In a study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research ...
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Researchers have been able to show that a natural compound previously shown to extend lifespan in non-vertebrate organisms can also ...
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Researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues reported in the journal Circulation, that, even though ...
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A study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, showed that almost one-third of 60 newborn infants whose ...
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A large study of twins, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found that Alzheimer's disease appears to be highly ...
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Oral sex may be a risk factor for nongonococcal urethritis ( NGU ), one of the most common sexually transmitted ...
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Two-year study of patients with early, aggressive disease demonstrates significantly superior results of anti-TNF plus DMARD therapy over either therapy ...
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Smoking is the major known environmental risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis, though little is known about the mechanisms involved. HLA-DR ...
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In a study, published by the journal Genome Research, researchers reports that 'mad cow'-like diseases have not been a major ...
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A review of the past medical files of more than 300 couples in Uganda, in which the female partner was ...
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Although ischemic heart disease ( IHD ) is often considered a "man's disease," it takes the lives of more women ...
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The cells churn out an enzyme that bonds with a protein, creating a protective barrier that deflects damage from radiation ...
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A research team based at the University of Chicago found that about five percent of deaths from SIDS ( sudden ...
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Compared to normal-weight women, overweight and obese women suffer more pregnancy complications and their babies have more medical problems at ...
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Researchers have found a way to decrease the cells resistance to therapies that are designed to trigger cell death.
The ...
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Two studies, published in the Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, have showen that prescription painkillers are effective in easing the pain ...
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A single change in a particular brain hormone can increase a person's risk of obesity, two studies, published in ...
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Older women who simply reduce the amount of total fat in their diet won't generally lower their risk of breast ...
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Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have shown that viruses can be forced to evolve in ways to benefit humans.
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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco ( UCSF ) have determined that there is a strong relationship between ...
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A study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, showed that walking three times a week, even in an unsupervised ...
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A study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, found that young people who view more alcohol advertisements ...
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A imaging study, conducted by researchers at UCLA, showed that age-related breakdown of myelin correlates strongly with the presence of ...
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A disease that was often misdiagnosed in the past, eosinophilic esophagitis has been increasingly recognized in the United States, Europe, ...
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A study, conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, found that omega-6 fatty acids caused human prostate tumors in ...
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found an association between abnormally high levels of a protein named HtrA1 and preeclampsia, a ...
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Intensive care unit physicians can increase the success of mechanical ventilation weaning and shorten the weaning period by identifying critically ...
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A study on treating hepatitis B patients who have cancer with an antiviral drug at the same time as they ...
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Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a less aggressive type of surgery designed to spare ...
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A team of researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department, has come ...
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Although acutely decompensated heart failure is a very common cause of hospitalization, most treatments commonly used have not been validated ...
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Some HIV medications lead to the development of drug-resistant HIV when patients take as few as two percent of their ...
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Researchers at the Harvard University have identified a molecular pathway active in neurons that interacts with RNA to regulate the ...
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A study suggests that the hormone estrogen works in partnership with other proteins to activate or suppress gene activity in ...
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In a study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ( PNAS ), researchers showed for the ...
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A study, for the first time, has mapped the clinical progression of each of the three sub-types of bipolar disorder ...
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Older people with high blood pressure and moderate to severe chronic kidney disease have a greater chance of developing heart ...
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a protein that binds to bile in the small intestine may ...
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Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that children with asthma are more likely to have problems with ...
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Despite that a low-fat diet introduced in the middle-age years doesn't reduce the risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke ...
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Among patients hospitalized with heart failure, about one in three has deficient levels of thiamin, although thiamin deficiency was less ...
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Ultrasound examinations showed that the hearts of people on caloric restriction appeared more elastic than those of age- and gender-matched ...
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Researchers at UCLA ( University of California - Los Angeles ) knew - based on two clinical trials - that ...
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A study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh and led by lung disease specialists who are now at the University ...
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Minnesota have discovered a gene mutation in the descendants of Abraham Lincoln's ...
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When a diseased liver is removed from a patient with Hepatitis C (HCV), serum viral levels plummet.
However, after receiving ...
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A research conducted by investigators at University of California ( UC ) Davis Children's Hospital, the University of Rochester and ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved the therapeutic antibody Rituxan ( Rituximab ) in combination ...
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins say an infected person's HIV subtype is a better predictor than viral load for determining rapid ...
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Researchers have determined the detailed structure of an essential piece of the telomerase enzyme, an important contributor to the vast ...
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A research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has found that obesity, long known as a cause of type ...
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Researchers who have induced heart cells in culture to mimic the properties of the heart have used the tissue to ...
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The brain plays a major role in the ability of insulin therapy to lower blood glucose in animals with diabetes.
