Archive: 15/06/2015

Mutation in zinc transport protein may inhibit successful breast-feeding

Zinc plays an important role in a woman's ability to successfully breast-feed her child, according to health researchers.

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Target selling pharmacy, clinic businesses to CVS Health (Update)

Target will sell its pharmacy and clinic businesses to CVS Health in the latest twist behind a push from big retailers to become all things to all customers.

Jun 15, 2015

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Body's response to injury and inflammation may hinder wound healing in diabetes

One of the body's own tools for preventing wound infections may actually interfere with wound healing, according to new research from Boston Children's Hospital. In a study published online in Nature Medicine, scientists ...

Jun 15, 2015

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Study estimates deaths attributable to cigarettes for 12 smoking-related cancers

Researchers estimate that 48.5 percent of the nearly 346,000 deaths from 12 cancers among adults 35 and older in 2011 were attributable to cigarette smoking, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

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Scientists find genetic variants key to understanding origins of ovarian cancer

New research by an international team including Keck Medicine of USC scientists is bringing the origins of ovarian cancer into sharper focus.

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Vulnerabilities in genome's 'dimmer switches' should shed light on many complex diseases

Up to one-fifth of human DNA act as dimmer switches for nearby genes, but scientists have long been unable to identify precisely which mutations in these genetic control regions really matter in causing common diseases. Now, ...

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Active clinician support and assistance are critical to successfully quitting smoking

Does participation in the annual lung cancer screening currently recommended for people with high-risk smoking histories encourage those who are still smoking to quit? A new study from a Massachusetts General Hospital research ...

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Research may provide new targets for IBD therapies

Modifying the small white blood cells that protect against disease might help treat immune disorders, according to a study1 published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the basic science journal of ...

Jun 15, 2015

Existing drug used in transplants causes older rats to lose weight

Aging can cause many changes to the body, including obesity and a loss of lean mass. Now, a group of University of Florida Health researchers has discovered that an existing drug reduces body fat and appetite in older rats, ...

Jun 15, 2015

New mechanism that attacks viral infections discovered

An innovative mechanism that the innate immune system uses to control viral infections has been uncovered by researchers at the University Medical Centers in Mainz and Freiburg. Central to this is the discovery that two different ...

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Archive: 15/06/2015

Mutation in zinc transport protein may inhibit successful breast-feeding

Target selling pharmacy, clinic businesses to CVS Health (Update)

Body's response to injury and inflammation may hinder wound healing in diabetes

Study estimates deaths attributable to cigarettes for 12 smoking-related cancers

Scientists find genetic variants key to understanding origins of ovarian cancer

Vulnerabilities in genome's 'dimmer switches' should shed light on many complex diseases

Active clinician support and assistance are critical to successfully quitting smoking

Research may provide new targets for IBD therapies

Existing drug used in transplants causes older rats to lose weight

New mechanism that attacks viral infections discovered

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