Archive: 11/12/2015

Tests find traditional medicines contain pharmaceuticals, heavy metals and endangered animals

A collaborative study has found high rates of adulteration, substitution and mislabelling of traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), with the undeclared ingredients rendering many of the tested samples either illegal or potentially ...

Dec 11, 2015

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Taking a hot bath after exercise improves performance in the heat

In the Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath wrote: "I am sure there are things that can't be cured by a good bath but I can't think of one." Our research shows that there may even be some things that can be prevented by a good bath – ...

Dec 11, 2015

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Processing of music and language in our brain more complex than previously thought

Some parts of our brain that process sound have a subsequent spot for each pitch, just like the keyboard on a piano. One part – the auditory part of the thalamus – even processes each sound on two 'keyboards' next to ...

Dec 11, 2015

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CMO calls for measures to improve women's health

A new report by the Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies makes a series of recommendations to improve women's health in the UK.

Dec 11, 2015

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Diabetes drug could protect the heart

New research has shown the promising potential of a new glucose-regulating drug to protect the heart from scarring, a common complication of diabetes that can cause heart failure.

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Study probes genes for clues to drug resistance in aggressive breast cancer

By sifting through the 20,000 protein-encoding genes in the human genome, Yale researchers discovered new complexities behind drug resistance and identified patterns of mutations that could predict which therapies will benefit ...

Dec 11, 2015

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Neighborhoods impact health of South Asian women in US

South Asian women in the U.S. are less likely to have high blood pressure when they have a high sense of "neighborhood cohesion"—a feeling they know most of their neighbors and could trust them, a new study says.

Dec 11, 2015

Holidays often a challenge for people with eating disorders

With food everywhere you look, difficult relatives and pressure to create perfect memories, the holidays can be a tough time for those who struggle with eating disorders.

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ICU patients with unknown diabetes have more complications during hospital stay

Emory researchers have found that patients who do not know they have diabetes when hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU) have greater complications during their stay and poorer outcomes than patients without diabetes. ...

Dec 11, 2015

Symptoms tend to vary by patient's age for two leading breast cancer drugs

A study of two leading breast cancer drugs has determined that the breast cancer symptoms women experience while taking those drugs—and the severity of those symptoms—tend to vary based on the patients' ages.

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