Archive: 09/08/2017

Belgium says Dutch found tainted eggs back in November

Dutch authorities knew as far back as November that some eggs in the country were contaminated with an insecticide and they failed to notify their European partners at the time, Belgium's agriculture minister said Wednesday.

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Personalized melanoma genomic risk triggers family conversations

A new study published in the British Journal of Dermatology indicates that personalized melanoma genomic risk information can prompt discussions about skin cancer prevention and skin examinations with family and health professionals.

Aug 9, 2017

Preparing for longevity—we don't need to become frail as we age

Age-related frailty may be a treatable and preventable health problem, just like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, highlights a review in Frontiers in Physiology.

Aug 9, 2017

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Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease

Osaka University researchers, in collaboration with several Japanese companies, translate neuroimaging tools to study renal fibrosis in rat kidney. The technique is expected to replace the invasive biopsies currently used ...

Aug 9, 2017

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Researchers advise caution about recent US advice on aggressively lowering blood pressure

Medical researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, are advising caution when treating blood pressure in some older people—after results from a study contrasted with recent advice from the US to attempt to aggressively ...

Aug 9, 2017

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Transforming skin cells to insulin

Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing cells, using stem cell techniques. The researchers' aim is to transplant these cells under the skin ...

Aug 9, 2017

High densities of fast food restaurants are not associated with high levels of obesity

New research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Aberdeen published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that higher densities of fast food (and full service) restaurants are not associated ...

Aug 9, 2017

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In Victorian Britain, the crowds approved of sports doping – with cocaine

The American sprinter Justin Gatlin's recent victory over Usain Bolt at the World Athletics Championships has brought the storied issue of sports doping back into the public eye.

Aug 9, 2017

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Program that paid hospitals to adopt electronic records delivers dramatic results

Incentives paid to hospitals to implement electronic health records appear to have paid off, with adoption rates 8 percentage points higher per year over five years for those that were eligible for the payments compared with ...

Aug 9, 2017

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Antisocial children more likely to end up chronically unemployed and in poverty

Live fast and die young—it's a popular saying that could ring a little truer than is comfortable, according to a recent University of Michigan Study.

Aug 9, 2017

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