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Ibuprofen May Slow Lung Disease in Cystic Fibrosis Kids

Headed by Dr. Larry Lands, Director of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine at Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre, the multi-centre…

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Gene Linked to Severe Urinary Tract Infections Identified

Scientists at Lund University in Sweden have found a gene that appears to lie behind many of the most severe urinary tract infections. The study is published…

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Nicotine in breast milk disrupts infants' sleep patterns

A study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center reports that nicotine in the breast milk of lactating mothers who smoke cigarettes disrupts their infants' sleep…

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Brain Plasticity Breakthrough: Vision Area Reorganized Post-Stroke

This finding demonstrates plasticity, the ability of a brain area to change its functioning, in the adult human brain. The finding will not lead immediately to…

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New European Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease Management

The guidelines consider successively general comments on the evaluation of the patients with the management of native valve disease and that of the important…

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Paracetamol’s Unseen Impact on Bone Growth: New Insights

Author of this work is Olga García Martínez, and her analysis takes as a starting point several clinical processes in which accelerating bone growth is…

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Understanding Fat’s Role in Health and Disease Regulation

Worldwide it is estimated that one person in every eight is overweight and more than 300 millions are obese. For a definition of overweight and obesity see…

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Red Wine Compound Resveratrol May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

The study involved male mice that were fed a plant compound found in red wine called resveratrol, which has shown anti-oxidant and anti-cancer properties….

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Best Breakfast Bread for Steady Blood Sugar All Day

This is due to a combination of low GI (glycemic index) and certain type of indigestible carbohydrates that occur in certain grain products. The findings are…

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Radiation and Drug Combo Enhances Lung Cancer Treatment Efficacy

The study, involving human lung-cancer cells implanted in mice, appears in the Sept. 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. In the study, Dr. Philip Thorpe,…

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Mast Cells: Key Players in Allergy Relief and Skin Protection

The findings, to be published Sept. 2 in the online version of Nature Immunology, reveal that, in mice, mast cells help decrease skin damage over time from sun…

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Smokers Face Higher Dementia Risk, Study Reveals

The study followed nearly 7,000 people age 55 and older for an average of seven years. Over that time, 706 of the participants developed dementia. People who…

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Combination Drug Therapy May Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes

By 2030, an estimated 350 million people will be living with diabetes worldwide. Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of cardiovascular…

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US Cancer Surveillance Faces Decline in Reporting Accuracy

A report obtained by The Lancet Oncology details a precipitous decline in US Veteran Affairs (VA) reporting of new cancer cases to California registries…

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Diabetes Impact on Heart Disease in Europe: Key Insights

Recent large surveys and registries in patients with heart failure, including the Euro Heart Failure Surveys (EHFS) I and II, have shown that diabetes in such…

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New Insights in Risk Stratification for Acute Heart Failure

Differently from myocardial infarction that has comparable incidence and short term mortality, risk stratification models for patient with acutely…

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