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Fingertip Test Identifies Breast Cancer Patients’ Risks

SIMPLE FINGERTIP TEST MAY IDENTIFY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT RISK FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (Presentation # P2-14-09)As many as half of postmenopausal women…

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New Food Allergy Treatment Guidelines Released for Patients

A collaborative, government-led effort to guide and standardize diagnosis, treatment and management of food allergies has resulted in the release of an…

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Immune System Changes Uncovered in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

The results, which help researchers move one step further in their efforts to develop new drugs to treat inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases, are…

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Alzheimer's and heart attacks share the same genes

Alzheimer and heart attacks have been found to share common genetic basis. The research leads the way to the first genetic test on developing the risk of the…

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New Risk Factors for Brain Metastases in Breast Cancer

Nearly one-fifth of all metastatic breast cancer patients develop brain metastases and have significantly shorter overall survival than patients who do not…

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La Jolla Institute validates Type 1 diabetes computer model's predictive success through lab testing

A La Jolla Institute team, led by leading type 1 diabetes researcher Matthias von Herrath, M.D., has demonstrated the effectiveness of a recently developed…

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Study Suggests Cranberry Juice Not Effective Against Urinary Tract Infections

However, a new study published in the January 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, and now available online, suggests otherwise.College-aged women who…

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Pediatric Trauma Research Network: A Call to Action

Jeffrey S. Upperman, MD, director of the Trauma Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has co-authored a call to action for filling a significant gap in…

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New Treatment Strategy for Autism’s Social Impairment Unveiled

Eastern Virginia Medical School researchers have identified a potential novel treatment strategy for the social impairment of people with Autism Spectrum…

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Study Reveals Disability Risks in Older Ventilator Survivors

The study was published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.”Our…

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New Origins Uncovered for Medulloblastoma Tumor Subtypes

Investigators have demonstrated for the first time that the most common malignant childhood brain tumor, medulloblastoma, is actually several different…

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New QRISK Score Predicts Heart Disease Risk in Youth

Using data from the electronic health records of over two and half million people researchers have developed, validated and evaluated the new lifetime 'score'…

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See off Alzheimer's with the color purple

These toxins, called hydroxyl radicals, cause degenerative diseases of many kinds in different parts of the body.In order to protect the body from these…

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Study Reveals Delays in Heart Attack Treatment Despite EMS

The study, published online ahead of print in Annals of Emergency Medicine, was led by assistant professor Jason McMullan, MD. In a multicenter, retrospective…

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New Study Links Cell Movement Mechanism to Aggressive Tumors

“Malignant cancer arises when cancer cells acquire the ability to move away from their primary tissue location,” said Natalia Starostina assistant research…

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Empowering Teens: School Program Improves Asthma Management

The Asthma Self-Management for Adolescents (ASMA) program is an eight-week intervention geared toward helping adolescents learn more effective ways of managing…

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