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Breast Cancer Gene Could Play Critical Role in Obesity, Diabetes
Mar. 12, 2014 — The gene known to be associated with breast cancer susceptibility, BRCA 1, plays a critical role in the normal metabolic function of skeletal muscle, according to a new study. Mutations in the BRCA1 ... full story -
Two Definitions for Chronic Multisymptom Illness Afflicting Gulf War Vets Should Guide Treatment
Mar. 12, 2014 — Two existing definitions of chronic multisymptom illness -- one by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and another from a study of Kansas Gulf War veterans -- should be used by the U.S. ... full story -
Skating to the Puck or Avoiding the Penalty Box in Health Care? Are Financial Penalties Working for Changing Hospital Behavior?
Mar. 12, 2014 — A new article questions whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' use of financial penalties is the right tack for changing the behavior of hospitals. In the article, the ... full story -
Texting Program Good Option for Teen Girls' Health, Study Shows
Mar. 12, 2014 — An emergency medicine physician recently led a study that found a text-message program may be an effective violence prevention tool for at-risk teen girls. The team interviewed girls between the ages ... full story -
Pancreatic Cancer Growth Slowed by Blocking Key Enzyme
Mar. 12, 2014 — Blocking the function of an enzyme known as Hhat slows the growth and spread of pancreatic cancer by preventing a protein called Hedgehog from stimulating nearby normal cells to help the cancer, ... full story -
Chronic Pain Research Delves Into Brain: New Insight Into How Brain Responds to Pain
Mar. 12, 2014 — New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to improved treatments for patients, researchers say. Chronic pain is common throughout the world. More than 100 ... full story -
Back Surgery Offers Long-Term Societal Benefits, According to New Study
Mar. 12, 2014 — A new study uncovered that the estimated average annual earnings of working patients who undergo surgery are $47,619, compared to $45,694 for those with non-surgical treatments. Therefore, the annual ... full story -
Type 1 Diabetes: Gut Microbiota Networks May Influence Autoimmune Processes
Mar. 12, 2014 — The interactions of the gut microbiota in children with typical diabetes autoantibodies differ from that in healthy children. The fact that these differences already exist before antibodies are ... full story -
Diets High in Animal Protein May Help Prevent Functional Decline in Elderly Individuals
Mar. 11, 2014 — A diet high in protein, particularly animal protein, may help elderly individuals function at higher levels physically, psychologically, and socially, according to a study. The research suggests that ... full story -
Link Between Missing DNA, Birth Defects Confirmed
Mar. 11, 2014 — The genetic basis for a particular human syndrome that involves cleft palate, epilepsy and respiratory difficulties has been identified by researchers. Better understanding of these genes could help ... full story -
Substance Naturally Found in Humans Effective in Fighting Brain Damage from Stroke
Mar. 11, 2014 — A molecular substance that occurs naturally in humans and rats was found to 'substantially reduce' brain damage after an acute stroke and contribute to a better recovery, according to a ... full story -
Lack of Sleep, Stress Describe a Mother's Experience After Child's ALL Treatment
Mar. 11, 2014 — Many months after their child's diagnosis and treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 46 percent of mothers exhibited symptoms of clinical anxiety and 26 percent of mothers showed ... full story -
Cellular Alchemy: How to Make Insulin-Producing Cells from Gut Cells
Mar. 11, 2014 — Introducing three proteins that control the regulation of DNA in the nucleus -- called transcription factors -- into an immune-deficient mouse turned a specific group of cells in the gut lining into ... full story -
