Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Anti-VEGF Drugs for Retinal Diseases: Important Safety Concerns

This finding, published in the November 3, 2008 PLoS ONE, holds implications for the chronic use of promising new anti-VEGF drugs such as Lucentis, which…

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Sibling Study Offers Insights for Inherited Colon Cancer Treatments

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) believe they may be one step closer to understanding how certain forms of colon cancer develop.In a study using…

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Genetic Mutation May Explain Seasonal Affective Disorder

About 6 percent of the U.S. population suffers from seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, a sometimes-debilitating depression that begins in the fall and…

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HIV Transmission Fears Persist in Families With Infected Parents

Despite ongoing efforts to educate the public about HIV, a new study by researchers from UCLA, the RAND Corp., Harvard University and Children's Hospital…

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Ecologists Explore Metabolism’s Role in Natural Selection

Why are some species of plants and animals favored by natural selection? And why does natural selection not favor other species similarly?According to a UC…

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Is Hip Resurfacing Right for You? New Study Insights

Hip resurfacing is often seen as a modern alternative to the more conventional total hip replacement, but new data from a study led by Rush University Medical…

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UCLA Study: Personalized Treatment Boosts Kidney Cancer Survival

A study of nearly 1,500 patients treated for kidney cancer at UCLA in the last 15 years shows that an aggressive, tailored treatment approach results in better…

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HIV Vaccine Study Reveals Surprising Infection Risks

A new study by a team of researchers at the Montpellier Institute of Molecular Genetics in France shows how the vaccine could have enhanced HIV infection. The…

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Personality Shapes Perception Of Romance, But Doesn't Tell the Whole Story

In a new analysis, researchers at the University of Illinois found that measuring the quality of romantic relationships is more complex than these earlier…

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Psychodynamic Treatment Shows Promise for Depression Recovery

Fifty-one patients with major depressive disorder (DSM-IV) of mild or moderate severity were recruited through occupational health services providing primary…

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Double Balloon Endoscopy: Key to Obscure GI Bleeding Diagnosis

A study by researchers in Japan concludes that Double Balloon Endoscopy™ (DBE) was very useful in the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and…

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Antioxidants Combat Lead Toxicity: New Research Insights

In this study, published in the magazine Food and Chemical Toxicology, the researchers aimed to prove that since the principal toxicity mechanism of lead…

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World's Fish Catches are Being Wasted as Animal Feed

Lead author Dr. Jacqueline Alder, senior author Dr. Daniel Pauly, and colleagues urge that other foods be used to feed farmed animals so that these “forage…

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REM Study Reveals Brain Functions Similarly Awake and Asleep

The evidence comes from a study, to appear online this month in the journal Human Brain Mapping, of 11 healthy male and female participants whose rapid eye…

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Improving Poverty Analysis: Nicky Pouw’s Innovative Method

In areas of extreme poverty it is often difficult to determine the standard of living. During her doctoral research in Uganda, Nicky Pouw developed a method to…

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Factors Behind Exceptional Health in Old Age Uncovered

Elderly people who have a positive outlook, lower stress levels, moderate alcohol consumption, abstention from tobacco, moderate to higher income and no…

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