Archive: 09/05/2014

Calcium supplements not associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women

Calcium supplements are widely taken by women for bone health. Previous studies have suggested that calcium supplements may increase risk of cardiovascular disease, but the data has been inconsistent. A new study by researchers ...

May 9, 2014

Study identifies mechanism by which intestinal enzyme maintains microbial balance

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have identified the mechanism by which an enzyme produced in the intestinal lining helps to maintain a healthy population of gastrointestinal microbes. In their report in ...

May 9, 2014

Genetically modified foods confuse US consumers

Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled. But in the first major victory for consumers ...

May 9, 2014

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Two competing proteins affect the chronic inflammation of the nervous system following viral infection

Fatigue and depression are common during and after viral infection, and in some cases can become chronic long-term ailments. Fever and inflammation associated with viral infections are triggered by the release of proinflammatory ...

May 9, 2014

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More patient education, not physician training, helps control diabetes

Teaching people with diabetes how to control their blood glucose levels helps them achieve better results, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease. Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients ...

May 9, 2014

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New software aids breast cancer risk assessment

Researchers of the Universitat Politècnica de València, in collaboration with the Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the Foundation for the Health and Biomedical Research of the Comunitat Valenciana, have developed DMScan, ...

May 9, 2014

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Black surgery patients in US more likely to receive unnecessary, and dangerous, blood transfusions

Black patients in the U.S. are more likely to receive perioperative red blood cell (RBC) transfusions for two of three frequently performed surgical procedures, posing a risk for favorable outcomes, a study by University ...

May 9, 2014

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Study of neurogenesis in mice may have solved mystery of childhood amnesia in humans

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at the University of Toronto in Canada may have found the answer to the question of why we humans tend to have little to no memory of the first few years of our lives. In their ...

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Love makes you strong: Psychologists explain how neurotic people may benefit from a romantic relationship

It is springtime and they are everywhere: Newly enamored couples walking through the city hand in hand, floating on cloud nine. Yet a few weeks later the initial rush of romance will have dissolved and the world will not ...

May 9, 2014

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Half of all mums-to-be gain 'too much' weight during pregnancy

(Medical Xpress)—Almost half (43%) of all pregnant women in Ireland exceed medical guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy, according to a new study. The findings published in the academic research journal Obesity also ...

May 9, 2014

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