Free Online Software Helps Speed Up Genetic Discoveries
Mar. 11, 2014 — Microarray analysis -- a complex technology commonly used in many applications such as discovering genes, disease diagnosis, drug development and toxicological research -- has just become easier and ... full story -
Why Antisocial Youth Are Less Able to See Perspective of Others
Mar. 11, 2014 — Adolescents with antisocial personality disorder inflict serious physical and psychological harm on both themselves and others. However, little is yet known about the underlying neural processes. ... full story -
MRI to 'See Through' Metal Screws Developed to Follow Patients After Hip Fracture Surgery
Mar. 11, 2014 — People who sustain the most common type of hip fracture are at increased risk of complications. A special type of MRI has been developed that can show a detailed image following fracture repair, ... full story -
Improving Safety, Effectiveness of Lithium Therapy: Closer Than Ever
Mar. 11, 2014 — Lithium, one of the oldest and most widely used drugs to treat neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as bipolar disorder, has a serious drawback -- toxicity. In a continued effort to find a safer form of ... full story -
Tracking Neighborhood Eating Habits to Promote Healthier Diets
Mar. 11, 2014 — Using checkout grocery data from Montreal neighborhoods as a tool to combat unhealthy food choices, a new study has developed a way for health agencies to track Montreal consumers' food choices, ... full story -
Restoring Order in Brain: Brain Cell Regeneration May Alleviate Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease
Mar. 11, 2014 — Researchers have discovered that when they re-established a population of new cells in the part of the brain associated with behavior, some symptoms of Alzheimer's disease significantly ... full story -
What's the Upside of Feeling Too Sad for Chocolate?
Mar. 11, 2014 — The instant gratification and the pleasure derived from consuming excessive chocolate and deep-fried foods can lead way to a double-edged sword of negative consequences ranging from weight gain to ... full story -
Cancer Cells Don't Take 'Drunken' Walks Through Body
Mar. 11, 2014 — Biologists have believed that cancers cells spread through the body in a slow, aimless fashion, resembling a drunk who can't walk three steps in a straight line. They now know that's true ... full story
- Breast cancer gene could play critical role in obesity, diabetes
- Two definitions for chronic multisymptom illness afflicting Gulf War vets should guide treatment
- Skating to the puck or avoiding the penalty box in health care? Are financial penalties working for changing hospital behavior?
- Texting program good option for teen girls' health, study shows
- Pancreatic cancer growth slowed by blocking key enzyme
- Chronic pain research delves into brain: New insight into how brain responds to pain
- Back surgery offers long-term societal benefits, according to new study
- Type 1 diabetes: Gut microbiota networks may influence autoimmune processes
- Diets high in animal protein may help prevent functional decline in elderly individuals
- Link between missing DNA, birth defects confirmed
- Substance naturally found in humans effective in fighting brain damage from stroke
- Lack of sleep, stress describe a mother's experience after child's ALL treatment
- Cellular alchemy: How to make insulin-producing cells from gut cells
- Free online software helps speed up genetic discoveries
- Why antisocial youth are less able to see perspective of others
- MRI to 'see through' metal screws developed to follow patients after hip fracture surgery
- Improving safety, effectiveness of lithium therapy: Closer than ever
- Tracking neighborhood eating habits to promote healthier diets
- Restoring order in brain: Brain cell regeneration may alleviate symptoms of Alzheimer's disease
- What's the upside of feeling too sad for chocolate?
