Preliminary 24-week data from the COMET ( Combination of Efavirenz and Truvada ) study were presented at the 10th European ...
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A study by collaborating researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( BIDMC ), and Brigham and ...
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A study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco did find ...
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In a comparison of two drugs prescribed to treat teenagers dependent on heroin and other opioids, the drug Buprenorphine was ...
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Use of the antibiotic Amoxicillin during infancy appears to be linked to tooth enamel defects in permanent teeth.
The study is ...
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered that a protein found in the brain is genetically linked ...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that a persistent scarcity of oxygen in body ...
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Researchers at Jefferson Medical College and at the Wadsworth Center in New York have identified a gene defect in mice ...
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The molecular roots of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as asthma, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis ( MS ) have been ...
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Intense debate surrounds the use of Herceptin for early breast cancer. Promising results were initially presented at the American Society ...
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According to UNAIDS/WHO report, there is new evidence that adult HIV infection rates have decreased in certain countries and that ...
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Health Canada is warning consumers not to take the Chinese medicine Shortclean because it contains Glibenclamide ( Glyburide ) and ...
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Being physically active in midlife could decrease a person’s risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease ( AD ) later in ...
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a previously unknown virus that has been found to affect children.
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Tamiflu ( Oseltamivir ) is an antiviral approved in the European Union for the treatment of influenza in children between ...
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A study, led by Bjorn Vennstrom at the Karolinska Institute ( Sweden ), has identified novel neural functions of thyroid ...
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Based on the information available, FDA’s Pediatric Advisory Committee ( PAC ) can not conclude that there is a causal ...
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The FDA ( U.S. Food and Drug Administration ) requested manufacturers of Advair Diskus ( Fluticasone propionate & Salmeterol inhalation ...
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A study found that partially substituting protein and monounsaturated fat for carbohydrates can improve cholesterol levels, further lower blood pressure ...
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Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a novel, three-dimensional model that allows scientists to observe how interacting with the microenvironment ...
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A research performed in animal studies at Georgetown University Medical Center showed that chronic stress can induce rapid blocking of ...
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Women with rheumatic disease experience greater pregnancy risks and longer hospital stays than the average pregnant woman.
The findings from the ...
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Researchers have discovered a new marker that might identify a serious form of acute myeloid leukemia ( AML ) in ...
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A gene responsible for the production of a protein called vasostatin may prove a promising new way of treating pancreatic ...
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Children with neurological and neuromuscular diseases should receive an annual influenza vaccination because of a higher risk of respiratory failure ...
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A new type of immunotherapy in which dendritic cells are tricked into action against cancer when they are exposed to ...
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Gamma-linolenic acid ( GLA ), a substance in evening primrose oil and several other plant oils used in herbal medicine, ...
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The overall rate of fatherhood after treatment for testicular cancer is high, but the ability to conceive and the time ...
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Researchers have identified a protein that disrupts an important signaling pathway in prostate cancer cells and suppresses growth of the ...
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A study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's 4th annual Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research meeting in Baltimore, ...
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People who take high doses of Ibuprofen on a regular basis are three times more likely to experience gastrointestinal ( ...
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Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a key signaling mechanism that may promote the ability of highly aggressive malignant melanoma ...
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Researchers have discovered a combination of tests that can more accurately predict who will develop type 1 diabetes. In the ...
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A research carried out by a team of experts at the University of Virginia Health System found that a carbohydrate ...
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French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot first described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ( ALS ) in 1869, but, nearly 140 years later, little ...
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Type 2 diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix. Patients whose type 2 diabetes was accompanied by minor or ...
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A study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, showed that left ventricular function and exercise capacity ...
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The risk of developing coronary heart disease as an adult is more strongly related to childhood growth patterns than body ...
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Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have identified a crucial cellular signal that controls the fate of stem ...
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Early detection through screening mammography and improved adjuvant treatment have contributed almost equally to the substantial decrease in breast cancer ...
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The retrospective analysis, published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases, showed that patients who initially received antifungal agent Vfend ( Voriconazole ...
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A study found that depressed middle-aged adults are at four times greater risk for being unable to perform everyday tasks ...
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Breastfeeding may protect children against gluten intolerance otherwise known as coeliac disease, suggests research published in the Archives of Disease ...
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An anti-cancer compound derived from bacteria dwelling in ocean-bottom sediments appears in laboratory tests to be a potent killer of ...
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br>In a series of experiments with genetically engineered mice, a team of researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ( ...
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Stem cells derived from human heart tissue develop into multicellular, spherical structures called cardiospheres that express the normal properties of ...
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A study in mice gives hope that a combination of gene therapy and exercise may extend the lives of people ...
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Fentanyl transdermal patch ( Duragesic ) may be an effective way to control pain in children.
Results from an international study ...
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Tuberculosis is the most common major infectious disease.
It is estimated that two billion people--or one-third of the world's population -- ...
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A study provides important insight into the mechanisms of a muscle wasting disorder that interferes with treatment for cancer and ...
