Archive: 07/12/2016

Targeted preventive measures for hip fracture are needed for persons with Alzheimer's disease

The hip fracture risk factors are generally similar among those with and without Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland. However, the incidence of hip fracture is higher among ...

Dec 7, 2016

Is 12 minutes of exercise all that is needed to fight diabetes?

A University of Queensland researcher is trialling a 12-minute exercise plan that aims to fight type 2 diabetes in a flash.

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Apartheid's lingering effects on HIV and AIDS

Though it was abolished more than two decades ago, Apartheid continues to affect communities in South Africa. In this political system, which lasted from 1948 to the 1994 democratic elections, people were racially classified ...

Dec 7, 2016

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When neurons are 'born' impacts olfactory behavior in mice

New research from North Carolina State University shows that neurons generated at different life stages in mice can impact aspects of their olfactory sense and behavior. The work could have implications for our understanding ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Collaborating on big data to unravel disease processes

Patients with the same illness often receive the same treatment, even if the cause of the illness is different for each person. This represents a new step towards ultimately being able to offer every patient more personalised ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Researchers uncover new evidence linking inflammation and increased prostate cancer risk

UCLA researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized type of progenitor cell that, though rare in most regions of the human prostate, is found in uncommonly high numbers in inflamed areas of the gland. These progenitor ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Protein biomarker as potential tool for predicting lung cancer survival

The biomarker PD-1, a protein, could potentially be used to predict survival or disease-free survival of lung cancer patients who have had the tumour surgically removed. This is substantiated by the results of a study conducted ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Scientists find that persistent infections in mice exhaust progenitors of all blood cells

Having persistent infections can eventually exhaust the immune cells in charge of fighting disease. In a mouse model, scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center and Rice University ...

Dec 7, 2016

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GeroScope—a computer method to model cellular molecular pathways for drug development

Russian scientists from MIPT, in collaboration with Insilico Medicine Inc., were commissioned by the Center for Biogerontology and Regenerative Medicine to develop the GeroScope algorithm to identify geroprotectors—substances ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Study: 'Obamacare' repeal-only would make 30M uninsured

Repealing President Barack Obama's health care law without a replacement risks making nearly 30 million people uninsured, according to a study released Wednesday.

Dec 7, 2016

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