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New Study Shows Hope for Progeria Treatment Breakthrough

A new study performed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon…

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Anabolic Steroids Linked to Future Mental Health Risks

This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British…

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Exploring Neural Circuits: Insights from Swiss Scientists

They do not correspond to a simple stimulus/response linkage, but arise from the networking of different neural circuits. Scientists funded by the Swiss…

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Child Maltreatment Linked to Higher Adult Obesity Risk

The findings come from the combined analysis of data from 190,285 individuals from 41 studies worldwide, published this week in Molecular Psychiatry.Severe…

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Answers to Sleep Disorder and new paradigm for treatment and mechanism of neurodegenerative disease

ATAXIN-2 is a protein encoded by the ATXN2 gene conserved among different animal species. Mutations in human ATAXIN-2 gene have been implicated in…

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Primary care: strengthening the health system's first port of call

“Primary care in the driver's seat” was the title for a discussion in Vienna between experts on international trends in primary care. The symposium was…

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PARP Inhibitor Effective in BRCA-Mutated Pancreatic, Prostate Cancers

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian…

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Jekyll into Hyde: Breathing auto emissions turns HDL cholesterol from 'good' to 'bad'

In addition to changing HDL from “good” to “bad,” the inhalation of emissions activates other components of oxidation, the early cell and tissue damage that…

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Study Finds Plasmin—Delivered Through A Bubble—More Effective Than Tpa In Busting Clots

The novel delivery method involved trapping plasmin into bubble-like liposomes, delivering them to the clot intravenously and bursting it via ultrasound. That…

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New Blood Test Detects Allergies Before Implant Surgery

Imagine what Paula Spurlock must have been going through. Shortly after having a hip replaced in 2011, the trouble started. “I had horrible itching, really bad…

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Avian-Origin Influenza A Virus Shows Host Adaptation Evidence

To date, more than 100 human cases of infection, including at least 20 deaths, have been reported in China. Three early cases of infection were described in…

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Banded Mongoose Identified as New Carrier of Leptospirosis

Leptospirosis, the disease is called. And the banded mongoose carries it.Leptospirosis is the world's most common illness transmitted to humans by animals….

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New Biomarker Discovery Aims to Combat Atherosclerosis

It's on Saturday that the Journal of the American Heart Association published the conclusive results from a study directed by Dr. Éric Thorin of the Montreal…

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India’s Rotavirus Vaccine Shows Strong Efficacy in Trials

New Delhi, India—The Government of India's Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Bharat Biotech announced positive results from a Phase III clinical trial of a…

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Digital Mammography: New Insights on Cancer Detection Rates

The findings are the first to show a difference between the two types of digital imaging when compared with screen film mammography and suggest that women…

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Tumor-Activated Protein Linked to Cancer Spread Insights

The findings are published in this week's online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Roughly 90 percent of all cancer deaths…

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