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Omega-3 lipid emulsions markedly protect brain after stroke in mouse study

Triglyceride lipid emulsions rich in an omega-3 fatty acid injected within a few hours of an ischemic stroke can decrease the amount of damaged brain tissue by 50 percent or more in mice, reports a new study by researchers ...

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Researchers find multiple tests needed to detect infection in low birth-weight newborns

New research by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Yale University School of Medicine finds that cultures commonly used to detect bacterial infections in low birth-weight newborns with early onset ...

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Using 3-D printing and injectable molds, bioengineered ears look and act like the real thing

Cornell bioengineers and physicians have created an artificial ear – using 3-D printing and injectable molds – that looks and acts like a natural ear, giving new hope to thousands of children born with a congenital deformity ...

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People with disabilities at greater risk of violence and subsequent mental ill-health

People with disabilities are at a greater risk of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimized, according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Hind K ...

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First signals from brain nerve cells with ultrathin nanowires

Electrodes operated into the brain are today used in research and to treat diseases such as Parkinson's. However, their use has been limited by their size. At Lund University in Sweden, researchers have, for the first time, ...

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Variations within influenza strain may explain varying patient response

(Medical Xpress)—Just the mention of H1N1 can conjure up images of long lines of people waiting to be vaccinated, news reports of the severity of the pandemic and the count of the number of people who perished from the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

p38beta MAPK not critical to brain inflammation, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A study by a leading Alzheimer's researcher at the University of Kentucky provides new evidence that will help researchers home in on the molecular mechanisms involved in inflammation of the central nervous ...

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The same genetic defect causes Pompe disease in both humans and dogs

Pompe disease, a severe glycogen storage disease appearing in Lapphunds is caused by a genetic defect in acid α-glucosidase gene. The same genetic mutation also causes the equivalent disease in humans. Based ...

Genetics created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pioneering study reveals association of chronic pain and broad epigenetic changes

Injuries that result in chronic pain, such as limb injuries, and those unrelated to the brain are associated with epigenetic changes in the brain which persist months after the injury, according to researchers ...

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Combo of Avastin, second drug shows promise fighting brain cancer, study finds

The drug bevacizumab, also known by the trade name Avastin, shrinks tumors briefly in patients with an aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme, but then they often grow again and spread throughout the brain ...

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Survival of patients with prostate cancer improving but socio-economic inequalities worsening

Survival of patients with prostate cancer has improved since 1990, a new study has found, but socio-economic inequalities are still widening.

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GPA may be contagious in high-school social networks

High school students whose friends' average grade point average (GPA) is greater than their own have a tendency to increase their own GPA over the course of a year, according to research published February 13 in the open ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study supports regulation of hospitals

Hospital beds tend to get used simply because they're available – not necessarily because they're needed, according to a first-of-its-kind study that supports continued regulation of new hospitals.

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Long, low intensity exercise may have more health benefits relative to short, intense workouts

Standing and walking for longer stretches improves insulin sensitivity and blood lipid levels more than an hour of intense exercise each day does, but only if the calories spent in both forms of exercise are similar. The ...

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Accelerated biological aging, seen in women with Alzheimer's risk factor, blocked by hormone therapy

Healthy menopausal women carrying a well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease showed measurable signs of accelerated biological aging, a new study has found.

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