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New Insights on MAL3-101 for Multiple Myeloma Treatment

A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70),…

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Mobile Support Innovations for AIDS Patients in South Africa

30 years ago, in June 1981, two doctors, Michael Gottlieb and Wayne Sandera of the University of California in Los Angeles, described the very first AIDS cases…

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Legionnaires' disease outbreak linked to hospital's decorative fountain

When the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease was detected among eight people in southeast Wisconsin, state and local public health officials worked closely with…

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New 'real-world' reassuring data from the SCAAR registry

A registry -which includes every patient in Sweden having percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of acute and stable coronary artery…

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Managing Blood Pressure in Diabetes: Key Insights on Treatment Delay

The consequences of delaying effective hypertension treatment for up to a year were small—a two-day reduction in quality-adjusted life expectancy—according to…

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Alzheimer’s damage occurs early

This is what a new study from Lund University in Sweden has found.Physician Oskar Hansson and his research group are studying biomarkers – substances present…

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Boosts Breast Cancer Survival

Women recently diagnosed with breast cancer have higher survival rates than those diagnosed in previous decades, according to the American Cancer Society….

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People Don’t Just Think with Their Guts; Logic Plays a Role Too

But Wim De Neys, a psychological scientist at the University of Toulouse in France, has a new suggestion: Maybe thinking about logic is also intuitive. He…

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New Research from UTSW to Improve TB Treatment Effectiveness

If the study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases is borne out in future investigations, it may lead to better ways to treat one of the world’s…

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Diet and Nutrients Impact Cognitive Ability and Brain Health

The study was among the first of its type to specifically measure a wide range of blood nutrient levels instead of basing findings on less precise data such as…

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Multiple Sclerosis: A New Perspective as a Metabolic Disorder

Framing MS as a metabolic disorder helps to explain many puzzling aspects of the disease, particularly why it strikes women more than men and why cases are on…

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Pitt Researchers Unveil Model for Improved Flu Shot Design

New research that focuses on the composition and timing of the shot design was published in the September-October issue of Operations Research by Pitt Swanson…

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Enhancing Family Consent Boosts Organ Donation Rates

At present, only 30% of the UK population are registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). From 2003 to 2005, the overall consent rate for donation after…

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Boost Adult Immunization: Essential Health Check Updates

Oops! You forgot something – up-to-date immunizations.Adult Canadians are not being immunized routinely for life-saving, vaccine-preventable diseases,…

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Global Initiative Boosts Safety of Orthopedic Devices

Responding to a need for better post-market surveillance of orthopedic devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the International…

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Aquatic Therapy Boosts Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty

Philadelphia, PA – Despite increased use of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), there is a notable lack of consensus about optimal…

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