Archive: 08/12/2016

Pets offer valuable support for owners with mental health problems

Pets can help people manage their long-term mental health conditions, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry.

Dec 8, 2016

Tracking breast cancer cell genetics reveals longer potential treatment window

Breast cancer cells break away and spread to other parts of the body relatively late on in breast tumour development, an international team of scientists has shown. The research, jointly led by Dr Peter Van Loo at the Francis ...

Dec 8, 2016

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Researchers identify potentially druggable mutant p53 proteins that promote cancer growth

Discovered in the 1970s, tumor suppressors are among the most important proteins in the body. A master regulator of growth—"the guardian of the genome"—the p53 protein monitors cell growth for errors. We rely on suppressors ...

Dec 8, 2016

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Alzheimer's patients' use of painkilling patches cause for concern

(HealthDay)—Long-term use of powerful opioid painkillers may be common among Alzheimer's disease patients and could be a cause for concern, researchers report.

Dec 8, 2016

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Heart rate recovery could predict mortality in older adults

(HealthDay)—Orthostatic heart rate recovery (HRR) predicts mortality in adults aged 50 and older, according to findings published online recently in Circulation Research.

Dec 8, 2016

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Osimertinib bests platinum-pemetrexed in T790M+ NSCLC

(HealthDay)—Osimertinib is more effective than platinum-pemetrexed therapy in patients with T790M-positive advanced non-small-cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed during first-line epidermal growth factor receptor ...

Dec 8, 2016

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Could regular pot smoking harm vision?

(HealthDay)—Smoking pot regularly may be linked to a limited degree of vision impairment, a new French study suggests.

Dec 8, 2016

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Sleep duration, efficiency linked to inpatient hyperglycemia

(HealthDay)—For hospitalized patients, additional sleep and increased sleep efficiency correlate with lower odds of hyperglycemia and impaired fasting glucose, according to research published online Nov. 30 in Diabetes Care.

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Titanium exposure tied to yellow nail syndrome in pediatric patient

(HealthDay)—In a case report published online Dec. 7 in Pediatrics, yellow nail syndrome (YNS) is described in a 9-year-old girl who had titanium detected in her nail clippings.

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Kids' characters to vanish from unhealthy Dutch foods

Famous children's characters such as Dora the Explorer may soon disappear from some commercial food packaging in The Netherlands to discourage unhealthy eating habits, food industry representatives said Thursday.

Dec 8, 2016

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