By Teagasc
Who would have thought that the human body contains over 10 times the amount of bacterial cells as human cells? These bacteria - now collectively called the gut microbiota - number in their trillions and are made up of more than a 1,000 different species
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By University of Massachusetts Medical School
Contrary to popular myth, it is not the aging Baby Boomer or weekend warrior that is causing the unprecedented increase in knee replacement surgeries. Data gathered by more than 125 orthopedic surgeons from 22 states across the US show a more mundane culp
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By Johns Hopkins Medicine
Our vision depends on exquisitely organized layers of cells within the eye’s retina, each with a distinct role in perception. Researchers say they have taken an important step toward understanding how those cells are organized to produce what th
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By Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
The report on a health economic evaluation of antidepressants has provided very helpful results. It is now for politicians to decide what role such health economic evaluations should play in the health care system.
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By Society for Risk Analysis (SRA)
A survey of Indiana residents tracks public acceptance of potential measures to address climate change in their communities.
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By Public Library of Science
The factors involved in VL transmission are poorly understood, especially in urban and densely populated counties. Researchers in Brazil have conducted studies on urbanization and expansion of VL in Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais State.
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By European Society for Medical Oncology
Teenagers and young adults are at increased risk of suicide after being diagnosed with cancer according to a study published. A study of nearly eight million Swedes aged 15 and over found that among the 12,669 young people diagnosed with cancer between th
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By Cardiovascular Research Foundation
A new study shows that a conservative approach to revascularization for patients with intermediate coronary lesions determined by angiographic diameter stenosis is safe and non-inferior to an aggressive approach.
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By Virginia Tech (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Scientists have discovered how retinal neurons claim prime real estate in the brain by controlling the abundance of a protein called aggrecan. The discovery could shed light on how to repair the injured brain.
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By University of Kentucky
A new study cites a combination of factors that prevent academic-based cancer research faculty from ultimately commercializing their work.
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By University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Only half of the men who receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in North Carolina consult with more than one type of physician before deciding on a course of treatment, according to research.
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By European Society for Medical Oncology
Teenagers and young adults are at increased risk of suicide after being diagnosed with cancer according to a study published. A study of nearly eight million Swedes aged 15 and over found that among the 12,669 young people diagnosed with cancer between th
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By The Translational Genomics Research Institute
The absence of a protein called SMG1 could be a contributing factor in the development of Parkinson's disease and other related neurological disorders, according to a study.
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By Northwestern University
New research offers one of the first in-depth views of how metabolism changes during pregnancy reduce the effect of a commonly used drug to treat bipolar disorder. The blood level of the drug decreased during pregnancy, resulting in worsening symptoms. Th
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By Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Twins who smoke show more premature facial aging, compared to their nonsmoking identical twins, reports a study.
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By Karolinska Institutet
The scar tissue formed by stem cells after a spinal cord injury does not impair recovery; in fact, stem cell scarring confines the damage,according to new research. The findings indicate that scar tissue prevents the lesion from expanding and helps injure
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By University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Initiation and completion rates for the human papillomavirus vaccine series are significantly lower in the Southern US than any other geographic region, according to a new study. The new findings are especially disconcerting because cervical cancer -- whi
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By Northwestern University
Glioblastoma multiforme, the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy, is aggressive and incurable. Researchers can now demonstrate delivery of a drug that turns off a critical gene in this complex cancer, increasing survival rates significantly in an
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By University of Rochester
With the help of computerized eye trackers, a new cognitive science study finds that at least 50 percent of people can see the movement of their own hand even in the absence of all light.
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By Molecular Biology and Evolution (Oxford University Press)
Every fall, the latest batch of flu vaccines attempts to keep society a step ahead of the evolution of the flu virus. Heroic worldwide surveillance efforts have avoided a repeat of the 1918 flu pandemic, but as shown in the recent H1N1 outbreak, viruses c
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