Archive: 01/02/2018

Most U.S. women don't know their personal risk for heart disease, poll finds

High cholesterol, diabetes and obesity can all lead to heart disease and stroke. But most American women don't know if they're at risk, a new poll finds.

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Dopamine, drugs, and depression

The neurotransmitter dopamine plays a major role in mental illnesses like substance abuse disorders and depressive disorders, as well as a more general role in reward and motivational systems of the brain. But there are still ...

Feb 1, 2018

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CRISPR used to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy cells in the lab

A team of researchers from the U.S. and Germany describes a novel CRISPR approach to produce healthy heart muscle using pluripotent stem cells from Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. In their paper published on the ...

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Not all genetic tests should be publicly funded — here's why

New genetic technologies hold great promise in their potential to treat patients based on their individual genetic information. Advances in mapping the human genome mean the cost of doing a genetic test has fallen dramatically, ...

Feb 1, 2018

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Health risks of smoking go beyond lung cancer

Doctors ask patients about smoking habits for the same reason they check weight, blood pressure, breathing and heart beat during a visit.

Feb 1, 2018

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Risk of suicide among hospitalised patients with depression decreases by half in Finland

The risk of death by suicide among patients with depression who have undergone psychiatric inpatient treatment has significantly decreased since 1991. These are the results of a large Finnish cohort study, which tracked 56,826 ...

Feb 1, 2018

A study proves oral health improves diabetes

A clinical study conducted by researchers of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the UB shows that control of type 2 diabetes improves when the patient attends to dental hygiene.

Feb 1, 2018

The subcellular dynamics of RNA stabilizing molecule in response to inflammation

A research group at Osaka University revealed the regulatory mechanism of subcellular localization of Arid5a in response to inflammation. It has been known that an inflammatory accelerator is localized in the nucleus, and ...

Feb 1, 2018

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Poorer survival rates for adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia living in deprived areas

Adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia living in deprived areas of England have poorer survival rates, a new study has found.

Feb 1, 2018

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Kids' learning and health is shaped by genes they don't inherit, as well as genes they do

It's a hoary old debate: how much do our genes define how we grow and learn, and how much is due to the environment? A new study by Kong and colleagues shows that parents' genes, even those not passed on to children, have ...

Feb 1, 2018

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