Archive: 08/05/2018

How fish may reduce your child's breast cancer risk

Omega-3 fatty acids are commonly found in plant and seafood sources. If you don't have high enough levels of omega-3s in your diet, it's a leading risk factor for death globally, contributing to the development of chronic ...

May 8, 2018

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Children living in green neighbourhoods are less likely to develop asthma

Since the pioneering work of architecture professor Roger Ulrich, who found that patients with a view of a natural scene recovered more quickly from surgery, research has shown that exposure to the natural environment is ...

May 8, 2018

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How coffee shop racism harms black patients

A couple of weeks ago, two black men entered the Philadelphia Starbucks store to meet a friend, and have a conversation, just like many of us usually do. Unlike many of us, however, they were arrested for trespassing – ...

May 8, 2018

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New device could mean end of the jab for people living with diabetes

Researchers from The University of Western Australia are testing the effectiveness of a device in the long-term treatment of the low blood glucose form of diabetes and are in need of community participants for the study.

May 8, 2018

Racism and rough handling of patients uncovered in report

A report behind studying increases in rheumatic fever in Māori and Pacific people has uncovered claims of racism and 'rough handling' of patients suffering from the disease.

May 8, 2018

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Drug may reverse imbalance linked to autism symptoms

An FDA-approved drug can reverse an ionic imbalance in neurons that leads to hyper-excitability in mice modeling an autism-related genetic disorder, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry.

May 8, 2018

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Lying on the beach not the best way to refresh, says wellness tourism expert

Relaxing on the beach may seem like the ideal summer trip, but a Purdue University expert on wellness tourism said there's a better recipe for a refreshing vacation.

May 8, 2018

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Records point to drug-drug interaction

Daptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial infections. Statins are drugs prescribed on a long-term basis to prevent or reduce cardiovascular disease by lowering LDL-cholesterol.

May 8, 2018