Archive: 06/04/2015

Origin of cancer wasting identified in fruit flies

The progressive wasting of muscle and fat tissue throughout the body is one of the most visible and heartbreaking manifestations of cancer, yet little is known about how tumors cause distant tissues to degenerate. Two independent ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Multiple sclerosis patients could benefit from brain boost

Multiple sclerosis patients could one day benefit from treatments that boost their brain function, a study suggests.

Apr 6, 2015

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Antipsychotic use may increase the risk for diabetes in some children

Today in JAMA Pediatrics, researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's (CHOP) PolicyLab published the largest study to date documenting the significant risks to children's health associated with prescription ...

Apr 6, 2015

Physical activity that makes you puff and sweat is key to avoiding an early death, large study finds

Physical activity that makes you puff and sweat is key to avoiding an early death, a large Australian study of middle-aged and older adults has found.

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Study provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process

Why are some people able to master a new skill quickly while others require extra time or practice? That was the question posed by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns ...

Apr 6, 2015

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Using pediatric cholesterol guidelines for teens, young adults would increase statin use

Application of pediatric guidelines for lipid levels for persons 17 to 21 years of age who have elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels would result in statin treatment for more than 400,000 additional ...

Apr 6, 2015

Neurologic function, temperature management in patients after cardiac arrest

Quality of life was good and cognitive function was similar in patients with cardiac arrest who received targeted body-temperature management as a neuroprotective measure in intensive care units in Europe and Australia, according ...

Apr 6, 2015

Two compounds target the gut to lower blood sugar, in obese or diabetic rats

Researchers at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have discovered metformin (the most widely prescribed type 2 diabetic medication) and resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, trigger novel signaling pathways ...

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Lower extremity revascularization not effective in majority of nursing home residents

Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization procedures are alive and ambulatory a year after surgery, according to UCSF researchers, and most patients still alive gained little, if ...

Apr 6, 2015

Can cancer vaccines prolong survival?

Therapeutic anti-cancer vaccines developed to treat metastatic disease such as advanced prostate cancer or melanoma rarely have a noticeable effect on the tumor but have been associated with a statistically significant increase ...

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Archive: 06/04/2015

Origin of cancer wasting identified in fruit flies

Multiple sclerosis patients could benefit from brain boost

Antipsychotic use may increase the risk for diabetes in some children

Physical activity that makes you puff and sweat is key to avoiding an early death, large study finds

Study provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process

Using pediatric cholesterol guidelines for teens, young adults would increase statin use

Neurologic function, temperature management in patients after cardiac arrest

Two compounds target the gut to lower blood sugar, in obese or diabetic rats

Lower extremity revascularization not effective in majority of nursing home residents

Can cancer vaccines prolong survival?

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