Archive: 16/09/2015

Merck: Long-acting diabetes pill works same as its Januvia

Drugmaker Merck & Co. says its experimental Type 2 diabetes drug performed about as well as its older daily pill, Januvia, in a late-stage patient test.

Sep 16, 2015

Cholera kills 16 at Boko Haram displaced camps in NE Nigeria: MSF

Sixteen people have died in a cholera outbreak at three camps for those made homeless by Boko Haram violence in northeast Nigeria, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Wednesday.

Sep 16, 2015

Study links rare leukemia to busy roads

Children who live near traffic-choked roads run a 30 percent higher risk of developing a very rare type of blood cancer, researchers said.

Sep 16, 2015

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Immune system may be pathway between nature and good health

Research has found evidence that spending time in nature provides protections against a startling range of diseases, including depression, diabetes, obesity, ADHD, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and many more. How this exposure ...

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Amgen buys 1 company, partners with 2nd to create new drugs

Biotech drug giant Amgen has made two much-needed deals to replenish its stock of medicines in development as new competition to its lucrative biotech drugs threatens future revenue.

Sep 16, 2015

Team pinpoints immune changes in blood of melanoma patients on PD-1 drugs

A simple blood test can detect early markers of "reinvigorated" T cells and track immune responses in metastatic melanoma patients after initial treatment with the anti-PD-1 drug pembrolizumab, researchers from the Abramson ...

Sep 16, 2015

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Beet juice boosts muscle power in heart patients

Scientists have evidence that Popeye was right: Spinach makes you stronger. But it's the high nitrate content in the leafy greens—not the iron—that creates the effect.

Sep 16, 2015

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Study finds association between energy drinks and traumatic brain injury in teens

Teens who reported a traumatic brain injury in the past year were seven times more likely to have consumed at least five energy drinks in the past week than those without a history of TBI, according to a study published today ...

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Not all rhythmic skills are related, which may have implications for language ability

Tapping to a beat and remembering rhythms may not be related skills, which may also have implications for language ability, according to a study published September 16, 2015 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Adam Tierney ...

Sep 16, 2015

Caffeine at night delays human circadian clock, new study shows

It's no secret that slugging down caffeinated drinks in the evening can disrupt sleep.

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Archive: 16/09/2015

Merck: Long-acting diabetes pill works same as its Januvia

Cholera kills 16 at Boko Haram displaced camps in NE Nigeria: MSF

Study links rare leukemia to busy roads

Immune system may be pathway between nature and good health

Amgen buys 1 company, partners with 2nd to create new drugs

Team pinpoints immune changes in blood of melanoma patients on PD-1 drugs

Beet juice boosts muscle power in heart patients

Study finds association between energy drinks and traumatic brain injury in teens

Not all rhythmic skills are related, which may have implications for language ability

Caffeine at night delays human circadian clock, new study shows

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