Archive: 07/25/2012
GlaxoSmithKline profits up on lower tax
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday said its second quarter net profit rose 13.3 percent from a year earlier to £1.25 billion ($1.94 billion, 1.59 billion euros).
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Copper kills harmful bacteria, researchers find
(Medical Xpress) -- Each year a tiny, rod-shaped species of bacteria with a fondness for proliferating on human food causes numerous cases of food poisoning around the world, sometimes leading to severe illness ...
Medical research
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Vitamins in pregnancy review
With the high rate of unplanned pregnancy in the UK and an increasingly obese pregnant population, vitamin supplementation is an important public health issue with potential significant impact on maternal ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
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Seattle researchers to engineer kidney tissue chip for predicting drug safety
(Medical Xpress) -- Seattle researchers will be part of the new federal initiative to engineer 3-dimensional chips containing living cells and tissues that imitate the structure and function of human organs. ...
Medical research
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Patients with disassociative identity disorder do remember separate identity
(Medical Xpress) -- An exchange of knowledge is possible between the separate identities of people with an disassociative identity disorder (DID). This is apparent from experiments by NWO researcher Rafaele Huntjens from ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Study links alcohol/energy drink mixes with casual, risky sex
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study from the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) has found a link between the consumption of caffeinated energy drinks mixed with alcohol and casual -- ...
Addiction
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Mediterranean diet improves health
Associate Professor Catherine Itsiopoulos of the Centre for Dietetics at La Trobe University highlights the benefits of a Mediterranean diet and lifestyle in a new La Trobe University podcast.
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Jul 25, 2012 |
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Obese teens have fewer friends, especially whites
Obese adolescents tend to have fewer friends at school than their peers, finds a new study in Ethnicity & Disease. However, the impact of obesity on friendships varies by ethnic group, with White students faring ...
Overweight and Obesity
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UCSF team engineers 'safety switches' for immune therapies
(Medical Xpress) -- A UCSF team has harnessed a natural protein in bacteria to create a “pause switch” in immune cells, potentially leading to more effective and safer immune therapies for diseases ...
Immunology
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Is there such a thing as eating too many fruits and vegetables?
(Medical Xpress) -- It may make you scratch your head, but in fact it is possible to overeat healthy foods, according to Loyola University Health System registered dietitian Brooke Schantz.
Health
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Top five myths about protecting your skin from the sun
(Medical Xpress) -- With summer in full swing and everyone heading outdoors, it is important to know the ins and outs of keeping your skin healthy and protected from the sun. Applying sunscreen should ...
Health
Jul 25, 2012 |
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Violent news bad for children
(Medical Xpress) -- Television coverage of the shooting at a cinema in Colorado last week may traumatize children who watch it, according to a leading psychiatrist at The Australian National University.
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Bowel cancer patients diagnosed through screening more likely to survive
(Medical Xpress) -- Bowel cancer patients whose disease was found through screening have a better chance of beating their disease than those diagnosed after developing symptoms, new research shows today.
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Starr collaboration illuminates mysterious pathway to immortality in cancer cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer cells are immortal because they circumvent failsafe mechanisms that stop out-of-control cell proliferation. One of these mechanisms – the progressive shortening of chromosomes ...
Cancer
Jul 25, 2012 |
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UN agency launches action plan against 'hidden' hepatitis
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday measures to fight the "hidden epidemic" of hepatitis which kills more than one million people a year.
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