/02
New Delhi Metallo-Beta Lactamase (NDM-1)	Thomas C. Weiss				2014/04/30	2021/08/30
Bariatric Surgery's Role in Treating Obesity and Related Conditions	University of Gothenburg	Yes	✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Research, Study, Analysis	2014/04/23	2025/04/06
Mutant Protein in Muscle Linked to Kennedy's Disease or Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy	University of California - San Diego				2014/04/17	2015/04/19
Using Google Glass During Medical Surgery	Elsevier				2014/04/17	2016/09/23
Neural Prosthetics: New Hope for Medically Disabled	American Society of Mechanical Engineers				2014/03/23	2021/08/19
How Emotions are Mapped in the Human Body	European Research Council, The Academy of Finland and the Aalto University/aivoAALTO project	Yes		Informative	2013/12/31	2024/09/11
LASIK Eye Surgery Came from Leftover Thanksgiving Dinner	The Optical Society				2013/12/22	2021/02/27
Advances in Genetic Sequencing Diagnose Paralympic Hopeful's Rare Condition	Wellcome Trust				2013/06/16	2021/12/02
Executioner Protein Provides New Options for Stroke ALS and SCI	University of Central Florida				2013/03/06	2021/05/19
Omalizumab Effective in Treating Severe Hives and Itch	Johns Hopkins Medicine	Yes		Research / Study Analysis	2013/02/24	2024/02/19
Sunken Chest Syndrome - Non-surgical Treatment	Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters				2012/11/22
Stem Cell Agency Funds Huntington's Disease Research	UC Davis Health System				2012/07/30	2021/08/17
How Our Hearing Sense Works	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council				2012/05/12	2021/09/11
Possible New Treatment for Fabry Disease	University of Massachusetts at Amherst				2011/12/22	2021/11/12
Lyme Disease Research - More Aggressive Treatments	UNT Health Science Center				2011/08/07
Controlling Movements with Light	Ruhr-University Bochum				2011/07/20
Chloroquine Treatment for Arthritis, MS, Cancer, Other Diseases	Van Andel Institute				2011/07/19	2022/02/07
Myelofibrosis - New Potential Treatment	Boston University School of Medicine				2011/06/23
Spinal Muscular Atrophy - New Approaches	Children's Hospital Boston				2011/06/11
Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Research Shows Promise	University of Leicester				2011/06/02	2018/01/26
Discovery May Block ALS Disease Process	Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center				2011/04/19
Fanconi Anemia: New Advances in Genetic Studies	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona				2011/03/03	2022/05/19
Converting Skin Cells to Beating Heart Cells	Scripps Research Institute				2011/01/31
Onconase: A Cure for Human Papillomavirus (HPV)?	Tamir Biotechnology, Inc.	Yes		Informative	2010/11/29	2024/04/16
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases is Feasible	WHO Geneva				2010/10/18	2018/01/04
Why People Who are Deaf Have Enhanced Vision	University of Western Ontario				2010/10/10	2010/10/11
Physicians Unfamiliar with Chagas Disease Survey Shows	The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene				2010/10/10	2019/03/05
Genes that Influence Human Height	University of North Carolina School of Medicine				2010/09/30	2016/04/07
Historic First: Transcontinental Anesthesia Successfully Performed	McGill University	Yes		Announcement	2010/09/10	2024/07/16
Leap Forward in Early Detection for Alzheimer's and Cancer	National Physical Laboratory				2010/09/08
Vaccine Has Cut Child Cases of Bacterial Pneumonia	Imperial College London				2010/08/27	2015/03/15
Scientists Unlock the Secrets of Fused Chromosomes by Making a Human Model	Duke Medicine News and Communications				2010/08/16
Chagas Disease T. cruzi and Dogs	Emory University				2010/07/12	2020/05/30
Surgery Linked to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease	FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology				2010/07/08
Non-Stick Cookware and Carpet Coating Linked to Thyroid Disease	The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry				2010/01/21	2016/06/13
Too much Television Wastes Lives and Causes Premature Death	trekdesk.com				2010/01/15	2013/07/12
Ongoing Human Evolution Could Explain Rise in Certain Medical Disorders	Harvard University				2010/01/11	2018/03/15
