By University of Southampton
The antibiotic amoxicillin, that doctors typically prescribe for common lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) such as bronchitis, is no more effective at relieving symptoms than the use of no medication, even in older patients. The findings are from t
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By University of Twente
A laser capable of working in the terahertz range – that of long-wavelength light from the far infrared to 1 millimeter – takes a better 'fingerprint' of, say, a drug under investigation, than a traditional chemical analysis. Scientist
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By Harvard University
More than 100 years after it was first identified, researchers have, for the first time, described how a feedback mechanism works in the brain's olfactory system by identifying where the signals go, and which type of neurons receive them.
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By American Medical Association (AMA)
Among nearly 5,000 study participants, regular aspirin use reported ten years prior was associated with a small but statistically significant increase in the risk of neovascular age-related macular degeneration
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By Public Library of Science
Scientists have identified how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, enters the cells of the immune system enabling it to be dispersed throughout an organism.
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By American Medical Association (AMA)
Among overweight adults, participation in an intensive lifestyle intervention (that included counseling sessions and targets to reduce caloric intake and increase physical activity) was associated with a greater likelihood of partial remission of type 2 d
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
After a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient's body after an operation 39 times a week,
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By Stanford University Medical Center
Scientists have identified a set of proteins circulating in blood whose levels accurately flag the presence of lymphedema. The findings spur optimism that this common but relatively neglected condition, which affects an estimated 10 million people in the
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By INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)
Why would our immune system turn against our own cells? This is the question that researchers in France have attempted to answer in a new study concentrating in particular on the auto-immune disease known as myasthenia gravis.
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By Public Library of Science
In 2010, almost 50 million couples worldwide were unable to have a child after five years of trying. Infertility rates have hardly changed over the past 20 years, according to a new study.
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By American Medical Association (AMA)
Among patients scheduled for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), pretreatment with the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel was not associated with a lowe
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By American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
Chronic pain from childbirth is remarkably rare, according to a new study. Additionally, in a second study, researchers found the biologic changes after delivery may prevent the development of pain.
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By Columbia University Medical Center
Scientists have developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children.
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By American Chemical Society
Scientists are reporting an advance toward development of a pill that could become celiac disease's counterpart to the lactase pills that people with lactose intolerance can take to eat dairy products without risking digestive upsets. The approach involve
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By American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA)
The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA) conducted a study to determine what factors patients took into consideration when deciding to adhere or not adhere to new treatment as prescribed by their physicians. The findings have recently
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By Mount Sinai Medical Center
Genomic technology has revolutionized gene discovery and disease understanding in autism, according to a new article. The paper highlights the impact of a genomic technology called high-throughput sequencing (HTS) in discovering numerous new genes that ar
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By Association for Psychological Science
Experiencing rejection not only affects how we think and feel -- over the long-term it can also influence our physical and mental health. New research suggests that when rejection comes in the form of discrimination, people respond with a pattern of thoug
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By American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
A new study offers evidence that variations in what is called the NFKB gene could play an important role in helping to determine the survival rate of patients who acquire sepsis.
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By Mayo Clinic
Fibromyalgia is a complex illness to diagnose and to treat. There is not yet a diagnostic test to establish that someone has it, there is no cure and many fibromyalgia symptoms -- pain, fatigue, problems sleeping and memory and mood issues -- can overlap
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By Nanyang Technological University
A research study has yielded important breakthroughs on how the body loses muscle, paving the way for new treatments for aging, obesity and diabetes.
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