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Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer: Spread to Other Organs

Virtually all prostate cancers are androgen dependent at first, but they progress and become resistant over time. These hormone refractory or castration…

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Reducing kids' salt intake may lower soft drink consumption

Previous studies have shown that dietary salt intake increases fluid consumption in adults. But researchers at St. George’s University of London, England, are…

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New Techniques for Detecting Harmful Blood Clots Developed

New techniques for detecting emboli (harmful blood clots/air bubbles in arteries) developed at the University of Leicester have played a major role in…

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Listening to music improves stroke patients’ recovery

Researchers from Finland found that if stroke patients listened to music for a couple of hours a day, their verbal memory and focused attention recovered…

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Precancerous Stem Cells Drive Tumor Blood Vessel Formation

Researchers say the findings provide new information about how tumors develop blood vessels, and why new drugs designed to block tumor blood-vessel growth are…

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New Thyroid Hormone Discovery Could Aid Pregnancy Health

Children born with thyroid hormone deficiencies (hypothyreosis) are in danger of mental and locomotor underdevelopment if they remain untreated. However,…

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University Researcher Unveils New Anti-Depressant Compounds

All told, the chemist of the School of Sciences synthesized 51 compounds whose biological characteristics were evaluated by two of the most prestigious groups…

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Improved Prognosis Models for Leukemia Patients Unveiled

A research team directed by Professor Göran Roos at the Department of Medical Bioscience, Pathology, is behind the study, which is now being published in the…

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New Insights on Eye Melanoma: HSP90 Research Breakthrough

Now, the PhD research project led by Dr. Dana Faingold may open the door for very promising new treatment options for this pathology. Her first article was…

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MIT Unveils Gecko-Inspired Bandage for Enhanced Healing

Drawing on some of the principles that make gecko paws unique, the surface of the bandage has the same kind of nanoscale hills and valleys that allow the…

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MIT Uncovers Key Mutations in 1918 Flu Spread

The team showed that the 1918 influenza strain developed two mutations in a surface molecule called hemagglutinin (HA), which allowed it to bind tightly to…

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Imitating monkey’s ‘jumping genes’ could lead to new treatments for HIV

The international team of researchers, coordinated by Professor Greg Towers, UCL Infection and Immunity, and funded by the Wellcome Trust, have identified a…

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Improving Healthcare for Menopausal Women in Rural Areas

Researchers who looked at a predominantly rural province, where a large proportion of the population live in remote areas, found that menopausal women often…

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Missing chromosome predicts brain tumor patients' response to treatment

“Our findings will help doctors better predict who will respond best to temozolomide, which has recently been proposed as a new treatment for gliomatosis…

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New Labelling Proposal Aims to Simplify Food Choices

The Choices International Foundation calls for the European Commission and the European Parliament to consider the option to put a positive logo that…

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Math Model Uncovers Key to Controlling Epidemics

Now, a sophisticated new mathematical model has identified what may be the key to getting this growing health problem under control: Changing the way that…

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