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New Therapeutic Approach Cuts Severe Depression Symptoms by 50%

Eleven patients took part in the study over a period of two to five years. A lasting reduction in symptoms of more than 50% was seen in nearly half of the…

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Hypnosis: A Promising Treatment for IBS Symptoms

Around 15 per cent of the Swedish population is thought to suffer from IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), symptoms of which include abdominal pain and alteration…

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Low-Energy-Density Diets: Strong Evidence for Weight Loss

A new report published online today in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics systematically reviews and updates the evidence underlying the…

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Writing the Book of Cancer Knowledge

The goal of cancer treatment is to match the right drug to the right target in the right patient. But before such “personalized” drugs can be developed, more…

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Scripps Florida Uncovers Insights on Age-Related Memory Loss

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that the loss of memory that comes with aging is not…

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Early PET Response to Chemo Linked to Better Sarcoma Survival

Prior studies by this multidisciplinary team of physician scientists at the Jonsson Cancer Center had shown that use of FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) could…

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Caloric moderation can reverse link between low birth weight and obesity, early study indicates

Because this is an early study, UCLA researchers do not recommend that mothers of low-birth weight infants start restricting their child's nutrition and…

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Molecular Imaging Connects Inflammation to Depression Symptoms

New research published in the April issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reveals that systemic inflammation causes an increase in depressive symptoms and…

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Traumatic Stress Tied to Higher Inflammation in Heart Patients

In the first study to examine the relationship between cumulative traumatic stress exposure and inflammation, the scientists found that the more traumatic…

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Maintaining restraint in the face of danger

Some bacterial infections trigger the formation of structures known as granulomas, which essentially quarantine compromised cells. “Infected macrophages get…

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Measles Vaccines Safe: No Link to Febrile Seizures in Kids

Funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the study of 86,750 children follows an earlier study published in Pediatrics that showed one particular…

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Scientists Discover Way to Combat Rare Childhood Disease

Rutgers scientists think they have found a way to prevent and possibly reverse the most debilitating symptoms of a rare, progressive childhood degenerative…

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Neonatal Lung Function Deficits Linked to Childhood Asthma

“Previous research on the relationship between neonatal lung function and the development of asthma has been conflicting,” said lead author Hans Bisgaard, MD,…

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Promising Strategies to Reduce Anesthesia Injuries in Children

As detailed in a study published in the March 23 online edition of the journal Neuroscience, Wake Forest Baptist scientists explored a number of strategies…

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UV Photos Reveal Skin Cancer Risks in 12-Year-Olds

Now look at these kids again – which are at highest risk? You can’t tell, but a study recently published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology…

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Paramedics Excel in Stroke Detection, Study Reveals

Researchers examined the records of 5,300 patients who were brought to Loyola's emergency room by emergency medical services (EMS). Paramedics were able to…

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