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Binge Drinking: The Impact on Bone Healing Revealed

Now a study by Loyola University Medical Center researchers is providing insights into how alcohol slows healing on the cellular and molecular levels. The…

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Dietary Changes Alleviate Stomach Issues in Diabetes Patients

About 35 per cent of all diabetes patients suffer from gastroparesis, which is a medical condition where the stomach is partly paralysed. As a result of the…

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Obesity Impairs Kidney Health by Disrupting Key Cell Processes

Obesity increases a chronic kidney disease patient's risk of developing kidney failure.Obesity suppresses an important cellular process that prevents kidney…

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Smoking affects molecular mechanisms and thus children’s immune systems

The Leipzig Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research has gained new insights on the influence of tobacco smoke in utero. For the first time, it could be…

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Lifestyle Diseases: A Growing Threat to Health Systems

“Our ability to make our health and social security systems to be sustainable and resilient to crises depends in no small part on how successful we can be in…

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New theory in neuroscience by UNIST Research Team: common mechanisms in Fragile X and Down syndrome

A new common mechanism in Fragile X and Down syndrome has been identified by scientists at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea…

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Flu Shots Now Safe for Egg-Allergic Children

All children should have flu shots, even if they have an egg allergy, and it's now safe to get them without special precautions. This finding is from the…

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Chronic Opioid Use Persists After Bariatric Surgery

Chronic use of prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, among obese patients prior to bariatric surgery continues after surgery, according to a new…

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UW Scientist Discovers Possible New Tick Species in U.S.

“When I got back to the U.S., I realized I had a stowaway,” says Goldberg, professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School…

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New Compound May Help Brain Aneurysm Survivors Avoid Stroke

They say their findings offer clues about the biological mechanisms that cause vasospasm, or constriction of blood vessels that reduces oxygen flow to the…

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Cost Comparison: Robotic vs. Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery

The total hospital cost of mitral valve repair surgery — from the time a patient is admitted to the hospital until release — is similar, whether performed…

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Resveratrol in Red Wine Linked to Worsened MS Symptoms in Mice

Resveratrol, a naturally occurring polyphenol compound produced by the skin of red grapes and peanuts, and found in red wine, has been touted as a beneficial…

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Short-Term Hearing Loss May Lead to Long-Term Issues

Short-term hearing loss during childhood may lead to persistent hearing deficits, long after basic auditory sensitivity has returned to normal. The processing…

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Macrophage-Derived Mediators as Biomarkers for Urinary Stones

These macrophage-derived mediators may have potential as biomarkers to reflect the urinary stone risk, according to a new study from Japan, which was recently…

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New Insights on Spinal Response to Gastric Reflux

Gastric reflux affects as many as one in five people in Western countries and is on the increase in Asia. Diet and lifestyle, as well as genetic and hormonal…

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New Advances in Thyroid Cancer Treatment Unveiled by Penn Medicine

For many years, patients with advanced thyroid cancer faced bleak prospects and no viable treatment options. But now, building on recent discoveries about the…

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