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Researchers have identified a new pathway in the progression of chronic myelogenous leukemia ( CML ). They also discovered that ...
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People age 50 and older who engage in moderate or high levels of physical activity live longer and have less ...
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Exercise counseling with a prescription for walking at either hard intensity or high frequency produces improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness.
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A study, published in the Archives of Neurology, showed that measurement of two biomarker levels in stroke survivors may provide ...
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A health economics analysis found that adding a new alcohol biomarker test to patients' revelations about their drinking habits could ...
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Researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2005 that a newly discovered genetic variation, in combination with a ...
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Researchers at the Universities of Heidelberg and Ulm and a unit of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory ( EMBL ) ...
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A study, reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2005, showed that taking either COX-2 inhibitors or other ...
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Although the high-fat, calorie-restricted ketogenic diet ( KD ) has long been used to prevent childhood epileptic seizures that are ...
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A UK study, published in the journal Neurology, showed that the cannabis based medicine, Sativex, is effective in reducing ...
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The finding, published in the Science, offers a key to researchers developing treatments for obesity.
Researchers at the Stanford University ...
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Carotid artery endarterectomy ( CEA ) is the most commonly performed operation to prevent stroke in the United States.
However, the ...
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A study of more than 38,000 pregnant women at 15 U.S. centers demonstrated the high accuracy of non-invasive screening for ...
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A study, published in the journal Science, breaks new ground on the effects of tryptophan — an amino acid found ...
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New data on the duration of efficacy of GlaxoSmithKline’ malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S/AS02A, in children showed that vaccine remains efficacious ...
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An investigational human papillomavirus ( HPV ) 16/18 L1 vaccine formulated with an innovative adjuvant, AS04, induced a stronger immune ...
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FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) approved updated labeling for the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to warn healthcare ...
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A second Phase III clinical study of the investigational drug Lucentis ( Ranibizumab ) met its one-year primary efficacy endpoint ...
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A research presented at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego, California, showed that Glucosamine and ...
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Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies then reported the discovery of a key cellular switch that instructs the ...
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Two studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, draw attention to the newly recognized association between sleep disorders ...
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A study showed that screening glioblastoma brain tumors for two gene variations can reliably predict which tumors will respond to ...
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Researchers at the University of Alberta pioneer gene therapy to restore alveoli and lung capillaries in damaged rat lungs; first ...
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a sample of children who ...
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a nonabsorbable antibiotic – one that stays in the gut – may ...
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A team of scientists led by Priscilla Cooper, a senior staff scientist in the Life Sciences Division of the Department ...
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The use of positron emission tomography ( PET ) with the radiotracer fluorodeoxyglucose ( FDG ) is “underutilized” in diagnosing ...
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The Quaking gene, first described as a mutation in mice that causes rapid tremor, is thought to suppress tumor formation ...
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A study has found that cannabis-based medicine ( CBM ) for treating rheumatoid arthritis has a significant effect on easing ...
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A study, published in the JAMA, has discovered that calcium intake levels of more than 800 mg/day may be unnecessary ...
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A study, published in the journal JAMA, showed that physicians prescribe antibiotics for more than half of children with sore ...
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A study, published in the journal JAMA, has found that habitual coffee drinking is not associated with an increased risk ...
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A report, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, has found powerful effects of light on the adrenal glands, a ...
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Researchers have discovered new evidence to explain the observation that diets rich in protein stunt the appetite.
The findings, published in ...
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Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center have demonstrated that the progression of the artery-clogging disease atherosclerosis is linked to ...
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Every year at least 30 million women in malaria-endemic areas of Africa become pregnant. Many of them develop placental malaria, ...
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Humans exposed to malaria get infected and sick to varying degrees, and some of that variation is due to differences ...
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Pierre Druilhe and colleagues, from the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have completed the first human trial of a malaria vaccine ...
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A study by Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin researchers has shown that children bottle-fed past 12 ...
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Consumer advertisements for a class of antidepressants called SSRIs often claim that depression is due to a chemical imbalance in ...
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A " Flu Chip " has been developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder that can determine the genetic ...
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Researchers, led by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, have discovered that a new class of drugs -- now in ...
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Two studies, published in the Behavioral Neuroscience, showed that when animals are stressed, deprived and exposed to tempting food, they ...
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Using a humanized mouse model that mimics the effects of human rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ), researchers have discovered that ...
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Studies in monkeys and women suggest that a diet high in the natural plant estrogens found in soy does not ...
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Researchers at Mayo Clinic found that more than one-third of chronic cough patients given a CT scan had sinusitis, inflammation ...
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To combat cigarette smoking, researchers are seeking ways to combat the habit which affects more than 45 million Americans.
One new ...
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A study has shown that a synthetic version of a plant extract prevents mold toxin-induced liver cancer in rats.
The extract, ...
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Researchers in Japan and Baltimore have found that a daily serving of broccoli sprouts can improve chronic bacterial gastritis, a ...
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A study, published in The Lancet, has shown that waist-to-hip ratio, not body mass index ( BMI ), is the ...
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