Archive: 06/01/2016

Researchers link higher risk of leukemia to low sunlight and vitamin D

Epidemiologists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report that persons residing at higher latitudes, with lower sunlight/ultraviolet B (UVB) exposure and greater prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research begins phase 2 clinical trial of Ebola vaccine

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of a prime-boost Ebola vaccine regimen in both healthy and HIV-infected ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Transgender veterans diagnosed with significantly more mental and medical health disorders

The first large, controlled study of health disparities between clinically diagnosed transgender and non-transgender patients—based on the medical records of more than 5,000 patients treated in the Veterans Health Administration—showed ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Loss of cells in brain's memory center linked to schizophrenia

Scientists at Columbia University's Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), and the Université Paris Descartes have found that deficits in social memory—a crucial ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Researchers uncover new details linking stress, fat metabolism

If you're under constant stress and can't lose weight, there might be a protein to blame.

Jan 6, 2016

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Why low oxygen levels soon after birth may raise risk for learning and behavioral disorders

New research published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, shows that the development of white matter in the mouse brains is delayed when they are exposed to chronic low oxygen levels shortly after birth. If true in humans, ...

Jan 6, 2016

Antibiotics pave way for C. diff infections by killing bile acid-altering bacteria

New research from North Carolina State University and the University of Michigan finds that bile acids which are altered by bacteria normally living in the large intestine inhibit the growth of Clostridium difficile, or C. ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Buprenorphine found superior to Methadone in treating infants born in drug withdrawal

A study of two opioids used to wean babies born in withdrawal from drugs their mothers have taken shows that buprenorphine is superior to methadone in reducing duration of treatment and length of hospital stay.

Jan 6, 2016

Proposed link between liver cancer and adeno-associated virus challenged in human gene therapy

The conclusion drawn from a recent study that insertion of adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) into human DNA causes mutations leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was resoundingly rejected by leading ...

Jan 6, 2016

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Less prostate cancer screening may delay treatment for earlier onset cancers

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation against regular prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening for prostate cancer (PCa) has been in place for two and a half years. Although the number of prostate ...

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