Regenerating the Nerves - Combat Injuries	Discovery's Edge				2009/12/24	2010/06/27
New Therapy Targets for Amyloid Disease	University of Leeds				2009/12/04
Microchip Detects Type and Severity of Cancer	University of Toronto				2009/09/27	2010/07/14
Obesity Causes Over 124,000 New Cancers a Year in Europe	ECCO the European Cancer Organization				2009/09/24
Using Magnetism to Turn Drug Delivery On and Off	Childrens Hospital Boston	Yes		Research, Study, Analysis	2009/09/18	2024/08/23
Lasers Promise Better Artificial Joints and Arterial Stents	Purdue University				2009/09/15
Artificial Intelligence Helps Diagnose Cardiac Infections	Mayo Clinic	Yes			2009/09/14	2023/02/15
Study Rejects Cancer Fear of Most Common Heartburn Treatments	Queen Mary University of London				2009/09/09
Lead in Bone Associated with Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Disease	Harvard School of Public Health				2009/09/09	2010/07/03
The Grape Escape: Exploring Red Wine's Potential Health Advantages	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology	Yes		Informative	2009/07/30	2024/07/26
Stressing Out Paying Bills Causes Weight Gain	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program				2009/07/07
Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reviews Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Psychiatric Diseases	Mayo Clinic				2009/07/01	2010/07/11
Risk of Transmission of Huntington's Disease to Children	Boston University Medical Center				2009/06/09	2021/08/19
Obesity and Diabetes Double Risk of Heart Failure	European Society of Cardiology				2009/05/31
Caffeine Beneficial for Males with Lou Gehrig's Disease	American Physiological Society				2009/04/17	2018/03/15
Vaccine for E. coli Diarrheal Diseases Discovered	Michigan State University				2009/04/14
Rare Eye Retinal Disorder Treatment Success	University of Michigan Health System				2009/04/14	2018/03/15
Hospital Infections - Research may Lead to New Non-antibiotic Drugs	University of Chicago Medical Center				2009/04/08
Mayo Clinic and IBM Host Medical Language Initiative	Mayo Clinic				2009/04/05	2010/07/11
1,000 Kidney Transplant Milestone by Arizona Mayo Clinic	Mayo Clinic				2009/04/03
Waking up During Surgery Prevention	Faculty of 1000: Biology and Medicine				2009/04/02	2010/06/30
Point Genetic Disease Develops in Humans	Brandeis University				2009/03/27	2016/04/07
Redefining DNA: Darwin from the Atom Up	American Chemical Society				2009/03/23
Garden Pea Fights High Blood Pressure and Kidney Disease	American Chemical Society				2009/03/22	2011/11/01
New TB Test Will Cut Diagnosis Time	Albert Einstein College of Medicine				2009/03/19	2010/10/05
Shellfish and Inkjet Printers May Hold Key to Faster Healing	North Carolina State University				2009/03/19
Spinal Taps Carry Higher Risks for Infants and Elderly	Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center				2009/03/18
Potential Pathway for Drug Intervention	Salk Institute				2009/03/13	2016/06/13
Biomarkers Found to Gauge Chikungunya Fever Severity	Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore		✓ Preface ✓ Postface	Research, Study, Analysis	2009/03/04	2025/09/24
Drug Improves Mobility For Some Multiple Sclerosis Patients	University of Rochester Medical Center	Yes		Findings	2009/02/27	2024/05/22
Arthritis Hinders Vital Physical Activity for Adults with Heart Disease	Arthritis Foundation				2009/02/26
Dark Cells of Eye Retina Imaged for the First Time	University of Rochester				2009/02/26
When Parents Seek Siblings of their Donor Conceived Children	European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology				2009/02/23
Researchers See Brain Memory	University of Oregon				2009/02/20	2010/07/03
NASA Study Predicted Rift Valley Fever Outbreak	NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center				2009/02/17	2014/10/16
Enzastaurin May Help Prevent Colon Cancer	Mayo Clinic	Yes		Research, Study, Analysis	2009/02/12	2024/10/28
Increased Angiogenesis Linked to Poor Survival Rates in Ovarian Cancer Patients	University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	Yes	✓ Preface	Research, Study, Analysis	2009/02/05	2024/10/09
