Archive: 21/12/2015

A call to regulate starvation of 'Paris thin' models

Prohibiting runway models from participating in fashion shows or photo shoots if they are dangerously thin would go a long way toward preventing serious health problems among young women—including anorexia nervosa and death ...

Dec 21, 2015

Protein-protein interaction activates and fuels leukemia cell growth

Building upon previous research, scientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer report that a protein called Wnt5a acts on a pair of tumor-surface proteins, called ROR1 ...

Dec 21, 2015

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Vitamin A quells severity of preemie GI disease in mice

After observing that some gastrointestinal disease in premature human and mouse infants progresses only when certain immune system white blood cells go into inflammatory overdrive, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that ...

Dec 21, 2015

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'Pill mill' crackdown linked to fewer painkiller overdose deaths in Florida

A crackdown on Florida's "pill mills" - clinics dispensing large quantities of prescription painkillers often for cash-only and without proper medical examinations - appears to have dramatically reduced the number of overdose ...

Dec 21, 2015