Archive: 19/05/2015

Cholesterol drugs associated with 30 percent lower stroke risk in healthy older adults

Use of cholesterol lowering drugs is associated with a one third lower risk of stroke in older adults without previous disease, finds a study published in The BMJ this week.

May 19, 2015

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Widespread diabetes screening in India is predicted to be ineffective

Large-scale screening for diabetes in India using currently available survey- and glucometer- based screening tools is unlikely to meet effectiveness criteria, according to a modeling study published this week in PLOS Medicine. ...

May 19, 2015

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UK population is becoming overweight and obese at younger ages

Children born since the 1980s are two to three times more likely than older generations to be overweight or obese by the age of 10, according to new research published in PLOS Medicine. The study, conducted by researchers ...

May 19, 2015

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'Natural' sounds improves mood and productivity, study finds

Playing natural sounds such as flowing water in offices could boosts worker moods and improve cognitive abilities in addition to providing speech privacy, according to a new study from researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

May 19, 2015

Smokers don't vote: 11,626-person study shows marginalization of tobacco users

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research shows a new dimension to the marginalization of smokers: people who smoke are less likely to vote than their non-smoking peers.

May 19, 2015

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Researchers determine best anesthesia option for infants

Infants undergoing some types of surgery could have better recovery if they receive regional anesthesia rather than general anesthesia, according to two studies published in the Online First edition of Anesthesiology, the ...

May 19, 2015

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Scientists figure out how vitamin E keeps muscles healthy

Body builders have it right: vitamin E does help build strong muscles, and scientists appear to have figured out one important way it does it.

May 19, 2015

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Bacterial communities of female genital tract have impact on inflammation, HIV risk

A team led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard has found that the most common bacterial community in the genital tract among healthy South Africa women ...

May 19, 2015

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What makes cancer cells spread? New device offers clues

Why do some cancer cells break away from a tumor and travel to distant parts of the body? A team of oncologists and engineers from the University of Michigan teamed up to help understand this crucial question.

May 19, 2015

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Health and social inequities drives HIV in young men who have sex with other men

HIV infections continue to rise in a new generation of young, gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) despite three decades of HIV prevention as well as recent availability of biomedical technologies to prevent ...

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