Archive: 01/07/2015

Do allergy meds contribute to weight gain?

Some folks have allergies that flare up on a seasonal basis. This spring has certainly not been kind to this group.

Jul 1, 2015

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Research heralds simple computer game that could help you lose weight

There are many different ways which people try to lose weight. After a long day in the office some people manage to drag themselves to the gym and squeeze in that all-important cardio session. Others may regularly find themselves ...

Jul 1, 2015

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How insulin calms brain activity

Insulin has long been known as the hormone which controls the body's sugar levels: humans who lack or are insensitive to insulin develop diabetes. Although insulin is also made and released in the brain, its effects there ...

Jul 1, 2015

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Muscadine grape seed oil may help reduce obesity, study shows

Muscadine grape seed oil supplies a form of vitamin E, giving scientists another clue to reducing obesity, a new University of Florida study shows.

Jul 1, 2015

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Facility churns out radioactive agents to investigate the subcellular activity that drives disease

A modern-day version of the machine that smashed atoms for the Manhattan project now resides on a quiet corner of UNC's medical research campus, in a room below the basement of Marsico Hall. While its predecessor was used ...

Jul 1, 2015

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Stem cell gene therapy holds promise for eliminating HIV infection

cientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research are one step closer to engineering a tool that could one day arm the body's immune system to fight HIV—and win. The new technique ...

Jul 1, 2015

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How St. John's Wort can make you sick

St John's Wort can produce the same adverse reactions as antidepressants, and serious side effects can occur when the two are taken together, according to new University of Adelaide research.

Jul 1, 2015

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Tamper-resistant pill dispenser aims to stamp out medication misuse

You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, or even stab it with a screwdriver. But try as you might, you won't be able to tamper with a high-tech pill dispenser designed by mechanical engineering students at ...

Jul 1, 2015

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Chinese people getting taller and fatter: govt

Chinese people are growing taller as the country becomes richer but they are getting fatter even faster, the government said.

Jul 1, 2015

How removing a protein slows blood vessel growth in tumors

Scientists from the University of Leeds and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have discovered a new protein which triggers the growth of blood vessels in breast cancer tumours which have spread to the brain, a common ...

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