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'Goldilocks' gene could determine best treatment for tuberculosis patients
Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and ...
Genetics
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Patients' brains may adapt to ADHD medication
(Medical Xpress) -- New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why ADHD medication is more effective short-term than it is long-term. ...
Attention deficit disorders
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Long-term effect of war on healthcare costs
(Medical Xpress) -- In the largest study of its kind, researchers have found that exposure to war and its effect on mental health are linked to a substantial increase in health care costs which remain high ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Study shows oxidants help maintain healthy blood pressure
(Medical Xpress) -- A new scientific study led by researchers at King’s College London has shown that oxidants, a family of molecules known to be involved in ageing and the development of cancer, also ...
Medical research
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Researchers identify facial expression for anxiety
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London have, for the first time, identified the facial expression of anxiety. The facial expression for the emotion ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Memantine drug ineffective against Alzheimer's in Down's syndrome patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Memantine, a drug used to treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease, is ineffective for people with Down’s syndrome aged 40 and over, according to a study led by researchers at ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Immune cell can trigger skin cancer caused by toxins
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers based jointly at King’s College London and the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, together with collaborators at Yale University have found that a type of immune ...
Immunology
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Patient-practitioner partnerships not yet realistic
(Medical Xpress) -- Much more work must be done to reduce the gap between the policy ideal and the practical reality of shared decision-making between patients and clinicians, according to new research from ...
Other
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Penicillin doses for children should be reviewed, say UK experts
A team of scientists and clinicians, led by researchers at King's College London and St George's, University of London, are calling for a review of penicillin dosing guidelines for children, as the current guidelines have ...
Medications
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Scientists discover important cancer defence switch
(Medical Xpress) -- A multi-disciplinary team of researchers at King’s College London have captured the first live images of a key molecular switch in the body’s natural defence system against tumour ...
Cancer
Dec 14, 2011 |
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First study to reveal how paracetamol works could lead to less harmful pain relief medicines
Researchers at King's College London have discovered how one of the most common household painkillers works, which could pave the way for less harmful pain relief medications to be developed in the future.
Medical research
Nov 22, 2011 |
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1 in 12 teenagers self-harm but most stop by their twenties
(Medical Xpress) -- Despite self-harm being one of the strongest predictors of completed suicide, 90% of young people who self-harm as adolescents cease self-harming once they reach young adulthood. However, ...
Health
Nov 18, 2011 |
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Embryo development discovery
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have uncovered a novel mechanism they have termed ‘developmental stalling’, that might explain how errors in the development of human embryos are naturally corrected ...
Medical research
Nov 18, 2011 |
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New screening method can detect a range of clinical conditions from a single dried blood spot
Scientists have developed a rapid method that can be used to simultaneously screen patients for a range of genetic and acquired clinical conditions from a single dried blood spot.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Most powerful genetic study of psychosis to date
(Medical Xpress) -- Two genome wide studies involving more than 50,000 participants have identified new genetic risk factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The research was conducted by over 250 scientists from more ...
Genetics
Nov 01, 2011 |
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