Archive: 09/11/2017

Low-fat diet, low-carb diet—or 'low both'?

(HealthDay)—Low-carb diets are often thought of as fad diets that might yield a rapid initial weight loss, but aren't sustainable or necessarily healthy. But when there's academic research behind the approach, it's worth ...

Nov 9, 2017

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Th1/17 hybrid T cells offer potent and durable anti-tumor response in preclinical model

Adoptive cell therapy for cancer involves harvesting T cells from a patient and expanding and sometimes modifying them in the laboratory before reinfusion. It has been challenging to create T cells that are both potent and ...

Nov 9, 2017

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Study reveals how a very low calorie diet can reverse type 2 diabetes

In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models. If confirmed in people, the insight provides potential new drug targets for treating this ...

Nov 9, 2017

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How to control traffic on cellular highways

Inside cells, protein "motors" act like trucks on tiny cellular highways to deliver life-sustaining cargoes.

Nov 9, 2017

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Frequent alcohol drinking kills new brain cells in adults, females are more vulnerable

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston recently discovered that alcohol killed the stem cells residing in adult mouse brains. Because the brain stems cells create new nerve cells and are important ...

Nov 9, 2017

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Is it an emergency? Insurer makes patients question ER visit

Alison Wrenne was making waffles for her two young children one morning when abdominal pain forced her to the floor. A neighbor who is a physician assistant urged her to go to the emergency room.

Nov 9, 2017

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HPV vaccine linked to drop in cases of rare childhood disease

(HealthDay)—The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, first developed to help guard against cervical cancer, also seems to protect against a rare, chronic childhood respiratory disease, a new study suggests.

Nov 9, 2017

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UN labour body under fire over tobacco ties

The UN's labour organisation was accused Thursday of capitulating to pressure from tobacco companies after it withdrew an announcement that it had cut financial ties with the industry.

Nov 9, 2017

How spatial navigation correlates with language

Cognitive neuroscientists from the Higher School of Economics and Aarhus University experimentally demonstrate how spatial navigation impacts language comprehension. The results of the study have been published in NeuroImage.

Nov 9, 2017

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Older donor lungs should be considered for transplantation

With a scarcity of lungs available for transplantation, the use of lungs from donors older than age 60 has been shown to achieve reasonable outcomes and should be considered as a viable option, according to research published ...

Nov 9, 2017

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