Archive: 12/11/2015

Feeding at-risk infants gluten increases risk of developing celiac disease

Intake of gluten up until two years of age increases risk of celiac disease at least two-fold in children with genetic risk factors for this disease, according a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology ...

Nov 12, 2015

Relationship education program addresses the unique challenges affecting female same-sex couples

Although the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage was a victory for the gay community, same-sex couples continue to face challenges such as discrimination, stigma and lack of role models for their ...

Nov 12, 2015

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Lenalidomide plus rituximab produces durable responses in mantle cell lymphoma patients

New research from Moffitt Cancer Center and its collaborators find that the drug combination rituximab plus lenalidomide was effective and produced long-term responses in patients with mantle cell lymphoma. The results from ...

Nov 12, 2015

New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma

Anxiety sensitivity, in simple terms, is a fear of fear. But when people with anxiety sensitivity also have asthma, their suffering can be far more debilitating and dangerous, because they have difficulty managing their asthma. ...

Nov 12, 2015

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Blood sample new way of detecting cancer

A new RNA test of blood platelets can be used to detect, classify and pinpoint the location of cancer by analysing a sample equivalent to one drop of blood. Using this new method for blood-based RNA tests of blood platelets, ...

Nov 12, 2015

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Study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs

It's been about a decade since the promise of COX-2 inhibitors—drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without the gastrointestinal side effects of other painkillers—was tempered by the realization that they ...

Nov 12, 2015

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Researchers identify liver pathway linked to negative impacts of high-fat, high-cholesterol diet

It's no secret that a high-fat, high-cholesterol "junk food" diet has been linked to major health problems, including high blood cholesterol and the buildup of plaques in the arteries, known as atherosclerosis.

Nov 12, 2015

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Researchers discover other enzyme critical to maintaining telomere length

Since the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the enzyme telomerase in 1984, identifying other biological molecules that lengthen or shorten the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes has been slow going. Now, researchers ...

Nov 12, 2015

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Target gene identified for therapies to combat muscular dystrophy

Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) in Brazil have shown that a gene called Jagged1, or JAG1 for short, could be a target for the development of new approaches to treat Duchenne muscular ...

Nov 12, 2015

Uneven growth of identical twins may begin in first few days after conception

Unequal growth between genetically identical monozygotic (MZ) twins in the womb may be triggered in the earliest stages of human embryo development, according to a new study led by King's College London.

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Archive: 12/11/2015

Feeding at-risk infants gluten increases risk of developing celiac disease

Relationship education program addresses the unique challenges affecting female same-sex couples

Lenalidomide plus rituximab produces durable responses in mantle cell lymphoma patients

New study explores how anxiety can aggravate asthma

Blood sample new way of detecting cancer

Study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs

Researchers identify liver pathway linked to negative impacts of high-fat, high-cholesterol diet

Researchers discover other enzyme critical to maintaining telomere length

Target gene identified for therapies to combat muscular dystrophy

Uneven growth of identical twins may begin in first few days after conception

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