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Breakthrough in Alzheimer's research

The results were published in this week's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).Alzheimer's is one of the most common dementia…

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New Study Reveals Rising Threat of Drug-Resistant TB Strains

Australian researchers from the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney have published the new finding in the latest issue of the…

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New Molecule Discovered to Aid Lymphatic Disease Treatment

In an article in the Aug. 9, 2009 online edition of Nature Medicine, they report the identification of a new molecule known as soluble VEGFR-2 that blocks…

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Unlocking Brain Secrets: Interrupting Natural Remodeling

Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted this natural “annual remodeling” of the brain and have shown that there is a…

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HIV-Blocking Gel: New Protection for Women in Africa

University of Utah scientists developed a new kind of “molecular condom” to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women…

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Limb-Sparing Surgery vs. Amputation: Quality of Life Insights

The analysis, published in the September 15, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, indicates that patients and…

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Innovative Treatment for Oxygen-Deprived Newborns Unveiled

New research findings from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden, in collaboration with Zhengzhou…

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Positive Expectations Boost Whiplash Recovery by 3X, Study Finds

Two University of Alberta researchers and a colleague from Sweden have found some answers to that question in three different studies on expectations for…

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Breath-Holding Linked to Elevated Brain Damage Marker in Study

Divers who held their breath for several minutes had elevated levels of a protein that can signal brain damage, according to a new study from the Journal of…

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New Diagnostic Tool Enhances Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

A new diagnostic tool developed by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists has shown promising results when used with patients of pancreatic cancer, one…

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Walk, Don’t Drive! Community Promotion of Physical Activity Has Two-Fold Benefit

Reducing short – distance car trips has many benefits — it decreases car accidents, has positive benefits for the environment and increases physical health and…

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7-Foot Sanitizer Prototype Automates Hospital Disinfection

Hopkins experts in applied physics, computer engineering, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, microbiology, pathology and surgery have unveiled a…

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Study Links Altered Microbiome to GERD in Esophagus

Now, researchers have discovered that GERD is associated with global alteration of the microbiome in the esophagus.The findings, reported in the August 1, 2009…

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Dementia induced and blocked in Parkinson's fly model

Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have modeled Parkinson's-associated dementia for the first time. Scientists showed…

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Obesity Misleading in Detecting Cholesterol in Children

With the epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States, there is concern that overweight and obese children need to be screened for chronic medical…

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A slight twist with serious consequences

Nobody is entirely sure what the huntingtin protein does when it’s operating normally, but the effects of its malfunction are all too clear: increasingly…

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