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Transplanting Gut Microbes in Mice Sheds Light on Metabolism

Bugs in the gut are known as gut microbes and they live symbiotically in human and animal bodies. The new study involved understanding the major role that gut…

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Nanomedicine Advances Nerve Cell Regeneration Techniques

The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech…

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New Insight on Insulin-Producing Cells in Diabetes Research

The research reveals that glucose plays a key role in enabling healthy beta cells, which secrete insulin, to develop in the pancreas of an embryo. Glucose…

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Hope for young women with anorexia nervosa­-but recovery takes a long time

In the follow-up, the group studied was characterized by self-reported good physical and mental health. This is shown in a 16-year follow-up that Karin Nilsson…

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Genetics Insights: Alcohol’s Impact on Heart Health

For years, physicians have assumed that alcohol abuse leads to cardiovascular diseases. However, other data has also appeared recently, in which moderate doses…

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Understanding Depression: Key Warning Signs to Watch For

The aim of this review was to survey the available literature on prodromal symptoms of unipolar major depression. Both a computerized (Medline) and a manual…

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New Radiofrequency Treatment Eases Chronic Back Pain

Radiofrequency thermolesioning is a widespread treatment for chronic back pain, but because of its neurodestructive nature, it is often considered an…

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Implanting dopamine generators in brain cells obtains improvement in Parkinson’s in monkeys

The results have been published in the latest issue of the British scientific journal specialising in Neurology, Brain, and have corroborated the conclusions…

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Papillomavirus Vaccine May Lower Vulval, Vaginal Cancer Risk

Professor Jorma Paavonen, Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and colleagues carried out their analysis of…

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Alternative Hormone Treatment Shows Promise for Breast Cancer

Luteinising hormone is produced in the pituitary gland and stimulates ovulation and the production of oestrogen. LHRH agonists are molecules which mimic the…

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Blood Transfusions From Precancerous Donors Safe, Study Finds

Professor Olof Nyrén and Gustaf Edgren, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden together with Professor Mads Melbye and Dr Henrik Hjalgrim from Statens Serum…

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Cow Protein Lactoferrin Boosts Treatment for Gut Disorders

A new study, published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, finds that adding a bovine protein called lactoferrin to the existing treatment may yield…

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Bali Bomb Insights Shape Mental Health Response to Trauma

Staff at the Royal Darwin Hospital – who treated many of the casualties – also received vital personal support from mental health nurses, especially as they…

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Cost-Effective HIV Screening in the ED: Patient Satisfaction High

Fully 60% of the patients agreed to the testing, a high percentage that may have been influenced by an ongoing district-wide campaign encouraging HIV…

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Healthcare Workers’ Role During Disasters: Insights from Experts

Linda Kruus, PhD, of Temple University Medical School’s Department of Emergency Medicine, in collaboration with the Temple University Center for Preparedness…

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Alzheimer’s weight gain initiative also improved patients’ intellectual abilities

During the three-month study, published in the May issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13 of the 18 patients in the intervention group put on weight,…

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