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Brain Density Changes May Predict Schizophrenia Risk

A study published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine reveals that monitoring changes in grey matter density over time using brain scans could help…

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New Uterine Preservation Procedure for Treating Fibroids

In a study in the December issue of The Female Patient, physicians at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia present a case history of a…

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Experts Urge Better Communication on Genetic Testing Risks

The research, published in October’s issue of the prestigious journal Social Science and Medicine, could lead the medical profession to rethink the way it…

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Can Your Genes Guide Your Diet? Exploring Nutrigenomics

The study funded by the UK’s largest independent medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, will explore the marketing of commercial ‘nutrigenomic’ tests, which…

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New Study: Sugar’s Impact on Diabetes Risk Revealed

Researchers from the Royal Victoria Hospital and Queen’s University Belfast have just published the results of a clinical trial looking at the effects of high…

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Liverpool’s £20M Project Aims to Improve Children’s Medicines

The initiative involves the establishment of a national research network to undertake important clinical studies into the safety and effectiveness of medicines…

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Taste Test Identifies Best Depression Drugs, Study Finds

Research from the University of Bristol has shown that our ability to recognise certain tastes can be improved by administering drugs usually given for…

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World’s Largest Clinical Trial Into Rare Bone Cancer ‘Well Underway’ Conference Hears

The EURAMOS clinical trial, which involves a collaboration across 11 European countries, as well as the US and Canada, is on course to recruit some 1400…

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Global Diagnostics Leaders Unite for Biomedical Institute Launch

World leaders in the field of diagnostics will assemble at Dublin City University next week to participate in the launch of the Biomedical Diagnostics…

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New Research Explores Stroke Development with DWI Analysis

DWI is being used to systematically evaluate patients with crytogenic stroke comparing patterns of abnormalities in those with and without patent foramen ovale…

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Avian Flu Linked to Other Virus Infections: Key Insights

Professor Zhizhong Cui from Shandong Agricultural University presented data which showed that sporadic outbreak of avian flu could coincide with infections by…

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Study Finds Higher Systolic Blood Pressure in Adolescent Boys

The new study, which involved collaboration between researchers from McGill University and the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM) and the…

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Global Malaria Map: A Key Tool in Malaria Fight

The research, funded by the Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest biomedical research charity, involves a collaboration between the Kenya Medical Research Institute…

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Early HIV Treatment Doesn’t Restore Memory T Cells Effectively

In recent years, HIV infection has been shown to deplete the body’s memory T cells quite rapidly. In particular, the memory cells in the intestinal lining are…

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New Study: Anti-Psychotic Drugs Compared in Schizophrenia Care

According to the study, funded by the NHS and published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, patients with schizophrenia whose medication is being changed…

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Synthetic Cannabinoid Boosts Fertility in Male Smokers

The sperm from male smokers were washed with a synthetic chemical called AM-1346. After incubation, there was a doubling in the fertilizing capacity of sperm…

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