Climate Change and Disease Spread	University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston				2009/02/05	2018/10/10
Vaccines and Autism No Correlation	IDSA				2009/02/01	2016/06/13
Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases Drug Combination is Key	Neurotherapeutics				2009/01/31
Rheumatoid Arthritis - New Treatment Possible	Wiley-Blackwell				2009/01/29	2009/02/03
Omega 3 oils Ease Menopause Depression Symptoms	Laval University				2009/01/28
Spinal Fluid Proteins Can Show Lou Gehrig's Disease	Penn State				2009/01/28
I Feel Your Pain: Neural Mechanisms of Empathy	Cell Press				2009/01/28	2015/09/09
Acupuncture Pain Relieving Effects Limited	BMJ-British Medical Journal				2009/01/28	2016/05/20
Rasagiline Hope for Parkinson's Patients	University of South Florida Health				2009/01/26	2010/07/11
Immune System has Ability to Learn	Washington University School of Medicine				2009/01/26	2018/03/16
New Way to Stop Autoimmune Diseases and Transplant Rejection	Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology				2009/01/22	2009/03/29
Dynamical Theory and 4-D Colorimetric Reveals Function of Living Brain	Florida Atlantic University				2009/01/21
Impaired Kidney Function Raises Risk of Heart Problems in Elderly	Public Library of Science	Yes			2009/01/21	2022/08/18
Antibiotic Resistant Disease ESBL Killing People	Ian C. Langtree			Opinion Piece / Editorial	2009/01/18	2023/06/29
Researchers Assess the State of Stroke Telemedicine	Mayo Clinic				2009/01/17	2015/01/21
Slow Bone Healing in Seniors - New Research	University of Rochester Medical Center				2009/01/15
Abnormal DNA Repair Genes may Predict Risk of Pancreatic Cancer	University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center				2009/01/15
Traumatic Brain Injury Severity Reduced with Contraceptive Pill	Ian C. Langtree			Findings	2009/01/14	2024/05/22
Liver Disease Marked by Cell Stress	Ian C. Langtree			Announcement	2009/01/14	2024/05/22
New Drug Holds Promise of Normal Diet for Sufferers of Phenylketonuria	McGill University				2009/01/14	2009/01/22
Surgery Provides Good Outcome for Gastrointestinal Cancers	Weber Shandwick Worldwide				2009/01/14	2010/07/11
Researchers Identify Protein Trigger of Breast Cancer	University of Montreal				2009/01/14	2009/01/21
Treadmill Exercise Improves Endurance for Patients with PAD	Medical News				2009/01/13	2013/12/22
Epidurals and Spinal Anesthetics Safer than Previously Reported	Oxford University Press				2009/01/12
Tiny Capsules May Provide Drug Delivery that Targets Diseased Cells	Penn State				2009/01/12	2010/06/30
Mustard Gas Studies on U.S. Soldiers Race-Based	University of Alberta				2009/01/11	2013/07/12
Researchers Unlock Molecular Origin of Blood Stem Cells	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine				2009/01/11
Synthetic HDL Fights Cholesterol	Northwestern University				2009/01/09
Unique Skeletal Muscle Design Contributes to Spine Stability	University of California - San Diego				2009/01/07	2009/01/22
H5N1 Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant to Antiviral Drugs	University of Colorado at Boulder	Yes		Research, Study, Analysis	2009/01/07	2024/04/20
New Therapy may Ease Spinal Muscular Atrophy Symptoms - MU Researchers	University of Missouri				2009/01/07	2010/09/28
Fragile X Syndrome Fenobam Drug Evaluation	Rush University Medical Center				2009/01/07	2022/07/13
Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression in Children	University of Montreal				2009/01/06	2010/01/17
Proteins Role in Repairing Damaged Cells Revealed	University of Michigan	Yes		Findings	2009/01/06	2024/12/25
Folic Acid and Iodine in Australian and New Zealand Bread	Ian C. Langtree			Informative	2009/01/03	2024/03/29
Leukaemia Drug Alemtuzumab Treats Multiple Sclerosis	Ian C. Langtree				2009/01/03	2009/03/13
Research Shows ACTEMRA Improves Rheumatoid Arthritis	Roche				2009/01/03	2022/06/10
Medication Overuse Headache (MOH) Research	Wiley-Blackwell				2009/01/03	2020/12/03
Unlocking Immune System Mysteries May Be Key in Curing Inflammatory Diseases	Ian C. Langtree			Informative	2009/01/03	2024/01/04

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