Archive: 16/02/2016

Aerobic fitness may protect liver against chronic alcohol use

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 80,000 deaths in the United States each year. Over time, excessive drinking can lead to several chronic conditions, ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Oncogene controls stem cells in early embryonic development

After a gestation period of around ten months, fawns are born in early summer - when the weather is warm and food is plentiful for the mother. Six months would actually be enough for the embryo's development, but then offspring ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Infants should sleep in their own beds to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome

The advice given to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, SIDS, has worked well, but the potential to save more lives exists. In addition to sleeping on their backs, infants should sleep in their own beds for the ...

Feb 16, 2016

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All sugars are not alike: Isomaltulose better than table sugar for type 2 diabetes patients

Like sucrose (table sugar), the natural disaccharide isomaltulose (PalatinoseTM) consists of glucose and fructose, but it is apparently more suitable for people with type 2 diabetes with regard to regulating blood glucose ...

Feb 16, 2016

Brain structural effects of psychopharmacological treatment in bipolar disorder

Advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) acquisition and analyses over the last two decades have enabled the identification of neuroanatomical abnormalities in a range of mental disorders, however one question which has ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Running helps mice slow cancer growth

Here's one more benefit of exercise: mice who spent their free time on a running wheel were better able to shrink tumors (a 50% reduction in tumor size) compared to their less active counterparts. Researchers found that the ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Scientists show how cancerous cells evade a potent targeted therapy

Imagine developing a drug designed to inhibit a protein that helps cancer cells proliferate and survive only to find that the drug does not perform very well in the clinic. This was the dilemma faced by scientists researching ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Researchers highlight brain region as 'ground zero' of Alzheimer's disease

A critical but vulnerable region in the brain appears to be the first place affected by late onset Alzheimer's disease and may be more important for maintaining cognitive function in later life than previously appreciated, ...

Feb 16, 2016

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Improve winter road safety in Canada to decrease number of deaths

The annual deaths that occur each winter in Canada due to poor road conditions can be reduced with a multipronged strategy, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)

Feb 16, 2016

Salt and sodium intake remains high in China

Yongning Wu, Ph.D., of the China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China, and colleagues compared salt and sodium consumption in China in 2000 with 2009-2012. The study appears in the February 16 issue ...

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Archive: 16/02/2016

Aerobic fitness may protect liver against chronic alcohol use

Oncogene controls stem cells in early embryonic development

Infants should sleep in their own beds to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome

All sugars are not alike: Isomaltulose better than table sugar for type 2 diabetes patients

Brain structural effects of psychopharmacological treatment in bipolar disorder

Running helps mice slow cancer growth

Scientists show how cancerous cells evade a potent targeted therapy

Researchers highlight brain region as 'ground zero' of Alzheimer's disease

Improve winter road safety in Canada to decrease number of deaths

Salt and sodium intake remains high in China

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