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New type 2 diabetes biomarker identified This news release is available in Spanish . Researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute IMIM have found an epigenetic mechanism implicated in the regulation of blood sugar. The study, published in the journal Molecular Human Genetics , reveals that the methylation of the TXNIP gene is associated with diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in particular, average blood glucose levels. These results, replicated in two patient cohorts, could help t ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Nasal polyps can be treated with medicine dupilumab Based on endoscopic findings, the condition can be divided into chronic sinusitis with or without nasal polyps. Nasal polyps originate in the sinuses and obstruct the sinus and nasal passages. An international team of researchers decided to test dupilumab, a human antibody which already demonstrated clinical efficacy for asthma and atopic dermatitis. Study conducted in the United States and Europe Professor Claus Bachert Ghent University Hospital and colle ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
UCI researchers link compulsive Facebook checking to lack of sleep Irvine, Calif., Feb. 4, 2016 -- If you find yourself toggling over to look at Facebook several dozen times a day, it s not necessarily because the experience of being on social media is so wonderful. It may be a sign that you re not getting enough sleep. In a recently completed study, researchers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrated that lack of sleep - in addition to affecting busy college students moods and productivity - leads to more fr ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Patients with PTSD together with sleep apnea may have reduced quality of life February 8, 2016 Glenview, Ill. -- New research finds patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea OSA experienced lower quality of life, more sleepiness, and less adherence and response to positive airway pressure PAP therapy. A case-controlled study conducted at the Sleep Disorders Center at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, TX, performed sleep studies on 200 military medical patients w ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Better quality of care may reduce risk of death for patients on opioid painkil... New Haven, Conn.-- Better quality of care may reduce the risk of death for patients who are prescribed opioid painkillers for chronic pain, say Yale researchers. Their study, published Feb. 4 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , offers evidence that supports recommendations from clinical practice guidelines encouraging physicians to engage patients with mental health services and substance abuse treatment, as well as to avoid co-prescriptions for ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Cocaine users present alterations in the function and structures of the brain In the study cocaine users performed a gambling task while measurements were being taken of their brain activity. The researchers discovered that cocaine users present a state of hyperactivation in the ventral striatum, a deep region of the brain that forms part of the so-called reward circuit . This circuit is extremely ancient in evolutionary terms and is made up of different interconnected regions that favour basic behaviours like eating and sex. In the ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Research finds no easy answers to use of drug screening for pain patients Doctors who treat patients suffering from chronic pain face a quandary, according to research from the University of Houston and the University of Texas Medical Branch. Monitoring patients through urine drug screenings, part of the standard protocol to ensure patient safety, is associated with an increase in the odds that the patients won t return for future treatment. The study, published in the February edition of Pain Physician , deals with an issue dra ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Fruit flies adjust their courtship song based on distance Outside of humans, the ability to adjust the intensity of acoustic signals with distance has only been identified in songbirds. Research published Feb. 3, 2016 in Neuron now demonstrates that the male fruit fly also displays this complex behavior during courtship, adjusting the amplitude of his song depending on how far away he is from a female. Studying this process in the fruit fly can help shed light on the building blocks for social interactions across ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Health-care disparities contribute to delayed testicular cancer diagnosis in a... New Rochelle, NY, February 4, 2016--A family physician reports the case of a transgender woman whose testosterone levels rose unexpectedly while on feminizing hormones, leading eventually to a diagnosis of a rare, virilizing form of testicular cancer. The complex medical and psychosocial factors related to the care of transgender patients that contributed to the delay in diagnosis are examined in the study published in LGBT Health , a peer-reviewed journal ... EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9
Early Poverty Disrupts Link Between Hunger and Eating How much you eat when you re not really hungry may depend on how well off your family was when you were a child, according to new research published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Our research shows that growing up poor promotes eating in the absence of hunger in adulthood, regardless of one s wealth in adulthood, explains psychological scientist Sarah Hill of Texas Christian University. These findings a ... Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8
New Research From Clinical Psychological Science Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science The Economics of Losing a Loved One Delayed Reward Discounting in Prolonged Grief Fiona Maccallum and George A. Bonanno Prolonged grief PG is a syndrome marked by intense and prolonged bereavement and is accompanied by significant impairment. Researchers still have much to learn about PG, including how it influences decision making. People who had lost a parent, partner, or sibling ... Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8
Faces of Black Children as Young as Five Evoke Negative Biases A new study suggests that people are more likely to misidentify a toy as a weapon after seeing a Black face than a White face, even when the face in question is that of a five-year-old child. The research is published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Our findings suggest that, although young children are typically viewed as harmless and innocent, seeing faces of five-year-old Black boys appears to trigger ... Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8

