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Childhood Cancer Drugs: Heart Risks Revealed by UB Research

Will a drug used to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and other pediatric cancers cause heart problems later in life? UB associate professor of…

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Doubling Radiation Therapy Efficacy for Lung Cancer Treatment

Georgia Health Sciences University scientists have devised a way to reduce lung cancer cells' ability to repair the lethal double-strand DNA breaks caused by…

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Professor's Model-Based Approach Helps Minimize Treatment Failure for HIV Patients

Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, has developed a treatment method to reduce the risk…

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Inhaled Glucocorticoids in Pregnancy Linked to Pediatric Diseases

In a population-based cohort study, 65,085 mother-child pairs from the Danish National Birth Cohort were followed up in real time from early pregnancy into…

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Inhaled Mannitol Boosts Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis Study

In the double-blind study, which was supported by Pharmaxis Limited, 318 patients were randomized to treatment with 400 mg bid inhaled mannitol or 50 mg bid…

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Exploring Endophenotype Strategies in Neuropsychiatric Research

There are several problems associating with this conventional approach including carriers of genes cannot be identified in the absence of manifest symptoms and…

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IASLC Forms Committee to Enhance CT Lung Cancer Screening

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) has taken a proactive role in advancing discussions with the international lung cancer…

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Researchers investigate link between autoimmune diseases and wounds that don't heal

The finding, published online Dec. 14th in the International Wound Journal, represents an unappreciated link that could lead to important new insights in wound…

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Phthalates Found in Many FDA-Approved Medicines and Supplements

Phthalates such as dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP) are used as inactive ingredients in FDA-approved medications where they may serve a…

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From heterogeneous patient measurements towards earlier diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease

European PredictAD project, lead by Principal Scientist Jyrki Lötjönen from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, has developed a decision support tool for…

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Walking Skills Program Boosts Recovery After Hip Replacement

Researchers in Norway report that patients who receive walking skills training following total hip arthroplasty for osteoarthritis show improved physical…

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Alzheimer's drug candidate may be first to prevent disease progression

A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's disease, based on the findings of a study published…

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New report identifies research needed on 'modified risk' tobacco products

While modified risk tobacco products could be one part of a comprehensive strategy to lower tobacco-related death and disease in the U.S., especially among…

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Link Between Pulmonary Inflammation and Diesel Exhaust Found

The study led by principle investigator Jiyoun Kim, PhD, professor of pathology, was published in the December issue of The American Journal of Pathology and…

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Statins Linked to Lower Mortality in Flu Hospitalizations

A team of investigators has found that statins, cholesterol-lowering drugs, may offer an additional treatment to complement these approaches and reduce…

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'Pep talk' can revive immune cells exhausted by chronic viral infection

Yet exhausted immune cells can be revived after the introduction of fresh cells that act like coaches giving a pep talk, researchers at Emory Vaccine Center…

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