- Cancer cells don't take 'drunken' walks through body
- Anesthetic technique improves quality of recovery for women having breast cancer surgery
- Cosmetic treatment can open door to bacteria
- Potential heart attack drug without side effects under development
- Statins may lower blood clot risk following joint replacement surgery
- Hip, knee replacements may boost cardiovascular health in osteoarthritis patients
- Plaques detected in brain scans forecast cognitive impairment
- Girls born small or underweight twice as likely to be infertile in adulthood
- Natural selection has altered the appearance of Europeans over the past 5,000 years
- New treatment for atrial fibrillation reduces stroke risk
- Poison centers benefit patients, reduce medical costs
- Unique individual with lupus and HIV demonstrates desired immune response to HIV
- Key breaking point involved in traumatic brain injury modeled by researchers
- Serious side effect: Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors
- How light affects our brain's performance: Photic memory for executive brain responses
- One step closer to ovarian cancer marker, researchers report
- U.S. cocaine use cut by half, while marijuana consumption jumps
- Social media and science: Don't choose a diet based on what's trending
- Older people denied proper access to cancer care, according to study
- Doctors often uncertain in ordering, interpreting lab tests
- Young skin cancer survivors at risk of other cancers later
- Feeding gut microbiota: Nutrition, probiotics key factors for digestive health
- Tricky balancing act: Antibiotics versus the gut microbiota
- Worldwide standard in diagnosing melanoma established
- Healthy eating may reduce the risk of preterm delivery
- Smokers' brains biased against negative images of smoking
- Lower IQ and poorer cardiovascular fitness in teen years increase risk of early-onset dementia
- Loss of antioxidant protein Nrf2 represses regeneration of muscle lost to aging
- Rare vascular disease raises stroke risk for young women
- IBS and bloating: When gut microbiota gets out of balance
- More than just bacteria: Importance of microbial diversity in gut health, disease
- Targeted drug may prolong survival of patients with cervical cancer
- Could sticky cells cause drug resistance in chronic blood cancer?
- PSA testing, early treatment decreases risk of prostate cancer death
- Optimized ski sled for Paralympics athlete
- Sweet test to reduce false-positive cancer diagnoses
- Healthy midlife diet may prevent dementia later
- Spread of antibiotic resistance understood by unravelling bacterial secretion system
- Mutations in leukemia gene linked to new childhood growth disorder
- Blood test identifies those at-risk for cognitive decline, Alzheimer's within three years
- Stem cell study opens door to undiscovered world of biology
- New tool to unravel mysteries of metastasis created
- New guidelines employ a team approach to autism diagnosis, care
- Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
- Higher functioning endogenous opioid system predicts better treatment response for neuropathic pain treated with topical NSAIDs
- Half of veterans prescribed medical opioids continue to use them chronically
- Opioid regimens that deliver best pain control reflect assay findings of cytochrome defects
- Combined use of oxytocin and human chorionic gonadotropin in intractable pain patients
- Stem cell transplant shows 'landmark' promise for treatment of degenerative disc disease
- Research on 3-D scaffolds sets new bar in lung regeneration
- New class of antibiotics discovered by chemists
- Personalized treatment prolongs the life of lung cancer patients
- New study of proteins in space could yield better understanding, new drug development
- Anti-psychotic meds offer hope against brain cancer
- New theory on cause of endometriosis
- Majority of Latinas are unaware of their risk of diabetes, study finds
- Volume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic lab reporting
- Cells appearing normal may actually be harbingers of lung cancer
- Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition, treatment
- Pre-term birth leads to increased risk of asthma, wheezing disorders
- Smartphones become 'eye-phones' with low-cost devices
- Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
- Epigenetic changes could explain type 2 diabetes
- Nasal filter looks promising for allergy sufferers
- People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey finds
- After years of improving, rates of youth suicide-related behaviors stopped declining, Canadian study finds
- Lifesaving sensor for full bladders under development
- UV light accelerates cancer cells that creep along outside of blood vessels
- Bone turnover markers predict prostate cancer outcomes
- Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
- New approach to prostate cancer screening needed in UK, experts say
- Quicker and cheaper toxicity checking of mussels
- Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure, function
- Molecular subtyping of breast cancer can better identify women at high risk of disease recurrence
- Prescriptions for benzodiazepines rising and risky when combined with opioids, researchers warn
- Postsurgical pain control linked to patient satisfaction with hospital experience
- Heating safety from mri radiofrequency energy demonstrated in variety of simulated spinal cord stimulation scenarios
- Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar epidural steroid injections: Both offered similar pain relief, function for radiating low-back pain
- Long-lasting improvements for discogenic low-back pain treated with minimally invasive intradiscal biacuplasty
- Reducing wait times could improve spinal cord stimulator success for chronic pain
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