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Eating cherries lowers risk of gout attacks by 35%

Findings from this case-crossover study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), also suggest that risk of…

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Moffitt Cancer Center Finds Path to Eliminate Cervical Cancer

“The good news is that over the past several decades, the incidence of invasive cervical cancer has declined dramatically,” said senior author Anna R….

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HIV Care Innovations Benefit All Patients at Baltimore Clinic

Improved treatment options, a multi-pronged treatment model, and federal funding from the Ryan White Program have helped an inner city Baltimore clinic improve…

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Beta-Blockers and Sleep: New Insights on Their Impact

Over 20 million people in the United States take beta-blockers, a medication commonly prescribed for cardiovascular issues, anxiety, hypertension and more….

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Improved Cryopreservation for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

“This is more than the sum of the genes found to date in all previous studies, which explained only 1% of the disease, says Dr. Marc-Phillip Hitz, lead author…

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Risk Markers for Erectile Dysfunction After Prostate Cancer Radiation

In the first study of its kind, a research team led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University discovered…

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Understanding Hypertension: The Role of Blood Pressure Monitoring

A recently published editorial in the Journal of the American Society of Hypertension (JASH), “Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Should Be Included in the…

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Chronic Kidney Disease: A Key Health Indicator Beyond Hypertension

Chronic kidney disease affects 10 to 16 percent of all adults in Asia, Europe, Australia and the United States. Kidney function is measured by estimating…

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Water Monster Insights: Advancing Human Tissue Regeneration

Based on two new studies by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, regeneration of a new limb or organ in a human will be much more…

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Umeå researchers even closer to early detection of Parkinson’s disease

The project is an example of bridging the gap between basic and clinical research in care environments. The new findings are based on close cooperation between…

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Antibiotics May Replace Surgery for Appendicitis Treatment

In her thesis, Jeanette Hansson discusses two major clinical studies of adult patients with acute appendicitis. In the first study she compares surgery with…

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Fish Eaters May Face Lower Heart Attack Risks Despite Mercury

Fish is healthful food, and several studies have shown that people who eat fish have a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases than those who eat very little or…

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Exposing cancer's lethal couriers

Malignant cells that leave a primary tumor, travel the bloodstream and grow out of control in new locations cause the vast majority of cancer deaths. New…

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Eye Proteins Show Promise for New Antimicrobial Drugs

A team of UC Berkeley vision scientists has found that small fragments of keratin protein in the eye play a key role in warding off pathogens. The researchers…

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New IVF Breakthrough Offers Hope for Cancer Survivors

Women and girls treated for cancer with radiotherapy and chemotherapy are often unable to have children as their eggs die as a result of the treatment.Although…

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Interleukin-6: The Immune Molecule Influencing Weight

Interleukin-6 is a chemical messenger in our immune system that plays an important role in fighting off infection. However, recent research has, surprisingly,…

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