Archive: 15/05/2018

Drug companies selling more 'lifestyle,' less 'symptom'

Prescription drug commercials are getting longer and providing less factual information. A study published in the Annals of Family Medicine finds that the majority of these ads focus on lifestyle improvements made post-medication ...

May 15, 2018

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Prenatal testing of the fetal rhesus factor: Test is reliable, but benefit is unclear

If the blood of a pregnant woman is rhesus-negative (Rh-negative) and the blood of the foetus is rhesus-positive (Rh-positive), the woman may develop antibodies, which can cause severe harm to subsequent children in particular. ...

May 15, 2018

Researchers call for transgender-inclusive healthcare providers

More should be done to take care of the mental health of transgender people in the US, a new survey carried out in Colorado indicates. The survey results show that four in every ten respondents suffered from depression, while ...

May 15, 2018

Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health

A new expert consensus endorsed by the European Society for Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has reviewed ...

May 15, 2018

Big data from world's largest citizen science microbiome project serves food for thought

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators have published the first major results from the American Gut Project, a crowdsourced, global citizen science effort. The project, described ...

May 15, 2018

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Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity

A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating protein secretion in the muscles by changing the way genes associated with secretion act. The study is published ahead of print in Physiological ...

May 15, 2018

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Six years of exercise—or lack of it—may be enough to change heart failure risk

By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that increasing physical activity to recommended levels over as few as six years in ...

May 15, 2018

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How understanding pain could curb opioid addiction

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee unanimously approved a bill in April 2018 designed to address the opioid crisis. The bill called the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 covers much of the same territory ...

May 15, 2018

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Magnetic stimulation dampens brain response to drug cues in addiction

In a study investigating the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for drug addiction, researchers at Medical University of South Carolina are the first to demonstrate that the noninvasive brain stimulation technique ...

May 15, 2018

Gender and NCDs—benign neglect in the face of a gaping window of opportunity

NCDs are finally having their moment. Diabetes is very much in the public eye from Dhaka to Dakar, the global 'epidemic' of obesity is currently the subject of numerous television shows, the row over sugar sweetened beverage ...

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Archive: 15/05/2018

Drug companies selling more 'lifestyle,' less 'symptom'

Prenatal testing of the fetal rhesus factor: Test is reliable, but benefit is unclear

Researchers call for transgender-inclusive healthcare providers

Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health

Big data from world's largest citizen science microbiome project serves food for thought

Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity

Six years of exercise—or lack of it—may be enough to change heart failure risk

How understanding pain could curb opioid addiction

Magnetic stimulation dampens brain response to drug cues in addiction

Gender and NCDs—benign neglect in the face of a gaping window of opportunity

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