Archive: 05/04/2017

House fly mortality by artificial sweetener: Starvation, not toxicity

While recent headlines have noted the potential insecticidal properties of common artificial sweeteners, don't go sprinkling Truvia around your home just yet. A new study on house flies suggests insects likely aren't poisoned ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Trial shows responses to abiraterone acetate in some prostate cancer patients with initial hormone induction failure

Patients with metastatic prostate cancer whose PSA levels remain high despite initial hormone treatments have historically had poor prognosis, with survival typically in the 1-2 year range. Results of a 40-person clinical ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Call to phase out lead bullets at shooting ranges

Lead released when people fire weapons at shooting ranges creates such a health risk that lead bullets should be phased out, according to new research.

Apr 5, 2017

E-cigarette regulations may affect their effectiveness for smoking cessation

A study published today in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, reveals that regulations on electronic cigarettes (ECs) may impact their effectiveness as a cessation tool. This study might help explain some of the mixed ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Fish eyes to help understand human inherited blindness

Newborns babies can be at risk of congenital blindness, presenting sight defects due to lesions or to genetic mutations in their genome. Among the latter, Leber Congenital Amaurosis—or LCA—is one of the most widespread ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Cancer burden may be changing for people living with HIV

The total number of cancer cases diagnosed among people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is projected to decline in coming years, due mostly to declines in non-Hodgkin lymphoma and Kaposi sarcoma. Certain ...

Apr 5, 2017

Exercise as medicine—what's the right dose when taken with a drug?

Researchers continue to gather evidence that exercise can serve as a supplement to, or even a replacement for, drugs in their efforts to combat specific illnesses. With $3.6 million in funding from the National Institutes ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Can Alzheimer's disease steal one's consciousness?

Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been characterized as a "complete loss of self." Early on when memory begins to fade, the victim has difficulty recalling names, their grocery list or where they put their keys. As the disease ...

Apr 5, 2017

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PROTAC shows efficacy against castration-resistant prostate cancer in preclinical studies

An orally bioavailable androgen receptor PROTAC, developed using a protein degradation technology, was effective in lowering tumor burden in mice bearing human castration-resistant prostate cancer, according to data presented ...

Apr 5, 2017

Probiotics benefit in schizophrenia shaped by yeast infections

In a small pilot study of men with schizophrenia, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and Sheppard Pratt Health System say they have evidence that adding probiotics—microorganisms, such as bacteria found in yogurts—to ...

Apr 5, 2017

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Archive: 05/04/2017

House fly mortality by artificial sweetener: Starvation, not toxicity

Trial shows responses to abiraterone acetate in some prostate cancer patients with initial hormone induction failure

Call to phase out lead bullets at shooting ranges

E-cigarette regulations may affect their effectiveness for smoking cessation

Fish eyes to help understand human inherited blindness

Cancer burden may be changing for people living with HIV

Exercise as medicine—what's the right dose when taken with a drug?

Can Alzheimer's disease steal one's consciousness?

PROTAC shows efficacy against castration-resistant prostate cancer in preclinical studies

Probiotics benefit in schizophrenia shaped by yeast infections

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