Archive: 08/22/2012
Low HDL cholesterol ups risk of diabetic nephropathy
(HealthDay) -- High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is an independent risk factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy, but not retinopathy, in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to research ...
Diabetes
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Radiotherapy results in higher diabetes risk for some childhood cancer survivors
The study – which analysed more than 2500 patient questionnaires and medical records from French and British people who had cancer in childhood but survived for at least 20 years after undergoing treatment – is ...
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Global 'epidemic' of gullet cancer seems to have started in UK in 1950s
The global "epidemic" of one type of gullet cancer (adenocarcinoma) seems to have started in the UK during the 1950s, sparked by some as yet unknown, but common, factor, suggests research published online in Gut.
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Wide circle of friends key to mid-life wellbeing for both sexes
The midlife wellbeing of both men and women seems to depend on having a wide circle of friends whom they see regularly, finds research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Health
Aug 22, 2012 |
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At-home diode laser effective for permanent hair reduction
(HealthDay) -- Eight treatments with a home-use diode laser provide effective and safe permanent hair reduction one year after the last treatment, according to research published in the September issue of ...
Other
Aug 22, 2012 |
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T cells key in atherosclerosis-linked inflammation
(HealthDay) -- In a mouse model of atherosclerosis, CD4+ T cells interact with antigen-presenting cells (APCs) in the presence of cognate antigen, leading to cell activation and proliferation and the secretion ...
Medical research
Aug 22, 2012 |
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10 people die of suspected Ebola in Congo
(AP) — The World Health Organization says an outbreak of suspected Ebola in eastern Congo has infected at least 15 people, 10 of whom died.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Study: Obesity surgery can help prevent diabetes
Doctors are reporting a new benefit from weight-loss surgery — preventing diabetes. Far fewer obese people developed that disease if they had stomach-shrinking operations rather than usual care to try to slim down, ...
Diabetes
Aug 22, 2012 |
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New AIDS-like disease in Asians, not contagious
Researchers have identified a mysterious new disease that has left scores of people in Asia and some in the United States with AIDS-like symptoms even though they are not infected with HIV.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Process areas for improvement ID'd in early prostate cancer
(HealthDay) -- For men with early prostate cancer undergoing expectant management, compliance with RAND structural indicators is high, but there is considerable variability in compliance with process indicators, ...
Cancer
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Patients with anorexia judge own body size inaccurately, view others' accurately
Patients with anorexia have trouble accurately judging their own body size, but not others', according to research published Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Many medications for elderly are prescribed inappropriately
Approximately one in five prescriptions to elderly people is inappropriate, according to a study published Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Medications
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Managerial role associated with more automatic decision-making
Managers and non-managers show distinctly different brain activation patterns when making decisions, according to research published Aug. 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Archived Guthrie cards find a new purpose
Over the last 50 years, the spotting of newborn's blood onto filter paper for disease screening, called Guthrie cards, has become so routine that since 2000, more than 90% of newborns in the United States ...
Genetics
Aug 22, 2012 |
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Researchers find possible cause of immune deficiency cases in Asia
A clinical study led by National Institutes of Health investigators has identified an antibody that compromises the immune systems of HIV-negative people, making them susceptible to infections with opportunistic microbes ...
Immunology
Aug 22, 2012 |
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