New research on why GPs quit patient care
The research aimed to identify factors influencing GPs' decisions about whether or not to remain in direct patient care, and what might help to retain them in the role.Three reasons emerged: a sense that general practice based primary care was under-valued within the healthcare system; concerns regarding professional risk encountered in delivering care in an increasingly complex health environment; and finally, considerations about leaving or remaining in direct patient care and the options and choices that GPs felt were available to them.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoe-nro020218.php
Extending dosing intervals reduces deadly side effect risk from multiple sclerosis drug
A commonly-prescribed multiple sclerosis (MS) infusion medication, natalizumab, linked to a rare but serious side effect is safer to use when dosing intervals are extended, according to a new study led by MS specialists at NYU Langone Health.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nlh-edi020218.php
Bacteria play critical role in driving colon cancers
Patients with an inherited form of colon cancer harbor two bacterial species that collaborate to encourage development of the disease, and the same species have been found in people who develop a sporadic form of colon cancer, a study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy research team finds.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/jhm-bpc013118.php
Scientists present new long-term ecological research
Mars developed in as little as two to four million years after the birth of the solar system, far more quickly than Earth, according to results of a new study published in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsf-spn020218.php
Penn Vet study uncovers therapeutic targets for aggressive triple-negative breast cancers
New findings from a study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have made inroads into a strategy to identify triple-negative breast cancers at risk for metastasis, and eventually target these cancers with drugs.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uop-pvs020218.php
Measuring the temperature of two-dimensional materials at the atomic level
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago describe a new technique for precisely measuring the temperature and behavior of new two-dimensional materials that will allow engineers to design smaller and faster microprocessors.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoia-mtt020218.php
NASA tracks major Tropical Cyclone Cebile in Southern Indian Ocean
Tropical Cyclone Cebile held onto its status as a major hurricane in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsfc-ntm020218.php
Popular, common allergy medication may prevent neuromyelitis optica relapses
The addition of cetirizine (the popular allergy medication sold under the brand name Zyrtec) to standard therapy is safe, well-tolerated, and may reduce relapses in patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a rare and severe disease that causes inflammation and demyelination (damage to the myelin - the protective coating of nerve cells), primarily in the optic nerve (optic neuritis), spinal cord (myelitis), and brainstem.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/tmsh-pca020218.php
Natural telescope sets new magnification record
An international team of astronomers, led by Harald Ebeling of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, has discovered one of the most extreme instances of magnification by gravitational lensing. Using the Hubble Space Telescope to survey a sample of huge clusters of galaxies, the team found a distant galaxy, eMACSJ1341-QG-1, that is magnified 30 times thanks to the distortion of space-time created by the massive galaxy cluster dubbed eMACSJ1341.9-2441.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoha-nts020218.php
Researchers find grape-derived compounds may promote resilience against depression
New study used DNA epigenetic mapping to analyze novel inflammatory mechanisms influencing brain circuitry associated with depression
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/tmsh-rfg020218.php
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