Breast is best: Good bacteria arrive from mum's gut via breast milk
Scientists have discovered that important 'good' bacteria arrive in babies' digestive systems from their mother's gut via breast milk.
Aug 21, 2013
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Half of all UK seven year olds not exercising for recommended minimum
Half of all UK seven year olds are sedentary for six to seven hours every day, and only half clock up the recommended daily minimum of moderate to vigorous physical activity, indicates research published in the online journal ...
Aug 21, 2013
Early temporary ART for HIV-infected infants prevents damage to immune system and delays need for life-long treatment
Giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately after diagnosis for a limited period of time is more beneficial than postponing treatment in young infants infected with HIV, slowing progression of the disease and delaying ...
Aug 21, 2013
Flu jab may halve heart attack risk in middle aged with narrowed arteries
The flu jab seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle aged people with narrowed arteries, finds research published in the journal Heart.
Aug 21, 2013
Family history of diabetes increases the risk of prediabetes by 26 percent, with effect most evident in non-obese
A study involving more than 8,000 participants has shown that people with a family history of diabetes see their risk of prediabetes increase by 26%. The research is published in Diabetologia, the journal of the European ...
Aug 21, 2013
Trial aims to advance prenatal diagnosis of genetic defects
Reproductive genetics researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) are leading a multicenter prospective clinical study investigating the effects of chromosomal abnormalities (duplicative or missing material) ...
Aug 21, 2013
Insecticide-treated bed nets critical to global elimination of filariasis
An international team of scientists have demonstrated that a simple, low-cost intervention holds the potential to eradicate a debilitating tropical disease that threatens nearly 1.4 billion people in more than six dozen countries.
Aug 21, 2013
Pazopanib shows better quality-of-life in advanced kidney cancer
Two oral targeted drugs approved for metastatic kidney cancer worked equally well, but one proved superior in tolerability, according to results of a large international clinical trial led by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer ...
Aug 21, 2013
Stronger nicotine dependence correlates with higher post-smoking weight gain
Smokers with more severe nicotine dependence are more likely to gain weight when they try to quit, according to research published August 21 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Koji Hasegawa and colleagues from Kyoto Medical ...
Aug 21, 2013
