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HIV Increase in Pakistan: Insights for Future Research

The researchers raise concern that the transmission across subgroups into Pakistan’s general population may serve as indication that the virus may be spreading…

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Study identifies chemical changes in brains of people at risk for Alzheimer's disease

The study of 311 people in their 70s and 80s with no cognitive problems, from the population-based Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, used an advanced brain imaging…

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Exercise can substitute effectively as second 'medication' for people with depression

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists involved in the investigation, recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, found that both moderate and…

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Learning information the hard way may be best 'boot camp' for older brains

Canadian researchers have found the first evidence that older brains get more benefit than younger brains from learning information the hard way – via…

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Ga ga for goo goo: Research explores the scientific basis for baby fever

Not only does the phenomenon called baby fever exist, it is found in both men and women, according to researchers from Kansas State University. Gary Brase,…

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Newly discovered cell mechanism uses amplified nitric oxide to fight C. diff

Groundbreaking research encompassing Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, has uncovered a natural…

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Noninvasive Imaging Probe Detects Heart-Valve Infections

A novel imaging probe developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may make it possible to diagnose accurately a dangerous infection of the…

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UH Researchers Develop New Treatments for Breast, Colon Cancer

University of Houston (UH) researchers have their sights set on developing possible treatments for breast and colon cancer. In two separate, yet related,…

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New Target for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Identified by Joslin Researchers

A paper in published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that the enzyme, Sirt3, is decreased in the skeletal muscle of…

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Newborn Screen Detects Heart Issues Early for Better Care

Now a group of physicians and scientists has published an important paper that recommends strategies for national screening for critical CHD, using a simple,…

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New Antibiotic Reduces Catheter Infections in Dialysis Patients

Antibiotics can help ward off serious bacterial infections in kidney disease patients who use tubes called catheters for their dialysis treatments. But if…

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Metabolic Syndrome’s Link to Kidney Disease Explained

Metabolic syndrome comprises a group of medical disorders that increase people's risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and premature death when they occur…

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Boosting Immune Memory to Combat Chronic Infections

But chronic infections such as those caused by viruses like HIV and hepatitis C are different. If the immune system can't clear the infection out of the body…

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Lung Function Declines in Children with Severe Pectus Excavatum

“These results confirm what we have observed anecdotally, that children with more severe pectus excavatum report more incidents of shortness of breath and a…

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New ‘bionic’ leg gives amputees a natural gait

The device uses the latest advances in computer, sensor, electric motor and battery technology to give it bionic capabilities: It is the first prosthetic with…

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Sepsis Trends in the 21st Century: A Nationwide Study

In recent study, researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Orlando Regional Medical Center found that the number of severe sepsis hospitalizations…

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