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Researchers Uncover New Insights on Cervical Spine Injuries

Swartz and lead author Steven Broglio of the University of Michigan captured this groundbreaking spinal fracture data while studying concussions. Broglio had…

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St. Michael's North America first to use novel blood-cleaning procedure for kidney transplant

St. Michael's Hospital today became the first in North America to use a novel blood-cleaning procedure for a kidney patient that will allow him to receive a…

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Stent Addition in Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Surgery Reduces Recurrence

The addition of a simple stent can help prevent potentially lethal blood vessel bulges in the brain from recurring after they are repaired in a minimally…

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Nano-Sized Drug Transporter: A New Approach to Disease Treatment

The transporter, called a nanocarrier, is a lipid-based structure containing a piece of RNA. Lipids are fatty molecules that help maintain the structure of…

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Post-Concussive Syndrome: Disrupted Brain Connectivity Revealed

“Using resting-state functional MRI, we found increased functional connectivity of thalamocortical networks in patients following MTBI, due to the subtle…

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Testosterone’s Role in Reducing Inflammation in Men

It’s all down to the testosterone: men are usually more muscular than women, they have deeper voices and more body hair. And – men are less susceptible to…

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Key Discovery Helps Women Combat Infections During Pregnancy

A normal but concerning consequence of pregnancy is the fact that pregnant women are more susceptible to infection. University of Minnesota Medical School…

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Hepatitis B Vaccination Gaps Among Health Care Students

Researchers led by Dr. Rania Tohme of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed hepatitis B immunization records of 4,075 health care…

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Nasal Spray Linked to Hospital Bacteria Outbreak

An article in the August issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA),…

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EHEC: Scientists of Münster publish in PLoS ONE their prospective genomic characterization

Scientists of the Medical Faculty of the University Münster and the University Hospital Münster in collaboration with scientists of the enterprise `Life…

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Cancer Drugs Show Promise in Schizophrenia Treatment

The research, published online in the journal Brain, is from a group led by Professor Peter Giese at King's College London, and offers new avenues for drug…

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Enhancing Vascular Disease Management for Aging Populations

As the population ages and obesity and diabetes increase, more people suffer from noncardiac vascular diseases. In the July/August issue of Progress in…

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Falls may be early sign of Alzheimer’s

Scientists found that study participants with brain changes suggestive of early Alzheimer’s disease were more likely to fall than those whose brains did not…

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Testosterone Deficiency: Challenges in Diagnosis and Treatment

To highlight some of the challenges and controversies encountered in diagnosis and treatment of men with TD, the authors of a review article in the American…

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Kidney Dopamine’s Role in Blood Pressure and Longevity

Now, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have demonstrated that dopamine produced outside the brain – in the kidneys – is important for renal…

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Heartburn Treatment Linked to Longer Survival in IPF Patients

“While preliminary, these findings support a relationship between GER, chronic microaspiration and IPF,” said lead researcher Joyce Lee, MD, clinical…

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