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New Imaging Agent Enhances Cancer Detection and Staging

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a new imaging dye, designed and developed at UC San Diego Moores…

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NIH Researchers Discover New Class of Malaria Compounds

These compounds could potentially be developed into drugs that treat and prevent malaria infection. Known as 4-(1H)-quinolone-3-diarylethers, the candidate…

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UC Davis Research Aims to Prevent Dangerous Blood Clots

New research from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, may help clinicians determine which patients are at…

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Hip Implant Pain Linked to Tissue Damage, Study Finds

Researchers set out to determine causes of unexplained pain among patients with metal-on-metal hip implants (in which the ball and socket are both made of…

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Mayo Clinic Develops New Test to Measure Concussion Severity

Their research has shown that autonomic reflex testing, which measures involuntary changes in heart rate and blood pressure, consistently appear to demonstrate…

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New Study on Gout Could Advance Drug Development

The study, led by Liang Qiao, MD, and his colleagues and collaborators, was published March 19 in the journal Nature Communications.Gout is caused by a buildup…

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Childhood Leukemia Survivors: Higher Risk of Chronic Fatigue?

Chronic fatigue can negatively affect a person's health-related quality of life and ability to work and carry out normal daily functions. Authors Hanne Hamre,…

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New Target Identified for Multiple Sclerosis Treatments

In a study selected as among the top 10% most interesting articles published in the Journal of Immunology, the team identifies the elevated presence in MS…

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Dartmouth Researchers Create Real-Time Secondhand Smoke Sensor

Making headway against a major public health threat, Dartmouth College researchers have invented the first ever secondhand tobacco smoke sensor that records…

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UCLA Researchers Develop Tomatoes That Mimic Good Cholesterol

Published in the April issue of the Journal of Lipid Research and featured on the cover, their early study found that mice that were fed these tomatoes in…

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Can Canine Distemper Virus Infect Humans? Key Insights Explained

Every year, 20 to 30 million people worldwide contract measles. This viral infection is sometimes regarded as a “harmless childhood disease” – but that is not…

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Vitamin D Levels in Hip Fracture Patients: Climate Insights

Researchers retrospectively reviewed the vitamin D levels of 1,539 patients, including 448 acute hip fracture patients and 1,091 total hip (THR) or total knee…

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MRI Insights: Predicting Tissue Reactions in Hip Replacements

Researchers reviewed the MRI images of 70 patients who ultimately underwent revision surgery for a failed MoM implant. The images were assessed for the…

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Uncontrolled hypertension could bring increased risk for Alzheimer's disease

A study in the JAMA Neurology (formerly the Archives of Neurology) suggests that controlling or preventing risk factors such as hypertension earlier in life…

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Human Microbe Study Reveals Health Insights from SR1 Bacteria

The finding, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, profiles the SR1 bacteria, a group of microbes present in many environments, ranging…

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Widespread 'test-and-treat' HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance

One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who…

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