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Electromagnetic Pulses Offer Pain Relief for Osteoarthritis

In the double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study, 34 patients used a portable battery-operated device that emits a low-intensity pulsating…

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Depression Doubles Dementia Risk in Diabetic Adults

Adults who have both diabetes and major depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to adults with diabetes only, according to a…

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New Periodontal Treatment Reduces Preterm Birth Rates

Pregnant subjects between 6 and 20 weeks gestation (using standard pregnancy dating criteria) were eligible for screening and enrollment. Eight hundred and…

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Experimental Vaccine Shields Monkeys From Chikungunya Virus

Imagine a mosquito-borne virus that has already infected millions of people in recent outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, the islands of the Indian Ocean,…

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Ocular Shingles Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke

For the study, researchers identified 658 people diagnosed with ocular shingles and 1974 without the infection. None of these people had a history of stroke at…

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Innovative In Vitro Model for Light-Induced Wound Healing

Studies have suggested that exposure to minimal doses of blue-violet light (400-500 nm) elicits production of small amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS),…

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Promising Mesothelioma Vaccine Shows Safety in First Human Study

“[This] is the first human study on DC-based immunotherapy in patients with mesothelioma,” wrote Joachim G Aerts M.D., Ph.D., a pulmonary physician at Erasmus…

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Cost-Effective CT Scans for LAM Screening in Collapsed Lung Patients

This data is being featured in the online edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.LAM is a rare but serious lung disease that…

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Vitamin D Boosts Mood for Chicagoans This Winter

A daily dose of vitamin D may just be what Chicagoans need to get through the long winter, according to researchers at Loyola University Chicago Marcella…

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Long-Acting Beta-Agonists: Effective Therapy for Kids’ Asthma

“This study gives physicians confidence in using long-acting beta-agonists if a patient is not responding to steroid treatment alone,” said said Dr. Szefler,…

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Women Face Greater Air Pollution Impact in Marathons

Marr's findings come from a comprehensive study that evaluated marathon race results, weather data, and air pollutant concentrations in seven marathons over a…

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Sleep Extremes Linked to Increased Organ Fat, Study Finds

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals how extremes of sleep – both too much and too little – can be hazardous to your…

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Combination Therapy Boosts Treatment for Enlarged Prostate

The findings, published in a recent issue of the journal European Urology, compared treatments for three groups of study participants with enlarged prostates…

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Eliminating Junk Food in Schools: A Step Toward Reducing Childhood Obesity

“This is one of the very first comprehensive investigations that examined whether childhood obesity trends changed after new statewide policies were enacted in…

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Understanding Prediabetes: Why Awareness Matters for Prevention

In 2005, almost 30% of the U.S. adult population had prediabetes, but over 90% were unaware of their prediabetes status. Although it is known that diabetes can…

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Prostate cancer surgeons 'feel' with their eyes

Robotic surgical technology with its three-dimensional, high-definition view gives surgeons the sensation of touch, even as they operate from a remote console….

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