Archive: 14/01/2016

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as safe as aspirin

PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is the first medicine that the Food and Drug Administration has approved to be shown effective to prevent infection with HIV. Nearly 50,000 new cases of HIV occur in the United States every ...

Jan 14, 2016

Debiopharm, EORTC investigate triptorelin for treatment of salivary gland cancers

Debiopharm International SA (Debiopharm), part of Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced a collaboration in order to supply triptorelin pamoate 3.75 mg 1-month formulation for patients ...

Jan 14, 2016

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New study indicates students' cognitive functioning improves when using standing desks

Do students think best when on their feet? A new study by the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health indicates they do.

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Youths with gender dysphoria have higher rates of Asperger syndrome

A new study provides clinical data to support growing evidence that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is more prevalent in children and adolescents with gender dysphoria than in the general population. Among youths seen at a ...

Jan 14, 2016

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Dengue vaccine enters phase 3 trial in Brazil

A large-scale clinical trial to evaluate whether a candidate vaccine can prevent the mosquito-borne illness dengue fever has been launched in Brazil. The vaccine, TV003, was developed by scientists in the laboratory of Stephen ...

Jan 14, 2016

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Study finds how diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the diabetes drug metformin to inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer. In their report that has been published ...

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New tool may help predict patients' motor function recovery after stroke

Graph theoretical analysis is proving to be helpful in understanding complex networks in the brain. Investigators in the Republic of Korea used a graph theoretical approach in examining the changes in the configuration of ...

Jan 14, 2016

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Happiness: Is it in your DNA?

Happiness is a state of mind, the gurus say.

Jan 14, 2016

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Why fish intake by pregnant women improves the growth of a child's brain

Researchers at Tohoku University's School of Medicine have found an explanation for the correlation between eating fish during pregnancy, and the health of the baby's brain.

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Hay fever medicine reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome

Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium, have identified the cause of abdominal pain in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). As a result, they were able to select a medicine that could reduce or end that pain. This medicine ...

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