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Researchers link Kawasaki Disease in childhood with increased risk of adult heart disease

In a study published in the August 2012 print edition of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association peer-reviewed…

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Sodium Buildup in Brain Tied to Multiple Sclerosis Disability

The study found that patients with early-stage MS showed sodium accumulation in specific brain regions, while patients with more advanced disease showed sodium…

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Uncommon Melanoma Mutation Responsive to MEK Inhibitor Therapy

The new study by co-first-authors Kimberly Brown Dahlman, Ph.D., Junfeng Xia, Ph.D., and Katherine Hutchinson, B.S., Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC),…

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Increase Vitamin C RDA to Lower Heart Disease and Stroke Risk

The researchers, in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, say there’s compelling evidence that the RDA of vitamin C should be raised to 200…

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Nanomagnets Enhance Blood Tumor Cell Analysis for Diagnostics

They have developed a prototype for the magnetic flow cytometry of blood. Blood is the most important source of diagnostic information for doctors tracking the…

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NIH Tools Enhance Cancer Drug Matching with Gene Targets

The newly updated software, called CellMiner, was built for use with the NCI-60, one of the most widely utilized collections of cancer cell samples employed in…

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Mayo Clinic Develops Tool for Real-Time Brain Monitoring

Mayo Clinic researchers have found a novel way to monitor real-time chemical changes in the brains of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS). The…

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Managers Thrive in Their 50s and 60s, Study Finds

Managers demonstrate their highest levels of professional vitality in their 50s, reveals a new study conducted at the University of Haifa, Israel, which…

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Saliva and Pupil Size Differences in Autism Show System in Overdrive

However, even though the levels of the enzyme, salivary alpha-amylase (sAA), were lower than those of typically-developing children in samples taken in the…

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New insights into the genetic architecture of Parkinson’s disease

The study is based on the genetic analysis of more than 17,000 patients and healthy control persons. As one of the largest genetic studies on Parkinson’s…

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Vitamin D deficiency and poorer lung function in asthmatic children treated with steroids

“In our study of 1,024 children with mild to moderate persistent asthma, those who were deficient in vitamin D levels showed less improvement in…

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Want to lose weight? Keep a food journal, don't skip meals and avoid going out to lunch

The findings by Anne McTiernan, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues – from the first study to look at the impact of a wide range of self-monitoring and diet-related…

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Enhancing Retina Transplantation Through Microenvironment Changes

“Our research showed that nonsurgical treatment of SLAP tears was more often successful than surgery, and in position players more frequently than for…

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Enhancing Retina Transplantation: New Insights on Microenvironment

Their study is published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:5), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct/.”Photoreceptor death is an irreversible process and represents one of the largest causes of untreatable blindness in the developed world,” said Dr. Rachael A. Pearson, study co-author and a member of the Department of Genetics, University College London Institute of Ophthalmology. “Stem cell replacement therapy offers a novel strategy for retinal repair, but since it is likely that a large number of cells would be needed to restore vision, enhancement of the process is needed.”…

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Immune Cell Trafficking Observed in Beating Heart

Researchers investigating this type of secondary heart damage have been stymied by the inability to see in real time how restoring blood flow leads to…

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Ordinary chickens may be extraordinary in fighting cancer, says Texas A&M researcher

James Womack, Distinguished Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, is co-author of a paper detailing…

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