Eight ways chemical pollutants harm the body

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A new review of existing evidence proposes eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants contribute to disease: oxidative stress and inflammation, genomic alterations and mutations, epigenetic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, endocrine disruption, altered intercellular communication, altered microbiome communities, and impaired nervous system function. The study by researchers at Columbia University…

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Automatic adverse drug reaction extraction from electronic health records

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Patients’ electronic health records convey crucial information. The application of natural language processing techniques to these records may be an effective means of extracting information that may improve clinical decision making, clinical documentation and billing, disease prediction and the detection of adverse drug reactions. Adverse drug reactions are a major health problem, resulting in hospital…

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Psychologist shares skills to improve relationships at every stage of addiction recovery

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Austin, Texas — People in addiction recovery and their loved ones understand all too well how addiction can damage their relationships. But recovery programs do not always give people the relationship skills needed to address those issues. Kelly E. Green, an associate professor of Psychology at St. Edward’s University and a licensed clinical psychologist, would…

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Virtual clinical trials could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed

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New cutting-edge research undertaken at the University of Leicester could revolutionise the way new drugs are developed and the way patients are cared for, through a pioneering new approach using virtual clinical trials. Following a £500,000 Royal Academy of Engineering research funding award, Dr Himanshu Kaul, will expand research with his ‘virtual asthma patient’ to…

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