Archive: 03/12/2014

Are there safe and effective treatments for hereditary angioedema in children?

Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare genetic disease that causes recurrent swelling under the skin and of the mucosal lining of the gastrointestinal tract and upper airway, usually first appears before 20 years of age. A comprehensive ...

Dec 3, 2014

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Study to investigate the role of proteins in dementia

Researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have received funding from Alzheimer's charity BRACE for a pilot study to investigate the role of proteins in the development of dementia diseases ...

Dec 3, 2014

People in unhappy places are depressed more than a week a month

People in the country's unhappiest communities spend about a quarter of the month so far down in the dumps that it can harm their productivity, according to economists.

Dec 3, 2014

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Sexting and pornography or music video viewing among adolescents: Is there a link?

Are adolescents who view pornography or music videos more likely to engage in sexting, in which they share sexually explicit content via text, photo, or video using cell phones, email, or social networking sites? A study ...

Dec 3, 2014

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Researcher works to block the blood-vessel dysfunction that occurs in diabetes

One of diabetes' dangerous consequences is dysfunction of the single-cell layer that lines our blood vessels.

Dec 3, 2014

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Adding human glial cells to mice brains found to improve memory and cognition

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at the University of Rochester in New York, has found that injecting glial cells into a mouse brain caused an improvement in both memory and cognition in the mouse. In their ...

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WHO 'wasted precious time' over Ebola: expert

The Belgian microbiologist who co-discovered the Ebola virus has accused the World Health Organization of dithering in reacting to the deadly epidemic and accused the international community of "hysteria."

Dec 3, 2014

Study shows smoking cigarettes makes quitting drinking harder

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at Yale University has found that quitting drinking may be made harder if people continue to smoke cigarettes during recovery. In their paper published in the Proceedings of ...

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Tumor microenvironment of hepatitis B virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the few cancers in which a continued increase in incidence has been observed over recent years. Globally, there are approximately 750,000 new cases of liver cancer reported each year. ...

Dec 3, 2014

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Brain activity after smokers quit predicts chances of relapsing, study suggests

Quitting smoking sets off a series of changes in the brain that Penn Medicine researchers say may better identify smokers who will start smoking again—a prediction that goes above and beyond today's clinical or behavioral ...

Dec 3, 2014

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