Archive: 03/08/2017

Research into childhood obstructive sleep-disordered breathing examined

Although sleep apnea is typically considered a condition affecting adults, breathing problems during sleep in children are common and may affect their health and behavior. Disturbed sleep in children due to breathing problems ...

Aug 3, 2017

What role does the gut play in type 2 diabetes?

In the destructive cycle that leads to and perpetuates type 2 diabetes, driven by overeating, excessive blood glucose, defective pancreatic beta cell function, and imbalances in insulin-regulating hormone levels, the gut ...

Aug 3, 2017

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Could mutations and inherited genes play a role in cerebral palsy?

Hemiplegic cerebral palsy hampers movement in one side of a person's body. In the first genetic study of its kind to exclusively focus on those with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, a group of 26 Canadian researchers has investigated ...

Aug 3, 2017

Neuroscientists develop new forms of diagnosis and therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy

What if you fell off your bicycle today and ten years later you developed epilepsy? Relationships like this might appear far-fetched but are entirely possible, say Freiburg researchers. Using the latest MRI scanning procedures, ...

Aug 3, 2017

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Steps toward a promising therapy for a rare bone disease

Patients with multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE)—a rare disease that causes the growth of multiple benign bone tumors—have limited treatment options. The genetic disorder affects roughly 1 in 50,000 people and can be ...

Aug 3, 2017

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Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions

A team of scientists from the UNC School of Medicine and North Carolina State University (NCSU) has developed promising research towards a possible stem cell treatment for several lung conditions, such as idiopathic pulmonary ...

Aug 3, 2017

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Drug therapy from lethal bacteria could reduce kidney transplant rejection

An experimental treatment derived from a potentially deadly microorganism may provide lifesaving help for kidney transplant patients, according to an international study led by investigators at Cedars-Sinai.

Aug 3, 2017

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Discovery points to drugs that would 'short-circuit' deadly leukemia

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that survival of a particularly aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on production of a small molecule called heme that is a kind of ...

Aug 3, 2017

Fat shaming in the doctor's office can be mentally and physically harmful

Medical discrimination based on people's size and negative stereotypes of overweight people can take a toll on people's physical health and well-being, according to a review of recent research presented at the 125th Annual ...

Aug 3, 2017

Study suggests people would go to extremes to protect their honor

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from Florida State University, the University of North Carolina and the University of Queensland has found that many people will go to extraordinary lengths to protect their reputation ...

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Archive: 03/08/2017

Research into childhood obstructive sleep-disordered breathing examined

What role does the gut play in type 2 diabetes?

Could mutations and inherited genes play a role in cerebral palsy?

Neuroscientists develop new forms of diagnosis and therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy

Steps toward a promising therapy for a rare bone disease

Scientists create stem cell therapy for lung fibrosis conditions

Drug therapy from lethal bacteria could reduce kidney transplant rejection

Discovery points to drugs that would 'short-circuit' deadly leukemia

Fat shaming in the doctor's office can be mentally and physically harmful

Study suggests people would go to extremes to protect their honor

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