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New Animal Model Enhances Prostate Cancer Research Insights

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men. Affecting about 1 in 6 men, it is the second deadliest cancer. Research has been stymied by imperfect…

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Aspirin May Halt Growth of Vestibular Schwannomas

Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital have demonstrated,…

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New Drug Offers Hope for Indolent Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Slow-growing, or indolent, non-Hodgkin lymphomas are difficult to treat, with most patients relapsing repeatedly and the disease becoming increasingly…

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Researchers Discover Channel That Shields Against Pain

Spontaneous pain is ongoing pathological pain that occurs constantly (slow burning pain) or intermittently (sharp shooting pain) without any obvious immediate…

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Folic Acid Boosts Breast Cancer Growth in Rat Studies

Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and survivors in North America promoted the growth of existing breast cancer in rats, new…

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Glaucoma Blindness Risk Cut Nearly In Half Since 1980

The probability of blindness due to the serious eye disease glaucoma has decreased by nearly half since 1980, according to a study published this month in…

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Fever Reducers May Fuel Influenza Spread, Study Finds

New research from McMaster University has discovered that the widespread use of medications that contain fever-reducing drugs may lead to tens of thousands…

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Integrating Health and Environment: A Sustainable Diet Approach

Diet-related diseases account for a large portion of health-care costs in Switzerland, namely around CHF 20 billion per year. Even though many know full well…

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Mount Sinai researchers find promising new drug targets for cocaine addiction

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and…

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Boosting vitamin D could slow progression, reduce severity of multiple sclerosis

“Because low vitamin D levels are common and can be easily and safely increased by oral supplementation, these findings may contribute to better outcomes for…

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Here comes the sun to lower your blood pressure

Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton and Edinburgh shows that sunlight alters levels of the small messenger molecule, nitric oxide (NO) in…

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Secondhand Smoke Boosts Asthma Readmission Risks in Kids

The study, published in the journal Pediatrics, raises the possibility that measurement of tobacco exposure could be used in clinical practice to target…

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How Researchers Unraveled Heart Arrhythmia Mechanisms

The findings published this month in the January 19 edition of Nature Medicine outlines the discovery of this fundamental physiological process that…

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York Scientists Uncover Fiber Secrets in Human Biology

Research at the University of York's Structural Biology Laboratory, in collaboration with groups in Canada, the USA and Sweden, has begun to uncover how our…

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How Chocolate, Tea, and Berries May Lower Diabetes Risk

Findings published today in the Journal of Nutrition reveal that high intakes of these dietary compounds are associated with lower insulin resistance and…

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New Cellular Pathway Discovered in Gaucher Disease Treatment

Now, scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered a new cellular pathway implicated in Gaucher disease. Their findings, published today in…

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