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Targeting Tumors: New Drug Discovery from UC San Diego

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have identified a new drug discovery…

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Aerobic Exercise Boosts Memory Efficiency in Fibromyalgia Patients

Areas of the brain responsible for pain processing and cognitive performance changed in fibromyalgia patients who exercised following a medication holiday, say…

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Intensive Therapy Cuts Kidney Disease Risk in Type 1 Diabetes

Controlling blood glucose early in the course of type 1 diabetes yields huge dividends, preserving kidney function for decades. The new finding from a study…

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Study Uncovers Joint Pain Causes from Breast Cancer Drugs

The study is published online Nov. 11 in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. Preliminary findings were presented in 2010 at the 74th Annual…

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Parkinsonian worms may hold the key to identifying drugs for Parkinson's disease

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have devised a simple test, using dopamine-deficient worms, for identifying drugs that may help people with…

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Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis Variability

To diagnose autism spectrum disorders, clinicians typically administer a variety of tests or scales and use information from observations and parent interviews…

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Lipid Blocks Influenza: A New Approach to Virus Prevention

“Supplemental POPG could be an important, inexpensive and novel approach for the prevention and treatment of influenza and other respiratory virus infections,”…

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Spinal Bleeding in Children: A Key Indicator of Abuse

The findings support performing complete spine imaging for children undergoing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for moderate or severe traumatic brain…

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Experimental drug suppresses rebound of hepatitis C virus in liver transplant patients

A human monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) given to patients with chronic hepatitis C…

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Einstein Study: Brain’s Role in Blood Sugar Regulation

“The brain is the body's only organ that needs a constant supply of glucose to survive, so it makes sense that it would have some say over how much glucose is…

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Global Efforts to Eradicate Polio: A Public Health Update

Health professionals and researchers across the globe believe they are on the verge of eradicating polio, a devastating virus which can lead to paralysis and…

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Stroke Prevention Clinics Cut One-Year Mortality by 26%

The study, published in the journal Stroke in November, showed a 26% reduction in one-year mortality rates among those referred to a stroke prevention clinic. The risk of stroke after a TIA may be as high as 20% in the first three months. Half of the strokes occur in the first 24 to 48 hours after a TIA. Organized inpatient care has been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality but little research has been done on the benefits of organized outpatient stroke prevention clinics. These clinics facilitate early assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with a recent TIA or non-disabling stroke….

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TB Rates Decline Amid Economic Recession: Key Insights

Any pool of the world's population harboring this disease gives cause for concern, especially since the BCG vaccine is only 70-80% effective at best. New…

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Low Vitamin D Levels Not Linked to COPD Risk: Study Findings

In the study, a secondary analysis of data from a randomized, controlled trial of the effects of azithromycin on the frequency of AECOPD, no relationship was…

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Body Weight, Sleep-Disordered Breathing, and Child Cognition

“The intricate interdependencies between BMI, SDB and cognition shown in our study are of particular importance in children, as their brains are still rapidly…

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Nano-Tech Advances for Greener Medicine at Bionano Group

Over the last 5 years the Bionano Group at the Nano-Science Center and the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology at the University of Copenhagen has been…

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