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Use of Amiodarone ( Cordarone ), an antiarrhythmic drug, in combination with a beta-blocker is effective in preventing shocks ...
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Researchers from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Brandeis University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology report in the journal Neuron ...
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Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have discovered the first gene associated with eosinophilic esophagitis, one of a number ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved the first ever inhaled Insulin. Exubera, an inhaled powder ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) is launching a global stewardship program inviting companies to reduce PFOA ( Perfluorooctanoic ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) announced approval of Sutent ( Sunitinib ), a new targeted anti-cancer ...
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Current treatments for asthma and chronic bronchitis can only alleviate symptoms.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
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Expanding the use of positron emission tomography ( PET ) technology can provide early and accurate assessment of a tumor's ...
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The enzyme acyl–coenzyme A:cholesterol transferase ( ACAT ) is responsible for the esterification of cholesterol in a variety of tissues.
Inhibition ...
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The caspase-8 gene plays a critical role in suppressing metastasis of neuroblastoma, and the expression of this gene is frequently ...
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A study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, showed that low-income people with depression are less likely to respond ...
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A study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found that certain complications during and immediately after birth are associated ...
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The data from a phase I/II study showed significant reductions in viral load among HIV-positive patients receiving GS 9137, or ...
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The SAINT I ( Stroke Acute Ischemic NXY-059 Treatment ) trial, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved RotaTeq, a live, oral, vaccine for use in preventing ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved Ranexa ( Ranolazine ), a new drug for the ...
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Researchers at the University of Bonn have identified a previously unknown regulatory mechanism in the process of bone loss.
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An analysis of adjuvant radiation therapy in women with breast cancer following mastectomy is associated with better survival as measured ...
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A study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found that use of cholesterol reducing drugs is not ...
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Studies investigating the long-term outcomes of alcoholism treatment are rare and inconsistent.
A nine-year study in the Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental ...
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Although women consume less alcohol than men, they are more susceptible to some of the negative medical consequences of alcohol ...
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In a clinical trial of over 48,000 post-menopausal women, a low-fat diet that includes increased consumption of fruits, vegetables and ...
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A trial for depression has helped clinicians to track "real world" patients who became symptom-free and to identify those who ...
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Researchers at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital showed that cancer patients benefit from one-hour art sessions
A study published in the Journal ...
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The role of intracoronary infusion of autologous bone marrow cells in the management of acute myocardial infarction was examined in ...
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Despite advances in therapy for acute myocardial infarction, mortality and morbidity related to post–myocardial infarction left ventricular dysfunction remain high. ...
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Oseltamivir ( Tamiflu ), an antiviral drug marketed in Canada since 1999, is indicated for the treatment of acute illness ...
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The Levonorgestrel-releasing system Mirena, an intrauterine device ( IUD ), consists of a polyethylene T-shaped frame with a reservoir containing ...
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The FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) announced the approval of updated labeling for two topical eczema drugs, ...
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New guidelines issued by the American College of Chest Physicians ( ACCP ) provide the most comprehensive recommendations for the ...
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota found that night eating syndrome is ...
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Researchers working at the WiCell Research Institute, a laboratory affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have developed a precisely defined ...
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Of the approximately 12,000 people who are diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme annually in the U.S., half will die within a ...
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A research from the Stanford University School of Medicine provides critical documentation of the potential misuse of the antidepressants in ...
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Researchers at Harvard University have found that at abnormally high concentrations, two proteins implicated in many human cancers have the ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) has approved a supplemental new drug application ( sNDA ) extending ...
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In a study, children aged 6 to 12 suffering from perennial allergic rhinitis, not only got fast relief of symptoms ...
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According to new data, presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, approximately one in four patients ...
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Researchers at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre have found a new protein marker linked to positive outcome in ...
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Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and colleagues in Hokkaido University School of Medicine ( Japan ) have found ...
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A study found that eating mostly meat, refined starches, and sodium may increase the likelihood of developing chronic respiratory symptoms, ...
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Data from a long-term blinded study of anti-TNF agent in patients with rheumatoid arthritis demonstrated that more than three quarters ...
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Twice-yearly subcutaneous injections of Denosumab ( 60 mg ) increased bone mineral density ( BMD ) in the lumbar spine, ...
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Researchers have discovered that a specific gene on chromosome 15 regulates inflammation, a finding with implications for a wide range ...
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During " Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics" International Conference, new applications, as possible cancer treatments, have been presented.
These include:
- Thalidomide, a ...
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In guinea pig experiments, researchers at the Johns Hopkins fused common connective tissue cells taken from lungs with heart muscle ...
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A research at Ohio State University Medical Center suggests that an experience as simple as watching graphically violent or emotional ...
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