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Marker Distinguishes More-Aggressive From Less-Aggressive Forms Of Chronic Leukemia

This study identified a molecular marker that quickly helps to distinguish which form a patients has. The findings could enable patients with aggressive…

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Prosthetic Hand Developments: New Study Uncovers Key Challenges

High operating forceThe study, which was carried out by researchers from TU Delft and the University of Groningen, measured the force required to operate a…

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Echocardiogram Screenings: A Key to Preventing Rheumatic Heart Disease

Routine screening with echocardiogram can detect three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as clinical examinations, offering a novel approach…

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Gut Bacteria Changes Linked To Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

Larger-than-normal populations of specific gut bacteria may trigger the development of diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and possibly fuel disease progression…

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Breast cancer risk can be lowered by avoiding unnecessary medical imaging

A report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) last December reviewed all the available scientific data compiled to date about potential environmental…

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Sweet minty relief for cough

Cough is a vital protective reflex that clears the respiratory tract of threats from mechanical stimuli like food and chemical stimuli such as airborne toxins…

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JDRF Study Reveals Protection Against Diabetic Eye Disease

Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center, supported by JDRF, have completed a study of 158 people who have lived with type 1 diabetes (T1D) for 50 years or more…

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Unlocking the potential of Dyslexics

“My son Jason had a dyslexia diagnosis at 6. He always confuses a B with a D. Neither can he read English properly nor can he keep up with Chinese classes,…

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Infection and Cancer: Linking Chronic Inflammation Risks

One of the biggest risk factors for liver, colon or stomach cancer is chronic inflammation of those organs, often caused by viral or bacterial infections. A…

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Study Links Large Waistlines to Higher Mortality Risk in Seniors

Coherent research has shown that being underweight is considerably more dangerous for the elderly than being overweight. A study at the Sahlgrenska Academy,…

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Sleep Less Than Six Hours? Stroke Risk for Normal-Weight Adults

Habitually sleeping less than six hours a night significantly increases the risk of stroke symptoms among middle-age to older adults who are of normal weight…

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Researchers develop a 'time bomb' to fight cardiovascular disease

Treatment options are currently available to people who suffer from the disease but no drug can target solely the diseased areas, often leading to generalized…

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New Gene Loci Linked to Common Migraine Subtype Discovery

The new genes identified in this study provide further evidence for the hypothesis that dysregulation of molecules important in transmitting signals between…

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Decoding DNA: Predicting Breast Tumor Treatment Responses

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis uncovered mutations linked to whether or not women respond to aromatase inhibitors, drugs…

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Moffitt Cancer Center’s New Anti-Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed and tested in mice a synthetic vaccine and found it effective in killing human papillomavirus-derived…

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RABBIT Risk Score Aids Rheumatologists in Infection Prediction

Results of a study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, suggest that the newly developed RABBIT Risk…

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