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Researchers compile 'molecular manual' for 100s of inherited diseases

An international research team has compiled the first catalogue of tissue-specific pathologies underlying hundreds of inherited diseases. These results provide…

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New Study Links Oesophageal Cancer Risks to Hotel and Restaurant Jobs

Jesús Vioque, a researcher at the Miguel Hernández University in Alicante, is leading a cases and controls study looking into the relationship between…

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Evaluating Heart Disease Risk in Severe Psoriasis Patients

Psoriasis is a common skin disease affecting two to three percent of the world population, including 7.5 million Americans. The most common type of psoriasis…

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Maslinic Acid from Olive Pomace: A Natural Defense Against Colon Cancer

It may provide a useful new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of colon carcinoma.Low concentrations of maslinic acid are to be found in plants with…

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How Age Affects Emotional Memory in the Brain

The study, appearing online in the January issue of Psychological Science, is a novel look at how brain connections change with age. Older adults, average age…

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Are Older Antidepressants Better for Depression in Parkinson’s Disease?

The new research is published in the December 17, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Depression…

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UIC Researchers Discover New Drugs for Leishmaniasis Treatment

More than 12 million people in 88 countries are infected with leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease spread by the bite of infected sand flies. Nearly 2 million…

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GPs ‘could do more’ to help obese avoid surgery

And he will say that patients suffering from obesity face a “post code lottery” when seeking access to specialist care.Speaking at the British Pharmacological…

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New Mouse Model Advances Vascularized Bone Transplant Research

This includes elbow, arm, hand and face transplantations and requires surgical skill and a multidisciplinary approach. Because in these cases transplanted…

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Study Links Persistent Orgasms in Women to Restless Legs

This is the result of research by the Utrecht University and The Hague’s HagaHospital. Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Marcel Waldinger and his colleagues studied 18…

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Tiny Ultrasound Device Travels Through Eardrum for Hearing Insights

Imagine an ultrasound device so small, it could travel through the eardrum, onwards through the middle ear and then rest against the inner ear to provide…

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Voriconazole: Effective Treatment for Fungal Infections

Fungal infections can kill people with weakened immune systems, which can be caused by AIDS, cancer treatment or organ replacement, and the research reinforces…

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Common Origins: Autism and Schizophrenia Link Revealed

The developmental psychologist demonstrated that both mental diseases have similar physical abnormalities which are formed during the first month of pregnancy.

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High Blood Pressure Affects Clear Thinking in Seniors

Dr. Jason Allaire, an assistant professor of psychology at NC State who co-authored the study, explains that study subjects whose average systolic blood…

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New Pathway Mapped for Colon Cancer Therapy Breakthrough

If this “survival pathway” can be successfully blocked under clinical conditions, the result would be a much-needed new therapy for colorectal cancer, the…

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Understanding PAD: Key Innovations in Treatment and Prevention

Approximately 20% of us will suffer from this peripheral artery disease (PAD) once we are 65 or over, and with risk factors including smoking, diabetes,…

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