New type 2 diabetes biomarker identified

This news release is available in Spanish . Researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute IMIM have found an epigenetic mechanism implicated in the regulation of blood sugar. The study, published in the journal Molecular Human Genetics , reveals that the methylation of the TXNIP gene is associated with diabetes mellitus type 2 and, in particular, average blood glucose levels. These results, replicated in two patient cohorts, could help t ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Nasal polyps can be treated with medicine dupilumab

Based on endoscopic findings, the condition can be divided into chronic sinusitis with or without nasal polyps. Nasal polyps originate in the sinuses and obstruct the sinus and nasal passages. An international team of researchers decided to test dupilumab, a human antibody which already demonstrated clinical efficacy for asthma and atopic dermatitis. Study conducted in the United States and Europe Professor Claus Bachert Ghent University Hospital and colle ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

UCI researchers link compulsive Facebook checking to lack of sleep

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 4, 2016 -- If you find yourself toggling over to look at Facebook several dozen times a day, it s not necessarily because the experience of being on social media is so wonderful. It may be a sign that you re not getting enough sleep. In a recently completed study, researchers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrated that lack of sleep - in addition to affecting busy college students moods and productivity - leads to more fr ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Patients with PTSD together with sleep apnea may have reduced quality of life

February 8, 2016 Glenview, Ill. -- New research finds patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder PTSD and obstructive sleep apnea OSA experienced lower quality of life, more sleepiness, and less adherence and response to positive airway pressure PAP therapy. A case-controlled study conducted at the Sleep Disorders Center at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, TX, performed sleep studies on 200 military medical patients w ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Better quality of care may reduce risk of death for patients on opioid painkil...

New Haven, Conn.-- Better quality of care may reduce the risk of death for patients who are prescribed opioid painkillers for chronic pain, say Yale researchers. Their study, published Feb. 4 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine , offers evidence that supports recommendations from clinical practice guidelines encouraging physicians to engage patients with mental health services and substance abuse treatment, as well as to avoid co-prescriptions for ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Cocaine users present alterations in the function and structures of the brain

In the study cocaine users performed a gambling task while measurements were being taken of their brain activity. The researchers discovered that cocaine users present a state of hyperactivation in the ventral striatum, a deep region of the brain that forms part of the so-called reward circuit . This circuit is extremely ancient in evolutionary terms and is made up of different interconnected regions that favour basic behaviours like eating and sex. In the ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Research finds no easy answers to use of drug screening for pain patients

Doctors who treat patients suffering from chronic pain face a quandary, according to research from the University of Houston and the University of Texas Medical Branch. Monitoring patients through urine drug screenings, part of the standard protocol to ensure patient safety, is associated with an increase in the odds that the patients won t return for future treatment. The study, published in the February edition of Pain Physician , deals with an issue dra ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Fruit flies adjust their courtship song based on distance

Outside of humans, the ability to adjust the intensity of acoustic signals with distance has only been identified in songbirds. Research published Feb. 3, 2016 in Neuron now demonstrates that the male fruit fly also displays this complex behavior during courtship, adjusting the amplitude of his song depending on how far away he is from a female. Studying this process in the fruit fly can help shed light on the building blocks for social interactions across ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Health-care disparities contribute to delayed testicular cancer diagnosis in a...

New Rochelle, NY, February 4, 2016--A family physician reports the case of a transgender woman whose testosterone levels rose unexpectedly while on feminizing hormones, leading eventually to a diagnosis of a rare, virilizing form of testicular cancer. The complex medical and psychosocial factors related to the care of transgender patients that contributed to the delay in diagnosis are examined in the study published in LGBT Health , a peer-reviewed journal ...

EurekAlert - Tue. Feb 9

Early Poverty Disrupts Link Between Hunger and Eating

How much you eat when you re not really hungry may depend on how well off your family was when you were a child, according to new research published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Our research shows that growing up poor promotes eating in the absence of hunger in adulthood, regardless of one s wealth in adulthood, explains psychological scientist Sarah Hill of Texas Christian University. These findings a ...

Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8

New Research From Clinical Psychological Science

Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science The Economics of Losing a Loved One Delayed Reward Discounting in Prolonged Grief Fiona Maccallum and George A. Bonanno Prolonged grief PG is a syndrome marked by intense and prolonged bereavement and is accompanied by significant impairment. Researchers still have much to learn about PG, including how it influences decision making. People who had lost a parent, partner, or sibling ...

Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8

Faces of Black Children as Young as Five Evoke Negative Biases

A new study suggests that people are more likely to misidentify a toy as a weapon after seeing a Black face than a White face, even when the face in question is that of a five-year-old child. The research is published in Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science . Our findings suggest that, although young children are typically viewed as harmless and innocent, seeing faces of five-year-old Black boys appears to trigger ...

Psychological Science - Mon. Feb 8