By USC Health Sciences
A team led by a physician-scientist at the University of Southern California (USC) has created an experimental drug that reduces brain damage and improves motor skills among stroke-afflicted rodents when given with federally approved clot-busting th
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By Justin McGuirk
The 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man always opened with the back story: Steve Austin, astronaut, crashes his space shuttle and barely survives. His superiors decide to "rebuild" him, only they don't want him back to his old self ag
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By Dan Harris
They are all around us, a secret society of the successful. They say what gives them an advantage, though, isn't just purposefulness or perseverance but a little secret weapon, a pill called Provigil.
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By Irish Examiner
A Co. Clare councillor says overspending in the health service could be reduced by curbing medical card holders' access to erectile dysfunction drugs.
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By Sam Adams
Northerners use more Viagra to aid their performance in the bedroom than men in any other part of Britain, a new survey has revealed.
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By Alba Rocco
Adding vitamin B12 to standard hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment significantly boosts the body's ability to keep the virus at bay, indicates a pilot study published online in the journal Gut.
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By Kathryn Gill
Drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) do not appear to have long-term effects on the brain, according to new animal research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
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By Wei Zhang
High consumption of vitamin E either from diet or vitamin supplements may lower the risk of liver cancer, according to a study published July 17 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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By University of Wisconsin-Madison
Metabolic syndrome, a term used to describe a combination of risk factors that often lead to heart disease and type 2 diabetes, seems to be linked to lower blood flow to the brain, according to research by the University of Wisconsin School of Medic
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By Shai Melcer
New research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on pluripotency -- the ability of embryonic stem cells to renew themselves indefinitely and to differentiate into all types of mature cells. Solving this problem, which is a major challe
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By J. Preston Campbell
Stress can promote breast cancer cell colonization of bone, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology investigators have discovered.
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By Suzanne Gilboa
Workplace exposure to organic solvents is linked to several types of heart defects at birth, indicates research published online in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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By The Irish Sun
A KILLJOY councillor has called for cut backs on the sex lives of OAPs — in a desperate bid to reduce Ireland’s swelling Viagra bill.
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By Reena Oza-Frank
National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may have replaced more nutritio
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By JT Dudley
A book containing misprints may cause annoyance for the reader, but typos in an individual's genetic blueprint (DNA) can mean serious disease or even death. The search for genetic correlates for the wide range of diseases plaguing humankind has insp
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By T. A. Desrosiers
Several types of job carried out by future fathers may be linked to an increased risk of birth defects in their babies.
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By A. J. Pollak
UC Santa Barbara researchers' discovery of a variation of an enzyme's ability to "hop" as it moves along DNA, modifying the genetic material of a bacteria -- and its physical capability and behavior -- holds much promise for biomedical and
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By Wei Qin
Fluorescent nanoparticles loaded with organic light-emitting dyes are expected to transform live-animal imaging technologies. Compared to inorganic quantum dots, these optically stable materials are non-toxic and can easily be modified with function
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By MATTHEW PERRONE
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a new weight loss drug from Vivus Inc. that many doctors consider the most effective therapy
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By Linda Shaw
50 Shades of Grey is taking the world by storm and although many people think the novels are badly written and the sex scenes are repetitive, the books are still set to sell 20 million total copies in the coming weeks.
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