Archive: 11/10/2017

How do drugs get from the point of discovery to the pharmacy shelf?

Not every drug designed by pharmaceutical companies makes it to the market; very few do. Only 9.6% of new drugs in development in the years 2006-2015 successfully made it to the market to be used by patients. That's because ...

Oct 11, 2017

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New neurocognitive theory of dreaming links dreams to mind-wandering

Dream expert G. William Domhoff, a distinguished professor emeritus and a research professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, has spent decades chasing the riddle of dreams and their meaning.

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Playing a conversation game may encourage advance care planning

Few people may want to spend a Saturday night planning their end-of-life care, but playing a game designed to spur conversation about advance care planning may be a more enjoyable way to ease into the process, according to ...

Oct 11, 2017

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The molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer's

Late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for about 99 percent of all cases, and is linked to multiple factors and pathogenetic mechanisms. One important contributor is a protein post-translational modification ...

Oct 11, 2017

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The importance of randomised control trials in medical research

When a new treatment becomes available for a particular health condition, such as a new medication to treat a disease, it's tested to see whether it's effective for its intended purpose. It's also tested for potential side ...

Oct 11, 2017

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New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns

Zika virus is mutating so quickly in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near future, as is already the case with dengue virus. This would hinder the production of a vaccine and ...

Oct 11, 2017

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A new genetic marker accounts for up to 1.4 percent of cases of hereditary colon cancer

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have found a new genetic marker that would explain up to 1.4 percent of inherited colon cancer cases not related to mutations currently associated with ...

Oct 11, 2017

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Study establishes oxytocin uptake by infants via breastfeeding

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone important in establishing good communication with others. It is therefore considered to be indispensable to the development of the social brain. Oxytocin is secreted into the entire brain and ...

Oct 11, 2017

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HIV: The benefits of prophylaxis of tuberculosis are confirmed

A long-term follow-up study in the ANRS TEMPRANO trial confirms that tuberculosis chemoprophylaxis in HIV-infected people is more than ever relevant in resource-limited countries. This prophylactic use of drugs reduces mortality, ...

Oct 11, 2017

Green gentrification can limit the favourable effects of green areas on health

A scientific study conducted by ICTA-UAB and IMIM suggests that more socially disadvantaged neighbours do not benefit equally from the effects newly created green areas have on health. Scientists consider that greener cities ...

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