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Plant-Based Compound May Inhibit HIV
July 29, 2013 A compound found in soybeans may become an effective HIV treatment without the drug resistance issues faced by current ... > full story -
Antibiotic Reduction Campaigns Do Not Necessarily Reduce Resistance
July 29, 2013 Antibiotic use -- and misuse -- is the main driver for selection of antibiotic resistant bacteria. This has led many countries to implement interventions designed to reduce overall antibiotic ... > full story -
Therapeutic Fecal Transplant: Hope for Cure of Childhood Diarrhea Comes Straight from the Gut
July 29, 2013 Call it therapeutic poop, if you will, but the best hope yet for an effective treatment of childhood infections with the drug-resistant bacterium C. difficile may come straight from the gut, ... > full story -
Statins Suppress Rett Syndrome Symptoms in Mice
July 29, 2013 Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs found in millions of medicine cabinets, may help treat Rett Syndrome, according to a new ... > full story -
Shocking: Surgical Anesthetic Appears to Treat Drug-Resistant Depression
July 29, 2013 Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long been considered the most effective treatment of medication-resistant depression. But millions of people don’t take advantage of it because of the side ... > full story -
Young Cannabis-Smokers Aware of the Health Risks
July 29, 2013 91 percent of on average 20-year-old Swiss men drink alcohol, almost half of whom drink six beverages or more in a row and are thus at-risk consumers. 44 percent of Swiss men smoke tobacco, ... > full story -
Novel Mechanism That Helps Stomach Bug Cause Illness Identified
July 28, 2013 A seafood contaminant that thrives in brackish water during the summer works like a spy to infiltrate cells and quickly open communication channels to sicken the host, researchers ... > full story -
Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
July 28, 2013 Many drugs such as agents for cancer or autoimmune diseases have nasty side effects because while they kill disease-causing cells, they also affect healthy cells. Now a new study has demonstrated a ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Detecting DNA Mutations Could Help Treat Tuberculosis, Cancer
July 28, 2013 Researchers have developed a new method that can look at a specific segment of DNA and pinpoint a single mutation, which could help diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer and ... > full story -
Estrogen's Effects on Fat Depends on Where It's Located
July 26, 2013 Why women tend to accumulate fat in the stereotypical “pear” shape, with more fat in the buttocks and thighs (a shape that’s thought to be healthier than men’s stereotypical ... > full story
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